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Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions

Name: SEMINAR – Maine Lakes…Living on the Edge?
Start: 2016-02-29T15:00:00-05:00
End: 2016-02-29T16:00:00-05:00
Location: 107 Norman Smith Hall

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	1 event 1 1 event, 1 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm SEMINAR – Keystone Pipeline and Low Carbon Fuels: An Update on Transportation Energy Policy February 1, 2016 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm SEMINAR – Keystone Pipeline and Low Carbon Fuels: An Update on Transportation Energy Policy Speaker: Jonathan Rubin Professor, Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center and School of Economics, UMaine The use of energy in transportation continues to be one of the largest contributors to U.S. Green House Gas (GHG) emissions. The policy framework for transportation energy is rapidly evolving due to changes in federal fuel economy standards (CAFE regulations), renewable […]	0 events 2 0 events, 2	0 events 3 0 events, 3	0 events 4 0 events, 4	0 events 5 0 events, 5	0 events 6 0 events, 6
0 events 7 0 events, 7	1 event 8 1 event, 8 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm SEMINAR – Changing the Narrative: How Do We Make Sustainable Food Systems Sustainable? February 8, 2016 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm SEMINAR – Changing the Narrative: How Do We Make Sustainable Food Systems Sustainable? Speakers: Melissa Ladenheim, Mark Haggerty, François Amar, Danielle Walczak (fellow), Stephanie Welcomer, Linda Silka, John Jemison (Sustainable Food Systems Research Collaborative) and Tim Waring, Ethan Tremblay (School of Economics) This is an exciting time in Maine for sustainable agriculture and local food system work. Various stakeholders and organizations have made strides to grow the local […]	0 events 9 0 events, 9	0 events 10 0 events, 10	0 events 11 0 events, 11	0 events 12 0 events, 12	0 events 13 0 events, 13
0 events 14 0 events, 14	1 event 15 1 event, 15 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm SEMINAR – When Farming is like Fishing: Helping Farmers Understand Landscape Effects, Lessons from the Bee Mapper February 15, 2016 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm SEMINAR – When Farming is like Fishing: Helping Farmers Understand Landscape Effects, Lessons from the Bee Mapper Sam Hanes, Dept. of Anthropology, UMaine and Brianne Du Clos, PhD Student, Ecology & Environmental Sciences, UMaine A major problem for agricultural sustainability is that many innovations involve uncertainty. For example, in crop pollination, farmers have two source: commerical honey bee rentals or wild bees. The latter are to hard to assess and so managing […]	0 events 16 0 events, 16	0 events 17 0 events, 17	0 events 18 0 events, 18	0 events 19 0 events, 19	0 events 20 0 events, 20
0 events 21 0 events, 21	1 event 22 1 event, 22 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm SEMINAR – Second Nature: A historian’s search for sustainability in New England February 22, 2016 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm SEMINAR – Second Nature: A historian’s search for sustainability in New England Speaker: Richard Judd, Professor, Dept. of History, UMaine While New England is known nationally for the value it places on nature, it is difficult to show just how this consciousness […] Free	0 events 23 0 events, 23	0 events 24 0 events, 24	0 events 25 0 events, 25	1 event 26 1 event, 26 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm SEMINAR – A Sediment Budget in a Glaciated Region: Tackling the Nonpoint Source Pollution Problem with a Different Kind of Sediment Model February 26, 2016 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm SEMINAR – A Sediment Budget in a Glaciated Region: Tackling the Nonpoint Source Pollution Problem with a Different Kind of Sediment Model Sponsors: School of Earth and Climate Sciences Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions Dr. Peter Wilcock Dept. of Watershed Sciences, Utah State University Dr. Peter Wilcock is a professor and head of the Department of Watershed Sciences at Utah State University. His career spans over three decades focused on watershed erosion and sedimentation […] Free	0 events 27 0 events, 27
0 events 28 0 events, 28	1 event 29 1 event, 29 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm SEMINAR – Maine Lakes…Living on the Edge? February 29, 2016 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm SEMINAR – Maine Lakes…Living on the Edge? Speakers: Aria Amirbahman, Stephen Norton (UMaine), Firooza Pavri (USM), Scott Williams (VLMP), and Linda Bacon (Maine DEP) Maine lakes provide approximately $4 billion to the state economy annually in addition to providing enormous social, recreational, and aesthetic benefits to the people of Maine and millions of annual visitors. Unfortunately, many lakes in Maine are experiencing […]