Centralmaine.com and the Mount Desert Islander shared a University of Maine media release about the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions’ talk on stories from the sea and what they reveal about Maine fishing communities from 3–4 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 2. Marine Extension Associate Natalie Springuel of Maine Sea Grant will talk about bringing life […]
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Doctoral student Sabrina Sultana understands how Maine’s forests contribute to the state’s economic health. With her adviser, Carl Tripp, she is working to develop innovative industrial materials that can sustain Maine’s forestry industries while advancing bio-based, recyclable materials. Read more about Sabrina’s research on the Advanced Structures and Composites Center website. Contact: Meghan Collins, mc@maine.edu
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The Bangor Daily News advanced a media release about the University of Maine Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions hosting a talk on how the valuation of timberland has changed over the past several decades scheduled for 3–4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26. In the talk, “Waste Land to Portfolio: How Timberland Was Transformed […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk on how the valuation of timberland has changed over the past several decades 3–4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26. In the talk, “Waste Land to Portfolio: How Timberland Was Transformed from a Resource to be Mined — to […]
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Centralmaine.com promoted “The Land-Sea Conjunction Junction … What’s the Function? Connecting Coastal Places, People and Science,” scheduled for 3 p.m. Oct. 19. University of Maine faculty Lauren Ross, assistant professor of hydraulics and water resources engineering, and Sean Smith, associate professor of watershed modeling, will discuss the progress made by scientists and stakeholders to provide […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk about developing tools to help coastal communities deal with pollution problems 3–4 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 19. In this talk, “The Land-Sea Conjunction Junction … What’s the Function? Connecting Coastal Places, People and Science,” UMaine researchers Lauren […]
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Tora Johnson, who chairs the Division of Environmental and Biological Sciences at the University of Maine at Machias, spoke with The Maine Monitor about addressing equity issues in storm preparedness as climate change intensifies storms and flooding. Johnson, also director of the Geographic Information Systems Laboratory and Service Center and associate professor of GIS at […]
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Developing tools to help farmers adapt to climate change will be the focus of a free virtual presentation hosted by the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine 3–4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5. Researchers from University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Climate Change Institute at UMaine are working […]
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The Advertiser Democrat, the Lewiston Sun Journal and Centralmaine.com shared a media release about a new guide from the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine created to help community reuse organizations make decisions about how — and whether — to open during the COVID-19 pandemic. Brie Berry, a Ph.D. candidate in […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk on the development of a State Climate Action Plan 3–4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28. The Maine Climate Council is crafting a four-year plan to address climate change that will be sent to the governor and legislature by […]
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