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SUMMARY:Talk - Damming Decisions
DESCRIPTION:Damming Decisions: Searching for sustainable solutions in New England rivers \nSpeaker: Sam Roy\, Postdoctoral Researcher\, Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions and New England Sustainability Consortium \nSam will talk about work he and his colleagues have done to explore how decisions to remove\, keep\, or modify dams in New England can initiate trade offs between combinations of ecosystem services that are valued by stakeholders\, such as sea-run fish habitat\, recreation\, drinking water storage\, and hydropower generation. Preliminary model results show that there is potential to improve the value of these river-based ecosystem services by coordinating multiple dam decisions over entire river basins. For example\, it is possible to significantly increase the amount of sea-run fish habitat while minimizing dam removals\, and though hydropower capacity is negatively impacted by removals\, there are potential opportunities to meet or exceed lost capacity by upgrading preserved hydropower dams in locations with less valuable habitat. \nSam Roy earned his PhD in 2015 from the School of Earth and Climate Sciences at the University of Maine studying the dynamic connections between climate\, erosion\, and tectonics. He joined the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions and the New England Sustainability Consortium part-time in 2015 to collaborate on the Safe Beaches and Shellfish project\, and in 2016 became a postdoctoral researcher on the Future of Dams project. \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-damming-decisions/
LOCATION:107 Norman Smith Hall\, Mitchell Center - UMaine\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
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SUMMARY:Talk - Protecting Maine's Greatest Resource
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Melanie Loyzim\, Deputy Commissioner\, Maine Department of Environmental Protection \nMelanie Loyzim is the Deputy Commissioner of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (Maine DEP). She has been with the agency since 2006\, and has served in a variety of roles including underground tank inspector\, air toxics and emissions inventory program manager\, and as the director of Bureau of Air Quality and the Bureau of Remediation and Waste Management. Prior to her tenure at Maine DEP\, she also worked for Colorado’s Department of Public Health and Environment in their emissions inventory program and as a rulewriter.  She also has experience as an Environmental\, Health and Safety Consultant\, a Site Health and Safety Officer\, a 40-hour HAZWOPER trainer\, and as Communications Director for an herbal products manufacturer. \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-regulating-maines-environment/
LOCATION:107 Norman Smith Hall\, Mitchell Center - UMaine\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
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SUMMARY:2017 Senator George J. Mitchell Lecture on Sustainability
DESCRIPTION:Facts vs. Values: How Can We Make Better Decisions? \nKeynote Speaker: Thomas Dietz\, Professor of Sociology and Environmental Science and Policy and Assistant Vice President for Environmental Research\nCenter for Systems Integration and Sustainability\, Michigan State University \nTickets are required for this event. \nReception will follow at the Collins Center for the Arts.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/2017-senator-george-j-mitchell-lecture-sustainability/
LOCATION:Hauck Auditorium\, University of Maine\, Orono\, United States
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SUMMARY:Talk - The Sustainable Plate
DESCRIPTION:The Sustainable Plate – Reflections of a US Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Member\nSpeaker: Miriam Nelson\, Director\, Sustainability Institute\, University of New Hampshire\n \nQuestions to be addressed in the talk: \n\nHow do the Dietary Guidelines for Americans impact the food system?\nWhy add sustainability to the guidelines in 2015?\nWhat happened when we did?\nWhere do we go next in moving a sustainable food system forward?\n\nMiriam E. Nelson\, Ph.D.\, is the director of the Sustainability Institute and deputy chief Sustainability Officer at the University of New Hampshire. Most recently\, Dr. Nelson served as associate dean of Tufts University’s Tisch College of Civic Life and professor of nutrition at its Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. At the Friedman School\, she was the founding director of the John Hancock Research Center on Physical Activity and Obesity Prevention and co-founder of ChildObesity180. \nAs an international leader in research on nutrition\, physical activity\, and public health\, Dr. Nelson has published extensive scholarly work on food policy\, public health\, and civic engagement. Based on her innovative research\, Dr. Nelson has written ten books\, including Strong Women Stay Young and four other New York Times bestsellers. Together\, these books have sold over a million copies in 14 languages. \nIn addition to her original scholarship\, Dr. Nelson has contributed broadly to public policy initiatives. In 2008 she served as the vice-chair of the Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She also served on the 2010 and 2015 respective Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committees (DGAC) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Agriculture. Within the 2015 DGAC\, Dr. Nelson spearheaded the influential work on dietary guidance and sustainability. From 2011 to 2014 Dr. Nelson served as a member of the Science Board of the President’s Council on Fitness\, Sports & Nutrition (chairing in 2013). \nDr. Nelson serves on the boards of Management Sciences for Health and Newman’s Own\, Inc.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-sustainable-plate/
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SUMMARY:Talk - Sustainability Success through Community Conservation
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Anthony Charles\, School of the Environment and School of Business\, Saint Mary’s University\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia \nCo-sponsored by the School of Marine Sciences \nPlace-based communities the world over face local environmental threats\, whether from industrial activity\, resource depletion\, pollution\, climate change\, urbanization or other causes. In response\, many communities are acting as stewards of their local environments and resources\, undertaking conservation initiatives that help secure local livelihoods\, and contribute to larger-scale environmental improvement. However\, the considerable conservation successes of local communities tend to be relatively little known and receive relatively little practical and policy support from governments. This has been the case despite the fact that the historical evolution of conservation and sustainability thinking – toward more holistic approaches such as ecosystem-based and integrated management\, and a greater focus on participatory governance – reinforces the role of local-level communities. Given this motivation\, and the successes already achieved\, how can we increase the focus in conservation policy and practice on local communities\, and ensure an increased role for communities in conservation governance? This presentation explores that question\, examining the community role in conservation and sustainability\, as well as policy responses. The presentation draws on work of the Community Conservation Research Network\, a global initiative of indigenous\, community\, academic\, government and NGO partners. Through a social-ecological systems view and a comparative analysis internationally\, the CCRN seeks to ‘scale-up’ the appreciation of community stewardship among policymakers\, and to provide guidance to communities on successful paths for environmental and livelihood sustainability. \nAnthony (Tony) Charles is a professor in the School of the Environment and the School of Business at Saint Mary’s University. His research focuses on fisheries\, oceans and coasts\, including studies of integrated ocean management\, small-scale fisheries\, community-based management\, climate impacts and adaptation\, sustainability of fisheries and coasts\, and human dimensions of ecosystem-based management and marine protected areas. Dr. Charles has authored several books\, including Sustainable Fishery Systems from 2001\, Governance of Marine Fisheries and Biodiversity Conservation from 2014\, and this year’s Governing the Coastal Commons. He leads the Community Conservation Research Network (www.CommunityConservation.net)\, a global initiative that studies and supports local communities engaging in conservation for sustainable livelihoods. Dr. Charles is a Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation\, a member of the Fisheries Expert Group in IUCN’s Commission on Ecosystem Management\, and an advisor to organizations including the UN Food and Agriculture Organization\, the OECD\, and the Canadian government. He has sampled chowder in many coastal communities around the Gulf of Maine. \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-sustainability-success-community-conservation/
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