Mainers from every corner of the state are stepping up to the climate challenge. Practical, creative and trailblazing teachers, bus drivers, students, communities, recent graduates and professional athletes alike are taking action to get ahead of the climate curve. Read their stories.
Data shows that about 40% of food produced goes uneaten, making it the single largest category of Maine’s waste stream.
It’s quiet out on the New Meadows River oyster farm where 24-year-old Max Burtis is looking down over this year’s oyster crop. The water silently reflects his orange overalls and the silhouette of his solar-powered oyster float.
“I like being on the water, it’s generational,” he said.
Thanks to UMaine senior Kate Flynn, 22, and the work going on at the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, there’s a popular new hangout on campus that’s created a tasty way for students and staff to help mitigate climate change.
Maine's coastal environment plays an important role in carbon sequestration. We sat down with Bates College Professor Beverly Johnson to learn more about her research on blue carbon ecosystems, and how they can help mitigate climate change.
For nearly all his life, Cory Falabella, 35, worked either for himself or for family members, outdoors, on the ocean, and in all kinds of conditions-- just as many of his family did before him.