Stories about "Peer Review"
"I think the biggest thing I'll take away from this experience is the intersection of community building and scientific innovation. Whiting Farm is building the agricultural community in both Auburn and Maine. It's a really beautiful thing to see and be a part of."--Environmental Studies major Isobel Curtis '17, a student in ENVR 417, working collaboratively on a community engaged research project with Whiting Farm (876 Summer Street, Auburn) on Summer Street in Auburn. Her focus is sustainable greenhouse design. Kim Finnerty, shown with Isobel, is the farm's director. Melissa Collins was at the cash register.She is photographed with Tony Kieffer, Managing Director of Arch Solar in Portland. They work in sustainable greenhouse design, building new and retrofitting existing greenhouses, making them airtight, using LEDs and heat capturing, geothermal technology. Poinsettias and cyclamen, 15 varieties available.
Bates’ environmental studies program cited as national model for community engagement

Friday, March 9, 2018 11:30 am

“The way the Bates environmental studies program weaves public engagement into the fabric of the major produces fabulous outcomes."