Community action/Maine
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| Location | Maine, United States |
| Coordinates | 45° 42' 32.75" N, 68° 51' 32.47" W |
The aim of this page is to recognise, celebrate and encourage the self-empowerment of community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism for climate, environment and many other sustainability topics across Maine.
News
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The US’s Easternmost City Could Be a Model for the Country’s Renewable Future, insideclimatenews.org (Nov 18, 2024) - Why Europe is dismantling its dams, BBC Future (Mar 05, 2024)
- 'I'm not a quitter': lobstermen turn to kelp farming in the face of climate crisis, May 19, 2020...theguardian.com
- New England Lawmakers Weigh Plug-in Solar as Europe’s Model Spreads, insideclimatenews.org (Feb 18, 2026) — Legislation in Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island would allow small solar panels to plug directly into home outlets, expanding access to clean energy.
- Where the wild things thrive: Finding and protecting nature’s climate change safe havens, theconversation.com (Dec 17, 2025)
- New England warming faster than most places on Earth, study finds, theguardian.com (Dec 04, 2025)
- Can Florida’s ‘coastal corridor’ project safeguard wildlife and boost economy?, theguardian.com (Aug 10, 2026)
- How Australia combines modern tech and Indigenous knowledge to fight wildfires, BBC News (Aug 01, 2026)
- Over 80% of All US Voters Support Ending Dark Money’s Grip on Democracy, commondreams.org (Jun 04, 2026)
- Eva v Goliath: the 20-year-old climate activist taking on Trump and the fossil fuel industry, theguardian.com (May 20, 2026)
- US has caused $10tn worth of climate damage since 1990, research finds, theguardian.com (Mar 25, 2026)
- New York Cooks Up a Plan to Boost Energy Efficiency in Public Housing, insideclimatenews.org (Mar 16, 2026)
- Climate solutions most likely to reach ‘positive tipping points’ revealed by scientists, theguardian.com (Sep 10, 2026) — Global shift towards clean electricity could trigger ‘cascade’ of progress, helping reduce air pollution, cut waste and revive oceans
- Reclaiming the streets: the architects clawing back Europe’s car-centric spaces, theguardian.com (Sep 09, 2026) — The European Prize for Urban Public Space’s shortlist highlights projects helping people cope with climate crisis
- We’re the mayors of Paris, Milan and Phoenix. The heat crisis has us all facing the same question, Emmanuel Grégoire, Giuseppe Sala and Kate Gallego, theguardian.com (Sep 07, 2026) — Our three cities are learning from each other about how to protect residents. These climate policies are also public health measures
Networks and sustainability initiatives
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Sep 15, 2026 (Tue) — Free Money Day, Global invitation for people to explore, in a liberating and fun way, what it might be like if our relationship to money was a little different. Sep 15, annually, freemoneyday.org- Sep 18, 2026 (Fri) — Park(ing) day, global, public, participatory project where people across the world temporarily repurpose curbside parking spaces and convert them into public parks and social spaces to advocate for safer, greener, and more equitable streets for people, myparkingday.org
- Sep 21, 2026 (Mon) — International Day of Peace, Globally shared date, Sep 21 each year for all humanity to commit to Peace above all differences and to contribute to building a Culture of Peace, internationaldayofpeace.org
- Sep 21-27, 2026 (Mon-Sun) — Global Week Of Action For Peace And Climate Justice, climatemilitarism.org
2021-2030, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, International community action events
Each week 3 different short videos from across the world.
Community climate action Scotland, Community climate action, Community action/New Zealand / ...This week's featured UK videos / ... read more about Cosmolocalism
Maine video
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Community energy
[edit | edit source]Wikipedia: Solar power in Maine, Wind power in Maine
Education for sustainability
[edit | edit source]College of the Atlantic, Environmental Commitment, Sustainability at COA
Urban sustainability
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[edit | edit source]Maine Watershed Data From Environmental Protection Agency - U.S. EIA Energy Profile for Maine, economic, environmental and energy data
About Maine
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Maine ( MAYN) is a state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and northwest, and shares a maritime border with Nova Scotia. It is the only state to border only one other state (New Hampshire). Maine is the largest state in New England by total area, almost as large as the combined area of the remaining five states. Of the 50 U.S. states, it is the 12th-smallest by area, the 9th-least populous, the 13th-least densely populated, and the most rural. As of 2024, Maine's population stood at a Census-estimated 1,400,000, the state's highest-ever population estimate. Maine's capital is Augusta, while its most populous city is Portland.
| Authors | Phil Green |
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| License | CC-BY-SA-3.0 |
| Cite as | Philralph (2014–2026). "Community action/Maine". Appropedia. Retrieved September 13, 2026. |