The Energy Working Group is a broad coalition of practitioners accelerating Central Appalachia’s transition through collective power-building, collaborative funding models, coordinated policy advocacy, and peer learning. The Energy Working Group meets every first Thursday of the month at 10am. If you are interested in joining this Working Group, contact our Working Group Coordinator Tessa Wieneke...
The Leadership Team (LT) is the decision making body of CAN. It included Co-chairs of Working Groups and representatives of Partner Organization. This meeting occurs on a monthly basis.
This subcommittee of our Community Resilience Working Group (CRAWG) meets monthly to coordinate and plan for climate resilience with a focus on research-based training. Their ongoing collaboration helps to gather ideas on research, training needs, and partnerships. If you are interested in joining this working group, contact our CRAWG Working Group Coordinator Emily Carlson -...
This is a subcommittee of our Community Resilience & Adaptation Working Group that meets every third Monday of the month. The Training Subcommittee helps to identify strategic funding opportunities and develop trainings that are useful for the public. If you are interested in joining this working group, please reach out to our Working Group Coordinator...
CAN's Food and Agriculture Working Groups - Healthy Food Access (HFA) , Beginning Farmer (BF), and Processing, Aggregation and Distribution (PAD) are working together in 2026. The Working Groups meet the third Thursday of the month at 1:00PM 2026 Schedule: For questions or more information please email Tessa, our Working Group Coordinator, at tessa@opencirclestudio.com
The Ecological Restoration Working Group's (ERWG) mission is to provide a space for regional collaboration, sharing best practices, minimizing duplication, and reaching communities through the overarching topic of ecological restoration. ERWG meets every third Friday of the month. If you are interested in joining this Working Group, please email us at CANinfo@opencirclestudio.com.
The ReUse Working Group is comprised of those engaged in the field of upcycling, recycling, and reuse in the central Appalachian region. You are invited to use this network to engage in conversations with many stakeholders throughout the region to share knowledge, resources and talk about similar happenings. These meetings occur on the fourth Tuesday...
The Community Resilience and Adaptation Working Group (CRAWG) is working towards proactively fostering communities in Central Appalachia where there is widespread acceptance and implementation of strategies for resilience, adaptation, and mitigation. CRAWG meets every fourth Thursday of the month at 2:00pm-3:00pm. If you are interested in joining this Working Group and would like more information,...
The Energy Working Group is a broad coalition of practitioners accelerating Central Appalachia’s transition through collective power-building, collaborative funding models, coordinated policy advocacy, and peer learning. The Energy Working Group meets every first Thursday of the month at 10am. If you are interested in joining this Working Group, please email us at CANinfo@opencirclestudio.com.
This is a subcommittee of our Community Resilience & Adaptation Working Group (CRAWG) that meets up every first Monday of the month to discuss ways to can engage artists, culture bearers, and creatives who are connecting with communities to lift up the value of creating community resilience and translating the complexity of climate change, mitigation,...
Where: Marshall University in Huntington, WV This is a strategy session to discuss the local and regional future of the circular economy in Central Appalachia. This session will include presentations of several topic points followed by discussions and group collaboration. We invite stakeholders to learn and work together to share their unique expertise, align their...