BAR HARBOR, ME—At the turn of the 20th century, the residents Malaga Island off of Maine’s midcoast were not unusual in their hardscrabble lifestyle. They lived as they could from the resources that surrounded them, fishing, clamming, doing odd jobs for summer folk visiting nearby Phippsburg. What was unusual—and ultimately ...

BAR HARBOR, ME—With animals, theater games, children’s activities, booths, and more, College of the Atlantic will be celebrating Earth Day on Sunday, April 21 from 10 a.m. to 4 p .m. Centered around the theme, “Cooperation, Community, Complexity,” and based on a conference happening simultaneously on campus, the day will ...

BAR HARBOR, ME—Hear about traditional Mayan massages, medications, music, and more when College of the Atlantic students returning from Mexico present “Hamacas, Milpas, y Coca Colas: Learning to Practice Human Ecology in the Yucatan.” The talk, for the college’s Human Ecology Forum, will be at 4:10 p.m. on Tuesday, April ...

BAR HARBOR, ME—Last winter, a group of College of the Atlantic students looked into how we get what we use—the basics of material production. The students were in Ryan Bouldin’s class on Industrial Ecology. From April 15 to 19, the college’s Ethel H. Blum Gallery will display graphics and other ...

BAR HARBOR—On Saturday, April 20, at 8 p.m., College of the Atlantic brings back the Toughcats, a group that has catapulted from North Haven, Maine, to national fame. “It’s not every day that you’re completely blown away by a band,” writes Elise Yablon of the NYC Examiner. “Toughcats managed to ...

BAR HARBOR, ME—On April 18th at 4:10 pm in College of the Atlantic’s Gates Community Center, research associate Susie O’Keeffe presents the Art of Reciprocity: Rekindling the Exchange of Wild Affection. O’Keeffe, who holds a Master’s with Distinction from Oxford University in Environmental Change and Management, has spent 23 years ...

BAR HARBOR, Maine —Employee-owned businesses, community-owned groceries, growth that is sustainable for the environment as well as the economy—these ideas will become common terms on the campus of College of the Atlantic during Earth Day Weekend. COA is hosting the conference “Cooperation, Community, and Complexity: Imagining a New Economy for ...

BAR HARBOR, ME—Paul Cawood Hellmund, president of the Conway School in Conway, MA, will be giving a talk to College of the Atlantic’s Human Ecology Forum at 4:10 p.m. on Tuesday, April 9 in McCormick Lecture Hall. Hellmund’s talk is titled “Reinventing the Future: How one tiny Graduate School is ...

BAR HARBOR, ME— Paul Cawood Hellmund, president of the Conway School in Conway, MA, will be giving a talk to College of the Atlantic’s Human Ecology Forum at 4:10 p.m. on Tuesday, April 9 in McCormick Lecture Hall. Hellmund’s talk is titled “Reinventing the Future: How one tiny Graduate School ...

BAR HARBOR, ME—College of the Atlantic’s Ethel H. Blum Gallery presents an exhibit of woodcuts created by students during the academic year. The exhibit runs from Thursday, April 4 to Thursday April 11. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. In keeping with COA’s ...

BAR HARBOR, ME—Join College of the Atlantic senior Anna Stunkel in her weekly journey around campus and out to the COA pier in search of the birds of spring. She will be taking all comers on a bird exploration on Wednesdays from 4 to 5 p.m. each week between April ...

RELEASE COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC HOSTS CONTRA DANCE APRIL 6 Family and Regular Dance at Gates Community Center CONTACT: DONNA GOLD, PUBLIC RELATIONS, 207-801-5623, 266-4470, dgold@coa.edu BAR HARBOR—College of the Atlantic hosts its Saturday contra dance with the Big Moose Contra Band and caller Chrissy Fowler on Saturday, April 6. ...

BAR HARBOR, ME—Leading education reformer Marc Tucker will be talking at College of the Atlantic’s Deering Common Campus Center from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, April 5. The title of his talk is, “What It Will Take for the United States to Match the Performance of the Nations with ...

BAR HARBOR, ME—Etta Kralovec, faculty member at College of the Atlantic from 1990 to 2000, is returning on Thursday, April 4 to talk about her current work as an educator on the border between Mexico and Arizona. Her talk, “Teaching and Living on the Border: Views from the Fence,” will ...

BAR HARBOR, ME—The 104-mile walk around the Mont Blanc Massif is one of the most popular walking trails in Europe. In September, 2012, College of the Atlantic’s Lynn Boulger, Dean of Institutional Advancement and husband Tim Garrity, Executive Director of the Mount Desert Historical Society, hiked the entire walk. The ...

When College of the Atlantic student Phinn Onens helped to necropsy a leatherback turtle last summer, what he found changed his academic trajectory. Onens, a senior at COA, was devastated by the cache of plastic in the turtle’s stomach. Having studied marine conservation and education, he sought a visceral way ...