Speaker: 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 […]
Sponsors: 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 […]
Speakers: 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 […]
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.
Speaker: 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 […]
Speaker: Carol Collier, Drexel University The Delaware River Basin is shared by four states and provides water to over 15 million people. Issues run the gamut from natural gas development, […]
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Speaker: Daniela Miteva, The Nature Conservancy In response to unsustainable timber production in tropical forest concessions, voluntary forest management certification programs such as the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) have been […]
Residents of the Penobscot watershed are invited to meet with scientists, researchers, business leaders, nonprofit organizations, fishermen, and government representatives to discuss the state of the region past, present, and future at the Penobscot Watershed Conference, scheduled for April 8-9 at Point Lookout in Northport, Maine. “We wanted to bring together concerned community members for […]
Presenters: Tyler Quiring, Research Associate, New England Sustainability Consortium, UMaine Bridie McGreavy, Communication & Journalism, UMaine Sustainability science is an innovative field that relies on collaborative connections among a broad range of academic disciplines, community partners, and public stakeholders. But how can sustainability science produce outputs that tap into the diversity of these connections to […]
