Chloe Maxmin

@chloemaxmin

Chloe Maxmin, hailing from rural Maine, is the Co-Director of Dirtroad Organizing alongside Canyon Woodward. She is also the co-author, with Canyon, of Dirt Road Revival: How to Rebuild Rural Politics and Why Our Future Depends On It. She is the youngest woman ever to serve in the Maine State Senate after unseating a two-term Republican incumbent and Senate leader in 2020. She lives and works in rural Maine, where she co-runs Begin Again Farm with her partner.

Growing Up With Climate Change Growing Up With Climate Change

My generation will be the first to have lived an entire lifetime in a climate changed world. We witnessed the first climate impacts. We will experience the worst. We were born into…

Jun 15, 2016 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin

The Future of Fossil-Fuel Divestment

The Future of Fossil-Fuel Divestment The Future of Fossil-Fuel Divestment

It’s an age-old tension between radicalism and reform made more urgent by the existential threat of climate change.

May 18, 2016 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin

Bernie Sanders town hall in Iowa

What the Climate Movement Can Learn From Bernie Sanders’s Political Revolution What the Climate Movement Can Learn From Bernie Sanders’s Political Revolution

America’s new political uprising and its leader offer invaluable lessons for climate activists.

Mar 24, 2016 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin

Protestors at COP 21

In 2016, No More Human-As-Usual In 2016, No More Human-As-Usual

COP 21 showed us that human-as-usual is not enough in the age of climate crisis.

Jan 22, 2016 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin and StudentNation

Youth Power and Powerlessness at COP21

Youth Power and Powerlessness at COP21 Youth Power and Powerlessness at COP21

Young people have been banging their heads on the walls of the political establishment for far too long. It’s time we figure out something new.

Dec 10, 2015 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin and StudentNation

To Global Leaders at COP21: Be Like the Ents

To Global Leaders at COP21: Be Like the Ents To Global Leaders at COP21: Be Like the Ents

Once something threatens who you are and what you love, you have no choice but to take action.

Dec 1, 2015 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin

WANTED: Political Power for Climate Justice

WANTED: Political Power for Climate Justice WANTED: Political Power for Climate Justice

Movement leaders identify their goals as political, but they don’t see the movement as having the political power to achieve those goals.

Nov 16, 2015 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin

A Moral Case for Climate Action

A Moral Case for Climate Action A Moral Case for Climate Action

Pope Francis understands that the choice to confront the climate crisis now lies with the people.

Jul 1, 2015 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin

Harvard Is the Climate Crisis

Harvard Is the Climate Crisis Harvard Is the Climate Crisis

Hypocrisy at Harvard reigns supreme as students demand divestment. 

Feb 3, 2015 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin

Can Youth Build New Worlds With the Ballot Alone?

Can Youth Build New Worlds With the Ballot Alone? Can Youth Build New Worlds With the Ballot Alone?

Electoral politics is but one tool the grassroots must use to create change.

Nov 10, 2014 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin and StudentNation

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