Volume 21, Issue 1 (2012) Sustainability
Front Matter
Letter from the Editor
Ann Acheson
Essays
Sustainability: The Challenges and the Promise
George J. Mitchell
Student Perspective: Margaret Chase Smith Library 2011 Essay Contest:
Zoe Anderson, Ali Clift, and Allaina Murphy
Articles
Introduction
Linda Silka, Bridie McGreavy, Brittany Cline, and Laura Lindenfeld
Advancing Science and Improving Quality of Place: Linking Knowledge with Action in Maine’s Sustainability Solutions Initiative
Damon Hall, Linda Silka, and Laura Lindenfeld
Building Statewide Community-University Partnerships: Working with the Maine Municipal Association
Karen Hutchins and Eric Conrad
The Path to Sustainable Water Resources Solutions
John Peckenham, David Hart, Sean Smith, Shaleen Jain, and Whitney King
Research for the Sustainable Development of Tidal Power in Maine
Teresa Johnson and Gayle B. Zydlewski
Place-based Approaches to Alternative Energy: The Potential for Forest and Grass Biomass for Aroostook County
Jason Johnston and Soraya Cardenas
Two Maine Forest Pests: A Comparison of Approaches to Understanding Threats to Hemlock and Ash Trees in Maine
Darren Ranco, Amy Arnett, Erika Latty, Alysa Remsburg, Kathleen Dunckel, Erin Quigley, Rob Lillieholm, John Daigle, Bill Livingston, Jennifer Neptune, and Theresa Secord
Healthy Lakes and Vibrant Economies: Linking History, Sense of Place, and Watershed Protection in the Belgrade Lakes Region
James Rodger Fleming and Erin A. Love
Reaching into the Past for Future Resilience: Recovery Efforts in Maine Rivers and Coastal Waters
John Lichter and Ted Ames
Our Environment: A Glimpse at What Mainers Value
Mark W. Anderson, Caroline Noblet, and Mario Teisl
STEM Education Policy in Maine and the Nation
Thomas E. Keller
Sustainability and Workforce Development in Maine
Catherine S. Renault, Linda Silka, and James (Jake) S. Ward
Economic Development and Maine’s Sustainability Solutions Initiative
Caroline L. Noblet, Kathleen P. Bell, Charles Colgan, and Mario Teisl
Interview
Interview with Robert Kates, Pathfinder in Sustainability Science
Bridie McGreavy and Robert Kates