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About us
Climate Stories Atlantic is an initiative of the Climate Focus Society, a non-profit organization dedicated to covering stories about climate solutions in Atlantic Canada.
Climate Stories Atlantic builds on the success of the Climate Story Network, which launched in 2023. It provided professionally written and edited articles about positive climate change projects in Nova Scotia to community newspapers for free.
With Climate Stories Atlantic, we’re extending this climate journalism to include all four Atlantic provinces and have created a new online content platform. It is the first of its kind in the region: an exclusively climate-focused online publication which includes articles and podcasts, featuring professional writers and journalists.
And community newspapers can continue to reprint our stories for free!
We are non-partisan and our content is about real-world solutions. We take a jargon-free, down-to-earth, and cautiously hopeful look at positive climate action. Donate to support climate journalism.
Climate Focus was founded by professionals with a wealth of experience in journalism, public education, communications, climate change, and film-making.
Our Partners
As we build public awareness of climate solutions, Climate Focus — the non-profit organization behind the Climate Story Network and Climate Stories Atlantic — is grateful for the assistance and support of our partners.
We are fortunate to have the financial support of agencies that recognize the importance of local knowledge-sharing about climate change solutions including:
Staff
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Pam is a communications specialist with an extensive background in journalism, communications, editing, and project management.
Her strong organizational and editorial skills, combined with years of experience working as editor-in-chief for both magazines and community newspapers, has also served her well in other areas, including web and print journalism, writing, proofreading, strategic communications, and project management.
In addition to Climate Stories Atlantic, Pam works as an independent consultant, with a wide range of clients: from business and government to tourism agencies, development banks, chambers of commerce, and more.
Board of Directors
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Chris is an author, editor, and freelance writer specializing in environment, social justice, and arts & culture.
He’s also a fiction writer and past Managing Editor of Atlantic Books Today. He is currently the Senior Energy Coordinator at the Ecology Action Centre, and helps facilitate energy efficiency programming, connects clients to retrofitting programs and funding, and shares information about best efficiency practices.
His published books include Chasing Paradise, Boy with a Problem, Indian School Road, and Eco-Innovators.
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John has been a film and digital content creator since 1999, with an award-winning track record of crafting issues-based content into absorbing narratives.
He has an MA in Screenwriting along with Producer and Director credits, including series television, television commercials, live-streamed events, feature length documentaries, and hundreds of corporate videos. An experienced creative and technical filmmaker able to effectively communicate with crew in order to deliver high quality compelling content.
John is co-founder of Truefaux Films, which develops and produces social impact media content, successfully promoting community engagement on a local, provincial and national scope. The goal of Truefaux is to stimulate discussion and open up avenues of thought that continue long after each projects’ conclusion.
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Sean brings 30 years of experience in program development and management, strategic planning, inclusive leadership, communications, and adult education.
Currently a strategic consultant, he has worked for organizations including Clean Nova Scotia Foundation, Cuso International, and the Community Sector Council of Nova Scotia.
He was editor of The Sustainable Times, a magazine on environment and international development issues sold at 350 newsstands across Canada. Sean has produced radio documentaries that have been heard on the CBC, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and National Public Radio in the U.S.
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Debbie has decades of experience in communications, marketing, and fund development, having worked on two continents and in many not-for-profit sectors.
She currently works as a Waste Educator for Valley Waste Resource Management, producing educational materials and managing the group’s social media and website content. She also works with the business sector, community groups, and schools to educate and promote waste reduction and diversion opportunities.
Debbie was previously the Senior Communications Specialist for the Clean Nova Scotia Foundation, where she was involved in a wide range of communications products and services: from writing and video production to social media strategy.
Writers
