{"id":7473,"date":"2015-06-10T14:44:27","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T18:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/?p=7473"},"modified":"2017-02-07T15:12:24","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T20:12:24","slug":"mitchell-center-sustainability-research-grants-to-address-urgent-sustainability-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/2015\/06\/10\/mitchell-center-sustainability-research-grants-to-address-urgent-sustainability-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitchell Center Sustainability Research Grants to Address Urgent Sustainability Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2015\/06\/panel-icon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7416 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2015\/06\/panel-icon-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Electric Meter\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2015\/06\/panel-icon-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2015\/06\/panel-icon-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2015\/06\/panel-icon-105x105.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2015\/06\/panel-icon-317x317.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2015\/06\/panel-icon-423x423.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/293\/2015\/06\/panel-icon.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/><\/a>Four diverse projects covering pressing sustainability issues in Maine have each been awarded research funding by the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions. The awards fund innovative projects that further the Mitchell Center\u2019s vision to connect knowledge with action to create a brighter environmental, social, and economic future in and beyond Maine. Funded projects complement the Mitchell Center\u2019s strategy of using innovative approaches to address the intersecting dimensions of sustainability challenges. Two of the four funded projects are profiled here, with a story on the other two to follow soon:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/news\/news-2\/mitchell-center-sustainability-research-grants-fund-array-of-projects-on-urgent-issues\/#solar\"><em>Advancing Sustainable Energy in Maine: A Close-Up Look at Community-Based Solar Power<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"New Maine Lakes Index Will Rate Water Quality and Citizen Stewardship\" href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/2015\/06\/29\/new-maine-lakes-index-will-rate-water-quality-and-citizen-stewardship\/\"><em>Creating a &#8220;Vulnerability Index&#8221; of Maine Lakes: Rating Both Lakes in Danger and Stakeholder Engagement<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Mitchell Center Sustainability Research Grants Fund Array of Projects on Urgent Issues\" href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/news\/news-2\/mitchell-center-sustainability-research-grants-fund-array-of-projects-on-urgent-issues\/\">See more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four diverse projects covering pressing sustainability issues in Maine have each been awarded research funding by the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions. The awards fund innovative projects that further the Mitchell Center\u2019s vision to connect knowledge with action to create a brighter environmental, social, and economic future in and beyond Maine. 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