Wow – you’re taking the next step! Your application was accepted, you checked out the campus on Accepted Students Day, now you’re busy online finding housing with fellow FES’ers. I hope that you have time this summer to relax, because once MODs begin, you’ll begin a whirlwind of activities, research, classwork, and adventure.
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For me, the summer before I joined F&ES was crammed with work. As you likely know, I’m a joint student with Pace Law School. After finishing two years of law school, I immediately started an internship with the Department of Justice – U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, Civil Division – in Manhattan. The internship was incredible. I helped to write consent decrees for an old…
(Picture source: http://www.emilydickinsoninternationalsociety.org/node/123)
For me, the summer before I joined F&ES was crammed with work. As you likely know, I’m a joint student with Pace Law School. After finishing two years of law school, I immediately started an internship with the Department of Justice – U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, Civil Division – in Manhattan. The internship was incredible. I helped to write consent decrees for an old…
Greetings and salutations ones again, blog world! I'm back with, you guessed it, another recent FES alum doing something totally awesome. This time, I’ve got Margo Mosher, who works for a neat little sustainability think tank in NYC. During her time at FES, she spent a lot of time developing her vision for a perfect job and now she’s got it. Dreams do come true!
We sent our students on a mission over spring break to capture some beautiful photos and representing F&ES with their gear. Check out the amazing submissions we received!
Our winner was Nicholas Goldstein, who captured this stunning picture of fellow classmate Kelly Stoner at Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
http://environment.yale.edu/news/article/foresters-go-photo-competition/
I recently caught up with Kavita Sharma (MEM ’12) to chat with her about her work with the UN. So many of you all are interested in working abroad after school, and Kavita is now in Geneva—and also doing international policy work, which so many of you are interested in—so I thought her advice and perspective would be helpful.
Our dean, Sir Peter Crane and FES alum, Frances Beinecke speak about Yale College's efforts to become more sustainable under President Richard C. Levi's leadership. Thought you all might enjoy!
http://news.yale.edu/videos/sustainability-yale-greening-blue
A few weeks back, Yale F&ES hosted a team from Google to discuss opportunities for partnerships in advancing geo-technology. The event allowed attendees to work with Google Maps Engine and Google Earth Engine, and to get a first-hand view of the current state and future of Google's leadership in spatial data analysis. An outstanding Master of Environmental Science student, Beth Tellman, shares her experience with this event, and how it relates to her own research.
One FES alum following her dream to make a difference
At Yale, we are surrounded by professors and classmates who push and inspire us to be creative about how we overcome challenges in the world. Over the past few years, Yale and CBEY have focused this creativity towards using the power of business to create a better world. But it isn’t everyday that we hear about recent graduates who have taken this message to heart and put into practice. Recently, I spoke with Camille Rebelo, a 2007 graduate of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Like most of us, she was eager to use her new degree to make a difference. She took a job working in forestry and before long, in forest carbon markets. But she soon learned that while…
It’s hard to forget the day I arrived in Thailand. On every corner smells emanated from street vendors cooking a variety of dishes from enticing Thai noodles to spicy cockroaches. The whir of tuk-tuks and motorcycles came from unexpected directions, as drivers sped down sidewalks to avoid traffic jams. Bangkok pushed my senses to new levels, and while it was hard to ignore its attractions, our group of five graduate students from F&ES was on a mission. Our destination: the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP) to the Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES).
The first day of CITES CoP16 was a celebration, not only for the opening of the meeting, but also to observe the 40th anniversary of CITES. CITES was drafted by members…
7 Yale students participated in the Department of Energy's Better Building 2nd annual competition this month, winning both categories they were entered in (Best Proposal, Energy Efficient Buildings Hub Case Study and Best Proposal, U.S. General Services Administration Case Study)! The competition "Challenges university teams to develop and present real-world business and technical solutions to cut energy waste and improve the efficiency commercial buildings across the country...and supports President Obama's goal of cutting energy waste from homes and businesses in half over the next two decades, as announced in the State of the Union address."
For the entire story, please see: http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/news/progress_alerts.cfm/pa_id=851…
Hello again, blog followers. I'm back with the other half of cool things to do in New Haven (so you new students don’t feel totally lost when you get here). I’ve decided to highlight a few more things that pass the time (in between school work and FES events) in the most excellent way.
Music: With NYC only an hour and a half away by train, you can easily access some of this biggest music venues hosting the biggest names out there. However, New Haven has some sweet spots for music as well. And who doesn’t love a little music now and again?
Toad’s Place—Toad’s is probably the most popular music venue in town. It’s right in the center of campus, which certainly makes it convenient. They are always bringing in…
Aloha and welcome to part four of my journey through analyzing the material flows for biofuels production in Ka’u, Hawaii. Friday wrapped up our formal interviews on the Island although we still have many phone calls to make and many charts to create.
We started Friday as bright and early as we had planned. Lynette aptly navigated the unlit roads – many unpaved – down to the southern-most point of the United States. We parked a few hundred yards north of the Point because we wanted to hike to Green Sands Beach first to catch the sunrise. The hike was on an uneven path that might have once been used for four-wheeling. It was both rocky and sandy, and our hiking boots stained yellow in the fine soils. At first I…
Hello again, back with another FESer to highlight. But we’re going to do things a little different this time. I often get questions about what one can or should do for their summer internship. My answer is always, “Anything, anywhere, as long as you think it’s super interesting.” That’s a little hard to conceptualize, though, so I thought I’d highlight some students and what they did over the summer vacation. I recently caught up with Charissa, who is a second year MEM student, and talked to her about what she did last summer. The short answer (spoiler alert!) is that she did some consulting work for Nike out in Oregon.
The next Forestry & Environmental Studies program that I want to introduce is the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication (YPCCC). YPCCC is a center for both communication and a research. In a nutshell, this project addresses the gap between science and society and aims to effectively communicate climate change science to societies in the United States and abroad. F&ES students work as Research Assistants and collaborate with professors and key partners to conduct original research on public climate change awareness and perception. The Research Assistants then design and test new strategies for raising social awareness and communication for climate change, as well as methods for engaging society in finding solutions for climate change adaptation. In addition, YPCCC aims to work with educators and communicators to provide effective teaching tools…
Report from the Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue Organized by the UNFF Major Groups
“Major Groups play a crucial role in the UNFF process” UNFF10 chair Mario Ruales Carranza from Ecuador said. Witnessing the negotiations and current UNFF structure, one may ask: How far does the influence of civil society groups in the Forum’s process reach? Are the views and recommendations of the nine Major Groups of Women, Children and Youth, Indigenous People, Non-governmental Organizations, Local Authorities, Workers and Trade Unions, Business and Industry, Scientific and Technological Communities, and Farmers and Small Forest Landowners incorporated in the final UNFF document? To what extent do they meaningfully influence decision-making?
The Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue (MSD) gave all Major Groups the opportunity to speak in front of the plenary. During a three-minute speech, the focal points pitched their ideas…
