September 12th-17th, 2024 Bioregional Learning Journey

2024 Bioregional Learning Journey

Join us as we embark on a journey through the Casco Bay Bioregion! This will be a six-day adventure with three days of sea kayaking across Casco Bay and three days of biking the watershed. Our goal is to build a much better sense of collective response to coastal ecosystem change in the greater Casco Bay region.

Opening Launch Event: Osher Map Library

We will have a reception and dinner on Wednesday, September 11th at the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education at the University of Southern Maine. You’ll have the opportunity to tour their new exhibit and explore some of the most amazing maps of Casco Bay and the Casco Bay Bioregion. After dinner, Dr. Libby Bischof (Executive Director of the Osher Map Library) will present an inspiring lecture on the many perspectives of Back Cove over the past 400 years! 

We would love to have you join us on this AMAZING learning journey! For more information click below for the StoryMap with more details.


TESTIMONIALS

The following testimonials are from participants of recent COBALT events.

Too often we are meeting with the same people. COBALT and COBALT Global Lead, Glenn Page have brought together an entirely new group of stakeholders. Everyone in the group was committed, experienced, and engaged, and importantly, they are from disciplines or sectors that don’t normally come together to talk. This allows for discussion about these issues in a way where we can share ideas and learnings and allows for synchronizing efforts.

Peter Handy

CEO, Bristol Seafood, Certified B-Corp

“Transformation always starts small and from within… in the Gulf of Maine, people and organizations are collaboratively exploring the creative frontiers of an emerging future – an inspirational learning experience not to be missed. The Learning Journey is a fantastic way to see the specifics of how people and companies are trying to change the world.

Steven Lovink

Founder of the Planet2025 Network, France

“For anyone who feels change is needed in a big way, this learning journey will help you explore how that can be realized with stimulating conversations grounded in people’s practical, day-to-day work and helpful frameworks for connecting it to the big picture.”

Steve Waddell

Author, Change for the Audacious Global Lead: Bounce Beyond
Boston, MA

“The entire itinerary was so diverse. Ideal for the curious and mindful explorer, the Learning Journey in the Gulf of Maine shares and engages – how individual and communal efforts can have transformative impact. This is an experience of a lifetime, if you want to make a difference!”

Martha Holder

Former staff, World Bank
Tall Timbers Maryland