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Trash as “raw material?”

That is the mantra Dr. Izabela Ciesielska-Wrobe, a textile engineer and a professor at the University of Rhodes Island. As quoted in a recent article of the Boston Globe: ” … As a textile engineer, she “scoops everything together, melts it down, and makes something out of it,” she says. Her mission as a professor […]

Pandemic hasn’t halted southern Maine sustainability planning

Picture credit: Stephen Walker/Unsplash Karina Graeter is the new sustainability coordinator for the Southern Maine Planning and Development Commission’s Regional Sustainability and Resilience Program. She told Kennebunkport selectmen recently that … the plan has four goals centered on collaboration, assessment, integration, and action. The overall objective is to coordinate planning and execution throughout coastal York […]

A MUST WATCH VIDEO: How vulnerable is Maine’s Coast?

Robbie Feinberg of Maine Public explains what climate change has done and likely will do to our coastal communities Follow this link to MAINE EXPLAINED