Category: energy

Is it possible to imagine a steady state? I have to believe it is.
December 3, 2015October 24, 2016 Is it possible to imagine a steady state? I have to believe it is.alumni, climate, conservation, energy, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, forests, marine studies, students, sustainability

Imagine

Eduardo Porter wrote an article recently in the New York Times titled “Imagining a World Without Growth”. Inspired by the Paris Conference on climate change, the piece addresses the proposal of slowing, and ultimately ending,Continue reading

Anne Martin
December 3, 2015October 24, 2016 Anne Martinalumni, climate, energy, environmental policy, ESC, sustainability

Mobilizing – Paris and Beyond

In the cities and on the trails…change is coming.

Anne Martin
October 26, 2015October 24, 2016 Anne Martinalumni, climate, conservation, energy, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, forests, sustainability, travel, undergraduate

Progress

We could all use more time…and quite a few more walks in the woods.

Anne Martin
September 22, 2015October 24, 2016 Anne Martinalumni, 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
September 21, 2015October 24, 2016 Anne Martinalumni, 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”.

Anne Martin
August 13, 2015October 24, 2016 Anne Martinalumni, 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

Anne Martin
January 20, 2015October 24, 2016 Anne Martinconservation, 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.

Anne Martin
November 24, 2014October 24, 2016 Anne Martinclimate, 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.