We will offer both in-person and virtual options for participants at our fall talks. Registration and connection information will be posted shortly. Speakers: Rachel Schattman, Assistant Professor, School of Food and Agriculture, UMaine Kate Yerxa, Extension Professor, Cooperative Extension and School of Food and Agriculture, UMaine Food insecurity, or the “lack of consistent access to enough food for an active, healthy life”, is a economic and social justice problem worldwide, including in Maine. This issue is the focus of many…

We will offer both in-person and virtual options for participants at our fall talks. Registration and connection information will be posted shortly. For those who aren't familiar with the word play, check out the original Schoolhouse Rock: Grammar - Conjunction Junction Music Video Speakers: Lauren Ross, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Sean Smith, Associate Professor, Earth & Climate Sciences and Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions

All our fall talks will be available via Zoom. Connection information will be posted closer to the event. Speaker: Natalie Springuel, University of Maine Sea Grant Scattered among Maine’s coastal communities, in historical societies, museums, libraries, community radio stations and schools, the voices of Maine’s fishing community members have been recorded for posterity. These voices can illustrate the past and help us plan for the future. With ecological shifts happening today as a result of climate change and other drivers,…

We will offer both in-person and virtual options for participants at our fall talks. Registration and connection information will be posted shortly. Speakers: Linda Silka, Senior Faculty Fellow, Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions Sara Kelemen, Graduate Student, Plant, Soil and Environmental Science

We will offer both in-person and virtual options for participants at our fall talks. Registration and connection information will be posted shortly. Speaker: Don Beith, Assistant Professor of Environmental Philosophy, UMaine Biomimicry is both a method and philosophy of technological design, based on modeling innovations from the natural world. Advocates claim that by modeling nature we can find more sustainable solutions. Critics argue that we should not conceive of technology as natural since it is inherently artificial, and because biomimicry…