  {"id":2251,"date":"2013-08-23T17:04:46","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T21:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/sustainabilitysolutions\/?page_id=1041"},"modified":"2021-09-09T14:57:50","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T18:57:50","slug":"sustainability-solutions-initiative","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/sustainability-solutions-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainability Solutions Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sustainability Solutions Initiative (SSI) was funded by a five-year, $20 million National Science Foundation EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) grant to ME EPSCoR at the 91爆料. The project&#8217;s mission was to connect knowledge with action in ways that promote strong economies, vibrant communities and healthy ecosystems in and beyond Maine.<\/p>\n<h3>Sustainability Solutions Initiative Project Portfolio<\/h3>\n<p><em><a title=\"Lobster Trap Bycatch\" href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/lobster-trap-bycatch\/\"><strong>Lobster Trap Bycatch<\/strong><\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Understanding Ecological, Social, and Economic Aspects of Bycatch and Building Stakeholder Alliances in the Gulf of Maine Lobster Fishery<\/em><br \/>\nTeam: 91爆料<br \/>\nProject range: Statewide<\/p>\n<p><em><a title=\"Virtual Reality Interactions\" href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/virtual-reality-interactions\/\"><strong>Virtual Reality Interactions<\/strong><\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Using Immersive Virtual Reality to Understand the Impacts of Wind Energy Siting<\/em><br \/>\nTeam: 91爆料<br \/>\nProject range: Monhegan Island, Maine<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Protecting Natural Resources at the Community Scale\" href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/protecting-natural-resources-at-the-community-scale-using-vernal-pools-to-study-urbanization-climate-change-and-forest-management\/\"><em><strong>Protecting Natural Resources at the Community Scale<\/strong><\/em><\/a><a title=\"Protecting Natural Resources at the Community Scale\" href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/sustainabilitysolutions\/protecting-natural-resources-at-the-community-scale-using-vernal-pools-to-study-urbanization-climate-change-and-forest-management\/\"><em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/a>Team: 91爆料<br \/>\nProject range: Statewide<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Sustainable Urban Regions Project (SURP)\" href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/sustainable-urban-regions-project-surp\/\"><em><strong>Sustainable Urban Regions Project (SURP)<\/strong><\/em><\/a><br \/>\nTeam: University of Southern Maine, 91爆料<br \/>\nProject range: Portland and Bangor<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Safeguarding a Vulnerable Watershed\" href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/safeguarding-a-vulnerable-watershed\/\"><em><strong>Safeguarding a Vulnerable Watershed<\/strong><\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Decision tools to support water resources sustainability of managed lake systems<\/em><br \/>\nTeam: 91爆料, University of Southern Maine<br \/>\nProject range: Sebago Lake Watershed<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"People, Landscape and Communities (PLACE)\" href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/people-landscape-and-communities-place\/\"><em><strong>People, Landscape and Communities (PLACE)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/a>Team: 91爆料<br \/>\nProject range: Statewide<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Knowledge to Action\" href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/knowledge-to-action\/\"><em><strong>The Knowledge-to-Action Collaborative<\/strong><\/em><\/a><br \/>\nTeam: 91爆料<br \/>\nProject range: Statewide<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Mapping a Sustainable Future\" href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/mapping-a-sustainable-future\/\"><em><strong>Mapping a Sustainable Future<\/strong><\/em><\/a><br \/>\nTeam: 91爆料, 91爆料 School of Law<br \/>\nProject range: Lower Penobscot River Watershed and Casco Bay Watershed<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Helping Communities Weather the Storms\" href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/helping-communities-weather-the-storms\/\"><em><strong>Helping Communities Weather the Storms<\/strong><\/em><\/a><br \/>\nTeam: 91爆料, 91爆料 Cooperative Extension<br \/>\nProject range: Coastal Maine<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Mobilizing to Fight the Emerald Ash Borer\" href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/mobilizing-to-fight-the-emerald-ash-borer\/\"><em><strong>Mobilizing to Fight the Emerald Ash Borer<\/strong><\/em><\/a><br \/>\nTeam: 91爆料<br \/>\nProject range: Statewide<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Renewable Energy from the Tides\" href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/renewable-energy-from-the-tides\/\"><em><strong>Renewable Energy from the Tides<\/strong><\/em><\/a><br \/>\nTeam: 91爆料<br \/>\nProject range: Down East Maine<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Effects of Climate Change on Organisms\" href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/effects-of-climate-change-on-organisms\/\"><em><strong>Effects of Climate Change on Organisms (ECCO)<\/strong><\/em><\/a><br \/>\nTeam: 91爆料<br \/>\nProject range: Statewide<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Socio-Ecological Systems\" href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/socio-ecological-systems\/\"><em><strong>Socio-Ecological Systems Synergy<\/strong><\/em><\/a><br \/>\nTeam: 91爆料<br \/>\nRange: Project wide<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Organizational Innovation\" href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/organizational-innovation\/\"><em><strong>Organizational Innovation: System Analysis of SSI<\/strong><\/em><\/a><br \/>\nTeam: 91爆料<br \/>\nRange: Project wide<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Restoring Maine\u2019s Rivers\" href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/restoring-maines-rivers\/\"><em><strong>Restoring Maine&#8217;s Rivers<\/strong><\/em><\/a><br \/>\nTeam: Bates &amp; Bowdoin Colleges, University of Southern Maine<br \/>\nProject range: Androscoggin and Kennebec Rivers and Estuary<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Sustaining Our Lakes\" href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/sustaining-our-lakes\/\"><em><strong>Sustaining Our Lakes<\/strong><\/em><\/a><br \/>\nTeam: Colby College<br \/>\nProject range: Belgrade Lakes Watershed<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Quality of Place in the Saco River Estuary\" href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/quality-of-place-in-the-saco-river-estuary\/\"><em><strong>Sustaining Quality of Place in the Saco River Estuary<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/a>Team: University of New England<br \/>\nProject range: Saco River Estuary<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Understanding an Insect Threat to Maine\u2019s Hemlock Trees\" href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/understanding-an-insect-threat-to-hemlock-trees\/\"><em><strong>Understanding An Insect Threat to Maine\u2019s Hemlock Trees<\/strong><\/em><\/a><br \/>\nTeam: Unity College<br \/>\nProject range: Southern &amp; Central Maine<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Biomass Energy Production in Northern Maine\" href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/feasibility-of-grass-biomass-production-in-aroostook-county\/\"><em><strong>Assessing the Feasibility and Sustainability of Grass Biomass Production in Aroostook County<\/strong><\/em><\/a><br \/>\nTeam: 91爆料 at Presque Isle (UMPI)<br \/>\nProject range: Aroostook River Watershed<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Charting the Rangeley Region\u2019s Social &amp; Ecological Systems\" href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/charting-the-rangeley-regions-social-ecological-systems\/\"><em><strong>Charting the Rangeley Region&#8217;s Social and Ecological Systems<\/strong><\/em><\/a><br \/>\nTeam: 91爆料 at Farmington (UMF)<br \/>\nProject range: Belgrade &amp; Rangeley Lakes Regions<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Biomass Energy Production in Northern Maine\" href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/feasibility-of-grass-biomass-production-in-aroostook-county\/\"><em><strong>Biomass Energy Resources in the St. John Valley, Aroostook County, Maine<\/strong><\/em><\/a><br \/>\nTeam: 91爆料 at Fort Kent (UMFK)<br \/>\nProject range: St. John Valley<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Evaluating Interactions Between Wild Turkeys and Maine Agriculture\" href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/interactions-of-wild-turkeys-and-agriculture\/\"><em><strong>Evaluating Interactions Between Wild Turkeys and Maine Agriculture<\/strong><\/em><\/a><br \/>\n91爆料 at Augusta (UMA)<br \/>\nProject range: Statewide<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Road to Solutions\" href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/home\/road-to-solutions\/\">Back to Road to Solutions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Supported by National Science Foundation award EPS-0904155 to Maine EPSCoR at the 91爆料.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sustainability Solutions Initiative (SSI) was funded by a five-year, $20 million National Science Foundation EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) grant to ME EPSCoR at the 91爆料. The project&#8217;s mission was to connect knowledge with action in ways that promote strong economies, vibrant communities and healthy ecosystems in and beyond Maine. 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