The Maine Journal of Conservation and Sustainability

By Jacqueline Knirnschild   The deepest point ofthe world’s deepest trench inthe world’s deepest ocean.The Mariana Trenchin the Pacific Ocean. A scar in the Earth’s crust.Seven miles beneath the waves. The last unexplored frontier.More than 1,500 miles long.A feat of engineeringjust to get there. The submarineis like a pillow on its side,akin to the Wright […]

By Kathryn Novak   Albeit incomplete and really in more of a storyboard state, this animation is intended to be a commentary on the concept of permanence; more importantly, its application to our perception of ecological change. During one of my summer internships in Maine, I worked with a man who spent some time reminiscing […]

By Eddie Nachamie    UMaine’s Terrell House Permaculture Living & Learning Center offers students a way to engage with intentional community, permaculture gardening, and sustainable living through resident steward opportunities. The Terrell House Permaculture Living & Learning Center was established in 2012 as a space for UMaine to host a permaculture demonstration site with opportunities […]

By Jacqueline Knirnschild   if you can, inside a cave, a waterfallgushes on a rock, and on the rock is a translucent, whitish pinkeyeless fish. The blind cave tetra. Now imagine, if you can, that you are the tetra,and the current constantly washes over you– your smooth, clear back, your non-eyesockets and spindly little hook […]