Presentations
Climate Reality Massachusetts Southcoast's goal is climate education.
To that end, we host Speakers with expertise in topics of particular relevance to our communities.
Topics include: zero waste legislation, renewable energy, bus electrification, climate resilience, food policy, and DEIJ initiatives.
To that end, we host Speakers with expertise in topics of particular relevance to our communities.
Topics include: zero waste legislation, renewable energy, bus electrification, climate resilience, food policy, and DEIJ initiatives.
May 2025 presentation by Climate Reality leader Laura Gardner and YWCA Communications Director Mariah Tarentino on Exposing Myths & Redefining Justice in the Age of Mis and Disinformation. Resources mentioned: Just Zero greenwashing report; Stop Private Jet Expansion; Stop Project Maple; Every fraction of a degree matters; Intro to Lateral Reading (from icivics). Fact Checking Resources: Media Bias Fact Check; Rumor Guard; Politifact; Tin eye reverse image search
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June 2024 presentation on Massachusetts Climate Change and Climate Justice Bills we hope to see pass this summer! Panelists include Carrie Katan from Green Energy Consumers Alliance, Claire-Karl Muller from UU Mass Action and Mass Power Forward, Jess Nahigian from Sierra Club Massachusetts, Kirstie Pecci from Just Zero.
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April 2024 presentation by Christopher Hardy, Project Manager from Avangrid on the status of offshore wind- its 21st century technology, renewable energy potential, wind disinformation and the industry’s current and future status
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November 2023 presentation by youth from Massachusetts Youth Climate Coalition about the climate justice education bill. Please email your state legislators and let them know you'd like to see a climate education omnibus bill pass this legislative session that incorporates H.3887 and prioritizes the importance of teaching climate justice and supporting teachers in developing curriculum. Co-hosted by Citizens' Climate Lobby, Our Climate, and Massachusetts Youth Climate Coalition.
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August 2023 presentation by Claire Martin and Charlotte VanVoorhis from Envision Resilience
The Envision Resilience Challenge is a semester-long design studio, developed by ReMain Nantucket, that connects interdisciplinary teams from university partners with coastal communities to envision adaptive and creative solutions to sea level rise. New Bedford/Fairhaven is the location for the 2023 Envision Resilience challenge. |
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June 2023 presentation by Mara Shulman from the Conservation Law Foundation on upcoming zero waste legislation in MA
March 2023 presentation by Black Earth Compost on how to get curbside composting on the southcoast
October 2022 presentation from Courtney Cohen from NB Resilient
February 2022 presentation from Christine Smith of the Marion Institute about the Southcoast Food Policy Council
October 2021 presentation from Dr. Madhavi Venkatesen, founder of Sustainable Practices on Cape Cod about plastic bans
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May 2023 presentation by Jennifer Deloney from the New England for Offshore Wind Coalition on wind energy off the southcoast!
December 2022 presentation by Highland Electric Fleets on school bus electrification
July 2022 presentation on Enbridge Line 5
December 2021 presentation on DEIJ from guest speakers Cora Peirce, preservationist of the Pocasset Wampanoag tribe and Jamiah Adams, Senior Vice President for Diversity and Justice for Climate Reality
September 2021 presentation from Climate Action Now about how to use the app to take action on the climate crisis!
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Climate Reality Speakers
Interested in a speaker on the climate crisis? Here are just a few of the speakers we have available for free. You can request a speaker by emailing [email protected].
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Mona Phillips earned her MBA from Cornell University and has extensive Finance, Planning and Management experience. She’s worked in the profit and non-profit worlds and as co-chair of Climate Reality Massachusetts Southcoast brings a deep appreciation of the natural world to her work for the chapter. Mona is a birding enthusiast and avid gardener and her focus is sustainability through available technologies and renewable energy solutions. Mona presents on the cause and effect of climate change and the solutions accessible to ALL communities and community members.
John Bullard was the Mayor of New Bedford from 1986-1992. He headed the first federal Office of Sustainable Development for the Clinton-Gore Administration. He later served as Regional Administrator for NOAA Fisheries. John is a longtime Climate Reality leader who has given over 100 presentations on the climate crisis based on Al Gore's Truth in Ten.
Eileen Brennan, is the former owner of "Start at the Bottoms," a retail shop in New Bedford with the primary focus of reducing, reusing, repurposing and refilling. She was trained as a Climate Reality Leader in the 2023 virtual training program. Eileen can present on products and tips to help you live sustainably.
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Laura Gardner is a National Board Certified Teacher in Library Media, is a Teacher Librarian in Dartmouth, MA and mom of two fabulous kids. She also bikes to work every day! Laura can speak on the aggregation program (opt up), as well as the climate crisis in general, and how to combat misinformation.
Mary Lou earned a B.S. in Early Childhood Education from Bridgewater State College in 1992. She has been a professional nanny since 1994. In 2011 she started the group, Be the Solution to Pollution, in order to clean up South Coast shorelines and teach the public about plastic pollution. Mary Lou was trained as a Climate Reality Leader at the 2020 Virtual Training. Mary Lou primarily presents on the plastic crisis and sustainable options for a better future.
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