COA chooses its next president After a year-long search process which included the participation of the entire COA community, we have chosen our next president!! David Hales, a lifelong environmentalist, has held numerous positions promoting sustainable development nationally and internationally. Most recently, he has been the Counsel for Sustainability Policy to Worldwatch Institute, an independent research organization focused on energy, resource and environmental issues.
Remembering Jesse Tucker '95 On January 22, we lost a beloved member of the class of 1995, Jesse Tucker. Jesse was returning home from a day of ice fishing when his pickup truck went off the road and struck a stand of trees near the Liberty-Palermo town line in Waldo County, Maine. He was 32 years old.
COA is planning a memorial for Jesse on campus and will let everyone know what the exact plans are as soon as they are decided.
Several of Jesse's fellow alumni shared their thoughts about Jesse for this newsletter. Click here to read their sentiments.
Six COA students participate in the Montreal Climate Change Summit- An interview with Juan Hoffmaister '06 and Elsie Flemings '07 COA students recognize that climate change is one of the most important issues in their lifetime and they are committed to doing something about it. Their commitment brought them to the Montreal Climate Change Summit where they met with delegates, lobbied officials, and created theatre pieces to represent their views.
"The world mayors and municipal leaders presented their declaration which actually adopted the goals of the youth declaration (30% reduction in green house gasses by 2020 and 80% by 2050). When the mayors presented at the summit, they cited the youth delegation as a source of inspiration for their declaration. This was one of the direct effects our work had on a major player in the effort to minimize climate change." --Juan Hoffmaister '06
To read the interview with Juan and Elsie click here.
Travis Hussey '00, Union River Watershed Coordinator, talks about his job and the work of the URWC
The Union River Watershed Coalition (URWC) was launched by COA's Center for Applied Human Ecology (CAHE) about six years ago as way to broaden the work of CAHE beyond Mount Desert Island. Travis is the third coordinator of the coalition.
For an interview with Travis about the work the URWC has been engaged in and how it relates to COA click here.
Update from the George B. Dorr Museum on Natural History
Lynn Havsall, COA's new Museum Director, gives us an update on what has been happening at the museum over the past year.
Before coming to COA Lynn ran the Camp Long Nature Center in Seattle, WA. She also taught in the zoology and geology departments at the University of Washington
Jackson Gillman '78 as 'Storyteller in Residence' So what has Jackson Gillman, COA's most famous "Stand-up Chameleon", been up to?
Among other things, he has been serving as the Rudyard-in-Residence at Kipling's historic Brattleboro, Vermont home and Teller-in-Residence at the International Storytelling Center in Tennessee.
To read more about Jackson's more recent work and other news click here.
Two restaurants owned by Michael Boland '94 win the Ecofish Award Congratulations to Michael Boland '94 and his wife Deirdre Swords!
Both Havana and Rupununni's won the Ecofish Award and have been featured as Ecofish's Restaurant of the Month for the month of October, 2005.
To receive this award, a restaurant must display a solid, ongoing commitment to provide its customers consistently with seafood options on its menu that originate from environmentally sustainable fisheries. These fisheries must display abundant populations, have solid management, limited by-catch, and minimal habitat disruption.
After a year-long search process which included the participation of the entire COA community, we have chosen our next president!! David Hales, a lifelong environmentalist, has held numerous positions promoting sustainable development nationally and internationally. Most recently, he has been the Counsel for Sustainability Policy to Worldwatch Institute, an independent research organization focused on energy, resource and environmental issues.
On January 22, we lost a beloved member of the class of 1995, Jesse Tucker. Jesse was returning home from a day of ice fishing when his pickup truck went off the road and struck a stand of trees near the Liberty-Palermo town line in Waldo County, Maine. He was 32 years old. 
So what has Jackson Gillman, COA's most famous "Stand-up Chameleon", been up to?