Take Action
Want to take action on your own, or learn more about ways you can help minimize global warming? Read more below.
HOME ENERGY
Buildings in Maine, our homes in particular, contribute nearly 30% of our green house gas emissions. Click here to learn visit our library of events designed to help homeowners understand the energy impacts of our homes.
Food Gardening
Our yards could feed us. Our yards and their waste do provide habitats that feed other species. Learn more about rewilding your yard, gardening for sustenance, and ways our food systems can be re-examined to provide sustenance for all.
Maine’s transportation systems account for nearly half of our state’s green house gas emissions. Camden and Rockport are walkable and wonderful for biking and hiking–learn how you can help us make our towns become more friendly to non-motorized travel. Also investigate how we can build a more robust EV charging network.
Sea Level Rise
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.
Zero-Waste Living
Ever think what it might be like if we were each made to travel with all the trash we ever produced from the day we were born? We’d certainly always carry a travel mug; we’d go to our food stores with the containers we used the last time; heck, we might even decide to buy based on the lack of packaging. When we ‘throw away’ something, it just goes to someone else to deal with. Learn how you can live a life of zero waste.
Degrowth: What is Enough?
Our culture runs on a mantra of constant growth. Not only does this lead to natural resource depletion, it also has us chasing material objects as means of securing satisfaction and well being. There is another way–learn more here.
Community Building
Reading groups, pot-lucks, block parties, and neighborhood groups are one approach. So are more democratically inclusive ways to govern, including citizen assemblies and town halls. Learn more here.
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. What do you think Camden’s climate action should be? We’d like to hear from you.
Click on the link above and join us in making Camden a Resilient Community.
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