Slowing climate change by living more sustainably requires electricity generated from renewable sources. Batteries will help achieve this goal by storing the energy that powers our electric devices and ensures a consistent energy supply. Though impressive breakthroughs are occurring in China, ongoing developments in the West show that its innovators are beginning to meet the […]
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Making waves: Protecting our oceans through everyday choices
If you could make one small shift in your daily routine to help safeguard the home of over 80% of Earth’s life, would you do it? Summer beach season is a perfect time to explore how our household decisions can ripple out to protect creatures we seldom encounter but that play critical roles in our […]
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How to see what’s always there in and on Maine land
Each summer, when I was a boy, we would drive the long, winding series of state roads to Maine to visit my mother’s parents. Auburn residents, they had a small, uninsulated cottage on Martin’s Point in Friendship. And until my father and my grandmother got on each other’s nerves (usually around day four), the tiny […]
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Kayakers take on spectacular Deer Island in New Brunswick
A kayaker approaches Hardwood Island northeast of Deer Island in New Brunswick, Canada. (Ron Chase photo) For the past two years, a group of friends and I have traveled to Campobello Island in New Brunswick for kayaking, biking and hiking adventures in August. After I wrote a couple of columns about our kayaking exploits, a […]
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A sterling service for Tim Ellis, Chewonki’s legendary visionary
When I learned that Tim Ellis had died, I knew I had to attend his memorial service. A legendary leader at Chewonki for several decades, Tim influenced thousands of young people, including members of my own family. Tim Ellis, a Chewonki leader who died in May, was celebrated in a memorial on Aug. 22. (Courtesy […]
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Autumn is engagement season: Part II of the Midcoast chamber’s fall preview
Last week, I began a preview of fall projects and programs that local business members’ employees — or any aspiring business networker — can be a part of this year. Volunteering and attending local events is an excellent way to grow your network, meet new people and to hone those communications skills that will help […]
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What I learned as a summer fellow at Oasis Free Clinics
This summer, I had the opportunity to work as a fellow at Oasis Free Clinics in Brunswick, a no-cost health-care clinic supporting communities in need in Midcoast Maine. Oasis offers free medical, dental and vision care to members of our community who have nowhere else to turn, filling a critical gap in the community’s safety […]
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Building the Orr’s and Bailey Islands bridge was a masterful feat of engineering
A “scow barge” is unloaded by a crane as the last of the Pownal Granite is put in place on the Orr’s and Bailey Islands’ Crib Stone Bridge in the 1920s. (Courtesy of the Maine Department of Transportation) Ninety-nine years ago, “after nearly a half century of controversy,” work finally began on June 6, 1926, […]
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What the Maine Legislature is doing to protect our coastal resources
The high surf throughout Southern and Midcoast Maine caused by Hurricane Erin is a reminder that hurricane season is once again upon us. Storms like these have the potential to threaten Maine’s coast and pose risks to our heritage industries. As I’ve written before, LD 1, “An Act to Increase Storm Preparedness for Maine’s Communities, […]
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This saltwater worm is an important part of intertidal ecology
One of my favorite things is being asked by a kid to help identify a strange sea creature. In the midst of getting dinner ready for my family, I noticed a video call coming in from a good friend. I happen to know that this friend has curious kids — and to remember that they’ve […]
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