Join the legendary, Grammy award-winning Joanne Shenandoah for a presentation about our relationship to the natural world and the healing vibration of music from a perspective steeped in indigenous culture. Joanne Shenandoah, PhD, is one of America’s most celebrated and critically acclaimed musicians with over 40 music awards including a record 13 Native American Music […]
Trading Dams: The Penobscot River Restoration Project and the Future of Dam Law Dave Owen, University of Maine School of Law Professor Owen is the Associate Dean for Research at the University of Maine School of Law. He is the faculty advisor to the Maine Law Review and serves on the Board of Directors of […]
Ecological Responsibility and Human Imagination:Saving the Past~Shaping the Future Deadline for abstract submissions: July 15, 2014 This conference is meant to be as broadly interdisciplinary as possible -- bridging science, social science and policy perspectives – with literature, humanities and creative arts. Like previous SHE meetings, it is intended to bring together a diverse group […]
The International EcoPeace Community’s 11th Annual Conference
We All Swim Downstream: Policy Solutions to Beach Water Pollution Jon Devine, Senior Attorney, Water Program, Natural Resources Defense Council Co-sponsors: Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, New England Sustainability Consortium
The fourth annual River Herring Network meeting will take place on Thursday, October 30 at the Plymouth Public Library on 132 South St. Snacks, drinks, and a pizza lunch will be provided. The meeting includes a field trip to nearby Town Brook to view the ongoing dam removal work & learn about the fish passage work […]
Building Capacity for Socio-Environmental Problem Solving: A Design for Learning and Adaptation at SESYNC Jonathan Kramer, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) Jon Kramer is the Director of Interdisciplinary Science for SESYNC. Previously, Dr. Kramer served as the Director of the Maryland Sea Grant. Since 2000, he has worked to apply new approaches to link science […]
Sharing Traditional and Scientific Knowledge Registration is now open for the Black Ash Symposium to be held at the University of Maine November 5th - 7th, 2014. The unifying theme […]
The People Factor: How Climate Change Alters its Own Forecasts Dr James Lee, American University
Ecosystem management in a changing climate: What do fishermen have to do with it? Robin Alden, Penobscot East Resource Center Robin Alden is Executive Director of Penobscot East Resource Center. Alden was Maine Commissioner of Marine Resources from 1995 to 1997, responsible for Maine‘s marine and anadromous fishery management and enforcement and for aquaculture in the […]
