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Mainers confronting climate change threats

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.

Clean Energy Entrepreneur: Cole Ellis

Clean Energy Entrepreneur: Cole Ellis

A Mainer with an entrepreneurial spirit, Cole Ellis, 19, of Searsport, seized the opportunity to forge a green career path for himself at an early age — and he’s not done yet.

“Maine is important to me because I grew up seeing how beautiful the state can be,” he said. “And heat pumps are the most efficient heating source.”

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Jamie Snook Tradeswomen Collective Hands On Climate Action

A Hands-On Approach to Climate Action: Jamie Snook

After graduating from Lesley University in 2017 with a degree in environmental science, Jamie Snook, now 29, decided she needed a hands-on job that didn’t feel limiting.  

“I didn’t want anyone telling me that I needed to create differently,” she said. “It reminded me that life can be a little bit more grounded in the landscape we’re surrounded by.”

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Climate Q&A: Colby Environmental Policy Senior Lucy Robinson

Climate Q&A: Lucy Robinson on researching climate anxiety among Maine college students

Lucy Robinson a senior at Colby College, is studying environmental policy and history and conducting research among Maine college students about experiencing climate anxiety, a leading topic from the recent report on climate effects in Maine by the Maine Climate Council's Scientific and Technical Subcommittee. Read the full report or its executive summary. 

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Finding Innovative Uses for Paper Products: Liza White

Finding Innovative Uses for Paper Products: Liza White

Liza White thought she was going to become a doctor. Born and raised in Rumford, White always loved science and math.  

But when she arrived at the University of Maine, Orono in 2017, White quickly discovered that her interests were a better fit for something other than medicine: sustainable biomedical engineering, a field that has been increasingly used to create innovative solutions to climate change.  

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Susie Arnold of the Island Institute and the Maine Climate Council

Q & A: The Science of Hope with Susie Arnold of the Island Institute

Earlier this year, STS co-chair Susie Arnold, Senior Ocean Scientist and Director of the Center for Climate and Community at the Island Institute, presented about the Science of Hope, and how we can apply the hope theory construct to climate action.

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