Wind energy expands on Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island’s provincial government in January put a hold on a plan to market wind energy to the New England states. In climbing the wind energy ladder, this blip is, according to the Island’s Minister of Environment, George Webster, a necessary measure in lieu of the U.S. economic crisis. Wind energy has made great
Two-thirds of Sears Island protected from development
In January, the State of Maine placed two-thirds of Sears Island under a conservation easement, protecting that portion of the island from development while leaving the remaining one-third open for a possible container port. Depending on one’s perspective, the conservation agreement was anywhere from four to 40 years in the making. The fate of Sears
North By Northeast: Wabanaki, Akwesasne, Mohawk, and Tuscarora Traditional Arts
Tilbury House, 2008 Softcover, 120 pages, $20 Native American artists continue their culture through crafts “Traditional teachings, stories, songs, symbols, language-all these shared understandings-tell us who we are as Haudenosaunee (People Building a House),” writes Folklorist Kathleen Mundell in her new book. Mundell has been gathering material for this book for 15 years. Native American
Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World
Random House, 2008 Hardcover, 368 pages, $30 A timely book about a horrific war Following the fall of Constantinople in 1453, Suleiman the Magnificent, sultan of the Ottoman Turks, made plans to expand his empire to the western part of the Mediterranean Sea. Standing in the way was a scattering of European outposts including Christian
Vinalhaven backs revisions to wind power rules
Changes to the rules governing wind power sites were overwhelmingly approved at a Vinalhaven Special Town Meeting held on December 15. The revisions defined small, medium and large wind power projects and set up different engineering reporting requirements based on the size of the project, according to Marjorie Stratton, Vinalhaven town manager. Modifications were also
Oceans Past: Management Insights from the History of Marine Animal Populations
Earthscan, London, England 2008. Hardcover, 213 pages, $127 Connecting ocean changes with modern culture Oceans Past is an academic compilation, written by a multi-disciplinary team of historians, marine biologists, and others, which aims to provide an academic view of historical changes in ocean ecosystems. Each of the eleven chapters stands alone as a case-study of
Morgan Witham connects with the seasons of life on Isle au Haut
This is Morgan Witham’s second year as the Island Institute’s Willoughby I. Stuart Fellow on Isle au Haut. She knew that things were going to be different this year. She had been told when she came to the island that the first year on an island is the all about the romance, the second year
Cranberry Report
On cold winter days, people from the Cranberry Isles will still make the three-mile trip to Northeast Harbor so they can go to work, do some grocery shopping, see the doctor, take a class, meet a friend for lunch, go to the dentist, etc. On any day off-island, at this time of year, I will
Maritime books for the midwinter
Several people who either write for, read, or have been the subject of stories in the Working Waterfront have shared some of their favorite maritime books, both fiction and non-fiction, to read in the midwinter. A combination of recently published books (a few already reviewed in Working Waterfront) and those that have withstood the test of time,