The Global Institute offers week-long courses that bring the latest thinking on sustainable forestry management to working professionals.

The Executive Education in Forestry Course

“’Out of the box’ type of stimulating lectures in an atmosphere that inspired active participation among the students.”
Annika Hall, Investment Advisor

"I really enjoyed the Executive Education in Forestry course. In fact, it was one of the highlights of my federal career. For a professional that deals with forestry issues but lacks a degree in forestry or a science background, the Executive Education in Forestry was the most efficient means to gain that knowledge base."
Lincoln Bramwell, Chief Historian for USDA Forest Service

Check back for 2014 dates.

Forest Stand Dynamics

is an intensive short course for mid-level forestry practitioners that is held at the Center for Sustainable Forestry at Pack Forest, Eatonville WA. It is over for the year.  Come back for next year's dates.
SAF CFE credit 34.0 hours Category 1-CF
 

Click on the links for more information.

Students are involved with GISF in many ways, from student assistantships to collaborating on speakers series and events.

The Art of Wood

View "The Art of Wood" a student led, semester long celebration of the cultural and aesthetic values of forests and wood products.  Funded by the Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball Foundation.

Global Institute Staff Member recognized as "Green Bandit" for promoting composting efforts at Marsh Hall.

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Visit the Yale University Art Gallery for a special exhibition:

Opening this Friday.  For more information and tour schedules: Art Gallery Exhibits

Yale Forest Forum Lunchtime Seminar Series

The weekly YFF talk series is over for the year.  Check back in the fall for the line-up of fall speakers.

Stakeholders: Bhuton Workshop on Biomass . Photo: Tim Gregoire

Global Institute members work at sites all over the world. Click  to see some of our projects in Mexico, Central and South America; Africa; South Pacific and Asia; and Europe and Eurasiao.

Motivations for Family Forestland Parcelization in the Catskill/Delaware Watersheds of New York
Rebecca Sanborn Stone and Mary L. Tyrrell
Source: Journal of Forestry, Volume 110, Number 5, July/August 2012
 

Managing Forest Carbon in a Changing Climate
Mark Ashton, Mary Tyrrell, Deborah Spalding, Bradford Gentry, Editors

• A unique synthesis of forest carbon science, management and policy of what we know and what we do not know
• A comprehensive review of current thinking with recommendations for research
• A set of guidelines and recommendations for forest carbon management and policy

Since its founding in 1900, the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies has been in the forefront of developing a science-based approach to forest management, and in training leaders world-wide.

The Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry established in 2000 continues this tradition. It's mission is to integrate, strengthen and direct the School's forestry research, education and outreach to address the challenges of sustaining forests in the 21st century and a globalized world.

Recycling and Reducing Food Waste at Global Institute Events

What the Global Institute does to minimize waste at our many events.

Designing for the Future

View a 48 minute lecture by visiting architects Michael Green and Andrew Waugh on the latest in timber-based architecture and design, including Waugh Thistleton's 9 story bulding from cross-laminated timber (CLT), and the Finding the Forest Through the Trees (FFTT) project, an innovative, open source plan for building tall wood building.

The 48 minute lecture is available on YouTube at this link.

A short, 10 minute video highlighting the FFTT project is available here.

Made possible by funding from the Ball Foundation