Climate Action NB conducted a series of interviews with local farmers, scientists and environmentalists about their experience with climate change.
Food Sovereignty
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Claire MayClaire May is the Hayes Farm Program Coordinator, a regenerative community farm located in Fredericton, New Brunswick. This farm aims to teach New Brunswickers the skills needed to build resilient food systems and address food insecurity in the province.
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Community Shared/Supported Agriculture (CSA)
Hayes Farm operates a CSA program which allows local citizens to acquire fresh produce throughout the growing season. The program provides $500 worth of fresh produce at a $25 weekly budget and includes items such as carrot, garlic, beans, cabbage, parsley, onions, potatoes and squash. The proceeds of the CSA program go back into the farm and all the produce supplied is grown by that year's Regenerative Farming Certificate participants.
Amy Floyd
Amy lives with her partner Drew in Taymouth, where they live off-grid and have large gardens. After finishing university with a Bachelor’s degree in International Development and Anthropology at St. Mary’s University, travelling and working abroad for four years, Amy adjusted her focus from international development to community development, working primarily in the human services fields from 2010 to 2014.
Since 2014, Amy has been working in consulting for a variety of projects on topics such as food sovereignty, watershed conservation, rural transportation and poverty reduction and is the owner of New Leaf Community Consulting.
When talking about rural issues, Amy will tell you that she is a self-proclaimed Rural Rights Activist; who is proud of the resilient and self-sufficient nature of New Brunswickers. Amy plans to continue consulting work that specializes in food sovereignty, permaculture and rural development.
Since 2014, Amy has been working in consulting for a variety of projects on topics such as food sovereignty, watershed conservation, rural transportation and poverty reduction and is the owner of New Leaf Community Consulting.
When talking about rural issues, Amy will tell you that she is a self-proclaimed Rural Rights Activist; who is proud of the resilient and self-sufficient nature of New Brunswickers. Amy plans to continue consulting work that specializes in food sovereignty, permaculture and rural development.
Permaculture Atlantic NetworkIn 2018 Amy took one of her passions to the public and founded the Permaculture Atlantic Network. The Network acts to bring together businesses, organizations and permaculture practitioners in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI, as well as sharing information with Newfoundland, Maine and Vermont.
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RAVEN ProjectAmy works with the RAVEN Project as a Senior Food Security Policy Analyst. RAVEN (Rural Action and Voices for the Environment) is an activist media and research project. RAVEN works with and supports champions for sustainable rural communities and the environment in New Brunswick. The project uses participatory methods to study how alternative digital media can transform perceptions of rural communities and support environmental justice.
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Social Justice
Dr. Louise Comeau |
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Louise directs the Conservation Council of New Brunswick’s climate change and energy program. She also is an honorary research associate and instructor at the University of New Brunswick and consultant. Dr. Comeau has almost 30 years’ experience in analyzing and developing climate change policy, communications, and solutions-related programming. She holds a doctorate in environmental management, focused on environmental ethics and behaviour change from UNB. Louise lives in Keswick Ridge with her partner Tom where they homestead and engage with students through site visits and teaching and research at the University of New Brunswick. She has received two Queen’s citizenship medals for her work in international climate negotiations and creation of Green Municipal Fund and other sustainability programming at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.
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Natural Environment
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Loïc D'OrangevilleLoïc D'Orangeville joined the Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management as an Assistant Professor in 2018. He holds a BSc and a MSc in Biology from the Université de Montréal, with a PhD in Renewable Resource Sciences from McGill University. Prior to moving to New Brunswick, Loïc completed postdoctoral internships at Indiana University (USA) and Université du Québec à Montréal, and was a visiting scholar at Harvard Forest in 2017-2018. Loïc has been involved in several climate change experiments in Eastern Canada, in controlled environments as well as in natural stands, to detect ecosystem vulnerability to global warming and associated increases drought. In complement, he has designed large-scale studies that use inventory-based tree-ring collections to detect climatic thresholds in the growth of dominant tree species.
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Adapting to Sea Level Rise
Indian Island, New Brunswick
Wetlands in New Brunswick
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What are Wetlands?
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Advice for Landowners
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