Talk – Headwater Drainage Network Characteristics in Central and Coastal Maine
SCHOOL OF EARTH AND CLIMATE SCIENCES Brown Bag Seminar Speaker: Brett Gerard PhD Student, Earth & Climate Sciences and Mitchell Center
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100 Bryand Global Science Center University of Maine, Orono
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Playing Matchmaker- Aligning Energy Challenges with Compatible Policies
5 Senator Way, Augusta, ME, United StatesWhat 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 critical issues? Read more...
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TALK – Food and Water Go Well Together – Pairing Stakeholder Engagement with Agriculture and Water Quality Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - UMaine, Orono, ME, United StatesKelly 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 water depends on healthy viable farms, and profitable farms depend on clean water. So why is it that farmers and environmentalists often are pitted against […]
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TALK – Shifting Mindset: The Importance of Systems Thinking to Sustainability Leadership and Education
107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - UMaine, Orono, ME, United StatesSpeaker: Betty J. Woodman, Ph.D. Maine Business School, University of Maine What is a “mindset,” and how does it relate to sustainability outcomes? This talk addresses systems-based research into a “sustainability mindset.” Findings illuminate the effects of nonrational motivations and power relations as well as connections between the social, organizational, and environmental challenges we face. […]
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TALK: Frankenfood or Farm Fresh? Communicating Aquaculture’s Promises and Perils
107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - UMaine, Orono, ME, United StatesLaura N. Rickard, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication & Journalism and UMaine Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture Network (SEANET) As wild fisheries decline, aquaculture – the cultivation of aquatic organisms, such as fish, crustaceans, mollusks, and seaweed – will provide the majority of the seafood consumed in the U.S. Scientific and technological advances over the past three […]
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The New Forest Economy- Biobased Power, Products, & Fuels
Maple Hill Farm 11 Inn Road, Hallowell, ME, United StatesMaine's forest products industry has been declining for years, forcing closure of six pulp and paper mills in the last three years and reductions in workforce in others. Expiring contracts, lower oil prices, and the elimination of incentives in neighboring states have pushed Maine's biomass sector to the brink of collapse. What does the future […]
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TALK – Enhancing Biodiversity in the Corn Belt to Improve Environmental Quality and Crop Production
107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - UMaine, Orono, ME, United StatesMatt Liebman, Iowa State University The development of modern, industrial agriculture has been characterized by large reductions in biological diversity, both across landscapes and within farming systems. Loss of biodiversity […]
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TALK – Dams and Fish: Understanding our impounded legacy
107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - UMaine, Orono, ME, United StatesJoseph Zydlewski Professor, Wildlife, Fisheries, & Conservation Biology Assistant Unit Leader, USGS Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Dams affect fish species in some obvious ways. These effects, and […]
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TALK – From magnifying glass to microscope: the new National Water Model
107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - UMaine, Orono, ME, United StatesSpeaker: David R. Maidment, University of Texas at Austin In August 2016 the National Weather Service launched the new National Water Model, which continually forecasts the flow in 2.7 million […]
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TALK – Taking an integrative view of the Mexico City sustainability challenge
107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - UMaine, Orono, ME, United StatesTimothy Downs Associate Professor of Environmental Science & Policy, Clark University There is much to be gained from taking a much more integrative view of the sustainability challenges of mega-cities […]
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