Brunswick

Brunswick is expanding its Recycling Committee to include Sustainability. A Sustainable Brunswick group and ecumenical collaboration among area congregations are focused on educational presentations (films & speakers) for the community. The Sustainability committee celebrated its successes in the fall of 2007, and made plans for strengthening their efforts in 2008.

The Unitarian Universalist church has a new climate action committee that is exploring alternative energy solutions for their church building. Some of their members participate in other local secular sustainability/Cool initiatives.  A transportation collaborative is a new partnership between the Town of Brunswick, the Town of Topsham, Independence Associates, Coastal Trans, Tedford Shelter, Bowdoin College, United Way of Mid Coast Maine, Mid Coast Hospital, Brunswick Housing Authority, People Plus Center, Sweetser, Sexual Assault Services of Mid Coast Maine, and the Maine Department of Behavioral and Development Services. Its goal is to insure that the needs and wishes of all citizens, including persons who have disabilities or long-term illnesses, are taken into account when the transportation system’s planning or development occur in the Brunswick-Topsham area.