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Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions

Talk – Who Do You Choose to Be? Service, Collaboration, and Resilience

The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall, UMaine, Orono. Virtual attendance: Complete the registration form for Zoom connection information Speaker: Gabe McPhail, Founder, Resilient Communities Building community resilience isn’t only about projects or plans — it’s about how we work together. Grounded in experiences from Maine’s rural […]

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Talk – Hunting for Truth: PFAS Impacts in Maine’s Natural Food Sources

The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall, UMaine, Orono. Virtual attendance: Complete the registration form for Zoom connection information Speakers: Caroline Noblet and Dianne Kopec, University of Maine In this talk, Noblet and Kopec will explore how rural Maine people, who possess a long heritage of fishing […]

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Talk – Whose Knowledge Counts? Trust, Expertise, and the Politics of Sustainability in Rural America

Photo credit: Ken Woisard The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall, UMaine, Orono. Virtual attendance: Complete the registration form for Zoom connection information Speaker: Nicholas Jacobs, Goldfarb Family Distinguished Chair in American Government, Colby College What happens when facts aren’t enough? In many rural communities, sustainability efforts […]

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Talk – One Climate Future: From Plan to Progress

The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall, UMaine, Orono. Virtual attendance: Complete the registration form for Zoom connection information Speaker: Katie Tims, Sustainability Associate, City of Portland's Sustainability Office One Climate Future is the City of Portland’s climate action and adaptation plan; it is more than just […]

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Panel Discussion – Why return land to Indigenous Nations without restriction? Discussions on Wáhsehtəkʷ and Wabanaki-Land Trust Partnerships

This panel discussion will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall, UMaine, Orono. Virtual attendance: Complete the registration form for Zoom connection information Panelists: Chuck Loring, Penobscot Nation Betsy Cook, Maine State Director, Trust for Public Land Darren Ranco, Chair, Native American Programs, University of Maine Land return, rematriation (rebuilding […]

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Talk – The Economics of Nature in Today’s Political Landscape

The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall, UMaine, Orono. Virtual attendance: Complete the registration form for Zoom connection information Speaker: William Ginn, globally recognized expert on investing and valuing ecosystem services In a few swift months, the current federal administration has abandoned any action on climate change, […]

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Student Sustainability Lightning Talks

Lightning talks will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall, UMaine, Orono. Virtual attendance: Complete the registration form for Zoom connection information Talks in this session will focus on sustainability research by graduate and undergraduate students in Maine. Each presenter will have 5-minutes for their talk. PowerPoint presentations are allowed […]

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Talk – A Career in Service to Maine: Lessons learned from municipal to state to business

The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall, UMaine, Orono. Virtual attendance: Complete the registration form for Zoom connection information Speaker: Dana Connors, former President and CEO, Maine State Chamber of Commerce Dana Connors is the former leader of the Maine’s largest and most diverse business association, the […]

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Talk – What does it mean to identify as a boundary spanner?

The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall, UMaine, Orono. Virtual attendance: Complete the registration form for Zoom connection information Speaker: Carla Guenther, Chief Scientist, Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries Dr Carla Guenther is the Chief Scientist at Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries in Stonington Maine. Formally educated […]

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Talk – Housing as a sustainability challenge: Perceptions of risk and the quest for affordable housing in Maine

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The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall, UMaine, Orono. Virtual attendance: Complete the registration form for Zoom connection information Speaker: Sarah Sturtevant, Independent Research Analyst Maine’s affordable housing crisis mirrors that of the nation. And yet some of the root causes of the housing crisis are unique […]

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