Join Climate Neighbors July 19, Laite Beach, 530 pm
Jul 11, 2023
Finally, welcome to summer. Who knows how long it will last—weather freakiness is part of the new reality of our warming planet.
You’re receiving this email because you signed up for news from CamdenCAN(ClimateActionNow). We’re a citizen-led Camden group committed to facing the climate crisis neighbor to neighbor, and we’re writing to invite you to a summer evening picnic at Laite Beach next Wednesday.
It will be an informal evening (bring some food for yourself, some to share, if you like) designed to celebrate living here and to also consider ways to manage the climate changes upon us. At the picnic we’ll introduce the idea of the group, introduce ourselves, and all have an opportunity to share our climate change stories.
They’ll be information on individual climate actions, signup sheets for fall events and volunteer work, and plenty of good company. If you’re intrigued but can’t join us, please get in touch (leave a comment below, or email ).
Going forward, we’ll use this newsletter to keep you updated on CamdenCAN events, and also other local and regional climate information and groups. If you’ve got events or topics you’d like seen listed here, email.
CamdenCAN(ClimateActionNow) is committed to reducing Camden’s contribution to climate change through education, actions, and advocacy—helping our community face the climate crisis with actionable and accountable steps. Together we CAN make a difference.
Beyond the Picnic
This fall we’ll be hosting a series of talks (the first at Camden Public Library September 14) designed to inform about global climate change, climate work in nearby towns, and as the series progresses, drill down into Camden-specific challenges, ideas, priorities, and opportunities.
Our goal is to help foster conversations about how Camden becomes climate resilient, individually and as a community. We’re particularly interested in fostering social resilience—that is, strengthening neighbor-to-neighbor bonds so that we are working together to tackle the climate crisis. And of course we’ll talk policy and incentives and ways to minimize our impact on planet earth. (And we bet you have a LOT of ideas you can add to the mix—so come join us!)
Shared Resources
We’ll use this newsletter to share upcoming local events and some ideas from wider afield. Here’s a taste:
Electric Boat Launch Party, July 27 in Rockland—learn more here.
The Sharing Economy—reading Marina Schauffler’s great article on sharing made us consider the idea of neighborhood EVs—wouldn’t it be neat if you could borrow an EV to see that cousin in Portland instead of burning fossil fuel? It probably wouldn’t quite be free, but could we set that up here? In Portland you can borrow an electric lawn mower—could we set that up here?
Mainers’ Guide to Climate Incentives has money to help you buy an EV, a hot water heat pump, or to insulate your home (plus much more). Combine these funds with federal tax credits and it’s never been more economical to make green changes in your life. Have a look—bring your questions to the picnic!
Looking for climate education? One of our favorite podcasts is A Matter of Degrees, cohosted by Katherine Wilkerson and Leah Cardamore Stokes. Have a listen, and share!
Closing Thoughts
In the last week we’ve been told our planet is the warmest it’s ever been, we’ve seen neighbors and friends suffer raging rivers in Vermont and New York, and we’ve been battling fog and haze here on the shores of Penobscot Bay. It’s been wild, yet our suspicion is we’ve just begun this roller coaster ride. We’re gonna need to hold on—to each other, to what we value and love—and to fight to keep every degree of warming out of the atmosphere. We hoping you’ll join us. See you July 19 (5:30 pm, Laite Beach).
No one will cure climate change—everyone will.
—Jonathan Safran Foer, We Are the Weather