Biden’s America Is The Safe And Secure America We Need

In less than two months, Americans will make a monumental choice about the future of this country, in the midst of a raging pandemic, record unemployment, and economic turmoil. Americans will choose between two figures, one of whom hails mask-wearing and social-distancing as unnecessary, and another who condemns violence and relies on science to make […]

Shark Sightings In The Gulf Of Maine Warn of Future Climate Change

Last month, the first fatal shark attack in Maine’s history occurred only 20 yards off the coast of Bailey Island in Harpswell, Maine. Not only did this event close many of Maine’s beaches and slow tourism in coastal towns, but it also presented a frightening vision of Maine’s future– one where a warming Gulf of […]

We Need Masks To Move Forward As A Nation

As we enter a new, challenging phase of the pandemic and consider the next step in reopening our country, many are asking what can be done to ensure safety and the ability to move forward sustainably. Many are calling on leaders at the local, state, and federal level, to make the right decisions so that […]

Climate Activists Must Fight For System Change And Individual Change

Often, when one first considers making a change and joining the growing environmental movement, one’s first instinct is to consider their own carbon footprint, choices, and lifestyle. This train of thought can lead to a decrease in plastic usage, eating less meat, or choosing to travel differently. Although this kind of lifestyle change is important, […]

Young People Need To Protest AND Vote

Generation Z, often branded a generation glued to screens and addicted to our phones, have also proven ourselves to be a powerful group of young people, exemplified through mass climate actions in the past, and now, immense mobilizations following George Floyd’s death. As a generation, we have proven willing to take to the streets to […]

Climate Justice: The Fight To Center Marginalized Voices

For many years, the mainstream environmental movement has been propagated by white, middle-class individuals speaking out against issues such as DDT in the 1960s and 1970s, and throughout the last century, the conservation of natural spaces in the face of industrial development. While these are important causes, and gains have been made in both areas, […]

White Mainers Need To Do More To Confront and Move Past Our Racist Past

White Mainers and Racism: Past and Present I live in one of the whitest states in the country. With 94.48% of Maine’s residents identified as white, Maine is one of the places in this country where young people can grow up never interacting with people who look different from them. Combine this with the small […]