Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions

SPEAKERS: Michele Holt-Shannon and Bruce Mallory NH Listens, Carsey School of Public Policy, University of New Hampshire This seminar will share lessons learned from six years of community-based, statewide civic engagement using the tools of deliberative democracy to address “wicked problems”. New Hampshire Listens has worked with local communities and the entire state to engage in […]

Speaker: Richard Merrick, Director, Scientific Programs and Chief Science Advisor, NOAA Fisheries Resilient, productive ocean fisheries are critical to coastal economies and ways of life. NOAA Fisheries has developed an agency-wide Ecosystem-based Fishery Management (EBFM) policy, which outlines a set of principles to guide NOAA's actions and decisions on the management of ocean fisheries over […]

SPEAKER: Kate Dempsey, State Director of The Nature Conservancy in Maine In the fall of 2016, water was released into a bypass around a dam on the Penobscot River in Howland, Maine, marking the completion of a sixteen-year collaborative project to provide diadromous fish species with access to hundreds of miles of spawning habitat with […]

Talks in this session will focus on sustainability research by students in Maine. Lightning Talk Rules: Each presenters will have 5-minutes for their talk. PowerPoint presentations are allowed but will be limited to 10 slides. Selected Student Talks: Brady Davis, UMaine Cheesemaking in Maine: Investigating Network Connections and Sustainability  Sarah Ebel, Nicole Ramberg-Pihl, Michael Torre, […]

Savoring Maine’s Artisan Cheese: Opportunities, Challenges, and Prospects for Sustainability Speaker: Jeff Roberts, President, Cow Creek Creative Ventures Over the past decade, Maine’s artisan cheese community grew at a rate that surpassed most other states. The sector, one of several exciting examples of a sustainable food systems, adds considerable value to dairy herds, offers high […]