The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk about the internship program it launched this summer to train students to address challenges related to sustainability, conservation, climate change, public health and other complex societal issues at 3 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 3. During the talk, […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk about the unanticipated consequences of successful seal conservation in the Gulf of Maine at 3 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 26. In this talk, “Out of Our Depth: Interdisciplinary science for marine mammal conservation,” Kristina Cammen, an assistant […]
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The Bangor Daily News, CentralMaine.com and Sun Journal boosted a talk hosted by the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine about the unanticipated consequences of successful seal conservation in the Gulf of Maine at 3 p.m. on Sept. 26. Kristina Cammen, an assistant professor with the UMaine School […]
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The Center for Research on Sustainable Forests (CRSF) is launching the third year of its webinar and field tour series focused on adaptive forest management in Maine under the changing climate. The series’ first event will focus on the Howland Research Forest, with a webinar held Oct. 26 and a field tour Oct. 28. Series […]
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The Bangor Daily News and Penobscot Bay Pilot reported that the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host the talk “How can we be honest brokers in an honestly broken system?” at 3 p.m Sept. 19. The speaker will be Sonja Birthisel, director of Wilson Center. Visit […]
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Registration is open for an in-person professional development program, Going Green: Sustainability in Business. The online workshop, part of the University of Maine Hutchinson Center’s professional development program, will be held from 8:30 a.m–4:30 p.m. on Oct. 21 at the Hutchinson Center in Belfast. This workshop will help participants understand current business sustainability strategies and […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Sun Journal and CentralMaine.com reported that the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host the talk “Creative Ecologies and the Aesthetics of Climate Justice” from 3–4 p.m. on Sept. 12. The speaker will be T.J. Demos, director of the Center for Creative Ecologies […]
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Investigating a possible method for eliminating the toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, is the objective of a new National Science Foundation-funded study led by Onur Apul from the University of Maine. NSF awarded $250,000 for Apul, an assistant professor of environmental engineering, to research how to remove PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals”, […]
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The Mount Desert Islander shared that Susanne Lee, faculty fellow of the University of Maine’s Mitchell Center for Sustainability, will present about what can be done in the home to reduce food waste, what the necessary resources are to produce food and the impact of food waste on the environment. The event is at La […]
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Windpower Monthly noted that Interior Secretary Deb Haaland praised the Gulf of Maine’s wind energy goals. Maine has a goal of 80% of its electricity coming from renewables by 2030. The 144MW Gulf of Maine Floating Offshore Wind Research Array, which is being developed in part by the University of Maine, is in its early […]
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