Maine Conservation Voters

We're counting down the days until MCV's biggest event of the year, the Evening for the Environment! We hope you’ll join us to celebrate Maine's conservation and climate victories — learn more and register here: https://lnkd.in/gcse23v9 🌲 Date: Thursday, October 17 🌲Time: 6-8:00 PM 🌲 Location: University of New England’s Innovation Hall in Portland, ME Our keynote speaker this year is Phil Gregory, co-counsel in several youth-led constitutional climate cases. He will tell the story about how youth prevailed in Montana with a landmark victory for climate justice. Our featured artist, Mihku Paul, is a Wolostoqey visual artist and writer. She will perform Msi-te Ktahkomiq Kintaqot, The Whole Earth Resounds, and will lift up Etuapmumk or “two-eyed seeing,” a guiding principle for cross-cultural collaboration.

Save the date for our BIGGEST event of the year! MCV/A’s annual 🌲 Evening for the Environment 🌲 will be held at UNE’s Innovation Hall in Portland on October 17 from 6-8 PM. This event will celebrate the environmental accomplishments of the year and strengthen our work together ensuring a healthy, beautiful Maine for all. More details on this year’s speakers and program coming soon… stay tuned! Reserve your spot here: https://lnkd.in/exhzFQ6Z

We’re excited to introduce our summer 2024 Digital Communications #Intern, Nola Prevost! Nola is a #climate activist and writer from Brewer, ME, currently working full-time as an administrative specialist at UMaine in Orono, where she graduated in 2021 with a degree in English and a minor in Women’s Gender and Sexuality studies. She has written numerous public comments and a Letter to the Editor on the Advanced Clean Cars II Act that was published in the Bangor Daily News this spring. Her poetry and short stories have been featured in several literary magazines, including ‘The Open Field’ and ‘Beyond Words.’ This summer she will be working to help boost MCV’s social media presence by bringing new approaches to sharing our work online, hoping to extend MCV’s reach through digital media and our #storytelling workshop this summer. Currently she is also studying to be a Maine Master Naturalist, so that she can lead nature walks and be a trail guide for all those looking to enjoy the abundant ecology in Maine and spread awareness of the dangers of climate change in Maine.

Great piece in the The Portland Press Herald by MCV's Beth Ahearn & Lucy Hochschartner – voices across generations of climate action in Maine. "By uniting across generations and rallying behind a shared vision for our future, we can rise to the challenge of climate change and reestablish respectful, reciprocal relationships with the natural world, now, for future generations, and for all." 👏 Read the full piece here: https://lnkd.in/evmumUUr

Thank you to everyone who joined us at beautiful Broadturn Farm last night to celebrate our Director of Government Affairs, Beth Ahearn, before her retirement this month. Beth leaves a legacy of environmental protection, genuine collaboration, lobbying expertise, and laughter. We hope each of you have gotten to experience one of Beth’s famous hugs!

Sharing this opportunity to work with our friends Maine Audubon!

Big Oil lied about climate change, and now they're lying about plastic recycling, too. Join our 🥪Lunch & Learn📚 this Friday at noon to learn about a new report by The Center for Climate Integrity exposing Big Oil's deception. CCI's Chelsea Linsley and Alyssa Johl will join us to discuss how states and communities are holding them accountable. Register here: https://lnkd.in/eMmPhJRg

The sun is shining, and we’re reminded that spring is right around the corner ☀️With spring, comes one of our favorite celebrations: Earth Day 🌎 We hope you’ll join us for an Earth Day Beach Cleanup #event at Old Orchard Beach on Saturday, April 20 from 10 AM - 12 PM! 🌱 The first 50 participants to arrive will receive FREE “Earth Day” reusable tote bags and Stonington Blend Organic Plant Food courtesy of Coast of Maine Organic Products, Inc. We are so excited to partner with Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation again and to welcome our friends from the Maine Audubon Coastal Birds Project to feature a short presentation on endangered Piping Plovers. There will be a raffle with gear provided by Patagonia! Thank you to our generous sponsors: Bristol Seafood, Coast of Maine Organic Products, Inc., Dirigo Solar, Lee Auto Malls, and Luke's Lobster! And, a shout out to The Holy Donut and Trader Joe's for providing treats! 🙌 🌊 You won’t want to miss it — sign up here: https://lnkd.in/es_3gECm

#werehiring! 🎉 Our team is looking for a new Director of Government Affairs to lead our lobbying and political work. 🌎 Do you have experience ensuring that the protection of the #environment, #climate, and #democracy in Maine are top priorities for elected officials? Are you committed to applying a racial justice lens to this work? ☀️ If your answer to these questions is yes, then this could be the job for you! Find the the full job description & apply here: https://lnkd.in/e9V6D-Aw 🌲 Please share this post with anyone you know who may be interested in joining our team!

As climate change and its harmful effects accelerate, so too does the urgency for effective climate action. Join Peter Dugas, the Maine State Coordinator for Citizens' Climate Lobby, for this interactive #climate policy workshop using MIT Sloan School of Management's EN-ROADS Climate Policy Simulator to explore our current climate trajectory, how recent legislation has improved our long-term outlook, and how Maine — the only state in the world’s largest economy with both senators (Sen. Angus King and Sen. Susan Collins) on the bipartisan Senate Climate Solutions Caucus — can lead the nation and world in advocating a stabilized climate and a sustainable future. Register here: https://lnkd.in/en3GN8ci