Join us for an engaging morning conversation exploring Indigenous ways of relating to nature and how we might apply that perspective to care for Casco Bay.
Casco Baykeeper Ivy Frignoca will be joined by Keyana Pardilla, Director of Community and Land Wellness at Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness. Keyana approaches her work through a worldview that understands elements like water and fish as her relatives. This perspective offers a different way to think about protection, responsibility, and reciprocity. We invite you to reflect on how this way of thinking might inform our work in Casco Bay.
We will leave time for your questions too, so we can learn together. Grab your favorite hot beverage, join us online, and come prepared to engage in broadening how we view and care for Casco Bay.
What: Coffee with the Casco Baykeeper: Indigenous Relationships with Water
Date: Thursday, February 12, 2026
Time: 8:00-8:45 a.m.
Where: Zoom
Guest Speaker
Keyana Pardilla (Penobscot and Passamaquoddy) is an Indigenous environmental scientist and artist. She currently works at Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness as director of the Our Sacred Relations Division, where she leads initiatives focused on the reciprocal well-being between earth and body. She holds a bachelor’s degree in marine science and is a candidate for a master’s degree in ecology and environmental science, with graduation expected this spring. She believes environmental justice starts with building a mutual understanding between Western frameworks and Indigenous ways of knowing.
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