An evening of sharing new innovations, focusing on conservation projects extending the social reach of the conservation field
Category: sustainability
sustainability
Food Miles
Some types of food can be grown more efficiently overseas and shipped to the point of use, with less overall energy use.
Can We Act with Both Passion and Compassion?
USDA Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden calls for “passion and compassion” in incorporating environmental practices into agriculture. We certainly are a passionate bunch but how are we doing on the compassion scale?
Ian Markham
alumni, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, environmental health, ESC, forests, marine studies, students, sustainability, travel
alumni, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, environmental health, ESC, forests, marine studies, students, sustainability, travel
Stirrings in the deep
Diving in the Kelp forest mostly brings me a tranquility I find hard to come by elsewhere. Yet in my past three months working at the Hopkin’s Marine Station of Stanford University first as the teaching assistant in a kelp forest Ecology course and then as a diving technician, I have observed strange stirrings and shifts in the kelp forest that give me anxiety.
Anne Martin
alumni, climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, forests, students, sustainability, water
alumni, climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, forests, students, sustainability, water
Agriculture’s Contribution to Climate Change
While I wholeheartedly embrace new standards on power plants and the transportation sector, I am dismayed at the way in which we seem to be ignoring other major contributors to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.
Anne Martin
alumni, climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, sustainability, water
alumni, climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, sustainability, water
NEEDED: An Agricultural Transformation
The 2013 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development culminated in the creation of a special report, titled forcefully, “Wake Up Before It’s Too Late: Make Agriculture Truly Sustainable for Food Security in a Changing Climate”.
Beef: It’s What’s for Dinner
Short of eating endangered species, eating beef is probably the worst choice you can make vis-à-vis sustainability of the human enterprise on the planet
William Schlesinger
conservation, environmental economics, faculty, marine studies, population growth, sustainability
conservation, environmental economics, faculty, marine studies, population growth, sustainability
Sustainability—–not
As long as the human population on Earth is growing, nothing we are doing is particularly sustainable
Tripp Burwell
climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, ESC, faculty, marine studies, students, sustainability, travel, water
climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, ESC, faculty, marine studies, students, sustainability, travel, water
