Maine community-led
Energy & Climate Action Network

Connecting communities
taking action on energy
and climate resilience

The Musson Group, LLC

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Camden, Southwest Harbor, Statewide

Camden Southwest Harbor Statewide

Maine Climate Change Adaptation Providers Network

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Statewide

Greater Portland Council of Governments

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Greater Portland

UMaine Office of Sustainability

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Orono

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

Sunrise County Economic Council

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Washington County

Sierra Club Maine

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Portland, Statewide

Portland Statewide

Featured Resources

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

Steps to Resilience, a free online training by the Climate Smart Communities Initiative, guides climate adaptation practitioners and community leaders in creating adaptation and resilience plans.

Toolkit

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection’s O.U.R. S.H.O.R.E. website offers Maine communities guidance and training for using nature-based design practices to protect against shoreline erosion.

Guide

Explore A Climate to Thrive’s Community-Driven Climate Action Toolkit for resources on forming, growing, and sustaining local climate action initiatives and for plug-and-play project templates.

Toolkit

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.