Joline Blais

Joline Blais is Associate Professor of New Media. Her research and teaching bridge storytelling, regenerative design, and digital culture. She teaches courses in digital narrative, regenerative design, and permaculture while advising the Terrell House Permaculture Center. Her work emphasizes the integration of ecological knowledge, creative skill-building, regenerative practices, and collaborative networks to envision more resilient futures.

Beyond the classroom, Blais has pioneered regenerative practices in both academic and community contexts. She co-directed LongGreenHouse, a partnership with Wabanaki neighbors that wove together indigenous knowledge and permaculture, and co-founded the Belfast Ecovillage, modeling sustainable living through green building, food production, and cooperative governance. Her leadership extends to service on the boards of CamdenCAN and the Permaculture Association of the Northeast, as well as her former role as president of the Wild Blueberry Heritage Center, where she championed Maine’s small-scale growers.

Through projects like Still Water, The Pool, and her book At the Edge of Art, Blais has explored how storytelling—whether through digital media, indigenous practices, or ecological design—can reimagine culture as a living network of care. Whether cultivating gardens, mentoring students, or exploring the outdoors in her native Maine, she continues to root her scholarship and activism in regenerative ways of being.

External Engagements

• Board Member
• Permaculture Assiciation of the Northeast (PAN)
• CamdenCAN
• Wild Blueberry Heritage Center

Professional Certifications

• Permaculture Certificate