Want to help raise awareness about climate change? Join NRCM’s 11th annual Polar Bear Dip & Dash—a 5k morning run followed by a noontime polar plunge into Casco Bay. It’s fun for a great cause! Learn more and register at https://nrcm.salsalabs.org/dipdash. To view more tips, click here. To subscribe to our Tip of the Day RSS… Continue Reading
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December 31, 2017: Polar Bear Dash in Portland’s East End
NRCM’s 10th annual Polar Bear Dash (The Dip portion was cancelled due to extreme cold) was another great day at East End Beach in Portland. Nearly 150 people ran or walked in the 5K around Back Cove, ending at East End Beach. We want to thank everyone who came to the Dip & Dash – and we… Continue Reading
Enter Our Polar Bear Dip & Dash Trivia Contest
To celebrate our 10th annual Polar Bear Dip & Dash happening in Portland’s East End on Sunday, December 31, 2017, we want to invite you to enter our trivia contest, featuring questions all about this fun, crazy event! Everyone who enters gets a free NRCM decal. The person with the most correct answers will receive… Continue Reading
The Year My Terror Went Viral: My 2015 NRCM Polar Bear Plunge
I wouldn’t necessarily describe myself as an adventurous person. I refused to join my husband in going to see the new, terrifying (it seems to me!) Stephen King movie, “It.” Don’t look for me at those spooky houses during Halloween. And yet… I have plunged into the frigid ocean at Portland’s East End Beach not… Continue Reading
What Does It Take to be a Diehard Polar Plunger? Some Brave Mainers Tell All
By Abigail Curtis, BDN Staff Bangor Daily News story BELFAST, Maine — Every New Year’s Day, Mike Goulart of Belfast digs out his water shoes, dons a silly costume and heads to the boat launch, where he strives to be the first person to get into the frigid ocean during the city’s annual polar dip…. Continue Reading
Holiday Guide: 7 Green Tips, 7 Great Gifts that Support NRCM
Here come the holidays, and all I want for Christmas is…less waste and more sustainability. OK, that’s not all I want, but it’s definitely part of my holiday planning. You can probably easily imagine that the time between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day is the most wasteful, but did you know Americans produce a million… Continue Reading
Maine Environment Fall 2016 Newsletter
Maine Environment Fall 2016: What’s Inside! This issue of Maine Environment features an exclusive interview with philanthropist and Burt’s Bees founder Roxanne Quimby, who, along with her family, donated 87,500 acres of land east of Baxter State Park to the National Park Service that has become Maine’s new Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. NRCM… Continue Reading
About 200 People Brave the Cold for Annual Polar Bear Dip
by Grady Trimble, WCSH WCSH-6 news story PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — About 200 people braved the chilly weather on New Year’s Eve and plunged into the Atlantic Ocean at the East End Beach. Organizers with the Natural Resources Council of Maine said the 8th annual Polar Bear Dip and Dash raised about $25,000. The money… Continue Reading
Hundreds Participate in Polar Plunge
New Year’s tradition raises funds for climate change organization By Danielle Waugh NECN news story Watch full news video More than 200 people in Portland, Maine, are thawing out after a dip in the ocean New Year’s Eve. The ocean temperature was barely 40 degrees, but those taking part in the Natural Resources Council of… Continue Reading
