Climate & Community

Host: Wilson Haims

Description: Climate and Community speaks with Maggie Iannuzzi, owner of Precipice Coffee in Ellsworth, Maine. In the first part of our conversation, Maggie shares her concerns about the future of the coffee industry and describes how her business practices aim to eliminate the use of fossil fuels. Maggie introduces us to the solar-powered technology her business uses and we hear more about her interest in helping others decarbonize their coffee roasting process. To learn more about Precipice Coffee visit: www.precipicecoffee.com/

Wilson Haims is from Portland, Maine and earned her bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies from Wellesley College in 2023. Upon graduating, Wilson contributed to climate and conservation-related field work, policy and community engagement work in New England and the Pacific Northwest. Now, Wilson is the Manager of Community Engagement and Resilience at A Climate to Thrive and spends her time hiking, running, making art and cooking on Mount Desert Island.

Johannah, Beth, Wilson, Gus, Alison and Angie 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: Johannah Blackman

Description: Climate & Community spotlights Local Leads the Way, a resource for community-driven climate action initiatives and drops in on a recent meeting focused on community-driven facilitation. Read more about Local Leads the Way and join an upcoming meeting here. Find Angie Flores’s Facilitation Guide here.

About the Hosts:
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: Johannah Blackman

Description: Climate & Community speaks with Jesse Dunbar, Town Manager for Tremont Maine to learn more about how he has approached climate action and resilience building, particularly as the manager of a rural town with a small staff but big challenges when it comes to climate vulnerabilities. Read the Tremont Community Resilience Plan here.

About the Hosts:
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: Johannah Blackman

Description: Climate & Community speaks with Molly Mulhern, a founding member and co-leader of Camden Climate Action Now (CamdentCAN) about rooting climate action in her town in bimonthly conversations and the power in talking more about climate change. Read the Camden CAN newsletter here: mmulhern.substack.com.

About the Hosts:
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: Johannah Blackman

Description: Climate & Community speaks with Kathleen Sullivan, a founding members and co-leader of Freeport Climate Action Now (Freeport CAN) about her experience getting involved with climate action in her late 70s. In the second part of this conversation, Kathleen reflects on what advice she would give to others looking to get involved in climate action later in life, challenges to climate action as an older person, and the work for Freeport CAN. Read more about Freeport CAN at freeportcan.org.

About the Hosts:
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: Johannah Blackman

Description: Climate & Community speaks with Kathleen Sullivan, a founding members and co-leader of Freeport Climate Action Now (Freeport CAN) about her experience getting involved with climate action in her late 70s. In the first part of this conversation, Kathleen shares why she felt called to climate action as an older person and what it has been like to engage in so much learning in her late 70s. Read more about Freeport CAN at freeportcan.org.

About the Hosts:
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 Director David Gibson and student workers Adler Garner and Uriel Orozco on their ongoing work through the College of the Atlantic’s Community Energy Center, supporting households on the Cranberry Isles with energy audits and upgrades this summer. In the second part of our conversation, we focus on the holistic approaches to energy audits, student experiences building skills in building science, and the importance of efficiency for our energy transition. Learn more about the project at www.MaineUP.org.

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 Director David Gibson and student workers Adler Garner and Uriel Orozco on their ongoing work through the College of the Atlantic’s Community Energy Center, supporting households on the Cranberry Isles with energy audits and upgrades this summer. In this first part of our conversation, we focus on what’s been done so far, and the unique challenges unbridged islands face and the opportunities that exist to lessen their energy burdens. Learn more about the project at www.MaineUP.org.

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.