The plan, which must be approved by the Maine Legislature, calls for workforce training, broadband expansion, small-business support, investment in innovation as well as heritage industries, child care and housing.
The dining commons at the Ecology School s River Bend Farm campus.
For decades, the Ecology School has held program and camps for students from across Maine to teach them about nature and their own relationship to it. This week, the school is unveiling its new campus, which it says will be the most sustainable in the Northeast.
Ecology School President Drew Dumsch stops every few feet as he walks along the trails overlooking the Saco River on the school s new campus at Saco s River Bend Farm. At each stop, Dumsch points out secondhand objects that are being reused.
There s an old horse shed the school bought on eBay. Wooden boxes that held windows are being turned into raised garden beds. And alongside the walls of the new dormitory are several giant, plastic totes.
Q: How can we plan virtual meetings that keep the audience’s attention?
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ACE advises: Virtual meetings don’t have to leave the participants exhausted. Two of the major causes of Zoom gloom are lack of direction and content overload.
Marty Grohman and Adelaide Taylor at E2Tech have successfully pivoted from in-person meetings to virtual events. Their expertise in hosting live events with multiple panelists and Q&A sessions helped them plan virtual meetings that keep their audience engaged.
E2Tech meetings have multiple speakers in multiple locations. To avoid communications glitches, they plan practice rounds with each speaker using the setup they’ll be using during the meeting. Their advance direction results in virtual sessions that replicate the “buzz in the room” of live events.
Researchers in the U.S. and abroad are beginning to test younger and younger kids to make sure COVID-19 vaccines are safe and work for each age. The first shots are going to adults who are most at risk from the coronavirus, but ending the pandemic will require vaccinating children too.
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Marty Grohman, Executive Director of e2tech gives us an update on what’s happening in the state with Energy.
What is going on with solar hookups.
Chasing affordability in the clean energy transition.
Is one type of energy quote unquote best
Also e2tech has an event coming up with Patrick Woodcock
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