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Western Maine</b></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Presented by Androscoggin River Watershed
Council featuring staff from the Center for Ecology Based Economy<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">February 12 at 6:30 PM on Zoom<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">To register email <a href="mailto:flea.arwc@gmail.com">flea.arwc@gmail.com</a><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">website at
<a href="http://www.androscogginwatershed.org">www.androscogginwatershed.org</a>. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">FMI contact <span style="color:black">Fergus Lea at that email
or call 207-240-3143<span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">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, <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">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.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">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.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">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. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Fergus P. Lea, Jr. P.E., Chair</div><div>Androscoggin River Watershed Council</div><div><img width="96" height="55" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4xIeBOGONL05214W-txpXm-EamDXPTyyIBhsEeftO32gCBVG89UZh9lZVprC6zwzsxsLVK2XGo"><br></div><div><a href="http://www.androscogginwatershed.org" target="_blank">www.a</a><a href="http://www.androscogginwatershed.org" target="_blank">ndroscogginwatershed.org</a></div><div>207-240-3143</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>