MAINE PUBLIC • May 19, 2023
Two years ago, the United Nations Secretary General declared that the climate crisis is a code red for humanity. Antonio Guterres also noted that every day dozens of species are going extinct. How this planetary emergency plays out is unclear. But a new exhibit at the Maine Historical Society in downtown Portland offers clues based on the way humans have disrupted the environment in the past. The exhibit also shows why indigenous knowledge is considered an essential guide for the path ahead.