• Food Scrap Diversion Workshop – York

    York Library 15 Long Sands Road, York, Maine

    York Dept. of Public Works will host presenters from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry, and the University of Maine Mitchell Center for Sustainable Solutions to share the most up-to-date information on local Maine food recycling initiatives. To help educate the public and spread the word […]

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  • Talk – How Can We Be Honest Brokers In An Honestly Broken System?

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

    The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall, UMaine. Virtual attendance: Complete the registration form to receive Zoom connection information. In-person attendance: Attendees must follow UMaine’s COVID-19 guidelines. Speaker: Sonja Birthisel, Director, The Wilson Center, UMaine Sonja has spent much of the last decade seeking to address the […]

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  • Talk – Out of Our Depth: Interdisciplinary science for marine mammal conservation

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

    The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall, UMaine. Virtual attendance: Complete the registration form to receive Zoom connection information. In-person attendance: Attendees must follow UMaine’s COVID-19 guidelines. Speaker: Kristina Cammen, Assistant Professor, School of Marine Sciences, UMaine Riding on the wake of the environmental movement, our generation […]

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  • Talk – Training the next generation of leaders to solve complex societal problems: The important role of internships

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

    The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall, UMaine. Virtual attendance: Complete the registration form to receive Zoom connection information. In-person attendance: Attendees must follow UMaine’s COVID-19 guidelines. Speakers: Jessica Jansujwicz, Assistant Director of Research Maine Sea Grant, Project Coordinator, Internship Program Student Interns A new generation of […]

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  • 2022 Geddes Simpson Lecture – How the Arctic Became Global

    McIntire Room, Buchanan Alumni House Two Alumni Place, University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States

    To attend virtually via YouTube: http://umainefoundation.org/live/ Speaker: Stephen Bocking Professor Emeritus, Trent School of the Environment, Trent University How the Arctic Became Global Polar bears perched precariously on melting ice, oil exploration disrupting caribou migrations, Inuit defending their right to livelihoods defined by ice and cold: these and other images are now widely viewed as […]

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  • Talk – The Biden-Harris Agenda for Climate and Justice: Huge Challenges, Endless Opportunities

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

    The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall, UMaine. Virtual attendance: Complete the registration form to receive Zoom connection information. In-person attendance: Attendees must follow UMaine’s COVID-19 guidelines. Speaker: David Cash, Regional Administrator, EPA New England President Biden is delivering on his promise to make government work for […]

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  • Orono Energy Efficiency Fair

    Wells Conference Center University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States

    This event is free and open to all. Go to Orono.org for details. Local Business Vendors Presentations Door Prize and Raffle Questions? Contact mhess@orono.org or 207-889-6105

  • Talk – Maine Sustainability Hub: Building a Sustainability Community at UMaine

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

    The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall, UMaine. Virtual attendance: Complete the registration form to receive Zoom connection information. In-person attendance: Attendees must follow UMaine’s COVID-19 guidelines. Starting in spring and summer of 2021, a group of UMaine faculty and students began imagining a sustainability hub that […]

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  • Talk – Fulfilling our Land Grant Mission: Engaging Communities in Teaching, Research and Outreach

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

    Eastport, Maine. Photo credit: Ken Woisard The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall, UMaine. Virtual attendance: Complete the registration form to receive Zoom connection information. In-person attendance: Attendees must follow UMaine’s COVID-19 guidelines. Speaker: Hannah Carter, Dean, University of Maine Cooperative Extension The University of Maine is […]

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  • 2023 MSWC Request for Session Topics

    Virtual ME, United States

    The Maine Sustainability & Water Conference committee wants your input to bring some new and exciting sessions to the 2023 conference. If you would like to help organize a session for the conference, please submit the information outlined below to umgmc@maine.edu no later than Friday, November 4. Session title Description – Brief paragraph (150-200 words) […]