Volunteer with Window Dressers! 

WindowDressers coordinate teams of volunteers to build low-cost insulating window inserts, to make homes & businesses more energy efficient. Over 1/3 of the inserts they build go to low income households for no cost, and the inserts are made at fun, community-building, barn-raising style events across Maine.

350 Greater Portland worked with Sierra Club Maine and volunteered for a build in 2018 and 350 Maine for another in 2019 in South Portland. 350 Downeast has led two very successful builds in Machias.

WindowDressers now have a Community Build planned for the Portland area in November, but their lead volunteer just had to step back. They have a team of volunteers in place, and a slew of participants already lined up to get inserts & participate at the event, but they're searching for an individual or a group to help spearhead the effort. Please contact info@350maine.org if you are interested.

Take Action to Stop Line 3! 

Line 3 is a proposed pipeline expansion to bring nearly a million barrels of tar sands per day from Alberta, Canada to Superior, Wisconsin. It would violate the treaty rights and disrupt the wild rice lakes of Anishinaabe Nations. (You can click the image above to learn more).

Want to get involved in the fight against Line 3? Send a letter to the Army Corps of Engineers’ Jamie Pinkham, urging for a full federal environmental impact statement. You can also take the ‘Pledge of Resistance’ with MN350. And check out Resist Line 3, Honor the Earth, and Giniw Collective to learn more, get involved, and donate to the frontlines.

You can sign up here to volunteer with Our Power and they will get you details and instructions in the fall! Thank you for your activism! 

Support Presente Maine! 

Presente Maine works to empower the Latinx community, who are majority seafood processing and agricultural workers, through survival services to combat racism and poverty; transformation education to develop leadership in community members to lead our organization and our movement; and community organizing to transform systems and power structures that impact our community. 

You can sign up to volunteer and donate to support their work!

Maine Youth for Climate Justice Fall Internship
Maine Youth for Climate Justice (MYCJ) is hiring a youth fall intern who will provide support to the coalition’s internal and organizational work! If interested, the intern will also have the opportunity to assist with community organizing projects and tasks. The intern will work closely with 350 Maine’s Youth Engagement Coordinator and MYCJ’s decision making body, Core. This position is stipended at $15 per hour and will be done remotely. Both students, and youth who are not students, are encouraged to apply. Check out the full internship description here! The application includes this google form and uploading a resume, short audio recording, or video describing any background or experience the applicant would like to highlight. Applications are due by 11:59pm on Wednesday August 25th. Please share with any youth who might be interested!

Did you hear? 

• Hundreds rallied in Bangor last weekend in support of the Penobscot Nation’s fight for sovereignty over the Penobscot River. You can learn more about the rally from Sunlight Media Collective and check out this article from Maine Public and the latest episode of the Beacon’s podcast.
• Check out this great article in the Maine Beacon: Stories from the session: On climate crisis, advocates worry ‘we’re not moving fast enough’ featuring voices from Maine Youth for Climate Justice.
• Take a listen to the Blunt Youth Radio Project to hear five stories from youth climate activists in Maine.
• Hallie Arno, MYCJ member and community organizer with Maine Environmental Education Association wrote an article about the connections between climate justice and food sovereignty for MEEA.
• MYCJ member Riley Stevenson has released teaser trailers for her upcoming film “Changing Seas: Reflections on the Future of the Fishing Industry”. You can watch them here and here!