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SUMMARY:Talk - Who Do You Choose to Be? Service\, Collaboration\, and Resilience
DESCRIPTION:A recording of this talk is available. \nThe talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall\, UMaine\, Orono. \n\nVirtual attendance: Complete the registration form for Zoom connection information\n\nEvent Co-sponsors:\n\nMitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions\nMaine Climate Science Information Exchange\nMAINECAN\nUMaine Dept. of Communication & Journalism\n\nSpeaker: Gabe McPhail\, Founder\, Resilient Communities\nBuilding community resilience isn’t only about projects or plans — it’s about how we work together. Grounded in experiences from Maine’s rural islands and small towns—places rich in social capital but often limited in capacity—this talk explores how shared principles\, authentic collaboration\, and a spirit of service can deepen relationships with one another and with the ecosystems we are part of. Drawing from the Community Resilience Partnership\, the Maine Islands Project\, MAINECAN\, and other collaborations\, we’ll imagine the systems we can create\, the service we can offer\, and ask: Who do we choose to be? \nGabe McPhail is a facilitator and planner with over two decades of experience advancing resilience\, equity\, and sustainability in Maine. As founder of Resilient Communities\, they help towns plan for a more resilient future\, secure funding\, and design practical strategies that address climate challenges and community needs. Their work is grounded in empathy\, inclusion\, and respect for local knowledge.
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SUMMARY:Talk - Hunting for Truth: PFAS Impacts in Maine’s Natural Food Sources
DESCRIPTION:A recording of this talk is available. \nThe talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall\, UMaine\, Orono. \n\nVirtual attendance: Complete the registration form for Zoom connection information\n\nEvent Co-sponsors:\n\nMitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions\nUMaine Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering\nUMaine School of Economics\nUMaine School of Food & Agriculture\nUMaine\, Dept. of Wildlife\, Fisheries & Conservation Biology\n\nSpeakers: Caroline Noblet and Dianne Kopec\, University of Maine\nIn this talk\, Noblet and Kopec will explore how rural Maine people\, who possess a long heritage of fishing and hunting\, are navigating impacts from environmental contamination and climate change. Two surveys conducted in collaboration with Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife: one with Maine fishing license holders (August 2024\, n = 3\,549) and another with Maine hunting license holders (March 2025\, n = 13\,330) allowed our interdisciplinary team to conduct an in-depth exploration of how folks who hunt and fish in Maine are processing information about consumption advisories\, and potentially changing their behaviors. \nDr. Caroline L. Noblet is an associate professor in the School of Economics at the University of Maine. She holds a doctorate in economic psychology. Her research lies at the intersection of behavioral and experimental economics\, environmental economics\, and decision‑making theory.  Her current PFAS work focuses on how Maine residents perceive PFAS (“forever chemicals”) contamination—particularly in fish and game—and how messaging can influence environmental and consumption decisions. \nDr. Dianne Kopec is a research fellow at the Mitchell Center. Her research examines how ecology and behavior influence an organism’s exposure to toxic contaminants in aquatic ecosystems.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-hunting-for-truth-pfas-impacts-in-maines-natural-food-sources/
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SUMMARY:Talk - Whose Knowledge Counts? Trust\, Expertise\, and the Politics of Sustainability in Rural America
DESCRIPTION:Photo credit: Ken Woisard\nA recording of this talk is available \nThe talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall\, UMaine\, Orono. \n\nVirtual attendance: Complete the registration form for Zoom connection information\n\nEvent Co-sponsors:\n\nMitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions\nCohen Institute for Leadership & Public Service\nUMaine Political Science Department\n\nSpeaker: Nicholas Jacobs\, Goldfarb Family Distinguished Chair in American Government\, Colby College \nWhat happens when facts aren’t enough? In many rural communities\, sustainability efforts face not just logistical or economic hurdles\, but a deeper crisis of legitimacy—one rooted in longstanding mistrust of outside experts and institutions. This talk explores how knowledge itself becomes contested terrain\, where technical expertise is often viewed as disconnected from lived experience and political power. Understanding rural resistance requires grappling with how people make sense of the past\, locate blame\, and defend the integrity of their communities. \n\n\nNicholas F. Jacobs is the Goldfarb Family Distinguished Chair in American Government at Colby College and the founding director of the Colby Public Policy Lab. His research focuses on rural politics\, federalism\, and public trust in government\, with a particular interest in how people interpret policy through place-based narratives and lived experience. He is co-author of “The Rural Voter” and has advised policymakers at the local and national level. His work has been featured in The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, The Wall Street Journal\, and other major outlets.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-whose-knowledge-counts-trust-expertise-and-the-politics-of-sustainability-in-rural-america/
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