South Coast Senior College

Invitation to a ZOOM Gathering:

Caring For the Future… Youth and Elders in Dialogue for a Healthy Planet.

Saturday, May 10, 2025

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT

This is the second pilot gathering where a small international group of youth and elders will come together to discover collective and individual paths leading to a healthy planet. 

We’ll explore what we are individually good at, what work needs to be done, and what brings us joy. 

Whatever your age, if you have a desire to find, together with others, a climate action that can be brought to life in your individual circumstances…then this gathering is for you. 

Workshop facilitators:  

Bert Cohen I have taught sustainability to students from elementary to university level for over 35 years. On an international level, I founded and co-directed the Belize-NH Teacher Program and am currently part of the founding team of Caring For the Future Community of Practice, which brings together activists from several continents to accelerate and scale the progression towards a healthy planet. 

Paul Doherty   I bring my overall 45 years of experience in education, broadcasting and ministry to my involvement in Maine’s Senior Colleges, most recently, as it might apply to sustainability and other environmental issues.  In that vein, I have taught courses in Spirituality and Sustainability, particularly as the two work together. 

Jeff Goldsmith I have been teaching about meditation since 2020 and about climate change for the past few years, before becoming a Biddeford Sustainability Commissioner last year.  I am a board certified Addiction Psychiatrist since 1981.  I taught medical students, nursing students, and doctors doing their training in addiction medicine and psychiatry for about 40 years, running the addiction psychiatry fellowships for 20 years.