Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at UMaine

Fall 2022 Sustainability Talks

Linda Silka on difference-making and risk-taking

Schattman serves as expert witness on sustainable farming

News

Mitchell Center helps fund study showing how MDI tourism can use participatory planning to address climate change impacts
UMaine part of New England Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases
Susanne Lee speaks to Times Record about the financial benefits of composting
Rachel Schattman serves as expert witness at Congressional hearing on supporting farmers adapting for the future

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Events

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BDN op-ed on banning wastewater sludge

Food Waste Summit recording available

Mitchell Center Stories - People and projects

Road to Solutions

“…the ethos of the Mitchell Center’s work reflects one of my deepest beliefs: the importance of public service. The many faculty and students involved in the Mitchell Center have committed themselves to a goal larger than their individual lives: the goal of helping to build a better world starting right here in our own communities in our own state.” Senator George J. Mitchell