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Cool Communities

The Sierra Club Cool Cities has

over 400 cities in 50 states

signed on.  Many Maine communities have already joined

]in, your community could

be next! Let's get more cities

and communities involved.  For more information, or to get involved, call us at 761-5616 or email us at  maine.chapter@sierraclub.org.

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What you can do

Urge your mayor or Town Council to sign the US Mayors Climate Protection Agreement.

 

Sign up for the governor's Carbon Challenge for homeowner involvement.

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Keep up with highlighted chapter activities, national action items, latest resources, projects, and people who are making things happen, as well as important news about energy and climate change.

 

Plugged In,  a roughly bi-weekly,  e-newsletter about the campaigns, ideas, and resources happening all over the club in the global warming arena.  

 

Hotline, a more action-oriented     e-newsletter, showing up in alternating time slots.

 

 

 

Cool Kit Tool Kit

Maine Partners for Cool Communities (MPCC) created the Cool Kit and packed it with
proven smart solutions, services, and resource materials, readily available and easily
accessible to all Mainers.


                                        Lets make all
                               Maine Communities
 

                 COOL COMMUNITIES

Communities on the journey on the journey to becoming cooler:

 

Belfast

Biddeford

Boothbay

Brunswick

Falmouth

Kennebunk

Kennebunkport

Kittery

Lewiston

Montville

Portland

Saco

South Portland

Waterville

Yarmouth

 

 

 

Photovoltaic Panels at East End School in Portland!

 

Photo by Joe Hemes AIA, LEED AP,  Stephen Blatt Architects

 

Click here to download "A School Breeze", an informational pamphlet on the Clean Air Zone program for students and teachers. Learn more about making your school a no idling/clean air zone.

For more information contact maine.chapter@sierraclub.org

 

The Maine Partners for Cool Communities is the product of the joint efforts of the Maine Chapter Sierra Club, the American Lung Association of Maine, the Maine Council of Churches, Physicians for Social Responsibility Maine, and the Maine Energy Investment Corporation.

 

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Please contact maine.chapter@sierraclub.org 

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