Solar a Sound Investment Compared to Fossil Fuels
It was not a morning for sunny-day optimism. Intermittent snow showers pelted down and a raw wind buffeted us as we stood in a long-abandoned pasture. Yet strangely, we felt warmed by a sense...
Category: Climate Change/Energy
This Changes Everything
“Is it really possible to be bored by the end of the world?” This question, in the opening minutes of Avi Lewis’s film This Changes Everything, reveals the paradox at the core of the...
Making a Difference
Portland teacher Gus Goodwin has more than two decades of classroom experience, but recently students caught him by surprise. He was swept up in what he calls a “very powerful experience, one of the...
Eating for a Healthier Earth
Lose weight. Exercise daily. Save more. It’s that time of year when holiday to-do lists morph into new year’s resolutions. Self-improvement goals are worthy, but it’s time to think bigger. Fortunately, there’s a resolution...
Facing the Reality of Rising Seas
From the vantage point of Maine’s rocky coast, rising seas may seem like a prospect remote in space and time. We’re conditioned to respond to felt dangers–things that go bump in the night–not chart...
Pope’s Encyclical: a Call to Profound Change
Stroll through the crowds at Maine’s Common Ground Country Fair and you’re likely to see farming devotees and zealous gardeners alongside faithful novices eager to learn the tenets of sustainability. Fairgoers in search of...
Envisioning a Changed World through Art
“I sing now like the North American brown thrasher who at one point in its song orchestrates four different notes: one grieves, another frets, a third prays, but a fourth celebrates.” Greg Delanty, “The...
Working without the Commute
Even as we acquire the latest gizmos and systems, we don’t always upgrade our own modes of operating. Technology has transformed the traditional workplace, yet most employers still insist that workers be on-site for...
