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May 25, 2021

YSE Class of ’21
“Forward with Optimism and Resolve”

Dean Burke commends this year’s graduates for their resilience, true expertise, scholarship, and leadership during a historically challenging time.
April 21, 2021

New Horizons Conference Highlights Challenges, Emerging Voices, and Reasons for Optimism in Environmental Justice

More than 880 people attended the conference, which celebrated the work of people of color across the fields of environmentalism and conservation, while also exploring how justice, inequality and environment are connected.
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.
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 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. 
 
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 6, 2019

Incentives for Innovation Can Drive Decarbonization, Esty Tells Lawmakers

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.
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

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 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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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 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 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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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 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.
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.
April 21, 2016

New Issue of Sage Magazine Available

The latest edition of Sage Magazine, an F&ES student-run publication will be released at a special event on April 22. The issue features stories, all written by F&ES contributors, about place.
April 14, 2016

Could You Be a National Geographic Young Explorer?

On April 22, National Geographic will host a workshop at Yale for students interested in its Young Explorers Grant Program. The event will include tips on preparing a good grant application a chance to meet previous awardees whose research reached a wider global audience through the grant program.
April 12, 2016

Black Faces, White Spaces: Rethinking
Assumptions About Race and Environment

For cultural geographer Carolyn Finney, who will visit F&ES on April 14, issues of race and identity are inseparable from conversations about environment engagement.
April 12, 2016

Burning Biomass: A Sustainable
Energy Option for the 21st Century?

Billions of people worldwide still burn woody biomass for household, commercial, and industrial purposes. During the F&ES-based Forest Dialogue's recent TFD Week, a group of experts explored how this ancient energy resource can become a more sustainable and climate-friendly energy option for the 21st century.
April 8, 2016

Eighth Sabin Venture Prize to Honor
Business Ideas that Advance Sustainability

Four startup ideas will be finalists for the 2016 Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize, a $25,000 cash prize that supports for-profit business concepts that help achieve a more sustainable way of life.
April 7, 2016

Yale Alums Help Make Connecticut a
Model for Innovative Green Policymaking

Many of Connecticut's recent achievements in environmental policy were led by faculty, alumni and students from F&ES. During a recent panel, some of these leaders discussed why the state has become a “laboratory” for sustainable development and green policy.
April 6, 2016

Green Careers, Women Leaders: Teaching
Students to ‘Flex Their Leadership Muscles’

High school students from across the region visited Yale F&ES for the fourth “Green Careers, Women Leaders,” an annual event in which F&ES students share leadership skills with young women and showcase environmental career paths.
March 23, 2016

Chertow Represents U.S. at G7 Alliance
Forum on Industrial ‘Life Cycle’ Concepts

F&ES Prof. Marian Chertow this week is participating in a workshop of the G7 Alliance on Resource Efficiency, an invitation-only gathering of international leaders that explores life cycle-related concepts in sustainable supply chain management.
February 17, 2016

Lovejoy, ‘Godfather’ of Biodiversity,
Reflects On 50 Years in the Amazon

Over the past five decades Thomas Lovejoy has helped bring global attention to the Amazonian rainforest and the threats it faces, leading seminal research that has become the foundation of the field of conservation biology — even coining the term “biological diversity.” On Feb. 23 he visits F&ES to discuss his 50 years in the Amazon, and new directions in conservation.
February 2, 2016

New Directions in Environmental Law
Examines Innovation, Disruptive Strategies

The sixth annual Yale New Directions in Environmental Law Conference (NDEL 2016), co-hosted by the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and the Yale Environmental Law Association at Yale Law School (YLS), will be held at the Law School on Feb. 26 and 27.
November 5, 2015

Yale Event Explores the Future of
Urban Parks in the 21st Century

On Nov. 13 the F&ES-based Hixon Center for Urban Ecology will convene a conference to examine the future of urban parks — and how researchers and practitioners can create and sustain better public green spaces.
October 14, 2015

Former Obama Strategist Shifts Focus
To a New Movement: Solar Adoption

As a strategist for the Obama campaign in 2008, Jon Carson helped create a new kind of grassroots movement using social networks and technology. He now hopes the same tools can put a solar panel on every American rooftop. 
September 1, 2015

Diversity and Environmental Leadership:
Beinecke Leads Seminar Series at Yale

At F&ES this semester, former NRDC President Frances Beneicke will co-teach a course that explores how the environmental movement can better reflect all segments of American society.
August 31, 2015

F&ES Welcomes the Class of ‘17

The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies this week welcomed the 164 members of the Class of 2017, one of the most diverse and international groups of first-year students in the School’s 115-year history.
June 18, 2015

Pope Francis and the Environment:
Yale Examines Historic Climate Encyclical

Yale experts say Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment could transform the global climate debate for Catholics and non-Catholics alike.
May 18, 2015

‘Embracing the Unknown’:
F&ES Honors the Class of 2015

The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies on May 18 celebrated its 114th Commencement, awarding diplomas to the 158 members of the Class of 2015.
April 21, 2015

Celebrating a New Haven ‘Blessing’:
Two Decades of Urban Resources Initiative

April 21, 2015

New-Look Sage Magazine Available

A new issue of Sage, a student-run magazine produced at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, arrived in buildings across campus this week. The spring 2015 issue comes with a new look and a bold ambition: to “expand environmentalism” through meaningful conversations about the world and our place in it.
April 13, 2015

Sabin Prize Seeds Business Plans
That Do Good for the Environment

On April 17, the Sabin Prize will award $25,000 to a for-profit business idea that helps achieve a more sustainable way of life. The competition is part of the first ever Entrepreneurship Across Yale event.
April 13, 2015

USDA Secretary Vilsack to Discuss Conservation, Climate During Yale Visit

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will deliver a public policy address at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES) on Tuesday, April 14.
March 31, 2015

Building the Future of Fisheries: Designs
for Government, Market and Community

On April 3, an international group of scholars will meet at F&ES to discuss the challenges facing fisheries worldwide and strategies to achieve a more sustainable future.
March 30, 2015

Yale Symposium Explores Impacts
Of Chinese Overseas Investment

On Saturday, April 4, the Yale Symposium on Chinese Overseas Investment and its Environmental and Social Impacts will explore the relationship between China’s overseas investment and the impacts — both negative and positive.
March 16, 2015

Tracking Wildlife in the Yale Woods

On a recent winter afternoon, Sue Morse, tracker and founder of Keeping Track, led nine F&ES students through the snows of Yale-Myers Forest for a wildlife tracking workshop.
March 4, 2015

Lineup Announced for Seventh
Environmental Film Festival at Yale

The seventh annual Environmental Film Festival at Yale (EFFY), a student-run event being held April 3 to 11, has selected 26 films from hundreds of submissions representing more than 30 countries.
February 19, 2015

Harnessing Photos and Science to
Protect a Threatened Canadian Jewel

Over the past 25 years, photographer and conservationist Ian McAllister — who visits Yale next week — has become one of the primary champions of British Columbia's Great Bear Rainforest. In an interview, he describes what attracted him to this beautiful and endangered landscape, and the power of photography in preserving the natural world.
February 16, 2015

Solutions for Scarcity: Yale Series
Tackles Drought Crisis in U.S. West

On Feb. 24, Jennifer Pitt ’93 M.E.Sc., director of the Environmental Defense Fund’s Colorado River Program, will kick off a series of F&ES talks about the chronic drought that continues to grip the western U.S.
February 12, 2015

Honduran Collaborative Water Project
Awarded 2015 ISTF Innovation Prize

A project that has coalesced 28 villages in Honduras to promote long-term water and land conservation in the face of numerous environmental threats received the International Society of Tropical Foresters (ISTF) Innovation Prize during the Yale Student Chapter’s annual meeting held last month at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES).
January 29, 2015

Jurassic Park, Neanderthal and You: Genomics Pioneer Rothberg Comes to Yale

Biotechnology entrepreneur Jonathan Rothberg will visit F&ES on Feb. 3 to discuss the evolution of DNA sequencing, what it has taught us about life on earth, and its potential to transform humankind and the environment.
January 21, 2015

Yale Conference Explores Links
Between Urban Nature and Public Health

The F&ES-based Hixon Center for Urban Ecology and the Yale School of Public Health are hosting a two-day conference, “Urban Nature as a Health Resource,” to explore how improved access to natural areas in urban areas can enhance public health.
December 1, 2014

Dean Crane Receives Prestigious
Biology Prize at Tokyo Ceremony

Peter Crane, the Dean of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, was awarded the 2014 International Prize for Biology during a ceremony held in Tokyo on Sunday.
November 20, 2014

Panel: Is There Enough Water
To Support the Fracking Boom?

A group of national water experts will discuss the potential consequences of the controversial drilling method known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, during a panel discussion on Friday at F&ES.
November 10, 2014

F&ES Presents Its Highest Honor
To Philanthropist Teresa Heinz

Teresa Heinz, the philanthropist and longtime advocate for environmental awareness and literacy, has been named the recipient of The Aldo Leopold Award, the highest honor granted by the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. 
September 17, 2014

The City Dark: EFFY Launches
Year-Long Series of Film Screenings

On Friday night, the Environmental Film Festival at Yale (EFFY) will launch a new “Best of EFFY” film series with a free outdoor showing of the film “The City Dark.”
September 10, 2014

Yale-Led Team Swarms Meeting
To Bridge Worlds of Ecology and Design

A Yale-led coalition recently descended on the annual meeting of theEcological Society of America to illustrate how ecology can be used to help solve larger societal challenges.
August 18, 2014

The Voices of Global Warming:
Radio Series Makes Climate Connections

A new national radio program produced by the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication will share daily stories about how climate change is affecting life in North America and what individuals and groups are doing about it.
July 21, 2014

Indian Foresters Visit Yale

F&ES recently hosted 29 officers from the Indian Forest Service (IFS) participating in the service's mid-career training program. During the two-week program, they took part in a series of lectures and field trips on campus and throughout the region. 
May 19, 2014

Acting on Their Sentiments:
Yale F&ES Celebrates 113th Commencement

The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies on Monday celebrated its 113th Commencement exercises.

May 13, 2014

On Yale Day of Service, Dean Crane
Lends a Hand to F&ES Alum in Kentucky

On the annual Yale Day of Service, Dean Peter Crane joined more than two-dozen other Yalies working the soil at the Parklands of Floyds Fork, a network of urban parks created by Daniel Jones ’84 B.A. ’06 M.F.
March 25, 2014

Reel Impact: The Sixth Annual
Environmental Film Festival at Yale

The Environmental Film Festival at Yale, being held from March 31 to April 6, will feature a series of award-winning films that drive home the consequences of today’s most pressing environmental and social issues.
March 11, 2014

Himalayan Studies Conference at Yale:
A View from the World’s ‘Third Pole’

The Himalayan Studies Conference, being held at Yale from March 14 to 16, will explore a range of ecological, social and political challenges facing a region that divides — and connects — the two great Asian superpowers, China and India.
February 17, 2014

Yale Conference Tackles Role
Of Fire in Northeastern Forests

A three-day conference at F&ES will bring together leading scientists and land managers to discuss the importance of fire in the ecology of northern ecosystems and the historic use of fire as a management tool from Appalachia to Canada.
February 10, 2014

Honduras Forest Conservation Project Wins First Yale ISTF Innovation Prize

A project that promotes forest conservation by linking sustainable producers with high-value markets received the first ever International Society of Tropical Foresters Forest Finance Innovation Prize during the group's annual meeting held at F&ES.
January 27, 2014

Forests as Capital: ISTF Yale Chapter
Hosts Annual Conference at Kroon

The Yale Chapter of the International Society of Tropical Foresters will host its 20th annual conference at F&ES from Jan. 30 to Feb. 1.
January 23, 2014

A Message for Sochi: Students
Pitch Climate Story at Olympics

There will be no shortage of storylines coming out of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. A group of F&ES students will be there to make sure that climate change is one of them.
January 14, 2014

Ecosystem Services Symposium:
Helping Cities Find Value of Nature

A Yale symposium being held on Jan. 24 will bring together academics studying the science of urban ecosystem services and the practitioners who are using this emerging field to improve the environmental health of their communities.
December 10, 2013

‘Nudging’ Major Buyers
To Make Sustainable Choices

The sustainability movement has often focused on influencing individual consumers to make greener choices. But two corporate leaders say the transition to a more sustainable economy will be driven by large-scale buyers.
November 13, 2013

Time to Move Beyond Treaties:
A New Framework for Sustainable Action

At the recent conference, “Rio+20 to 2015: A New Architecture for a Sustainable World,” which was hosted by F&ES and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), top experts in climate and sustainability issues discussed what new global structures for enabling solutions might look like.
November 4, 2013

Protecting Nature
Right Here in Our Backyard

The U.S. government recently designated watershed sites in New Haven as part of a national network of Urban Wildlife Refuges, a classification that will help support restoration work being done by local groups — including F&ES’s Urban Resources Initiative.
 
October 18, 2013

Student-Led Symposium
Highlights Food Issues at F&ES

The inaugural Yale Food Systems Symposium attracted researchers, practitioners, theorists (and eaters) from across the country to discuss the path to a more sustainable food system.
October 8, 2013

Salovey Kicks Off Historic
Inauguration Week With F&ES Visit

Yale President Peter Salovey kicked off the final week before his historic inauguration with a visit to the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.
October 7, 2013

Former EPA Chief Still Hopeful
That U.S. Values Will Trump Politics

Former EPA Administrator William Reilly told an audience at the F&ES reunion that it was gut decisions and the occasional failure — rather than a carefully considered plan — that shaped his career.
September 23, 2013

Defending Science on the
Climate War’s Front Lines

Michael Mann (’98 PhD) didn’t intend to thrust himself into the middle of the national debate over climate change. But after he helped produce the so-called “hockey stick” graph that’s precisely where Mann found himself.
September 20, 2013

The Lessons of Wangari Maathai’s Extraordinary Life

It wasn't until she grew older that Wanjira Mathai understood just how important her mother, Wangari Maathai, and the decades she spent advocating for social and environmental justice were in her native Kenya.
September 12, 2013

A Greener Africa: Learning from
The Legacy of Wangari Maathai

When she arrived at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies last fall, Elizabeth Babalola was aware of the work of Kenya’s Wangari Maathai.

 

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