The most common prescription is to go local and go outdoors, mental health professionals say.
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Quality tools, well cared for, let you rest easy in winter
Clean, sharpen, oil and store. Then go skiing or head south.
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Heat pumps in Maine: Set it and forget it? Or turn it off for the winter?
The state’s energy-efficiency experts promote the latest versions for winter heat, if they’re installed and used correctly, to reduce fossil-fuel emissions. But some installers say it’s best to use them any time but winter.
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Get busy talking business succession at USM
Learn how Maine’s food-based businesses can be sold to employees, family or other buyers.
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Homegrown: Ever wonder what Mermaid Kisses would be like?
Erica Currie, owner of The Primitive Keeper, thinks she knows, and has transformed them into soaps, candles and other handmade products.
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As price of climate change climbs, consider how much we could save
Costs in dollars, to the environment and to living things could fall if we reduce emissions and adapt quicker.
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Oxalis is a cheerful and easy houseplant
Many good gardeners say they can’t grow houseplants. They should start with easy ones.
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To document climate change, Kate Olson went to Maine’s expert witnesses
She interviewed fishermen, farmers and foresters about how they are affected.
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Pâté – ‘a delicious requirement for sustainable meat consumption’
Granted, not everybody likes liver, but here’s an easy way to prepare it for those who savor a schmear on good bread.
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Couple’s device that makes water from air wins $1.5 million prize
Their Skywater 300 machine earns the XPrize For Water Abundance.