University of Maine at Machias Sustainability

04/24/2014

The next installment in our Earth Day film series is "More Than Honey" exploring global bee population collapse. Join us in Portside, Kimball Hall Tuesday, April 29 at 6:30. Free Admission.

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04/23/2014

The final lecture in our Landscapes Series, tonight at 7pm in Science 102.

MACHIAS, Maine – The University of Maine at Machias presents the fourth in its Libra Landscape Speaker Series, Wednesday, April 23, with a lecture by folklorist and regional ethnographer, Mary Hufford. Her talk, “The Narrative Ecology of an Appalachian Landscape,” is based on her research on the sea…

04/22/2014

Tonight in Portside at 6:30. Insight into natural gas hydraulic tracking and the petro industries influence on politics.

04/15/2014

Here's a sneak preview of next weeks film; "Gasland 2" 6:30, Tuesday, in Science 102

GASLAND Part II from Emmy Winning and Oscar Nominated Director Josh Fox premieres on HBO July 8th 2013. Check local listings. Sign up to host a watch party h...

04/14/2014

Tonight in Portside; Tom Wessels, ecologist and author will be giving a talk on interpreting the forest landscape. Followed in the morning on Tuesday with a guided walk on the UMM trails. Both events are free and open to the public.

04/14/2014

Watch the first film in our Earth day film series "Tapped" Tuesday night in Portside. Come early to pick up a free reusable water bottle while they last.

Tapped is a film that examines the role of the bottled water industry and its effects on our health, climate change, pollution, and our reliance on oil.

04/10/2014

Earth Day is coming up soon, celebrate with a series of environmental films. Our first Feature will be "Tapped" looking at the business of bottled water and its impact on the health and the environment. A limited number of free reusable water bottles will be available at the screening.

11/18/2013

KGI's partners and I are thrilled to announce that we're once again accepting applications for Sow It Forward food garden grants here: http://SowItForward.org Our grants consist of cash, seeds, supplies, educational materials and an online garden planning tool. They can be used either to start or…

10/27/2013

Applications for this years Green Fund are online. Watch for them around campus later this week.

The deadline for Part A of the Green Fund application is Tuesday, November 26 so now is the time to get down to writing. Part A is simple; all you need to do is give a basic outline of your idea. If something just popped into your head as you were reading this, write it down and send it in. We can s...

10/23/2013

Stop by the garden any time Friday to help us finish off this years harvest. We'll be putting together a sale table at that evenings showing of A Place at the Table. Proceeds will go towards Turkey-A-thon to support Washington County Food Pantries.

10/18/2013

Hello gardeners. This is your short, daily reminder that KGI's Sow It Forward program could really use your vote here:

http://tcfcu.meltwaterrise.com/entry/604557

I was away for a couple days speaking at events in New York and Vermont and our entry has dropped from 2nd place into 3rd. Drats!

If we can manage to win, we'll use the $5000 grant to offer more grants to school and community gardens. The garden featured here is an elementary school garden project we supported this year in Hawaii. Cute!

10/14/2013

Do you think everyone should be able to enjoy real food? We do too and we're working hard to win a $5000 grant that will allow more people--children, seniors, single moms, low-income families--to eat from healthy gardens next year. You can help us achieve this goal by voting for our Sow It Forward program in an online contest. Thanks for your support, Roger, KGI Here's the link: http://tcfcu.meltwaterrise.com/entry/604557