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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Human Ecology of Commercial Fishing in Maine: Hidden connections, tangled institutions, uncertain resilience SPEAKER: Joshua Stoll, EES & SMS
Engaging through valuation: Investigating citizen attitudes impacting program support and exploring ecosystem services values in stakeholder engagement SPEAKER: Emma Fox, EES
Speaker: Richard Merrick, Director, Scientific Programs and Chief Science Advisor, NOAA Fisheries Resilient, productive ocean fisheries are critical to coastal economies and ways of life. NOAA Fisheries has developed an agency-wide Ecosystem-based Fishery Management (EBFM) policy, which outlines a set of principles to guide NOAA's actions and decisions on the management of ocean fisheries over […]
SPEAKER: Kate Dempsey, State Director of The Nature Conservancy in Maine In the fall of 2016, water was released into a bypass around a dam on the Penobscot River in Howland, Maine, marking the completion of a sixteen-year collaborative project to provide diadromous fish species with access to hundreds of miles of spawning habitat with […]
