These inspiring Mainers are working to make positive changes for the environment, community and culture of Maine. We interviewed them to learn about their work, activism, what drives them, their visions for the future and more.
Amy Paradysz is a writer, editor, photographer and frequent contributor to Green & Healthy Maine HOMES, the Green & Healthy Maine SUMMER and WINTER editions, among other publications. She lives in Scarborough.
Over a dozen years of bringing outdoor adventure and conservation films to audiences across the state, MOFF has come to represent something deeper than most people anticipate when they hear “outdoor films.”
Advocating for the environment: that’s the title of the college course that Susan B. Inches teaches as well as the title of her book. It’s also an apt description of her life.
While she was at Bangor High School, Amara Ifeji received multiple awards for her research projects on methods of water purification. These days, the National Geographic Young Explorer leans more towards activism.
Six Maine companies make an outsized impact.