Making Sense of Place in Maine: Sustainability Insights from the Humanities Carol Toner, Maine Studies Director "In times of climate change and threats to our environment, the more we know about place the more we may empathize with the place and attempt to protect it." Yi Fu Tuan What do we mean by a sense […]
The Effects of Market Attitudes and Economic Valuation Information on Sustainability Values and Behaviors: Evidence from Experimental Economics Sandra Goff, Candidate, Doctor of Philosophy Ecology & Environmental Sciences Advisor: Tim Waring
Understanding private woodland owner forest management: Qualitative and quantitative applications Emily Silver, Candidate, School of Forest Resources Advisor: Jessica Leahy
Jonathan Kramer, SESYNC Building Capacity for Socio-Environmental Problem Solving: A Design for Learning and Adaptation at SESYNC
Back to the Future: Can we change our sustainability futures by looking at our past? Mark Anderson Sustainability Behavior Team, Senator George J. Mitchell Center; Senior Instructor, School of Economics Sustainability scientists have identified stakeholder engagement as an essential part of finding solutions to sustainability issues. How do we engage the future, a key stakeholder […]
SPEAKER: Bill Sheehan, Founder, UPSTREAM Policy Institute *See below a list of suggested readings to accompany this seminar. Sustainability is a master term used by all parties who are concerned with climate change and related global ecological and social “wicked problems.” But sustainability has different historical and cultural meanings that grew out of contrasting worldviews […]
SPEAKER: Heather Leslie, Director, Darling Marine Center and Libra Associate Professor, School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine *See below a list of suggested readings to accompany this seminar. Sustaining marine fisheries has often been approached as a technical challenge. The thinking is that more and better knowledge of ecosystem and economic dynamics, and the […]
SPEAKER: Darren Ranco, Chair, Native American Programs, Associate Professor, Dept. of Anthropology & Senator George J. Mitchell Center *See below a list of suggested readings to accompany this seminar. The theme of adaptation to rapid environmental change dominates academic language and funding. In this talk, I will explore the challenges/opportunities in our work with basketmakers […]
SPEAKER: Jack C. Schmidt, Professor of Stream Geomorphology, Utah State University The Rio Grande and the Colorado River are the two great rivers of western North America shared by Mexico and the United States. Both rivers carry snowmelt from the Rocky Mountains across semiarid and arid regions where water demand is high, and both rivers […]
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Roger Pielke Jr., University of Colorado This event is free and open to all. Tickets are required and will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. Go to the Mitchell Lecture web page for details. The lecture will be held in Hauck Auditorium with a reception to follow at the Collins Center for […]
