Born from a community’s vision developed over potluck dinners, A Climate to Thrive works to transition Mount Desert Island off fossil fuels, rapidly reducing greenhouse gas emissions through a combination of locally sited and owned clean energy generation, energy efficiency, and electrification. We are focused on building a “just transition” model rooted in a community-driven approach that prioritizes distributed ownership, empowerment, and leadership. We believe the best climate solutions are the ones developed by the communities they are meant to serve and that these solutions are most likely to simultaneously address intersecting challenges and opportunities while building broad networks of collaboration.