The Maine Environmental Changemakers youth-led, intergenerational network is a program of the Maine Environmental Education Association that connects young Mainers (ages 15-30) from diverse backgrounds who are passionate about the environment with peer mentors and established professional mentors in the sector. Changemakers provides the training and resources needed to support the environmental actions that participants organize in their communities. The Changemakers program commits to challenging traditional models of leadership, shifting power, increasing innovation through dialogue, and crossing age and ability boundaries to develop a more just, inclusive, and equitable environmental sector. This year’s Changemakers Gathering will be held at Tanglewood 4-h Camp in Lincolnville ME on September 27th-28th!

Changemakers is powerful today because of the insight, innovation, and courage embodied in its youth-led design. Born from a single event in 2016, the project has grown to a vibrant network where we provide training, community events, resource sharing, a paid fellowship program, a paid residency, civic engagement training, and support for youth-led community action projects.

Changemakers commits to challenging traditional models of leadership, shifting power to foster youth leadership, increasing dialogue across generations, and developing a more just, inclusive, and equitable environmental sector.

We believe that anyone can be an environmental Changemaker and everyone has a role to play in this work of building more resilient and equitable Maine communities. We invite people to join the work and encourage all participants to listen with an open heart to enter into conversations that may challenge their traditional practice.