Mary Pols writes primarily about sustainability for Source. She came to the Press Herald in late 2013 to work on Source after a long career writing about movies. She has almost, but not quite, broken the habit of waking pre-dawn on Oscar nomination day. Mary was born in Portland and raised in Brunswick, but was away for 25 years so it’s been a thrill for her to learn about her state in the 21st century. She studied art history at Duke and her masters in journalism is from UC Berkeley. She’s happiest reporting a story in Maine’s great outdoors, whether she’s watching seaweed farmers plant a crop or eating fresh caught perch with an ice fisherman while a hungry eagle hovers nearby. History really floats her boat as well (once she wrote an entire story about the life of a very old and rare apple tree in Freeport). She lives in Brunswick with her hockey-obsessed son and their dog, a foster-fail kitten and an elderly Maine Coon.
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PublishedJuly 3, 2016
A hurricane helps whet a Unity College student’s appetite for water work
Rae-Ann MacLellan-Hurd received a $50,000 fellowship for her environmental research.
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PublishedJuly 3, 2016
A thirst for raw water from Maine
Bryan Pullen bottles untreated spring water that he considers to be the ‘purest thing’ you can drink.
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PublishedJune 26, 2016
Daniel Vitalis’ Find a Spring provides online community for water foragers
The website lists springs around the world, including nearly 600 in the United States and 16 in Maine.
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PublishedJune 26, 2016
Poland Spring reaches high water mark
Maine is the home of the best selling brand of bottled water in the United States. What does that mean in terms of sustainability?
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PublishedJune 19, 2016
Paul Jessen’s the man who helps Tom’s of Maine stay green
And for this Yale School of Management graduate that means more than just the minty fresh way.
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PublishedJune 12, 2016
Kevin Kelly’s a scallop counter for the Maine Department of Marine Resources
His surveys and a ‘quilt’ of closed coastal areas help the flavorful shellfish spring back.
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PublishedJune 5, 2016
Maine’s parks are fertile places for research
Scientists study bugs, bunnies, blow-downs and bad air.
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PublishedJune 5, 2016
Kevin B. Schneider, Acadia’s new leader of the park
It took a very special place to lure the superintendent from his job at Grand Teton.
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PublishedMay 22, 2016
Organic conundrum: Farm-to-label path too rocky for some
The profits are better, the government will help fund it, so why do some farmers opt out of organic certification?
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PublishedMay 16, 2016
Want to raise green children? Start by skipping all that unnecessary plastic stuff
Sustainability-minded Maine parents offer advice for raising babies and toddlers – goodbye icky, sticky sippy cups – while living lightly on the Earth.
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