Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 shaped environmental politics. What exactly was the environmental movement in New England? Campaigns were localized and involved complicated negotiations between governments and nonprofit groups, but […]

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 […]

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 […]