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 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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The Bangor Daily News, the Associated Press and Centralmaine.com promoted the solicitation of photos, artwork, essays and analysis for the next issue of “Spire: the Maine Journal of Conservation and Sustainability.” Submissions should be related to the environment, conservation or sustainability; work broadly connected to Maine is encouraged. More information about the journal, including submission guidelines, is online. WGAN News Radio […]
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Public previewed the online 2021 Maine Science Festival, noting presentations by University of Maine faculty Habib Dagher and Melissa Maginnis. Dagher, who is the director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center, will speak at 1 p.m. on Feb. 16 in a session titled “Offshore Wind: From the UK to Maine.” Maginnis, an associate professor […]
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Spire: the Maine Journal of Conservation and Sustainability invites submissions for the fifth issue of the online journal planned for spring 2021. Issue 4, released in April 2020, is online. Editor Clinton Spaulding, a University of Maine communication and media ecology doctoral student, says the editorial staff seeks to include voices from a diverse range […]
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The Portland Press Herald mentioned a partnership between the University of Maine and BlueWave Solar in reporting about increasing demand for land to support solar energy infrastructure. UMaine will collaborate with BlueWave to evaluate the impact of installing solar panels on a 10-acre blueberry farm in Rockport.
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The Cooperative Institute for the North Atlantic Region (CINAR) has awarded Joshua Stoll, assistant professor of marine policy in the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine, a two-year fellowship in quantitative fisheries and ecosystem science. Funding from the fellowship will be used to support a post-doctoral researcher who will work with Stoll […]
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BEVNET reported on the partnership between Nestlé Waters North America and the University of Maine’s Forest Bioproducts Research Institute to explore development of packaging materials produced from sustainably harvested Maine wood.
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Four University of Maine graduate students will help communities that rely on natural resources for recreation and tourism prepare for the ramifications of climate change. The team will provide stakeholder municipalities data to help them adapt to the changing climate and assist them with developing climate adaptation frameworks using ‘scenario planning’— a method of forecasting […]
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The Bangor Daily News talked with Cindy Isenhour, a University of Maine associate professor of anthropology, about recycling wrapping paper and repurposing other materials to wrap gifts.
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