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”.
Category: conservation
alumni, climate, conservation, energy, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, students
Riveted by the Rainy Season

“I am sensing a storm is coming, it’s calling me out to play” – Yuna The rainy season in Mastatal, Costa Rica is wet. Of course it is wet. But it is not justContinue reading
alumni, climate, conservation, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, forests, marine studies, sustainability, travel, water
The Sixth Extinction

“Every last one of us can do better than to give up” – Cheryl Strayed What does it mean to live on a dying planet? What will it take to save her? IContinue reading
climate, conservation, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, students, undergraduate, water
There is a Salty Cure for Everything
“The sea is emotion incarnate. It loves, hates, and weeps. It defies all attempts to capture it with words and rejects shackles. No matter what you say about it, there is always that which you can’t.”
conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, students, sustainability, travel, undergraduate, water
Lessons from Hispaniola

A green castle amidst a desolate landscape, a flapping Haitian flag waving us quietly goodbye. My last image of Haiti is filled with a strange sadness.
climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, forests, marine studies, students, sustainability, undergraduate, water
Something That I Believe In

We live in a world in which every decision that we make counts. We must decide what kind of a world we want to live in, and then decide what those decisions will be.