Kennebunkport Climate Initiative hires director
Jono Anzalone worked for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies.
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KENNEBUNKPORT – The southern Maine region is uniquely positioned to be a beacon of hope for climate change mitigation and action, say the folks at the Kennebunkport Climate Initiative.
To help achieve that goal, the organization, formed in early 2020, has hired an executive director, Dr. Jono Anzalone.
“Having roots in Maine, I was intrigued by the recently launched Kennebunkport Climate Initiative and its Gulf of Maine Field Studies partnerships with the longstanding Kennebunkport Conservation Trust, Gulf of Maine Institute, University of New England and Regional School Unit 21,” said Anzalone, whose spouse is from Maine. “Within minutes of my conversation with the KCI board and staff, I was convinced that the bold nonpartisan vision to educate, empower, and activate 10 million youth by 2025 was not only do
Portsmouth Herald
KENNEBUNKPORT – The Kennebunkport Climate Initiative (KCI) is launching its first-ever webinar series on climate change, starting with a conversation on the warming Gulf of Maine, co-hosted by Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, on Wednesday, Dec. 16 at 1 p.m.
The waters in the Gulf of Maine are warming at a rate that is 99% faster than the rest of the global ocean. “Our organization was founded in direct response to the alarming rate of the warming Gulf of Maine,” said Dr. Jono Anzalone, Executive Director at KCI. “Maine is at the forefront of the effects of climate change. We created this webinar series to showcase the organizations and people (adults and youth) that are doing something about it in a nonpartisan way.” Anzalone joined KCI this fall from a global leadership position at the International Red Cross, where he spent over 20 years working in global crisis response.