Full Name
Joline Blais
Job Title
Assoc Prof New Media
Institution
UMaine Orono
Speaker Bio
Joline’s work explores the overlap of digital narrative and sustainability. She co-directs the Still Water lab, is a faculty advisor on the Terrell House Permaculture Project, and founded LongGreenHouse, a collaboration between the Wabanaki and university communities. Joline is a co-founding partner of the Belfast Cohousing & Ecovillage, a net-zero community whose design won the 2011 Green Project of the Year. Currently she is working on Wild Difference, a project with community partners to prevent the extinction of Wild Maine blueberries and the local culture that support them via a virtual and physical Wild Blueberry Museum.