Oral Abstract Deadline – Maine Sustainability & Water Conference
Deadline for admission for oral abstracts for the 2016 Maine Sustainability & Water Conference.
Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions
Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions
10 events found.
-
-
SEMINAR – From Anthropogenic Ecosystems to Zoonoses: Emerging Issues in Conservation
107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - UMaine, Orono, ME, United StatesEES 590 Course Presentations Instructors: Aram Calhoun, Malcolm Hunter Presentations will present a synoptic overview of several emerging ideas in conservation science—conservation psychology, ecosystem resilience, contemporary evolution, and more—leading to […]
-
SEMINAR – Keystone Pipeline and Low Carbon Fuels: An Update on Transportation Energy Policy
107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - UMaine, Orono, ME, United StatesSpeaker: Jonathan Rubin Professor, Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center and School of Economics, UMaine The use of energy in transportation continues to be one of the largest contributors to U.S. […]
-
SEMINAR – Changing the Narrative: How Do We Make Sustainable Food Systems Sustainable?
107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - UMaine, Orono, ME, United StatesSpeakers: Melissa Ladenheim, Mark Haggerty, François Amar, Danielle Walczak (fellow), Stephanie Welcomer, Linda Silka, John Jemison (Sustainable Food Systems Research Collaborative) and Tim Waring, Ethan Tremblay (School of Economics) This […]
-
SEMINAR – When Farming is like Fishing: Helping Farmers Understand Landscape Effects, Lessons from the Bee Mapper
107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - UMaine, Orono, ME, United StatesSam Hanes, Dept. of Anthropology, UMaine and Brianne Du Clos, PhD Student, Ecology & Environmental Sciences, UMaine A major problem for agricultural sustainability is that many innovations involve uncertainty. For […]
-
SEMINAR – Second Nature: A historian’s search for sustainability in New England
107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - UMaine, Orono, ME, United StatesSpeaker: Richard Judd, Professor, Dept. of History, UMaine While New England is known nationally for the value it places on nature, it is difficult to show just how this consciousness […]
Free -
SEMINAR – A Sediment Budget in a Glaciated Region: Tackling the Nonpoint Source Pollution Problem with a Different Kind of Sediment Model
100 Bryand Global Science Center University of Maine, OronoSponsors: School of Earth and Climate Sciences Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions Dr. Peter Wilcock Dept. of Watershed Sciences, Utah State University Dr. Peter Wilcock is a […]
Free -
SEMINAR – Maine Lakes…Living on the Edge?
107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - UMaine, Orono, ME, United StatesSpeakers: Aria Amirbahman, Stephen Norton (UMaine), Firooza Pavri (USM), Scott Williams (VLMP), and Linda Bacon (Maine DEP) Maine lakes provide approximately $4 billion to the state economy annually in addition […]
-
Poster Abstract Deadline – Maine Sustainability & Water Conference
Deadline for poster abstracts for the 2016 Maine Sustainability & Water Conference. For 2016, the juried poster competition includes three judging categories: graduate, undergraduate and high-school.
-
SEMINAR – Anticipating Surprises: The Role of Winter Weather-Climate Variability on Lake Ice Regimes in Maine
107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - UMaine, Orono, ME, United StatesSpeaker: Mussie Beyene, PhD Candidate, Civil & Environmental Engineering Maine has over 5000 lakes and winter ice cover over these lakes is a seasonal phenomenon, which plays a vital role […]