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The Maine Climate Council's working groups continue to meet regularly to develop recommendations for Maine's updated climate action plan. Below is a list of meetings happening this month. We invite you to tune into these meetings and contact the Maine Climate Council ([link removed]) if you have questions or comments about a particular working group. We also have a few in-person events coming up, including a youth engagement workshop at the Auburn Public Library ([link removed]) on April 24th. Finally, we continue our series on climate action in Maine with a story about mapping food waste data in the state.
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** Reducing Emissions by Mapping Food Data: Courtney Baker
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** Data shows that about 40% of food produced goes uneaten, making it the single largest category of Maine’s waste stream.

That’s why Courtney Baker ([link removed]) , currently a master's student in spatial informatics at the University of Maine, was inspired to create a user-friendly map of Maine’s circulatory food system that can help understand and leverage patterns in conjunction with the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions ([link removed]) . This mapping has the power to reduce carbon emissions and put food back into the community where it can still benefit those in need-- instead of sending it to a landfill.

“We should feed people first, animals second, and then soil—in that order, whenever possible,” she said.

Initiated as a collaborative class project in partnership with the Mitchell Center for Sustainability to use GIS data with real-world applications, she and her colleagues collected data points to explore ways to compile a centralized place that maps food loss.
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** Upcoming Meetings
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* Apr 4, 2024 | 11am - 12:45pm: Maine Materials Management Task Force Small Group Discussion #2 ([link removed])
* Apr 9, 2024 | 2 - 4pm: Maine Materials Management Task Force Small Group Discussion #3 ([link removed])
* Apr 10, 2024 | 9:30 - 11:30am: Maine Materials Management Task Force Small Group Discussion #4 ([link removed])
* Apr 10, 2024 | 10am - 1pm: Maine Climate Council Natural & Working Lands Working Group ([link removed])
* Apr 10, 2024 | 1 - 4pm: Maine Climate Council Transportation Working Group ([link removed])
* Apr 10, 2024 | 2 - 3pm: Coastal and Marine Working Group--Fisheries/Aquaculture Subgroup ([link removed])
* Apr 11, 2024 | 9am - 12pm: Maine Climate Council Land Use Intersecting Issues Conversation #1 ([link removed])
* Apr 12, 2024 | 11am - 12pm: Maine Climate Council Buildings, Infrastructure & Housing Working Group ([link removed])
* Apr 12, 2024 | 12:30 - 3:30pm: Maine Climate Council Materials Management Task Force ([link removed])
* Apr 16, 2024 | 11am - 1pm: Maine Materials Management Task Force Small Group Discussion #5 ([link removed])
* Apr 23, 2024 | 9am - 12pm: Maine Climate Council Coastal & Marine Working Group ([link removed])
* Apr 24, 2024 | 3 - 4pm: Climate & ME: A Youth Climate Action Workshop ([link removed])
* Apr 25, 2024 | 11am - 1pm: Maine Materials Management Task Force Small Group Discussion #6 ([link removed])
* Apr 26, 2024 | 9am - 12pm: Maine Climate Council Buildings, Infrastructure & Housing Working Group ([link removed])
* Apr 26, 2024 | 9am - 12 pm: Maine Climate Council Community Resilience Working Group ([link removed])
* Apr 29, 2024 | 9am - 12pm: Maine Climate Council Energy Working Group ([link removed])
* Apr 30, 2024 | 10am - 1pm: Maine Climate Council Natural & Working Lands Working Group ([link removed])

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