Tuesdays, Every Other Week until April, 5-5:45 pm, Camden Public Library, CamdenCAN Reading and Discussion Group, In Transition. Our bi-monthly reading group explores ideas from The Permaculture City by Toby Hemenway. (Via the Internet Archive you can read the book online here.) Together, we’ll tackle topics like creating home and community gardens, mastering water wisdom, finding energy solutions, […]
Tuesday, 9:00 am, Augusta State House, live and via zoom, Committee Hearings to Remove Net Energy Billing Incentives for Solar. Many thanks to readers who have already submitted testimony regarding NEB. There were only two bills opposing net billing—now there are five: LD 32, LD 257, LD 359, LD 450, LD 515. Read the bills, submit testimony. It’s easy and it […]
Camden Public Library. Camden Talks Climate “How to Instigate Action on Climate Change,” with Kerry Emanuel, MIT Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric Science at MIT. Property insurance rates are skyrocketing in Camden and nationwide due in large part to catastrophes like wildfires in Los Angeles and hurricanes in Florida that are caused or worsened by climate change. Yet […]
Thursday, all day, Augusta, Mitchell Center, 2025 Maine Sustainability and Water Conference. The Maine Sustainability & Water Conference provides an annual forum where professionals, researchers, consultants, citizens, students, regulators, and planners gather to exchange information and present new findings on sustainability and water resource issues in Maine. Launched in 1994 by UMaine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center […]
Rockport Opera House. Rising Tides, Lifting All Boats: Visualizing Rockport’s Climate Future. Join the Rockport Conservation Commission (RCC) for a special evening at the Rockport Opera House! Experience complex climate data transformed into an engaging artistic performance by the Halcyon Quartet. This innovative event will feature data from Rockport’s vulnerability assessments and GHG emissions study. Learn […]