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  1. The #MaineGearLibraryNetwork.

    "The Maine Gear Library Network exists to share resources and knowledge in order to grow equitable and low-barrier access to outdoor gear for communities across the state.

    Gear libraries statewide:
    Adaptive Outdoor Education Center – #BrunswickME
    Katahdin Gear Library – #MillinocketME
    #KindlingCollective#PortlandME
    Maine Bound Adventure Center – #OronoME
    #MaineGearShare#BrunswickME
    Skowhegan Outdoors – #SkowheganME
    #OldTownME / #OronoME Gear Library – In Development

    Partners:
    #CurtisMemorialLibrary of Things – #BrunswickME
    #Wabanaki Public Health & Wellness – #BangorME
    Maine Office of Outdoor Recreation – Statewide

    The Maine Gear Library Network is a growing coalition of community organizations working together to make outdoor adventures more #accessible, #affordable, and #sustainable.

    From #tents and #backpacks to #snowshoes and #kayaks, gear libraries around the state are helping more people get outside, regardless of income, experience, or zip code. By sharing resources and knowledge, the Maine Gear Library Network is building a culture of collaboration and sharing, ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to explore and enjoy Maine’s incredible natural places.


    What is a Gear Library?

    A gear library is a community-powered lending program that provides low-cost access to outdoor equipment, such as kayaks, #bikes, backpacks, snowshoes, and more. Their models may differ, but these gear libraries share a common goal of supporting equitable access to the outdoors by removing the barrier of gear ownership, inviting more #Mainers to connect with nature."

    FMI:
    mainegearshare.org/maine-gear-

    #SolarPunkSunday #BorrowDontBuy #SharingEconomy #SpendTimeInNature #Kayaks #Hiking #Maine #GearHub #GearLibraries #SpendTimeOutdoors #BikeTooter #Biking #Kayaking #Camping

  2. #Maine - #Queer #GearLibrary - #KindlingCollective

    "Kindling Collective is a queer-centered gear library creating an accessible pathway to outdoor experiences in Wabanaki Confederacy Territory / Maine.

    We aim to build community and support people in nurturing and sustaining relationships with the natural world and each other. At Kindling Collective, members can check out the gear they need for #camping, #hiking, and #backpacking adventures. You don’t need to be queer to be a member; you just need to be on board with supporting and affirming queer people’s access to the outdoors. Our guided trips and events are designed by and for queer people.

    You don’t need to be queer to be a member; you just need to be on board with supporting and affirming queer people’s access to the outdoors.

    Membership perks:
    - Unlimited gear loans for up to 7 days.
    - Advice, tips, and guidance from our staff and volunteers.
    - Invitations to member appreciation and community events.
    - A welcoming and inclusive community.
    - Access to additional gear and equipment supplied by #MaineGearShare through interlibrary loans.
    - 25% off monthly membership at Portland Yoga Collective
    - 15% off room reservations at the CoHo Hostel in Conway, NH
    - 15% off gym memberships (monthly & yearly), a discounted day pass for $17, and a discount off of the "learn the ropes classes" at Evo Rock & Fitness
    - 10% off at Portage Eats "

    Sliding scale memberships available.

    FMI:
    kindlingcollective.org/

    #SolarPunkSunday #GBLTQ
    #GBLTQEvents #SafeZoneEvents
    #QueerEvents #SolarPunkSunday
    #BorrowDontBuy #SharingEconomy
    #SpendTimeInNature #Kayaks
    #Hiking #Maine #BIPOCEvents
    #QueerFriendlyEvents #SpendTimeOutdoors #GearHub #GearLibraries #BorrowDontBuy

  3. By "educated" I would mean what Jefferson meant...having read the major works of literature, having an understanding of the broad periods of history into which the world's past is divided, perhaps speaking another language or at least being aware of other languages and having some competence. But I don't look to find an educated person in the ranks of university graduates, necessarily. Some of the most educated people I know have never been near a university.
    -- John Keegan

    #Wisdom #Quotes #JohnKeegan #Education

    #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida

  4. If one has talent it pushes for utterance and torments one; it will out....There is nothing in this thing of learning out of books. Here, here and here [the ear, the head, the heart] is your school. If everything is right there, then take your pen and down with it; afterwards ask the opinion of a man who knows his business.
    -- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    #Wisdom #Quotes #WolfgangAmadeusMozart #Talent

    #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida

  5. It is almost always possible to present an intellectually honest and engaging account of any field, using a minimum of technical apparatus. This is seldom done, however, since most priesthoods are inclined to hide behind a wall of mystery and to commune only with their fellow priests.
    -- John Allen Paulos

    #Wisdom #Quotes #JohnAllenPaulos #Writing

    #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida

  6. Popular theology ... is a massive inconsistency derived from ignorance.... The gods exist because nature herself has imprinted a conception of them on the minds of men.
    -- Cicero

    #Wisdom #Quotes #Cicero #God #Religion

    #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida

  7. No young man should go into politics if he wants to get rich or if he expects an adequate reward for his services. An honest public servant can't become rich in politics. He can only attain greatness and satisfaction by service.
    -- Harry S. Truman (Diary, April 24, 1954)

    #Wisdom #Quotes #HarrySTruman #Politics #Satisfaction #Wealth

    #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida

  8. No young man should go into politics if he wants to get rich or if he expects an adequate reward for his services. An honest public servant can't become rich in politics. He can only attain greatness and satisfaction by service.
    -- Harry S. Truman (Diary, April 24, 1954)

    #Wisdom #Quotes #HarrySTruman #Politics #Satisfaction #Wealth

    #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida

  9. No young man should go into politics if he wants to get rich or if he expects an adequate reward for his services. An honest public servant can't become rich in politics. He can only attain greatness and satisfaction by service.
    -- Harry S. Truman (Diary, April 24, 1954)

    #Wisdom #Quotes #HarrySTruman #Politics #Satisfaction #Wealth

    #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida

  10. No young man should go into politics if he wants to get rich or if he expects an adequate reward for his services. An honest public servant can't become rich in politics. He can only attain greatness and satisfaction by service.
    -- Harry S. Truman (Diary, April 24, 1954)

    #Wisdom #Quotes #HarrySTruman #Politics #Satisfaction #Wealth

    #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida

  11. No young man should go into politics if he wants to get rich or if he expects an adequate reward for his services. An honest public servant can't become rich in politics. He can only attain greatness and satisfaction by service.
    -- Harry S. Truman (Diary, April 24, 1954)

    #Wisdom #Quotes #HarrySTruman #Politics #Satisfaction #Wealth

    #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida

  12. The most important scientific revolutions all include, as their only common feature, the dethronement of human arrogance from one pedestal after another of previous convictions about our centrality in the cosmos.
    -- Stephen Jay Gould

    #Wisdom #Quotes #StephenJayGould #Science

    #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida

  13. I had fallen victim to the fallacy of the 'growing edge'; the belief that only the very frontier of scientific advance counted; that everything that had been left behind by that advance was faded and dead.
    -- Isaac Asimov

    #Wisdom #Quotes #IsaacAsimov #Science

    #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida

  14. Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.
    -- Robert Green Ingersoll ("The Creed")

    #Wisdom #Quotes #RobertGreenIngersoll #Happiness #Life

    #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida

  15. When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this infallible sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.
    -- Jonathan Swift

    #Wisdom #Quotes #JonathanSwift #Genius #Mediocrity

    #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida

  16. Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
    -- W. H. Auden

    #Wisdom #Quotes #WHAuden #Authenticity #Originality #Writing

    #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida

  17. In science, the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs.
    -- William Osler

    #Wisdom #Quotes #WilliamOsler #Science

    #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida

  18. Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin -- more even than death.... Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man.
    -- Bertrand Russell

    #Wisdom #Quotes #BertrandRussell #Privilege #Thought

    #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida

  19. IGOC Chlausfahrt Reuss/Aare, Sonntag, 7. Dezember 2025

    Kommenden Sonntag, 7. Dezember, organisieren Berta und Peter Brack wieder die #IGOC Chlausfahrt auf #Reuss und #Aare für #Kanadier und #Kayaks.

    Anmeldungsschluss ist morgen Montag, 1. Dezember!

    Weitere Details hier: ig-opencanoe.ch/chlausfahrt.ht