Climate & Community

Host: Brianna Cunliffe

Description: Climate & Community covers the panel “Weaving a Sustainable Environment” as part of the Dawnland Festival of Art & Ideas, hosted this July by the Abbe Museum, to highlight Indigenous thought leadership on some of the biggest issues of our time. The panel featured insights from Dr. Suzanne Greenlaw, Honor Keeler, and Sherri Mitchell. Learn more at www.abbemuseum.org/dawnland-festival.

Johannah, Brianna, Tanvi, Gus, Corey, and Beth are the team at A Climate to Thrive, a nonprofit working to build a model of community-driven, solutions-focused climate action. Since its origins around a potluck table as concerned neighbors gathered to take action on climate change, A Climate to Thrive, or ACTT, has been supporting solutions on Mount Desert Island and beyond since 2016. Learn more at www.aclimatetothrive.org.

Host: Brianna Cunliffe

Description: Climate & Community speaks with illustrator and designer Maisie Richards on her work helping communities visualize a future where we move towards a healthier relationship with our rivers and with the cycling of water that connects us all.  From specific projects related to dam removal to working with students thinking about biodiversity to collaborating with Penobscot colleagues to check the influence of western scientific biases in representations of landscapes, Maisie’s work strives toward expanding our imagination, and demonstrates the power of art in drawing us with excitement and hope towards the kind of world we want to create. Our conversation will continue next week.  For updates on current projects, you can follow her at www.instagram.com/roundwaterdesign/ and to learn more about her work, visit  www.maisierichards.com/.

Johannah, Brianna, Tanvi, Gus, Corey, and Beth are the team at A Climate to Thrive, a nonprofit working to build a model of community-driven, solutions-focused climate action. Since its origins around a potluck table as concerned neighbors gathered to take action on climate change, A Climate to Thrive, or ACTT, has been supporting solutions on Mount Desert Island and beyond since 2016. Learn more at www.aclimatetothrive.org.

Host: Brianna Cunliffe

Description: Climate & Community speaks with illustrator and designer Maisie Richards on her work helping communities visualize a future where we move towards a healthier relationship with our rivers and with the cycling of water that connects us all.  From specific projects related to dam removal to working with students thinking about biodiversity to collaborating with Penobscot colleagues to check the influence of western scientific biases in representations of landscapes, Maisie’s work strives toward expanding our imagination, and demonstrates the power of art in drawing us with excitement and hope towards the kind of world we want to create. Our conversation will continue next week.  For updates on current projects, you can follow her at www.instagram.com/roundwaterdesign/ and to learn more about her work, visit  www.maisierichards.com/.

Johannah, Brianna, Tanvi, Gus, Corey, and Beth are the team at A Climate to Thrive, a nonprofit working to build a model of community-driven, solutions-focused climate action. Since its origins around a potluck table as concerned neighbors gathered to take action on climate change, A Climate to Thrive, or ACTT, has been supporting solutions on Mount Desert Island and beyond since 2016. Learn more at www.aclimatetothrive.org.

Host: Brianna Cunliffe

Description: Climate & Community speaks with illustrator and designer Claire Loon Baldwin on her recent work inspired by shadowing scientists in Acadia National Park, a project she’s launching to elevate the stories of explorers and conservationists working in the field, and how art and visual storytelling centering the work of scientists and inspiring wonder and hope have a role to play in climate action.  To learn more about her work, visit  www.claireloonbaldwin.com/.

Johannah, Brianna, Tanvi, Gus, Corey, and Beth are the team at A Climate to Thrive, a nonprofit working to build a model of community-driven, solutions-focused climate action. Since its origins around a potluck table as concerned neighbors gathered to take action on climate change, A Climate to Thrive, or ACTT, has been supporting solutions on Mount Desert Island and beyond since 2016. Learn more at www.aclimatetothrive.org.

Host: Brianna Cunliffe

Description: Climate & Community covers June’s record-breaking heat wave that brought sweltering temperatures to Maine communities, giving us a taste of climate impacts to come, and challenging a state where peoples’ bodies and communities’ infrastructure is unprepared for climbing temperatures. We discuss how several towns across the state are leveraging climate resilience funding to create cooling centers or other places of refuge to help the most vulnerable among us cope with these impacts. To find a cooling center near you, visit: www.maine.gov/mema/response-recovery/mass-care.

Johannah, Brianna, Tanvi, Gus, Corey, and Beth are the team at A Climate to Thrive, a nonprofit working to build a model of community-driven, solutions-focused climate action. Since its origins around a potluck table as concerned neighbors gathered to take action on climate change, A Climate to Thrive, or ACTT, has been supporting solutions on Mount Desert Island and beyond since 2016. Learn more at www.aclimatetothrive.org.

Host: Brianna Cunliffe

Description: Climate & Community talks with Abigail Hayne, the Youth Climate Engagement Fellow with the Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation, about the new Climate& Me initiative, launched to make engaging with climate action, especially the ongoing update of the state climate action plan, Maine Won’t Wait, more accessible to young people across the state. The second part of our conversations is coming next week, and you can access all the Climate & Me resources at www.maine.gov/climateplan/climateandme 

Johannah, Brianna, Tanvi, Gus, Corey, and Beth are the team at A Climate to Thrive, a nonprofit working to build a model of community-driven, solutions-focused climate action. Since its origins around a potluck table as concerned neighbors gathered to take action on climate change, A Climate to Thrive, or ACTT, has been supporting solutions on Mount Desert Island and beyond since 2016. Learn more at www.aclimatetothrive.org.

Host: Brianna Cunliffe

Description: Climate & Community talks with Abigail Hayne, the Youth Climate Engagement Fellow with the Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation, about the new Climate& Me initiative, launched to make engaging with climate action, especially the ongoing update of the state climate action plan, Maine Won’t Wait, more accessible to young people across the state. The second part of our conversations is coming next week, and you can access all the Climate & Me resources at www.maine.gov/climateplan/climateandme 

Johannah, Brianna, Tanvi, Gus, Corey, and Beth are the team at A Climate to Thrive, a nonprofit working to build a model of community-driven, solutions-focused climate action. Since its origins around a potluck table as concerned neighbors gathered to take action on climate change, A Climate to Thrive, or ACTT, has been supporting solutions on Mount Desert Island and beyond since 2016. Learn more at www.aclimatetothrive.org.

Host: Brianna Cunliffe

Description: Climate & Community covers the new Maine Clean Energy Jobs Network launched in late May by the Governor’s Energy Office, designed to connect Mainers to careers in clean energy, and bolster progress in this fast-growing sector of the economy that’s key to achieving our climate action goals. Access the network at https://mainecleanenergyjobs.com/

 

Johannah, Brianna, Tanvi, Gus, Corey, and Beth are the team at A Climate to Thrive, a nonprofit working to build a model of community-driven, solutions-focused climate action. Since its origins around a potluck table as concerned neighbors gathered to take action on climate change, A Climate to Thrive, or ACTT, has been supporting solutions on Mount Desert Island and beyond since 2016. Learn more at www.aclimatetothrive.org.