A Northeast Permaculture Convergence Workshop in 2008

“There is a growing interest in organic, local, fair-trade, climate-neutral and zero-waste everything – people want alternatives and permaculture offers solutions,” says Jim Merkel, Co-director of the Newforest Institute of Brooks Maine.

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Saturday, June 12, 2010, top retired military leaders and veterans, along with local elected officials, will host a Town Hall meeting to discuss the connection between climate change and national security, and call for passage of comprehensive climate and energy legislation. They will encourage Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) and Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME) to stop funding terrorism and defend America by supporting the American Power Act.  The veterans will also underscore previous efforts by both Senators to secure America with clean energy.

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Elizabeth Mitchell will be the Democratic nominee, LaPage will be the Republican
Ballot Question Results:

Question 1: “Do you want to reject the new law that lowers Maine’s income tax and replaces that revenue by making changes to the sales tax?”
Result: Yes

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Operation Free is holding a town hall meeting on June 12th at 11:30am in Portland with the Truman National Security Project (www.operationfree.net) to better inform the public about how climate change is a threat to our national security. We will be joined by Major General Don Edwards and Adam Cote, Iraq War Veteran and other veterans including two from Iraq and Afghanistan.

RSVP at www.operationfree.net/portland

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VolunteerMaine AmeriCorps*VISTAs are asking Mainers to go online and vote for a grant proposal to continue funding wind energy education for the state’s youth.

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WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Mike Michaud, Chairman of the House Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Health, announced that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has released a new resource guide titled “Federal Benefits for Veterans, Dependents & Survivors.”

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Are You Ready to Help your Family in an Emergency?

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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree has set up a special web page to allow people to sign up to get information about President Obama’s visit to Maine as it becomes available. The address of Pingree’s website is:www.pingree.house.gov

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For the first time in American history insurance coverage has become the right of every U.S. citizen, legally.
The new health care law takes also a number of steps, similar to ones already taken in Maine, to crack down on some of the worst insurance industry practices. The bill gives patients and doctors more control over health decisions, not insurance companies, and ends practices like denying coverage for pre-existing conditions, dropping patients when they become sick and imposing limits on health care coverage.
Changes under the law that will happen DURING THE NEXT TWELVE MONTHS:

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This week, the U.S. Census Bureau distributed the 2010 Census to more than 130 million addresses across the nation. Mandated by the U.S. Constitution and conducted every 10 years, the Census counts every man, woman and child. Mailing back the Census form is the easiest way to participate in the 2010 Census, and every household should complete and mail back the form upon receipt.

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