Mitchell Center to host talk on increasing resilience on the Maine coast, Feb. 28
The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk on how the Island Institute collaborates with coastal communities to build resilience from 3–4 p.m. on Feb. 28.
The Island Institute works alongside Maine’s island and coastal leaders to build community resilience and share solutions for addressing the coast’s most critical issues. In this talk, Suzanne MacDonald, chief community development officer with the institute, will provide examples of the innovation unlocked by its place-based, relationship-driven approach in a time of increasingly rapid change. She also will discuss the internal systems and structures developed to ensure responsiveness to communities and their emergent needs.
MacDonald oversees strategy development for the institute’s interconnected economic, social and climate resilience programs. She has been a catalyst and leader with several national and global networks focused on island sustainability and currently serves as chair of the Efficiency Maine Trust Board of Directors, on various groups of the Maine Climate Council and on the steering committee of the Climate Strong Islands Network.
All talks in the Mitchell Center’s Sustainability Talks series are free and will be offered both remotely via Zoom and in person at 107 Norman Smith Hall. Registration is required to attend remotely via Zoom; to register and receive connection information, see the event webpage.
Updates for this event will be posted to the event webpage. To request reasonable accommodation, contact Ruth Hallsworth, 207.581.3196; hallsworth@maine.edu.