Forrest Berman-Hatch

Undergraduate Student

Forrest Berman-Hatch is an undergraduate student studying anthropology and political science at the University of British Columbia. His interests lie at the intersection of environmental anthropology and political ecology, studying how culture and power influence human and ecosystem health. He is on the RESET team as part of a collaboration with the Friends of Cortes Island Society (FOCI), with the purpose of developing a climate change resiliency, adaptation and mitigation plan with the Cortes community.

He has a background in environmental activism and in 2019 he was part of the successful campaign to get UBC to commit to divesting from fossil fuels. Forrest has also published nonfiction for The Georgia Straight, The Garden Statuary and The Ubyssey, where he is a staff writer and the co-founder of the paper’s first sustainability column.

He enjoys roaming coastlines and mountains by sailing, kayaking and backcountry skiing.