SPEAKER: Sam Lake, Emeritus Professor, Monash Univeristy, Melbourne, Australia Co-sponsored by the School of Biology & Ecology After receiving his PH.D from the University of Southampton, in 1967 Dr. Sam […]
SPEAKER: Aaron Strong, Assistant Professor, School of Marine Sciences, UMaine Through rapid and persistent anthropogenic global change, we now recognize that human activity is at risk of fundamentally altering the […]
Speaker: Travis P. Wagner, University of Southern Maine A key goal of sustainable materials management is to maximize the use and reuse of materials more productively over their entire lifecycles […]
Cindy Isenhour doesn’t subscribe to the adage “out with the old, in with the new.” The planet can’t sustain it, says the assistant professor of anthropology at the University of […]
Speaker: Heather Deese, Vice President of Research and Strategy, Island Institute In response to community requests for more and better data and analyses, the Island Institute launched a new initiative in January 2016 to work through partnerships to ensure local leaders have the social, economic, and environmental information they need. This seminar will present a […]
Speakers: Aram Calhoun and Malcolm 'Mac' Hunter, Professors, Dept. of Wildlife, Fisheries, & Conservation Biology, Mitchell Center Fellows, UMaine Seminar is co-sponsored by the Dept. of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation […]
The Northern Maine Children’s Water Festival promotes hands on learning about water issues. This one-day event bring together over 600 students and their teachers.
Speakers: New England Sustainability Consortium (NEST) Decision Support Systems Team Kate Beard (Computing and Information Science), Damian Brady (Marine Sciences), Brian McGill (Biology and Ecology, Mitchell Center), Bridie McGreavy (Communication […]
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Ruth DeFries, Denning Family Professor of Sustainable Development, Columbia University This lecture will be held in the Wells Conference Center on the UMaine Orono campus at 1 p.m. DeFries is a professor of ecology and sustainable development at Columbia University. She is a recipient of the MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship and many other academic awards, as well as […]
SPEAKER: Jeff Marks, Executive Director, E2Tech In partnership with the US Department of Energy and the Maine Governor’s Energy Office, E2Tech is engaged in a unique project to guide and stimulate innovative, facilitated discussions among businesses, non-profits, government entities, and other parties to drive public support for and private sector investment in Maine’s energy sector. […]
