Evolving Approaches to Collaborative Learning and Boundary Spanning in Sustainability Science Christine Feurt, University of New England How can busy researchers work with even busier managers to facilitate effective application […]
Channel Bed Dynamics in a Coupled Human-Climate-Postglacial System Brett Gerard, Earth & Climate Sciences, UMaine
Materials Management through Sustainable Consumption: Research, Policy and Practice Cindy Isenhour, Dept. of Anthropology, UMaine A significant body of research suggests that production efficiencies are unlikely to result in environmental improvements adequate to avoid “dangerous” climate change, resource depletion, and increasingly significant waste management issues. This is, in part, because rapidly growing levels of consumption […]
John Hagan, President, Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences The science of when science doesn’t matter (and what to do about it) Why does society make such painfully slow progress on issues that have such huge consequences, like climate change? The science seems so overwhelming. But until most of society participates, problems this big won’t be […]
Decision Support Systems and Stakeholder Engagement Brian McGill, School of Biology & Ecology and Senator George J. Mitchell Center Decision Support Systems (DSS) provide computer based information and analysis to aid decision-making. DSS has been a common tool in industry for decades. This seminar will survey ways in which DSS can be used in sustainability solutions […]
How Maine Blueberry Growers Use Wild Bees: Learning from a Sustainability Transition in Progress Sam Hanes and Brianne Du Clos, University of Maine Honeybees are the backbone of U.S. crop pollination but their numbers have been declining since 1960. Our project looks at why Maine blueberry growers pollinate their crop as they do, with particular […]
*SEMINAR CANCELLED Engaging in Sustainability Debates: The Role of Universities, Experts, and Journalists in Promoting Collaboration and Innovation Matthew Nisbet, Northeastern University Matthew C. Nisbet is Associate Professor of Communication, Public Policy & Urban Affairs at Northeastern University. He is a Senior Editor at Oxford University Press’ Research Encyclopedia Climate Science, “The Age of Us” columnist […]
Synthesizing theories of environmental governance Michael Cox, Dartmouth Normal science involves the interaction between theory and observation. Theories entail observational patterns, and these patterns have implications for the acceptance or rejection of theories. This characterization of science implies the presence of a body of theory, or set of theoretical statements, that is adjusted and distilled […]
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 […]
