BELFAST — On Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 6:30 p.m., at the Belfast Free Library, the next program in the “Finding Hope in Our Climate Crisis” lecture series will be a presentation about the Center for Ecological Teaching and Learning located in Cobscook, Maine.

Coleen O’Connell, board vice president at CETL, will share what this research field station on Cobscoock Bay is doing to help our understanding of the effects of Climate Change in our region. The talk, co-sponsored by the Waldo County Climate Action Coalition and the Belfast Free Library, will take place in the Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library with a Zoom option.

For more information and to register for the Zoom option go to belfastlibrary.org/events and find the listing.

The Center for Ecological Teaching and Learning (CETL) is the metamorphosis of the former Friedman Field Station of Suffolk University. For 47 years this rustic marine field laboratory operated on Cobscook Bay, then the field station went up for sale. A small group of folks passionate about Cobscook Bay put in a bid to buy it and reopen it as an educational field station once again. CETL offers programs to diverse groups including families and students of all ages from around the country.

Coleen O’Connell founded and taught the Lesley University Masters of Ecological Teaching and Learning, a division of Audubon Expedition Institute. O’Connell serves on the New England Environmental Education Board and was Maine Environmental Educator of the Year in 2013 and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the New England Environmental Education Association in 2018. For more information visit www.cetlmaine.org.