Wild Seed Project’s Executive Director, Andrea Berry, will give a presentation on building a biodiverse and climate resilient yard with simple action steps. 

June 24, 2023 | 11:00am - 12:30pm

Location: Chebeague Island Hall Community Center

Description: Native plants offer countless benefits beyond their four-season beauty - purifying air, shading and cooling cities, storing atmospheric carbon, minimizing flooding and storm water runoff, and helping to sustain vital pollinators, birds and other wildlife. Learn how to transform where you live by planting native species and adopting better landscape practices. From planting native trees to shrinking your lawn to leaving your leaves, discover the actions you can take to make your yard more biodiverse and climate resilient.

Bio: Andrea joined Wild Seed Project as the organization’s Executive Director in 2021 bringing extensive nonprofit leadership experience and a passion for decolonization and climate justice. She is thrilled to be leading the organization through this period of massive growth: expanding to new audiences, centering equity in the work, and building climate resilience one seed at a time. For the six years prior to this role, Andrea worked as the Director of Community Engagement at Maine Initiatives, a small community-based foundation working to advance racial justice and equity. A community organizer at heart, Andrea has spent her career working to build social movements around racial justice, gender equity, equal access to education, and climate justice. Andrea serves on the Board of Directors at Southern Maine Conservation Collaborative and Resources for Organizing & Social Change, and recently was elected to serve on the Select Board for the town of North Yarmouth, Maine where she is leading community-driven efforts around land conservation and environmental stewardship. 

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