( )Maine’s Sustainability Solutions Initiative (SSI):Crossing multiple boundaries on the road to solutions
David Hart and ColleaguesSenator George J Mitchell Center
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Senator George J. Mitchell Center
Supported by National Science Foundation award EPS-0904155 to Maine EPSCoR at the University of Maine.
Maine’s Sustainability Solutions Initiative - www.umaine.edu/sustainabilitysolutions/
Sustainability‐related challenges in Maine
• Collision on East‐West highway plan (BDN, 6/1/12
• Waldo County town adopts strict wind power rules (PPH, 12/2/11)
• New approach sought in Maine national park debate (12/3/11, PPH)
F d d l fi h i di f N h• Feds declare fisheries disaster for Northeast (BDN, 9/13/12)
• LURC overhaul expected to stir debate (PPH, 3/7/12)
• Supporters, opponents square off over mining bill aimed at County (BDN, 3/15/12)
• Dolby landfill still hot potato between state, Katahdin leaders (BDN, 11/15/11)
A new science to help solve real-world problems
(Kates et al. 2001. Science 292: 641‐642)
Sustainability science as systems thinking
Solutions‐driven systems thinking focused on connections between:
• Human well‐being and ecosystem health
• Present and future• Present and future
• Local and global
• Knowledge and action
SSI: Three linked research strategies
• Understanding the dynamics of coupled social‐ecological systems (SES)
• Analyzing and strengthening links between knowledge and action (K↔A)action (K↔A)
• Investigating and fostering i di i li i iinterdisciplinary integration and organizational innovation (OI)( )
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Dynamics of coupled social‐ecological systems (SES)
• SES thresholds, feedbacks, resilience
• SES as complex adaptive systemsS S as co p e adapt e syste s
nsf.gov
http://gwd.dpri.kyoto‐u.ac.jp/english/research/index.html
Links between knowledge and action (K↔A)
Kollmuss and Agyeman, 2002. Environmental Education Research 8:239‐260.
K↔A models: Added complexity
Kollmuss and Agyeman, 2002. Environmental Education Research 8:239‐260.
K↔A models: Added complexity
Kollmuss and Agyeman, 2002. Environmental Education Research 8:239‐260.
K↔A models: Added complexity
Kollmuss and Agyeman, 2002. Environmental Education Research 8:239‐260.
K↔A models: Added complexity
Ostrom’s General Framework for Analyzing Sustainability of Social‐Ecological Systems
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Interdisciplinary integration and organization innovation
• Individual and institutional factors influencing i t di i li ll b tiinterdisciplinary collaboration and university‐stakeholder partnerships
Determinants of organizational learning
www.nap.edu
Landscape dynamics in Maine: SSI’s model system
Turner, Lambin & Reenberg. 2007. The emergence of land change i f l b l i lscience for global environmental
change and sustainability. PNAS 104: 20666‐20671.
www.brookings.edu
Landscape‐related processes influencing SES in Maine
• Urbanization
• Forest ecosystem management
• Climate and energyClimate and energy
The design of SSI’s research portfolio
Implementation of SSI’s place‐based research projects
• Engage with stakeholders to co define problems• Engage with stakeholders to co‐define problems
• Mobilize and support interdisciplinary research teams
• Strive to create durable researcher‐stakeholder partnerships
• Develop knowledge co‐production strategiesDevelop knowledge co production strategies
• Emphasize solutions
• Encourage innovation and risk‐taking
• Evaluate outcomes and improve effectivenessa ua e ou co es a d p o e e ec e ess
SSI’s iterative & adaptive research cycle
Maine’s Sustainability Solutions Initiative
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Create an integrated interdisciplinaryCreate an integrated interdisciplinary research and education program
and build strong stakeholder partnerships to solve sustainability‐related
challenges in and beyond Maine
Maine’s Sustainability Solutions Initiative*
Mi iMission
Create an integrated interdisciplinaryCreate an integrated interdisciplinary research and education program
and build strong stakeholder partnerships to solve sustainability‐related
challenges in and beyond Maine
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The search for solutions can be daunting
SSI Infrastructure
• $20 million, 5‐year grant from NSF’s Experimental Program $ , y g p gto Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)
• $4 million in matching support from the State of Maine
• $9 million in additional external funding during Yrs 1‐3
• > 100 faculty participating in SSI‐supported projects
• > 30 disciplines represented
• 5 postdoctoral researchers
• 50+ graduate students
• 100+ undergraduates
SSI’s research portfolio: Representative projects SSI’s research portfolio: Representative projects
Diverse partnerships
Penobscot Indian Nation
Houlton Band of M li t I diMaliseet Indians
IntroductionMaine EPSCoR RII Project
A statewide network of academic institutions
SSP Partners (primarily undergraduate institutions)
Maine’s flagship research & PhD institution – home of Maine EPSCoR & coreof Maine EPSCoR & core SSI research faculty teams
Undergraduate & master’s level students ‐core SSI research faculty
Tidal energy development in Cobscook Bay
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• Technological feasibility
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TechnologyCommunity
• Economic viability
• Social acceptabilityTechnology (ORPC)(Eastport,
ME) Teresa R. Johnson, Gayle Zydlewski, Jessica S. Jansujwicz, Jeffrey Vieser, Chris Bartlett, Mick Peterson and
Policy
(State, Federal)Colleagues
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Industry CityOfficials
Agencies(Federal/State)
FERC
Officials
DEP
DOE
Aquaculture Passamaquoddy Tribe
Fishermen
2011 Stakeholder Approach
Redefine Problem/Identify Needs
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Research Plan
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Reducing vulnerability to an invasive forest pest
• Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) has killed 50‐100 million ash trees inEmerald Ash Borer (EAB) has killed 50‐100 million ash trees in 14 states, and is spreading east towards Maine
• Goal: Increase capacity to detect and respond to EAB
Protecting the Ash for Future GenerationsKolunkayowan Wikpiyik
Facilitate collaboration among indigenous basketmakers, tribes, state and federal foresters university researchers landownersstate and federal foresters, university researchers, landowners
Linking indigenous knowledge and western science
UMaine faculty Darren Ranco (Tribal governance and environmental justice) John Daigle (Human dimensions of natural resource management)Rob Lilieholm (Forest economics and policyBill Livingston (Forest ecology) g ( gy)
Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance – Theresa Secord and Jennifer Neptune
Theresa SecordDarren Ranco
Coastal adaptation in a changing climate
• Focus on Coastal Assets and vulnerability
• Single towns Maine coast
I di id l E L• Individual Extreme events Long‐term prospects
• Existing network (Maine Sea Grant)Existing network (Maine Sea Grant)
• Initial Survey designed to understand the information needs, critical issues, and k l dknowledge gaps
Shaleen Jain, Civil Engineering and Climate Change InstituteEsperanza Stancioff, Cooperative Extension and Sea Grant
Coastal adaptation in a changing climate
Maine’s Climate Future Report (2007)Coastal Assets’
Maine Sea GrantBuilding a Resilient Coast: Maine Confronts Climate change
Coastal Assets Vulnerability
Modeling Tools to guide decisions/Adaptation
Portland
Initial Scoping Exercise
Lincolnville
Coastal adaptation in a changing climate
Maine’s Climate Future Report (2007)Coastal Assets’
Retrospective & IPCC simulation‐based Assessment of Extreme Precipitation Events
T l f d b ki tMaine Sea GrantBuilding a Resilient Coast: Maine Confronts Climate change
Coastal Assets Vulnerability
Typology of record‐breaking events:Importance of Atlantic hurricanes
Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methodology for Atlantic Hurricane Counts
S O S
Coastwide Survey (n = 71): Town managers and officials Modeling Tools to guide
decisions/Adaptation
Design MethodsUSDA/NRCSMaine DOT
Maine IFW
Survey On Survey
Sea Grant ClimateNetwork
Extreme Storms/FloodingAdequacy of Infrastructure:Culverts
Town Focus Groups & Interviews
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Portland
Initial Scoping Exercise
Lincolnville
Complexity of Governance & Financing:Culvert Repair, Replacement, Planning
State Planning OfficeGovernance Mapping
Decision calendars & processes
Maine Emergency Management Agency
State Planning OfficeMaine DOTE. Maine
Development Corp.
Coastal adaptation in a changing climate
Maine’s Climate Future Report (2007)Coastal
Retrospective & IPCC simulation‐based Assessment of Extreme Precip. EventsTypology of record‐breaking events:
Maine Sea GrantBuilding a Resilient Coast: Maine Confronts Climate change
Coastal Assets’ Vulnerability
yp gy gImportance of Atlantic hurricanes
Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methodology for Atlantic Hurricanes
S O S
Coastwide Survey (n = 71): Town managers and officials Modeling Tools to guide
decisions/Adaptation
Design MethodsUSDA/NRCSMaine DOT
Maine IFW
Survey On Survey
Sea Grant ClimateNetwork
Extreme Storms/FloodingAdequacy of Infrastructure:Culverts
Town Focus Groups & Interviews
l d
Portland
Initial Scoping Exercise
Lincolnville
Complexity of Governance & Financing:Culvert Repair, Replacement, Planning
State Planning OfficeGovernance Mapping
Decision calendars & processes
Maine Emergency Management Agency
State Planning OfficeMaine DOTE. Maine
Development Corp.
Coastal Adaptation in a changing climate
Maine’s Climate Future Report (2007)Coastal Assets’
Retrospective & IPCC simulation‐based Assessment of Extreme Precipitation Events
T l f d b ki tMaine Sea GrantBuilding a Resilient Coast: Maine Confronts Climate change
Coastal Assets Vulnerability
Typology of record‐breaking events:Importance of Atlantic hurricanes
Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methodology for Atlantic Hurricane Counts
S O S
Coastwide Survey (n = 71): Town managers and officials Modeling Tools to guide
decisions/Adaptation
Design MethodsUSDA/NRCSMaine DOT
Maine IFW
Survey On Survey
Sea Grant ClimateNetwork
Extreme Storms/FloodingAdequacy of Infrastructure:Culverts
Town Focus Groups & Interviews
l d
Portland
Initial Scoping Exercise
Lincolnville
Complexity of Governance & Financing:Culvert Repair, Replacement, Planning
State Planning OfficeGovernance
Decision calendars & processes
Maine Emergency Management Agency
State Planning Office MappingMaine DOTE. MaineDevelopment Corp.
SSI featured at the National Academies
Science, Innovation, and Partnerships for Sustainability SolutionsA National Academies SymposiumMay 16‐18, 2012, Pew DC Conference Centery
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
9:00 AM Welcome from the National Academies Ralph J. Cicerone, National Academy of Sciences
9:10 AM Welcome and Goals of the Symposium Pamela Matson, Stanford University, Committee Chair
9:20 AM Keynote Addresses9:20 AM Keynote Addresses Subra Suresh, National Science Foundation John Holdren, Office of Science and Technology Policy
10:15 AM National & International Funding Scope for Sustainability Science Research Tim Killeen, National Science Foundation.
10:45 AM Science for Sustainability: Case Studies of Research o Susannah Scott, University of California, Santa Barbara o David Hart, University of Maineo David Hart, University of Maine o Holm Tiessen, Inter‐American Institute for Global Change Research o John Martin Anderies, Arizona State University
SSI leads AAAS sustainability symposium
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Boston, Feb. 15‐18, 2013
Symposium: What are the roles of knowledge institutions in sustainability?
Organizer: David Hart, University of Maine
Co‐organizers: Margaret Palmer, University of MarylandLewis Gilbert, University of Minnesota
Discussant: David Cash, State of Massachusetts
Speakers: Jim Buizer, Arizona State University and University of ArizonaSpeakers: Jim Buizer, Arizona State University and University of ArizonaJonathan Foley, University of MinnesotaLisa Graumlich, University of WashingtonDavid Hart, University of Mainey fAnne Kapuscinski, Dartmouth CollegeMargaret Palmer, National Socio‐Environmental Synthesis Center
Conceptual Model
SSI featured on Maine Public Broadcasting Network
i l kSaving our lakes (Sep 27, 8:30 pm)
Basket trees – Saving a tradition(Oct 4 8:30 pm)(Oct. 4, 8:30 pm)
Pools, policies and l M i ’people – Maine’s
vernal pools(Oct. 11, 8:30 pm)
Conceptual Model Senator George J. Mitchell Lecture on Sustainability
Pamela MatsonStanford University
Senator George J. Mitchell
Great opportunities to learn more about SSI
• The role of research, social learning and innovation in partnerships for sustainabilityp p f y
• Building partnerships for sustainability solutions: The Maine Tidal Power Initiative
• Keynote address by Carl Dierker, US EPA Region 1: Sustainable solutions for New England
B ildi t hi f t i bilit l ti P t ti• Building partnerships for sustainability solutions: Protecting natural resources at the community scale
• Building partnerships: Collaborating for student success inBuilding partnerships: Collaborating for student success in interdisciplinary research and education
• Poster session
• Preview of MPBN’s latest “Sustainable Maine” documentaries
Supported by National Science Foundation award
Connecting knowledge with action to strengthen our economic, social and environmental future
Supported by National Science Foundation award EPS-0904155 to Maine EPSCoR at the University of Maine.
Maine’s Sustainability Solutions Initiative - www.umaine.edu/sustainabilitysolutions/
