Lexicon of Sustainability is a visual lesson in green design
It’s hard to articulate ecological values with a vocabulary inherited from the industrial age. The Lexicon of Sustainability, an exhibition co-curated by Dan Dixon and Still Water’s Joline Blais, aims...
View ArticleJoline Blais’ ecovillage research featured in National Geographic
In an article on the growing cohousing movement, National Geographic magazine interviewed Still Water Co-Director Joline Blais about her research on these “living laboratories for sustainability.”...
View ArticleJoline Blais’ ESTIA keynote emphasizes grounded collaborations
At the 2016 ESTIA conference, Still Water co-director and New Media professor Joline Blais used her keynote address to acknowledge a number of the most important practitioners who have contributed to...
View ArticleGrant promotes interdisciplinary approach to sustainability
How can universities contribute to a healthy planet? One way is to partner with local organizations, as explored in a grant won by the University of Maine to become a Campus for Environmental...
View ArticleWild Blueberry Museum nourishes local ecologies and economies
The Maine Wild Blueberry Museum spearheaded by Joline Blais exemplifies Still Water‘s commitment to nourishing local networks–in this case, both the ecological and economic sort. The project aims to...
View ArticleStudents champion farmers at America East Hackathon
Still Water Co-director Joline Blais was a coordinator for the 2019 America East Hackathon, which focused on developing inexpensive apps and systems to sustain local farmers. Blais collaborated with...
View ArticleFarm-fresh produce in Maine year-round? Now there’s an app for that
Consumers are increasingly eager to eat local produce, but farm-to-table options in the cold season aren’t always easy to find in a northern state like Maine. That could change thanks to a new mobile...
View Article“Ripple” initiative aims to connect creators and communities
Organizations working to make a better world may soon get help from students with design and technical skills, thanks to a new initiative from Still Water, a lab at the University of Maine dedicated to...
View ArticleWild Blueberry Stewards
For the past year, Still Water co-director Joline Blais has been president of the Wild Blueberry Heritage Center, headquartered in a physical museum in Columbia Falls and online at...
View ArticleNEH Entangled Ecologies: AR meets Shaker Forest
Entangled Ecologies, an NEH funded project, led by UMaine's Joline Blais and Dartmouth colleague John Bell, creates an (AR) App that reveals the entwined histories and ecological systems of the Shaker...
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