MAINECAN: Maine community-led Energy and Climate Action Network

Maine community-led
Energy & Climate Action Network

Connecting communities
taking action on energy
and climate resilience

E2Tech

Ally

Portland, Statewide

Portland Statewide

Lamoine Conservation Commission

Community

Lamoine

The Musson Group, LLC

Ally

Camden, Southwest Harbor, Statewide

Camden Southwest Harbor Statewide

New England Environmental Finance Center

Ally

Portland

Citizens’ Climate Lobby Mid-Maine Chapter

Ally

Chesterville, Midcoast Maine

Chesterville Midcoast Maine

Katahdin Collaborative

Community

Crystal, East Millinocket, Island Falls, Katahdin Region, Medway, Millinocket, Patten, Sherman, Staceyville

Crystal East Millinocket Island Falls Katahdin Region Medway Millinocket Patten Sherman Staceyville

Featured Resources

MAINECAN is a platform for sharing services and resources that support community-led climate action.

Facilitated by the Maine Climate Change Adaptation Providers Network, this workbook offers a framework and how-to guide for climate change assessment, collective climate action, and achieving community resilience outcomes.

Guide

CEBE’s Building Local Climate Leadership Toolkit is a free, practical guide that walks communities through every step of forming a climate committee or community group.

Toolkit

The Maine Office of Community Affairs (MOCA) maintains this database of funding opportunities for Maine communities, including available state agency, federal agency, and Efficiency Maine Trust funding opportunities.

About MAINECAN

MAINECAN supports and connects local community groups in Maine that are interested in implementing projects to help make their communities more resilient to a changing climate and access the benefits of a sustainable energy transition.

MAINECAN member highlights video: Learn about 6 initiatives MAINECAN members have been working on to advance community-led energy and climate resilience in Maine.

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Explore Connections

MAINECAN is part of a broad ecosystem of Maine energy- and resilience-related groups, networks, and programs. Explore how these groups are connecting with each other.