Belfast Bay Watershed Coaltion
Troy Howard Middle School Seed Program
Virtual Program on ZoomDavid Wessels is the garden coordinator at Troy Howard Middle School in Belfast where he and his students manage a 1/3 acre garden and year-round greenhouse. The garden provides fresh veggies to the cafeteria and serves as a living laboratory for ecological inquiry. Each year, students take on the responsibility of stewarding an extensive seed […]
Once They’re Gone, They’re Gone for Good: Indigenous Shell Heaps, Climate Change, and Confronting Heritage Loss through Citizen Science.
Virtual Program on ZoomMaine is home to roughly 2000 coastal Indigenous archaeological sites known as shell heaps or middens. These sites are rich heritage spaces that preserve a long record of past Indigenous lifeways and environments. In this presentation, Dr. Bonnie Newsom and Dr. Alice Kelley of the University of Maine will discuss these important places highlighting their […]
Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition Program
Abbott RoomThe Who, What, Where, Whys of PFAS with Andrew Carpenter, Northern Tilth, LLCL Andrew Carpenter, certified soil scientist and founder of Northern Tilth,LLC. will discuss PFAS’s, addressing concerns that have been expressed, including where they are in our environment and how we can test for them. Andrew received an M.S. in Plant, Soil and Environmental […]
Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition Program
Abbott RoomWater Sampling in Belfast Bay: Its Health and Concerns for the Bay with John Tipping, Lotic Inc. More information coming....
Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition Book Group
Abbott RoomRead with the Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition Book Groups! Here at Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition (BBWC), we think that winter is a great time to read! We’ve chosen three books with elements of fiction, memoir, history, politics, class, ecology, economy. . . something for everyone. But these books are more than just entertainment. Each book […]
Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition Book Group
Abbott RoomRead with the Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition Book Group. Here at Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition (BBWC), we think that winter is a great time to read! We’ve chosen three books with elements of fiction, memoir, history, politics, class, ecology, economy. . . something for everyone. But these books are more than just entertainment. Each book […]
Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition Program
Abbott RoomFish, Falcons, and Frogs—Dramatic Migrations: An Amateur Naturalist's Notes from the Belfast Bay Watershed A presentation with Murray Carpenter Murray Carpenter is Maine Public’s climate reporter, covering climate change and other environmental news. He has been a Maine journalist for 25 years, with much of his reporting focused on science and environmental stories. As a freelancer, […]
Belfast Bay Watershed Coalition Book Group
Abbott RoomMill Town: Reckoning with What Remains by Kerri Arsenault. Mill Town is a book of narrative nonfiction, investigative memoir, and cultural criticism that illuminates the rise and collapse of the working-class, the hazards of loving and leaving home, and the ambiguous nature of toxics and disease. Kerri Arsenault grew up in Mexico, Maine, where for over […]
Sustainable Communities Event at the Belfast Boathouse
Belfast BoathouseStarting at 1:00 PM we will hear about the City of Belfast Climate Action Plan and takeaways from the ABCD's Community Climate Dialogues, sponsored by the Belfast Free Library. Efficiency Maine will provide an overview of opportunities for investments in home heating and energy efficiency solutions. Methods to create sustainable landscapes in your yards and […]
Climate Change and the Penobscot Bay
Abbott RoomBelfast Bay Watershed Program : Climate is changing Maine ecosystems: Implications for land and water conservation - George Jacobson, Professor Emeritus of Biology, Ecology and Climate Change, University of Maine Global changes in climate and the biosphere during the Quaternary Ice Ages of the past 2.6 million years provide important clues about our modern world […]