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

Good Food Council of Lewiston-Auburn

Ally

Auburn, Lewiston

Auburn Lewiston

Eastern Maine Development Corporation

Ally

Bangor, Eastern Maine

Bangor Eastern Maine

Lamoine Conservation Commission

Community

Lamoine

Peaks Environmental Action Team

Community

Peaks Island

New England Environmental Finance Center

Ally

Portland

Stillwater Environmental Engineering, Inc. in Orono, ME

Ally

Greater Bangor Area

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

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 MAINECAN Community Coordinator Working Group collaborated to produce this list of Community Coordinators who provide direct support for energy- and resilience-related projects led by Wabanaki Tribes and Maine communities. Contact the MAINECAN Support and Research Team (info@mainecan.network) to be added to this list.

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.