Linda Brewer

What’s the work that you do?

I work in sustainability – working with communities and organizations on issues of the environment and the social aspects surrounding it. I grew up in the Arctic – in Utqiaġvik, Alaska, where my father ran the Arctic Research Laboratory, and I was exposed to Arctic Sciences. I have delivered social research projects in the Arctic, working with the Iñupiat peoples. I served on the North Slope Sciences Initiative, Science Technology Advisory Panel for the US DOI. I am particularly interested in the application of the thousands of years of Traditional Ecological Knowledge to global and local development projects.

What keeps you going?

Working and living in the Arctic is a part of who I am and have always been. It is, most simply, my home and as such I keep returning there, no matter where in the world I roam. I continue to look at the intersection of the circumpolar Arctic, its people, and other cultures, search for more data, information, and clarity.

What’s your message to the world?

The experience of the Arctic and Sub-Arctic peoples of Alaska needs to be input into our planning, particularly in the area of Climate and sustainability.