Join Sydney Patten and David Kunhardt at the Jesup Library in Bar Harbor to be inspired on impactful ways to reduce carbon pollution. This hour-long concert will take you to magical underwater paradises and it will enliven ways to make real change to protect our beautiful home NOW! Leave with the knowledge of 60 things you can do to minimize carbon and plastic pollution!

Sydney Patten is a classically trained pianist and composer. She is a former vice president of the American Women Composers. Much of her music celebrates the ocean and the natural beauty of Mount Desert Island. Her climate activism takes the form of music. She has long believed that the best way to inspire people to make changes in their lives and in their world, is with music. She lives in Falmouth and in Hall Quarry with her husband, Bill and their dog, Patapouf! 

A long-time advocate for effective and equitable climate policy, David Kunhardt is a volunteer for Citizens Climate Lobby, a member of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps, and serves as president of a conservation land trust in Tamworth, NH. He is also on the Board of the Piper Shores Lifecare Retirement Community. David is committed to building relationships across his region to cultivate the will for climate solutions that meet the scale of the climate crisis. With CCL, he is co-liaison to Senator Angus King (I-ME). As a retired solar energy executive, he is also engaged in renewable energy initiatives that bring home Community Power. David lives in Scarborough with his wife, Susan.