Friday Lunch & Learn Series

Understanding Poll Workers, the Unsung Heroes of Our American Democracy

March 31, 2023

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March 24, 2023

Outdoor School for All Maine Students

March 17, 2023

Federal Indian Policy: Impacts on the Wabanaki Nations in Maine… and Beyond

March 10, 2023

The Role of Maine's Forests in Protecting Biodiversity and our Climate

March 03, 2023

Introducing the Place Justice Project: A Statewide Truth-seeking and Historical Recovery Initiative of the Permanent Commission

POSTPONED: Jumpstarting the Maine Offshore Wind Industry With Bold Legislation

February 17, 2023

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February 10, 2023

A Roadmap to Responsible Offshore Wind Development in the Gulf of Maine

February 03, 2023

Captain Frederick Drinkwater: A Maine Slave Ship Captain

January 27, 2023

Previewing the 2023 Legislative Session with Maine’s Environmental Priorities Coalition

January 20, 2023

This is What Advocacy Sounds Like with the Halcyon String Quartet

January 13, 2023

Advocating for Sustainability in Portland

January 06, 2023

The Case for Ending the Sale of Flavored Tobacco Products

December 02, 2022

Maine Climate Advocates in Egypt!

November 18, 2022

The Second Annual Indian Law and History Lecture at the University of Southern Maine (in-person & online)

November 04, 2022

Election Accessibility for Mainers with Disabilities

October 28, 2022

The Big Role of Small-Scale Farms in Environmental Conservation with Sustainable Harvest International

October 21, 2022

Planting For Pollinators with the Wild Seed Project

October 14, 2022

Everything You Need to Know About Elections with Secretary of State Shenna Bellows

September 23, 2022

Justice 40: The Whole-of-Government Initiative to Ensure that Vulnerable Communities Benefit from Federal Investments in Climate and Clean Energy

September 09, 2022

Building the Green Economy: Why the Fights Against Climate Change and Runaway Inequality Need a Strong Labor Movement

July 29, 2022

Community Solar in Maine: Clean Energy for All?

July 22, 2022

Building a Joyful, Welcoming, Powerful Climate Movement that Can’t Be Ignored

July 15, 2022

Celebrating the Katahdin Woods and Waters Monument with Lucas St. Clair

July 08, 2022

All the Best Birds of Maine

June 17, 2022

Supreme Capture: How the far-right packed our Supreme Court and what we can do about it

June 03, 2022

Maine’s Community Resilience Partnership

May 20, 2022

What is going on at the Supreme Court? Unpacking the 2021-2022 United States Supreme Court Term

May 13, 2022

Portland by the Foot: Exploring Black History and Women's History

May 06, 2022

Permanently protecting Maine's coast from offshore oil drilling

April 29, 2022

Recapping the 2022 Legislative Session with MCV

April 22, 2022

The Supreme Court Case That Could End Federal Climate Action

April 15, 2022

Just What is Going On With Offshore Wind in Maine?

April 08, 2022

Agriculture & Climate Change: Cows, Corn, and Crap

April 01, 2022

Maine’s Pine Tree Amendment and the National Movement for Constitutionally Protected Environmental Rights

March 25, 2022

Don’t Texas Maine

March 18, 2022

Holding Utilities Accountable

March 11, 2022

How Supreme Court Confirmations Work

March 04, 2022

Securing Clean Drinking Water for Passamaquoddy Tribal Members

February 25, 2022

Waste Watchers: A Panel Discussion with Don’t Waste Maine

February 18, 2022

Supporting Climate Education in Maine Schools

February 11, 2022

Understanding the Proposed Plans to Develop the Port of Searsport for Offshore Wind

February 04, 2022

Learning to Act on Environmental Justice: How Smithsonian Science for Global Goals Cultivates Sustainability Mindsets

January 28, 2022

Spiritual Leadership for a Climate-Changed World

January 21, 2022

Heat without fire — using the power of the earth to heat and cool with home geothermal

January 14, 2022

Reform Through Resignation: Why Chief Justice Roberts Should Resign (in 2023)

January 07, 2022

A Tale of Two Rivers | Dam removal and fish restoration on the Kennebec

December 10, 2021

Changing Seas: Reflections on the Future of the Fishing Industry

December 03, 2021

Finding the Right Places to Site Solar

November 19, 2021

First Annual Indian Law and History Lecture: Understanding Federal Indian Law in Maine

November 05, 2021

The Forgotten History of African Americans in Castine, Maine

October 29, 2021

The Basin Oyster Project: Community-based coastal habitat restoration

October 22, 2021

In Mind and Memory: the Remarkable Will of Quash, a Black Man in Eighteenth-Century Topsham

October 14, 2021

A Conversation with Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton about the Importance of DC Statehood

October 01, 2021

Diversify Your Lawn: Converting Your Lawn to Rich Layers of Native Plants

September 24, 2021

Understanding Maine’s Public Utilities Commission

September 17, 2021

Underwater Landscapes

September 10, 2021

Simulating Climate Change Scenarios and Designing Solutions

July 30, 2021

Understanding the Wildlife and Marine Impacts of Offshore Wind

July 23, 2021

Seabird Conservation in Maine

July 16, 2021

Making Polluters Pay: Inside the Court Battles for Climate Accountability

July 09, 2021

GMRI's Climate Center: Providing Climate Services throughout the Gulf of Maine

June 25, 2021

Understanding Fisheries Conflict and Coexistence with Offshore Wind Energy

June 18, 2021

Planning for Sustainability: From Vision to Implementation

June 11, 2021

Community Resilience and Climate Change

June 04, 2021

A Conversation with Congresswoman Chellie Pingree

May 28, 2021

Unpacking the 2020 - 2021 United States Supreme Court Term

May 21, 2021

Preparing for the Impacts of Sea Level Rise

May 14, 2021

Exploring the Night Sky

May 07, 2021

Invest in Land, Water, and Parks

April 30, 2021

Advancing the Climate Action & Equity Act in the Maine Legislature

April 23, 2021

Spring Birds in Maine

April 16, 2021

Justice for Women | The Impact of Climate Change on Indigenous Women Around the World

April 09, 2021

Advancing Equitable Recycling Reform with Extended Producer Responsibility

April 02, 2021

Phasing Out Toxic PFAS Chemicals

March 26, 2021

A Conversation with Congressman Jared Golden

March 19, 2021

Banning Aerial Herbicide Spraying in Maine’s Woods

March 12, 2021

A Conversation with Secretary of State Shenna Bellows

March 05, 2021

Tribal Sovereignty and Efforts in the Maine Legislature

February 26, 2021

Talking Trash: Protecting Our Communities and Closing the Toxic Out-of-State Waste Loophole

February 19, 2021

Of Bold Mice and Shy Squirrels

February 12, 2021

Offshore Wind in the Gulf of Maine

February 05, 2021

An Update on Federal Climate Action with the League of Conservation Voters

January 29, 2021

What Does It Take to Change a Community?

January 22, 2021

Kick off the 2021 Legislative Session with Maine’s Environmental Priorities Coalition

January 15, 2021

Land and Liberty: The Historic African American Community of Peterborough

January 08, 2021

Protecting 30 percent of America’s Lands and Waters by 2030

December 18, 2020

Sustainable Eating and Maine’s Fishery

December 11, 2020

The Fight to Connect Maine

December 04, 2020

Treading On Its Dragon’s Teeth: Maine and the Slave Trade

November 20, 2020

Climate Change Refugees and the Impending Crisis

November 13, 2020

What do the Election Results mean for Climate and the Environment?

November 06, 2020

Post-Election Roundtable with the League of Women Voters

October 30, 2020

Advocacy Amid Crisis with the ACLU of Maine

October 23, 2020

Nature-Based Education in Maine

October 16, 2020

The Supreme Court Case that Upended Federal Indian Law

October 09, 2020

Solar Energy’s Bright Future in Maine

October 02, 2020

Why do Campaigns Keep Texting Me? Elections in a Texting Era

September 25, 2020

Foraging in Maine

September 18, 2020

An Update on the Maine Climate Council

September 11, 2020

The Geology of the Maine Coast

August 28, 2020

The Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument

August 21, 2020

A People’s (Virtual) Walking Tour of Portland

August 14, 2020

Holding Big Oil Accountable

August 07, 2020

Community Resilience in the Face of Climate Change

July 31, 2020

Reducing the Carbon Impact of our Built Environment

July 24, 2020

The Atlantic Black Box Project

July 17, 2020

Defending Environmental Protections at the Federal Level

July 10, 2020

The Wabanaki Tribal Nations, Climate Change and Environmental Justice

June 26, 2020

Equitable Transportation Solutions

June 19, 2020

Tribal Sovereignty Legislation Update

June 12, 2020

Elections in the time of COVID-19

June 05, 2020

Introduction to Climate Science

May 29, 2020

Portland & South Portland's One Climate Future Plan - Lunch & Learn

May 22, 2020

Maine Tree Identification and Climate Change

May 15, 2020

Carbon Pricing

May 08, 2020

A Climate Action Plan for Maine

May 01, 2020

Sustainable Gardening

April 24, 2020

Coastal Carbon Sequestration

April 17, 2020

Climate-Friendly Farming

April 10, 2020

Maine Spring Birds with Nick Lund