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July 27, 2020

Helping Companies Avoid ‘One Size Fits All’ Approach to Sustainability Solutions

In a new business venture, OnePointFive, Neil Yeoh ’20 MEM is building a multidisciplinary team of experts that can create tailored strategies to a company’s unique, and complex, sustainability challenges.  
July 16, 2020

Wherever the Sun Shines: Bringing Solar to Low- and Middle-income Communities

A new guidebook based on research by YSE scholars offers a roadmap for installing rooftop solar panels in communities that are often overlooked when it comes to promoting renewable energy solutions.  
July 1, 2020

Paradise Lost or Found?

For his new book, “Billionaire Wilderness,” Professor Justin Farrell spent five years in Teton County, Wyoming — the richest county in the U.S. and the one with the greatest income inequality. In an interview, he talks about what he learned about wealth concentration and environmental conservation in this corner of the rapidly changing American West.
July 1, 2020

‘You Can’t Be a Forester without Understanding Chad’s Work’

The idea that forests are dynamic systems — that disturbance is the norm — might seem obvious now. But that's only because it was demonstrated by Professor Chad Olive, one of the many ways the retiring professor has impacted forestry and forest education throughout his 45-year career.
July 1, 2020

Integrity of Purpose

Gerald Torres, who joined the Yale School of the Environment faculty in January as a professor of environmental justice, talks about two pivotal events in his career that continue to inform and inspire his work and teaching on environmental and social justice.
July 1, 2020

The New Forestry is Urban

The Natural Areas Conservancy, led by Sarah Charlop-Powers ’09 M.E.M., is helping to preserve and restore critical urban forests in New York City and beyond.
July 1, 2020

The Urban Effect

Over the past few decades, it has become increasingly clear that the existence and growth of cities are significantly linked to environmental issues. At the Yale School of the Environment, where a new urban specialization will be added this fall, nearly every member of the faculty is doing something that relates to the urban environment.
June 30, 2020

Red Lights to Green Lights: Toward an Innovation-Oriented Sustainability Strategy

In the 20th century, environmental policy centered on telling people what not to do. Daniel Esty makes the case that we need to move people away from traditional, top-down regulations and toward a system of incentives that promote innovation and problem solving.
June 30, 2020

Building Public and Political Will for Climate Change Action

 One important means to achieve meaningful reductions in carbon emissions is government policy, yet there remains a critical lack of ‘political will’ for climate action. One important influence on government leaders is engaged citizens who demand action, says YSE’s Anthony Leiserowitz. 
June 30, 2020

Science as a Foundation for Policy: The Case of Fracking

Some research on the impacts of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, on public health has yielded unexpected results — including findings that some expected risks have not materialized. The history of fracking offers important lessons on the proper role of science in environmental policy.
June 29, 2020

Supporting Research in the Tropics During the COVID Era

Each year the Tropical Resources Institute sends students across the world to conduct research in the world’s tropical regions. This year, of course, is not like most years.
June 29, 2020

New Study Examines Whether COVID-19 Virus Has Entered Rivers and Streams

Yale researchers are studying whether the COVID-19 virus is present in streams and rivers, a first step to determine if it could then be transmitted through rivers and streams to humans.
June 25, 2020

Firefighters Battling Wildfires in U.S. West Face a New Threat this Year: COVID-19

Wildland firefighters who already face many risks during a typical season are confronted by a new threat this year: COVID-19. In an interview, Yale student James Puerini, who spent five years as a wildland firefighter, discusses why these firefighters are vulnerable to the virus and how government can better protect crews by providing healthcare assurances.
June 23, 2020

Feasting Wild: Alum’s Debut Book Searches for the ‘Last Untamed Food’

In her debut book, “Feasting Wild: In Search of the Last Untamed Food,” Gina Rae La Cerva ’15 M.E.Sc. chronicles our relationship to “wild foods” by tracing the shift in America from foraging and hunting to wild foods becoming expensive luxuries. 
June 22, 2020

Decline in Green Energy Spending Might Offset COVID-Era Emissions Benefits

Researchers have documented short-term environmental benefits during the  COVID-19-related lockdown, but that silver lining could be far outweighed by a long-term decline in clean energy investments, a new Yale-led study finds.
June 19, 2020

Commemorating Juneteenth

June 10, 2020

Message from the Dean: #ShutdownSTEM at F&ES

June 4, 2020

Decarbonization Propels Countries to Top Sustainability Rankings in 2020 EPI Index

Denmark emerges at the top of the 2020 Environmental Performance Index, according to researchers at Yale and Columbia universities who produce this biennial scorecard of national results on a range of sustainability issues. 
June 1, 2020

Dorceta Taylor, Preeminent Environmental Justice Scholar, to Join the F&ES Faculty

Dorceta Taylor ’85 M.F.S., ’91 Ph.D., one of the nation’s preeminent scholars in the field of environmental justice, has been named full professor at the Yale School of the Environment.
June 1, 2020

What Does Sustainability Look Like? New Global Scorecard Will Offer a Glimpse

On June 4, the 2020 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) will issue its 12th biennial ranking of 180 countries on how they are performing in terms of environmental health and ecosystem vitality. In an interview, Dan Esty discusses how over the past two decades the EPI has offered a roadmap for sustainability policy.
May 28, 2020

Hybrid Vigor: Forest School Builds on Historic Strengths — and Creates New Opportunities

On July 1, the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies will be known as the Yale School of the Environment. Simultaneously, we will establish The Forest School at the Yale School of the Environment in recognition of the ongoing importance of forestry. The new Forest School builds upon Yale’s traditional strength — and creates exciting new opportunities.
May 21, 2020

Rising Star in Industrial Ecology
Joins F&ES Faculty

Yuan Yao, whose research examines the environmental and economic impacts of emerging technologies and industrial processes, has been named assistant professor of industrial ecology and sustainable systems at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.
May 19, 2020

Public Concern About Climate Change Remains at Record High

COVID-19, mass unemployment, and a lack of news coverage have not caused the issue of climate change to fall out of public consciousness, according to a new survey by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.
May 15, 2020

For 2020 Grad, Environmentalism Offers Path to Social Justice

May 15, 2020

‘The more you put into the Yale experience, the more you get out’

May 15, 2020

Unstoppable Rivers

Bhutan’s quest for energy security and development may be making the country more vulnerable to increasingly extreme weather expected as a result of climate change. 
May 13, 2020

F&ES Students Take Annual Research Conference Virtual

May 13, 2020

Forest Research in the Congo Basin
Earns the 2020 Bormann Prize

Peter Umunay’s research, which explores ways to find a balance between conservation and economic development in the Congo Basin, earned him the 2020 F. Herbert Bormann Prize, an award that honors an F&ES doctoral student whose work best exemplifies the legacy of the late Yale professor.
May 8, 2020

‘This is Not a Normal Year’: Finding
A Job in Difficult Economic Times

With nearly every sector worldwide affected by the COVID-19 crisis, Kevin Doyle offers advice for students looking to enter the job market at a difficult time and shares advice from alumni who launched their careers a decade ago during another time of economic crisis.
May 7, 2020

Wyss Scholars Program Supports Land Conservation in the American West

Three Yale students have been named 2020 Wyss Scholars, a program that supports graduate-level education for the next generation of leaders in western land conservation.
May 4, 2020

Forum on Religion and Ecology Launches Partnership with UN Environment Programme

A new partnership between the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology and the UNEP’s “Faith for Earth” initiative will highlight the moral and practical contributions of the world’s religions to addressing the planet’s mounting environmental challenges.
May 4, 2020

When Disaster Strikes Locally, Urban Networks Spread the Damage Globally

Disasters that occur in one place can trigger costs in cities across the world due to the interconnectedness of the global urban trade network. In fact, these secondary impacts can be three times greater than the local impacts, a Yale study finds.
April 24, 2020

Ride On: Rock to Rock Goes Virtual

The annual Rock to Rock Earth Day Ride — which has raised more than $1 million for environmental groups such as the F&ES-based Urban Resources Initiative (URI) over the past decade — will go virtual this year due to social distancing requirements. URI’s Anna Pickett, a longtime organizer of the event, explains what that means.
April 23, 2020

If People Grasped the Full Cost of Cars, They Might Make Greener Choices

A new paper co-authored by Yale economist Kenneth Gillingham finds that consumers significantly underestimate the total cost of car ownership. If they fully grasped the full costs, the paper reports, they would be likely to switch to cleaner transportation alternatives.
April 23, 2020

Fenichel Appointed to Knobloch Family Professorship

Eli Fenichel has been named the Knobloch Family Professor of Natural Resource Economics, a position endowed by the late Yale alumnus and conservationist Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. ’51.
April 21, 2020

Earth Day at 50: An Interview with John Kerry

In a video interview with F&ES Dean Indy Burke, former Secretary of State John Kerry reflects on five decades of environmental progress since  the first Earth Day and the difficult work ahead.
April 21, 2020

Will Politicization of COVID-19 Crisis Erode National Consensus On Response?

A new survey on public perceptions of the COVID-19 crisis found a national consensus that protecting public health should come ahead of opening the economy. But that dynamic could change quickly as the issue — like climate change — becomes increasingly politicized, Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communications, says in an interview.
April 15, 2020

As ‘Ultra Wealthy’ Seek Shelter in Quiet Western Town, Deeper Tensions Laid Bare

In his new book, “Billionaire Wilderness,” Justin Farrell explores a growing tension in Teton County, Wyoming, as the ultra-wealthy buy up huge swaths of land. These tensions have been exacerbated by the Covid-19 crisis, he writes this week in The New York Times.
April 14, 2020

New Values: Online Yale Summit to Explore Shift in Corporate Sustainability

On Wednesday, the CEOs of seven leading organizations will join the online Yale Business Sustainability Summit to discuss the role of corporations in achieving a more sustainable future. In advance of the event, we talked with Daniel Esty, professor of environmental law and policy at Yale and co-organizer of the event, about how the role of business has changed over the past five decades. 
 
April 9, 2020

EPA Rollback of Mercury Rule Relies on Flawed Analysis, Yale Economist Asserts

An attempt by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to roll back federal limits on mercury emissions ignores important public health benefits, an economist at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies writes in a new paper. And it could set a dangerous precedent.
April 3, 2020

Spring Comes to Yale-Myers Forest

While the coronavirus crisis has kept many F&ES students and researchers away from Yale-Myers Forest this spring, Joseph Orefice ’09 M.F., a lecturer and director of forest and agricultural operations at F&ES, takes you there in a series of videos.
April 2, 2020

The Benefits and Tradeoffs of Social Distancing

For more than a decade Eli Fenichel has studied the benefits and challenges of using social distancing in the face of an epidemic. In an interview, he discusses what that research revealed, how it is applicable to the current global crisis, and how the COVID-19 threat might strengthen future research and response to other global threats.
March 24, 2020

Yale-Born Distillery Shifts from Producing Vodka to Producing Hand Sanitizer

March 23, 2020

The Complex Implications of COVID-19 on Global Energy Markets, Consumer Behaviors

February 19, 2020

Improving Innovation: Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Emerging Technology

How can we anticipate and design out environmental impacts of new technologies when they are at an early stage of development? A new issue of Yale’s Journal of Industrial Ecology presents cutting-edge research on the environmental assessment of emerging technologies. 

February 10, 2020

Yale F&ES to Become the
Yale School of the Environment

The School also will establish “The Forest School at the Yale School of the Environment” in recognition of the foundational importance of its forestry program.
February 10, 2020

Frequently Asked Questions About the Name Change

This is a historic moment for the School and these questions and answers offer clarity and context for this important decision.
February 6, 2020

Energy Choices Can Be Contagious – But Why? New Insights Into Peer Influence

A growing body of research shows that the behavior of peers has a significant influence on an individual’s energy-related decisions, whether it’s choosing to install solar panels or to purchase a hybrid vehicle. In short, personal energy choices can be contagious.
January 31, 2020

Seeking Better Guidelines for Inventorying Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) uses guidelines that countries use to inventory greenhouse gas emissions — guidelines that F&ES researchers state in a newly published paper are "woefully out of date."
January 29, 2020

Can Wood Construction Transform Cities From Carbon Source to Carbon Vault?

A new Yale study predicts that a transition to timber-based wood products in the construction of new housing, buildings, and infrastructure would not only offset enormous amounts of carbon emissions related to concrete and steel production — it could turn the world's cities into a vast carbon sink.
January 27, 2020

Alumna Receives Yale’s Highest
Graduate Honor

Dorceta Taylor ’85 M.F.S., ’91 Ph.D., one of the nation’s leading environmental justice scholars and activists, was recently named a recipient of the 2020 Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal, the highest honor Yale Graduate School bestows on its alumni.
January 24, 2020

Principles for a Green Chemistry Future

A team led by researchers from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies recently authored a paper featured in Science that outlines how green chemistry is essential for a sustainable future.
January 9, 2020

A Decent Living, A Livable Planet

Narasimha Rao has spent much of his career showing that poverty in the developing world can be eradicated without making climate change worse. Now he wants those insights to be translated into real policy.
January 2, 2020

A Campus for the 21st Century: Online
Programs Open Yale Expertise to the World 

Two new online certificate programs — on tropical forest landscapes and renewable energy, respectively — have made F&ES expertise available beyond the university’s New Haven campus. Working professionals from a range of sectors — and 34 countries — are already taking advantage. 
January 1, 2020

Welcome to Perspectives

To solve “wicked problems,” a group of Yale students is learning how to think differently in a unique new course.
January 1, 2020

Pedal Power

A group of Yale professors are using bicycles to measure heat stress in New Haven.
January 1, 2020

Professional Symbiosis

Over the past three decades Marian Chertow has advanced the growing field of industrial ecology across the world — and inspired generations of Yale students to assert themselves as leaders of the field.
December 20, 2019

Where the Bears Were

For much of her career, Rae Wynn-Grant has studied bears in the mountains of Nevada. But a new opportunity has sent her into the prairies of northeastern Montana, where these iconic animals were once common — and where a nonprofit now wants them to return.
December 20, 2019

In Defense of the Predator

How wolves killing moose in Canada's boreal forest are helping in the battle against climate change.
December 19, 2019

Sustainability Summit Tackles ‘Unprecedented’ Biodiversity Crisis

Environmental experts, alumni, and students confronted the issue of biodiversity at the Yale Environmental Sustainability Summit, which reached a new level of importance at this year’s United Nations climate conference.
December 18, 2019

Global Urban Growth Typified
By Suburbs, Not Skyscrapers

An F&ES analysis of 478 cities with populations of more than 1 million people finds that urban growth across the world is predominantly moving outward rather than upward, a trend that is generally considered inefficient and unsustainable.
December 6, 2019

Incentives for Innovation Can Drive Decarbonization, Esty Tells Lawmakers

December 4, 2019

Yale-Led Study Cited by U.N. Shows Lack of Funding for Climate Change in Disaster Relief

In its annual Global Humanitarian Overview, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs cited a Yale-led study that showed a lack of funding for disaster relief related to climate change.
December 3, 2019

Capital Costs: Yale Research Offers Truer Calculation of ‘Footprint’ of Purchases

Researchers at Yale have created a model that enables more accurate calculations of the environmental footprints associated with a range of industrial processes — and the products and services we purchase.
November 25, 2019

Environmental Justice Conference
Brings Emerging Scholars to F&ES

The day-long Global Environmental Justice Conference brought emerging scholars from around the world and from across disciplines to discuss how scholarship, social justice, and environmental management can be effectively integrated.
November 20, 2019

At COP25, Students Will Help Forge
Solutions to Global Climate Challenge

More than 40 members of the Yale community, including 38 students from F&ES, will be in Madrid next month for COP25, the annual “conference of the parties” hosted by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
November 19, 2019

Adelaide Hixon, Founder of Yale’s
Urban Ecology Center, Dies at 101

The innovative Hixon Center is an interdisciplinary forum for scholars, students, and practitioners to conduct research, teaching, and outreach to improve understanding and management of urban environmental systems. 
November 19, 2019

Gerald Torres, a Pioneering Scholar in
Field of Environmental Justice, Joins F&ES

Gerald Torres, an acclaimed global scholar of environmental law, critical race theory, and federal Indian law, has been named full professor of environmental justice at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES).  
November 18, 2019

Should Scientists Change How They View (and Study) Same Sex Behavior in Animals?

In a new article, researchers from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies argue these behaviors may actually have been part of the original, ancestral condition in animals and have persisted because they have few — if any — costs and perhaps some important benefits.
November 18, 2019

How Much Energy Do We Really Need?

Two fundamental goals of humanity are to eradicate poverty and reduce climate change, but achieving these goals will involve trade-offs. New research by Narasimha Rao of F&ES provides insights into these tradeoffs — including the tools needed to relate basic needs directly to resource use. 
November 14, 2019

For Some Urban Areas, Warming
Climate is Only Half the Threat

Urban expansion will cause the average summer temperature in these areas to increase about 0.5 to 0.6 degrees C by midcentury — but up to 3 degrees C in some locations, according to a new F&ES study.
November 11, 2019

Finding Common Ground for Scientists and Policymakers on Soil Carbon and Climate Change

In an opinion published in Nature Sustainability, a group of scientists argue that public debate about the role of soil carbon in battling climate change is undermining the potential for policymakers to implement policies that build soil carbon for other environmental and agricultural benefits.
November 7, 2019

Yale Conservationist Honored for Strides
In Human-Centered Wildlife Protection

Over several years in Rwanda, Bill Weber developed a conservation strategy that has strengthened mountain gorilla populations by putting local people at the center of the effort. Weber, who has applied these principles in regions worldwide, was recently nominated for the prestigious Indianapolis Prize.
October 31, 2019

How a Marine Monument in the Atlantic
Became an ‘Anchor’ for Ocean Protection

The first and only national monument in the Atlantic Ocean, the Northeast Canyons & Seamounts Marine National Monument, has been protected for three years under the Antiquities Act of 1906. Advocates for its designation and community members recently gathered at F&ES to commemorate the unique importance of this marine monument.
October 31, 2019

Easley Receives Leadership Award
From the Society of American Foresters

Thomas Easley, the assistant dean of community and inclusion at F&ES will receive the Diversity Leadership Award from the Society of American Foresters (SAF) during its annual meeting. 
October 31, 2019

Farrell Testifies Before U.S. Lawmakers on
Dark Money and Climate Misinformation

In testimony before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on the Climate Crisis, F&ES Prof. Justin Farrell described a decades-old “well-coordinated and well-funded” movement intended to deceive the American people about the reality of climate change.
October 25, 2019

To Tackle Environmental Threats, New
Thinking — and More Voices — Needed

Effective strategies to confront the vast environmental threats facing the planet require a new way of talking about these challenges — and who is invited to the conversation — panelists said last week during an event in Washington, D.C. hosted by the Yale Environmental Dialogue.
October 22, 2019

A Better Planet: New Book Offers
Big Ideas for a Sustainable Future

The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies this week released a book, “A Better Planet: 40 Big Ideas for a Sustainable Future,” in which dozens of experts share their suggestions for tackling global environmental challenges.
October 16, 2019

Mid-Career Student Wins Straubel Leadership Award

Neil Yeoh ’20 M.E.M. has been named one of the 2019 recipients of the Straubel Leadership Award, which recognizes achievement and leadership potential in young scholars in sustainability and the sciences.
October 16, 2019

How Aerosols Affect our Climate

Greenhouse gases may get more attention, but aerosols — from car exhaust to volcanic eruptions — also have a major impact on the Earth’s climate. Using a massive NASA dataset, Yale researchers have created a framework that helps explain just how sensitive local temperatures are to aerosols.
October 8, 2019

Using Real-World Experience
To Tackle Real-World Complexity

Carmen Guerrero Pérez ’10 M.E.M., director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Caribbean Environmental Protection Division, will receive the 2019 Prospect Street Award for her years of work in environmental conservation and community engagement in Puerto Rico.
October 8, 2019

Capitalizing on Opportunity

As an F&ES student, Jim Lyons ’79 M.F. was advised to branch out and take classes that didn’t focus on just forestry. After 40 years in education, conservation, and politics, the Distinguished Alumni Award winner reflects on how important that advice has been for his career.
October 8, 2019

Of Parks and People

Rose Harvey ’84 M.E.S. believes that access to nature is a fundamental human right. As commissioner of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, she took it upon herself to deliver that access, especially to communities that need it the most.
October 7, 2019

IUFRO Names an F&ES Alumnus,
John Parrotta, as Its Next President

John Parrotta ’83 M.S. ’83 For, ’84 M.Phil, ’88 Ph.D., who serves as national research program leader for international science issues with the U.S. Forest Service, this week was named president of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO).
October 7, 2019

A Native Alaskan Campaigns to
Protect Bristol Bay, and A Way of Life

Verner Wilson's family has fished the waters of Bristol Bay, in southwestern Alaska, for thousands of years. Now the F&ES alum is working to protect the bay from what he calls the greatest threat it has ever faced: the proposed Pebble Mine.
October 4, 2019

Teach-In at Yale: The Amazon is Burning, so What Can Be Done?

As part of last week's Global Climate Strike, a group of F&ES students hosted a 'teach-in' about the ongoing wildfire crisis in the Amazon rainforest, identifying policies and actors that are contributing to the problem and ways that members of the Yale community can respond.
September 27, 2019

YED Explores ‘Big Ideas’ as Kickoff
To Climate Week in New York City

The Yale Environmental Dialogue, an F&ES-based initiative that aims to add new energy to the national conversation about environmental issues, hosted an event at the Yale Club of New York to kick off Climate Week NYC.
September 24, 2019

Yale Investments Director Shifts Focus
To Developing Climate Solutions

Dean Takahashi, the longtime senior director of the Yale Investments Office, will spearhead a new multidisciplinary Yale laboratory, based at F&E, which will develop and support innovative solutions to the challenge of climate change.

 
September 5, 2019

F&ES Student Named Switzer Fellow

Margaret Tallmadge ’20 M.E.M. has been named a recipient of the Switzer Environmental Fellowship, a prestigious program that supports future environmental leaders.
August 28, 2019

The Class of 2021 is Ready to Forge a New Path

The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies this week welcomed the 127 new students of the Class of 2021.
August 16, 2019

Chertow Awarded Society Prize for Impacts on Field of Industrial Ecology

Marian Chertow, associate professor of industrial environmental management at F&ES, has received the International Society for Industrial Ecology’s Society Prize, awarded for “outstanding contributions to the field of industrial ecology.”
August 7, 2019

Study to Examine Human-Robot Collaboration to Reduce Recycling ‘Bottleneck’

During a four-year study, funded by the National Science Foundation, researchers will examine whether a collaboration between humans and robots can improve the efficiency and profitability of the world’s threatened recycling sector.
August 5, 2019

Will Marshland Keep up With Rising Seas? Study Finds Clues in the Sediment

A new Yale-led study describes a novel methodology that tracks the inland movement of marshland by analyzing for microscopic fossils in the sediment, a process that might provide important insights into the future of these vulnerable coastal ecosystems.
July 27, 2019

ELTI: Empowering People to
Conserve and Restore Tropical Forests

July 15, 2019

A Digital Roadmap for Working with Forest Landowners

A new guide published by the Tools for Engaging Landowners Effectively (TELE) program will help natural resources professionals better engage family landowners in conservation and responsible land stewardship.
July 9, 2019

F&ES Graduate Honored with
Presidential Early Career Award

Nedal Nassar ’11 M.E.Sc., ’14 M.Phil., ’15 Ph.D. was recently named a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
July 2, 2019

Bogle Named Assistant Dean for Student Affairs

The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies recently named Sean Bogle the new assistant dean for student affairs.
June 18, 2019

Recent Doctoral Grad Honored
For Contributions to Soil Science

Noah Sokol ’18 Ph.D. has received the Truog Soil Science Outstanding Dissertation Award, a national award that recognizes outstanding contributions to soil science. 
June 14, 2019

Lewis Cullman, Philanthropist
And Businessman, Dies at 100

Lewis Cullman ’41 B.A. funded a fellowship that provided opportunities for students to earn a joint doctoral degree with F&ES and the New York Botanical Garden.
June 4, 2019

Yale-based Tropical Forestry
Online Certificate Program Launched

The Yale-based Environmental Leadership and Training Initiative (ELTI) this week kicks off its first online certificate program for professionals working on tropical forest landscapes.
June 3, 2019

Water Scarcity and Inflexible Demand
Puts World’s River Basins at Risk

A new analysis of global water usage, co-authored by Yale’s Julie Zimmerman, builds on existing research on where carbon is embedded in the global energy infrastructure.
May 23, 2019

Tucker and Grim Win Lifetime Achievement Award for Pioneering Impacts on Their Field

Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim, senior lecturers and research scholars at F&twoES, have received the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture.
 
May 23, 2019

Keeping It in the Family

Existing laws pertaining to land ownership often leave American families vulnerable to property loss, depriving future generations of their rightful inheritance. Tes Myrie ’19 M.F. is trying to change that.
 
May 22, 2019

Parting Thoughts from an F&ES Favorite

For more than a decade, Joanne DeBernardo has been the first face students see when they walk into Kroon Hall. On the cusp of retirement, the outgoing assistant dean of student services discusses her impactful career and shared some advice for the F&ES community.
May 20, 2019

F&ES Grad Receives Major Yale Award During University Commencement

Luisa Cortesi ’18 Ph.D., who completed a joint degree in environmental studies and anthropology last year, received the Theron Rockwell Field Prize during the 2019 Yale commencement.
May 20, 2019

In Uncertain Times, Grads Urged to
Own Their Expertise, Embrace Struggle

The 157 members of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies' Class of 2019 received their diplomas today during the university's annual Commencement Day.
May 16, 2019

New F&ES Podcast Examines the
Nexus of Environment and Diversity

"The Heartwood Podcast," a new F&ES podcast hosted by Thomas Easley, assistant dean of community and inclusion, examines the intersection of environmental issues and diversity.
May 16, 2019

Two F&ES-ers Honored by NSF
Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Two F&ES students have been honored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program, which recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported disciplines.
May 16, 2019

New Haven Coalition Creates Healing Garden to Honor Victims of Gun Violence

A New Haven coalition that includes the parents of gun violence victims, the city, and the Yale-based Urban Resources Initiative, will break ground on a new botanical garden dedicated to victims of gun violence.
May 13, 2019

EJAY, Joanne DeBernardo Honored with 2019 Kroon Cup

Environmental Justice (EJAY), a student interest group that promotes environmental justice scholarship and activism on campus, and Assistant Dean of Student Services Joanne DeBernardo were recently awarded the 2019 Kroon Cup by the F&ES community.
April 25, 2019

Six F&ES Students Selected as
2019 Sabin International Fellows

Six F&ES graduate students as Andrew Sabin International Environmental Fellows, with each Fellow receiving up to $40,000 of funding for their education and post-graduate service in the environmental sector.
April 24, 2019

Seto Receives National Honor for Outstanding Contributions to Remote Sensing Research

Karen Seto, a professor of geography and urbanization science at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES), this month received the Outstanding Contributions to Remote Sensing Research award from the American Association of Geographers. 
April 18, 2019

Research on Fracking Impacts Wins 2019 Bormann Prize

Given rare access to a hydraulic fracturing well site in Pennsylvania, an F&ES doctoral student revealed a surprising finding about the impacts of fracking on groundwater — research that earned her the 2019 F. Herbert Bormann Prize
April 16, 2019

Yale Team Nabs Second Straight
Global Entrepreneurship Contest Win

A team of Yale students last week won the MBA Impact Investing Network and Training (MIINT) competition, a pitch-off featuring students from business schools around the globe.
April 16, 2019

How Inland Waters ‘Breathe’ Carbon
– And What it Means for Global Systems

A new Yale study reveals important insights into the factors that influence the release of greenhouse gases from rivers and streams, including a key relationship between storm events, ecology, and topography in moderating this release.
April 15, 2019

‘Green Careers, Women Leaders’ Introduces Local Students to Environmental Pathways

A group of students from F&ES this month welcomed 20 young women from nine local high schools and the homeschooling community in Connecticut for the seventh annual Green Careers, Women Leaders event.
April 15, 2019

Comita Receives NSF CAREER Award for
Research on Diversity of Tropical Forests

Liza Comita, an assistant professor of tropical forest ecology at F&ES, has received a prestigious award from the National Science Foundation that will support her research into the factors that shape the rich and persistent biological diversity in the world’s tropical forests.
April 11, 2019

Sabin Prize Winner Engineer Plastic-Alternative Products to Fight Pollution and Reduce Carbon Emissions

A student-led startup that has engineered an Eco Rain Poncho made of a sugar-based bioplastic was awarded the 2019 Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize, presented by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment.
April 11, 2019

Mark Ashton Honored by New England Society of American Foresters

Mark Ashton ’85 M.F., ’90 Ph.D., the Morris K. Jesup Professor of Silviculture and Forest Ecology, was named the sixth recipient of the 2019 David M. Smith Award by the New England Society of American Foresters at the group’s winter meeting in March. The 
April 9, 2019

2019 Research Conference Showcases Scholarship of F&ES Students, Postdocs

More than 60 students and postdoctoral associates will share their innovative and cutting-edge research during the 35th annual F&ES Research Conference on April 11-12.
April 4, 2019

Dean Indy Burke Named 2019
Ecological Society of America Fellow

Ingrid C. “Indy” Burke, a professor of ecosystem ecology and dean of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES), has been named a 2019 Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) for her contributions to the field of ecology.
April 3, 2019

Applications Being Accepted for Yale-based
Tropical Forest Online Certificate Program

April 2, 2019

The Complicated Future of
Offshore Wind Power in the U.S.

In recent years the U.S. Department of Energy laid out an ambitious plan to grow the U.S. offshore wind sector. In a new paper, Yale researchers make the case that it might not be as easy as it seems.
April 2, 2019

Student-Run Environmental Film
Festival at Yale Kicks Off This Week

The 11th annual Environmental Film Festival at Yale — a showcase of cutting-edge films about the world’s most important environmental and social issues — begins this Wednesday, April 3, across New Haven and the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.
March 27, 2019

For F&ES Scholars, Africa Trip Offers
Glimpse of Partnership Opportunities

During a recent trip to a research center in central Kenya, three F&ES faculty members — including Dean Indy Burke — discovered the potential for long-term collaboration that could re-shape the experience for the next generation of F&ES students and scholars.
March 22, 2019

Wyss Scholars Program Supports Future
Western Conservation Leaders at Yale

The Wyss Foundation, a charitable organization that supports land conservation in the American West, has selected three Yale students as 2019 Wyss Scholars.
March 19, 2019

Landmark Report Finds Urban Natural
Forests Require Greater Management

Researchers at F&ES have partnered with the Natural Areas Conservancy and the Trust for Public Land on a first-of-its-kind report on how U.S. cities manage urban natural forests — critical greenspaces that they found are frequently lacking the proper resources.
March 19, 2019

Fishing for Fun, Not Food: Paper Takes
Stock of Recreational Fishing Impacts

A new paper co-led by Yale economist Eli Fenichel argues that decision-makers and fishing organizations must recognize the growing role of recreational fishing and the potential pressures it places on fish stocks.
March 13, 2019

Grist List of 50 Environmental ‘Fixers’ Features Three Alums from Yale F&ES

The new Grist list of 50 young leaders who are doing potentially “game-changing” sustainability work includes three graduates of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.
March 7, 2019

‘Specialized’ Microbes Within Plant Species Promote Diversity, Study Finds

A Yale-led research team conducted an experiment that suggests microbes can specialize within plant species, which can promote plant species diversity and increased seed dispersal.
March 1, 2019

Break It Down: Composting
Introduced to Kroon Hall

Thanks to a waste audit performed by the F&ES Environmental Stewardship Committee, five compost bins have been placed within the school’s Kroon Hall.
March 1, 2019

Climate Change in Connecticut’s ‘Quiet Corner’

The F&ES-based Quiet Corner Initiative’s first-ever winter seminar brought the impacts of a warming world to northeastern Connecticut
February 28, 2019

As Experts Examine Tropical Change,
An Artist Creates a Living Document

During the 25th annual conference of the Yale Chapter of the International Society of Tropical Foresters, calligrapher Heather Leavitt Martinez captured each session’s dynamic, interweaving themes as they unfolded. View a gallery.
February 28, 2019

Yale Environmental Dialogue Inspires
‘Big Ideas’ in Response to Global Challenges

In a workshop hosted by the Yale Environmental Dialogue, dozens of leaders from across many professional sectors gathered to share their big ideas for tackling global environmental challenges.
February 25, 2019

Effective Dialogue in Forests Landscapes:
Ten Years of Experience in Komi, Russia

A decade ago, the Forests Dialogue, an F&ES-based initiative that promotes dialogue between stakeholders in forest regions, ventured into a region of northwest Russia. In the years since, the Komi Dialogue has developed into an ongoing, multi-stakeholder platform that has served as a powerful convening tool.
February 22, 2019

Student-led Symposium Addresses
‘Greening’ China’s Belt and Road Initiative

At the 3rd Yale Symposium on Chinese Overseas Investment Impacts, a diverse range of speakers, from academic scholars to policy practicioners, sparked a dialogue about the challenges and opportunities behind “greening” China’s landmark Belt and Road Initiative.
February 22, 2019

Bell, Lauenroth Elected to Connecticut
Academy of Science and Engineering

Michelle Bell, a professor of environmental health at F&ES, and William Lauenroth, a drylands ecologist and professor in the practice at F&ES, have been elected to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering.
February 14, 2019

Video: Microsoft Helps Yale-Launched
Business Map the Future of U.S. Forests

While he was a student at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES), Zach Parisa ’09 M.F.S. developed a technology that uses satellite data to determine the size and species of trees in forests.
February 6, 2019

Rwanda Had Different Plans: Yale
Partners with Environmental ‘Rising Star’

Rwanda has become a global leader in sustainability and environmental stewardship. A new reciprocal partnership between Yale and the African nation will create opportunities for collaborative teaching and research, foster an exchange of resources, and allow Yale students to study, intern, and conduct research in Rwanda.

January 30, 2019

Can We Make a More Sustainable Burger?
Exploring the Nexus of Food and Social Impact

A new Yale initiative, Plant-based And, encourages students from across campus to explore the intersections of food, sustainability, and social impact — with an emphasis on the role of student startups.
January 24, 2019

Common Policy Premise on Link Between
Soil and Crop Yield is Valid – to a Point

While many policy initiatives assume that increasing “soil organic matter” will improve soil health, there’s surprisingly little evidence that this strategy will actually improve crop output. A new paper by Yale scientists affirms that this strategy will improve yields — up to a point.
January 14, 2019

Research Reveals Strategies for
Combating Science Misinformation

Nowhere has the impact of scientific misinformation been more profound than on the issue of climate change, where a well-funded network has coalesced around the goal of undercutting the legitimacy of climate science. But as a new paper illustrates, an emerging field of research is providing new insights into this critical dynamic.
January 14, 2019

Outgoing Connecticut DEEP
Commissioner Comes Back to F&ES

Robert Klee, who spent nearly a decade in the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) — becoming commissioner in 2015 — this semester will return to F&ES, where he earned his master's degree and Ph.D.
January 8, 2019

One F&ES Alum Succeeds Another
As New York State Parks Commissioner

Erik Kulleseid ’94 M.F. has been appointed commissioner of the New York State’s Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Reservation, replacing Rose Harvey ’84 M.E.S.
January 8, 2019

Yale Economist on Flaws, Big and Small,
In Trump’s Fuel Economy Rollback Plan

In an interview, Kenneth Gillingham, a Yale economist and co-author of a new Science paper on the Trump administration's proposed fuel economy rollbacks, describes some of the flaws with the plan — and what it would take to pass fuel efficiency standards that are grounded in sound economic theory.
January 3, 2019

Students Honored for Leadership
in Conservation and Wildlife Science

Two students from F&ES — Andy Lee ’19 M.E.Sc. and Kimi Zamuda ’19 M.E.Sc. —  have been awarded the 2018 MK McCarthy-RW Worth Scholarship for Leadership in Conservation Science.
December 17, 2018

New Environmental Ethics: 20 Years of
The Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology

As the F&ES-based Forum on Religion and Ecology celebrates 20 years, we sit down with co-founder Mary Evelyn Tucker, who describes the growing global awareness of the relationship between the world’s religious and spiritual traditions and it can help humankind solve its environmental challenges.
December 17, 2018

Student Helps Craft Law to Tackle Brazil’s ‘Systemic’ Waste Management Challenges

December 14, 2018

Looking for Balance Between
Conservation and Development in Africa

As the African continent continues to modernize in the coming decades, striking a balance between development and conservation will be paramount. Helen Gichohi, this year’s McCluskey Visiting Fellow in Conservation, is at F&ES this semester to further her research on possible threats to the environment such rapid development could pose.
December 13, 2018

New Yale Online Certificate Programs
Target Emerging Professionals Worldwide

In 2019, two centers based at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies will introduce new online certificate programs that allow emerging professionals in countries across the world to access Yale’s faculty, training materials, and networks.
December 6, 2018

Climate Players: Animals Can Swing
A Landscape’s Capacity to Store Carbon

A new Yale-led paper asserts that wild animals play a key role in mediating a landscape’s capacity to store carbon, exerting an influence that the authors say must be considered in developing any carbon-cycle models.
December 6, 2018

Missing the Forest for the Trees: NYC Forest Inventory Paints Unexpected Picture

There are still forests in New York City, and we’re not talking about Central Park. A surprising new study led by Yale researchers reveals that the natural forested areas of America’s largest city are largely native, healthy, and productive.
December 5, 2018

New Algorithm Provides a More
Detailed Look at Urban Heat Islands

Urban areas are warmer than the adjacent undeveloped land, a phenomenon known as the urban heat island effect. A new interactive map developed by Yale researchers gives us the most detailed look yet at these “urban heat islands” across the world.
December 4, 2018

Yale Environmental Dialogue Aims to
Inform Public Debate and Policy

The Yale Environmental Dialogue, an F&ES initiative that aims to inject new energy and fresh thinking into the national conversation about sustainability related issues, recently hosted the first in a series of national events.
December 4, 2018

Three F&ES Faculty Make ‘Highly Cited Researchers’ List

Professors Michelle Bell, Mark Bradford, and Karen Seto were three of 6,000 researchers worldwide to be recognized by Clarivate Analytics for their published papers from the past decade being among the most cited in their field.
December 3, 2018

F&ES Student Talk Honored at American Anthropological Association Meeting

Yufang Gao, a Ph.D. student in the combined program between F&ES and the Yale Department of Anthropology, received a “best presentation” prize during the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association held recently in San Jose, Calif.
November 29, 2018

The Judge and the Frog: Student
Takes Expertise to Supreme Court

Dual-degree student Katie Bleau ’20 M.E.M.  was at the United States Supreme Court on one of the more important moments in its recent history — but not for the reason you think. She tells the story of her role in an important endangered species case on a memorable day in Washington.
November 28, 2018

Preparing for a Global Stage:
Dozens from Yale at COP 24

More than 40 people from Yale will travel to Katowice, Poland for the annual Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, known as COP 24, including several F&ES students who have trained for climate negotiations.
November 16, 2018

‘Raise Green’ Wants to Help Small-scale
Investors be Part of the Climate Solution

A new social venture launched by recent F&ES graduates aims to help everyday investors support projects that are tackling the climate challenge — from solar installations to electric vehicle-charging stations — while also strengthening their local communities.
November 8, 2018

‘Let the Rodent Do the Work’:
Reflections of a Beaver Believer

Author Ben Goldfarb ’13 M.E.M. says the near eradication of the once ubiquitous North American beaver had a profound impact on the continent’s landscapes and ecosystems. Now, he says, restoration of beaver populations can help humankind fight drought, improve water quality — even address climate change.
November 1, 2018

Editing Nature: A Call for Careful
Oversight of Environmental Gene Editing

For all the promise of gene editing technologies, there remain profound concerns about the potential unintended consequences of releasing gene-edited organisms into the environment. In Science, a Yale-led team argues for new global governance to  assure a neutral and informed evaluation of these benefits and risks.
October 31, 2018

‘Cryptic’ Interactions Drive Biodiversity
Decline Near the Edge of Forest Fragments

The fragmentation of tropical forests weakens the effects of the ”natural enemies” of some tree species, reducing their ability to maintain biodiversity, a new Yale-led study found.
October 24, 2018

Want to Nudge Others to Install Solar?
Actions Speak Louder Than Words

A new study confirms that when it comes to convincing consumers to install solar panels, one factor stands out above all others: whether the individuals advocating this choice practice what they preach.
October 15, 2018

When it Comes to Smartphone Lifespan,
Brand Name Matters More than Hardware

The environmental costs of smartphones are often exacerbated by the relatively short lifespans of these globally ubiquitous devices. When it comes to extending the lifespan of these products, brand name might be more important than repairability, a Yale-led study finds.
October 12, 2018

F&ES Scientist Contributes to Alarming
IPCC Report on Looming Climate Costs

Professor Edgar Hertwich contributed to a major report on climate change from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which predicts that crisis-level drought, food shortages, and coastal erosion could happen within the next 20 years.
October 12, 2018

From Research to Carbon Charge, Nobel Prize Winner Has Deep Influence at F&ES

This week William Nordhaus, Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale, won the Nobel Prize. At the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, where he holds a secondary appointment, his research and teaching have influenced and inspired generations of scholars.
October 10, 2018

‘A Chance to Re-create the World’: Former
UN Climate Leader Offers Words of Hope

While it might be natural to feel despair about the threat of climate change, a champion for global climate action advised against it during a recent Yale visit. Instead, Christiana Figueres recommended a feeling of awe and gratitude for the historic opportunity to shape humanity’s collective future.
 
October 3, 2018

At F&ES, Rwanda Official Makes Case for
Stronger Policy-Academic Partnership

During a visit to F&ES, the Rwandan Minister of Environment said a strengthened Montreal Protocol reflects the importance of a close relationship between policymakers and scientists.
October 3, 2018

Alum Introduces New Yorkers to
The Forest in Their Own Backyard

The city of New York contains more than 20,000 acres of forests and wetlands, a fact that even many New Yorkers might not realize. Sarah Charlop-Powers ’09 M.E.M. is trying to change that: her nonprofit is working to restore and conserve these natural spaces — and to get more city residents outdoors.
October 3, 2018

Eleanor Sterling Recognized With
F&ES Distinguished Alumni Award

Conservationist Eleanor Sterling ’83 B.A., ’93 Ph.D., chief scientist at the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation,has spent her illustrious career combining biological conservation, research, and education.
October 2, 2018

The Value of Nature: Changing the
Equation on Global Conservation

Early in his career, Michael Jenkins ’88 M.F. came to realize that traditional conservation methods would have limited effectiveness until they put a proper value on the natural world. Over the past two decades Jenkins, the CEO and founder of Forest Trends, has helped change the equation.
September 25, 2018

Promoting a New Conversation on
Climate Change: The Human Story

During a recent event, hosted by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, journalists from The New York Times Magazine described the urgent need for a new, more effective conversation around climate change — a moral story, focused on humans, that currently isn’t being told.
September 19, 2018

Selling the Farm

Joe Orefice ’09 M.F. gave up his farm, an endowed position at Cornell, and the verdant Adirondack Mountains to oversee Yale’s forests. Why? There are a few reasons.
September 18, 2018

Land Justice: Forester Untangles the
Thorny Challenges of ‘Heirs Property’

At the first Yale Forest Forum, a veteran forester discussed the legal and econmic challenges of so-called “heirs’ property,” a phenomenon common in the U.S. South in which the title to land remains in the name of a person even after they have die — while the land rights are passed down, informally, from one generation to the next.
September 10, 2018

Four F&ES Students Named Kerry Fellows

The Kerry Initiative has named 17 Yale students, including four from F&ES, as Kerry Fellows for the 2018-19 academic year.
September 10, 2018

New Haven Promise Inspires New
‘Champions’ for the Environment

For Johnae McArthur, an undergraduate at the University of Connecticut and one of five New Haven Promise interns at F&ES this past summer, the experience was more than just a crash course in biogeochemistry or a chance to explore the woods near her hometown. It also set her on a new career path.
September 5, 2018

Where Does Our Trash Go? Study Picks
Through Pieces — and Value — of Waste

New Yale research provides an insightful new measurement of just what is found in the more than 200 million tons of waste discarded each year in the U.S.
August 30, 2018

‘Thoughtful, Ambitious’ Class of 2020
Welcomed to F&ES Community

F&ES Dean Indy Burke addressed the incoming Class of 2020 on Monday, imploring them to use their knowledge and passion to create positive change within the Yale community and throughout environmental disciplines.
August 25, 2018

Energy, Identity, and Rural America:
Research Earns Farrell NSF Career Award

Justin Farrell, an assistant professor of sociology at F&ES, has received a prestigious award from the National Science Foundation that will support his research on how a long-term shift in the U.S. energy sector is changing the nation’s rural communities.
August 23, 2018

Ecological Classroom: Connecting With
Nature at New Haven’s ‘Urban Parklet’

An “urban parklet” designed by an F&ES student in New Haven’s Fair Haven neighborhood has converted a series of parking spaces into a public “ecological classroom,” connecting the neighborhood with urban nature in a whole new way.
August 22, 2018

Why are Tropical Forests so Diverse? New
Study Examines Role of ‘Natural Enemies’

A new Yale study affirms a long-held hypothesis that the presence of specialized ‘natural enemies’ promotes tropical biodiversity. Except when it doesn‛t.
August 16, 2018

Narasimha Rao, Global Energy Scholar, Named Assistant Professor of Energy Systems

Narasimha Rao, whose research examines the relationship between energy systems, climate change, and human society, has been appointed asssitant professor of energy systems analysis at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.
July 25, 2018

RFF Awards Yale Collaboration Examining
the ‘Value’ of Remote Sensing in Himalaya

An interdisciplinary collaboration between two professors from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies that aims to define the “value” of satellite-based earth observations has received a $100,000 award from Resources for the Future (RFF).
July 25, 2018

Community Stormwater Partnership Receives National Environmental Award

A community partnership including the Yale-based Urban Resources Initiative (URI) that has helped the city of New Haven tackle the challenge of stormwater runoff has received a prestigious award from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.
July 20, 2018

Where are F&ES Students Working
This Summer? Just About Everywhere

The 152 students who have already completed at least one academic year at F&ES are spending their summers in 34 countries and in states across the U.S., completing internships or conducting their own independent research.
July 19, 2018

Drought and Tree Mortality: Science
Reveals Harsh Future for World’s Forests

New research on the inner workings of trees and plants is providing clarity on just how vulnerable these living organisms are to the effects of climate change. In an interview, Craig Brodersen, a pioneer in this emerging field, describes how a warmer — and drier — climate threatens the world’s trees and forests.
July 18, 2018

Three F&ESers Named Switzer Fellows

Three F&ES students have been named recipients of Switzer Environmental Fellowships, a prestigious program that supports future environmental leaders.
July 16, 2018

Methane Changes in Groundwater Unrelated to Gas Drilling and Fracking, Study Finds

A new study — which monitored groundwater before, during, and after drilling operations within the Marcellus Shale in northeastern Pennsylvania — found that groundwater methane concentrations vary over time and that these variations are likely unrelated to shale gas development.
July 12, 2018

‘Hip hop and forestry: That’ll save the world’

In a new video, produced by the Dogwood Alliance, Thomas Easley, assistant dean of community and inclusion at F&ES, describes the restorative and healing powers of hip hop and the natural world.
June 28, 2018

Two F&ES-led Teams Receive Leitner
Grants for ‘Uncommon’ Collaborations

F&ES this week announced the winners of the first Leitner Awards for Uncommon Environmental Collaborations, a grant fund that promotes collaborations for environmental teaching and research across the Yale campus.
June 25, 2018

Secret Weapon for Tackling Yale
Bug Outbreak? Meet the Lady Beetles

An ongoing campaign to control a breakout of aphids in the trees outside Kroon Hall has included the spraying of vegetable oil and tree maintance. But in early June the university broke out a secret weapon: lady beetles.
June 25, 2018

Journal Explores Database that Quantifies
Environmental Impacts in a ‘Global’ World

In a special issue, Yale’s Journal of Industrial Ecology examines a new global database that offers new clarity on the complex links between international trade, consumption, and environmental impact.
June 13, 2018

New Applications for Drones in Swidden Agriculture

At F&ES, Andrew Wilcox ’18 M.F. pursued research on the forefront of remote sensing, machine learning, and drones. In an interview, he discusses his research into drone technology, how it might yield insights into the efficacy of swidden agriculture, and the potential future for the traditional farming method.
June 11, 2018

Safer by Design: ‘Meta’ Review Examines
Expanding Branches of Green Chemistry

Two decades after Paul Anastas introduced the 12 principles of green chemistry, a new review paper by Anastas and other Yale researchers documents the range of scientific research and innovation that have emerged from those principles.
May 24, 2018

Doctoral Grad Receives Prestigious
Yale Prize for Written Scholarship

Sayd Randle ’18 Ph.D., an ethnographer and political ecologist, this week received Yale’s prestigious John Addison Porter Prize for scholarship written in a way to make it of general human interest.
 
May 24, 2018

Yale Climate Communication Program Receives National Innovation Honor

Anthony Leiserowitz and the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication have received a prestigious national award for their work developing new statistical methodology to understand and map public opinion on climate change at state and local levels across the nation.
May 24, 2018

F&ES Doctoral Student Receives
2018 Yale Public Scholar Award

Gao Yufang ’14 M.E.Sc., a doctoral student at F&ES, this week received the 2018 Graduate School Public Scholar Award for his commitment to public service.
May 23, 2018

University Landscapes:
An Opportunity for Agroforestry

What does a university landscape look like? In a new article, F&ES student Emily Sigman writes that when we place landscapes “in the background,” and fail to highlight the interaction between humans and nature, we miss a tremendous opportunity.
May 22, 2018

‘We Put Our Faith in You’: A Call for Leadership in a World of Injustices

Indy Burke began her role as F&ES dean in the fall of 2016, just a few months after the Class of 2018 master’s students first arrived on campus. Much has happened in the 19 months since, she reminded those students during the School’s 117th commencement ceremony.
May 16, 2018

Roots SIG Awarded 2018 Kroon Cup

The F&ES community has awarded the 2018 Kroon Cup to Roots, a student interest group dedicated to the advancement and resilience of students of the African Diaspora.
May 16, 2018

A Decade Later, Yale E360 Still Filling
Critical Gap in Environmental Journalism

Yale Environment 360, an online magazined based at F&ES, was created in 2008, a time when many media organizations were shedding science and environmental coverage. As it marks its 10th anniversary, e360 is still helping to fill that critical gap.
May 11, 2018

Four Students Selected as
2018 Sabin International Fellows

F&ES has selected four graduate students as Andrew Sabin International Environmental Fellows, with each Fellow receiving up to $40,000 of funding for their education and post-graduate service in the environmental sector.
May 7, 2018

Student Solar Project Gets Switched On

A few years ago a group of F&ES students designed a “hypothetical” solar project for a class assignment, but for team leader Timothy White ’15 M.E.M. the ambitions were never really hypothetical. He would eventually bring it to his hometown of Cheshire, Connecticut, which recently made the proposal a reality.
May 4, 2018

‘We’re Talking About Our Future Leaders’ Conservation Fellow Opens Door to Students

When the IUCN’s Grethel Aguilar was invited to be a visiting fellow at F&ES this semester she figured most of her time would be devoted to research. Instead she spent much of the spring working with students — and she couldn’t be happier about it.
May 2, 2018

Climate Change Will Boost Global Lake
Evaporation—with ‘Extreme’ Consequences

Global lake evaporation will increase 16 percent by the end of the century as a consequence of climate change, a new Yale study finds. But the specific mechanisms that will drive that phenomenon are not quite what scientists expected.
May 2, 2018

‘How Can I Support Her?’ Network Empowers Women Woodlands Owners

The Yale-based Sustaining Family Forests Initiative — and a cadre of F&ES alums — are leading an effort to empower female landowners to become better stewards of their woodlands.
April 26, 2018

F&ES Student Researchers Take
Center Stage in Day-long Conference

Forty-nine master’s students, doctoral students, and postdocs from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES) community presented their research during the 34th annual F&ES Research Conference held at Kroon Hall on April 20.
April 25, 2018

A Champion for Woodland Owners—and
Students—Retires After Two Decades

Mary Tyrrell ’97 M.F.S. was in her early 40s when she decided to change careers and enrolled at F&ES. That midcareer transition would transform her life — and the School.
April 23, 2018

Process to Improve Sustainability of Beef
and Seafood Production Wins Sabin Prize

A student-led startup that is developing a saltwater aquaponic system that aims to drastically reduce the environmental impacts of both the seafood and beef industries last week received the 2018 Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize.
April 18, 2018

By 5:1 Ratio, Americans Think Global Warming is Happening, New Survey Finds

A new national survey co-led by Yale researchers finds that a large majority of Americans think global warming is happening — outnumbering those who don’t by 5 to 1.
April 16, 2018

Saxena Honored with 2018 Inspiring Yale Award

The Yale Graduate and Profession Student Senate last week presented Alark Saxena, an associate research scientist and lecturer at F&ES, with the 2018 Inspiring Yale Award for inspiring Yale students in and out of the classroom.
April 4, 2018

Environmental Film Festival: ‘Proud
Parent’ Reflects on 10 Years of EFFY

In an interview, Eric Desatnik ’10 M.E.M., founder of the Environmental Film Festival at Yale, discusses original vision for the festival, how it has evolved over the past decade, and why film is such an important medium for telling environmental stories.
April 3, 2018

Exploring ‘Silent’ Leadership of Latin America, Caribbean in Sustainable Development

Members of the Yale community are invited to the third annual Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean Conference at F&ES on Saturday, April 7.
April 2, 2018

Does Metal Use Slow When a Country’s Wealth Grows? Maybe Not, Study Shows

In a new study, a Yale-led team of researchers found that GDP remains intrinsically linked with metal use even as affluence grows — a relationship that might threaten long-term global access to critical metals and hopes for a low-carbon future.
March 15, 2018

A Decade of Impact: Lineup Revealed for 10th Environmental Film Festival at Yale

The Environmental Film Festival at Yale (EFFY), which has grown into one of the nation’s premier student-led environmental film festivals, has announced the lineup for its 10th annual festival, which will be held in New Haven from April 4 to 7.
March 15, 2018

Wyss Scholars Program Supports
Future Western Conservation Leaders

The Wyss Foundation, a charitable organization that supports land conservation in the American West, has selected three Yale students as 2018 Wyss Scholars — Matthew Lifson ’20 J.D./M.E.M., Jack Singer ’19 M.F., and Ben Williamson ’19 M.E.M.
March 5, 2018

This Week: Former Parks Service
Scientist on the Future of Conservation

If conservation in American has entered turbulent waters, “The Future of Conservation in America,” a new book by Gary Machlis ’79 Ph.D. aims to serve as a navigation guide.
March 2, 2018

Burke, Seto Elected to Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering

Ingrid C. “Indy” Burke, a professor of ecosystem ecology and F&ES dean, and Karen C. Seto, a professor of geography and urbanization science at F&ES, have beenelected to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering.
March 1, 2018

New Environmental Management Curriculum Promotes Depth, Breadth... and Flexibility

The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies is launching a new curriculum for one of its core academic programs, the Master of Environmental Management degree, which places more emphasis on subject specialization while at the same time building common foundational skills and affording flexibility.
February 26, 2018

IUCN Partners With Yale to Train
Tropical Leaders Through Online Learning

A partnership between the F&ES-based Environmental Leadership and Training Initiative and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) delivered online training in forest restoration to 125 professionals from 32 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
February 20, 2018

New Grant Opportunities Promote
Interdisciplinary Research and Teaching

A newly funded grant opportunity will promote environmental collaborations for teaching and research across Yale University.
February 15, 2018

Lessons for Community Engagement in Forest Landscapes: 17 Years of Forests ‘Dialogue’

February 9, 2018

Annual Tropical Foresters Conference at
Yale Tackles Socio-ecological Complexity

In early February, researchers, practitioners, and students from around the world gathered at Yale to discuss the challenges of deforestation and sustainable livelihoods at the annual International Society of Tropical Foresters (ISTF) conference.
January 31, 2018

Yale Students Named 2018 ‘Energy Scholars’

Two F&ES students — Josh Constanti ’18 M.E.M. and Krisztina Pjeczka ’18 M.E.M. — have been named 2018 Energy Scholars by a U.S.-based program that honors young leaders in the renewable energy field.
January 31, 2018

Taking the Long View: U.S. Scientists
Affirm Value of Long Term Research

A new Yale-led study provides a detailed glimpse into how the U.S. ecological community views the direction of long-term research and its critical role in the advancement of knowledge.
January 23, 2018

Tropical Forests Are Key to Achieving
Sustainable Development by 2030

A new special issue of Yale’s Journal of Sustainable Forestry examines the interface between tropical forest conservation and sustainable development through the lens of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
January 23, 2018

Air Quality the Leading Environmental
Threat to Public Health, New EPI Finds

The 2018 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) finds that air quality is the leading environmental threat to public health. Now in its twentieth year, the biennial report is produced by researchers at Yale and Columbia Universities in collaboration with the World Economic Forum. 
January 22, 2018

Study: Geoengineering the Climate
Could Imperil Most Animal Groups

One of the tools considered to reduce the impacts of climate change is geoengineering, but a new study, co-authored by an F&ES scientist, finds that starting or halting such schemes too quickly could imperial most groups of animals.
January 22, 2018

F&ES Students Honored for Leadership
in Conservation and Wildlife Science

Two F&ES students, Corey Creedon ’18 M.E.M. and Elizabeth Naro ’18 M.E.M., have received the 2017 MK McCarthy-RW Worth Scholarship for leadership in the field of conservation biology and wildlife science.
January 10, 2018

Coalition to Improve Sustainability in
Connecticut Taps into Yale Expertise

A new Connecticut initiative is bringing together tools and resources from across the state — including expertise from F&ES — to help the state’s cities and towns adopt more sustainable practices.
December 21, 2017

Solving the Ivory Deadlock

In an interview Gao Yufang ’14 M.E.Sc., who is now a doctoral student at F&ES, discusses a new paper he co-authored in Science that calls for a more iterative process that recognizes different value systems in order to save the world's disappearing elephants.
December 15, 2017

AGU Honors F&ES Student For Bringing Remote Sensing to Vulnerable Places

Rebecca Lehman ’18 M.E.M., a second-year master’s student at F&ES, recently received a grand prize in the American Geophysical Union’s Data Visualization and Storytelling contest.
December 14, 2017

Climate Benefits of Wind and Solar
Outweigh Costs of ‘Hidden’ Emissions

Even low-carbon energy technologies like solar cells and wind power plants have associated greenhouse gas emissions, but those impacts pale in comparison with the emissions prevented by the displacement of fossil fuel sources, a new study co-authored by a Yale researcher finds.
December 13, 2017

Doctoral Graduate Honored for Research
On Unexpected Impact of Small Ponds

Meredith Holgerson ’16 Ph.D., an aquatic ecologist who has provided new insights into the unexpected role of small pond systems, has received a national science award for research she conducted as an F&ES doctoral student.
December 8, 2017

F&ES Names School’s First Assistant
Dean of Community and Inclusion

Thomas Easley, an educator who has tackled diversity challenges in the academic classroom and on the stage, was recently appointed the Assistant Dean of Community and Inclusion at F&ES.
December 8, 2017

‘Scholarship for Sustainability’:
Student Honored for Research

The Environmental Research & Education Foundation awarded the 2017 Ice River Springs Master’s Scholarship for Sustainability to James Souder ’18 M.E.M.

 
November 28, 2017

Gabon ‘Dialogue’ Examines Challenges
Of Deforestation-Free Development

The Forests Dialogue, a Yale-based program that promotes multi-stakeholder discussions on forest issues, recently brought together 60 people from 15 countries to discuss how the concept of deforestation-free supply chains could be applied in western and central Africa.
November 27, 2017

Raymond and Seto Elected AAAS Fellows

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elected Peter Raymond and Karen Seto, two F&ES faculty members as AAAS fellows in recognition of their contributions to science.
November 14, 2017

At Bonn, Data Driven Yale Wins Award
in UN Data for Climate Action Contest

A team from Data-Driven Yale, an F&ES-based project working at the intersection of data science and policy, was awarded the UN Data for Climate Action Challenge’s inaugural award for linking climate change to sustainable development goals.
November 14, 2017

3D Printing and the Environment: The
Implications of Additive Manufacturing

A new special issue of Yale’s Journal of Industrial Ecology presents the cutting-edge research on additive manufacturing, popularly known as 3D printing, providing important insights into its environmental, energy and health impacts.
November 10, 2017

Message to Bonn Climate Talks:
Internal Carbon Pricing Shows Promise

In an interview, Casey Pickett, director of the recently launched Yale Carbon Charge, discusses how the initiative aims to change behavior across campus, the broad range of research opportunities made possible by the initiative, and how it might ultimately be applied by other organizations.
November 10, 2017

Yale at COP23: On the Ground in Bonn

Forty members of the Yale community, including faculty, alumni, and 35 students from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES), will be in Bonn, Germany this month for the UN Climate Change Conference, also known as COP23.
November 10, 2017

Majority of the Public in U.S. and China Support the Paris Agreement, Survey Finds

The public in China and the U.S. support climate action domestically and internationally, according to new survey results published by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the China Center for Climate Change Communication.
November 9, 2017

Panel to Explore Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Environmental Movement

Across the country, many environmental organizations are confronting complex issues of diversity and equity, and are working to create a more inclusive environmental movement. At a panel this coming Monday at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, four experts in the field will tackle these issues head-on. 
October 26, 2017

A Vision for Sustainability in Tanzania

During a recent meeting convened in southern Tanzania by The Forests Dialogue, a Yale-based program, a range of stakeholders discussed their visions of what a sustainable and thriving landscape looks like.
October 25, 2017

Yale-Led Study to Examine
Health Disparities in Senior Population

A research team led by F&ES Professor Michelle Bell has received a $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to examine environmental health disparities within the U.S. senior population.
October 25, 2017

Can Science Keep Up with Growth of
The World’s ‘Mega-Urban’ Areas?

In a Special Feature of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, edited by Yale Professor Karen C. Seto, some of the field’s leading thinkers examine the growing implications of global urbanization trends, including their impacts on resource use, potential environmental tradeoffs, and human wellbeing.
October 23, 2017

Rethinking the Private Sector’s Role in Disaster Relief

Latent potential within the private sector could provide a powerful new solution to disaster relief, according to a report out of the Yale Center for Business and the Environment.
October 18, 2017

Is Fracking a Threat to Public Health?
Yale Scientists Aim to Provide Answers

In an interview, F&ES Prof. James Saiers describes the health concerns historically associated with fracking and how a new Yale research project could provide important insights into whether there is a link between unconventional drilling and adverse birth outcomes.
October 17, 2017

Yale Environmental Sustainability Summit Focused on Change Makers

The second biennial Yale Environmental Sustainability Summit (YESS) will be held on November 3 and 4. Organizd by alumni from F&ES and across the university, the public event will focus on catalyzing, cultivating, and connecting sustainability-driven change makers.
October 12, 2017

Renowned Author and Environmentalist Bill McKibben Delivers Chubb Lecture

This week, the award-winning author and environmental activist Bill McKibben delivered the Chubb Fellowship Lecture to a packed audience in Woosley Hall. We caught up with McKibben before his lecture to talk about the role of climate activism during the Trump administration. 
October 11, 2017

Achieving a ‘Natural Advanced State’:
Reflections of an Apprentice Forester

Andy Beck — a joint-degree student who had no forestry experience before coming to Yale — talks about why he decided to become a “forester” and the impacts of forestry decisions on the landscape.
October 10, 2017

Conference Shines Light on Town-Gown- Inspired Advances in Urban Sustainability

Across the U.S. some of the most successful sustainability-related projects are the fruits of partnerships between cities and universities. A one-day conference at Yale will highlight some of these success stories — and provide insights into how they might be replicated elsewhere.
October 5, 2017

Yale Economist: Trump Water Rule
Ignores Millions of Dollars in Benefits

The economic analysis conducted by the Trump administration to justify revoking the Waters of the U.S. rule falls short of a defensible and consistent basis, a Yale economist writes this week in Science. The implications go beyond weakening the Clean Water Act — it could undermine the credibility of economic studies conducted by federal agencies.
October 5, 2017

The Challenge of Creating
‘Ecological Civilization’ in China

In the last decade the Chinese government has realized the need to create not just a prosperous and technologically sophisticated society but an “ecological civilization” based on its cultural and religious traditions. In the sacred mountains of Henan, Yale Professor Mary Evelyn Tucker recently participated in the Songshan Forum, an annual meeting that has become part of this effort.
October 4, 2017

Pioneering Scientist Bridges Research and Policy to Create a More Sustainable Future

Over the past four decades, Jerry Melillo '72 M.F.S., '77 Ph.D., has established himself as one of the world's preeminent scientists, expanding our understanding of the how terrestrial ecosystems respond to climate change. Now, the real challenge, he says, is for scientists to make their research understandable and useful to decision makers. 
October 4, 2017

Driven by ‘Game-Changing’ Fire, Alum Models Ecosystems Approach to Land Management

In the arid Southwest, intense wildfire has become a game-changer, says Laura McCarthy '87 M.F., director of The Nature Conservancy's Rio Grande Water Fund. It's just the latest project in a long career where the conservationist has applied an ecosystems approach to complex environmental challenges. This weekend, McCarthy will be honored with a Distinguished Alumna Award at the annual F&ES Reunion.
September 29, 2017

More than Just Talk: F&ES Initiative
Aims to Take ‘Dialogue’ to Next Level

The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, building on its standing as a respected source of environmental knowledge and leadership, this semester introduced the Yale Environmental Dialogue, a series that will convene leading thinkers and decision-makers on issues related to sustainability.
September 29, 2017

Newly Rebuilt Yale Myers Camp
Showcased at Annual Harvest Festival

The Yale Myers Forest, the flagship of the Yale School Forest system, unveils its newly rebuilt camp this week at their annual Harvest Festival. The buildings honor the traditional look and feel of the old camp, which was destroyed in a catostrphic fire Memorial Day weekend 2016. 
September 27, 2017

Honors for Anastas Include Lifetime
Achievement Award from U.S. EPA

Professor Paul Anastas, a pioneer in the field of green chemistry, in recent months was named recipient of two major honors, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
September 27, 2017

Report: Latinos Want Action on Climate Change

A new national study finds that Latinos in the United States are more convinced global warming is happening and human-caused than their non-Latino counterparts. They are also more worried about it, supportive of climate change policies, and willing to take political action. Further, Spanish-language Latinos are more engaged with the issue than English-language Latinos.
September 22, 2017

Invisible Boundaries: Exhibit Offers
Perspectives of Yellowstone Migrations

A multidisciplinary research collaboration, led by Arthur Middleton ’07 M.E.M., which examined the migration of large animals across the Yellowstone Ecosystem has yielded a dazzling exhibition now on display at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History.
September 22, 2017

Yale and WBCSD Announce Collaboration
to Improve Corporate Reporting

Recognizing the critical role that private capital flows will play in moving society toward a more sustainable future, Yale has launched an academic effort to provide high-quality research on the flow of capital into sustainability-oriented projects and sustainable companies.
September 21, 2017

With Void in Climate Leadership, Kerry
Initiative Lays Out a Post-Paris Agenda

At Yale this week, former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hosted a two-day event, the Yale Climate Conference, to highlight what business, civic, and government leaders are doing — or can do — to combat the threats of climate change.
September 20, 2017

Esty-Led Panel Highlights ‘Bottom-Up’
Solutions in Climate Week NYC Kickoff

An international climate gathering in New York City this week was kicked off by a panel, moderated by F&ES Prof. Dan Esty, which showcased “bottom-up” strategies delivering transformative change across the U.S. and the world.
September 14, 2017

Paris Climate Talks Chair Headlines
Inaugural Yale Environmental Dialogue

The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies on Sunday, Sept. 17 will host former French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius during the inaugural Yale Environmental Dialogue (YED).
September 14, 2017

Cities Aren’t Ready for Weather Extremes
— No Matter What You Call Them

Xuhui Lee, a professor of meteorology at F&ES, says that it’s difficult to link climate change to two recent hurricanes that devastated parts of the U.S. and the Caribbean. But decades of scientific research do suggest that weather extremes such as Hurricanes Harvey and Irma will become more common — and cities will pay a steep price.
September 13, 2017

Building Climate Resilience After Irma: An
Interview with F&ES Alum Lia Nicholson

Hurricane Irma devastated parts of the Caribbean last week, including the island of Barbuda, known for its sandy beaches and abudant wildlife. We reached out to Lia Nicholson '14 M.E.M. who works on climate change adaptation and mitigation for the Government of Antigua and Barbuda to learn more about living with the threat of hurricanes and what small island nations are doing to build climate resilience. 
September 1, 2017

MODs Introduces New Students
to Urban Ecology of New Haven

For generations of F&ES students the summer orientation known as MODs has offered a chance to learn fundamental environmental skills in the forests of Connecticut. These days it also includes a week in the streets and green spaces of New Haven, where they become familiar with the field methods for analyzing the urban ecosystem. A new video offers a glimpse.
August 31, 2017

F&ES Welcomes the Class of 2019

The incoming Master’s class of 2019, a group of 154 students from 28 countries, this week began classes at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.
August 14, 2017

Yale-Inspired Connecticut Green Bank
Wins National Award for Innovation

The Connecticut Green Bank, a first-of-its-kind model for green financing first conceptualized at Yale, has been awarded the 2017 Innovation in American Government Award from Harvard’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation.
July 26, 2017

New Haven Promise Interns Gain Research and Work Experience at F&ES

Since 2011, the New Haven Promise program has provided full tuition college scholarships to over 1200 local high school students. This summer, three of those students are gaining research and work experience as interns at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. 
July 26, 2017

‘I Came Here to Teach’: Forestry Professor
Camp Retires After 17 Years at F&ES

Ann Camp ‘90 M.F.S. recently retired from F&ES where she served as a lecturer and research scientist for nearly 17 years. 
July 20, 2017

Even in Polarized U.S., Sequel to Gore Climate Doc Has Potential to Engage Millions

The long-awaited sequel to “An Inconvenient Truth” arrives at a time when the U.S. is even more polarized on climate change than it was a decade ago. Nonetheless, a Yale researcher who studies public opinion on climate change says the film, if done well, has the potential to engage millions of Americans.
July 20, 2017

Respite from the Urban Heat Island?
Study Eyes Costs of Irrigation as Remedy

A new Yale study will examine whether irrigation of green spaces to mitigate the urban heat island effect in some of the world’s driest cities will be worth the cost — namely, drawing down precious and increasingly diminished water resources.
July 19, 2017

Yale Team Makes Final Round at
Nespresso Sustainability Challenge

A team of students and recent graduates from F&ES this summer traveled to Switzerland where they were finalists in the 2017 Sustainability MBA Challenge hosted by NestléNespresso, an operating unit of the Nestle Group.
July 17, 2017

Interdisciplinary Yale Team Takes
Top Prize in Patagonia Case Competition

A team of six Yale students and recent graduates, including five from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, took the top prize at the Patagonia Eco Innovation Case Competition.
June 29, 2017

Forests Dialogue: Helping to Chart a Path Forward for Sustainable Wood Energy

While much of the discussion about renewable energy is focused on solar, wind, and hydroelectric sources, any climate action must include heightened discussion around wood, which accounts for 87 percent of the world's renewable energy use. The Forest Dialogue is helping to catalyze that discussion.
June 29, 2017

What Do Plants Sound Like?
Plants and the Audible Spectrum

What does a plant sound like? And what does a plant hear? An interdisciplinary project at Yale, highlighted during a recent installation at the F&ES Forest Garden, is applying new technologies that help people listen to plants — and even speak their language.
June 27, 2017

Public Will Back Carbon Tax — But It
Depends on How You Sell It, Study Says

A new Yale-led study suggests that a progressive carbon tax can both reduce emissions and generate revenue. But how a carbon tax is structured — and how its benefits are communicated to voters — are vital for building political support. 
June 19, 2017

Two F&ESers Named Switzer Fellows

Two F&ES students, Jolisa Brooks ’18 M.E.Sc. and Brunilda Pizarro ’18 M.E.Sc., have been named recipients of Switzer Environmental Fellowships, a prestigious program that supports future environmental leaders.
June 14, 2017

Taking it to the Next Level: Yale’s Journal
of Industrial Ecology Explores the Circular Economy

In a new special issue of Yale's Journal of Industrial Ecology, leading researchers make the case that it is time to take the discussion and analysis to the next level.
June 12, 2017

F&ES Unveils Ambitious New Strategic Plan

On May 24 the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES) introduced a new strategic plan to build on the School’s historical strengths and commitment to environmental leadership as the planet faces an increasing and widely diverse array of environmental challenges.
 
June 7, 2017

Holistic Management Makes
Ecosystems Healthier, People Wealthier

A Yale-led study puts a price on ecosystems by recognizing the value of a “natural capital” asset — in this case, fish in the Baltic Sea — and connecting it with holistic ecosystem management to calculate asset values for the interacting parts of an ecosystem.
June 6, 2017

Yale Excavation in Syria Continues to
Reveal Secrets of World’s Earliest Cities

In the 1970s Yale archaeologist Harvey Weiss began excavating an ancient city in present day Syria that would reveal critical insights into the world’s first cities. Although the site is now sealed off from research due to the country’s civil war, it continues to yield important discoveries — including the agricultural strategies of the earliest civilizations.
May 30, 2017

Science to Solutions: Students Pitch
Strategies to Prevent ‘The Next Flint’

This spring eight F&ES students traveled to Flint, Mich. for a conference on the water crisis still unfolding in that community. In a conversation three students discuss how the experience deepened their understanding of the crisis — and it revealed about battling future environmental and social challenges.
May 25, 2017

Environmental Challenges Require
‘New Kind of Science’ from Academia

In an essay published in BioScience, a group of 22 environmental leaders — including three from F&ES — challenge the academic community to make “institutional innovations” to better address the challenges of our time.
May 22, 2017

During 116th Commencement, F&ES Graduates Urged to Find ‘Their Game’

F&ES on Monday celebrated its 116th Commencement, honoring a class of 144 Master's graduates and 10 Ph.Ds.
May 17, 2017

Global Impact: F&ES Students Scatter
Worldwide for Summer Jobs and Research

The 151 master’s students completing their first year at F&ES have started to scatter across the world over the next couple of weeks for summer internships and independent research.
May 16, 2017

Bright Idea: Student Honored for Bringing
‘Bottled Light’ to Underprivileged Indian Households

While working as a teacher in Mumbai, Sanjna Malpani ’17 M.E.M. was shocked that many students weren't able to do their homework because of insufficient light in their homes. So Malpani and some friends helped introduce new sources of illumination using only plastic bottles and water.
May 15, 2017

Gladiator Games: In Nature’s Showdowns, Biodiversity Shields Weaker Competitors

A new Yale-led study of fungi competition illustrates that maintaining a diverse collection of species indeed not only safeguards weaker species but also protects the genetic diversity of the larger community.
May 8, 2017

In Measuring Gas Exchange
Between Water and Air, Size Matters

A new Yale-led study evaluated how the size of ponds and lakes affects gas exchange rates, which may have implications for carbon emissions and global climate change.
May 5, 2017

Study Linking Microscale Processes with Landscape Impacts Wins Bormann Prize

Ashley Keiser ’16 Ph.D., who studies how microbes in the soil respond to changing conditions aboveground, has won the 2017 F. Herbert Bormann Prize, which honors doctoral research that exemplifies the legacy of the late Yale professor.
May 4, 2017

Combined Research Conference ‘Activates’
Original Scholarship Produced at F&ES

Sixty-six masters students, doctoral students, and postdocs from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies community presented their research during the 33rd annual F&ES Environmental Research Conference in April.
May 4, 2017

Four Students Selected as 2017 Sabin International Environmental Fellows

F&ES has selected four graduate students as Andrew Sabin International Environmental Fellows, with each Fellow receiving up to $40,000 of funding for their education and post-graduate service in the environmental sector.
May 2, 2017

Leung, Champion for Inclusion and Equity, Honored with 2017 Kroon Cup

The F&ES community last week awarded the 2017 Kroon Cup to Jessica Leung ’17 M.E.M., who has worked tirelessly to make the School and the environmental field more inclusive and equitable.
May 2, 2017

Seto Elected to the Prestigious
National Academy of Sciences

The National Academy of Sciences, considered the most prestigious scientific society in the U.S., has elected Yale Prof. Karen C. Seto as a member in recognition of her distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
April 28, 2017

Earth Day: F&ESers Bike New Haven for Ninth Rock to Rock

More than 100 members of the F&ES community endured cold rains and slick roads last Saturday for the ninth Rock to Rock Earth Day Ride, an annual bike ride that supports a variety of grassroots organizations working to make New Haven a healthier, greener, and more connected community.
April 27, 2017

Global Project Will Help Promote
Green Chemistry in Developing Countries

The F&ES-based Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering at Yale has entered into a three-year global collaboration that will promote the principles and implementation of green chemistry in low- and middle-income countries.
April 26, 2017

Study Reveals Deep Nature Appreciation In the U.S. — but also Barriers to Connection

A national study co-led by Stephen Kellert prior to his death in 2016 has reported a troubling disconnect between people and nature in the United States. But it also found reasons for hope.
April 26, 2017

Energy Technology Startup Wins
2017 Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize

A student-led startup that is creating new energy technology the team says will enable households to reduce their carbon footprint while also saving money has received the 2017 Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize.
April 24, 2017

Yale Carbon Charge Pilot: Did it Work?

Last year Yale embarked on an experimental program examining the potential for carbon pricing on the Yale campus. A recent analysis, conducted by F&ES students, shows that the pilot program contributed to carbon reductions.
April 19, 2017

Scientists Brace for Potential Federal
Research Cuts, Regulatory Shifts

Federal funding has long played a key role in supporting scientific research to improve human health and the environment. But since the onset of the Trump administration, concerned scientists at F&ES have wondered about the future fate of research funding.
April 18, 2017

Summit to Explore Gene Technologies and Environmental Solutions

This week Yale will host an interdisciplinary event exploring the potential applications and risks of utilizing gene editing technology to improve human health and the environment.
April 18, 2017

Dean’s Conversation: Energy Specialist on Tough Choices and Possible Solutions

David Lawrence, a global energy consultant and former Shell executive, will be the guest in the next Dean’s Conversation on Thursday, April 20. The title of his talk is “The World Needs More Energy and Less CO2: Tough Questions, Hard Choices and Possible Solutions.
April 17, 2017

Lyme Disease Imposes Large Cost
On the Northeast United States

In a new study, Yale researchers find that perceived risks of contracting Lyme disease on average cause a person in the Northeast to forego eight 73-minute outdoor trips per year, exacting a total cost roughly $2.8 billion to $5 billion annually in the densely populated region.
April 17, 2017

Leadership for Sustainability:
Stanford Earth Dean on What It’ll Take

Pamela Matson, the dean of the Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, who will deliver the keynote address during the F&ES Research Conference on April 21, says achieving a more sustainable world will require the engagement of all disciplines — and that scientists and policymakers work together.
April 12, 2017

Protecting Nature and Indigenous Rights
In One of Earth’s Most Diverse Landscapes

For nearly two decades, conservationists Lilian Painter and Robert Wallace have worked with indigenous communities in Bolivia’s Madidi-Tambopata landscape to recover endangered species and improve livelihoods for the people who live there. Despite the challenges, their strategy is working.
April 12, 2017

Major Science Organizations Honor
Seto For Work on Urban Land Systems

Two major U.S. science organizations recently honored Karen C. Seto, professor of geography and urbanization science and Associate Dean for Research at F&ES, for her work on understanding urban land systems.
April 12, 2017

Removal of Invasive Species Protects
One of Kroon Hall's Key 'Green' Features

This month a team of technicians has removed an invasive species that ran amok in the human-made pond outside of Kroon Hall, protecting one of the building's key sustainable attributes.
April 4, 2017

Drought Linked With Health Risks in Older Adults, Yale-Led Study Shows

A Yale-led analysis of health claims in 22 U.S. states found that severe drought conditions increased the risk of mortality — and, in some cases, cardiovascular disease — among adults 65 or over.
April 3, 2017

In Sri Lanka, a Village Garden Yields Timeless Lessons in Forest Conservation

Since October, Blair Rynearson ’15 M.F., Logan Sander ’15 M.F., and Laura Lutttrell, have been in Sri Lanka as fellows with the F&ES-based Sri Lanka Program for Forest Conservation In an ongoing series of posts, they share their experiences of learning about — and then developing — a traditional village tree garden.
April 3, 2017

Program Empowering Leaders in Tropics
Receives $4.9 Million Grant from Arcadia

The Environmental Leadership & Training Initiative, an F&ES-based program that makes the latest tools and research in forest restoration and sustainable management accessible to the people who manage tropical landscapes, has received a $4.9 million grant from Arcadia, a charitable fund of Peter Baldwin and Lisbet Rausing, to continue its work.
April 3, 2017

Return to Rwanda

F&ES Professors Amy Vedder and Bill Weber have worked on dozens of conservation projects across the globe. But they are best known for their efforts to conserve mountain gorillas in Rwanda, a place where they still bring Yale students every year.
March 28, 2017

Wyss Scholars Program Supports
Future Western Conservation Leaders

The Wyss Foundation, a charitable organization that supports land conservation in the American West, has selected two F&ES students — Katherine Panek ’18 M.E.M. and Austin Rempel ’18 M.E.M. — as 2017 Wyss Scholars
March 28, 2017

Yale Economist: Trump Order Unlikely
To Alter Tightening U.S. Coal Market

President Trump today ifted a moratorium on the federal coal leasing program, predicting that it will create new jobs and reduce U.S. reliance on foreign energy sources. The order will do neither, predicts Kenneth Gillingham, a Yale economics professor who has published extensive research on the program.
March 27, 2017

Reel Stories: Student-Run
Environmental Film Festival Begins April 5

The ninth annual Environmental Film Festival at Yale, which will be held April 5 to 8,  will feature 10 films across Yale and New Haven. All events are free and open to the public.
March 23, 2017

Expanding Adaptive Financing
Options For Post-Disaster Recovery

As part of their F&ES masters project, students Laura Hammett ’17 M.E.M. and Katy Mixter ’17 M.E.M./M.B.A. recently convened experts from humanitarian and financial organizations for a one-day workshop on the challenges of post-disaster reconstruction and resilience.
March 23, 2017

Analysis: Building a Market for
Renewable Thermal Technologies

A new analysis led by the F&ES-based Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) finds that renewable thermal technologies have significant market potential in the state if supported by appropriate public policy and financing tools.
March 16, 2017

The President’s Budget: A Call to Action

On March 16, F&ES Dean Indy Burke sent a message to the community about President Trump’s preliminary 2018 budget proposal.
March 9, 2017

Making Social and Environmental Impact
Easy: Entrepreneur’s Guide to Going ‘B’

The Yale Center for Business and the Environment and the outdoor apparel company Patagonia have jointly released a guide for entrepreneurs that offers a roadmap for the emerging world of Certified B Corporations and Benefit Corporations.
March 1, 2017

On the Front Lines of Justice: Strategies
To Support Embattled Local Activists

Across the world indigenous leaders have been targeted with violence and imprisonment for defending their homes and local resources. In an op-ed, Peter Kostishack ’00 M.E.Sc., whose organization supports these individuals and groups, describes strategies urgently needed to protect their homes, their freedom, and their ways of life.
February 28, 2017

Poll: Majority in All States, Congressional
Districts Support Clean Power Plan

Majorities of Americans in all 50 states and all 435 Congressional Districts support setting strict carbon dioxide emissions limits on coal-fired power plants, according to results published in the new version of the Yale Climate Opinion Maps.
February 24, 2017

Designed to Thrive: Creating Vibrant,
Resilient Cities for the 21st Century

At Yale this week, urban planner Jonathan F.P. Rose and former Pittsburgh Mayor Tom Murphy discussed the challenges of developing vibrant, resilient cities in the 21st century — and places that are getting it right.
February 24, 2017

Peter Raymond Awarded NASA Carbon Cycle Science Grant

The $1 million dollar grant will support Raymond's research on the exchange of greenhouse gases between inland water bodies and the atmosphere, which has implications for global climate change. 
February 22, 2017

Opportunity and Optimism
During an Uncertain Time

For some students poised to enter the job market, the political turmoil in Washington, D.C. is adding another layer of uncertainty. But during a two-day job trek in the nation’s capital, F&ES students found reasons for optimism.
February 22, 2017

‘Resurrection’ of Dormant Eggs Reveals
Unexpected Evolutionary Response to Toxins

Using “resurrection ecology” and lake sediment archives, a recent F&ES graduate was able to determine that a tiny freshwater crustacean, known as Daphnia, actually became more sensitive to heavy metals as concentrations increased over time contrary to expectation.
February 17, 2017

Raymond Elected to Connecticut
Academy of Science and Engineering

Peter Raymond, a professor of ecosystem ecology at F&ES, this week was elected to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering.
February 16, 2017

YPCCC Wins Friend of the Planet Award

The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication this week received a Friend of the Planet award from the National Center for Science Education.
February 10, 2017

Yale GrassX Competition Invites
Student Support for Native Pollinators

The Yale Landscape Lab on Yale’s West Campus and the F&ES-based Ucross High Plains Stewardship Initiative have partnered for GrassX, an Experimental Grassland Competition that invites Yale students to explore ideas to promote grassland management systems, native pollinators, and local ecosystems.
February 8, 2017

Lauenroth Named 2017 Fellow by
Ecological Society of America

William Lauenroth, a Professor in the Practice at F&ES and pioneer in the field of drylands ecology, has been named a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America for his contributions to research and discovery.
February 8, 2017

Yale to Help Guide National Institute on
Improving Industrial Energy Efficiency

F&ES researchers will play a lead role in a new U.S.-funded consortium that will aim to improve the energy efficiency of the nation’s industrial manufacturing processes.
February 7, 2017

Poll: Many Trump Voters Support a
Carbon Tax, Climate Action, Clean Energy

A nationally representative survey conducted by the F&ES-based Yale Program on Climate Change Communication shortly after the presidential election finds that about half to a majority of Trump voters think global warming is happening and support a variety of climate and clean energy policies.
February 1, 2017

Ucross Symposium Addresses
Complexities of Ranching with Carnivores

The symposium, Ranching with Carnivores: Modern Perspectives on Coexistence, held this week at F&ES, will bring together a range of perspectives from people working to balance livelihoods with conservation of the West’s most iconic predators.
January 31, 2017

Days of Conflict: Confronting Opposing
Viewpoints — and Keeping the Long View

Bernie Mayer, a professor of dispute resolution, will visit F&ES this week to discuss science, policy and environmental conflict in a divisive political atmosphere. In an interivew, he shares principles for confronting seemingly intractable differences — and makes the case that finding “resolution” is not always the first priority.
January 31, 2017

Unconventional Journey: Student Forges
Her Own Summer Project in Alaska

As the summer break between her first and second year approached, Christina Stone felt the pressure to land a prestigious internship that others seemed to land easily. Then she created an opportunity in Alaska that was right for her.
January 30, 2017

Mark Bradford, Soil and Ecosystem
Science Expert, Promoted to Full Professor

Mark Bradford, an expert in soil and ecosystem science at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, was recently promoted to full professor with tenure.
January 26, 2017

Graedel Prizes Honor New
Advances in Industrial Ecology

The Journal of Industrial Ecology (JIE) recently awarded two papers with Graedel Prizes, which honor the best papers published in the journal.
January 25, 2017

Center for Earth Observation Turns 25
Amidst ‘Golden Age’ of Remote Sensing

At a time when Earth information is “more important than ever,” the Yale Center for Earth Observation is marking 25 years as the only Yale center exclusively devoted to remote sensing.
January 19, 2017

Prize-Winning Research Inspired
By Unlikely Source: Black Soldier Fly

Amy Zhang ’16 Ph.D. was named the recipient of the Roy A. Rappaport Prize for the best student paper of the year in environmental anthropology at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association.
January 18, 2017

Survey: Record Number of Americans
‘Very Worried’ About Global Warming

A nationally representative survey conducted shortly after the presidential election finds that the number of Americans “very worried” about global warming has reached a record high (19 percent), since first measured in 2008. 
January 17, 2017

Himalaya Study Eyes How Urban Shifts
Affect Land Uses and Natural Disasters

In a new study, Yale researchers will use remote sensing data to assess changes in urban settlements across the Himalayan region — and how those shifts have affected land use, the frequency and magnitude of natural disasters, and just how sensitive the region’s socio-economic systems are to these stressors.
January 11, 2017

In Meeting Future Energy Demands,
Density is as Important as Efficiency

Population density will be a critical factor in determining how much energy is needed to cool and heat buildings in the world’s urban areas by mid-century, according to a new study co-authored by Yale Prof. Karen Seto.
January 10, 2017

As First Siccama Lecturer, Duguid Aims
To Get More Yale Students into the Field

Marlyse Duguid ’10 M.F. ’16 Ph.D. has been appointed the first Thomas G. Siccama Lecturer in Environmental Field Studies, a new endowed position that emphasizes the teaching of field studies and ecology.
January 5, 2017

Remembering Stephen Kellert, Who
Explored Links Between People and Nature

Stephen R. Kellert ’71 Ph.D., a revered professor of social ecology at F&ES whose research and writing advanced the understanding of the connection between humans and the natural world, died in November after a long illness.
January 3, 2017

Growth of Mega-Cities Will Consume
Swaths of Cropland in Africa and Asia

The growth of mega-cities will eliminate massive areas of valuable cropland in some parts of the world by the year 2030, according to a new international study co-authored by F&ES Prof. Karen Seto.
December 16, 2016

Study Reveals Most Effective Techniques
For Protecting Livestock from Predators

A new study by F&ES researchers reviews 66 papers to determine the best methods to prevent predator attacks on livestock in rural India.
December 13, 2016

Unraveling Ecological Mysteries
In a Vanishing American West

In an interview, new F&ES Prof. William Lauenroth discusses the challenges facing the western drylands, the changes he has observed during four decades of research, and strategies that could help protect remnants of a vanishing U.S. West. 
December 8, 2016

F&ES Students Apply “Systems Thinking”
To Flint Water Contamination Case

An F&ES course this semester tackled the Flint water crisis, allowing students to examine a crisis unfolding in real time, and to hear directly from community members.
December 7, 2016

‘Getting Beyond Our Borders’:
The National Parks in the 21st Century

Jonathan Meade ’99 M.E.Sc., deputy regional director of National Park Service’s Northeast region, describes the major challenges facing the NPS in the coming decades and the opportunities to expand both the boundaries of the NPS and the chorus of voices that can be part of the movement.
December 2, 2016

Ripe for Reform: Economists Lay Out
Flaws in Federal Coal Leasing Program

In a new article in Science, F&ES Prof. Ken Gillingham highlights features in the U.S. federal coal leasing program that are ripe for reform, including an auction process and royalty rates that don’t reflect the social cost of coal.
November 30, 2016

Losses of Soil Carbon Under Global
Warming Might Equal U.S. Emissions

A new global assessment led by Yale researchers finds that warming will drive the loss of at least 55 trillion kilograms of carbon from the soil by mid-century, or about 17 percent more than the projected emissions due to human-related activities during that period. Carbon losses will be greatest in places that had largely been missing from previous research.
November 30, 2016

John Grim on Standing Rock: ‘This is Not
Only About Water, It’s All About Water’

In recent days, the conflict has escalated over construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. John Grim, a senior lecturer and research scholar at F&ES and an expert in Native American religions, discusses the historical, cultural, and spiritual significance of the Standing Rock demonstrations for Native people.
November 29, 2016

Carl W. Knobloch, Conservationist
and F&ES Benefactor, Dies at 86

Carl W. Knobloch Jr., 86, a Wyoming-based businessman and philanthropist whose generosity helped fund the construction of Kroon Hall, the administrative home of F&ES, died on Nov. 22.
November 22, 2016

Road Salt Can Change Sex Ratios
in Frog Populations, Study Says

Naturally occurring chemicals found in road salts commonly used to de-ice paved surfaces can alter the sex ratios in nearby frog populations, a phenomenon that could reduce the size and viability of species populations, according to a new study by scientists at Yale and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
November 21, 2016

Students Honored for Conservation Work

Two F&ES students, Pooja Choksi ’17 M.E.M. and Samantha Garvin ’17 M.E.Sc., have been awarded the 2016 MK McCarthy-RW Worth Scholarship for leadership in the field of conservation biology and wildlife science.
November 14, 2016

A New Ecology: Reclaiming a Healthy
Connection Between Humans and Nature

In a new book, “The New Ecology,” F&ES Professor Oswald J. Schmitz provides a concise and personal explanation of how scientists have come to recognize the relationship between humans and nature — and how more careful choices can help protect the natural world.
October 27, 2016

City in Hot Water? Students Help
New Haven Confront Climate Threats

A recent F&ES course was structured to not only support student learning but also to help the city of New Haven plan for future impacts of climate change.
October 27, 2016

On Connecticut Shoreline, Yale Team
Helps Communities Face New Realities

Work done by several F&ES students and faculty members is helping communities along the Connecticut coastline prepare for the threats of climate change.
October 24, 2016

Yale-Led Project to Widen Access to
Household Solar Receives Federal Grant

A Yale-led project aiming to further broaden the appeal of solar power to a mass market — including low- and moderate-income households — has received a $1.35 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.
October 24, 2016

Predicting Climate Impacts on Ecosystems
Will Require Scientists to Widen the Lens

In a new paper F&ES scholars make the case that overly simplistic studies on the climate impacts on ecosystems avoid the inherent complexity and interconnectedness of natural systems — and thus yield erroneous climate predictions.
October 20, 2016

From River Guide to Academia,
Exploring Nature’s Power to Inspire

After spending nearly two decades introducing travelers to some of the world’s most beautiful places, Robert Powell came to Yale to study how tourism and other informal educational experiences can inspire people to connect with — and protect — the natural world.
October 18, 2016

New Partnership Will Connect
Journalists with Climate Researchers

The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting have announced a new Campus Consortium Partnership that will connect journalists reporting on climate change with leading researchers and students studying climate change communication and journalism.
October 17, 2016

CBEY: A Decade of Innovation at the
Nexus of Business and the Environment

To mark the 10th anniversary of the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY), we asked several of the center’s most esteemed alums to reflect on how CBEY prepared them to address challenges at the nexus of business and the environment and where those lessons have led them.
October 13, 2016

Forest Diversity Loss Will Drive
Productivity Decline, Study Shows

Maintaining the diversity of the world’s forests not only promotes species richness but will also assure the forests’ productivity and services for future generations, according to a new study conducted by a global coalition of researchers including from F&ES.
October 12, 2016

Yale Welcomes Indy Burke
and Bill Lauenroth to F&ES

The F&ES community formally welcomed new Dean Ingrid C. “Indy” Burke during an afternoon reception outside Kroon Hall Monday.
October 11, 2016

Habitat III: F&ES Students Tackle Urban
Sustainability Challenges at UN Conference

Nineteen students from F&ES this month will participate in the upcoming United Nations (UN) conference Habitat III, a global summit aimed at outlining best practices for urban sustainability, resilience, and development.
October 5, 2016

A Systems Thinker Uses Market Forces to
Strengthen Environmental Conservation

Guillermo Castilleja has been described as a “true systems thinker,” something he says he developed while at F&ES. In an interview, Castilleja, a senior fellow at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, shares his vision for the foundation, his advice to students, and where he finds hope as a conservationist.
October 5, 2016

Partnering with Nature
In New York’s Urban Jungle

For nearly two decades, former F&ES classmates Jennifer Greenfeld and Bram Gunther have worked to strengthen nature’s role in an unlikely setting: New York City, where restored salt marshes, healthy forests, and 1 million newly planted trees have given the Big Apple an ecological makeover.
October 5, 2016

Prospect Street Awardee Targets
Conservation through Impact Investing

As the deputy managing director of NatureVest, Charlotte Kaiser, believes that impact investing can change the world of conservation. And she has the track record to prove it.
October 4, 2016

Case Studies Integrate Perspectives
On Complex Environmental Themes

A new F&ES initiative aims to help faculty and students integrate different disciplinary perspectives on complex environmental themes through the use of online case studies.
September 21, 2016

Conservationist Eleanor Sterling Awarded
Yale’s Prestigious Wilbur Cross Medal

One colleague calls Eleanor Sterling ’83 B.A., ’93 Ph.D., recipent of Yale's Wilbur Cross Medal, a “bridge builder.” A conservationist, anthropologist, and educator, Sterling says her interdisciplinary training at Yale has been crucial to her life’s work.
September 21, 2016

First Forester: The Enduring
Conservation Legacy of Gifford Pinchot

Gifford Pinchot, the first U.S. forest chief and founder of the Yale Forest School, doesn’t get enough credit, says historian Char Miller. In the early 20th century, Miller says, Pinchot helped shape our modern understanding of conservation, environmental education, and the very notion of “public lands.”
September 20, 2016

Yale Food Symposium Calls Together
Academics, Practitioners... and Eaters

The fourth annual Yale Food Systems Symposium, a student-led, interdisciplinary conference initiated by students at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, will be held at Kroon Hall on Sept. 30.
September 20, 2016

In India, a Model for Reducing
‘Retaliation Killings’ of Wild Cats

A new Yale-led study finds that communities in central India have an uncanny understanding of the wild cats in their backyard and where they are most likely to hunt livestock — a key factor in preventing the human-carnivore conflicts that threaten these animals.
September 14, 2016

F&ES Welcomes Pinchot Fellows

This fall F&ES welcomes two scholars chosen as the School’s first James & Mary Pinchot Fellows in Sustainability Studies.
September 7, 2016

Ecologist Indy Burke Takes the Reins

When ecologist Indy Burke was appointed new F&ES dean, Yale officials lauded her combination of scientific research, hands-on teaching, and interdisciplinary leadership. Burke forged those skills over three decades in the American West.
September 1, 2016

F&ES Welcomes the Class of ’18

The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies this week welcomed the 160 members of the Class of 2018, the 117th class in the history of the School. 
August 31, 2016

Identity, Difference, and Understanding:
Aboriginal Art Exhibit Explores Universal Themes

An exhibit featuring aboriginal and ethnographic art from Oceania and Southeast Asia, and curated by F&ES Prof. Michael Dove, recently opened at Peabody2, a gallery at 1 Broadway in New Haven.
August 30, 2016

Online Courses on Cosmology and Ecology
Offered as First Yale MOOC Specialization

A series of F&ES online courses examining the nexus of cosmology and ecology is now available to global learners through Coursera, the world’s largest provider of massive open online courses (MOOCs).
August 29, 2016

F&ES Alum Receives Global Honor
For Conservation Work in East Africa

Laly Lichtenfeld ’99 M.F.S., ’05 Ph.D., co-founder and executive director of the African People & Wildlife Fund, has been named a 2016 Lowell Thomas Awardee by The Explorers Club.
August 23, 2016

Study Reveals Surprising Role of Haze
In the Warming of Chinese Cities

A new Yale-led study suggests that regional variations may cause the phenomenon known as the urban heat island effect, and that the impacts of haze pollution in the U.S. and China vary significantly.
August 10, 2016

Health Risks from Wildfires in U.S. West
To Increase Under Climate Change

A surge in major wildfire events in the U.S. West as a consequence of climate change will expose tens of millions of Americans to high levels of air pollution in the coming decades, according to a new Yale-led study conducted with collaborators from Harvard.
August 2, 2016

Economics Professor Kotchen Named
New Associate Dean of Academic Affairs

Matthew Kotchen, a Professor of Economics at F&ES, has been appointed the School’s Associate Dean of Academic Affairs.
August 1, 2016

Managing Uncertainty: How Soil Carbon Feedbacks Could Affect Climate Change

A new Yale-led paper makes the case that developing meaningful climate projections will rely on understanding the role of “soil carbon turnover” — and how it might trigger climate feedbacks in a warming world.
July 28, 2016

After Yale Myers Fire,
Rebuilding Effort Moving Forward

As new manager at Yale Myers Forest, Shannon Murray ’14 M.E.M. certainly has had her hands full. But despite some challenges, including a devastating fire in May, she says it’s been an enjoyable summer at Yale Myers — and that the camp will be ready for summer MODs.

July 28, 2016

Diverse Voices: Defining Environmental
Leadership for the 21st Century

A speaker series introduced during the 2015-16 academic year, and continuing this year, explores how the environmental movement can better reflect all segments of American society.
July 26, 2016

This Summer, TRI Funds Student
Research in World’s Tropical Regions

This summer, the F&ES-based Tropical Resources Institute is funding the research of nearly 20 students working in the planet’s tropical zones. We caught up with three of them.
July 21, 2016

Ecologist Indy Burke Named F&ES Dean

Ingrid C. “Indy” Burke, an accomplished ecosystem ecologist and director of the Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Wyoming, has been appointed the 16th Dean of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.
July 19, 2016

Senate Resolution Draws on Yale
Research on Climate ‘Denier’ Network

A recent resolution by 19 U.S. senators condemning certain corporations, think tanks, and other organizations for intentionally misleading the public about the seriousness and harmful effects of climate change cited research by F&ES Prof. Justin Farrell. 
July 7, 2016

Yale Honors Liza Comita
For Postdoc Mentorship

Liza Comita, an Assistant Professor of Tropical Forest Management at F&ES, has received Yale University’s 2016 Postdoctoral Mentoring Prize. The award recognizes one faculty member annually who best exemplifies the role of mentor to postdoctoral trainees. 
July 6, 2016

Local Consumption, Global Consequences: Examining the Impacts of an Increasingly Connected World

In a new special issue, Yale’s Journal of Industrial Ecology examines the virtual shrinking of distances between places — arising because of trade, telecommunication and travel — and the widening gap between where products are made, where they’re used, and where the impacts occur.
June 27, 2016

Yale Researchers Release Municipal Solar Scorecards for Connecticut

The scorecards reveal how municipalities stack up in terms of installed solar capacity, permitting processes, community engagement, and information availability.
June 27, 2016

F&ES Faculty Receives Award in Iran Recognizing Work in Religion and Ecology

A two-day conference explored the roles of religion and culture in achieving a peaceful and sustainable future, and demonstrated how Iran is “reaching out” to the world community, says Mary Evelyn Tucker, F&ES; faculty member.
June 22, 2016

F&ES Students Named Switzer Fellows

Two F&ES students — Dena Adler ’17 M.E.M./J.D. and Logan McCoy ’17 M.E.M./M.B.A. — have been named recipients of Switzer Environmental Fellowships, a prestigious program that supports future environmental leaders.
June 21, 2016

Saiers Named Interim F&ES Dean

James Saiers, the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at F&ES, will serve as the School’s Interim Dean until a permanent replacement is appointed, Yale President Peter Salovey announced on June 21.
June 21, 2016

The Carbon Footprint of Crime

A study published in Yale's Journal of Industrial Ecology attempts to quantify the "carbon footprint" of crime, calculating that crime committed in England and Wales during 2011 was responsible for more than 4 million metric tons of carbon dioxide.
June 13, 2016

Looking Upstream: Research Evaluates
Impacts of Lake Powell’s Troubling Decline

“Looking Upstream,” a new report produced by four F&ES students, evaluates the factors contributing to acute vulnerability to water shortages in Lake Powell and how it will impact the river’s entire Upper Basin.
June 7, 2016

Yale Researchers Map
6,000 Years of Urban Settlements

A new Yale-led study provides the first spatially explicit dataset of the location and size of urban settlements globally over the past 6,000 years, providing fresh clarity on long-term historical urbanization trends and patterns. 
June 1, 2016

At Yale Myers Forest, Work
Continues Despite Destructive Fire

Major programming and research at Yale Myers Forest — including orientation for incoming students — will continue largely as planned despite a devastating fire that destroyed three buildings at the historic camp.

 

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