User:SIROHIK/sandbox/The Climate Emergency Action Coalition

The Climate Emergency Action Coalition (CEAC) is a group of youth climate activists based in Mount Desert Island (MDI), Maine. The group was formed in November, 2019 as a coalition of students from Mount Desert Island High School's ECOteam, and the College of the Atlantic's sustainability group, [Earth ].

Organizations
CEAC is a coalition comprised of several climate groups local to MDI, including the MDI High School ECOteam, [Earth], and A Climate to Thrive. Due to the high turnover rate of high schools and colleges, CEAC's membership is constantly growing and evolving.

Activities
The Climate Emergency Action Coalition has been working to pass Climate Emergency Declarations in several towns on MDI, and their current goal is to get Hancock County to declare a Climate Emergency, before moving to the state level.

Bar Harbor
CEAC was first formed to pass a Climate Emergency Declaration in the MDI town of Bar Harbor. After the group presented the Declaration to their local Town Council, it was passed 5-1. Following the advice of the Town Council, CEAC then hosted a series of stakeholder meetings to gauge community buy-in on the creation of a Town Task Force on Climate. In January of 2020, CEAC went back to the Bar Harbor Town Council and asked them to form a Town Task Force, the creation of which was approved.

In March of 2020, the Climate Emergency Task Force appointees were finalized and the first meeting was held on June 22nd. Sirohi Kumar, a member of CEAC, currently serves as the Youth Representative on the Task Force.

Outside affiliations
CEAC is an active member of Maine Youth for Climate Justice, a coalition of youth activists around Maine fighting for climate justice. CEAC also has ties to the Coastal Youth Climate Coalition, a group of decentralized youth aiming to uplift the work of smaller and more local climate groups across Maine.