Evening for Environment

Evening for Environment

A Celebration to Benefit Maine Conservation Voters and Maine Conservation Alliance

The Evening for the Environment will be held on Thursday, October 17, 2024 at UNE’s Innovation Hall in Portland, ME.

Our community will come together for an exciting night to honor the environment that we all love. For 22 years, the Evening for the Environment has brought together community advocates, legislators, business leaders, environmental visionaries, and philanthropists to celebrate the bold work done by MCV, MCA and our allies.

Nonprofit sponsors** or hosts who would like to direct your support to Maine Conservation Alliance, register here.

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Featured Speaker

Philip Gregory

At this year’s Evening for the Environment, Philip Gregory (he/him) will elevate the words of youth plaintiffs to tell the story of Held v. Montana, a landmark victory for climate justice in the first constitutional climate case to go to trial in the United States.

Philip Gregory is Of Counsel to Our Children’s Trust (OCT) on a pro bono basis. Based in Eugene, OR, OCT works to protect the Earth’s climate system for present and future generations by representing young people in global legal efforts based on the best available science: www.ourchildrenstrust.org.

Phil serves as co-lead counsel in Juliana v. United States (this story is told in the documentary Youth V Gov, currently streaming on Netflix). Phil also serves as co-counsel in other OCT-supported, youth-led constitutional climate cases, including Held v. Montana, Navahine F. v. Hawai’i Department of Transportation, and Genesis B. v. EPA.

Phil graduated from Bowdoin College and obtained his J.D. and M.B.A. from Santa Clara University. Phil fights climate change to protect youth and future generations, especially his grandchildren, Alice, Lincoln, and John Jr.

Featured Artist

Mihku Paul

Mihku Paul (she/her) was born and raised on the Penobscot river. She is a Wolastoqey visual artist and writer enrolled at Kingsclear First Nations, N.B. Canada.
 
She has spent decades doing Waponahki cultural enrichment in Portland Public Schools and helping to create Waponahki Studies resources through the lens of IK. Her poetry can be found in numerous anthologies and has been published internationally and translated to French and Spanish.
 
Recent work includes poems for two anthologies for Littoral Books, a performance poem, Mse-te ktahkomiq kintaqot (The Whole World Resounds), for Whitman on Walls (Compagnia dé Colombari) and Love Letter to a Wild Maine River for the Sebago Lake Storyelling initiative.
 
Mihku is featured in Nature Based Education Consortium’s Series Stories for Changeand her experimental film collaboration, Putep Qotatokot-te Elewestaq (The Whale was Speaking) is featured on the platform of World Ocean Observatory).
 
She is currently working on a collection about the waters and transformation. Mihku lives and works in Portland.

Information Tables

MCV/MCA envision a Maine where nature and people thrive through an inclusive, just democracy, a sustainable economy, and equitable access to a healthy climate, land, air, and water. It takes the good work of so many to forward this vision. We are delighted that several Maine-based social justice and/or youth-focused nonprofits will join us during the Evening for the Environment’s reception to provide information about the work that they are doing to push for a sustainable and more equitable Maine. Please plan to visit the following organizations.

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Committees

Organizing & Advisory Committees

Laura Bither
Michael Boland
Marpheen Chann
Brad Coffey
Meadow Dibble
Maureen Drouin
Sara Freshley
Bill Ginn
Olivia Griset
Stacie Haines
Chloe Hoffman
Mohamed Khalid
Brigitte Kingsbury
Adam Lee
Rani Sheaffer
Lucas St. Clair

Premier Hosts

Phil Coupe and Alexia Pappas
Bill Ginn and June Lacombe
Nancy Grant and Mike Boyson
Brigitte and Hal Kingsbury
Diane Lukac and Steve Silin
Jennifer Melville and Alex Abbott
John Newlin and Patty Carton
Bonnie Porta and Bobby Monks
Molly and Peter Ross
Jo D. Saffeir and Kristian Carr

Super Hosts

Dan and Joan Amory
Penny and Dirk Asherman
Kevin Carley and Ellen Grant
Jeff Clements and Nancy Heselton
Martha Davis
Peter Garrett and Jean Ann Pollard
Fiona Gordon and Stuart MacNeil
Karen Herold and Mark Isaacson
Margot and Roger Milliken
Suzanne and Neil McGinn
Tony and Beth Owens
Kathy and Chuck Remmel
Sarah Russell and Joe Reynolds
Kimberley Simmons and Craig Bramley
Edward Walworth MD
Carol and Joe Wishcamper

Host Committee

Tom Allen
Ellen Baum
Roberta and Bruce Boczkiewicz
Sandy and Sissy Buck
Deb Burd
Jenn Burns Gray
Kim Caldwell and John Lambert
Philip Conkling
David Costello
Pete Didisheim and Leslie Hunt
Elizabeth Ehrenfeld
Charles Gauvin and Gina Sawin
Christopher Hamilton
Alicia and Henry Heyburn
Kathleen and Herb Janick

Jerry King
Tom Kittredge
Bobbie Lamont
Drs. Juliet Lamont and Phil Price
Cathy Lee and Bob Moyer
Daniel Oppenheim and Layne Gregory
Jeff Pidot
Rani and Jeremy Sheaffer
Gary Stern and Demetrios Karabetsos
Ben Tettlebaum
Nat Thompson
Barbara Trafton
David Vail