BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-// - ECPv6.3.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://frenchmanbaypartners.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20160313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20161106T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160124T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160124T180000 DTSTAMP:20240329T033355 CREATED:20151222T203930Z LAST-MODIFIED:20151222T204000Z UID:4683-1453647600-1453658400@frenchmanbaypartners.org SUMMARY:A Climate to Thrive Launch Event DESCRIPTION:You are invited!\nA Climate to Thrive Launch Event\nSunday\, January 24\, 3:00pm\nThe Neighborhood House\, Northeast Harbor\n\nA Climate to Thrive (ACT) is a project started by members of the Mount Desert Island community that want to see both the communities of this island thrive long into the future. Let’s build MDI’s local economy and make this island a leader in practices and policies that reduce our carbon footprint. Moving our island towards energy independence and adopting other practices to address climate change will benefit the land and improve our health\, strengthen our community and increase everyone’s economic well-being. \nBe part of the conversation\, the action and the solution! Join us for our launch event on Sunday\, January 24 from 3:00-6:00pm at the Neighborhood House in Northeast Harbor. This event will include a keynote by Venu Rao\, and break-out planning groups in:\n•    solar power\n•    other alternative energy sources\n•    local food\n•    waste management\n•    policy\n•    energy efficiency in buildings\, and\n•    transportation. \nEach group will be led by experts and a facilitator and we eagerly welcome community input on all of these topics. Groups will form plans for next steps. The event will conclude with food\, catered by August Moon\, Sassafras Catering and Food for All\, and live music! \nWe hope you will join us\, as it will take all of us and our diverse experiences and expertise to move this project forward. \n\nStay tuned on all the details for the event\, including information on attending experts\, the keynote speaker\, and much more by following us on Facebook and visiting our website. A Climate to Thrive thanks the New England Grassroots Environment Fund for their support of this event. URL:https://frenchmanbaypartners.org/event/4683/ LOCATION:Neighborhood House\, 1 Kimball Rd\, Northeast Harbor\, ME\, 04662\, United States END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR