Stories of Resilience

Christy Phillips, the Yarmouth Resilience Fellow, explores how repair fairs and swap shops help build a more connected, circular community.

Clara Franzoni, a Regional Land Trust Fellow, reflects on her Spring season witnessing the annual alewife migration while working at her host site, the Presumpscot Regional Land Trust. She shares the history of the remarkable partnerships and advocacy efforts that have allowed this migration to return, allowing her to promote the importance of river and land conservation today.

Addison Davis, Chebeague Island Resilience Fellow, discusses emergency preparedness in Casco Bay’s unbridged island communities.

Energy Navigator Fellow Ava Moseley reflects on her early work supporting spatial data visualization for the Kennebunk River Hydrology Study at SMPDC, helping translate technical environmental data into tools that inform climate resilience and community planning.

Active Transportation and Outreach Fellow, Isabel Vivanco reflects on the first few months of her service term. Pulling out a few key takeaways from her experiences so far, she speaks to the importance of bikes and the power of community engagement.

As a Resilience Corps Fellow at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Community Science Fellow Evan Paris reflects on bridging science and art to strengthen coastal climate adaptation. Drawing from a midnight flooding expedition in downtown Portland, he explores how data collection and creative expression can work together to help communities navigate both the physical and psychological tides of climate change. As an early career scientist, I was taught how to iron out all em