Materials Management through Sustainable Consumption: Research, Policy and Practice Cindy Isenhour, Dept. of Anthropology, UMaine A significant body of research suggests that production efficiencies are unlikely to result in environmental improvements adequate to avoid “dangerous” climate change, resource depletion, and increasingly significant waste management issues. This is, in part, because rapidly growing levels of consumption […]
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Eco-evolutionary implications of environmental change across heterogeneous landscapes Jared Homola, Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology
From Molecules to Mountains: Studying the Impacts of Global Change on Wildlife Habitat Dr. Toni Lyn Morelli - Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Conservation; Postdoctoral Researcher, DOI Northeast Climate Science Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Candidate for the position of Assistant Professor of Wildlife Habitat Ecology in WFCB
Energy Behaviors: Do we see moral licensing? Caroline Noblet, School of Econnomics 201 Winslow Hall
Serpentine: Evolutionary Ecology of a Model System Dr. Nishanta Rajakaruna, College of the Atlantic Serpentine habitats are home to many rare and endemic species, providing model settings for studies in ecology, evolution, and conservation. The presentation summarizes current research on serpentine plant-habitat relations in North America and explores how adaptation to serpentine and other extreme […]
Spatial and Temporal analysis of Beach and Shellfish Bed Water Quality Data Sponsored by the Mitchell Center and NEST
John Hagan, President, Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences The science of when science doesn’t matter (and what to do about it) Why does society make such painfully slow progress on issues that have such huge consequences, like climate change? The science seems so overwhelming. But until most of society participates, problems this big won’t be […]
Decision Support Systems and Stakeholder Engagement Brian McGill, School of Biology & Ecology and Senator George J. Mitchell Center Decision Support Systems (DSS) provide computer based information and analysis to aid decision-making. DSS has been a common tool in industry for decades. This seminar will survey ways in which DSS can be used in sustainability solutions […]
Special Seminar Series US – South Korea Bilateral Exchange Development of coast-specific integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) technology in Korea Dr. Mi Seon Park, Dr. Young Dae Kim and Dr. Byung Hwa Min National Fisheries Research & Development Institute Live - Horse Barn Class Room, Darling Marine Center Via Polycom - Room 107, Senator George J. Mitchell […]
