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

Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments

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Auburn

Midcoast Climate, Energy and Green Building Happy Hour

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Knox County, Lincoln County, Waldo County

Knox County Lincoln County Waldo County

You Empowering Sustainable Systems Lab

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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

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.