Introduction and Background
Why a Cool Kit and How To Use It
You have probably opened the Cool Kit because, like growing numbers of Maine citizens, you are concerned about the impacts of global warming on your community and future generations. And you want to DO SOMETHING!
You know that scientists have come to agreement that human activities, most notably our energy generation and transportation systems powered by fossil fuels, are contributing to the earth’s dramatic climate changes. And most likely you are aware that leading climatologists suggest that, if we are going to slow global warming, we must significantly reduce our emissions of greenhouse gases, i.e. carbon dioxide, by as much as 80% by the year 2050… about 2% per year. This means we need to get started today and it will require everyone to be involved… including YOU!
To help individuals, small businesses, organizations, and municipalities get started on a life-saving, emissions-reduction low-carbon diet, Maine Partners for Cool Communities (MPCC) created the cool kit and packed it with proven smart solutions, services, and resource materials, readily available and easily accessible to all Mainers. We have concentrated most of our content on strategies that we know can be quickly and successfully implemented right where you live and work. The service providers are nearby and can be easily contacted with questions and requests for more information.
Because new technologies, solutions, and services are continuously coming on-line the cool kit, also posted to the MPCC website at www.coolmaine.org, will be frequently updated and expanded. We encourage you to contact us with your own success stories, so that we add them to the cool kit and share the information with others. You may reach us c/o the Sierra Club Maine Chapter at 207-761-5616 or maine.chapter@sierraclub.org.
Climate Change in Maine
Confronting Climate Change in the US Northeast/Maine Union of Concerned Scientists
Indicators of Climate Change in Maine Maine Department of Environmental Protection
