Though gathering within the Augusta Civic Heart shouldn’t be an choice for this yr’s Maine Sustainability & Water Convention, the occasion will go on as a digital gathering to be held on March 31 and April 1.

Maulian Dana, Penobscot Nation Tribal Ambassador, will ship the keynote address: “Connection, Not Possession: The Sacred Relationship Between the Penobscot Nation and Ancestral Territory.” She will discuss her experiences rising up on Indian Island and occasions and teachings which have formed her cultural values and affect her management. A robust sense of place and ties to her homeland, in addition to Indigenous information, information her work.

The convention will characteristic 11 concurrent sessions to be held on each days, with shows and discussions targeted on such matters as PFAS, eliminating arsenic publicity, a blueprint for 100% renewable vitality, migratory fish passage, the results of local weather change on Maine lakes, Maine’s local weather motion plan and far more.

A poster competition the place a few of Maine’s most revolutionary highschool, undergraduate and graduate college students current their analysis can even be held. Poster matters embrace invasive species administration, microplastics within the Penobscot River, combatting heavy metals in ingesting water, coastal water high quality administration, local weather change and lake ice-out dates and SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance.

The convention, organized by the Senator George J. Mitchell Heart for Sustainability Options on the College of Maine, gives a discussion board for researchers, residents, college students, policymakers and municipal representatives to alternate data and current new findings on sustainability and water useful resource points in Maine, attracting a broad viewers of near 400 members from throughout the state.

“As we proceed to climate the viral storm, this convention gives a beautiful alternative to study and rejoice many inspiring efforts to create a brighter environmental, social and financial future in Maine,” says David Hart, Mitchell Heart director. “By mixing science with ardour and collaboration with resolve, the convention serves as a vital gathering place on the street to options.”

For extra data and to register, go to the Mitchell Center website.

Contact: Ruth Hallsworth, hallsworth@maine.edu, 207.581.3196