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Sustainability

We highlight new Maine sustainable and environmentally friendly homes, technology, materials, and lifestyles, including passive house standards and green homes. We talk to sustainable Maine architects, builders, landscape designers, and craftspeople to keep our readers in touch with the latest of the sustainable world.

Maine Private Land for Public Values

Maine’s land trusts preserve wild places for recreation, habitat protection, and climate change mitigation

The First Bio-Based Printed Home

At the University of Maine in Orono, the world's first fully bio-based 3D printed home puts Maine on the map

Radical Reuse at The Hatchery

Students at this innovation center in Rockport are re-imagining the life cycle of our material world.

Greener Days Ahead

Naomi Beal, the executive director of passivhausMAINE, summarizes the impact of their Annual Forum

Taming the Wild Plants of Mount Desert Island

Landscape designer Caleb Davis puts native plants to work as intentional design elements in naturalistic-looking gardens

Veggies to Table Nourishes the Body and Soul

A non-profit farm in Newcastle feeds their community and addresses food insecurity

Attardo Architecture & Design’s Saltwater Farm

Taking note from the Maine farmhouse tradition, Paul Attardo, Mike Russo, and Catherine King bring the farm style to the next level

A Hands on Education at the Ecology School

Kaplan Thompson, BRIBURN, and Simons Architects worked together to design and build new additions to The Ecology School

Baird Architects Talk to Angles

Returning to build a guest house on site of a main house they had designed, Matthew Baird along with Chris Parsons and Emma Kelly created an oasis for visitors

Juniper Design + Build Brings On the Ocean Views

Taking out diving walls and dark wood, Juniper Design + Build brings big windows and light spaces that uplift an old home
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