In anticipation of phase 3 of Freeport’s Downtown Visioning, the Freeport Sustainability Advisory Board hosted an evening to highlight smart growth strategies and how they can be applied in Freeport. Guest speakers were Kristina Egan, executive director of the Greater Portland Council of Governments and Logan Capone, an urban planner with the Principle Group. Smart […]
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Green Plate Special: Tamar Haspel’s new book offers much food for thought
The Washington Post columnist grew, gathered, fished and hunted for her own food, and wrote about the experience.
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Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly
Sustainably Speaking: PassivHaus is proactive when it comes to energy loss
If your house is like mine, it is an inefficient envelope that loses heat through windows, walls, roof and basement. According to the Maine Climate Council’s “Maine Won’t Wait” executive summary, given that 72% of a building’s energy is devoted to heating it, energy loss is a big problem in Maine, where winters are cold […]
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Maine lobster at risk of losing a sustainability label over right whale concerns
The California-based Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch program is considering which species to add to its ‘red list.’
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Coffee waste does amount to a hill of beans. To dispose of it, many Maine roasters and coffee shops go green
Composting spent grinds and chaff, via commercial operations or customers who garden, is common practice.
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Forum: It’s not easy being green, but it’s getting better
The trustworthiness of companies that claim to follow environmental, social and governance practices was questioned at the lecture “Sustainable and Social Responsibility in our Purchases and Investments” sponsored by the Freeport Sustainability Advisory Board Dec. 6. Residents questioned the legitimacy of “green” claims made by oil companies and others. “They spend billions on oil extraction […]
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Green Plate Special: What to do with all the brown paper bags you accumulated at the height of the pandemic?
With stamps, ribbons and pine cones, you can repurpose them into beautiful holiday wrapping paper.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly
Mainewhile: Maine seeing powerful new ways to harness energy
I recently wrote about climate change and my sincere desire for a wealthy, influential, highly connected person, such as Elon Musk, to adopt a nation, state – or at least a community – to test their technology while making meaningful progress. In response, many wrote to tell me about the most marvelous advances in green […]
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Falmouth Police add electric vehicle charging stations
The department now has four charging stations for what it hopes will be a growing fleet of electric vehicles.
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Green Plate Special: Eat locally, seasonally – and take a page from Persian kitchens
Cookbook writer and eco-conscious chef Louisa Shafia is visiting Rockport this week to cook and teach.