Maine Campus Covers Dec. 6 Student Sustainability Meeting

Maine Campus covered the initial Growing Students Sustainability meeting on December 6. The Mitchell Center’s Linda Silka and Tim Waring facilitated the meeting.

UMaine students and faculty meet to discuss UMaine’s sustainable future

On Dec. 6, students, professors and community members gathered in Norman Smith Hall for a Growing Students Sustainability meeting and dinner at the University of Maine. Linda Silka, a senior fellow for the George Mitchell Center, and Tim Wearing, a professor of economics at UMaine, planned and hosted the gathering to bring about a discussion of how UMaine could become more environmentally friendly. The meeting explored positive steps the community at UMaine could take to engage in climate action.

The event was well attended, with almost no room for seating as the event commenced.