Scientists are not merely a special interest group.
Category: sustainability
William Schlesinger
biodiversity, conservation, faculty, marine studies, natural habitat, population growth, sustainability
biodiversity, conservation, faculty, marine studies, natural habitat, population growth, sustainability
Another Turn of the Screw
We continuously reset our perception of what nature is and where nature occurs, codifying degradation
William Schlesinger
biogeochemistry, climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, faculty, population growth, sustainability
biogeochemistry, climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, faculty, population growth, sustainability
In quest of the steady-state
Sustainability will not be achieved with rising human population and increasing resource use.
William Schlesinger
biogeochemistry, conservation, environmental economics, faculty, sustainability, waste
biogeochemistry, conservation, environmental economics, faculty, sustainability, waste
The old copper kettle
Copper has been extracted from less and less attractive ores since Biblical times, yet we have not run out.
Scraping Bottom
If we are ever to see these fisheries recover, protecting rockweed will be an important foundation for the effort.
Crowd-sourcing the environment
We will find it increasingly difficult to feed and shelter increasing numbers of humans across our planet
Food Miles
Some types of food can be grown more efficiently overseas and shipped to the point of use, with less overall energy use.
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
Divest Now!
Let’s hear calls to those who manage college and university endowments, not to divest from the fossil fuel industry, but to invest in alternatives.