2022 Joan Feynman Climate Change Fund Recipients

The Rural Communities Foundation of Nova Scotia is pleased to announce the successful applicants/recipients of the 2022 Joan Feynman Climate Change Fund.

• The Cape Sable Historical Society will undertake the Museum Activism ClimateChange Exhibition / Climate Action Project. The project will involve developing a climate change pop-up exhibition with local connections and accompanying programming designed to engage community members in everyday climate action and campaigning for climate justice.

• The Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute is taking on a project called Cultivating Resilience and Relationships. This project will host a professional development leadership event for people working in the fields of climate change & land conservation will help participants cultivate the resilience, relationships, capacity and stamina needed to continue to engage in this vital & challenging work.

• Potlotek First Nation will engage in a feasibility study for the St. Peter's Canal Water Turbine. The grant will help to hire a consultant to work with Potlotek First Nation to conduct a feasibility study regarding installing a water turbine at the St. Peter's Canal locking system.