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Bristol, Me, Us

Supporting the clean energy transition and climate resilience planning in island and coastal communities.

Bristol, Maine, United States

We support climate decision making through social science, innovative participatory processes, capacity building, and technical assistance. All practices based in deep listening, understanding historical and cultural contexts, and recognizing and integrating complexity into coproduced solutions.Current projects focus on coastal resilience, including the social impacts of offshore wind, coastal nature-based solutions, and supporting the integration of human dimensions science and… Show more We support climate decision making through social science, innovative participatory processes, capacity building, and technical assistance. All practices based in deep listening, understanding historical and cultural contexts, and recognizing and integrating complexity into coproduced solutions.Current projects focus on coastal resilience, including the social impacts of offshore wind, coastal nature-based solutions, and supporting the integration of human dimensions science and knowledge into the 2024 Maine Climate Council process. Show less

Accelerated equitable climate action with research on the effectiveness of nature-based solutions to meet coastal adaptation (USGS Coastal Science Adaptation Centers) interviewing over 70 NbS practitioners and developing the first-ever practitioner-based national climate assessment; engaged social science methods in NASA Applied Sciences-funded project to reconcile the supply and demand of climate information and services. Support the development of the Science for Climate Action Network (SCAN).

Maine, United States

Supported the Coastal and Marine Working Group with technical expertise, facilitation, writing and editing, and public outreach and engagement. Developed, implemented, and analyzed the only working group public survey (receiving 450+ responses during the coronavirus pandemic) to guide decision making.

Mexico, Central America, Caribbean

Captained 39-foot sailboat, SV Oleada, over 6,000 miles to visit over 150 communities and document climate change in coastal and ocean communities. Reached a policy-oriented audience of 50,000 readers with monthly newsletter.

La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Mapped social vulnerability to sea level rise in Baja California with support from the Laboratorio Nacional de Ciencias de la Sostenabilidad - Universidad Autonoma de Mexico (LANCIS - UNAM), the Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Sur (UABCS), and the Natural Capital Project.

Eastern And Southern Africa

Mapped sustainable, low-impact renewable energy zones for 23 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa in partnership with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

Stanford, Ca

Developed and taught user-friendly content for powerful forest monitoring and conservation tool called CLASlite.

Worldwide

Founded and led International Advocacy Program; managed multiple concurrent projects and teams to develop and implement national and international sustainable adventure travel; co-developed and implemented scalable evaluative framework for resource assessment replicated by Xola in 20+ countries globally.

Mojave And Sonoran Deserts

Moab, Ut

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Ecology And Environmental Sciences

Researched pathways for equitable coastal climate resilience in Latin America and the US. Topics from engaged and participatory research.

Master Of Science (Ms), Energy And Resources Group

Researched coastal climate resilience in the Americas. Interdisciplinary and engaged research in engineering, ecology, economics.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Ecology And Evolutionary Biology

Developed and cowrote national park proposal for Nevados de Chillán in central Chile, (study abroad, 2001,) to promote huemul conservation.

Master Of Fine Arts - Mfa, Creative Nonfiction Writing

Stonecoast MFA program: developing creative nonfiction that addresses climate science, justice, and more-than-human practices.