Partners & Allies Supporting Maine Communities

These partners and allies provide specific resources to Maine communities.
If you would like to be listed as part of the support network here, please contact the MAINECAN Support Team.
If you have questions about the MAINECAN network, contact the MAINECAN Support Team.

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Contact Johannah Blackman (johannah@aclimatetothrive.org) for support and information on:

Sharing resources / Peer-to-peer coordination / Education

  • Local Leads the Way: support for community-driven climate action throughout Maine through group education, discussion, and regular meetings
  • One-on-one informal consultations and mentorship for community-driven initiatives
  • Presentations to community groups on energy, climate solutions, and resilience topics

Project-specific technical assistance

Sharing resources / Education 

MAINECAN Ally, Community

Contact CEBE (info@ecologybasedeconomy.org) for support and information on:

Project technical assistance / Proposal assistance

Sharing resources / Education

  • Community resilience related to food, energy, transport, shelter, education, and bioregions
  • Working Groups in Western Foothills
  • Climate action group/committee formation
MAINECAN Ally, Community

The Center for an Ecology-Based Economy is a social profit organization based in Norway Maine, that works to address the climate emergency through implementing practical ecological solutions for a just transition to a thriving regenerative economy. CEBE has developed a regional EV charging network in western Maine and is the developer and partner of the Maine Community Power Cooperative, and the Norway Equitable Housing Cooperative.

MAINECAN Ally

Contact MCAN (info@maineclimateaction.org) for support and information on:

Climate Justice & Resources

Outreach & Public Engagement Strategies

  • Educational Event consultation: How to run a successful public event

Advocacy

  • Energy Advocacy: tracking and strategically engaging in state-level initiatives
    • Legislature
    • Other issue-specific coalitions
MAINECAN Ally

Maine Climate Action Now is a statewide coalition that leads efforts in climate justice advocacy, programs, and support of youth activists to address the climate crisis through a lens of equity. We advance climate justice education and action to catalyze systemic transformation and energy equity for all, especially historically marginalized and impacted communities.

MAINECAN Ally, Partner

Contact Jeff Marks (jeff@climateworkmaine.org) for support and information on:

Peer-to-peer coordination / Education / Sharing resources

  • Business assessments, mentoring, and incubator & accelerator support
  • Business engagement events, regional connection meetings, and Annual Summit on Maine’s Economy & Climate Change
  • Communications & promotion
  • Economic development & policy strategies
  • Engaging with local businesses for climate action
  • Maine CABIN (Climate Action Business and Innovation Network)
  • Maine Climate Alliance for businesses, nonprofits, communities, and public sector representatives
  • Resource library
  • Sustainability Council
MAINECAN Ally, Partner

ClimateWork Maine is an organization of diverse businesses and business leaders who understand the impacts of climate change on our economy and future, and who want to take action to address the challenges it presents and seize the opportunities it provides. ClimateWork Maine is dedicated to helping businesses better understand the effects of climate change, plan for the future, and be part of the solution.

MAINECAN Partner

Contact Tyler Adkins (tyleradkins@mainecommunitypower.com) for support and information on:

One-on-one project support / Education

  • Participation in the community solar cooperative
  • Cooperative approaches to community energy
MAINECAN Partner

We are a consumer-owned cooperative that develops, owns and operates small scale community solar projects in behalf of our members. Think of us as part energy company, part social movement.

MAINECAN Ally

Contact Jessica Williams (director@windowdressers.org) for support and information on:

Project technical assistance

MAINECAN Ally

Our Mission: WindowDressers brings community volunteers of all economic and social situations together to improve the warmth and comfort of interior spaces, lower heating costs, and reduce carbon dioxide pollution by producing low-cost insulating window inserts that function as custom, interior-mounted storm windows.

MAINECAN Ally, Partner

Contact Josh Caldwell (jcaldwell@nrcm.org) for support and information on:

Education & Resources

MAINECAN Ally, Partner

The Natural Resources Council of Maine is a nonprofit membership organization protecting, restoring, and conserving Maine’s environment, now and for future generations. For more than 60 years, the Natural Resources Council of Maine has been protecting the places and way of life that make Maine so special.

MAINECAN Ally

Contact the co-coordinators Nathan Robbins (nathan.p.robbins@maine.gov) and Parker Gassett (parker.gassett@maine.edu) for information on:

Project technical assistance

  • Climate adaptation service providers for communities

Sharing resources / Education

MAINECAN Ally

CCAP is a peer-to-peer learning network among climate adaptation professionals in Maine.

MAINECAN Ally, Partner

Contact Patricia Oh (lifelong@maine.edu) for information on:

Peer-to-peer coordination / One-on-one project support

  • Age-Friendly Communities Network and Guide
  • Age-friendly, resilient communities and emergency preparedness
MAINECAN Ally, Partner

The mission of Lifelong Maine is to support Maine’s age-friendly communities to create environments where older people can thrive.