Otternomics: CBE Study for the Monterey Bay Aquarium
| by CBE & MB Aquarium Joint Press Release
Study demonstrates wild sea otters have the potential to help generate millions of dollars for local communities.
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Students complete summer practicum work on pressing global and local topics
| by Carolyn Meyer
This summer, six Middlebury Institute students will complete internship field projects and research as the culminating experiential learning course in their graduate degree programs.
Want to Combat Climate Change? Students Learn from Coffee Farmers in Rural Colombia
| by Sierra Abukins
In a small town in the mountains of Colombia students explored sustainable coffee-growing practices, biodiversity, and rural revitalization.
We Need Your Help: Great White Shark Survey
How do you feel about Great White Sharks? Public perception is a powerful tool in conservation efforts, and it can have an economic impact for a tourist-driven economies. Help us understand your thoughts about Great White sharks by taking this brief survey.
How I Got Hired: Director of Development, Center for Oceans, Conservation International
International Environmental Policy graduate Sahara Saude describes how an internship helped her cultivate connections that led to her current position with Conservation International’s Center for Oceans.
Professional Service Semester Spotlight
| by Ian Driscoll
Three MIIS students discuss their experiences completing the Institute’s Professional Service Semester. Their stories illustrate how experiential learning positively impacts MIIS students in developing their professional careers.
Field Work: Madison Springfield Swam with a Whale Shark and Wants You to Know What Goes on Beneath the Waves
| by Stephen Diehl
The International Environmental Policy graduate spent her International Professional Service Semester at the Whale Shark and Oceanic Research Center in Honduras.
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Field Work: Environmental Policy Student Rachel Herring Studies Energy Sovereignty for Tribal Nations
| by Stephen Diehl
A member of the Choctaw Nation, Herring is working on a yearlong internship with the DOE’s Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs through Sandia National Laboratory.
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The Economic Impacts of the Maine Seafood Sector
| by Rachel Christopherson and Report Authors
A report by the Center for the Blue Economy and the University of Southern Maine finds the seafood sector in Maine contributed over $3.2 billion dollars in total economic output to the Maine economy in 2019, supported over 33,300 jobs, and is the largest natural resource-based sector in the Maine economy.
New Perspectives on the Ocean Economy of the Mid-Atlantic States
| by Rachel Christopherson; MARCO
The Center for the Blue Economy has prepared a new report for the Mid-Atlantic Regional Council on the Ocean (MARCO), which calculates the contributions of oft-overlooked portions of the ocean economy, concluding that marine research and education, state expenditures related to the ocean, and coastal electricity production support 38,000 jobs and $25.5 billion in annual economic activity.