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 functioning of the earth system. The consequences for human livelihoods of such changes are likely to be devastating. As humanity has entered the Anthropocene, there […]
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 […]
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 Biology at UMaine. Small Natural Features (SNFs) are analogous to keystone species in that they have ecological importance that is disproportionate to their small size. […]
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 & Journalism), Sam Roy (Mitchell Center), Sean Smith (Earth & Climate Sciences, Mitchell Center) Through a combination of interviews, stakeholder meetings and background research, a […]
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 […]
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 […]
SPEAKERS: Michele Holt-Shannon and Bruce Mallory NH Listens, Carsey School of Public Policy, University of New Hampshire This seminar will share lessons learned from six years of community-based, statewide civic engagement using the tools of deliberative democracy to address “wicked problems”. New Hampshire Listens has worked with local communities and the entire state to engage in […]
