Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions

The University of Maine Natural Climate Solutions Initiative, led by Adam Daigneault, has released an interim report that explores approaches for mitigating the state’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through management in forestry and agriculture, as reported by UMaine News. Natural climate solutions are conservation, restoration and improved land management actions that increase carbon storage or […]

A new guide from the Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions helps community reuse organizations make decisions about how—and whether—to open during the COVID-19 pandemic. Brie Berry, a Ph.D. candidate in anthropology at UMaine and member of the Mitchell Center’s Materials Management research team, studies the value and meaning of reuse in rural communities. She created […]

Research on vulnerability and resilience in the American lobster fishery led by Joshua Stoll, an assistant professor in the School of Marine Sciences and Mitchell Center faculty fellow, has been awarded a two-year grant as part of NOAA National Sea Grant’s American Lobster Initiative, according to a news release from Maine Sea Grant. The project, […]

Sam Roy, research assistant professor with the Mitchell Center and the School of Earth and Climate Sciences at UMaine, is lead author on a new paper in the journal Environmental Research Letters. The paper, “Coordinated river infrastructure decisions improve net social-ecological benefits,” is co-authored by Mitchell Center researchers Adam Daigneault, Joseph Zydlewski, Sean Smith, and […]

If you’ve missed visiting UMaine museums in person these past few months, there’s good news. As reported on UMaine News, several museums affiliated with the university are reopening, with public health precautions in place. “Tree and Tradition II,” the special exhibit in the Hudson Museum’s Merritt Gallery, explores the evolution of the ancient artform of […]

The Belfast Area Chapter of Citizens’ Climate Lobby will host a webinar on Tuesday, September 1, featuring Cassaundra Rose, coordinator for the Maine Climate Council, and several members of the council’s working groups. In April 2020 the Mitchell Center was asked by the Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future to lead a project […]

We’re excited to announce that three projects have been awarded Mitchell Center Sustainability Grants for fiscal year 2021: Collaborating Toward Climate Solutions As Maine communities across the state grapple with the complex challenges of climate change, they also face problems of scarce resources for implementing projects and a dearth of technical expertise to oversee strategic […]

Research by Shaleen Jain and Anne Lausier on evaluating the equitable stewardship of water resources was feature in a UMaine News article on July 24. The researchers created a Water Resources Stewardship (WRS) framework that includes six interlinking elements to comprehensively evaluate water management. They shared the framework in August 2019 in their research article “Water resources […]

On Thursday, August 20, Mark Anderson will present a webinar on the Economics of Natural Systems for Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust. The webinar is free and will be held from 3 – 4 pm. Register here. In the webinar, Mark will talk about how economic systems reside within natural systems and the value that land […]

On Friday, August 7, at 10:30 a.m., Heather Leslie will present a webinar, “Climate science and action for Maine’s coast and coastal communities,” with highlights of the strategies developed by the Coastal and Marine Working Group of the Maine Climate Council. Heather is director of the Darling Marine Center and an associate professor in the […]