“Living Shoreline Design Charette: A New Twist on the Charette Technique,” has been published in the October 2017 issue of the Journal of Extension. Written by Juliana Barrett, associate extension educator with Connecticut Sea Grant, along with Miriah Russo Kelly and Bruce Hyde, both assistant extension educators with the University of Connecticut’s Department of Extension, the article describes a one-day shoreline design charrette in 2016. This interactive workshop engaged a variety of stakeholders in understanding how to use this climate adaptation technique to design systems that control coastal erosion.
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Sep11Flyway of Life: Love Letters to Nature exhibitAlexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art (Avery Point)5:30 PM
CT Sea Grant-supported photograph and videographer Tomas Koeck’s nature photography and films will be showcased. He is an award-winning filmmaker, Canon USA-backed photographer, speaker/presenter and expeditionist. Koeck has been on assignment for National Geographic, the Smithsonian Channel, PBS Nature and other outlets covering stories throughout North American and seeks to give voice to wildlife through journalism, storytelling and advocacy. An opening reception for “Flyway of Life” will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 11 at the gallery, located in the Branford House at the UConn Avery Point campus in Groton. Admission is free. On Oct. 1 from 4 to 5:30 p.m., Koeck will be in conversation with John Dodd, executive director of the Atlantic Shark Institute, with food and refreshments. The event will take place in the gallery. After the conversation at 6 p.m. in the campus auditorium, a screening of Koeck’s film “Flyway of Life,” will be shown, followed by a question-and-answer session.
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Sep12Flyway of Life: Love Letters to Nature exhibitAlexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art (Avery Point)ALL DAY
CT Sea Grant-supported photograph and videographer Tomas Koeck’s nature photography and films will be showcased. He is an award-winning filmmaker, Canon USA-backed photographer, speaker/presenter and expeditionist. Koeck has been on assignment for National Geographic, the Smithsonian Channel, PBS Nature and other outlets covering stories throughout North American and seeks to give voice to wildlife through journalism, storytelling and advocacy. An opening reception for “Flyway of Life” will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 11 at the gallery, located in the Branford House at the UConn Avery Point campus in Groton. Admission is free. On Oct. 1 from 4 to 5:30 p.m., Koeck will be in conversation with John Dodd, executive director of the Atlantic Shark Institute, with food and refreshments. The event will take place in the gallery. After the conversation at 6 p.m. in the campus auditorium, a screening of Koeck’s film “Flyway of Life,” will be shown, followed by a question-and-answer session.
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Sep12Marine Pollution-LIS Mentor Teacher workshopBluff Point State Park8:30 AM
Long Island Sound Mentor Teacher workshop on marine pollution at Bluff Point State Park in Groton on Sept. 12.
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Sep13Flyway of Life: Love Letters to Nature exhibitAlexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art (Avery Point)ALL DAY
CT Sea Grant-supported photograph and videographer Tomas Koeck’s nature photography and films will be showcased. He is an award-winning filmmaker, Canon USA-backed photographer, speaker/presenter and expeditionist. Koeck has been on assignment for National Geographic, the Smithsonian Channel, PBS Nature and other outlets covering stories throughout North American and seeks to give voice to wildlife through journalism, storytelling and advocacy. An opening reception for “Flyway of Life” will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 11 at the gallery, located in the Branford House at the UConn Avery Point campus in Groton. Admission is free. On Oct. 1 from 4 to 5:30 p.m., Koeck will be in conversation with John Dodd, executive director of the Atlantic Shark Institute, with food and refreshments. The event will take place in the gallery. After the conversation at 6 p.m. in the campus auditorium, a screening of Koeck’s film “Flyway of Life,” will be shown, followed by a question-and-answer session.