The WE Lead group at Unity College will present the 2014 Women’s Environmental Award to Dr. Lara J. Hansen, Chief Scientist and Executive Director, at EcoAdapt, an organization that has one goal: creating a robust future in the face of climate change.  The presentation will take place on Tuesday, April 22, at 6 p.m. at the Unity College Center for the Performing Arts, 42 Depot Street, Unity, Maine.

Hansen will offer a presentation at the event.  She is co-author and editor of “Buying Time: A User’s Manual for Building Resistance and Resilience to Climate Change in Natural Systems.”  She serves on the Nobel-prize winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, is a Switzer Environmental Fellow and a United States Environmental Protection Agency bronze medalist.

Monday, April 21, 2014