A piece of the puzzle: Lydia Horne\u27s contribution to Mitchell Center\u27s community-based climate planning project

Lydia Horne recently graduated from the Ecology and Environmental Sciences program advised by Dr. Sandra De Urioste-Stone. She has since become a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Northern Colorado, but is continuing to collaboratively lead a project with fellow NRT students funded by the Mitchell Center, entitled Developing a Transdisciplinary Participatory Framework as a Tool for Community-Based Climate Change Planning

Citizen Science: A Means to Promote Equity and Inclusion in STEM

Speaker: Amara lfeji, first-year student, Northeastern University; Grassroots Development Coordinator, Maine Environmental Education Association In this talk, Amara lfeji will speak to her lived experiences as a BIPOC (black, Indigenous, and people of color) individual, the marginalization she faced in fostering a connection to place with the environment, and how her self-sought passion for water justice led her to not only foster this connection herself, but to also serve as a conduit for other BIPOC and female-identifying students like herself

Senator George J. Mitchell Lecture on Sustainability

On Thursday, October 15, 2015 the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions will host the 2015 Senator George J. Mitchell Lecture on Sustainability. This event is free and open to all. It will take place at 1pm at Wells Conference Center on the University of Maine campus. Roger A. Pielke, Jr., a key thought leader on effective roles for scientists in political debates and the formulation of public policy, will be the keynote speaker. Senator Mitchell will provide remarks. The central mission of the Mitchell Center is to serve as a leader and valued partner in understanding and solving societal problems related to the growing challenge of improving human well-being while protecting the environment. Our vision for the Mitchell Lecture on Sustainability is to bring together people from across Maine who seek better ways to connect knowledge with action to create a brighter environmental, social, and economic future

Assessing the Potential Equity Outcomes of Maine’s Climate Action Plan: Framework, Analysis and Recommendations

The recommendations of these groups have now been completed and the equity assessment that you see before you contains an analysis that was carried out by the University of Maine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions (hereafter, Mitchell Center) to assess the recommendations’ attention to equity issues. While the impacts of Maine decreasing its greenhouse gas emissions will not be large relative to global emissions, the state’s Climate Action Plan is an important step in the right direction. Maine is not only leading by example, but is also creating policies that will reduce emissions as well as enhance the lives and livelihoods of Maine people. This is laudable, and it is our hope that Maine can be a leader in both equitable emissions reductions, and adaptive capacity building. The creation of Maine’s Climate Action Plan offers an opportunity for transformational change. Many of the strategies put forth by the Working Groups would involve significant alterations, which are necessary both to reduce our state’s greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to a changing climate. These strategies can also help alleviate inequality across the state if they target the needs of vulnerable citizens first. A more resilient Maine can also be a more equitable Maine, but climate action is not inherently just. With thoughtful analysis and deliberate action, the Maine Climate Council can recognize inequality, find the root causes, and seek to solve them using the strategies in the Climate Action Plan. We hope that this report will provide a solid foundation from which that work can be done

Mitchell Center_Safety Nets and Boostraps Talk Webpage

Screenshot of webpage regarding a talk from the University of Maine Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions titled Safety nets and bootstraps: Mainers and food security in the time of COVID-19

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Email update for the University of Maine Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, including an update regarding the Center\u27s activities during the COVID-19