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 […]
Savoring Maine’s Artisan Cheese: Opportunities, Challenges, and Prospects for Sustainability Speaker: Jeff Roberts, President, Cow Creek Creative Ventures Over the past decade, Maine’s artisan cheese community grew at a rate that surpassed most other states. The sector, one of several exciting examples of a sustainable food systems, adds considerable value to dairy herds, offers high […]
Speaker: Laura Wildman, Director, New England Regional Office, Princeton Hydro People have been building dams since prerecorded history. Dams have served a wide variety of economically valuable purposes including water supply, irrigation, navigation, flood control, mechanical and hydroelectric power, and recreation. However with the rapid progression of dam building in the US also came significant […]
Speaker: Emily Carrington Professor, Department of Biology, University of Washington National Science Foundation, Program Director, Physiological Mechanisms and Biomechanics Emily Carrington is a professor of Biology at the University of Washington and a National Science Foundation program director. Carrington’s research program, in its broadest sense, investigates the physiological ecology of marine organisms. She is particularly […]
Maine is fertile ground for environmental journalists. It’s got marine waters, estuaries and rivers, great ponds and little bogs, rugged peaks and thousands of miles of woodlands. All of these become controversial from time to time, with conflicts over everything from dams and wind turbines to clearcutting, wetlands and shoreland zoning. If that’s not enough, […]
Speaker: Yellow Light Breen, President & CEO, Maine Development Foundation Leadership: Intangible. Elusive. Indispensable. Maine Development Foundation has almost 40 years of experience convening, developing, and catalyzing leadership from state policymakers and CEOs down to local downtowns. How do we use research, analysis, and experiential learning to drive collaborative action? How do we use cross-sector […]
Title: George Mitchell: Building Consensus on Taxes, the Environment, and War Speaker: Douglas Rooks, Author of “Statesman: George Mitchell and the Art of the Possible” About the book: The first full-length account of the life and career of one of Maine’s most notable citizens, and a public figure of national and international standing, Statesman traces […]
SCHOOL OF EARTH AND CLIMATE SCIENCES Brown Bag Seminar Speaker: Brett Gerard PhD Student, Earth & Climate Sciences and Mitchell Center
What are the most important energy challenges facing the State of Maine? What problems are we trying to solve and how do policy makers craft solutions to address the most […]
Kelly Shenk, Agricultural Advisor, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III Gary Shenk, Hydrologist, USGS at the Chesapeake Bay Program Office People, food and water have an inherently inseparable relationship. Clean […]
