Anyone who knows me knows that I’ve spent the last year and a half participating in the Duke Environmental Law and Policy Clinic. My primary case has been assisting with the representation of the KarenContinue reading
Category: environmental policy
environmental policy
Life in a tiny island
Life in a tiny island Imagine living in a island the size of a few acres, with no fresh water and far away from any city or town. Sounds hard, but that’s how the CuevasContinue reading
Xuan Hong Lim
conservation, Duke Marine Lab, environmental policy, Gulf of California - 2013, marine studies, sustainability, travel
conservation, Duke Marine Lab, environmental policy, Gulf of California - 2013, marine studies, sustainability, travel
Life Perspectives
Humans are sentient beings and so we feel, perceive, and experience subjectivity. During the interviews we had with local fishermen, be it in casual conversations or interviews, I felt that it was very important toContinue reading
Annie Brock
CEM, coasts, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, environmental policy, marine studies, oceans
CEM, coasts, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, environmental policy, marine studies, oceans
Where Past and Present Meet: Marine Conservation in Palau
The belief that nature is something separate from us, that we must protect nature from ourselves, lies at the foundation of many conservation approaches today (Foale and Macintyre 2005). One of the most widely utilizedContinue reading
Megan Fork
environmental economics, environmental policy, oceans, PhD, student life, students, water
environmental economics, environmental policy, oceans, PhD, student life, students, water
Better living through multidisciplinarity
One of the coolest things, for me, about the Nicholas School is that it houses people with really diverse backgrounds and skill sets. This makes it easy to interact and work with people whose interestsContinue reading
The class
conservation, Duke Marine Lab, environmental policy, Gulf of California - 2012, marine studies, students, travel
conservation, Duke Marine Lab, environmental policy, Gulf of California - 2012, marine studies, students, travel
Our field journal excerpts
“After the COBI meeting with local fishermen we all met for supper at a family-owned local restaurant in Puerto Libertad. Almost immediately after I walked in, the owner, Emilia, invited me into her kitchen toContinue reading
Leonardo Verdugo Figueroa
conservation, Duke Marine Lab, environmental policy, Gulf of California - 2012, marine studies, students, travel
conservation, Duke Marine Lab, environmental policy, Gulf of California - 2012, marine studies, students, travel
Environmental Education and Conservation in Fishing Communities
During our trip, there were several occasion in which the importance of children education presented itself to me as an evident fact when dealing with conservation and the way communities interact with the environment andContinue reading
Dani B.
conservation, Duke Marine Lab, environmental policy, Gulf of California - 2012, marine studies, students, travel
conservation, Duke Marine Lab, environmental policy, Gulf of California - 2012, marine studies, students, travel
Between Two Worlds
Spending two days with the Seri was an enlightening experience concerning the cultural transitions they are undergoing. On the first day, we entered the village built by the Mexican government for the indigenous group inContinue reading
Dani B.
conservation, Duke Marine Lab, environmental policy, Gulf of California - 2012, marine studies, students, travel, Video Posts
conservation, Duke Marine Lab, environmental policy, Gulf of California - 2012, marine studies, students, travel, Video Posts
Diversity
As I put this video clip together, I tried to capture the vast ecological diversity that the Gulf of California contains. Throughout the trip I was amazed by the stark contrast of the harsh desertContinue reading