Society Notebook: In virtual format, Source awards sharpen focus on environmental work
The annual recognition of Maine s sustainability leaders was held virtually on April 21.
By Amy Paradysz
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Citizens’ Climate Lobby volunteer Peter Dugas, a Source Award winner, and his daughter Thea Dugas watching the virtual ceremony from their home in Portland. Photo courtesy of Annie Antonacos
Blue Hill resident
Noel Paul Stookey, “Paul” of Peter, Paul and Mary fame, opened the Source Maine Sustainability Awards with a rousing live performance of “In These Times” – a song that speaks of being “faithful stewards” of the present, much like those honored at the virtual ceremony April 21.
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Dear Editor:
Over the past few years in the Midcoast and across Maine, we have witnessed citizens and their communities rise up to assert local control over proposed and old industrial developments that they deem are or will be harmful to their health and environment. Industrial-size fish farms, fracked gas pipelines, electricity power lines, and fossil fuel tank farms have all been the targets of recent citizen mobilization. Intuitively people know that protecting the air they breathe, the water they drink and recreate in, and the soils that produce their food and livelihoods is key to maintaining a healthy community and economy for today and long into the future. They assume they have the right to these life-sustaining natural resources.