IN PERSON AT AUBURN PUBLIC LIBRARY AND ZOOM

Everyone who registers will receive a link to ZOOM in their email on the morning of the class, and may attend either in-person or by ZOOM

The Center for an Eology-Based Economy is committed to addressing the climate crisis by developing practical, accessible and economically viable solutions that foster resilient comunities as we transition to a thriving, regenerative economy that is built on a backbone of clean renewable energy and regenerative agricultural practices.

In this presentation, Roberta Hill, CEBE's Bioregional Coordinator, accomanied by her special guest, Penobscot activist and Wabanaki Alliance Executive Director Maulian Bryant, will focus on the work CEBE has been doing with the Wabanaki people in Maine and why they feel it is so important to support Wabanaki Sovereignty.

An ecologist and educator, Roberta has been helping Maine communities protect the ecological systems they depend upon for more than three decades. As the Bioregional Coordinator of Center for an Ecology-Based Economy, she applies her knowledge and experience to help cultivate and integrate CEBE more deeply into a thriving network of regenerative, ecology-based practitioners across the Acadian Northern Forest bioregion. Roberta is also a member of CEBE’s Climate Education Team, fostering a deeper understanding and appreciation for the complexity and interrelatedness of earth’s life sustaining systems.  

IN PERSON AT AUBURN PUBLIC LIBRARY AND ZOOM

Everyone who registers will receive a link to ZOOM in their email on the morning of the class, and may attend either in-person or by ZOOM.

How to get from where your community is to where you want it to be. The City of Auburn is in the process of completing a Comprehensive Plan to guide the City’s development for the next ten years. This class will discuss what comprehensive municipal planning is and why it is important to the future of a community and its citizens, how the public can participate in the planning process, and the legal importance of a comprehensive plan. Good planning is an essential tool for creating a vision for the future its citizens want for their community and identifying the actions needed to achieve it. Learn how to help your community realize the future it wants. 

John J Cleveland is the chairman of Auburn’s 2026 Comprehensive Planning Committee. He brings nearly 20 years of public service as a City Councilor and Mayor of Auburn, and State Senator and 38 years of professional experience as a planning and development consultant helping communities achieve their goals of improving their communities. John is a native of Lewiston-Auburn, and he and his wife Debora raised two adult sons here and have two grandchildren.