Sierra Club Maine
Building Thriving Communities Climate Conference 2019
The conference will include panels, discussions andpresentations on creating local Climate Action Teams, building a clean energy future, and using forests and farmlands to help solve the climate crisis. Additional topics will include the Sierra Club's Ready for 100 program, discussing the impacts of the New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) transmission line through western Maine, and legislation proposed that will create a Maine 'Green New Deal' with Chloe Maxmin, the bill's sponsor.The Building Thriving Communities Conference will give participants the knowledge and tools needed to empower local action to address climate change in Maine. Our goal is to build a positive future for all.
Lightning round presentations will cover climate impacts and actions throughout Maine including Economics, Energy, Food & Agriculture, Forestry, Health, and Ocean & Riparian systems. These will offer a broad selection of local issues to learn about and participate in. The conference strives for participants to leave the event feeling empowered to implement local solutions to address climate change.
An accomplished speaker and environmental advocate, James Gustave Speth served on the faculty of the Vermont Law School as Professor of Law from 2010 to 2015. He now serves as a Fellow at the Tellus Institute, the Democracy Collaborative and the Vermont Law School. He is Co-Chair of the Next System Project at the Democracy Collaborative.
More on our Keynote Speaker, Gus Speth:
Speth served as Dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies from 1999-2009. Previously he was Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme and chair of the UN Development Group. Speth has served as a senior adviser on environmental issues to Presidents Carter and Clinton. He was founder of the World Resources Institute and co-founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council. His latest book, the 2014 memoir Angels by the River, traces his path from mainstream environmental insider to a champion of fundamental systemic change in our political and economic institutions.
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