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 – Damned If You Do, Dammed If You Don’t: The Evolution of Pro-Active Dam Removal over the Last Quarter Century
SEMINAR – Damned If You Do, Dammed If You Don’t: The Evolution of Pro-Active Dam Removal over the Last Quarter Century
Speaker: Laura Wildman, Director, New England Regional Office, Princeton Hydro People have been building dams since prerecorded history. Dams have served a wide variety of economically valuable purposes including water supply, irrigation, navigation, flood control, mechanical and hydroelectric power, and recreation. However with the rapid progression of dam building in the US also came significant […]
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SEANET Seminar – Off the Menu? Mussel Byssal Attachment in a Warmer, High CO2 Ocean
SEANET Seminar – Off the Menu? Mussel Byssal Attachment in a Warmer, High CO2 Ocean
Speaker: Emily Carrington Professor, Department of Biology, University of Washington National Science Foundation, Program Director, Physiological Mechanisms and Biomechanics Emily Carrington is a professor of Biology at the University of Washington and a National Science Foundation program director. Carrington’s research program, in its broadest sense, investigates the physiological ecology of marine organisms. She is particularly […]
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