[watershedmanagers] Zoom Workshop: Climate Change and Bioregional Resilience in Western Maine

[News and discussion forum for watershed managers in Maine]

Zoom Workshop:  *Climate Change and Bioregional Resilience in Western Maine*



Presented by Androscoggin River Watershed Council featuring staff from the
Center for Ecology Based Economy



February 12 at 6:30 PM on Zoom



To register email flea.arwc at gmail.com



website at www.androscogginwatershed.org.

FMI contact Fergus Lea at that email or call 207-240-3143



Climate Change is impacting our communities, our lives and our economy.
This workshop will look at some of the data and impacts and consider what
we can do to build resilience,

CEBE was founded in 2013 upon a vision for a stable, sustainable and just
economy built on a backbone of clean renewable energy and regenerative land
use practices, and in balance with our local and regional ecological "bank
account."  CEBE continues to work towards an economy where everyone has the
chance to participate in the creation of prosperous and resilient
communities while helping to restore the regenerative capacity of our
life-supporting natural systems.



In this program, CEBE Executive Director, Scott Vlaun will provide an
overview of the Center’s efforts over the past decade to raise awareness of
the climate crisis in our region and most recently working with state and
federal agencies to help our communities adapt to the challenges ahead
while moving towards an ecology-based economy in the Western Foothills
region. Roberta Hill, Bioregional Coordinator for the organization, will
explain how and why CEBE has begun the work of ‘scaling up’ its vision,
finding ways to apply the lessons learned and the ecological design
principles upon which CEBE was founded.  One goal is to cultivate a
coordinated network of regenerative practices and practitioners across the
broader bioregional landscape.



The work before us is formidable.  CEBE strives to encourage community
members working across ideological divides, to build an economy that can
feed, clothe, house and educate a growing population, while restoring and
protecting the ecological integrity.  We are facing a time of increasing
local and global climate disruption. Meeting the challenge will demand a
surge in creativity, innovation, and cooperation of unparalleled scale and
scope. It will also offer unprecedented opportunity, with many potential
rewards —better nutrition and health from actively participating in robust
and diverse local food systems, cleaner air and water, a stronger
connection with our neighbors, and a more equitable and just society.

Fergus P. Lea, Jr. P.E., Chair
Androscoggin River Watershed Council

www.a <http://www.androscogginwatershed.org>ndroscogginwatershed.org
<http://www.androscogginwatershed.org>
207-240-3143
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