Nearly 50 volunteers took to the streets on Saturday May 15th in Portland, Camden, and Rockland as part of the Maine Partners for Cool Communities Green Sneaker Project.
The Maine Public Utilities Commission has awarded the first round of grants to Maine communities under the State of Maine Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program. The $9.5 million dollars for the program is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and was established by Congress to assist communities in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, energy use and energy costs in various sectors including building and transportation.
$37 million in stimulus funding is coming to Maine. How much and how will that money be spent for energy efficiency, weatherization and green building in Maine communities and businesses? View Speaker Presentations
This week, delegates from Maine left for Copenhagen, Denmark to take part in International climate talks and other related activities.
Cool Communities co-director Joan Saxe, will be taking part in the events and will be blogging along the way. To follow Joan’s blog go to: http://joan-rssfeed.blogspot.com/.
Climate change poses many challenges and threats to coastal communtities here in Maine. Luckily, many communities and state agencies are recognizing the risks of climate change and many efforts are underway to make communities more resilient to those risks.
Pittsfield is now the newest Cool Community! Earlier this month, Mayor Timothy Nichols signed the U.S. Mayors’ Climate Protection Agreement. Town manager, Kathryn Ruth, initiated the move, since the town of Pittsfield has already begun taking measures to reduce energy costs and global warming pollution in their community.
Here are some great photos and clips of the fantastic organizing work done by Cool Communities on International Day of Climate Action on October 24, 2009. The rain couldn’t stop Cool Communities!
Cool Portland
Community faith leaders were joined at the podium by members of Operation Free (veterns for clean energy) to speak about the need for action on climate change.
Maine Partners for Cool Communities needs your help raising $200 for IT support on our website. Our website was created to help Cool Communities share and access information and to network with other Cool Teams across the state. It is easy to use, but sometimes we encounter problems that are beyond our capabilities and need to call upon the experts at www.droplits.org.
Can you help make coolmaine.org better? Even $10 would help reach our goal of $200. We can do it!
On Saturday, October 3, 2009 over 100 Cool Community activists, state and town officials, students and business owners gathered in Augusta for Maine’s 1st Annual Cool Congress to participate in workshops, seminars, networking and exchanging of ideas, all aimed at reducing energy consumption and saving money in local communities.
On May 15, neighborhoods in Portland, Camden and Rockport will see Green Sneakers volunteers “walkin’ the talk for smart energy solutions.”
$37 million in stimulus funding is coming to Maine. How much and how will that money be spent for energy efficiency, weatherization and green building in Maine communities and businesses? 
This week, delegates from Maine left for Copenhagen, Denmark to take part in International climate talks and other related activities. 
Pittsfield is now the newest Cool Community! Earlier this month, Mayor Timothy Nichols signed the 
