The last campers have come and gone, marking the end of another amazing Chewonki summer. This year, we welcomed hundreds of campers. From second graders to high schoolers, campers came from as close as Woolwich and Wiscasset and as far as Beijing and Paris! We also awarded our traditional five-year shirts to 27 campers and […]
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What happens when you bring together nearly 100 Chewonki people from across generations and programs? You get a 7 a.m. bird walk, muddy hands at Salt Marsh Farm, canoes on Montsweag Brook, a red-tailed hawk in the Center for Environmental Education, and a sheep pelt awarded over dinner. And, eventually, you get s’mores. This August,
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We want to share an exciting update about our dining service for this summer. As we’ve built out our Eastside/Girls Camp program over the past few years, we have tried a few different ways to serve meals, including inside Chapin Hall, outside by the frog pond, and a few other variations. The feedback we got
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Wiscasset, Maine. The landscape of the Chewonki’s Eastside pasture has taken a brilliant new turn. Chewonki Foundation is thrilled to announce that construction of its brand-new 420-panel agrivoltaic solar array is nearly complete, and will be activated within days. Generating 230 kW of clean, carbon-free electricity, the system is now poised to capture enough power from
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Three New Ways to Experience Homecoming this Year Chewonki’s beloved Homecoming weekend is back this August, and we’re excited to share three updates that we hope will make the event even more memorable: #1. Stay in a Cabin For the first time, we’re offering Homecoming cabin stays! How does it work? If you’ve ever been
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We are excited to announce that the Maine Youth Environmental Leader Scholarship for 2026-2027 at Maine Coast Semester is now accepting applications!
Do you know a high school sophomore who is passionate about the environment and looking for opportunities to engage more deeply?
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For more than a century, Chewonki has explored what it means to live thoughtfully on the land. In the late 1990s, that exploration took physical form with the construction of the Center for Environmental Education, a building designed not just to house programs, but to make energy, materials, and systems visible. Around the same time, experiments began appearing across campus, from student-built solar panels to biodiesel production and early wind and hydrogen systems. Some of those efforts evolved or faded as technology changed, while others laid the groundwork for what came next. Together, they shaped a campus where sustainability is something you can see, question, and take part in every day.
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At Maine Coast Semester, we’ve always believed that the best version of a student emerges when they are “unplugged” from modern digital distractions and “plugged in” to a real-life community that fosters a deeper sense of creativity, engagement, and a willingness to take healthy social and intellectual risks.
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A community effort worth celebrating
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