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December 1
Island Institute awarded energy contract
Effort aimed at helping islands find clean, secure systems
The Island Institute is one of five organizations in the country to be awarded a contract by the Energy Transitions Initiative Partnership Project, or ETIPP. As a partner in this new U.S. Department of Energy-sponsored initiative, the Island Institute will be awarded $330,000 over three years by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Residents of Maine’s 15, year-round unbridged island communities…
November 30
Truth-telling continues, even in online setting
Island Teachers Conference featured Wabanaki workshop
Education practices have always involved responsiveness and adaptation, but those tenets have taken on new meaning this year. Along with a quick transition to online learning, conferences and professional development…
November 24
Deer Island marks 250 years of endurance
New Brunswick island off Eastport includes several towns
Editor's note: This story first appeared in The Quoddy Tides, and appears here with permission. Until as late as 1770, Deer Island—which lies between Eastport and New Brunswick, and is…
November 24
A return to the joy of cooking and eating
Cookbook from Portland restaurant chefs is appetizing and entertaining
Eventide: Recipes for Clambakes, Oysters, Lobster Rolls, and More From a Modern Maine Seafood Shack Arlin Smith, Andrew Taylor, Mike Wiley with Sam Hiersteiner Is it because of COVID and…
November 24
A well-lived life in Maine boat design
Noted naval architect Hendel worked in Bath and Camden
Of Watercraft and Function: A Biography of Naval Architect Geerd N. Hendel By Roger Allen Moody A documented, remembered career is a form of immortality. A career as long and…
November 20
Winslow Homer: A legacy of strong seeing
Myth-making and self-identity in Maine art
Images courtesy Portland Museum of Art Winslow Homer settled at Prout’s Neck in Scarborough in 1883, 63 years after Maine became a state, and it was a momentous move: He…
November 20
Phippsburg oyster project is a triple win
Environment, business, school all expected to benefit from effort
PHOTOS by KELLI PARK Maine has the power to draw people with its rugged beauty. But Maine is more than a pretty face, and it casts its spell over entrepreneurs…
November 20
The smoking gun: what the fossil fuel industry knew (and when it knew it)
Internal documents show climate impacts understood in 1960s
The smoking gun on climate change is, well, the smoke. Or at least carbon pollution. But the real smoking gun, said activists from the Center for Climate Integrity and Union…
November 20
Election gives Maine environmental opportunities
Federal, state political climates offer green economy growth
As the Maine Climate Council works out recommendations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (scheduled to go to the governor’s office and the legislature on Dec. 1), and with President-elect Joe…
November 18
Luke's Lobster, Island Institute join forces
Partnership aims to boost demand for Maine seafood, wild and farmed
The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged Maine’s fishermen and coastal communities in an unprecedented way. Diminished demand for Maine’s seafood has left Maine’s marine economy at risk. The Island Institute and…
Island Postcards
EPISODE 10: Keep the Light Shining
Two ambitious young women swam around the entire Island of Isle au Haut during the summer of 2019 to raise money for crucial renovations to the lighthouse.
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