Angie Carter authored a paper, “Placeholders and Changemakers: Women Farmland Owners Navigating Gendered Expectations” in Rural Sociology Volume 82, Issue 3 September 2017 Pages 499–523.
Adam Wellstead recently co-authored two new articles: “Explaining through Causal Mechanisms: Resilience and Governance of Social-Ecological Systems” in Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability and “Policy Advice from Outsiders: The Challenges of Policy Co-construction” in International Journal of Public Administration.
An essay by John Baeten (Social Sciences), titled “Filling Mines with Fish: Rebranding the Mesabi Range as a Recreational Landscape” has been published by The Living Landscape Observer. Baeten’s essay explores the complex story of Minnesota’s Mesabi Iron Range, tracing the effects of heritage tourism and environmental reclamation on a region long known as a center of extractive industry.
By Donny Miller | WLUC TV 6
Posted: Tue 9:31 PM, Aug 22, 2017
L’ANSE, Mich. (WLUC) – The Village of L’Anse held a community meeting Tuesday to gauge the interest in creating a community solar garden.
The potential location for the solar garden would be the industrial park near the Bishop Baraga Memorial on Lambert Road. It could power up to 12 whole homes and be split into 200 shares that the community would be able to buy into.
This meeting was hosted by the Upper Peninsula Solar Technical Assistance and Resource Team (UPSTART). UPSTART is comprised of members from Michigan Tech, WPPI Energy, and the Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region.
Community members that attended this meeting were given quick presentation on the potential solar garden. Afterwards, they were asked a few questions to gauge their interest in having one in L’Anse.
“We want to know is this going to work in L’Anse? But also, do folks in L’Anse want this to happen,” said Emily Prehoda, UPSTART Michigan Tech Grad Student Representative. “That’s kind of what we’re getting out of tonight. It’s supposed to be informational for them, but also informational for us. We want to know, do they want this to happen?”
UPSTART will be reviewing the responses after Tuesday’s meeting and going from there. If the responses are positive, construction on the new solar garden could start as soon as summer of 2018.
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Aparajita Banerjee, Emily Prehoda, Roman Sidortsov (SS) and Chelsea Schelly (SS) authored “Renewable, ethical? Assessing the energy justice potential of renewable electricity.” in AIMS ENERGY. Read the article here.
Chelsea Schelly’s newest book “Dwelling in Resistance” is now available from Rutgers University Press.
Abstract:
Most Americans take for granted much of what is materially involved in the daily rituals of dwelling. In Dwelling in Resistance, Chelsea Schelly examines four alternative U.S. communities—“The Farm,” “Twin Oaks,” “Dancing Rabbit,” and “Earthships”—where electricity, water, heat, waste, food, and transportation practices differ markedly from those of the vast majority of Americans.
Schelly portrays a wide range of residential living alternatives utilizing renewable, small-scale, de-centralized technologies. These technologies considerably change how individuals and communities interact with the material world, their natural environment, and one another. Using in depth interviews and compelling ethnographic observations, the book offers an insightful look at different communities’ practices and principles and their successful endeavors in sustainability and self-sufficiency.
A team from the Michigan Technological University Research Institute (MTRI) in Ann Arbor, Michigan flew a drone over the Quincy Smelter in Ripley, MI to take imagery of the site with true color and infrared cameras. The images will be used to search for old infrastructure and drainage pipes that may not be marked on a map.
This project is a partnership between the Keweenaw National Historical Park (KNHP), MTRI, Tim Scarlett, and Don Lafreniere along with a group of local high school students.
Click here to read the complete article featured in the Daily Mining Gazette.
Roman Sidortsov authored a chapter, “The Russian Offshore Oil and Gas Regime: When Tight Control Means Less Order”, in Governance of Arctic Offshore Oil and Gas published by Routledge.
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The Department of Social Sciences’ 2017 summer industrial archaeological field school in Keweenaw County was featured in a story in The Daily Mining Gazette.
“Part of the goal of it is to train our students in archaeological field work,” said Professor LouAnn Wurst, who is leading the school.
At the same time, the school is being conducted in conjunction with the Department of Natural Resources and the state to look at Copper Harbor’s range lighthouse keeper’s residence, and locate the Astor House, which is believed to have stood behind the house.
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Don Lafreniere (SS) co-authored the paper, “You are where you live: Methodological Challenges to Measuring Children’s Exposure to Hazards” in the Journal of Children and Poverty.