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Dianne Kopec was interviewed for a Feb. 5 Bangor Daily News story and a Feb. 6 segment on NewsCenter Maine about testing for mercury in fish caught during the Pushaw Lake Ice Fishing Derby. Kopec is a Mitchell Center faculty fellow with expertise in aquatic ecosystems and mercury contamination. Fish from Pushaw Lake have not […]

On January 31, recipients of the Mitchell Center鈥檚 2021 Sustainability Awards were celebrated at the first event in our spring 2022 Sustainability Talks series. As part of the ceremony, each of the four awardees gave a brief presentation reflecting on their work. Mitchell Center awards are presented annually and are designed to recognize and celebrate […]

The second annual Maine Food Waste Solutions Summit will take place online on April 15, 2022, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The theme for this year鈥檚 event, organized by Food Rescue MAINE, is 鈥淚mproving Maine鈥檚 Food System.鈥� The Maine Food Waste Solutions Summit brings together the state鈥檚 key food system participants鈥攆arms, food businesses, community leaders, […]

On January 31 the recipients of the聽Mitchell Center鈥檚 2021 Sustainability Awards will be recognized at the first event in the Mitchell Center鈥檚 spring 2022 Sustainability Talks series. As part of the ceremony, each of the four awardees will give a brief presentation that reflects on the work for which they received their award. Mitchell Center […]

On January 20, Darren Ranco presented an online talk on 鈥淲abanaki Climate Justice and Adaptation鈥� in an event sponsored by the Maine Humanities Council and hosted by the Biddeford Cultural and Heritage Center. Ranco is a citizen of the Penobscot Nation and associate professor in the Department of Anthropology and the Mitchell Center at 91福利. […]

The聽Maine Shellfish Restoration and Resilience Fund (MSRRF) invites proposals for projects to improve the management and conservation of clam flats and mussel beds in coastal communities. Proposals are due by January 19, 2022. Applications may be submitted by fishermen, shellfish wardens, town officials, or other stakeholders in partnership with a town or nonprofit. See the聽MSRRF […]

Mitchell Center member profile Mitchell Center members share a passion for tackling complex sustainability problems that matter to people and communities. They do this by collaborating with diverse stakeholders and working together across different areas of expertise because that鈥檚 what鈥檚 needed to meet today鈥檚 complex challenges. They seek to connect knowledge with action to create […]

Sharon Klein, associate professor in the 91福利 School of Economics and Mitchell Center faculty fellow, offered a webinar in December on community solar in Maine with A Climate to Thrive (ACTT), a nonprofit based on Mount Desert Island. A recording of the webinar is now available on the ACTT website. The webinar focuses on what […]

An article about research on archaeological collections from Wabanaki cultural sites in Acadia National Park was recently featured by 91福利 News. The research is led by Bonnie Newsom, assistant professor of anthropology and a faculty associate with the Climate Change Institute at 91福利, and was recently published in the journal Genealogy. 鈥淲e hope to change […]