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SUMMARY:Talk - Restoring Penobscot Language Use: How an English professor is helping access vital knowledge for a sustainable future
DESCRIPTION:This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. \nWhen I began the project of publishing “Still They Remember Me”: Penobscot Transformer Tales\, Volume 1\, I placed a primary value on working responsively with Penobscot language keeper Carol Dana\, who wanted help to restore Penobscot language use.  Dana wanted to make bilingual text versions readily available to young people in her community. Reading the narratives as literature\, I saw that they contain deep knowledge about how human beings have understood life in this place\, teaching ecological knowledge\, community values and relationships from a Penobscot perspective. As we work on solving complex 21st-century problems\, reading traditional stories like these can offer invaluable insights for creating a resilient world. \nMargo Lukens is professor of English at the University of Maine; her research interests include Wabanaki literary and storytelling history\, Indigenous plays and playwrights\, innovation and antiracism work.  Her work has included producing and directing plays by Indigenous playwrights on campus and in the region.  “Still They Remember Me”: Penobscot Transformer Tales\, volume 1\, a bilingual book of traditional Penobscot stories with Carol Dana and Conor Quinn\, is due in June 2021 from the University of Massachusetts Press. \nTo request a reasonable accommodation\, contact Ruth Hallsworth\, 207.581.3196 or hallsworth@maine.edu
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-restoring-penobscot-language-use-how-an-english-professor-is-helping-access-vital-knowledge-for-a-sustainable-future/
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SUMMARY:2021 Maine Sustainability & Water Conference
DESCRIPTION: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. \nWhile 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 important event. The conference is a one-of-a-kind opportunity for the sharing of information and ideas within our community. \nAdditional information will be posted shortly. Please check back for details or sign up for our e-newsletter for regular conference updates.
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/2021-maine-sustainability-water-conference/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210329T150000
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SUMMARY:Talk - The Land Back Movement and the Future of Land Relations in the Dawnland
DESCRIPTION:This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required due to security concerns. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. \nJoin 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 of the Department of Natural Resources for the Penobscot Indian Nation; Lucas St. Clair\, President of the Elliotsville Foundation which recently returned 735 acres to the Penobscot Nation; and Peter Forbes co-founder of First Light\, a land-back collaboration. Panelists will discuss the recent return of land to the Penobscot Nation\, the importance of the land and its history\, the need for reconciliation in the conservation movement and the possibility of new land relations in Maine. \nJohn Banks is the Director of the Department of Natural Resources for the Penobscot Indian Nation\, a federally recognized Indian Tribe in Maine. Mr. Banks has served the Penobscot Nation in this capacity since 1980\, following the enactment of the Maine Indian Land Claims settlement Act of 1980. As Natural Resources Director\, Mr. Banks has developed and administers a comprehensive Natural Resources management program for his tribe\, which advances an integrated management approach\, in recognition of the inter- connectedness of all things in the natural world. Mr. Banks has served on many local\, regional\, and national organization boards including the National Tribal Environmental Council\, Native American Fish and Wildlife Society\, National Indian Policy Center\, and the Tribal Operations Committee with USEPA. Mr. Banks has a BS degree in Forest Protection from the University of Maine\, where he was awarded an Indian Fellowship from the Office of Indian Education in Washington DC. Mr. Banks has been awarded the 2019 Distinguished Alumnus from the University of Maine’s School of Forest Resources. \nLucas St. Clair is the President of Elliotsville Foundation\, Inc. a private foundation dedicated to advancing the dynamic relationship of innovative land conservation and community-based economic development in Maine. The Elliotsville Foundation recently returned 735 acres of land to the Penobscot Nation and has been instrumental in creating opportunities for both conservation and regional development in the Katahdin region.  An avid conservationist and outdoor enthusiast\, St. Clair is deeply engaged in Maine’s communities\, serving on the advisory boards for Maine Public\, Friends of Katahdin Woods and Waters\, and the Trust for Public Land. \nPeter Forbes is the co-founder of First Light\, a collaboration of indigenous tribes and conservation organizations dedicated to land justice and aimed at restoring Wabaniki stewardship of land. A leader in the conservation movement\, Peter has used his writing\, storytelling and photography to strengthen our connections to each other and the lands that sustain us.  He is the author of Our Land\, Ourselves and The Great Remembering.  He and his family run a farm in Vermont’s Mad River Valley. \nDr. Darren Ranco is a faculty member in the Department of Anthropology\, Chair of Native American Programs\, and Coordinator of Native American Research. His research focuses on the ways in which indigenous communities in the United States resist environmental destruction by using indigenous diplomacies and critiques of liberalism to protect cultural resources.  This work also illustrates how state knowledge systems continue to expose indigenous peoples to an inordinate amount of environmental risk. Ranco is a member of the Penobscot Nation\, and is particularly interested in how better research relationships can be made between universities\, Native and non-Native researchers\, and indigenous communities. \nTo request a reasonable accommodation\, contact Ruth Hallsworth\, 207.581.3196 or hallsworth@maine.edu
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-the-land-back-movement-and-the-future-of-land-relations-in-the-dawnland/
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SUMMARY:Talk - Paris to Portland: Localizing Global Climate Action
DESCRIPTION:This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. \nSpeaker: Dr. David Reidmiller\, Director\, Climate Center\, Gulf of Maine Research Institute \nJust over five years ago\, the world ushered in a new era of international climate action with the Paris Agreement. Having led the science and technology negotiations for the United States\, Dr. Reidmiller will discuss the conditions that made the monumental Agreement possible and reflect on lessons in climate communication and consensus-building that carried forward through his leadership of the Fourth National Climate Assessment. Those global- and national-level efforts have relevance at the local scale\, as well. Dave will describe how his experience working to advance climate science policy on the international and federal stages motivated him to move to Maine\, where he’s launching the Gulf of Maine Research Institute’s Climate Center to address regional risks and opportunities in one of the world’s fastest warming areas. By working closely with marine and coastal stakeholders\, the Climate Center is poised to accelerate climate solutions throughout the region and serve as a model globally for user-driven climate action. \nDave Reidmiller is the Director of the interdisciplinary Climate Center at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI)\, where he draws across the breadth of the organization to help people\, communities\, and businesses understand and respond to climate change. A core aim of the Center is to develop and deliver solutions to ensure livelihoods and well-being thrive in a changing climate. Prior to joining GMRI\, Dave served in a variety of senior positions for the federal government. As Acting Director of the Northeast and Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CASC) with the U.S. Geological Survey\, he oversaw a unique partnership between the federal government and university consortia to advance and deliver science to help fish\, wildlife\, habitat\, and people adapt to a changing climate. Before joining the CASC Network\, Dave led the Fourth National Climate Assessment as part of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy\, where he coordinated the work of 300+ volunteer experts from across the country in an effort to understand and address climate risks facing the nation. Dr. Reidmiller has deep international climate science policy experience\, as well\, having served in the State Department’s climate office for five years during the Obama Administration\, where he led U.S. engagement in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and was the lead U.S. science and technology negotiator for the Paris Agreement. Dave was also a Fellow in the U.S. Senate where he advised Senator Mark Udall on a range of energy\, environment\, and public lands issues\, as well as a Mirzayan Fellow at the National Academies of Sciences\, Engineering\, and Medicine. He obtained a BA in chemistry from Colgate University and received his Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Washington. \nTo request a reasonable accommodation\, contact Ruth Hallsworth\, 207.581.3196 or hallsworth@maine.edu
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-paris-to-portland-localizing-global-climate-action/
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SUMMARY:Talk - Making Our Food System More Circular: Less Waste\, but Is It Safe?
DESCRIPTION:This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. \nSpeakers: Jean MacRae\, Civil & Environmental Engineering\, UMaine; Cynthia Isenhour\, Anthropology\, UMaine \nGreat strides have been made in New England to move toward a more circular food system. Some states have banned food waste from landfills\, reducing methane and leachate production\, and stimulating new economic opportunities by producing heat\, electricity and useful soil conditioners (compost and digestate) from food scraps. While these efforts are positive\, we need to be careful to ensure the new systems don’t introduce contamination risks into our food system. In this presentation we will describe the results of a study on contamination of food waste from a variety of sources and a survey of food scrap processors. We discuss how the perceived and measured risks lined up and these new food waste processing systems add up when thinking about sustainability and safety. \nJean MacRae is an environmental microbiologist and environmental engineering faculty member in UMaine’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. In addition to teaching environmental engineering topics such as introductory environmental engineering\, wastewater treatment\, air pollution and solid waste management\, she does research on biological remediation and the roles of microbes in nutrient (mostly nitrogen) and element (arsenic\, uranium\, iron and sulfur) cycling. \nCynthia Isenhour is an ecological and economic anthropologist. She serves as an Associate Professor in UMaine’s Department of Anthropology and the Climate Change Institute. Her research focuses on how history\, culture and power shape environmental governance and policy. Recognizing that improvements in energy and natural resource efficiencies are quickly being undone by rising levels of consumption\, Isenhour’s recent work looks at policies and alternative economic institutions designed to encourage more sustainable behaviors\, primarily among the world’s most affluent consumers. Isenhour is currently working on a project designed to measure the contribution of Maine’s reuse economies to the reduction of materials throughout\, energy use\, emissions and waste. This project also looks at the sector’s contribution to local economies and the accumulation of social capital and adaptive capacity. \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-making-our-food-system-more-circular-less-waste-but-is-it-safe/
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SUMMARY:Talk - The Town That Refused to Die
DESCRIPTION:This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. \nBucksport\, Maine\nSpeaker: Susan Lessard\, Town Manager\, Town of Bucksport\, Maine \nIn 2018\, Yankee Magazine dubbed the Town of Bucksport as “The Town that Refused to Die.” With the loss of 40% of its tax base and nearly 300 jobs from the closure of the VERSO paper mill in December of 2014\, the view from many was that Bucksport would become just one more dying former mill town. But that is not Bucksport’s story. Bucksport’s story centers around five P’s – people\, planning\, partnerships\, persistence\, and progress. Susan’s talk will focus on how the integration of those five P’s is not only helping Bucksport move forward\, but how the five P’s can help any community move forward. Her ultimate goal through this talk is to convince participants of the importance of becoming more involved in their communities. \nSusan Lessard was born and raised in Maine and has spent all of her 38+ years of municipal government work in Maine. She is a graduate of the University of Maine with a Bachelor of University Studies and a minor in Women\, Gender & Sexuality Studies. She has served as the Town Manager of Bucksport since 2015\, and previously held similar positions in Hampden\, Vinalhaven\, Fayette\, and Livermore Falls. \nIn addition to her municipal work\, she served on the Board of Environmental Protection from 2007 to 2015\, as Chair of the Board from 2008 to 2011\, and was reappointed in 2017 for an additional term. She serves at the national level on the Local Government Advisory Committee and the Small Community Advisory Committee to the EPA and on the Board of Trustees of HOME\, Inc.\, the regional homeless shelter. Ms. Lessard lives in Bucksport with her husband Dan and their crazy west highland terrier Jack Frost. \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-the-town-that-refused-to-die/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mitchell Center":MAILTO:umgmc@maine.edu
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SUMMARY:Talk - Leading Together: Strengthening Policy Outcomes through Collaboration
DESCRIPTION:This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. \nSpeaker: Amanda Beal\, Commissioner\, Maine Department of Agriculture\, Conservation and Forestry \nThe Maine Department of Agriculture\, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) is a dynamic and complex agency overseeing many of our state’s most revered natural resources\, which are also central to many aspects of our economy. In addressing some of our greatest challenges over the past two years\, from climate change to a global pandemic\, investing in strong partnerships has been imperative to ensure effective responses. Commissioner Beal will talk about these strategic collaborations with the University and others and how they are positioning the work of DACF to best serve the people of Maine. \nAmanda Beal’s life-long interest in how we produce food began as a child growing up on her family’s commercial dairy farm in Maine\, as well as on the coast of Casco Bay\, where she has fond memories of digging for dinner in the clam flats alongside her grandfather\, and warming the bench of his smelt shanty in the winter. \nBefore joining DACF\, Amanda was the President & CEO of Maine Farmland Trust\, and prior to that\, MFT’s Policy & Research Director. She also worked previously in the public health field\, and for several years as an independent consultant on food systems-related projects for a number of fisheries\, agriculture\, and other food-focused organizations and businesses. \nShe has authored and co-authored numerous related papers and was a co-author of the publication: “A New England Food Vision: Healthy Food for All\, Sustainable Farming and Fishing\, Thriving Communities.” She holds an M.S. from Tufts University\, completing the Agriculture\, Food & Environment program at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy\, and is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of New Hampshire in the Natural Resources and Earth Systems Science program. \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-leading-together-strengthening-policy-outcomes-through-collaboration/
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