Events
Events
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.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.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.With Void in Climate Leadership, Kerry Initiative Lays Out a Post-Paris Agenda
The Yale Climate Conference, a two-day gathering of influential political, diplomatic and business leaders held on campus this week, was organized in part to fill a void, said former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.Why Denmark Wants to Be a ‘Frontrunner’ in the Fight Against Climate Change
Despite a small carbon footprint, Denmark is an innovator in the environmental realm. Dan Jørgensen, the country’s minister for climate, energy, and utilities, recently visited YSE to explain why the country wants to be a leader in the global fight against climate change.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.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.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.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.Celebrating a New Haven ‘Blessing’: Two Decades of Urban Resources Initiative
Residents prepare to plant a tree on Elm Street as part of the Urban Resources Initiative’s GreenSkills program. Nobody could have predicted the success of the Urban Resources Initiative, or URI, when it started in 1995, a few hundred volunteers spread over a handful of New Haven neighborhoods. But two decades later, more than 270 community groups have participated in URI’s Greenspace program. Every summer, more than 1,000 volunteers join together, working across the city to convert unused‘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.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.”The Lessons of Wangari Maathai’s Extraordinary Life
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.