Introducing Lincoln Climate Action Club from Woolwich, ME. Lincoln Climate Action Club is one of the 15 finalists in the @15 Community Impact Challenge.
Chloe Maxmin started the Lincoln Climate Action Club (CAC) as a way to raise awareness and share her interest in the fight against global warming with her peers. Over the years, CAC has started a no-idling policy in the school parking lots; collected batteries and ink cartridges for recycling; sold town-wide reusable bags; and visited local elementary schools to educate younger people about the effects of global warming. Club members are highly active in the community, participating in energy audits, speaking at local conventions, and giving presidents about eco-awareness at community venues and other local schools. With such widely successful initiatives as their reusable bag campaign, CAC has garnered substantial media attention from outlets like the Sundance Channel and heightened eco-awareness in their school and wider community.
If selected as a Challenge recipient, Lincoln CAC will work on an initiative focusing on power consumption awareness by purchasing Google Power Meters to distribute to local businesses and their school. The club will also install two solar panels on the roof of their school, a central meeting place for their town. Through helping the community measure and reduce power consumption, the CAC will set an example for their town as a whole to kick start a large scale renewable energy campaign within the community.
Between March 15-April 2, 2010, you get to decide which five of the 15 finalist teams of young social entrepreneurs will each receive $5,000 and which five teams will receive $1,500 each to expand their local ventures. So be sure to cast your vote on at15 between March 15 - April 2, 2010.
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