College of the Atlantic News

Getting environmental policies enacted is often a tough negotiating process. Fred Benson, who spent nearly 40 years engaged in national and international government affairs, will be talking about these challenges in a talk titled, "Environmental Sensitivity and International Trade: oil and water or salad dressing?" The talk will be at College of ...

John Cooper and Alan Fernald composed the music for the ecology concert, Nov.11 at the Gates Center.

The Zapatista communities of southern Mexico have been reinventing society for nearly 15 years in an attempt to create democratic, equitable, sustainable communities.

Pen and ink drawing by Grace Cherubino. Enlarge... Bar Harbor a ' Grace Cherubino, a third-year student at College of the Atlantic, presents a show called "Two-Dimensional Documentary" at the college's Ethel H. Blum Gallery.

A touring company of actors will reenact the Lincoln/Douglas debates at the Gates Center in Bar Harbor on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov.

The YWCA MDI will hold its Early Bird Holiday Auction online through Oct. 31. There are 250 items for you to bid on; for more information, visit ywcamdi.cmarket.com . There will be a talk at McCormick Lecture Hall at College of the Atlantica s McCormick Hall on Nov.

The New England Board of Higher Education this month made public its annual Higher Education Excellence Awards.

Preparations are being made for COA's march to draw attention to climate change in Bar Harbor, Oct.

Egret needs a home. Egret is no flighty bird, but an active, playful, even show-offy two-year-old humpback whale.

The Lompoc CafA© in downtown Bar Harbor is offering "A Toast to Climate ," Saturday, Oct.

Dru Colbert's head is filled with sea serpents, steamer trunks, shipwrecks, dragonflies, jellyfish, seaweed, magic lanterns, aliens, skeletons, flaming torches, birds, whales and porpoises, creatures that are half fish and half human, memories, dreams, visions, historical artifacts, newspaper clippings, stained-glass inscriptions, and junkyard ...

OTTER CREEK : You just never know. Even when you're all prepared to expect the unexpected, Dru Colbert surprises you.

BAR HARBOR : The work of some of the world's best contemporary artists will be on screen on Tuesday, Oct.

BAR HARBOR : Dru Colbert's head is filled with sea serpents, steamer trunks, shipwrecks, dragonflies, jellyfish, seaweed, magic lanterns, aliens, skeletons, flaming torches, birds, whales and porpoises, creatures that are half fish and half human, memories, dreams, visions, historical artifacts, newspaper clippings, stained-glass inscriptions, and ...

MDI : Improvements to a number of Island Explorer bus stops are in the works. The Mount Desert Island League of Towns this week heard from transportation consultation Tom Crikelair, who helped design the Island Explorer system.

BAR HARBOR : Across the globe, Saturday, Oct. 24 is being commemorated as a day of action to halt climate change.

LEWISTON a ' Bates College earned a high grade for environmental sustainability on campus, according to an annual survey of 332 colleges and universities across the country and in Canada.

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BELFAST : "Decidere: Prints, Rubbings and Encaustic Mixed Media" by Dina Petrillo will go on view Saturday, Oct.

Experts on food issues helped participants at the Food For Thought, Time for Action seminar on sustainable agriculture and aquaculture, held Saturday at the College of the Atlantic on Mount Desert Island.