Climate Change

Hosted by the Mystic River Watershed Association, Meghna will create a set of place-based and experiential learning curriculum for environmental science students, with a focus on highlighting local environmental justice issues in a heavily urbanized watershed. This curriculum aims to root environmental courses in community impacts and local connections to better support the learning needs of college students from diverse backgrounds and help them feel welcome in the environmental field.

Luis will create a bilingual book telling the stories of Caribbean small-scale fisherfolk, highlighting the role of fishers in achieving just, sovereign, and sustainable food systems under a changing climate. Hosted by the Caribbean Agroecology Institute, Luis’ project aims to integrate the role of fisheries and small-scale fisherfolk into sustainable food systems discourses, and provide actionable insights for conservation, policy, and food systems transformation in Puerto Rico and the broader Caribbean.