Permaculture
Learn how permaculture principles focus on developing sustainable architecture and regenerative habitat. Take a walk around the property to practice observation skills followed by a pot luck.
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Learn how permaculture principles focus on developing sustainable architecture and regenerative habitat. Take a walk around the property to practice observation skills followed by a pot luck.
Come join the discussion of trying to get composting into the local school systems.
Sustain Mid-Maine Coalition is developing an RFP to do a large group purchase of Solar Photo Voltaic Systems for the Mid-Maine region. The Solarize Mid-Maine Program is open to all residential and most small business properties. It will include site evaluation, licensing and permitting, equipment (mounting brackets, Solar Panels, Inverters) and connection to Central Maine […]
The Public Policy Team invites you to meet our area legislators on Monday, November 30 at 6:30 in the REM Forum Room (93 Main St., across from the Maine Made Shop). Our purpose in hosting this meeting is to briefly share what Sustain Mid-Maine Coalition volunteers have been able to accomplice in the intervening years, to […]
Sustain Mid Maine Coalition Presents Solarize Mid Maine: "Meet Your Contractor" John Reuthe Meeting in Room 141 of The Diamond Building at Colby College.
Sustain Mid Maine Coalition Presents “Coyote, America's Songdog” Geri Vistein Meeting in Room 141 of The Diamond Building at Colby College. Geri’s presentation titled COYOTE, AMERICA’S SONGDOG is filled with numerous visuals, and of course, wild songs. Come and learn about this important, resilient carnivore in a way you have never heard before. Additionally, this […]
This event is the second in a series of statewide forums that brings together leaders in Maine to discuss the current status of Maine’s solar market. The panelists will include Tim Schneider, Office of the Public Advocate; Vaughan Woodruff, Chair of the Committee on Renewable Energy; Dylan Voorhees, Natural Resources Council of Maine; Roger Katz, […]
Sustain Mid Maine Coalition’s Education & Community Outreach Team invites you to “Timber First: An Introduction to the New Generation of Tall Timber Buildings,” presented by Bill Basford. Recent advances in timber framing technology and changes to the 2015 International Building Code now allow Tall Timber Framed buildings of 18 storeys or more. Roughly a […]
A presentation by Peter Garrett In a political climate that seems to be taking us backwards environmentally, there is hope for finding a solution for what is arguably our most serious global environmental challenge. Peter Garrett, Citizens Climate Lobby coordinator for Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, will give a presentation on Citizens Climate Lobby's persuasive […]
Sustain Mid Maine Coalition invites you to attend our eighth annual meeting on Saturday, March 18 from 8:30 to 10:00 AM in the Silberman Lounge part of the Cotter Union at Colby College. Dr. Stephen Kahl,Associate Professor of Science and Sustainability Liaison at Thomas College, will be the keynote speaker. As founding director of the […]
Learn about ways to use renewable energy, make your home or business more energy efficient. Exhibitors will teach you about solar energy, heat pumps, pellet boilers, energy audits, efficiency measures, weatherization, high-efficiency windows and more! Vendors include ReVision Energy, Maine Solar Solutions, Efficiency Maine, The Sunrise Guide, WindowDressers, Inc., Agri-Cycle Energy, among others. Sponsored by […]
Come see who else is involved with Sustain Mid Maine Coalition. Learn more about current initiatives. Have fun and eat a delicious meal. Ten percent of what SMMC folks buy, excluding alcohol, will be donated back to SMMC. **Be sure to tell the server you are with Sustain Mid Maine Coalition.**
Learn about composting from Master Composters Geoff Hill & Ross Nason. FREE and open to the public.
Join Sustain Mid Maine’s Rethink, Reduce, Reuse Recycle Team for a screening of the documentary film Bag It about the proliferation of plastic in our environment and society. Bring a brown bag lunch, if you would like. SEE THE TRAILER HERE. Before the start of the film, you will hear about our efforts to ban […]
A benefit screening for Sustain Mid-Maine Coalition Artist Chris Jordan alit on Midway Island in 2009 to photograph the albatrosses that populate this small spot of land in the middle of the Pacific. Little did Jordan know that he would return time and again to Midway on a wildly challenging eight-year odyssey to tell the […]
Filmmaker James Redford (Robert Redford’s son) embarks on a colorful personal journey into the dawn of the clean energy era as it creates jobs, turns profits, and makes communities stronger and healthier across the US. Unlikely entrepreneurs in communities from Georgetown, TX to Buffalo, NY reveal pioneering clean energy solutions while Jamie's discovery of how […]
Please join us for a community litter cleanup to help beautify Waterville. We will meet at 11:00 a.m. outside Waterville City Hall in Castonguay Square. Trash bags and rubber gloves will be provided for free. We will fan out and cleanup Head of Falls, the Concourse, and Main Street. After the cleanup, please join us […]
Sustain Mid Maine Coalition’s Education and Community Outreach Team invites you to join us for a discussion of the book Climate: A New Story by Charles Eisenstein. The discussions will be held in January 10 & 24 at the Winslow Public Library from 3:30 to 5:00 pm. Amazon Reviews says of Climate, A New Story […]
New Visions for a Resilient Future: a Book Discussion Group Title to be discussed: The Social Conquest of Earth by E.O. Wilson To register for this program email: LWoods@waterville-me.gov A project of Sustain Mid-Maine Coalition
Tables, displays, food trucks, and more… Speakers at 11 a.m., Noon & 1 p.m.: Steve Kahl, Thomas College Professor of Science, Prius PHEV owner Ryan Wheaton, Professor of Business, Honda Clarity EV owner Vaughan Woodruff, InSource Renewables, Volt and Bolt owner Ben Plaisted, Sales Associate at Central Maine Motors Kenneth Copp, Kia Soul EV Owner […]
Have an overabundance of seedlings? Left over but still viable seeds, perennial bulbs, or other propagation structures? Sustain Mid Maine Coalition’s Permaculture Team invites you to a plant swap! Containers or other plant propagation equipment can be traded as well. Bring seeds, plants (annuals perennials, flowers, food plants, herbs.