Climate & Community 7/17/25: Creative Changemaking Through Movement with Dani Robbins (Part 1)

Host: Wilson Haims

Description: Climate and Community meets with Dani Robbins to discuss her involvement in rural organizing for social change through creative community-building. Dani shares about their background as a dancer and how this experience informs their approach to action for environmental and social justice.

About the Host:

Wilson Haims is from Portland, Maine and earned her bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies from Wellesley College in 2023. Upon graduating, Wilson contributed to climate and conservation-related field work, policy and community engagement work in New England and the Pacific Northwest. Now, Wilson is the Manager of Community Engagement and Resilience at A Climate to Thrive and spends her time hiking, running, making art and cooking on Mount Desert Island.

Johannah, Beth, Wilson, Gus, Alison and Angie 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.