Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions

Speaker: Carol Collier, Drexel University The Delaware River Basin is shared by four states and provides water to over 15 million people. Issues run the gamut from natural gas development, clean-up of PCBs, equitable allocation of water, droughts and floods, salt water intrusion, endangered species, managing non-point source pollution and, of course, the multiplying effect […]

Speaker: Daniela Miteva, The Nature Conservancy In response to unsustainable timber production in tropical forest concessions, voluntary forest management certification programs such as the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) have been introduced to improve environmental, social, and economic performance over existing management practices. However, despite the proliferation of forest certification over the past two decades, few […]

Presenters: Tyler Quiring, Research Associate, New England Sustainability Consortium, UMaine Bridie McGreavy, Communication & Journalism, UMaine Sustainability science is an innovative field that relies on collaborative connections among a broad range of academic disciplines, community partners, and public stakeholders. But how can sustainability science produce outputs that tap into the diversity of these connections to […]

Gerry Wright "becomes Olmsted," entering into his emotional extremes, intellectual depths and spirited power."Olmsted" shares his uncanny life and works in part responsible for the creating and saving Natural Wonders across America. He shares his views in the "Yosemite Report" of 1865 which was the "seed" for the creation of National Parks and much more. […]