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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The Bangor Daily News and Downeastmaine.com promoted a free online presentation sponsored by the University of Maine George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions and facilitated by Lily Calderwood, UMaine Cooperative Extension wild blueberry specialist and assistant professor of horticulture, 3-4 p.m. Oct. 5. “The Future of Farming: Building Tools for Tech Savvy Farmers,” will […]
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Morning Ag Clips picked up a University of Maine news release announcing a Sept. 21 interactive webinar, “Safety nets and bootstraps: Mainers and food insecurity in the time of COVID-19,” with UMaine Cooperative Extension Professor Kate Yerxa and School of Food and Agriculture Assistant Professor Rachel Schattman. The online event, which is set for 3–4 […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will offer an interactive online session on food insecurity during COVID-19 3–4 p.m. Sept. 21. “Safety nets and bootstraps: Mainers and food insecurity in the time of COVID-19” will discuss the fundamentals of food insecurity, and summarize a recent survey of […]
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Mainebiz highlighted the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions helping the Maine Climate Council with its efforts to improve the equity outcomes of the state Climate Action Plan. The center provided expertise to the Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future to help determine how the Climate Council’s strategies for reducing carbon […]
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Eurekalert!, a website managed by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, posted a University of Maine news story about a $750,000 Department of Energy grant awarded to researchers Liping Yu and Yingchao Yang. Yu, an assistant professor of physics, and Yang, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, seek to characterize a new class of […]
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