Mass ECAN Fall 2020 Series

Thanks to everyone who made these events a success! We missed seeing you in person this Fall, when we normally hold our Annual Conference. But, we appreciated seeing you remotely at our Fall Series: 

  • Nature Based Solutions Networking Event - 11/12 at 3pm

    • Meet and mingle remotely with peers at this event co-hosted by our NBS Work Group, the Boston Society of Landscape Architects, and the EBC Climate Change & Air Committee

    • See the agenda here

    • View presentation here

  • Mainstreaming Nature Based Solutions Workshop - 11/16 at 10am

    • Learn about the latest NBS resources and how NBS is emphasized in the MVP Program

    • Dive into NBS projects across the state through Pecha Kucha style presentations

    • Share successes and challenges with peers in breakouts, and discuss how to overcome barriers to implementation together

    • Presenters include:

      • Alexandra Vecchio, Mass Audubon

      • Kara Runsten, Exec. Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs

      • Hillary King, Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Program

      • Sara Burns, The Nature Conservancy

      • Melanie Gárate, Mystic River Watershed Association

      • Wayne Feiden, City of Northampton

      • Kelly Phelan, Town of Braintree

    • Learn more about our speakers here

    • See the agenda here

    • View presentations here

  • Mainstreaming Joint Mitigation-Adaptation Workshop - 12/3 at 10am

    • Learn about co-benefits for both carbon storage/sequestration and adaptation/resilience in different natural systems

    • Consider how JMA concepts could be applied in your work

    • Presenters include:

      • Mia Mansfield, Exec. Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs

      • Todd Ontl, Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science

      • Alison Bowden, The Nature Conservancy

      • Jim Newman/Keith Zaltzberg, MA Healthy Soils Action Plan

      • Lauren Oakes, Wildlife Conservation Society & Climate Adaptation Fund

    • Learn more about our speakers here

    • See the agenda here

    • View presentations here

Participants of Mass ECAN’s Joint Mitigation-Adaptation Workshop on December 3rd, 2020.

Participants of Mass ECAN’s Joint Mitigation-Adaptation Workshop on December 3rd, 2020.

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