Sustainability Solutions and Technologies

Media preview MacRae, Isenhour talk about circular food system

Morning Ag Clips, the Bangor Daily News, the Sun Journal and the Portland Press Herald promoted a talk by University of Maine faculty Jean MacRae and Cynthia Isenhour at 3 p.m. Feb. 22. MacRae, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, and Isenhour, an associate professor of anthropology, will discuss a recent study focused on building a safe, circular […]

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Mitchell Center offers talk about moving to a circular food system

Orono, Maine — The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk about how food waste can be safely recovered and recycled from 3–4 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 22.    New England is making progress toward a more circular food system, in which food waste is recovered […]

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Mitchell Center hosts talk about Bucksport’s resilience and resurgence

The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk by Susan Lessard, town manager of Bucksport, about how the town has weathered dramatic changes and what other communities can learn from their experience from 3–4 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 8.  In 2018, Yankee magazine published a […]

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Mainebiz talks with Howell about Sappi collaboration

Mainebiz spoke with Caitlin Howell, a University of Maine assistant professor of biomedical engineering, about her research that includes collaboration with Sappi North America in Westbrook. Howell is seeking to use Sappi’s patterned release paper technology to produce inexpensive microfluidic channels for use in water purification systems and other medical applications.

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Centralmaine.com, Morning Ag Clips advance talk on leading through collaboration

Centralmaine.com and Morning Ag Clips promoted a Feb. 1 talk by Amanda Beal, commissioner of the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. The University of Maine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions will host the event titled “Leading Together: Strengthening Policy Outcomes through Collaboration.” More information about the event is online.

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Media promote Mitchell Center event about the ‘town that refused to die’

The Bangor Daily News, Ellsworth American, Penobscot Bay Pilot and VillageSoup advanced “The Town that Refused to Die,” a Feb. 8 event sponsored by the University of Maine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions. Susan Lessard, Bucksport town manager, will talk about how the town has weathered economic changes and what other communities can […]

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Centralmaine.com covers Lee food waste program pitch to Winslow board

Centralmaine.com reported that Susanne Lee, faculty fellow at the University of Maine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, proposed a food waste collection pilot program to the Winslow Town Council. Lee noted that Maine ranks 12th for food insecurity among U.S. states, yet food comprises 30% of the state’s solid waste. 

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Mainebiz, BDN report on $4.8 million grant for bioproduct development

Mainebiz picked up a University of Maine news release highlighting an award of $4.8 million from the Defense Logistics Agency Energy Readiness Program to UMaine’s Forest Bioproducts Research Institute (FBRI). According to Hemant Pendse, FBRI director, the grant will support significant facility upgrades and continuing research into the development of novel products, including alternative fuels, […]

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