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Sustainable and Resilient Community Extension Educators

Deborah Abibou and Sarah Schechter are sustainable and resilient community extension educators for Connecticut Sea Grant and the EPA’s Long Island Sound Study, working in collaboration with three colleagues based at New York Sea Grant.

Abibou works in the western half of the state, from Greenwich to Branford and inland. She is based at the New Haven County UConn Extension Center office in North Haven.

Schechter works in the eastern half of the state, from Guilford to Stonington and inland and is based at the Connecticut Sea Grant office at the UConn Avery Point campus in Groton.

Read more about the sustainable and resilient community extension educators:

• https://draft.seagrant.uconn.edu/?p=8743

• Learn how the LISS Sustainable and Resilient Communities Theme contributes to increasing human appreciation and use of the Long Island Sound.
• See how the LISS Sustainable and Resilient Communities Work Group is helping to advance progress on these issues.

Resources

Long Island Sound Resilience Resource Hub

More information
Contact:

Western CT
Deborah Abibou:
deb.abibou@uconn.edu
(203) 407-3166
Eastern CT
Sarah Schechter:
(860) 405-9215
sarah.schechter@uconn.edu

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Regional Needs Assessment to Help Build a Sustainable & Resilient Long Island Sound: results summary