Hudson Museum Exhibit – Resourceful ME: Exploring the Value of Maine’s Reuse Economies
Hudson Museum Collins Center for the Arts, University of Maine, Orono
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Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions
Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions
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Hudson Museum Exhibit – Resourceful ME: Exploring the Value of Maine’s Reuse Economies
Cindy Isenhour doesn’t subscribe to the adage “out with the old, in with the new.” The planet can’t sustain it, says the assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Maine. Consider, she says, that each American annually throws away 1,400 pounds of stuff and that 11,000 gallons of water are used to produce one […]
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SEMINAR – Creating a Decision Support Toolbox for Safe Beaches & Shellfish Harvests
SEMINAR – Creating a Decision Support Toolbox for Safe Beaches & Shellfish Harvests
Speakers: New England Sustainability Consortium (NEST) Decision Support Systems Team Kate Beard (Computing and Information Science), Damian Brady (Marine Sciences), Brian McGill (Biology and Ecology, Mitchell Center), Bridie McGreavy (Communication & Journalism), Sam Roy (Mitchell Center), Sean Smith (Earth & Climate Sciences, Mitchell Center) Through a combination of interviews, stakeholder meetings and background research, a […]
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2016 Mitchell Lecture on Sustainability: Between Optimism and Pessimism: Our Unending Pursuit to Feed Civilization
2016 Mitchell Lecture on Sustainability: Between Optimism and Pessimism: Our Unending Pursuit to Feed Civilization
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Ruth DeFries, Denning Family Professor of Sustainable Development, Columbia University This lecture will be held in the Wells Conference Center on the UMaine Orono campus at 1 p.m. DeFries is a professor of ecology and sustainable development at Columbia University. She is a recipient of the MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship and many other academic awards, as well as […]
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