Given the continued uncertainty regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, the Maine Sustainability & Water Conference committee has decided to move the 2021 conference to an online, virtual format. While we are aware that a virtual conference is no substitute for an in-person gathering, we are excited at this opportunity to rethink the content and structure of […]
This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required due to security concerns. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. Join Dr. Darren Ranco for a roundtable discussion about the Land Back movement and the future of indigenous land relations in Maine. Dr. Ranco will be joined by John Banks, Director […]
This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. Speaker: Dr. David Reidmiller, Director, Climate Center, Gulf of Maine Research Institute Just over five years ago, the world ushered in a new era of international climate action with the Paris Agreement. Having led the […]
This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. Speakers: Jean MacRae, Civil & Environmental Engineering, UMaine; Cynthia Isenhour, Anthropology, UMaine Great strides have been made in New England to move toward a more circular food system. Some states have banned food waste from […]
This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. Bucksport, Maine Speaker: Susan Lessard, Town Manager, Town of Bucksport, Maine In 2018, Yankee Magazine dubbed the Town of Bucksport as “The Town that Refused to Die." With the loss of 40% of its tax […]
This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. Speaker: Amanda Beal, Commissioner, Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) is a dynamic and complex agency overseeing many of our state’s most revered natural resources, […]
