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Janet Larsen
February 8, 2017February 6, 2017 Janet Larsenclimate, Duke Environmental Leadership Program, environmental economics, environmental policy, students, sustainability

Climate wars on the moon-ghetto spectrum

NASA moonwalk

How does the difficulty of combatting climate change compare to the war on poverty or the race to put a man on the moon?

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Janet Larsen
October 28, 2016October 26, 2016 Janet Larsenstudents, sustainability

The Rat Race or the Human Race? Revisiting Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

One wonderful aspect of being a parent is having the chance to revisit favorite childhood books. With Halloween around the corner, I dove back into Popcorn, a picture book by Frank Asch. In the story,Continue reading

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Janet Larsen
July 7, 2016 Janet Larsenconservation, Duke Environmental Leadership Program, forests, students, sustainability, travel

It’s Summer. Get Outside!

Every year around Independence Day, I like to disconnect from the grid and get out into the backcountry. Over the last decade, more often than not, I’ve spent this time backpacking among the mountain laurelContinue reading

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Janet Larsen
May 17, 2016 Janet Larsenclimate, conservation, Duke Environmental Leadership Program, students, sustainability, travel, water

Learning from California’s Drought: Managing Groundwater

Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, March 2016

California’s on-going drought requires careful consideration on how best to store water. Rather than dams, look underground.

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Janet Larsen
March 21, 2016 Janet Larsenclimate, students, travel, water

California: Green or Gold

Golden brown California foothill after 4 years of drought

California’s green now. But will the green always return?

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Janet Larsen
January 19, 2016February 5, 2016 Janet LarsenDuke Environmental Leadership Program, students

A New Year, A New Blog, and Leadership Lessons

Introducing a new blog about interconnected environmental issues and some thoughts on leadership from Washington, D.C.

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Connecting the Dots

Janet Larsen connects the dots among trends in energy, climate, food, water, transportation, security, and the environment at large.

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