Jessica Reilly, Author at Institute of Current World Affairs

Jessica Reilly-Moman is the director of the Island Institute's Center for Climate and Community, a non-profit based in Rockland, Maine. She has also assisted the Maine Climate Council. Her ICWA fellowship (Seafaring, 2015-2017) based on a sailing boat, explored adaption to climate change in coastal communities along Mexico's Pacific coast, Central America and the Caribbean. Jessica holds a doctorate in ecology and environmental sciences from the University of Maine and an MS in energy and resources from UC Berkeley.

ICWA Dispatches by Jessica Reilly

Trading Green for Green: The Truth About Costa Rica’s ‘Eco’ism
With a wild screech, a monkey springs from the trees and grabs our backpack. The pack sits unattended on a bench, but within a few feet of my...
A Coast with No Water
All I can see are breaking waves. I stand up on the lazarette and lean onto the dodger to steady the binoculars. There is supposed to be a...
Protected: Going Home: Perspective on Climate and Culture from a Trip to the US
No one makes eye contact. I’m taking the long hallways through the Atlanta airport, and there are only a few others who opt to walk instead of taking...
The Brewing Storm: Coffee Steeped in Climate Change
I walk into the cabin and have to suppress a gasp. My friend Jon sits on the bed, his entire body covered in lumpy, bright red hives. “My...
Wings to Nowhere — Birds, Land Use, and Climate
Luis whips his head around so quickly that a droplet of water flies out of his nose. He’s mid-sentence, walking through the heavy sand and talking about community-based...

Publications by Jessica Reilly

A Coast with No Water
All I can see are breaking waves. I stand up on the lazarette and lean onto the dodger to steady the binoculars. There is supposed to be a...
Honduras and the Hurricane
Under full sail, we enter the only bay in the world shared by three countries. It’s first light, and a stiff breeze disperses the overnight storms. A thunderstorm...
Protected: Going Home: Perspective on Climate and Culture from a Trip to the US
No one makes eye contact. I’m taking the long hallways through the Atlanta airport, and there are only a few others who opt to walk instead of taking...
Jessica Reilly: Live from the Panama Canal
Sailing Fellow Jessica Reilly and her husband Josh Moman will be passing through the Panama Canal this morning on their sailboat, the Oleada. Follow her live through the...
The Brewing Storm: Coffee Steeped in Climate Change
I walk into the cabin and have to suppress a gasp. My friend Jon sits on the bed, his entire body covered in lumpy, bright red hives. “My...