Climate & Community 2/8/24: Nature-Based Solutions & Community Values

Host: Brianna Cunliffe

 

Description: Climate & Community continues a conversation with the Community Resilience Training series, this time focusing on nature-based solutions to climate impacts and their relevance and resonance for Maine communities. We hear from Gayle Bowness, Gulf of Maine Research Institute’s Municipal Climate Action Program Manager. To learn more about nature-based solutions, visit crsf.umaine.edu/forest-climate-change-initiative/ncs/ or www.maineresiliency.org/post/the-power-of-wetlands-an-overview-of-current-nature-based-solution-projects-in-maine.

 

Johannah, Brianna, Tanvi, Gus, Corey, and Beth are the team at A Climate to Thrive, a nonprofit working to build a model of community-driven, solutions-focused climate action. Since its origins around a potluck table as concerned neighbors gathered to take action on climate change, A Climate to Thrive, or ACTT, has been supporting solutions on Mount Desert Island and beyond since 2016. Learn more at www.aclimatetothrive.org.