At the Nicholas School, you cannot finish a single credit without being harangued on the fundamental necessity of biodiversity. Whether in watershed services or coral reef communities or multi-crop agriculture, we discuss at length the many ways in which diversity makes our ecosystems stronger and more resilient.
Author: Amanda Bushell
Amanda Bushell is a dual degree MEM/MBA student at Duke's Nicholas and Fuqua schools focusing on the sustainability of the global seafood industry and the viability of aquaculture to feed a growing population. Before Duke, Amanda worked at the World Bank on the Global Partnership for Oceans and at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Amanda got her bachelors at Yale University in 2009 where she first got bit by the marine bug.
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?