Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions

The issue of the Maine Policy Review devoted to the Sustainability Solutions Initiative is now available on-line and in hard copy. Highlights of this issue include an essay on “Sustainability: The Challenges and the Promises” by Senator George J. Mitchell and an interview with Robert Kates, Pathfinder in Sustainability Science and Chair of SSI’s Science […]

SSI Leader David Hart was invited to give a presentation at The National Academies Symposium, “Science, Innovation, and Partnerships for Sustainability Solutions”. The Symposium took place on May 16-18, 2012 at the Pew DC Conference Center in Washington, DC. The symposium included presentations by some of the thought leaders in sustainability science along with keynote […]

SSI researchers Teresa Johnson and Gayle Zydlewski were guests on a recent WERU “Talk of the Town” radio broadcast. The discussion, led by host Ron Beard, covered the community and ecological impacts of tidal energy development in Cobscook Bay. The show also featured David Hart, leader of SSI, John Ferland from Ocean Renewable Power Company, […]

The Elmina B. Sewall Foundation recently awarded a grant to Maine’s Sustainability Solutions Initiative (SSI) for a project titled, “The Maine Futures Community Mapper: Fostering Economic Growth and Healthy Landscapes for Maine’s Communities”. The project is an extension of an SSI project where researchers have worked for several years with Maine economic development, conservation, forestry, […]