CamdenCAN

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HOME ENERGY COACHING

CamdenCAN, working with the towns of Camden and Rockport, is making free energy coaching available to residents. If you’re interested in volunteering as a coach, or if you’d like a visit from a home energy coach, learn more here. 

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

Help create a robust team of local people knowledgeable about basic emergency preparedness for any shocks that might affect our community. If you’re interested in helping CamdenCAN put together a community disaster team, get in touch camdencan2025@gmail.com

FOOD GARDEN TOUR

Join our Local Food Garden Tour Sept 5 & 7.  Connect with gardeners and neighbors growing toward a future rooted in sustainability, food security, and strong community relationships. If you have a food, native or pollinator garden you’d like to include let us know.

CAMDEN TALKS CLIMATE

CamdenCAN, in partnership with the Camden Public Library, and the Town of Camden, has presented over 15 talks and events focusing on local climate issues. Find many of them on Camden Public Library’s YouTube channel. These will resume in Fall 2025, with a focus on Energy Literacy and Emergency Preparedness. 

CLIMATE CONVERSATIONS

Meet local people talking about current news, issues, citizen responses, and local actions we can take. Meets every second Tuesday, 4-5 pm at the Camden Public Library. 

HARBOR RESILIENCE

The Town of Camden, working with CamdenCAN and Richardson Associates, spent the fall of 2024 undertaking a study of Camden’s inner harbor. The final plan was issued in April 2025, and you can read it here. There’s still much work to be done–at the Public Landing, Bayview Street, etc. Look for more information to come. 

A solar panel array installed in an open field with a backdrop of leafless birch trees and a clear blue sky. The panels are tilted at an angle to capture sunlight efficiently. Patches of snow are visible on the ground, indicating a late fall or early winter setting.

MUNICIPAL SOLAR

We’re working on the buyout of the existing solar array at Sagamore Farms that we are currently leasing from Revision Energy. Come to the Select Board meeting on June 3, 2025 at 6:30 pm to support our efforts. We’re also investigating increasing our solar capacity at Sagamore Farms and on other town-owned properties. 

Camden Climate action reports

Camden has had the benefit of many Watershed students’ efforts to create Camden Climate Action Plans. There are tons of great ideas for the town, and individuals. You can read Turning the Tide: Preliminary Climate Actions for Camden, Maine (July 2020) here. You can also read the Camden Comprehensive Plan (2017) here–there are great recommendations for Energy Sustainability, Dark Skies, EVs, etc.

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