1-Credit Spring Sustainability Course

Each semester, the Mitchell Center offers a 1-credit ‘Seminar in Sustainability Solutions‘ course through UMaine’s Ecology & Ecosystem Sciences (EES) program.

electric meterThe course is designed to introduce undergraduate and graduate students to innovative interdisciplinary research focused on understanding and solving sustainability problems. Through weekly talks, the course provides participants with opportunities to learn about effective strategies for problem-solving that blend the strengths of different academic disciplines and build productive partnerships with diverse stakeholders representing government, the private sector, and non-governmental organizations. Students prepare a short reflection paper based on each week’s seminar. Click here for a full list of talks.