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Hi John,
Over the past three years, the Trump Administration has rolled back close to 100 environmental and public health protections and every day brings new threats to our clean air, water, and energy future at the national level.
Please join us this Friday, July 17 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM to learn what Maine’s environmental community is doing to fight back and put pressure on our elected officials to protect our environment - and what you can do to help!
We are thrilled to co-host this week’s virtual Lunch & Learn with our partners at the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) and Environment Maine. Register here!
I look forward to our Lunch & Learns each week and I hope you do, too! See below for the full July schedule and check our website to listen to the recordings of past events.
Abbie
Dear John,
Over the last three months during our Lunch & Learn online events, we’ve learned together about running an election during a pandemic, Maine’s birds and trees, sustainable agriculture and gardening techniques, coastal carbon capture, carbon pricing, the Maine Climate Council, Maine tribal sovereignty, and Portland and South Portland’s efforts to combat climate change. (You can watch all of these great programs in our full archive.)
Going into the summer months, we weren’t sure how many of you would continue to tune in. Traditionally, our programming slows down during the summer as the weather gets nicer and people spend more time outside.
You all have answered with a resounding “keep going!” and our viewership continues to rise. Thank you for making this program so successful!
And with that, here are our upcoming Lunch & Learns for July. We hope to see you at one or all of them next month!
July Lunch & Learns:
Friday, July 10th, 12-1 PM: Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and the Wabanaki Tribal Nations
Friday, July 17th, 12-1 PM: Defending Environmental Protections at the Federal Level
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Over the past three years the Trump Administration has irresponsibly rolled back close to 100 environmental and health protections. NRCM’s Federal Director Emmie Theberge and Environment America’s Clean Cars Campaign Director Morgan Folger will explain the major rollbacks, explore what they mean for Mainers, and share what you can do to counteract these dangerous efforts. Register here!
Friday, July 24, 12-1 PM: The Atlantic Black Box Project
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Meadow Dibble, a Visiting Scholar at Brown University’s Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, will join us to discuss the Atlantic Black Box Project—a Portland-based public history initiative devoted to researching and reckoning with New England’s role in the slave trade and the economy of enslavement. Despite the 1820 federal act that made participation in the slave trade a capital offense, many merchants and mariners of this region continued to engage in this illicit traffic, right up to the eve of the Civil War. This highly lucrative activity, along with the related practices of provisioning plantations of the Americas and processing their produce in Northern mills, served as the primary fuel powering New England’s economic ascent. And yet our regional narratives have carefully avoided this topic for the past two centuries. Register here!
Friday, July 31st, 12-1 PM: Reducing the Carbon Impact of our Built Environment
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Two members of the Maine Climate Council Buildings, Infrastructure and Housing Working Group — Ellen Belknap, AIA and Jesse Thompson, AIA — will join us to present early adopter building projects that demonstrate positive steps toward reducing the carbon impact of our built environment. Jesse Thompson, AIA is a partner at Kaplan Thompson Architects in Portland, a President of Maine AIA, the first architect in northern New England to become a Passive House Consultant, and a LEED Accredited Professional. Ellen Belknap, AIA, is president of SMRT Architects and Engineers, a full-service firm designing healthcare, education, technology/science/industry, justice, government and corporate office facilities. She has led a variety of projects across New England, including the largest integrated project delivery (IPD) hospital in the Northeast, MaineGeneral Medical Center. Register here!
We’re always looking for new speakers and issues to feature, so please contact my colleague Will at [email protected] with your ideas and suggestions.
--Abbie
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