University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H was recently awarded $6.5 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) to nurture future leaders of northern New England’s food system. The new program, called “Oh Yea! 4-H Grows True Leaders,” will provide experiential learning, practical knowledge and life skill development to hundreds […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot featured a story on University of Maine Cooperative Extension working with Maine Sea Grant to provide rain barrels to the City of Rockland to assist in their goal of reducing sewer discharges during heavy rain and saving water. One of these barrels can save a homeowner up to 1,300 gallons of […]
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In an op-ed about the potential for offshore wind energy generation in Maine, the South Portland Sentry noted that new offshore wind technology is still in development at the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures & Composites Center.
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The Bangor Daily News published an op-ed by Michael Haedicke, associate professor of sociology at the University of Maine and a faculty fellow at the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, and Jean MacRae, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and a Mitchell Center faculty fellow, titled “Producers and regulators must […]
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Maine Public interviewed Susanne Lee, faculty fellow at the University of Maine Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, about what people can do to minimize food waste and the carbon emissions it generates. “It’s household food waste, that’s really our biggest problem,” Lee says. Connecticut Public, New England Public Media, New Hampshire Public […]
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In a story about wind energy in Maine, the Ellsworth American quoted Habib Dagher, founding executive director of the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC), as saying “The only option for Maine for offshore wind is floating turbines,” in a 2021 webinar outlining the VolturnUS project. The Mount Desert Islander shared the […]
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U.S. Sen. Angus King of Maine cited the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) 3D-printed house made of biobased materials as a potential solution to the lack of affordable housing in the state during an interview with Business Insider. Yahoo! News and MSN shared the Business Insider report
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A University of Maine Ph.D. candidate has created a new mapping tool that can help scientists and resource managers better predict how vulnerable different coastal estuary settings in Maine are to pollution. Pollution vulnerability in estuaries and bays can be determined by the source of contamination, how it is transported to coastal waters and how […]
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The University of Maine will celebrate Earth Week 2023 starting April 16 with a slate of events on- and off-campus groups, compiled by UMaine’s Office of Sustainability and Green Campus Initiative. The week kicks off with a new and used outdoor gear sale sponsored by Maine Bound Adventure Center at 10 a.m. April 16. Other […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Penobscot Bay Pilot and CentralMaine.com shared that Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk, “Field Philosophy as Engaged Research: Practice, History, and Theory” at 3 p.m. on April 19. Adam Briggle, associate professor and director of graduate studies in the Department of Philosophy and […]
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