• Massabesic MS Compost Sale

    Massabesic Middle School 134 Old Alfred Rd, East Waterboro, ME, United States

    Come get some fresh compost from the Massabesic Middle School's cafeteria food scrap program! They will go on sale May 10th until they run out!

  • Composting: Black Gold from Green Waste @ Brewer Public Library

    Brewer Public Library 100 South Main Street, Brewer, ME, United States

    To celebrate Maine Composts Week, the Library will be partnering with the Maple Street Community Garden to bring you this FREE program "Composting: Black Gold from Green Waste." Mark your calendars for Wednesday, May 10, 4:00 PM, and call the Library to sign up!

  • Waterville Farmers’ Market Purple Bag Savings Challenge

    Waterville Farmer's Market 17 Main Street, Waterville, ME, United States

    Healthy Waterville will be hosting the Purple Bag Savings Challenge on Thursday, May 11 at the Downtown Waterville Farmers’ Market as part of Maine Composts Week. Contestants will be given a purple bag full of many household waste items. Before they start they will be see the bag’s weight. Participants will be timed as they […]

  • Mars Hill Middle School Composting Demonstration!

    Mars Hill Middle School , United States

    Mark King and Jay Duncan from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection will be doing a composting demonstration for the Mars Hill Middle School

  • Talk – Damming Decisions

    107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - UMaine, Orono, ME, United States

    Damming Decisions: Searching for sustainable solutions in New England rivers Speaker: Sam Roy, Postdoctoral Researcher, Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions and New England Sustainability Consortium Sam will talk about work he and his colleagues have done to explore how decisions to remove, keep, or modify dams in New England can initiate trade […]

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  • Talk – Protecting Maine’s Greatest Resource

    107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - UMaine, Orono, ME, United States

    Speaker: Melanie Loyzim, Deputy Commissioner, Maine Department of Environmental Protection Melanie Loyzim is the Deputy Commissioner of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (Maine DEP). She has been with the agency since 2006, and has served in a variety of roles including underground tank inspector, air toxics and emissions inventory program manager, and as the […]

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  • Talk – The Sustainable Plate

    107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - UMaine, Orono, ME, United States

    The Sustainable Plate - Reflections of a US Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Member Speaker: Miriam Nelson, Director, Sustainability Institute, University of New Hampshire Questions to be addressed in the talk: […]

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