{"id":18251,"date":"2019-07-25T14:31:43","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T18:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/?page_id=18251"},"modified":"2026-02-10T10:35:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:35:14","slug":"fall-2019-sustainability-talks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/seminars\/fall-2019-sustainability-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall 2019 Sustainability Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FallAll talks are Mondays at 3pm in 107 Norman Smith Hall, University of Maine, Orono unless otherwise indicated. Please sign up for our e-newsletter<\/a> for regular event updates.<\/p>\n

Many talks are recorded and can be found on our Vimeo site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

September 16
\n<\/strong>Dams, Sediment, and Public Policy<\/em><\/a>
\nAndrew Miller, Dept. of Geography and Environmental Systems, University of Maryland \u2013 Baltimore County
\nCo-sponsored by the School of Earth & Climate Sciences
\nLink to Video<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

September 23
\n<\/strong>We have the plan, now what? Supporting implementation of community-based vernal pool conservation on private lands<\/em><\/a>
\n<\/strong>Aram Calhoun<\/a> and Jessica Jansujwicz<\/a>, Dept. of Wildlife Fisheries & Conservation Biology and Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, UMaine
\nLink to Video<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

September 30<\/strong>
\nPossibilities for Partnership: University-Indigenous Nations and Research in the 21st Century<\/a>
\n<\/em>Darren Ranco<\/a>, Citizen of the Penobscot Nation, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Chair of Native American Programs, Faculty Fellow, Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, UMaine
\nLink to Video<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

October 21
\n<\/strong>2019 McBride Distinguished Lecturer in History
\nHidden Energy: Agriculture’s Long-Term Sustainability<\/a><\/em>
\nGeoff Cunfer, University of Saskatchewan<\/p>\n

October 28
\n<\/strong>When Resiliencies Collide: Systems thinking for dam removal in the face of climate change<\/em><\/a>
\nAndrea M. Parker, Dept. of Environmental Studies, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
\nLink to video<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

November 4
\n<\/strong>Spaghetti and Waffle Thinking: Using Diversity to Improve Sustainable Design<\/a>
\n<\/em>Christian Wells, Anthropology, University of South Florida
\nLink to video<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

November 18<\/strong>
\nThe Art and Science of Spanning Ten Miles of Ocean for Energy Sustainability<\/em><\/a>
\nStephenie MacLagan and Suzanne MacDonald, Island Institute
\nLink to video<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

November 25
\n<\/strong>Navigating the Second, Third, and Fourth Lives of Organic \u201cWastes:\u201d Circular Food Systems and Curbside Compost<\/em><\/a>
\nScrap Dogs Community Compost<\/a>
\nLink to video<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

December 2<\/strong>
\nLightning Talks<\/a>
\nSix students will present seven-minute talks on their sustainability research in Maine.
\nLink to video<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

All talks are Mondays at 3pm in 107 Norman Smith Hall, University of Maine, Orono unless otherwise indicated. Please sign up for our e-newsletter for regular event updates. Many talks are recorded and can be found on our Vimeo site. September 16 Dams, Sediment, and Public Policy Andrew Miller, Dept. of Geography and Environmental Systems, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":957,"featured_media":0,"parent":31723,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/page-withsidebar.php","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18251","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"mitchellcenter","author_link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/author\/mitchellcenter\/"},"comment_info":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/957"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18251"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36151,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18251\/revisions\/36151"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}