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Oxford County Wants Your Climate Stories

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A new storytelling project is coming to Oxford County, and they want to hear about your experience with extreme climate.

OXFORD COUNTY - Oxford County wants to hear from residents about their weather experiences.

Record Setting: Telling Oxford’s climate stories will collect firsthand accounts and materials that show how changing conditions are affecting people’s homes, health, work, and daily lives, helping document this new chapter in Oxford’s history for future generations. 

Extreme heat, wildfire smoke, drought, flooding and severe storms are becoming an increasingly visible part of life in Oxford County, and have caused disrupted work and outdoor activities, concerns about health, crops and animals, and anxiety about what changing conditions could mean for the future.

If you are looking to submit a story, you have many different ways you can do so. They include written stories or journal entries, photographs and videos, screenshots of text messages or social media posts, images of storm damage, flooding, wildfire smoke or items damaged by extreme heat, personal accounts of the worry, disruption or uncertainty caused by changing climate.

The County says everyone is welcome to submit stories and wants to hear from farmers, business owners, outdoor workers, emergency responders and others whose work or daily lives are particularly affected by extreme weather. The submissions will be transferred to Oxford County Archives to be reviewed and preserved long-term. Stories could also be featured in educational initiatives, exhibitions or a future update to Oxford County’s Climate Action Plan.

If you would like more information or would like to submit a story, you can click here.

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