Climate & Community

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.

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.