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SUMMARY:WRRI Pre-proposal Deadline
DESCRIPTION:FY21 Water Resources Sustainability Research Grants (USGS 104b) \nWith funding from the U.S. Geological Survey’s 104b program\, the Maine Water Resources Research Institute (WRRI) in the Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions supports research and outreach to enhance the capacity for the sustainable management of water resources across the state. We request proposals for solutions-driven projects in which interdisciplinary research teams collaborate closely with stakeholders and provide support for student training. \nPre-Proposals are due Wednesday\, July 29\, 2020 at 4 PM \nPre-proposals must be related to freshwater resources\, and focus on developing strong stakeholder partnerships and interdisciplinary collaboration that accelerate progress in understanding and solving sustainability problems via one or more of the following strategies: \n\nIdentifying and overcoming key barriers in connecting scientific knowledge with societal actions to promote effective water resource management;\nBuilding upon past research to increase the delivery of decision-support systems and other tools that facilitate real-world problem-solving;\nTackling sustainability problems that are highly relevant to place-based problems in Maine;\nPursuing other research strategies to understand and solve sustainability problems in water resources.\n\nAll proposals must align with the WRRI’s program objectives and the Mitchell Center’s mission\, vision\, and approach\, and demonstrate significant promise for securing external funding.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/wrri-pre-proposal-deadline-2/
LOCATION:107 Norman Smith Hall\, Mitchell Center - UMaine\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
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SUMMARY:Talk - What Can Walt Disney Teach Us About Sustainable Solutions?
DESCRIPTION:This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required due to security concerns. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. \nSpeaker: Susanne Lee\, Faculty Fellow\, Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions\, UMaine\n \nWalt Disney was one of the world’s great problem solvers. He oversaw the creation of some of the most sustainable entertainment solutions – beloved characters\, music\, films and theme parks – which have a timeless appeal across cultures and generations. The driving force behind Walt’s success was an optimism that things could be done better – “all our dreams can come true\, if we have the courage to pursue them.” \nBut Disney was not just dreamer\, he understood that solutions are complex and you need to “work at it until it’s done right.” In this lifetime\, Walt pioneered several achievements in animation – including the first full-length animated film – and with his Imagineering team\, he developed audio-animatronics bringing people and characters to life. He holds the record for most Academy Awards earned by an individual with 22 Oscars among other honors. So\, what can Walt Disney’s problem-solving approach teach us about sustainability solutions? \nIn her talk\, Susanne will discuss Walt Disney’s approach to creating sustainable solutions including the use of highly talented yet diverse teams\, understanding your audience’s needs\, engaging young minds in the work\, setting the highest standards\, and learning from inevitable mistakes. She will use examples of how this approach led to long-term solutions in entertainment – full-length\, animated feature films and engaging\, theme parks for children of all ages. Susanne will also highlight how these Disney tenets align with the Mitchell Center approach that her teams are using to develop sustainability solutions for food waste management in Maine. \n“Somehow I can’t believe that there are any heights that can’t be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true.”   –   Walt Disney \nSusanne Lee is an entrepreneurial senior executive who has created\, launched and operated successful multi-million-dollar consumer products brands and businesses with large Fortune 100 companies as well as with lean start-up teams. She specializes in strategic solutions\, P&L management\, brand marketing\, consumer insights\, business development\, product design and manufacturing\, licensing and merchandising\, and effective team-building. \nSusanne worked for nearly a decade at the Walt Disney Company at the Studios in Burbank\, California. She was fortunate to work on film\, TV\, and theme park projects with Roy Disney (Walt’s nephew) as well as some of Disney’s “Nine Old Men”\, the original animators and imagineers who worked with Walt. Creating Disney’s own line of collector products\, Susanne learned firsthand about the Disney approach to problem-solving. \nSusanne was formerly the Executive-in-Residence at the Maine Business School (MBS) where she utilized her business management and marketing background to bring a “real-world” component to student courses and experiential learning opportunities. She built bridges between UMaine students and leading Maine-based businesses with the goal of engaging Maine’s employers in student programs to make UMaine students “work-ready” and help support sustainable economic growth for Maine. \nIn 2019\, Susanne was awarded a Mitchell Center grant to fund a multidisciplinary student research project identifying sustainable food waste solutions for Maine businesses bringing a real-world “sustainable business” opportunity to the Maine Business School. \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-what-can-walt-disney-teach-us-about-sustainable-solutions/
LOCATION:107 Norman Smith Hall\, Mitchell Center - UMaine\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200921T150000
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SUMMARY:Talk - Safety nets and bootstraps: Mainers and food insecurity in the time of COVID-19
DESCRIPTION:This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required due to security concerns. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. \nSpeakers:\nRachel Schattman\, Assistant Professor\, School of Food and Agriculture\, UMaine\nKate Yerxa\, Extension Professor\, Cooperative Extension and School of Food and Agriculture\, UMaine \nFood insecurity\, or the “lack of consistent access to enough food for an active\, healthy life”\, is an economic and social justice problem worldwide\, including in Maine. This issue is the focus of many programs and initiatives at the federal\, state\, and local level. Despite long-standing efforts to alleviate the problem\, food insecurity persists. Additionally\, according to the United Nations\, the impact of COVID-19 is likely to have global implications for food insecurity. This presentation will cover the fundamental tenets of food insecurity\, and will summarize a recent survey of how Mainers’ food security has been affected by COVID-19 and what they are doing to cope. The interactive session will have a solutions-focus; we hope you will join us and bring your ideas about how to address these issues as a State. \nFunding for this research was provided by the University of Maine School of Food and Agriculture and the Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions. \nDr. Rachel Schattman is an Assistant Professor in the School of Food and Agriculture. The overarching goal of her work is to engage in research that leads to sustainable agricultural and food systems. In pursuit of this goal\, she works with specialty crop producers and agricultural advisors to identify and address production challenges\, specifically through the lens of climate change adaptation. Her approach is grounded in complimentary traditions of agroecology and participatory action research (PAR). \nKate Yerxa\, MS\, RD is an Extension Professor who holds a joint appointment with Cooperative Extension and the School of Food and Agriculture\, and is the state coordinator for the Expanded Food Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) through UMaine Extension. Kate has experience designing and evaluating nutrition education interventions for food insecure populations in Maine and throughout the nation. \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-safety-nets-and-bootstraps-mainers-and-food-insecurity-in-the-time-of-covid-19/
LOCATION:107 Norman Smith Hall\, Mitchell Center - UMaine\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200928T150000
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SUMMARY:Talk - The Road to Maine’s New Climate Action Plan
DESCRIPTION:This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required due to security concerns. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. \nThe Maine Climate Council has been developing a State Climate Action Plan to address climate change that will be finalized by December 1st. Dr. Cassaundra Rose\, Senior Science Analyst and Climate Council Coordinator with the Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future\, will talk about the process of putting together the Climate Action Plan so far and an overview of the climate change strategies being considered by the Climate Council. She will also discuss the initial recommendations from an equity assessment of the strategies by the University of Maine’s Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions. \nDr. Cassaundra Rose has more than ten years of climate research\, science communications and policy experience\, with expertise in long-term shifts in land and oceanographic environments and their variability. She holds a M.S. in Geology from the University of California\, Riverside\, and a Ph.D. in Earth and Environmental Science from Columbia University. \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-the-road-to-maines-new-climate-action-plan/
LOCATION:107 Norman Smith Hall\, Mitchell Center - UMaine\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mitchell Center Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201005T150000
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SUMMARY:Talk - The Future of Farming: Building Tools for Tech Savvy Farmers
DESCRIPTION:This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required due to security concerns. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. \nSpeakers:\nLily Calderwood\, Extension Wild Blueberry Specialist and Assistant Professor of Horticulture\, UMaine\nSean Birkel\, State Climatologist; Research Assistant Professor\, UMaine Climate Change Institute\nGlen Koehler\, Associate Scientist IPM\, UMaine Cooperative Extension \nThis talk will focus on a project co-led by researchers in the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Climate Change Institute in collaboration with Maine farmers. Their goal: to listen to farmer needs around weather information and farm management decision support tools\, and discuss future capabilities in light of Maine’s changing climate. Lily\, Sean\, and Glen will discuss their progress towards providing site-specific temperature\, precipitation\, frost and heat-stress warnings\, cloud-cover/sunshine\, evapotranspiration\, and soil moisture forecast and observation values for locations in Maine. The wild blueberry and potato industries already have crop-specific weather stations. Through the project\, the team has gained a better understanding of how these crop-specific weather stations can be combined with NOAA gridded weather data to serve more farms in Maine.\n\nLily Calderwood’s research and education program aims to develop whole system approaches to wild blueberry production in Maine. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is at the forefront of her work\, which can improve the economic and ecological resilience of farms by incorporating subjects such as fertility\, soil health\, and plant physiology into pest management. Current research includes a weed survey of wild blueberry fields\, tine weeding and cover cropping studies for organic weed management\, mulching studies\, crop and pest forecasting tools\, and foliar fertilizer assessments.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-the-future-of-farming-building-tools-for-tech-savvy-farmers/
LOCATION:107 Norman Smith Hall\, Mitchell Center - UMaine\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201019T150000
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SUMMARY:Talk - The Land-Sea Conjunction Junction...what’s the function? Connecting coastal places\, people\, and science
DESCRIPTION:This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required due to security concerns. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. \nFor those who aren’t familiar with the word play\, check out the original Schoolhouse Rock: Grammar – Conjunction Junction Music Video \nSpeakers:\nLauren Ross\, Assistant Professor\, Civil and Environmental Engineering\nSean Smith\, Associate Professor\, Earth & Climate Sciences and Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions \nA grand challenge of coastal pollution management is the development and application of useful ways to approach functional biophysical relations and effectively communicate observed coastal patterns to diverse groups of people that often connect parts of a story\, events\, and decisions in different ways. Our research to frame solutions to pollution problems affecting shellfishing communities in Maine has serendipitously led a group of collaborating scientists and stakeholders through lessons similar to that of the Conjunction Junction song in the Schoolhouse Rock educational series. Conjunctions are about connections\, and coastal pollution research and science communication is all about that in estuaries at the junction of coastal watersheds and the sea. It is also about “AND\, BUT\, & OR” just like the song with the distinction that land-sea connections governing estuary pollution dynamics are about “causes” not “clauses”. The causes of problems confronting shellfishing communities relate to sources\, delivery\, and residence time of pollutants\, but estuary responses are also dependent on coastal conditions. Some pollution events can be caused by land source AND estuary residence time problems\, such as high rates of polluted runoff discharge into estuaries with poor flushing. Others are caused by similar co-occurring problems\, BUT only under certain types of conditions governed by tidal cycles or seasons. Scientists and stakeholders working on these problems have the ultimate task of deciding how the knowledge from research can be put into action by choosing one type of management strategy OR another under varied scenarios. Our coastal research that started seven years ago focuses on these socio-biophysical dynamics where freshwater flows\, tidal circulation of seawater\, and coastal shellfishing communities connect. Our goal is to provide tools to help make science-based decisions to guide whether or not to close shellfish harvesting in response to estuary water quality conditions\, how to protect ecosystem services in coastal estuaries\, and where to deploy monitoring resources. Here we provide an overview of how scientists and stakeholders are making strides towards functions that provide better predictions of water quality conditions in Maine estuaries\, as well as new forms of information\, data sources\, and analytical tools to help natural resource managers and shellfishing communities respond. \nLauren Ross is an assistant professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Maine. She holds a BS from the University of North Florida in Mathematics\, an MS from San Diego State University in Applied Mathematics and a PhD from the University of Florida in Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering. Her research involves understanding tidal processes in estuarine and coastal environments. Lauren’s research areas range from the fjords of Chilean Patagonia to the hyper-turbid estuaries of western Europe. She has helped industrial partners in Europe to determine optimal locations for tidal turbines in estuaries and understand how these turbines will alter the surrounding marine environment prior to implementation. \nSean Smith is an associate professor in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences at the University of Maine with a joint appointment to the Mitchell Center. His research seeks to understand processes that shape the earth’s landscape with attention to alterations of hillslope and stream conditions by human activities. Much of his work is within the disciplines of watershed geomorphology\, hydrology and surface flow hydraulics to focus on the quantification of landform stability and the flux of water\, sediment and nutrients in the contemporary landscape. A primary goal of his research is to advance the prediction and mitigation of environmental impacts across varied spatial and time scales. His interest in developing scientific information to guide watershed management policies inspires his efforts to communicate research results to stakeholders in varied community and physiographic settings. \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-the-land-sea-conjunction-junction-whats-the-function-connecting-coastal-places-people-and-science/
LOCATION:107 Norman Smith Hall\, Mitchell Center - UMaine\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mitchell Center Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201026T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201026T160000
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SUMMARY:Talk - Waste Land to Portfolio: How timberland was transformed from a resource to be mined - to equity worth buying
DESCRIPTION:This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required due to security concerns. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. \nSpeaker: Dave Edson\, Board of Directors\, James W. Sewall Company; Advisory Board\, Mitchell Center \nFrom the viewpoint of a forester who witnessed major forest land transactions during the 70’s thru 2010\, there is an inexorable trend offering some expectation that forest land use will continue to serve the needs and interests of future generations. \nThis was not always a foregone conclusion. AND the movement was initiated in no small part within the northeastern United States. \nThat trend has been reinforced by a global movement of equity investment in forest land and the coincident ability of the global conservation movement to participate on a par with the free market economy to realize very long term strategic goals. \nDave Edson\nDave Edson has dedicated his professional career to the James W. Sewall Company (Sewall)\, a full-service consulting company based in Old Town\, Maine. His career included leadership roles as Chief Executive Officer (2012-2018)\, President\, Executive Vice-President\, Chief of Operations\, and Vice President of Forestry and Natural Resources. He currently serves on the Board of Directors. \nA licensed professional forester\, Dave joined Sewall in 1974 as Forest Technician. Named Vice President of Forestry and Natural Resources in 1983\, he was instrumental in designing and implementing Sewall’s first geographic information system (GIS) for forestland ownership\, use and covertype. \nIn 2001\, Dave partnered with Dr. James H. Page to acquire Sewall\, in the process transforming the firm from family to management ownership. During the next decade\, they diversified Sewall’s services in engineering\, GIS\, and forestry consulting to include offerings in web-based enterprise GIS\, renewable energy and environmental sciences. In 2012\, Dave became majority owner and Chief Executive Officer. Sewall was purchased in 2018 by Treadwell Franklin Infrastructure Capital LLC. \nDave received a B.A. in American History from Harvard College and a M.S. in Forestry from the University of Maine. His professional affiliations include the Association of Consulting Foresters where he was President of Maine Chapter\, the Society of American Foresters\, the Maine Forest and Logging Museum\, the Maine Forest Products Council\, and the Forest Society of Maine. \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-waste-land-to-portfolio-how-timberland-was-transformed-from-a-resource-to-be-mined-to-equity-worth-buying/
LOCATION:107 Norman Smith Hall\, Mitchell Center - UMaine\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201102T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201102T160000
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SUMMARY:Talk - Stories from the Sea: Fishing Communities Revealed
DESCRIPTION:This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required due to security concerns. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. \nSpeaker: Natalie Springuel\, University of Maine Sea Grant \nScattered among Maine’s coastal communities\, in historical societies\, museums\, libraries\, community radio stations and schools\, the voices of Maine’s fishing community members have been recorded for posterity. These voices can illustrate the past and help us plan for the future. With ecological shifts happening today as a result of climate change and other drivers\, the local fisheries knowledge contained in Maine’s rich oral history archives is a critical source of information about ecology and coastal communities. But not if the recordings are sitting on shelves collecting dust. This talk will reflect an effort to bring those stories to life. Through audio clips past and present\, maps\, diagrams\, timelines\, and photos\, the project aims to bring life back to these stories so they can be useful for decision-making\, community development and cultural heritage. \nNatalie Springuel has been a marine extension associate with University of Maine Sea Grant since 2000. Based at College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor\, her extension programs address working waterfronts and coastal access\, fisheries heritage\, and sustainable tourism planning. She is the coordinator of the Downeast Fisheries Trail\, a founder of the National Working Waterfront Network\, and host of the award winning public affairs show on WERU Community Radio called Coastal Conversations. \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-stories-from-the-sea-fishing-communities-revealed-2/
LOCATION:107 Norman Smith Hall\, Mitchell Center - UMaine\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mitchell Center Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201109T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201109T160000
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SUMMARY:Talk - Maine Can Lead in Fair Planning for Addressing Climate Change: Steps in an Equity Assessment
DESCRIPTION:This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required due to security concerns. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. \nSpeakers:\nLinda Silka\, Senior Faculty Fellow\, Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions\nSara Kelemen\, Graduate Student\, School of Food and Agriculture \nIn the face of climate change\, Maine must be prepared. The University of Maine has important roles to play in helping the state prepare for the effects of climate change. One such role is to analyze the equity and fairness of proposed climate action plans. The Mitchell Center has been asked to analyze the recommendations with regard to their equity. We will report on our equity assessment work this summer and discuss with you what we are learning\, and ways that the University can continue to be involved. \nDr. Linda Silka is a social and community psychologist by training\, with much of her work focusing on building community-university research partnerships. She has several decades of experience in leading community-university research partnerships on environmental\, economic development\, and environmental health issues. Dr. Silka was the former Director of the UMaine’s Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center and is now Senior Fellow at the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions. Prior to moving to the UMaine\, Dr. Silka was a faculty member for three decades at the University of Massachusetts Lowell\, where she directed the Center for Family\, Work\, Community\, served as the Special Assistant to the Provost for Community Outreach and Partnerships\, and was Professor of Regional Economic and Social Development. \nSara Kelemen is a masters candidate in the School of Food and Agriculture\, working in the Agroecology lab. She graduated from Reed College with a B.A. in History and Environmental Studies. While at Reed\, she worked on the initial stages of the college’s climate action plan\, focusing on collecting water\, natural gas\, and electricity use data. She is interested in farmer decision making practices\, increasing climate resilience on farms\, and crafting accessible and equitable plans for dealing with the effects of climate change. \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-maine-can-lead-in-fair-planning-for-addressing-climate-change-steps-in-an-equity-assessment/
LOCATION:107 Norman Smith Hall\, Mitchell Center - UMaine\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201116T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201116T160000
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SUMMARY:Talk - Cultivating Ecological Virtues
DESCRIPTION:This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required due to security concerns. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. \nA three-part environmental ethics workshop. \nDon 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 itself more ecological. Our environmental decision-making frameworks are oriented by our deeper values\, our moral character. Virtues—like courage and temperance\, for example—are healthy\, exemplary developments of moral character\, but we often think about them in anthropo-centric terms and contexts disconnected from environmental issues. The second part of the workshop will feature breakout groups to brainstorm ideas about collaboratively developing new eco-centric virtues\, perhaps like solidarity\, equity\, eco-dependence and sustainability. Groups will be encouraged to discuss how to ecologically reshape our moral development and education\, including questions about how ecological virtues might impact our environmental citizenship and decision-making. We should also think about how virtues are specific to places\, times and cultures\, and whether these virtues have corresponding environmental vices. Reconvening as a group in the third part of the workshop\, we’ll share insights about environmental virtues and their potential impact for sustainability practices. Please come ready to think about\, listen to and share ideas! \nSpeaker: Don Beith\, Assistant Professor of Environmental Philosophy\, UMaine \nDon Beith is assistant professor of environmental philosophy at the University of Maine\, focusing on issues at the intersection of environmental ethics\, the philosophy of technology\, healthcare justice and existentialism. Don’s recent book The Birth of Sense\, a study of the work of French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty\, is an investigation of the ecological origins of human habit\, culture and ethics. \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-cultivating-ecological-virtues-fall-2020/
LOCATION:107 Norman Smith Hall\, Mitchell Center - UMaine\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mitchell Center Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Mitchell Center":MAILTO:umgmc@maine.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201123T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201123T160000
DTSTAMP:20260421T160332
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SUMMARY:Talk - Unkicking the can: How community development can make a difference now
DESCRIPTION:This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required due to security concerns. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. \nSpeaker: Dave Milan\, Director of Community Development\, Town of Orono\, Maine \nHaving worked in law enforcement as well as community and economic development for many decades\, Dave Milan discovered that many parts of municipal government operate in silos\, with too little knowledge of how their work connects with the work of other departments. Over the past 20 years\, he has helped municipalities learn how departments can work together to improve community well-being. In Orono\, he has also provided guidance to UMaine students in aligning their research projects with the needs of local government\, the private sector and community organizations. In this talk\, he’ll share some of the lessons he has learned about the ways that university research can strengthen community development initiatives. \nDave Milan works for the Town of Orono as the Director of Community Development overseeing the offices of Economic Development\, Code Enforcement\, Planning and Assessing. He assists companies with business plan development\, identifying funding and employee training opportunities\, regulatory hurdle jumping\, and other challenges that businesses face in their quest for success. \nPrior to his 20 years in the economic development field\, Dave was the Deputy Chief of Police at the Bucksport Police Department. After spending 26 years as a police officer\, Dave brought his talents as a criminal investigator and problem solver to the business world. Graduating from Bucksport High School and Eastern Maine Vocational Technical Institute\, Dave went on to graduate at the top of his class at both the Maine Criminal Justice Academy and the FBI National Academy in Quantico\, VA. \nDave has served in leadership positions on regional boards and committees including Eastern Maine Development Corporation\, Eastern Maine Community College\, Hancock County Planning Commission\, Bangor Region Development Alliance and the Bangor Target Area Development Corporation. \nDave has been married to his wife Vicki for 40 years and they have four grown children and nine grandchildren. He likes to spend his free time on his lobster boat Gone Wishin. \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-unkicking-the-can-how-community-development-can-make-a-difference-now/
LOCATION:107 Norman Smith Hall\, Mitchell Center - UMaine\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mitchell Center Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Mitchell Center":MAILTO:umgmc@maine.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201130T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201130T160000
DTSTAMP:20260421T160332
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SUMMARY:Talk - Sustainable Water Treatment – Moving from Victorian Era Technology to Nanotechnology
DESCRIPTION:This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required due to security concerns. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. \nSpeaker: Onur G. Apul\, Assistant Professor\, Civil & Environmental Engineering\, UMaine \nHaving access to drinking water is a basic human right. However\, billions of people around the world still lack access to safe drinking water. Even in the most industrialized nations\, safe and sustainable drinking water supply is far from being accomplished. Modern day water catastrophes such as the lead crisis in Flint\, the global microplastics and PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) crises emphasize how vulnerable our engineered water systems are. Many of the most commonly applied water treatment technologies still rely on Victorian era processes such as sand filtration i.e.\, processes that are not designed to undertake the challenges of the complex technical and social issues currently threatening our drinking water. Therefore\, there is an urgent need for developing robust\, safe\, resilient and sustainable water treatment technologies. Over the last two decades\, we have witnessed the rise of nanotechnology with the ability to tune and visualize materials at an atomic level. In this presentation\, Onur will discuss some of the solutions that nanotechnology offers to current drinking water issues that are insurmountable using traditional approaches. \nOnur Apul is an assistant professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Maine. Prior to his appointment\, he was an assistant professor in Environmental Engineering at UMass Lowell. He earned his Ph.D. in 2014 in Environmental Engineering at Clemson University\, SC. In 2013\, his work received the prestigious L.G. Rich Award from the Water Environment Association. In 2015 and 2017\, he received the Highly-Cited-Author Recognition by Elsevier’s Water Research Journal. In 2017 and 2018\, he received UMass Lowell’s Chancellor Recognition for “highest number of publications and creative works”. In 2019\, he received the “Outstanding Teacher Award” from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) – Student Chapter. Dr. Apul has published more than 40 peer-reviewed journal articles and submitted 5 patent applications to date. He has given 50 presentations including invited keynote lectures and invited talks at national and international meetings. He is a guest editor of Nanomaterials and a member of American Chemical Society\, Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization\, and the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors. \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-nanotechnology-for-sustainable-water-treatment/
LOCATION:107 Norman Smith Hall\, Mitchell Center - UMaine\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mitchell Center Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Mitchell Center":MAILTO:umgmc@maine.edu
GEO:44.8999335;-68.6667823
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - UMaine Orono ME 04469 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Mitchell Center - UMaine:geo:-68.6667823,44.8999335
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210201T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210201T160000
DTSTAMP:20260421T160332
CREATED:20210119T164519Z
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SUMMARY:Talk - Leading Together: Strengthening Policy Outcomes through Collaboration
DESCRIPTION:This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. \nSpeaker: Amanda Beal\, Commissioner\, Maine Department of Agriculture\, Conservation and Forestry \nThe Maine Department of Agriculture\, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) is a dynamic and complex agency overseeing many of our state’s most revered natural resources\, which are also central to many aspects of our economy. In addressing some of our greatest challenges over the past two years\, from climate change to a global pandemic\, investing in strong partnerships has been imperative to ensure effective responses. Commissioner Beal will talk about these strategic collaborations with the University and others and how they are positioning the work of DACF to best serve the people of Maine. \nAmanda Beal’s life-long interest in how we produce food began as a child growing up on her family’s commercial dairy farm in Maine\, as well as on the coast of Casco Bay\, where she has fond memories of digging for dinner in the clam flats alongside her grandfather\, and warming the bench of his smelt shanty in the winter. \nBefore joining DACF\, Amanda was the President & CEO of Maine Farmland Trust\, and prior to that\, MFT’s Policy & Research Director. She also worked previously in the public health field\, and for several years as an independent consultant on food systems-related projects for a number of fisheries\, agriculture\, and other food-focused organizations and businesses. \nShe has authored and co-authored numerous related papers and was a co-author of the publication: “A New England Food Vision: Healthy Food for All\, Sustainable Farming and Fishing\, Thriving Communities.” She holds an M.S. from Tufts University\, completing the Agriculture\, Food & Environment program at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy\, and is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of New Hampshire in the Natural Resources and Earth Systems Science program. \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-leading-together-strengthening-policy-outcomes-through-collaboration/
LOCATION:Virtual\, ME\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mitchell Center Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Mitchell Center":MAILTO:umgmc@maine.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210208T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210208T160000
DTSTAMP:20260421T160332
CREATED:20210105T143340Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210127T192133Z
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SUMMARY:Talk - The Town That Refused to Die
DESCRIPTION:This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. \nBucksport\, Maine\nSpeaker: Susan Lessard\, Town Manager\, Town of Bucksport\, Maine \nIn 2018\, Yankee Magazine dubbed the Town of Bucksport as “The Town that Refused to Die.” With the loss of 40% of its tax base and nearly 300 jobs from the closure of the VERSO paper mill in December of 2014\, the view from many was that Bucksport would become just one more dying former mill town. But that is not Bucksport’s story. Bucksport’s story centers around five P’s – people\, planning\, partnerships\, persistence\, and progress. Susan’s talk will focus on how the integration of those five P’s is not only helping Bucksport move forward\, but how the five P’s can help any community move forward. Her ultimate goal through this talk is to convince participants of the importance of becoming more involved in their communities. \nSusan Lessard was born and raised in Maine and has spent all of her 38+ years of municipal government work in Maine. She is a graduate of the University of Maine with a Bachelor of University Studies and a minor in Women\, Gender & Sexuality Studies. She has served as the Town Manager of Bucksport since 2015\, and previously held similar positions in Hampden\, Vinalhaven\, Fayette\, and Livermore Falls. \nIn addition to her municipal work\, she served on the Board of Environmental Protection from 2007 to 2015\, as Chair of the Board from 2008 to 2011\, and was reappointed in 2017 for an additional term. She serves at the national level on the Local Government Advisory Committee and the Small Community Advisory Committee to the EPA and on the Board of Trustees of HOME\, Inc.\, the regional homeless shelter. Ms. Lessard lives in Bucksport with her husband Dan and their crazy west highland terrier Jack Frost. \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-the-town-that-refused-to-die/
LOCATION:Virtual\, ME\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mitchell Center Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Mitchell Center":MAILTO:umgmc@maine.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210222T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210222T160000
DTSTAMP:20260421T160332
CREATED:20210111T203347Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210210T213544Z
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SUMMARY:Talk - Making Our Food System More Circular: Less Waste\, but Is It Safe?
DESCRIPTION:This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. \nSpeakers: Jean MacRae\, Civil & Environmental Engineering\, UMaine; Cynthia Isenhour\, Anthropology\, UMaine \nGreat strides have been made in New England to move toward a more circular food system. Some states have banned food waste from landfills\, reducing methane and leachate production\, and stimulating new economic opportunities by producing heat\, electricity and useful soil conditioners (compost and digestate) from food scraps. While these efforts are positive\, we need to be careful to ensure the new systems don’t introduce contamination risks into our food system. In this presentation we will describe the results of a study on contamination of food waste from a variety of sources and a survey of food scrap processors. We discuss how the perceived and measured risks lined up and these new food waste processing systems add up when thinking about sustainability and safety. \nJean MacRae is an environmental microbiologist and environmental engineering faculty member in UMaine’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. In addition to teaching environmental engineering topics such as introductory environmental engineering\, wastewater treatment\, air pollution and solid waste management\, she does research on biological remediation and the roles of microbes in nutrient (mostly nitrogen) and element (arsenic\, uranium\, iron and sulfur) cycling. \nCynthia Isenhour is an ecological and economic anthropologist. She serves as an Associate Professor in UMaine’s Department of Anthropology and the Climate Change Institute. Her research focuses on how history\, culture and power shape environmental governance and policy. Recognizing that improvements in energy and natural resource efficiencies are quickly being undone by rising levels of consumption\, Isenhour’s recent work looks at policies and alternative economic institutions designed to encourage more sustainable behaviors\, primarily among the world’s most affluent consumers. Isenhour is currently working on a project designed to measure the contribution of Maine’s reuse economies to the reduction of materials throughout\, energy use\, emissions and waste. This project also looks at the sector’s contribution to local economies and the accumulation of social capital and adaptive capacity. \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-making-our-food-system-more-circular-less-waste-but-is-it-safe/
LOCATION:Virtual\, ME\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mitchell Center Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Mitchell Center":MAILTO:umgmc@maine.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210301T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210301T160000
DTSTAMP:20260421T160332
CREATED:20201222T173133Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210223T162140Z
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SUMMARY:Talk - Citizen Science: A Means to Promote Equity and Inclusion in STEM
DESCRIPTION:This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required due to security concerns. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. \nAmara Ifeji\nSpeaker: Amara Ifeji\, freshman\, Northeastern University; Grassroots Development Coordinator\, Maine Environmental Education Association \nIn this talk\, Amara Ifeji will speak to her lived experiences as a BIPOC (black\, Indigenous and people of color) individual\, the marginalization she faced in fostering a connection to place with the environment\, and how her self-sought passion for water justice led her to not only foster this connection herself\, but to also serve as a conduit for other BIPOC and female-identifying students like herself. \nTo request a reasonable accommodation\, contact Ruth Hallsworth\, 207.581.3196 or hallsworth@maine.edu.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-citizen-science-a-means-to-promote-equity-and-inclusion-in-stem/
LOCATION:107 Norman Smith Hall\, Mitchell Center - UMaine\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mitchell Center Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Mitchell Center":MAILTO:umgmc@maine.edu
GEO:44.8999335;-68.6667823
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210308T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210308T160000
DTSTAMP:20260421T160332
CREATED:20201228T150014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210223T162224Z
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SUMMARY:Talk – Rapid Arctic Change: Why Does It Matter and How Can the Science Community Help?
DESCRIPTION:This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required. Please complete the registration form to receive Zoom connection information. \nSpeaker: Fran Ulmer\, Arctic Initiative Senior Fellow\, Belfer Center\, Kennedy School of Government\, Harvard University; Former Chair\, U.S. Arctic Research Commission\n \nFran Ulmer is former chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission\, where she has served since being appointed by President Obama in March 2011. In June 2010\, President Obama appointed her to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. From 2007 to 2011\, Ms. Ulmer was chancellor of Alaska’s largest public university\, the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA). Before that\, she was a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Institute of Social and Economic Research at UAA. She is a member of the Global Board of the Nature Conservancy and on the Board of the National Parks Conservation Association. \nMs. Ulmer served as an elected official for 18 years as the mayor of Juneau\, a state representative\, and as Lieutenant Governor of Alaska. She previously worked as legal counsel to the Alaska Legislature\, legislative assistant to Governor Jay Hammond\, and Director of Policy Development for the state. In addition\, she was the first Chair of the Alaska Coastal Policy Council and served for more than 10 years on the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission. She has served on numerous local\, state\, and federal advisory committees and boards. Ulmer earned a J.D. cum laude from the University of Wisconsin Law School\, and has been a Fellow at the Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School of Government. \nCo-sponsors: Dept. of Wildlife\, Fisheries and Conservation Biology; UMaine Arctic\, Climate Change Institute\, Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions \nTo request a reasonable accommodation\, contact Ruth Hallsworth\, 207.581.3196 or hallsworth@maine.edu
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-rapid-arctic-change-why-does-it-matter-and-how-can-the-science-community-help-2/
LOCATION:107 Norman Smith Hall\, Mitchell Center - UMaine\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mitchell Center Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Mitchell Center":MAILTO:umgmc@maine.edu
GEO:44.8999335;-68.6667823
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210315T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210315T160000
DTSTAMP:20260421T160332
CREATED:20201222T174438Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210311T134740Z
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SUMMARY:Talk - Is Community Solar Good for Communities?
DESCRIPTION:This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required due to security concerns. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. \nSpeaker: Dr. Sharon Klein\, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator\, School of Economics\, University of Maine \n“Community solar” is a catchy phrase that recently has been growing in public exposure and has different meanings for different people. For many\, it conjures visions of local people coming together to share the costs and benefits of a solar array in their neighborhood or town\, on a school\, library\, or closed landfill. More often\, however\, community solar projects are driven by utilities or private companies (“developers”) who invite local people into their projects to participate as “subscribers”. Maine used to only have the former\, “grassroots” variety of community solar. New legislation enables Maine to now accommodate the latter more “top-down” variety. How do these different approaches work? Which is better? For whom? Under what criteria? I will answer some of these questions based on 5 years of community solar-related research and my experience as a member of the National Community Solar Partnership. The answers to some of these questions are still unknown. We will discuss them together in our post-presentation Zoom breakout groups. \nDr. Sharon Klein is an Associate Professor and the Graduate Program Coordinator in the School of Economics at the University of Maine. She has a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science from the University of Massachusetts\, Amherst\, and a Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University. Prior to her career in higher education\, Dr. Klein worked as a high school environmental systems teacher in Quito\, Ecuador and a middle school science teacher and environmental technician in San Diego\, California. She also served one term as an Americorps National Civilian Community Corps volunteer in the Southeast region of the US. Dr. Klein’s research and teaching are multi-disciplinary in nature\, centering on the technical\, economic\, environmental and social tradeoffs inherent in sustainable energy decision-making. Dr. Klein is interested in all sustainable energy options but has keen interest in solar energy research\, completing her PhD dissertation on the engineering\, economic\, and environmental tradeoffs associated with using thermal molten salt energy storage and dry cooling in concentrated solar power plants\, and more recently\, assessing the social and economic benefits and costs of community-based solar initiatives. Dr. Klein has been a member of the National Community Solar Partnership since 2015. She and her colleagues created the first US Community Renewable Energy Database – a central location for sharing information on community-based renewable energy projects: https://www.communityenergyus.net/. Dr. Klein recently published an article in the journal Solar Energy\, which compares community solar policy and the financial benefits and costs of community solar in Maine and Illinois: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2020.11.031. \nTo request a reasonable accommodation\, contact Ruth Hallsworth\, 207.581.3196 or hallsworth@maine.edu
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-is-community-solar-good-for-communities/
LOCATION:107 Norman Smith Hall\, Mitchell Center - UMaine\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mitchell Center Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Mitchell Center":MAILTO:umgmc@maine.edu
GEO:44.8999335;-68.6667823
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - UMaine Orono ME 04469 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Mitchell Center - UMaine:geo:-68.6667823,44.8999335
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210322T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210322T160000
DTSTAMP:20260421T160332
CREATED:20210119T161249Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210317T193836Z
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SUMMARY:Talk - Paris to Portland: Localizing Global Climate Action
DESCRIPTION:This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. \nSpeaker: Dr. David Reidmiller\, Director\, Climate Center\, Gulf of Maine Research Institute \nJust over five years ago\, the world ushered in a new era of international climate action with the Paris Agreement. Having led the science and technology negotiations for the United States\, Dr. Reidmiller will discuss the conditions that made the monumental Agreement possible and reflect on lessons in climate communication and consensus-building that carried forward through his leadership of the Fourth National Climate Assessment. Those global- and national-level efforts have relevance at the local scale\, as well. Dave will describe how his experience working to advance climate science policy on the international and federal stages motivated him to move to Maine\, where he’s launching the Gulf of Maine Research Institute’s Climate Center to address regional risks and opportunities in one of the world’s fastest warming areas. By working closely with marine and coastal stakeholders\, the Climate Center is poised to accelerate climate solutions throughout the region and serve as a model globally for user-driven climate action. \nDave Reidmiller is the Director of the interdisciplinary Climate Center at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI)\, where he draws across the breadth of the organization to help people\, communities\, and businesses understand and respond to climate change. A core aim of the Center is to develop and deliver solutions to ensure livelihoods and well-being thrive in a changing climate. Prior to joining GMRI\, Dave served in a variety of senior positions for the federal government. As Acting Director of the Northeast and Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CASC) with the U.S. Geological Survey\, he oversaw a unique partnership between the federal government and university consortia to advance and deliver science to help fish\, wildlife\, habitat\, and people adapt to a changing climate. Before joining the CASC Network\, Dave led the Fourth National Climate Assessment as part of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy\, where he coordinated the work of 300+ volunteer experts from across the country in an effort to understand and address climate risks facing the nation. Dr. Reidmiller has deep international climate science policy experience\, as well\, having served in the State Department’s climate office for five years during the Obama Administration\, where he led U.S. engagement in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and was the lead U.S. science and technology negotiator for the Paris Agreement. Dave was also a Fellow in the U.S. Senate where he advised Senator Mark Udall on a range of energy\, environment\, and public lands issues\, as well as a Mirzayan Fellow at the National Academies of Sciences\, Engineering\, and Medicine. He obtained a BA in chemistry from Colgate University and received his Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Washington. \nTo request a reasonable accommodation\, contact Ruth Hallsworth\, 207.581.3196 or hallsworth@maine.edu
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-paris-to-portland-localizing-global-climate-action/
LOCATION:Virtual\, ME\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mitchell Center Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Mitchell Center":MAILTO:umgmc@maine.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210329T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210329T160000
DTSTAMP:20260421T160332
CREATED:20210301T170320Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210324T151903Z
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SUMMARY:Talk - The Land Back Movement and the Future of Land Relations in the Dawnland
DESCRIPTION:This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required due to security concerns. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. \nJoin Dr. Darren Ranco for a roundtable discussion about the Land Back movement and the future of indigenous land relations in Maine. Dr. Ranco will be joined by John Banks\, Director of the Department of Natural Resources for the Penobscot Indian Nation; Lucas St. Clair\, President of the Elliotsville Foundation which recently returned 735 acres to the Penobscot Nation; and Peter Forbes co-founder of First Light\, a land-back collaboration. Panelists will discuss the recent return of land to the Penobscot Nation\, the importance of the land and its history\, the need for reconciliation in the conservation movement and the possibility of new land relations in Maine. \nJohn Banks is the Director of the Department of Natural Resources for the Penobscot Indian Nation\, a federally recognized Indian Tribe in Maine. Mr. Banks has served the Penobscot Nation in this capacity since 1980\, following the enactment of the Maine Indian Land Claims settlement Act of 1980. As Natural Resources Director\, Mr. Banks has developed and administers a comprehensive Natural Resources management program for his tribe\, which advances an integrated management approach\, in recognition of the inter- connectedness of all things in the natural world. Mr. Banks has served on many local\, regional\, and national organization boards including the National Tribal Environmental Council\, Native American Fish and Wildlife Society\, National Indian Policy Center\, and the Tribal Operations Committee with USEPA. Mr. Banks has a BS degree in Forest Protection from the University of Maine\, where he was awarded an Indian Fellowship from the Office of Indian Education in Washington DC. Mr. Banks has been awarded the 2019 Distinguished Alumnus from the University of Maine’s School of Forest Resources. \nLucas St. Clair is the President of Elliotsville Foundation\, Inc. a private foundation dedicated to advancing the dynamic relationship of innovative land conservation and community-based economic development in Maine. The Elliotsville Foundation recently returned 735 acres of land to the Penobscot Nation and has been instrumental in creating opportunities for both conservation and regional development in the Katahdin region.  An avid conservationist and outdoor enthusiast\, St. Clair is deeply engaged in Maine’s communities\, serving on the advisory boards for Maine Public\, Friends of Katahdin Woods and Waters\, and the Trust for Public Land. \nPeter Forbes is the co-founder of First Light\, a collaboration of indigenous tribes and conservation organizations dedicated to land justice and aimed at restoring Wabaniki stewardship of land. A leader in the conservation movement\, Peter has used his writing\, storytelling and photography to strengthen our connections to each other and the lands that sustain us.  He is the author of Our Land\, Ourselves and The Great Remembering.  He and his family run a farm in Vermont’s Mad River Valley. \nDr. Darren Ranco is a faculty member in the Department of Anthropology\, Chair of Native American Programs\, and Coordinator of Native American Research. His research focuses on the ways in which indigenous communities in the United States resist environmental destruction by using indigenous diplomacies and critiques of liberalism to protect cultural resources.  This work also illustrates how state knowledge systems continue to expose indigenous peoples to an inordinate amount of environmental risk. Ranco is a member of the Penobscot Nation\, and is particularly interested in how better research relationships can be made between universities\, Native and non-Native researchers\, and indigenous communities. \nTo request a reasonable accommodation\, contact Ruth Hallsworth\, 207.581.3196 or hallsworth@maine.edu
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-the-land-back-movement-and-the-future-of-land-relations-in-the-dawnland/
LOCATION:Virtual\, ME\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mitchell Center Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Mitchell Center":MAILTO:umgmc@maine.edu
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210331
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210402
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SUMMARY:2021 Maine Sustainability & Water Conference
DESCRIPTION:Given the continued uncertainty regarding the COVID-19 pandemic\, the Maine Sustainability & Water Conference committee has decided to move the 2021 conference to an online\, virtual format. \nWhile we are aware that a virtual conference is no substitute for an in-person gathering\, we are excited at this opportunity to rethink the content and structure of this important event. The conference is a one-of-a-kind opportunity for the sharing of information and ideas within our community. \nAdditional information will be posted shortly. Please check back for details or sign up for our e-newsletter for regular conference updates.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/2021-maine-sustainability-water-conference/
LOCATION:Virtual\, ME\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mitchell Center Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Mitchell Center":MAILTO:umgmc@maine.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210405T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210405T160000
DTSTAMP:20260421T160332
CREATED:20210308T144039Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210324T204514Z
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SUMMARY:Talk - Restoring Penobscot Language Use: How an English professor is helping access vital knowledge for a sustainable future
DESCRIPTION:This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. \nWhen I began the project of publishing “Still They Remember Me”: Penobscot Transformer Tales\, Volume 1\, I placed a primary value on working responsively with Penobscot language keeper Carol Dana\, who wanted help to restore Penobscot language use.  Dana wanted to make bilingual text versions readily available to young people in her community. Reading the narratives as literature\, I saw that they contain deep knowledge about how human beings have understood life in this place\, teaching ecological knowledge\, community values and relationships from a Penobscot perspective. As we work on solving complex 21st-century problems\, reading traditional stories like these can offer invaluable insights for creating a resilient world. \nMargo Lukens is professor of English at the University of Maine; her research interests include Wabanaki literary and storytelling history\, Indigenous plays and playwrights\, innovation and antiracism work.  Her work has included producing and directing plays by Indigenous playwrights on campus and in the region.  “Still They Remember Me”: Penobscot Transformer Tales\, volume 1\, a bilingual book of traditional Penobscot stories with Carol Dana and Conor Quinn\, is due in June 2021 from the University of Massachusetts Press. \nTo request a reasonable accommodation\, contact Ruth Hallsworth\, 207.581.3196 or hallsworth@maine.edu
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-restoring-penobscot-language-use-how-an-english-professor-is-helping-access-vital-knowledge-for-a-sustainable-future/
LOCATION:Virtual\, ME\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mitchell Center Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Mitchell Center":MAILTO:umgmc@maine.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210409T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210409T130000
DTSTAMP:20260421T160332
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SUMMARY:Maine Food Waste Solutions Summit
DESCRIPTION:To register: https://maine.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIkcu-rqjMtEtN97Ukkq5wNQRGN-cElg4Jd\n \n For more information: Maine Food Waste Solutions Summit \nContact: Susanne Lee at Susanne.Lee@maine.edu \nAmerica is a leader in wasted food where 40% of the food we produce is never eaten. For Maine\, this means 219 lbs. of food wasted per person or nearly 300 million lbs. annually. At the same time\, we have over 200\,000 Mainers suffering from food insecurity – including 1 out of 5 of our children. Adding to the problem\, these food losses cost Maine nearly $600 million annually (about $1\,866 per family of four) and risk our health and natural resources. \nThe goal of this first Summit is to increase the awareness\, education and action needed to implement win-win-win solutions to end wasted food in Maine. \nPlease join us to share: \n\nThe latest data and research on wasted food and solutions\nInspiring food reduction\, recovery\, and recycling success stories\nBreakout sessions to learn about and implement specific solutions\n\nWe will provide the insights needed to re-think food as a “waste” problem and instead see it as a sustainable solution for hunger\, economic development\, and resource management in Maine. \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/maine-food-waste-solutions-summit/
LOCATION:Virtual\, ME\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mitchell Center Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Mitchell Center":MAILTO:umgmc@maine.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210412T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210412T160000
DTSTAMP:20260421T160332
CREATED:20210111T141426Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210223T162426Z
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SUMMARY:Talk - Strengthening learning\, leadership and equity in Maine and Wabanaki wild shellfisheries
DESCRIPTION:Insights from the Maine Shellfish Learning Network\nThis talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. \nSpeakers: Bridie McGreavy\, Tony Sutton and Gabby Hillyer\, UMaine \nThe future of shellfishing across Maine and Wabanaki homelands is uncertain\, as wild clam and mussel fisheries face pressures from warming ocean temperatures and unsustainable economic and social conditions. However\, there is a lot of room for optimism as a growing network of partners across coastal shellfish communities are working together for the health and resilience of these fisheries. The Maine Shellfish Learning Network plays a key role in these efforts with a mission to promote learning\, leadership and equity in wild clam and mussel shellfisheries. This presentation describes the process of building the learning network\, progress on multiple engaged communication projects to support shellfish fisheries\, and plans for collaborative legislative policy development. \nBridie McGreavy is an Associate Professor in Communication and Journalism at UMaine and a Faculty Fellow with the Mitchell Center. She studies how communication shapes sustainability and justice efforts in coastal shellfishing communities\, river restoration and freshwater conservation initiatives\, and transdisciplinary collaborations. Dr. McGreavy is currently chair of the Science Advisory Committee for the Maine Shellfish Restoration and Resilience Fund\, which provides seed grants to shellfish harvesters and municipalities for coastal adaptation efforts\, and she serves as the Project Leader for the Maine Shellfish Learning Network. \nGabrielle Hillyer is the project coordinator of the Maine Shellfish Learning Network\, and a Ph.D. student in UMaine’s Ecology and Environmental Sciences Program and the National Research Traineeship Program focused on Conservation Science. Her focus is on the multiple levels of coastal resilience and engaged research\, specifically understanding how science can be better communicated to encourage local management changes. Her work spans multiple sectors of the shellfish industry\, including presenting at Shellfish Focus Day\, working with bucket drifters to help understand water quality issues in Waldoboro\, ME\, and Thomaston\, ME\, and maintaining a presence at the Shellfish Advisory Council Meetings. \nAnthony Sutton completed a PhD in Ecology and Environmental Science at UMaine where he continues to engage adjunct teaching in Communication and Journalism and the Mitchell Center\, while doing applied research as the Community Food Facilitator with the Maine Shellfish Learning Network. His research interests broadly are community-engaged approaches to resolving issues within our food systems. Much of his work has been with the Wabanaki Nations where he has worked with the Micmac Farm and their interest in growing healthy-affordable produce\, as well as with Wabanaki and non-Wabanaki communities living along the coast who are working to revitalize fisheries. Whether it is by farm or fish\, these projects tend to be complex and interconnected with cultural\, social\, economic\, and ecological issues. Anthony approaches these topics with a commitment to listening and working closely with communities to find ways to help citizens find solutions that support their community’s vision for the future. \nTo request a reasonable accommodation\, contact Ruth Hallsworth\, 207.581.3196 or hallsworth@maine.edu
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-strengthening-learning-leadership-and-equity-in-maine-and-wabanaki-wild-shellfisheries-insights-from-the-maine-shellfish-learning-network/
LOCATION:Virtual\, ME\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mitchell Center Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Mitchell Center":MAILTO:umgmc@maine.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210419T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210419T160000
DTSTAMP:20260421T160332
CREATED:20201228T151911Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210414T130935Z
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SUMMARY:Talk - A fishy tail about our food system
DESCRIPTION:This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. \nSpeaker: Joshua Stoll\, Assistant Professor\, School of Marine Sciences\, UMaine and Mitchell Center Faculty Fellow \nGlobal trade of natural resources\, including seafood\, is at an all-time high as a result of improved technology and trade policies that promote export. Today\, an estimated 36% of the seafood worldwide is traded across international borders at a value of $148 billion. In the United States alone\, 71% of consumed seafood is imported. While global seafood trade has been shown to have a range of benefits\, including those associated with wealth production\, employment\, and food security\, these benefits are not evenly distributed and often disadvantage low income nations\, rural communities\, and small- and mid-sized harvesters. In this talk\, Dr. Stoll will describe the recent emergence of alternative seafood networks in North America and their role in supporting resilient fishing communities. He will also discuss future work being done to better integrate seafood into ongoing discussions about local and regional food systems. \nJosh Stoll\nJoshua is an assistant professor in the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine. His research focuses on questions about coastal community resilience\, ocean governance\, and fisheries policy. Joshua is the co-founder of the Local Catch Network and has been working to elevate the role of seafood in local and regional food systems for more than a decade. He holds a B.A. in Environmental Studies from Bates College\, a Masters in Coastal Environmental Management from Duke University\, and a PhD in Ecology and Environmental Sciences from the University of Maine. Prior to returning to Maine\, he was an early career research fellow in the Global Economic Dynamics and the Biosphere Program at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Sweden. \nTo request a reasonable accommodation\, contact Ruth Hallsworth\, 207.581.3196 or hallsworth@maine.edu
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-a-fishy-tail-about-our-food-system/
LOCATION:107 Norman Smith Hall\, Mitchell Center - UMaine\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mitchell Center Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210609T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210609T120000
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SUMMARY:Maine Reuse Summit
DESCRIPTION:Join the Maine reuse team at the Maine Reuse Summit as they share results from a multi-year research project on Maine’s vibrant reuse sector. The team of researchers will share findings from a statewide survey\, national economic data\, and ethnographic engagement to help us understand the economic and social value of reuse in Maine. We invite reuse practitioners and members of the public to join us virtually as we uncover the value of Maine’s reuse economy. \nThis event is open to the public\, but registration is required. Find out more about the team’s research\, and the Summit\, at https://umaine.edu/reuse.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/maine-reuse-summit/
LOCATION:Virtual\, ME\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mitchell Center Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Mitchell Center":MAILTO:umgmc@maine.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210913T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210913T160000
DTSTAMP:20260421T160332
CREATED:20210811T181951Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210831T170531Z
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SUMMARY:Talk - Team Science and Lessons from Kindergarten - The Essence of Collaborative Research
DESCRIPTION:The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall\, UMaine. \n\nVirtual attendance: Complete the registration form to receive Zoom connection information.\nIn-person attendance: Attendees must follow UMaine’s COVID-19 guidelines.\n\nSpeaker: Pips Veazey\, Director\, UMaine Portland Gateway \nHumanity is grappling with wicked problems that are complex\, dynamic and difficult to solve including global climate change\, ocean plastic pollution\, and the coronavirus pandemic. No single person\, approach or way of knowing can adequately address these issues single handedly. Collaborative teams of people who represent western science\, traditional ways of knowing\, funding agencies\, businesses\, municipalities\, and more have the capacity to develop novel and effective approaches and solutions. In order to promote these broad collaborations\, we must offer experiences that initiate\, encourage and extend ways that we can all work together. Lessons we learned in kindergarten can be pulled forward and expanded through the science of team science to maximize the ways in which we work in collaborative settings. \nPips Veazey serves as the Director of the University of Maine Portland Gateway\, a new initiative that provides a dedicated office in Portland to help people and businesses in southern Maine access the vast array of research and education opportunities at the flagship research university. \nPrior to accepting the director’s position\, she served as the Principal Investigator for the Alaska Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research\, a statewide program funded by the National Science Foundation and the State of Alaska aimed at increasing research capacity. She led and co-created the University of Alaska Fairbanks Visualization Space\, a high-resolution visual environment designed to promote conversations about complex problems\, co-develop creative solutions and enhance team development. \nHer doctoral work focused on the competencies required to lead large interdisciplinary science teams\, and she has worked with dozens of research teams across the country to facilitate the co-development of research collaboration plans. She serves as a founding board member of the International Network for the Science of Team Science and as a board member for the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States. \nTo request a reasonable accommodation\, contact Ruth Hallsworth\, 207.581.3196 or hallsworth@maine.edu \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-team-science-and-lessons-from-kindergarten-the-essence-of-collaborative-research/
LOCATION:107 Norman Smith Hall\, Mitchell Center - UMaine\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mitchell Center Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Mitchell Center":MAILTO:umgmc@maine.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210920T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210920T160000
DTSTAMP:20260421T160332
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SUMMARY:Talk - Digging for Buried Treasure: Hidden Gems in Maine's Reuse Markets 
DESCRIPTION:The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall\, UMaine. \n\nVirtual attendance: Complete the registration form to receive Zoom connection information.\nIn-person attendance: Attendees must follow UMaine’s COVID-19 guidelines.\n\nSpeakers: Cindy Isenhour\, Associate Professor\, Department of Anthropology & Climate Change Institute\, UMaine and Brie Berry\, Postdoctoral Researcher\, UMaine \nJoin Dr. Cindy Isenhour and Dr. Brie Berry as they dig through the hidden sustainability dimensions of repairing\, reusing and reselling goods. While Mainers have been reusing goods for a long time\, recent concerns with climate change\, resource scarcity and depletion\, habitat and biodiversity loss\, and growing levels of waste have focused new attention on the potential for reuse to address unsustainable systems of production-consumption-disposal. Drawing on the results of a five-year research project\, Cindy and Brie outline the environmental\, social and economic dimensions of sustainability hiding in plain sight in Maine’s second hand economies. \nTo request a reasonable accommodation\, contact Ruth Hallsworth\, 207.581.3196 or hallsworth@maine.edu \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-digging-for-buried-treasure-hidden-gems-in-maines-reuse-markets/
LOCATION:107 Norman Smith Hall\, Mitchell Center - UMaine\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mitchell Center Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Mitchell Center":MAILTO:umgmc@maine.edu
GEO:44.8999335;-68.6667823
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210927T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210927T160000
DTSTAMP:20260421T160332
CREATED:20210802T155814Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210927T140207Z
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SUMMARY:Talk - Rendezvous for Sustainability: Creating space for science-based collaborative solutions
DESCRIPTION:The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall\, UMaine. \n\nVirtual attendance: Complete the registration form to receive Zoom connection information.\nIn-person attendance: Attendees must follow UMaine’s COVID-19 guidelines.\n\nSpeakers:\nCatherine Ashcraft\, Assistant Professor\, Natural Resources and the Environment; Faculty Fellow\, Carsey School of Public Policy\, University of New Hampshire\nWeiwei Mo\, Associate Professor\, Civil and Environmental Engineering\, University of New Hampshire. \nThe United States is one of the most heavily dammed countries around the world. The US National Inventory of Dams maintains a list of more than 90\,000 dams\, which does not include an additional 200\,000 dams that are too small to make the list. Historically\, dams in the U.S. provided benefits\, such as hydropower\, water supply\, and recreation. As dams age\, they provide fewer benefits and require more maintenance and improvements. Dams also contribute to negative environmental impacts\, such as altering stream flow\, impairing water quality\, and disrupting ecosystem connectivity. Decisions about dams highlight challenges for sustainability partnerships and the science-policy interface\, including the difficulty of systems thinking and of managing conflict between interested parties. \nCat\, Weiwei and their collaborators\, Natallia Leuchanka Diessner and Cuihong Song\, developed an integrated role-play simulation and system dynamics model to respond to the challenges of dam decision-making. They aimed for the simulation and model to integrate knowledge from researchers and potential users and to create a safe space to bring them together to interact with one another\, learn about dam systems\, one another’s interests and priorities\, and foster innovations in problem-solving. This tool has been applied for research in several place-based workshops with stakeholders in New Hampshire and Rhode Island. Workshop participants negotiated with one another to explore dam management options in the fictional\, dammed Pearl River and its tributary\, Mill Creek. In contrast to the typical way decisions are made in practice\, the team found that the negotiated solutions from the workshops usually involve a multi-dam management approach with diversified management options that meet interests to improve fish populations and generate hydropower\, while keeping costs low. In response to concerns that negotiated solutions produce conservative outcomes that cater to the interests of the least ambitious stakeholders\, they found that some negotiated solutions yielded benefits close to or better than the simulated solutions that optimize across trade-offs. All negotiated outcomes yielded improvements over the “business as usual” outcome. The team also found that participants reported learning about collaboration\, the importance of engaging with diverse stakeholders\, and the usefulness of credible science\, data\, and models to inform decisions about dams. Their findings highlight the potential for science-informed\, stakeholder-engaged approaches to inform decision-making and improve environmental and economic outcomes. \nDr. Catherine Ashcraft is an Assistant Professor of Natural Resources and the Environment and a Faculty Fellow at the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire. She is interested in the human dimensions of ecological systems and focuses on how environmental policies and institutions are negotiated and designed to foster justice and respond to change\, particularly in freshwater systems and climate adaptation planning. Her work has been published in interdisciplinary journals\, including PLOS ONE\, Climatic Change\, Elementa\, and Environmental Development. She co-edited the book The Politics of Fresh Water: Access\, conflict and identity (Routledge). She is contributing to a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) to support sustainability learning in Ecuador. Other recent research includes an NSF-funded project to research decision-making about the future of dams in New England\, a project on payment for hydrological services programs in Veracruz\, Mexico\, a U.S. Department of Agriculture funded project on flood risk management policy in New Hampshire\, and a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration funded project analyzing institutional barriers and opportunities to implementing living shorelines in New Hampshire. She teaches courses in environmental policy and negotiation and public dispute resolution. She received a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania\, an M.S. from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies\, and a Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Planning from MIT. \nDr. Weiwei Mo is an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of New Hampshire. She got her BS degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China (2008)\, and her MS (2011) and PhD (2012) degrees from University of South Florida. Before coming to UNH\, she was a post-doctoral associate at Yale University. Dr. Mo’s expertise lies in sustainability and resiliency assessment\, infrastructure system planning and management\, and social-infrastructure-ecological systems modeling. She has led several National Science Foundation (NSF) funded projects\, working on interdependent infrastructure systems management\, spatial optimization of decentralized infrastructure systems considering user preferences\, crowdsourced water quality monitoring\, and drinking water emergency response and planning. She received an NSF CAREER award in 2021. She teaches undergraduate and graduate level classes\, including environmental pollution and control\, environmental sampling and analysis\, systems analysis of the environment\, and life cycle assessment. \nTo request a reasonable accommodation\, contact Ruth Hallsworth\, 207.581.3196 or hallsworth@maine.edu \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-rendezvous-for-sustainability-creating-space-for-science-based-collaborative-solutions/
LOCATION:107 Norman Smith Hall\, Mitchell Center - UMaine\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mitchell Center Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211004T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211004T160000
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SUMMARY:Talk - Why We Need History to Create a Sustainable World: Views from Wabanaki History
DESCRIPTION:The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall\, UMaine. \n\nVirtual attendance: Complete the registration form to receive Zoom connection information.\nIn-person attendance: Attendees must follow UMaine’s COVID-19 guidelines.\n\nSpeaker: Micah Pawling\, Associate Professor\, History and Native American Studies\, UMaine \nThis presentation explores the significance of historical research in the context of a sustainable society. In the past\, people possessed different notions of sustainability resulting in considerable variations across time and space\, providing researchers with new insights about its achievement. Wabanaki people worked hard to secure reservation lands that held different water attributes. \nMicah Pawling is an associate professor of history and Native American studies at the University of Maine. His research interests include the ethnohistory of the Wabanaki peoples of northern New England and eastern Canada in the nineteenth century. Pawling’s work has appeared in Acadiensis\, Ethnohistory\, and the Historical Atlas of Maine. His 2017 article received the 2018 Canadian Historical Association’s prize for the best article in Indigenous history. As a recipient of the Whiting Public Engagement Fellowship\, he collaborates with the Passamaquoddy Tribe of Indian Township (Motahkomikuk) on community history. His forthcoming book is on Wabanaki waterscapes in the nineteenth century. \nTo request a reasonable accommodation\, contact Ruth Hallsworth\, 207.581.3196 or hallsworth@maine.edu \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-why-we-need-history-to-create-a-sustainable-world-views-from-wabanaki-history/
LOCATION:107 Norman Smith Hall\, Mitchell Center - UMaine\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
CATEGORIES:Mitchell Center Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Mitchell Center":MAILTO:umgmc@maine.edu
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