Senator George J. Mitchell Center work featured in SSPP Blog post

Research conducted at the University of Maine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions was featured in SSPP Blog, the weekly blog of the journal Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy. The blog post, “The Cooperative University: An Emerging Model?” includes quotes from center director David Hart, as well as information on work led by Darren Ranco, UMaine associate professor of anthropology and director of Native American Programs. Ranco’s team is working in collaboration with the Wabanaki to identify options for responding to the invasive emerald ash borer beetle while. “The efforts of the Mitchell Center provide a working example of how stakeholders can help come up with better solutions,” the post states. “Building cooperative governance will allow models to emerge that can be used to manage future environmental problems, of which there assuredly will be many.”