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By Kaitlin Cough<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Wildfires in Australia. Floods in Idaho. Spindly corpses of polar bears in the arctic and whole hives of small dead bumble bees.<\/p>\n

The effects of climate change are local and global; discouraging and infuriating. They are also overwhelming.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t have a sustainability coordinator built into your life,\u201d said Johannah Blackman, a founding member of the Mount Desert Island (MDI) nonprofit A Climate To Thrive<\/em> (ACTT).<\/p>\n

\u201cYou get up, you feed your kids breakfast, you go to work, you come home, you eat dinner, you\u2019re exhausted. You don\u2019t have time to be researching \u2018How can I make my home more efficient? How can I afford solar panels? How can I afford an electric vehicle?\u2019 For someone to come in and offer the opportunity to implement solutions and a toolkit of sorts,\u201d said Blackman, \u201cPeople are psyched.\u201d<\/p>\n

Blackman has been involved in climate activism for more than a decade. Much of that early work was focused on marches and protests, which she still wholeheartedly endorses (\u201cWe absolutely need national and international systemic change\u201d) but in 2015, pregnant with her first child and living on MDI, \u201cI really wanted to start actually making solutions happen on the ground. I wanted to be able to look at my kids and say I did everything I could.\u201d<\/p>\n

The group that became ACTT began as the MDI Climate Solutions Group<\/em>, \u201cBecause we wanted to focus on implementing solutions,\u201d said Blackman.<\/p>\n

And so they have. With a goal of making MDI energy independent within the next decade, ACTT has racked up a number of successes: solar panels on the high school (the largest array on a public school anywhere in the state), new electric vehicle charging stations around Hancock and Washington counties, increasing solar on MDI by 450%, pledges from local businesses to replace single-use plastics and polystyrene containers, and a lot of involvement from local students, including a thriving intern program. The list (which is extensive) can be found on the group\u2019s website, aclimatetothrive.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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ACTT interns meet with Governor Janet Mills and Sierra Club Maine during a solar bill signing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe wanted it to be an ambitious goal,\u201d said Blackman. Translating ambitious goals into action, she conceded, \u201cIs difficult for national and international bodies. But it\u2019s a lot easier at the local level.\u201d<\/p>\n

So how did they do it?<\/p>\n

By involving as many community members as possible, by staying focused on solutions, and by listening: to experts, to local officials, to school board members and teachers. And, of course, to their neighbors.<\/p>\n

The group began in the summer of 2015 with monthly potlucks for anyone who wanted to come. The idea was to start a conversation, \u201cto get people together to talk about what we could do and how people were feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Organizers, including Blackman and her husband Dennis Kiley, along with residents John Craigo and Gary and Glennon Friedmann, who first began discussing the plans, pooled their contact lists and invited everyone they knew.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of the people that we\u2019ve approached have been so eager to find solutions and to have the opportunity to think about climate change in a hopeful way,\u201d said Blackman. \u201cThey\u2019re just overwhelmed in their daily lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of the people that we\u2019ve approached have been so eager to find solutions and to have the opportunity to think about climate change in a hopeful way\u201d<\/h2>\n

As the group continued meeting, focus areas began to emerge: alternative energy, zero waste, building efficiency, transportation, food systems and public policy.<\/p>\n

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MDI High School’s solar array – the largest in the state.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe wanted to bring the community together as early as possible around this so that the whole island would own the project,\u201d said Blackman. \u201cIt was really important very early on that we had a public event that anybody could come to.\u201d<\/p>\n

On a Sunday afternoon in January 2016 they did just that: instead of watching the Denver Broncos beat the Patriots in the American Football Conference championships, more than 200 residents gathered at the Neighborhood House in Northeast Harbor to talk about what they and their communities were going to do about climate change. Venu Rao, the day\u2019s keynote speaker, gave a speech on Hollis, N.H., a largely conservative town that\u2019s become a leader in energy efficiency.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur message is \u2014 we\u2019re not trying to save the world,\u201d Rao told the group, according<\/a> to a Maine Public Radio report. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to save the money and we\u2019re also appealing to them that we need to live sustainably, that you don\u2019t have to be conservative or Democrat to do that, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n

After the speech, residents broke into groups based on the six focus areas. They could join any area that grabbed their interest. Each table had a scribe, a moderator and an expert on the topic.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe opened it up to talk about possible projects in each focus area,\u201d said Blackman. \u201cIt\u2019s so wonderful to have a large group because you have people with expertise and knowledge and talent in different areas, people who show up with different strengths.\u201d<\/p>\n

The launch not only gave ACTT visibility and allowed them to hear what kinds of projects their neighbors thought were important, it also gave them emails, and lots of them.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe left each of those breakout sessions with an email list of people who were interested in that particular area and some key plans and connections to start with and we followed that up with monthly meetings with each of those committees,\u201d said Blackman.<\/p>\n

The committee structure lasted \u201cabout a year and a half,\u201d she said, until \u201cIt just became evident that we had enough projects going at that point.\u201d They wanted to make sure that good ideas, said Blackman, didn\u2019t \u201cget bogged down in just the planning phase.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the meantime, the organization\u2019s structure began to formalize: they brought on a board, applied for nonprofit status and hired their first staff member.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you start as a grassroots organization and you keep going and become this project-focused, much more organized effort, you have to go through this metamorphism process,\u201d said Blackman, \u201cshifting from that grassroots energy of \u2018go get em\u2019 to \u2018okay, how do we go get em?\u2019 and putting structure in place.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you start as a grassroots organization and you keep going and become this project-focused, much more organized effort, you have to go through this metamorphism process, shifting from that grassroots energy of \u2018go get em\u2019 to \u2018okay, how do we go get em?\u2019”<\/h2>\n

The members on ACTT\u2019s board, said Blackman, have been key to that. \u201cWe made sure to bring people onto our board that had lots of experience in nonprofit organizations,\u201d which helped the group envision what its structure might look like.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a really good balance of people involved who have that entrepreneurial whatever it takes spirit, and people who are like \u2018Okay, but we also need to really think about this,\u2019\u201d said Blackman. \u201cHaving that balance of energies and making sure those energies are communicating well is really key.\u201d<\/p>\n

The group also made a conscious choice not to spend much energy trying to convince residents that climate change is happening.<\/p>\n

That was in part, said Blackman, because \u201cIt\u2019s becoming more and more self-evident \u2014 the world is unfortunately doing that work for us. And the people who are really resisting that, we\u2019re not going to convince them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Instead, they put their energy into listening, as non-judgmentally as possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we have tried to do is really be conscious of how we\u2019re talking about this challenge to different people,\u201d said Blackman.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat really drew us in was not only how dedicated ACTT is to these issues, but how accessible they are trying to make it for everyone in the community,\u201d said Nicole Cuff, co-owner of Sweet Pea\u2019s Cafe.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s extremely important to be as inclusive and reinforcing as possible when dealing with such a wide spectrum of businesses. The last thing anyone needs is to feel inadequate or too far behind the curve to get involved, and ACTT does an incredible job making the information and process attainable.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are so many different reasons why people care,\u201d said Blackman. Fishermen may be worried about their livelihood moving to colder waters; businesses might be worried about what climate change will cost them.<\/p>\n

ACTT\u2019s members, said Blackman, \u201cAre really trying to think about what those reasons are and adjusting accordingly.\u201d<\/p>\n

ACTT, said Stacey Gatcomb, who manages The Looking Glass Restaurant, \u201chas helped to make the sustainability pledge easier to achieve and maintain by listening to local businesses’ struggles in pursuing sustainability and working to find a solution.\u201d<\/p>\n

The group has helped the restaurant find sustainable options for dealing with food waste, energy audits and sustainable products, said Gatcomb, \u201cand makes that information easily accessible.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Looking Glass is one of the 85 local food and lodging businesses that have taken ACTT\u2019s \u201cSustainability Pledge,\u201d in which businesses agree to opt for things like more sustainable food containers, using reusable containers for sit-down customers, and putting in water refill stations instead of providing bottled water.<\/p>\n

85 local food and lodging businesses have taken ACTT\u2019s \u201cSustainability Pledge\u201d<\/h2>\n

\u201cThe sustainability pledge has encouraged us to push ourselves on this front and be an example not only in our community, but also a leader in our corporate family (Lafayette Hotels),\u201d said Gatcomb.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat drew me into the way ACTT is approaching problems is their focus on the end result, the empathy and trying to find solutions, and their support for businesses. ACTT touches the entire community,\u201d said Gatcomb, \u201cand I love the youth involvement.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Community members applaud the launch of ACTT’s first community solar farm – the first in Emera territory in Downeast Maine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The restaurant was already looking to become more sustainable, said Gatcomb, but \u201cEach year we are able to do more because of the work ACTT has done. Options that have not been possible in the past are now available because of the collective desire for a better product.\u201d<\/p>\n

That push for better products and spillover to other communities is something ACTT\u2019s leaders have long been hoping for.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always been the hope that this would be an inspiration for others,\u201d said Blackman, \u201cWhich is why we\u2019re putting resources into spreading this model to other communities.\u201d Work at the local level is vital and necessary, said Blackman, \u201cBut if just MDI does this, we\u2019re screwed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always been the hope that this would be an inspiration for others, which is why we\u2019re putting resources into spreading this model to other communities.\u201d<\/h2>\n

That\u2019s part of the plan for the group\u2019s next phase, the Climate Resilience Partnership (CRP).<\/p>\n

\u201cIt takes the experience that we\u2019ve gained over the past four years and formalizes it into an island-wide initiative, which is what we\u2019ve always wanted to do,\u201d said Blackman. The partnership, in turn, will be shared with other communities.<\/p>\n

Since ACTT began, \u201cwe\u2019ve jumped at every low-hanging fruit that\u2019s presented itself,\u201d she continued. \u201cAnywhere that we\u2019ve perceived interest, we\u2019ve cultivated it, we\u2019ve gone in and acted as a catalyst to make projects happen.\u201d That\u2019s been helpful in understanding what the community needs and building relationships with schools, businesses, residents and local governments.<\/p>\n

And hopefully it will help them take it a step further.<\/p>\n

The group recently started in on round one of the CRP, in which ACTT members are approaching community groups, businesses, organizations, schools and towns and \u201cworking with each partner to develop their own plan for energy optimization, renewable energy and sustainable resource management,\u201d said Blackman. That means understanding \u201cHow they manage their waste, what kind of products they\u2019re using, are they composting?\u201d ACTT is holding information-gathering meetings, said Blackman, and will then work with each partner on a sustainability plan.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere we listen to them, talk about what goals might look like for them, what incentives they hold, what challenges they might be facing that we\u2019re not aware of \u2014 because we have no idea of how an entity like the local hospital works,\u201d for instance.<\/p>\n

Once the group has a better idea of each member\u2019s needs, said Blackman, they will draw up a \u201cfirst look\u201d at options to make their work more sustainable and give them resources to support the plan.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis project is our key project for the next few years,\u201d said Blackman. \u201cAt the same time we\u2019re documenting the process. We\u2019re getting a lot of requests from other communities, so we\u2019re going to formalize the process of delivering that toolkit, whether it\u2019s through consultation or workshops.\u201d<\/p>\n

The nonprofit continues to grow, said Blackman, and offers a model for other communities. But it remains focused on solutions aimed at mitigating the very real impacts of climate change close to home: warmer, shorter winters and wetter springs, the flooding of low-lying roads during storm surges, increasingly unpredictable growing seasons, the lobsters moving increasingly northward to colder waters. As the evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould noted, \u201cWe will not fight to save what we do not love.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re more focusing on what is happening to us on a day-to-day level and what might the future look like in the areas we care most about,\u201d said Blackman. \u201cWhat are some of the things that might mitigate that?\u201d<\/p>\n

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For more information, or to get involved with Mount Desert Island’s A Climate to Thrive, <\/em>visit aclimatetothrive.org<\/a>. For resources on how to start a climate action group in your own town, visit their “Climate Action Starter Kit” at aclimatetothrive.org\/general-resources.<\/a><\/p>\n

Kaitlin Cough is a writer and photographer at The Ellsworth American<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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