On Tuesday, Oct. 21, at 6:30 p.m., the next program in the Climate Resilience speaker series at the Belfast Free Library will be a talk, “What’s Going on in our Fishing Communities” with Clea Harrelson, UMaine Anthropology PhD student.

In her talk Harrelson will discuss her research on how communities connected to the lobster fishery are navigating social and environmental changes and potential paths forward for resilience.

The program will take place in the Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library with a Zoom option. To register for Zoom, please go to belfastlibrary.org/events and find the listing.

Clea Harrelson is a PhD student in Anthropology and Environmental Policy at the University of Maine. Her research focuses on social resilience in the American lobster fishery across Maine and Canada and the ways in which resilience is defined in the context of the Anthropocene.

“The Climate Resilience in our Communities” speaker series, presented by member organizations of the Waldo County Climate Action Coalition and the Belfast Free Library, will continue on Tuesday November 18 at 6:30 with a talk, “What’s Going on with Maine’s Climate Action Plan”. Hilary Landfried, Climate Policy Advisor and Maine Climate Council Coordinator with the Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future, will give updates and discuss the Maine’s strategy for resilience.