• Talk – Cultivating Ecological Virtues

    107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - UMaine, Orono, ME, United States

    This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required due to security concerns. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. A three-part environmental ethics workshop. Don Beith will discuss how environmental ethics is about more than simply applying human values to environmental problems, but also learning to make our ethical thinking […]

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  • Talk – Unkicking the can: How community development can make a difference now

    107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - UMaine, Orono, ME, United States

    This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required due to security concerns. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. Speaker: Dave Milan, Director of Community Development, Town of Orono, Maine Having worked in law enforcement as well as community and economic development for many decades, Dave Milan discovered that many […]

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  • Talk – Sustainable Water Treatment – Moving from Victorian Era Technology to Nanotechnology

    107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - UMaine, Orono, ME, United States

    This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required due to security concerns. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. Speaker: Onur G. Apul, Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, UMaine Having access to drinking water is a basic human right. However, billions of people around the world still lack access […]

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  • Talk – Leading Together: Strengthening Policy Outcomes through Collaboration

    Virtual ME, United States

    This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. Speaker: Amanda Beal, Commissioner, Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) is a dynamic and complex agency overseeing many of our state’s most revered natural resources, […]

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  • Talk – The Town That Refused to Die

    Virtual ME, United States

    This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. Bucksport, Maine Speaker: Susan Lessard, Town Manager, Town of Bucksport, Maine In 2018, Yankee Magazine dubbed the Town of Bucksport as “The Town that Refused to Die." With the loss of 40% of its tax […]

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  • Talk – Making Our Food System More Circular: Less Waste, but Is It Safe?

    Virtual ME, United States

    This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. Speakers: Jean MacRae, Civil & Environmental Engineering, UMaine; Cynthia Isenhour, Anthropology, UMaine Great strides have been made in New England to move toward a more circular food system. Some states have banned food waste from […]

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  • Talk – Citizen Science: A Means to Promote Equity and Inclusion in STEM

    107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - UMaine, Orono, ME, United States

    This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required due to security concerns. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. Amara Ifeji Speaker: Amara Ifeji, freshman, Northeastern University; Grassroots Development Coordinator, Maine Environmental Education Association In this talk, Amara Ifeji will speak to her lived experiences as a BIPOC (black, Indigenous […]

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  • Talk – Rapid Arctic Change: Why Does It Matter and How Can the Science Community Help?

    107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - UMaine, Orono, ME, United States

    This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required. Please complete the registration form to receive Zoom connection information. Speaker: Fran Ulmer, Arctic Initiative Senior Fellow, Belfer Center, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; Former Chair, U.S. Arctic Research Commission Fran Ulmer is former chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, where she has served […]

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  • Talk – Is Community Solar Good for Communities?

    107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - UMaine, Orono, ME, United States

    This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required due to security concerns. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. Speaker: Dr. Sharon Klein, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator, School of Economics, University of Maine “Community solar” is a catchy phrase that recently has been growing in public exposure and […]

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  • Talk – Paris to Portland: Localizing Global Climate Action

    Virtual ME, United States

    This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. Speaker: Dr. David Reidmiller, Director, Climate Center, Gulf of Maine Research Institute Just over five years ago, the world ushered in a new era of international climate action with the Paris Agreement. Having led the […]

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