• Talk – Unkicking the can: How community development can make a difference now

    107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - 91¸£Àû, Orono, ME, United States

    This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required due to security concerns. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. Speaker: Dave Milan, Director of Community Development, Town of 91¸£Àû Having worked in law enforcement as well as community and economic development for many decades, Dave Milan discovered that many […]

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  • Talk – Cultivating Ecological Virtues

    107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - 91¸£Àû, Orono, ME, United States

    This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required due to security concerns. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. A three-part environmental ethics workshop. Don Beith will discuss how environmental ethics is about more than simply applying human values to environmental problems, but also learning to make our ethical thinking […]

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  • Talk – Maine Can Lead in Fair Planning for Addressing Climate Change: Steps in an Equity Assessment

    107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - 91¸£Àû, Orono, ME, United States

    This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required due to security concerns. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. Speakers: Linda Silka, Senior Faculty Fellow, Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions Sara Kelemen, Graduate Student, School of Food and Agriculture In the face of climate change, Maine must be prepared. The […]

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  • Talk – Stories from the Sea: Fishing Communities Revealed

    107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - 91¸£Àû, Orono, ME, United States

    This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required due to security concerns. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. Speaker: Natalie Springuel, University of Maine Sea Grant Scattered among Maine’s coastal communities, in historical societies, museums, libraries, community radio stations and schools, the voices of Maine’s fishing community members have […]

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  • Talk – Waste Land to Portfolio: How timberland was transformed from a resource to be mined – to equity worth buying

    107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - 91¸£Àû, Orono, ME, United States

    This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required due to security concerns. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. Speaker: Dave Edson, Board of Directors, James W. Sewall Company; Advisory Board, Mitchell Center From the viewpoint of a forester who witnessed major forest land transactions during the 70’s thru 2010, […]

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  • Talk – The Land-Sea Conjunction Junction…what’s the function? Connecting coastal places, people, and science

    107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - 91¸£Àû, Orono, ME, United States

    This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required due to security concerns. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. For those who aren't familiar with the word play, check out the original Schoolhouse Rock: Grammar - Conjunction Junction Music Video Speakers: Lauren Ross, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Sean […]

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  • Talk – The Future of Farming: Building Tools for Tech Savvy Farmers

    107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - 91¸£Àû, Orono, ME, United States

    This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required due to security concerns. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. Speakers: Lily Calderwood, Extension Wild Blueberry Specialist and Assistant Professor of Horticulture, 91¸£Àû Sean Birkel, State Climatologist; Research Assistant Professor, 91¸£Àû Climate Change Institute Glen Koehler, Associate Scientist IPM, 91¸£Àû Cooperative […]

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  • Talk – The Road to Maine’s New Climate Action Plan

    107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - 91¸£Àû, Orono, ME, United States

    This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required due to security concerns. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. The Maine Climate Council has been developing a State Climate Action Plan to address climate change that will be finalized by December 1st. Dr. Cassaundra Rose, Senior Science Analyst and Climate […]

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  • Talk – Safety nets and bootstraps: Mainers and food insecurity in the time of COVID-19

    107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - 91¸£Àû, Orono, ME, United States

    This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required due to security concerns. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. Speakers: Rachel Schattman, Assistant Professor, School of Food and Agriculture, 91¸£Àû Kate Yerxa, Extension Professor, Cooperative Extension and School of Food and Agriculture, 91¸£Àû Food insecurity, or the “lack of consistent […]

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  • Talk – What Can Walt Disney Teach Us 91¸£Àû Sustainable Solutions?

    107 Norman Smith Hall Mitchell Center - 91¸£Àû, Orono, ME, United States

    This talk is available via Zoom. Registration is required due to security concerns. Please complete the registration form to receive the Zoom connection information. Speaker: Susanne Lee, Faculty Fellow, Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, 91¸£Àû Walt Disney was one of the world’s great problem solvers. He oversaw the creation of some of the most sustainable […]

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