by Sabine Dietz | Feb 17, 2026 | Blog, Climate Adaptation Stories
Shoreline Adaptation – A Living Shoreline at Lake Banook’s Birch Cove Beach Lake Banook has long been used for transportation by the Mi’kmaq. The original name ‘panuk’ means opening or beginning, referencing the lake’s position at the start of the Shubenacadie (or...
by Sabine Dietz | Jan 12, 2026 | Blog, Climate Adaptation Stories
Atlantic Canada is encountering some of the highest rates of sea level rise in the country. In Nova Scotia, sea levels will rise by up to one metre by the end of the century. Some communities are exploring new strategies to protect the coast from sea level rise and...
by Sabine Dietz | Dec 2, 2025 | Blog, Climate Adaptation Stories
Climate adaptation can take many forms. Along the shoreline of Nova Scotia, you can find it in the delicate green blades of eelgrass, rippling under the surface of the water. Eelgrass is an essential part of Nova Scotia’s coastal ecosystem; eelgrass meadows provide...
by Sabine Dietz | Oct 20, 2025 | Agriculture, Blog, Nova Scotia Climate Stories, Climate Adaptation Stories
Jessica Miller started the Veteran Farm Project (near Windsor, Nova Scotia) when she retired from the Canadian Armed Forces. “My husband and I purchased this farm … not knowing what we were going to do with it,” she said. The goal of the farm soon became clear: to...
by Sabine Dietz | Apr 17, 2024 | Blog, Climate Adaptation Stories
Feature image: Mniku is located in the Bras d’Or Lake in Unama’ki. (Map created with Google Earth, Version 10.52.0.0, 2023). Across Atlantic Canada, communities are feeling the impacts of climate change. Coastal communities face increased flooding and erosion due to...
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