Climate & Community 4/3/25: Local Advocacy for National Policy (Part 2)

Host: Wilson Haims

Description: Climate and Community continues the conversation with representatives from the Blue Hill Climate Resilience Committee and the Maine State Coordinator for the Citizen’s Climate Lobby to understand why the Committee unanimously supports a national Carbon Fee and Dividend policy. This conversation also illuminates some of the impacts of climate change that are driving the Blue Hill Climate Resilience Committee to seek avenues to abate national emissions.

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.