Working Waterfront

Six young environmental change-makers honored

Six young Maine change-makers have been honored as the inaugural group of Brookie Award winners for their leadership and effectiveness working on environmental issues. The Brookie Awards is a new statewide recognition program organized by NRCM Rising, the young member arm of the Natural Resources Council of Maine, to elevate and amplify… SEE MORE

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COA students hear Native view of challenging times

Time moves not in a line, but in a circle of beginnings and endings that can be celebrated with gratitude and compassion. That was the heartening message, in hard times, that came from Robin Wall Kimmerer, a Citizen Potawatomi Nation member and award-winning author who delivered the keynote address during an… SEE MORE
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Working Waterfront

Yearning for a place that’s not quite the same

Reflections is written by Island Fellows, recent college grads who do community service work on Maine islands and in coastal communities through the Island Institute, publisher of The Working Waterfront. By Ellie Mason For years now, I have been turning the term “solastalgia” over in my mind. Coined by the… SEE MORE