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Conference on Environmental Governance and Democracy
05.07.08 The Conference on Environmental Governance and Democracy [Conference Website] will take place at Yale University, New Haven, May 10-11, 2008, in the margins of the 16th Session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development. The event brings together academic experts and practitioners...
Energy, the Environment and National Service – Building a Stronger America
04.21.08 Excerpts from Congressman Shay’s Biography: (more information found at www.house.gov/shays) In his over three decades of public service, Congressman Christopher Shays (R-CT) has distinguished himself as a committed advocate for the constituents of the Fourth District, a dedicated leader in the...
Environment, Democracy, and Peace
04.21.08 Wangari Maathai 2004 Nobel Peace Laureate Founder, the Green Belt Movement April 25, 2008 2:00 pm Event is Open to the Public Levinson Auditorium - Yale Law School - 127 Wall Street View Larger Map Please contact the F&ES Dean’s Office for further information: 203-432-5109 or...
The Challenges of Going Green: Other University Experience
04.18.08 David Orr Professor and Chair, Environmental Studies Program, Oberlin College Monday, April 21st, 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. Brown Bag Lunch Desserts & refreshments served Bowers Auditorium, Sage Hall, 205 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT Kroon Hall website
Conference of Governors
04.16.08 Governors from across the United States will meet at Yale University on April 17 and 18 to review state-level programs to combat global climate change and to develop a strategy for future action. Conference Agenda Conference Background Press Release The gathering will also celebrate the...
Book Examines Clash of Capitalism and the Environment
The environment will continue to deteriorate so long as capitalism continues to be the modern world’s economic engine, argues Gus Speth, dean of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, in his new book, The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability.
Yale Sustainability Summit 2008
03.31.08 Panel Discussion Harvard, Johns Hopkins and Yale: What Can A University Really Do About Sustainability? Departmental Events (open to the Yale community) Events include: Sustainable Event Standards Yale’s Evolution to LEED Certified Laboratory Renovations Recycling at...
Reducing Carbon Emissions Could Help, Not Harm, U.S. Economy
A national policy to cut carbon emissions by as much as 40 percent over the next 20 years could still result in increased economic growth, according to an interactive website reviewing 25 of the leading economic models being used to predict the economic impacts of reducing emissions.
2008 Doctoral Conference
02.27.08 Friday, February 29, 2008 8:45 am—5:30 pm Bowers Auditorium in Sage Hall 205 Prospect Street 8:45 am Breakfast 9:00 am Welcome, Dr. Gaboury Benoit 9:15 am Environmental Quality and Management Panel Katrina Jessoe Improved Source, Improved Quality?: Demand for Clean Drinking Water...Doctoral Student Publications
02.27.08 Nicole Ardoin Ardoin, N. (In press.). Behavior Change in Free Choice Environmental Learning. In: Free Choice Learning and the Environment, ed. Falk, J, J. Heimlich and S. Foutz. Lanham: AltaMira Press. Powell, R., M. Stern, and N. Ardoin. 2006. A Sustainable Evaluation Framework and Its...
Reunion Weekend 2008 – May 15-18
02.21.08 Registration is closed! Question? Please contact Kath Schomaker at 203-432-5108 or alumni.fes@yale.edu
Designing Green
This week there is a double-feature installment of the lecture series The Challenges and Opportunities of Going Green: The Case of Kroon Hall. Four members of the multifaceted design team will shed light on the design process and considerations for the architecture and landscaping of Kroon Hall.
Foundations to Discuss Funding to Combat Climate Change
On Wednesday, Feb. 20, representatives from four leading private foundations will discuss how their organizations have helped fund and create
Yale Study Offers New Paradigm on Ecosystem Ecology
Predators have considerably more influence than plants over how an ecosystem functions, according to a Yale study published today in Science.
Yale Conference to Examine Religion and Ecology Alliance
The conference, “Renewing Hope: Pathways of Religious Environmentalism,” comes at a time of increasing awareness of climate change and for the need to address environmental challenges from within the religious traditions. Over the course of four days, scholars, theologians and other religious leaders will examine their traditions’ environmental ethics and practice. In addition, pressing issues related to water, climate change, energy and eco-design will be discussed with expert facilitators.Yale Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 17%
02.06.08 By Yale Office of Public Affairs - Website Yale has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 17% since committing to a steep reduction in 2005, President Richard C. Levin reported in a speech at the University of Copenhagen on Jan. 21. Additional projects planned by the University will produce a...
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
During a day hike in Blue John Canyon near Moab, Utah, an 800-pound boulder pinned Aron Ralston’s right forearm to the canyon wall crushing it. Guest Speaker: Wednesday 6pm, Feb 6, Bowers AuditoriumVegetation-Environment Relations of the Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park, Texas
01.24.08 Published: USDA Forest Service Proceedings RMRS-P-36. 2005. The Sky Island Archipelagos of the Sierra Madre Oriental and Occidental contain a unique array of endemic flora and fauna. Plant species composition in these elevationally restricted forests is thought to vary in relation to...Variability in Needle Morphology and Water Status of Pinus cembroides across an Elevational Gradient in the Davis Mountains of west Texas, USA
01.24.08 Published: Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 134(2), 2007, pp. 281-288 The pinyon pines are a widely distributed group of site generalist species that dominate many of the middle to upper elevation semi-arid regions of North America. We investigated the physiological and morphological...Native Land Tenure, Conservation, and Development in a Pseudo-Democracy: Sabah, Malaysia
01.24.08 Published: Journal of Peasant Studies, vol. 34, no 3-4, pp. 474-497 This article explores the interacting politics of native customary law, conservation, and rural development in Sabah, Malaysia. Drawing on the specific details of native property rights in a rural community and state...A Hierarchical Approach for Scaling Forest Inventory and Fuels Data from Local to Landscape Scales in the Davis Mountains, Texas, USA
01.24.08 Published: March 12, 2007, Forest Ecology and Management 244 (2007) 1–15 This study combined hierarchical cluster analysis and classification and regression tree algorithms to quantify vegetation and fuel characteristics and to generate spatially explicit vegetation and fuels maps for forest...Environmental Controls on Dominance and Diversity of Woody Plant Species in a Madrean, Sky Island ecosystem, Arizona, USA
01.24.08 Published online: 13 January 2007, Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007 The Sky Island archipelagos of the Sierra Madre Occidental contain diverse, highly endemic, and topographically complex ecosystems, yet the local and landscape-scale controls on woody plant dominance and diversity...Drought Response of Two Mexican Oak Species, Quercus laceyi and Q. sideroxyla (Fagaceae), in Relation to Elevational Position
01.24.08 Published: American Journal of Botany 94(5): 809–818. 2007. To investigate the relationship between the altitudinal distribution of Quercus laceyi and Q. sideroxyla and their physiological responses to drought, we measured relative water content, water potentials, photosynthesis, stomatal...Switzerland Tops 2008 Environmental Scorecard at World Economic Forum
Switzerland tops the global list of countries ranked by environmental performance according to the 2008 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) produced by a team of environmental experts at Yale University and Columbia University.
Agriculture Changing Chemistry of Mississippi River
Midwestern farming has injected the equivalent of five Connecticut Rivers and more carbon dioxide annually into the Mississippi River during the past 50 years, according to a study published today in Nature by researchers at Yale and Louisiana State universities.
