Climate & Community 3/27/25: Local Advocacy for National Policy (Part 1)

Host: Wilson Haims

Description: Climate and Community speaks to representatives from the Blue Hill Climate Resilience Committee and the Maine State Coordinator for the Citizen’s Climate Lobby to learn about an initiative on an upcoming election in Blue Hill. A question concerning the town’s support for a national carbon fee and dividend policy will be on the ballot. If the town votes to approve this support, they will join a growing number of towns in Maine who have expressed their interest in this policy.

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.