Tuesday, June 13
6:30-9 pm
Endicott Estate, Dedham

Guest speaker: Courtney Humphries: “Climate Change in Boston: A Negotiated Path”

You are invited to join the NepRWA Board and staff as we gather at the beautiful Endicott Estate to reflect on the accomplishments of the past year.

After appetizers and drinks, we’ll attend to the business of the organization, review program highlights, and recognize individuals and groups for their extraordinary contributions.

Finally, we’ll hear from our guest speaker about the importance of good governance in mitigating and adapting to climate change in cities, and the vital role of community leadership in putting Boston on a better path for the future.

Tickets will be available soon.

For more information, please email NepRWA Outreach Director, Nancy Fyler, at fyler@neponset.org

About our Guest Speaker

Courtney Humphries, PhD
Visiting Assistant Professor in Environmental Studies — Core Fellow, Boston College

Courtney Humphries is an interdisciplinary researcher, teacher, and writer focused on urban environments and climate change. She is a Visiting Assistant Professor in Environmental Studies and Core Fellow at Boston College, and received her PhD in environmental sciences in 2022 at UMass Boston, where she was a Coasts & Communities IGERT fellow researching connections between urban waterfront history and climate adaptation.

She also has two decades of experience as a freelance journalist writing about ideas and developments in science, nature, and the built environment for the Boston Globe, MIT Technology Review, Nautilus, Quanta, Nature, Harvard Magazine, and other publications.

She has a masters degree in science writing from MIT, and is a former Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT. She authored a nonfiction book, Superdove: How the Pigeon Took Manhattan….And the World, which chronicles the natural history of the ubiquitous pigeon. Her upcoming book, Climate Change and the Future of Boston, will be published by Anthem Press.