Join us for a happy hour and site tour of the new Moderation Brewing in the newly retrofit historic Central Fire Station in Brunswick! We will hear from the project team about the expansive retrofit work that was required, and learn about the barriers and considerations. This site tour is open to the public, and FREE (with code) for those with a ticket to our retrofit sympsoium thanks to our Happy Hour Sponsors Barrett Made!

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Join us for our second annual Retrofit Symposium, featuring a full day of educational content. Our programming includes case studies, policy models, energy coaching, technical solutions, community engagement, and financing all highlighted through panel disssions, presentations, and case studies designed to move the needle on retrofit work in Maine!

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You probably already know that you can switch to solar by paying in cash or taking out a traditional solar loan, but now there is an additional option available to you — one that saves you money. Propel is an alternative pathway to solar ownership designed to reduce the overall cost of going solar by 20-30% on average.

Join us on September 24th at noon to learn all about:

• How solar works

• Maine's net metering policy

• Solar's return on investment in Maine

• Your options for paying for solar

• And how Propel can help you reduce the overall cost

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Join Efficiency Maine for an evening celebrating the top performing contractors and businesses in Efficiency Maine programs.

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Join phME for a site walk of Northeastern University's new Portland Campus, home of the Roux Institute, on the site of the previous B&M Baked Beans location.

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Find over 100 species of seed-grown native plants including wildflowers, shrubs, and trees. All plants are straight species (no cultivars), grown from seed by Wild Seed Project, using organic growing practices. Seed is collected from plants growing in Maine or the Northeast. Local ecotypes available. 

Wild Seed Project is a non-profit organization. Funds raised from this event support our Native Seed Center and educational programs.

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How to Navigate The Unpriced Risk: Chemical Pollution as a balance sheet risk

Thursday, August 27, 12-1pm

The costs of chemical pollution are staggering. Pollution is a primary driver of biodiversity loss and over 3,600 synthetic chemicals have been found in human bodies, many linked to various health issues and costs. But chemical pollution isn't just an environmental and human health issue. It's a balance sheet risk. Bayer has $11B+ in RoundUp cancer lawsuits. 3M has $12.5B set aside for PFAS settlements and in Europe, PFAS cleanup could top €1 trillion. These aren't future risks. They're realities that business leaders and investors can no longer leave unmanaged and unpriced. ClimateWork Maine is pleased to partner with the Investor Environmental Health Network (IEHN) at Clean Production Action to learn more about these issues and how companies can navigate them by building chemical risk into their business operations and stewardship.

Speaker: Alexandra McPherson is Director of the Investor Environmental Health Network (IEHN) at Clean Production Action — an environmental solutions-based nonprofit she co-founded — where she mobilizes institutional investors to drive corporate accountability on chemical risk management and safer chemistry innovation. She brings deep expertise in communications and partnership development to multistakeholder initiatives spanning finance, industry, government, and environmental advocacy — including active engagement with the United Nations' Global Framework on Chemicals. Alexandra has forged academic partnerships resulting in the Collaborative for the Regenerative Economy (CoRE) at the University at Buffalo and Transition Finance for Sustainable Chemicals and Materials at UMass Lowell. She serves on UNH's Sustainability Advisory Board, and Change Chemistry's Member Advisory Committee. Outside work, she explores the wilderness on foot or on horse, tends her family's farm in Western New York, and cooks for anyone who will show up.

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Zehnder America delivers high-performance ventilation systems that enhance indoor comfort while maintaining exceptional energy efficiency. Their Heat and Energy Recovery Ventilators work seamlessly with precision air distribution systems and dependable filters to keep your home or building consistently fresh, quiet, and comfortable – no matter the weather outside.

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What to Expect: 

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• Reuse Marketplace: Shop for unique, handcrafted items made from reclaimed materials, including furniture, jewelry, art, and more! Support local makers and take home one-of-a-kind treasures.
   

• Long House Exhibition: Learn about the Long House, an experimental new housing project by Second Story Builders in Rockland. Explores the intersection of Radical Reuse and design+build education to create reasonably priced co-living spaces for young people in or entering the trades.

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• Second Story Internship Creations: Explore and purchase works crafted by participants in our paid summer internship program. These young builders and craftspeople (ages 16-24) have spent the summer learning deconstruction, material processing, and design/build skills, culminating in this event.
   

• Live Music: Enjoy live musical performances.
   

• Food: Grab a bite from local food vendors.
   

• Community Engagement: Learn more about Radical Reuse and how it’s shaping a more sustainable future in Midcoast Maine.

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How to Talk about Climate Action & Sustainability in a Divided World: From Green Hushing to Green Shouting?

Wednesday, August 19, 12-1pm

Research shows that customers, especially Gen Z, care deeply about climate action, and that businesses are still acting, investing, and innovating on sustainability. At the same time more and more companies are choosing silence, paralyzed by fear of backlash, legal scrutiny, or saying the wrong thing at the wrong moment. How do we move from so-called “greenhushing” and how can your business continue to speak up on climate action and sustainability, responsibly? Hear from communication experts on why silence can be a strategic risk, how to maintain your brand’s visibility and communicate your company’s sustainability initiatives accurately without overclaiming.

Speaker: Jenna Klein Jonsson is the Principal and Managing Director of Blaze Partners, a 100% employee owned and B Corp Certified advertising agency based in Falmouth, Maine. Prior to co-founding Blaze, Jenna spent 15 years at L.L.Bean where she held a variety of executive-level roles including Director of Communications Strategy and Creative Director and Managing Editor. She began her career at Ski and Skiing Magazine in Boulder Colorado. In her spare time, you will find her skiing and biking with her family in Maine.

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Join ClimateWork Maine for their webinar series: Summer Sizzle Sustainability

How Does Business Make Climate Action Practical and Tangible? The New B Corp Standards on Climate, Environment and Circularity

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Join phME for our Retrofit Webinar Series- Strategies for Insulation & Air Quality on August 12th. In this webinar we will cover best practices for insulation in a retrofit project, sequencing of adding or replacing insulation in a retrofit project, air sealing, and the related impacts on your indoor air quality.

We will hear presentations from Josiah Henderson of Casco Bay Insulation, Richard Burbank of Evergreen Home Performance, and Christy Crocker of Maine Indoor Air Quality Association, and attendees will have an opportunity to ask our experts their retrofit or project specific questions.

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Join Wild Seed Project at their Native Seed Center at Turkey Hill Farm for a hands-on demonstration of how to care for native plant seedlings. They will walk through the details of soil mixes for different plant needs, fertilization regimens, how to carefully divide young seedlings, and how to care for them in containers over the summer. Participants will go home with a pot of little plants for their own garden!

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Hosted by GO Logic.

A gathering of inspiring minds, projects, approaches and stories from the field.

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What does it mean to design with circularity in mind? What are the considerations, barriers, and benefits? Join phME at Woodard & Curran’s headquarters in Portland, a project that brings together design, construction, furniture, and technology to create a circular workplace.

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The Maine Indoor Air Quality Council invites you to join us for a simple day of fun and camaraderie at Valhalla Golf Course in Cumberland Center, Maine.  Enjoy time spent together out on the course in support of the Maine Indoor Air Quality Council and our mission to create healthy, productive, environmentally-sustainable indoor environments through education, communications and advocacy.

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We invite all of our members and PHriends to join us for conversation, collaboration, and celebration at our annual meeting! 

We will celebrate the accomplishments of the past year, break into round-table groups to determine the most pressing issues to address in the coming year, and send a heartfelt "thank you" to all of our community partners. There will be food, drink, networking and socialization!

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As more Maine homeowners electrify their heating and transportation, energy storage and management is becoming an important part of the conversation. Join us as we examine today's back-up battery options for the home – including how some EVs can serve as backup power sources – and learn about an Efficiency Maine program that helps you pay for backup batteries. We’ll also look at the growing market for smart electric panels as a tool to help manage your home’s energy use. Whether you're planning for outages, considering future upgrades, or simply curious about what's possible, you won’t want to miss this session.

Featuring:

+ Aaron Cartterfield, Director of Field Services, Maine Solar Solutions
+ Chuck Hayward, EV Infrastructure Designer & Analyst, ReVision Energy
+ Andy Meyer, Senior Program Manager, Efficiency Maine

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Join Maine Audubon for their annual Native Plants Festival! Surround yourself with fellow native gardening enthusiasts, discover our extensive and informational native plants resources, and talk to our friendly native plants experts to choose the perfect plants for your garden. We will be selling thousands of beautiful and ecologically beneficial herbaceous plants, ferns, shrubs, and trees. Throughout the day, check out our speaker programs, visit tables from our various partners, and grab lunch from the food truck. This is the perfect opportunity to learn and shop for Maine native plants.

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The Wood Build Maine Conference – presented by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development, and the Maine International Trade Center – brings together people who are shaping the future of wood design and construction, right here in one of the most forest-rich regions in the world.

This event is sponsored by the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA).

Inspired by global forest bioeconomy leaders like Finland, this conference showcases how wood is transforming design, construction, and climate solutions in Maine through advanced manufacturing and forest products innovation.

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Come walk the trails at Crystal Spring Farm in Brunswick with Wild Seed Project as we get to know native plants in spring.

Four season walks are a popular series and a staff favorite: each year, we pick a new location, and then take the same walk, once per season. We will all engage in observing and asking questions of our surroundings, and identify the varied plants, shrubs, trees, ferns, and wildlife along the trail. Please register to join.

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Friday May 29 - Join one or all of our four-stop tour of Rockport and Rockland ecosystems, food, waste and water!

All ages, bring friends, family and bike, drive or carpool!

Join phME and our friends at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) for this educational webinar.

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Zero Energy Homes is wrapping up construction on a new home in Trenton and you’re invited inside to take a look. This is a great opportunity to learn more about their solar-powered homes and how they generate enough energy to meet heat and electrical needs. The live virtual tour will explore the 2bd/1b Osprey home model, its floor plan and its standard and additional features, including a 9’6”x9’6” mudroom. You’ll see how Zero Energy Homes builds with local Maine and regional materials and get answers to your questions during a Q&A session.

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Spring is here, and that means it’s nearly time for the newest guide from Wild Seed Project to arrive! This year, they’re diving into the myriad ways you can create truly welcoming habitat in your own growing spaces with Making Habitat at Home: Native Plants for the Northeast . Learn how to participate in the patchwork of restoration that helps our flying, scurrying, hopping and crawling neighbors survive and thrive.

In celebration, join them for a mix & mingle at Back Cove Books in Portland. There will be time to ask questions, share your gardening experiences, and get to know each other, the wonderful people of the Wild Seed Project community. Members, volunteers, longtime gardeners and novices alike — all are welcome! Light refreshments will be served.

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Join phME and friends at Marshall Wharf Brewing in Belfast for an afternoon of networking and socialization! Meet and mingle with other high-performance and passive house building enthusiasts and phME members. Your $10 ticket includes your first round (alcoholic or NA options available), and Marshall Wharf has a great menu if you need a snack!

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Come walk the woods behind Evergreen Cemetery in Portland with Wild Seed Project as we get to know native plants in spring. Four season walks are a popular series and a staff favorite: each year, we pick a new location, and then take the same walk, once per season. We will all engage in observing and asking questions of our surroundings, and identify the varied plants, shrubs, trees, ferns, and wildlife along the trail.

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Bring your gently used tools and work clothes to donate, trade in, and/or repair. Please make sure that clothing is clean and in decent shape (light wear and tear is okay!) If you don’t have anything to bring, you can still join us for a drink (alcoholic and N/A both available), pizza from Brickyard Hollow, and some networking with fellow tradespeople.

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3:00PM - 7:00PM: MAINE ADU HOUSING EXPO

Connect with municipal professionals and local businesses to help secure permits, explore finance options, and build your ADU. Free and open to the public.

7:00PM - 8:30PM: MAINE VOICES LIVE WITH MAINE CABIN MASTERS*

Join us in the Hannaford Hall for a live on-stage conversation between METLN journalists and the cast of the Maine Cabin Masters! We’ll ask them about what it’s like to run a construction company in Maine (Kennebec Cabin Co.), thoughts on housing in Maine, and what their national popularity says about our state, its’ people and their stewardship of the way life should be. Hosted by Maine Trust for Local News Executive Editor, Carolyn Fox.

*This is a ticketed event, please buy your tickets for the conversation here.

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