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Rachel Mak:
A Champion of Sustainability

May 17, 2013 — Rachel Mak (FES/SOM ’14) was unable to receive her award for public service, because she was busy performing public service.

Yale F&ES Student is Top 5 Finalist in ERM Foundation Sustainability Fellowship

May 16, 2013 — The ERM Foundation in North America recently announced Valerie Moye as a Top 5 finalist in its 3^rd annual Sustainability Fellowship award. Valerie is a first year Master of Environmental Management student at Yale’s School of Forestry & Environmental Studies focusing on sustainable urban and industrial systems.

Nine Yale Graduate Students Awarded Sabin Fellowships

May 6, 2013 — The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies selected nine graduate students as Andrew Sabin International Environmental Fellows, with each Fellow to receive up to $40,000 of funding for their education and post-graduate service in the environmental sector.

In the Field: F&ES Takes a Working Break

May 3, 2013 — Spring "Break" means field work for F&ES students and faculty! This time away from the classroom offers students important opportunities for research across a spectrum of environmental concerns and geographical locations. Students confront global issues in real time & space, engaging with the people who must find and implement solutions.

Forester's Go! Photo Competition

May 2, 2013 — View the winners of the F&ES student photo contest.

Traditional ranching practices enhance African savanna

May 1, 2013 — That human land use destroys natural ecosystems is an oft-cited assumption in conservation, but ecologists have discovered that instead, traditional ranching techniques in the African savanna enhance the local abundance of wild, native animals. These results offer a new perspective on the roles humans play in natural systems, and inform ongoing discussions about land management and biodiversity conservation.

Shifting the Burden of Recycling

April 29, 2013 — Over the past two decades governments around the world have been experimenting with a new strategy for managing waste. By making producers responsible for their products when they become wastes, policy makers seek to significantly increase the recycling—and recyclability—of computers, packaging, automobiles, and household hazardous wastes such as batteries, used oil motor, and leftover paint—and save money in the process.

FES student is panelist for PBS “Designing Healthy Communities”

April 29, 2013 — Sarah Barbo, FES/SOM ’14, will be part of a town hall panel to air on PBS this May. The series, Designing Healthy Communities, examines the connection between poor community design and burgeoning health costs based upon key public health indices: obesity, diabetes, heart, asthma, cancer and depression.

Ginkgo: The Tree That Time Forgot

April 4, 2013 — Perhaps the world’s most distinctive tree, ginkgo has remained stubbornly unchanged for more than 200 million years. A living link to the age of dinosaurs, ginkgo is beloved for the elegance of its leaves, prized for its edible nuts, and revered for its longevity.

Three Yale Graduate Students Named Wyss Scholars

March 28, 2013 — The Wyss Foundation, a charitable organization dedicated to land conservation in the Intermountain West, has announced its selection of three 2013 Wyss Scholars from Yale—Whitney Leonard LAW ’15, Hanna Mershman M.F. ’14 and Heather West M.E.M/M.B.A ’15. This is Yale’s 8^th year participating in the Wyss scholars program, with the number of Yale Wyss Scholars now numbering 18.

Google @ Yale: Geotechnology Workshop

February 22, 2013 — Yale hosts a two-day event centered on Google's geospatial technologies. The event announced the launch of Google Maps Education, and of the Google Geo for Higher Education @Yale - Maps Contest for students.

Yale Study links common chemicals to osteoarthritis

February 15, 2013 — A new study has linked exposure to two common perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) with osteoarthritis.

$1.9 Million Project Will Identify Strategies that Speed the Spread of Solar Technologies

February 5, 2013 — A new research project, funded by the Department of Energy’s SunShot Initiative, will estimate the effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, scalability, and persistence of various behavioral strategies that speed the diffusion of solar technology within local communities.

Gillingham: The rebound effect is overplayed

January 23, 2013 — Buy a more fuel-efficient car and you will drive it more. The 'rebound effect' is real, argue Kenneth Gillingham and colleagues in a Comment piece in this week's Nature, but it is too small to reverse energy savings entirely. Energy-efficiency policies should therefore be pursued as a way to curb energy use and address greenhouse-gas emissions.

Urban Metabolism for the Urban Century

January 22, 2013 — Yale University’s Journal of Industrial Ecology is pleased to announce a special issue on Sustainable Urban Systems that focuses on the integration of engineered infrastructures, people, and natural systems in the pursuit of environmentally sustainable cities.

Ending the Silence on Climate Change

January 4, 2013 — Anthony Leiserowitz, Director of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication, appears on Moyers & Company to discuss the challenge of getting people to talk about climate change.

19th Annual Yale ISTF Conference

December 18, 2012 — On January 24^th to January 26^th, 2013, the Yale Chapter of the International Society of Tropical Foresters will host a conference titled Food and Forests: Cultivating Resilient Landscapes, which will assess the complexities of building equitable and resilient food systems while enabling tropical forest conservation.

Marian Chertow Named President of International Society for Industrial Ecology

December 13, 2012 — An associate professor of industrial environmental management at F&ES, Chertow has been named president of the International Society for Industrial Ecology and will begin serving a two-year term in January. Founded in 2001, the society has over 500 members from 41 countries.

Three Students Awarded SAF Prizes

December 13, 2012 — Three F&ES students were awarded prizes for their research at the Society of American Foresters’ national conference in October.

Urbanization Expert Dr. Karen Seto Promoted to Full Professor with Tenure

December 11, 2012 — On December 7, 2012 the Yale Corporation voted to confirm School of Forestry & Environmental Studies’ (F&ES) Dr. Karen Seto to promotion to Full Professor with tenure based on her outstanding record of scholarship in the fields of urbanization, land change science, and sustainability. Seto’s work in China, Vietnam, and India seeks to determine how urbanization is changing the Earth’s surface, what drives urban land change in contemporary Asia, and where will urban expansion occur in the future. She is also investigating the environmental impacts of urban expansion.

Research, response for future oil spills: Lessons learned from Deepwater Horizon

December 11, 2012 — A special collection of articles about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill provides the first comprehensive analysis and synthesis of the science used in the unprecedented response effort by the government, academia, and industry.

Charles ‘Hank’ Foster, F&ES’ Eighth Dean, Dies

December 11, 2012 — Charles H.W. (Henry) Foster, a former dean of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and for decades one of the nation’s leading environmental policy experts, died of cancer on October 4 at the age of 85 in Needham, Mass.

Yale Students Participate in Doha Climate Summit

November 26, 2012 — Yale University has sent a student delegation to a U.N. climate change conference in Doha, Qatar, to participate in negotiations for an international climate treaty from November 26 through December 7.

F&ES Alumna to Discuss Careers

November 26, 2012 — The deputy legislative director of the Southern Environmental Law Center will discuss “The Class You Didn’t Take: How to Get and Stay Employed” on Wednesday, Nov. 28, at noon in Burke Auditorium as part of the F&ES seminar series.

Webinar Series on Government Role in Sustainable Development

November 19, 2012 — A webinar series on how governments can encourage sustainable development will begin Tuesday, Nov. 20, at 12:30 p.m. with a discussion on “Solving Deforestation Through Multilevel Learning: The GEM Approach to Managing Knowledge for Policy in the Global Area.”

Kotchen Named to EPA Advisory Board

November 16, 2012 — Matthew Kotchen, a Yale expert in environmental economics, has been named to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board for a three-year term.

F&ES Alumni Receive Jane Jacobs Medal

November 5, 2012 — Three F&ES alumni have received the Jane Jacobs Medal for New Technology and Innovation for creating a nonprofit organization that encourages people to participate in environmental projects in their own neighborhood.

Talk on Impact of Forests on Climate

November 5, 2012 — An expert on atmospheric climate will discuss “Impacts of Forests and Land Use on Aerosols and Climate” on Wednesday, Nov. 7, at noon in Burke Auditorium as part of the F&ES research seminar series.

Students to Simulate Climate Negotiations

November 1, 2012 — A Yale-led team of 60 students from several East Coast universities will simulate international negotiations on climate change on November 2 and 3 at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.

Smoke Jumpers to Discuss Their Work in Brazil

November 1, 2012 — Two smoke jumpers, one an F&ES graduate, will talk about their work in Brazil as part of a partnership with the U.S. Forest Service and a Brazilian nongovernmental organization on Wednesday, Nov. 7, at 6:30 p.m. in Marsh Hall. Dinner will be served, so people are encouraged to arrive at 6:15.

Former IPCC Chair to Give Climate Keynote

November 1, 2012 — The former chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will deliver the keynote address at the conference “Global Climate Change Policy Without the United States: Thinking the Unthinkable,” on Friday, Nov. 9 at Yale Law School.

Energy Efficiency Key to Fighting Climate Change

November 1, 2012 — Improving energy efficiency would be more effective in preventing climate change than developing energy-supply technologies, according to a study in Nature Climate Change.

F&ES Students Win $50,000 Barrett Foundation Prize

October 31, 2012 — A team of students from the Yale School of Management (SOM) and Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (FES) has won the Barrett Foundation Prize of the National Forest Foundation. The business plan competition challenges students to find market-based incentives to address forest stewardship challenges on National Forest System lands.

Expert to Discuss Sacred Status of Asian Elephant

October 25, 2012 — An expert on the Asian elephant will discuss “Elephant, Empire and Ecology in Ancient India” on Tuesday, Oct. 30, at 4 p.m. in Burke Auditorium.

Doctoral Conference to Showcase Student Research

October 18, 2012 — Fifteen doctoral students will present their research at the 29th annual Doctoral Conference on Friday, Oct. 19, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in Burke Auditorium at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.

Yale, NYU Study: Solar Power is Contagious

October 18, 2012 — People are more likely to install a solar panel on their home if their neighbors have one, according to a Yale and New York University study in the journal Marketing Science.

Palm Oil Massive Source of Carbon Dioxide

October 10, 2012 — Expanding production of palm oil, a common ingredient in processed foods, soaps and personal care products, is driving rainforest destruction and massive carbon dioxide emissions, according to a new study by Yale and Stanford researchers.

Talk on Seawater Desalination

October 9, 2012 —

The founder of Yale’s environmental engineering program will discuss “The Future of Seawater Desalination: Energy, Technology, and the Environment” on Wednesday, Oct. 10, at noon in Burke Auditorium as part of the F&ES seminar series.

Northern Conifers Youngest of the Species

October 4, 2012 — Dramatic shifts in the planet’s climate and geography over millions of years changed the course of evolutionary history for conifer trees, according to a Yale paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Talk on Keeping Amazon Oil Untapped

October 3, 2012 — The Ecuadorian government under President Rafael Correa has proposed forgoing extraction of the Ishpingo-Tambococha-Tiputini (ITT) oilfields if the international community compensates Ecuador for the lost revenue. The government has requested $3.6 billion over 13 years from the international community to be put into a capital fund.

Hurricane Irene Polluted Catskills Watershed

September 25, 2012 — The water quality of lakes and coastal systems will be altered if hurricanes intensify in a warming world, according to a Yale study in Geophysical Research Letters.

Yale Researchers Call for Specialty Metals Recycling

September 24, 2012 — An international policy is needed for recycling scarce specialty metals that are critical in the production of consumer goods, according to Yale researchers in Science.

Fall 2012 New Faculty

September 24, 2012 — Experts on sustainability, ecological economics, tropical biodiversity, environmental engineering and land use planning, and a member of The New York Times editorial board have joined the F&ES faculty this semester.

F&ES Alum to Receive Wilbur Cross Medal

September 21, 2012 — John Aber, a renowned scholar on the effects of acid rain on forests and a graduate of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, will receive the Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal, Yale’s highest graduate alumni honor.

Patagonia’s Stewards to Talk Green Business

September 21, 2012 — Yvon Chouinard and Vincent Stanley, the authors of The Responsible Company: What We’ve Learned from Patagonia’s First 40 Years, will be at Yale on Thursday, Sept. 27, to discuss how a highly successful company can spread a message of environmental responsibility.

Talk on Asia's Rapid Urbanization

September 18, 2012 — A talk on the rapid urbanization of Asia and what it means for sustainable development there will take place Wednesday, Sept. 19, at noon in Burke Auditorium as part of the F&ES seminar series.

Rapid Urban Expansion Threatens Biodiversity

September 17, 2012 — A brief window of opportunity exists to shape the development of cities globally before a boom in infrastructure construction transforms urban land cover, according to a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Yale's Anastas to Receive E.O. Wilson Award

September 17, 2012 — Paul Anastas, a pioneer in the design of environmentally friendly chemicals and Yale professor, will receive the 2012 Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Technology Pioneer Award for “helping advance the biodiversity of life on planet Earth.”

Talk on Asia's Rapid Urbanization

September 17, 2012 — A talk on the rapid urbanization of Asia and what it means for sustainable development there will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 19, at noon in Burke Auditorium as part of the F&ES seminar series.

Dean Crane welcomes the Class of 2014

August 28, 2012 — This month we welcome a terrific new cohort of future environmental leaders to the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.

Yale Panel to Debate Hydraulic Fracturing

August 27, 2012 — A panel discussion on a controversial method of extracting natural gas from shale will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 18, at 4 p.m. in Kroon Hall at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES).

F&ES Alum Named ELTI Director

August 23, 2012 — A social ecologist and expert on the social science aspects of conservation and development in Latin America has been named director of the Environmental Leadership and Training Initiative (ELTI).

Yale Expert to Discuss Shale Gas Development

August 17, 2012 — An expert on the transport and fate of chemicals in groundwater will discuss the impact of shale gas extraction on Wednesday, Sept. 5, as part of the F&ES seminar series.

Diseased Trees New Source of Climate Gas

August 7, 2012 — Diseased trees in forests may be a significant new source of methane that causes climate change, according to researchers at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies in Geophysical Research Letters.

Bangladeshi Women Prefer Pollution-Causing Cookstoves

July 9, 2012 — Women in rural Bangladesh prefer inexpensive, traditional stoves for cooking over modern ones despite significant health risks, according to a Yale study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Slow Ride Stories: Kickstarting the Climate Conversation

June 25, 2012 —

Erik Fyfe M.E.M. '12 and photographer Albert Thrower launching their 8-week motorcycle journey throughout the Northeastern U.S. to talk to people about how they understand climate change and might prepare for it.

Top Predators Key to Extinctions as Planet Warms

June 21, 2012 — Global warming may cause more extinctions than predicted if scientists fail to account for interactions among species in their models, Yale and UConn researchers argue in Science.

Preserved Frogs Hold Clues to Deadly Pathogen

June 14, 2012 — A Yale graduate student has developed a novel means for charting the history of a pathogen deadly to amphibians worldwide.

Study Finds Predators Have Outsized Influence Over Habitats

June 14, 2012 — A grasshopper’s change in diet to high-energy carbohydrates while being hunted by spiders may affect the way soil releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to Yale and Hebrew University researchers in Science.

Rio +20 Activities

June 12, 2012 — When the world convenes in Rio de Janeiro in June 2012 to renew international commitments to sustainable development, Yale University will play a leading role as a global university at the forefront of generating new knowledge and preparing new leadership to address environmental challenges and promote sustainability.

F. Herbert Bormann, Helped Discover Acid Rain, Dies at 90

June 9, 2012 — F. Herbert Bormann, an ecologist at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies who along with Gene Likens discovered acid rain in North America, died on June 7 in North Branford, Conn. He was 90.

Interview with Herb Bormann

June 9, 2012 — In this article, originally published in 2000, Herb Bormann reflects on the idea that resulted in the Hubbard Brook Study.

F&ES Professor Contributes to MOMA Exhibit

June 8, 2012 — Alexander Felson, assistant professor and director of the Urban Ecology and Design Laboratory at Yale, has contributed to an exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City that explores architectural possibilities for cities and suburbs in the aftermath of the recent foreclosure crisis. The exhibit closes at the end of the month.

Research News: May 29, 2012

May 29, 2012 —

New Journal Publications by Jason Clark, Kristofer Covey, Anobha Gurung, Michelle Bell, Jiyoung Son, Graeme Berlyn, Nadine Unger, Joshua Pan, Kevin Barrett, and Xuhui Lee. New Grants awarded to Mark Ashton & Brad Gentry, Annie Claus, YIBS Grant Recipients, Hixon Center Research Fellows...

German Chemical Society to Confer Wöhler Prize on Yale's Anastas

May 25, 2012 — Paul Anastas, director of Yale’s Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering, will receive the German Chemical Society’s Wöhler Prize for his contributions to the design, discovery and development of new chemistries and conceptual frameworks for advancing sustainability.

Forest Pathologist to Discuss Beech Bark Disease

May 22, 2012 — David Houston, a world-renowned forest pathologist and former F&ES adjunct professor, will discuss “Beech Bark Disease: Biology, Ecology, and Forest Responses: A Five-Decade Quest for Understanding,” at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 23, at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station on 123 Huntington Street in New Haven.

SAGE Magazine Wins Kroon Cup

May 18, 2012 — A student-run magazine with bold ambitions, a quirky sense of humor and a commitment to investigating environmental issues that elude the climate-saturated media has won the Kroon Cup.

Conference on Corporate Sustainability Research

May 17, 2012 — Over 100 scholars from a variety of disciplines are convening today for three days to discuss research on corporate sustainability at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.

Report Calls for REDD+ to Invest in Forest Communities

May 16, 2012 — Income generated from REDD+ should be given to forest communities to invest in their future, recommends a new report by The Forests Dialogue (TFD). Investing locally in this way should be part of understanding REDD+ as integral to broader development among forest-dependent communities.

Americans Support National Clean-Energy Standard

May 13, 2012 — The average U.S. citizen is willing to pay 13 percent more for electricity in support of a national clean-energy standard (NCES), according to Yale and Harvard researchers in Nature Climate Change.

Fertilizers Not the Cause of Marsh Drowning

May 10, 2012 — A five-year experiment in a Long Island Sound salt marsh has found that fertilizers do not cause marsh drowning, according to researchers at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.

Julie Zimmerman to Receive Huber Prize

May 10, 2012 — A Yale environmental engineering professor has received a Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize for innovative research and developing sustainable, cost-effective technologies for the treatment of drinking water.

F&ES Doctoral Student Receives Public Scholar Award

May 8, 2012 — F&ES doctoral student Sébastien Jodoin will receive a Public Scholar Award from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences for his work on human rights and global environmental governance.

Research on Corporate Sustainability Focus of Conference

May 8, 2012 — Over 100 scholars from a variety of disciplines will convene for three days, from May 16 to 18, to discuss research on corporate sustainability at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.

URI to Plant Trees as Part of Yale Day of Service

May 7, 2012 — The Urban Resources Initiative will be planting trees in New Haven as part of the Yale Day of Service on Saturday, May 12, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Day of Service at Yale Myers

May 7, 2012 — The Yale Club of Boston and the Yale Club of Eastern Connecticut are co-hosting a family-friendly Day of Service at Yale Myers Forest on Saturday, May 12, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

What's Green? Distilling Results from Competing Studies

May 7, 2012 — As life cycle assessments (LCAs) have become almost commonplace in business and public policy, decision-makers face the need to make sense of multiple and competing environmental analyses.

31 F&ES Students Receive TRI Fellowships

May 3, 2012 — Twenty master’s and 11 doctoral students from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES) have been awarded TRI Endowment Fellowships by the Tropical Resources Institute.

Global Initiative Addresses Economic Invisibility of Nature

May 3, 2012 — Experts in a variety of academic disciplines have launched an effort to address a root cause of environmental exploitation—the economic invisibility of nature—through a global initiative called The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB).

New Publication Interprets Peer-Reviewed Research

May 1, 2012 — A new online publication that publishes summaries of peer-reviewed research spanning the natural and social sciences in leading academic journals aims to influence public policy and promote informed decision-making.

Study Suggests Local Land Use Linked to Global Urbanization

April 30, 2012 — As more and more people live in cities, local land-use and urban sustainability policies must be analyzed for their social and environmental tradeoffs in faraway places, asserts a Yale-led National Academy of Sciences study published today.

Ten Students Awarded Sabin Fellowships

April 30, 2012 — Ten students have been awarded Andrew Sabin International Environmental Fellowships by the Tropical Resources Institute at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES).

Oil Palm Surging Source of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

April 26, 2012 — Continued expansion of industrial-scale oil palm plantations on the island of Borneo will become a leading cause of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 unless strong forest and peatland protections are enacted and enforced, according to a National Academy of Sciences study.

Sue Wells Receives Sustainability Award

April 25, 2012 — At a school where the sustainability ethos is written into its DNA, it’s pretty hard to distinguish yourself among committed greens. Yet Susan Wells, director of finance and administration at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, has managed to do exactly that.

Six Students Named Hixon Fellows

April 23, 2012 — Six students have been awarded research fellowships totaling $32,000 from the Hixon Center for Urban Ecology.

Island President Wins Best Feature Film at Yale Film Festival

April 19, 2012 — The “Island President” was named best feature film at the fourth annual Environmental Film Festival at Yale. The film, about the world’s lowest-lying island nation threatened by rising sea levels, was selected by a jury of Yale faculty, students, staff and alumni.

Expert on Climate Opinion Receives EPA Award

April 19, 2012 — A Yale expert on American and international public opinion on climate change and the environment will receive an Environmental Merit Award from the New England Office of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

New Study Shows Americans Connecting Extreme Weather to Climate Change

April 18, 2012 — More than two-thirds of the American people believe global warming made several recent extreme weather disasters worse, according to a new report released by the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication and George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication.

Talk on Food System Sustainability

April 16, 2012 — The director of the Yale Sustainable Food Project will discuss how Yale could make a significant contribution to the sustainability of the nation’s food system on Wednesday, April 18, at noon as part of the F&ES Seminar Series.

Gordon Geballe Receives Ivy Award

April 12, 2012 — Gordon Geballe, associate dean for external and alumni affairs and lecturer in urban ecology, was one of seven individuals and two groups presented with Yale University Seton Elm-Ivy Awards by President Richard Levin and Mayor John DeStefano at a ceremony on April 10, it was reported in YaleNews on Tuesday.

Greeley Greenhouse Transformed

April 12, 2012 — Deferred maintenance, old experiments and growing weeds took a toll on the Greeley Greenhouse over the years. After several months of diligent work and improvements, the greenhouse is not only more aesthetically pleasing, it will also help Yale University achieve its larger sustainability goals.

Research News: April 11, 2012

April 11, 2012 —

New Journal Publications by Ji-Young Son, G. Brooke Anderson, Michelle Bell, Ben Cashore, and Harvey Weiss. New book chapters by Ben Cashore and Laura Bozzi. Recent awards to Stefan Renckens, Catherine Doyle-Capitman, and Charissa Rujanavech...

Talk on New Haven's Environmental History

April 9, 2012 — A talk exploring New Haven’s environmental history in the late 1800s and early 1900s through the examination of two social movements will take place on Wednesday, April 11, at noon in Burke Auditorium as part of the F&ES Seminar Series.

Forestry and Environmental Science Students to Present Research

April 9, 2012 — Second-year students studying environmental and forest science will present the results of their research on Friday, April 13, in Kroon Hall.

Making One Company’s Waste Another Company’s Raw Materials

April 5, 2012 — Making one company’s waste another company’s raw material has long been one of the most intriguing notions in industrial ecology. This strategy known as industrial symbiosis—by analogy to the manner in which some species in nature cooperate to mutual advantage—came to public attention in the early 1990s.

Herpetologist to Discuss Pleistocene Initiative

April 3, 2012 — One of the world’s leading experts on snakes and herpetology will discuss “Pleistocene Rewilding: Lions in a Den of Daniels?” on Wednesday, April 4, at noon in Burke Auditorium as part of the F&ES Seminar Series.

MEM, MF Students to Present Research

March 28, 2012 — Candidates for master’s degrees in both environmental management and forestry will discuss their work in a series of short presentations on Friday, March 30, in Kroon Hall.

Research News: March 28, 2012

March 28, 2012 — New Journal Publications by: Ben Cashore, Peter Raymond, David Butman, Michael Stone, Yajie Song, Haibao Yu, and Graeme Berlyn...

Yale Professor Receives Monaco Award

March 26, 2012 — Michelle Bell, an expert on the environment and human health, has received the inaugural Prince Albert II de Monaco/Institut Pasteur Award for outstanding contributions to her field.

Talk on Art of Wood Architecture

March 26, 2012 — Architects from two international firms will discuss “The Art of Wood Architecture” on Monday, March 26, at 5:30 p.m. in Kroon Hall.

“Restoring Forest Health: We Need to Pick Up the Pace” - A talk by U.S.D.A. Forest Chief Tom Tidwell

March 26, 2012 — Under Tom Tidwell's leadership, the Forest Service is restoring healthy, resilient forest and grassland ecosystems—ecosystems that can sustain all the benefits that Americans get from their wildlands, including plentiful supplies of clean water, abundant habitat for wildlife and fish, renewable supplies of wood and energy, and more.

Talk on Making Organizations Sustainable

March 23, 2012 — The director of the Yale Office of Sustainability will discuss “Pathways Toward Sustainability: What Does It Take to Transform an Organization?” as part of the F&ES seminar series on Wednesday, March 28, at noon in Kroon Hall’s Burke Auditorium.

Sage Magazine Holds Young Environmental Writers Contest

March 23, 2012 — The magazine is accepting essays, short stories, memoirs, poetry, graphic novels, reporting, sky-writing and excerpts from longer works. The contest is intended to generate debate on emerging topics in the environment, natural resources and sustainable living, according to co-editor-in-chief Aaron Reuben.

Yale Environmental Film Festival Examines Humanity’s Impact

March 21, 2012 — An Academy Award-nominated film on Japan’s tsunami, an advance screening of Disneynature’s Chimpanzee and a Martin Scorsese film on the environmental price of progress will highlight the fourth annual Environmental Film Festival at Yale (EFFY) from April 9 to 15.

Yale Corporation Appoints Two Faculty to Named Professorships

March 16, 2012 — Two members of the faculty at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES) have been appointed to named professorships by the Yale Corporation for their outstanding contributions to scholarship. Xuhui Lee has been named the Sara Shallenberger Brown Professor of Meteorology. John Wargo has been named the Tweedy/Ordway Professor of Environmental Health and Politics.

Reinventing Fire: A Conversation with Amory Lovins

March 6, 2012 — Video of Amory Lovins, chairman and chief scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute, giving a lecture titled "Reinventing Fire" at Yale F&ES on February 15, 2012.

In conversation: Sir Peter Crane

March 5, 2012 — Evolutionary biologist Sir Peter Crane has been dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (F&ES) since 2009. A former director of Chicago’s Field Museum and chief executive of England’s Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, he recently spoke with Yale News about F&ES’ internationalism, the role of business in environmental management, and what it was like to be knighted at Buckingham Palace, among other topics.

Department of Energy to Hear Yale Student Plans

March 1, 2012 — Six students representing the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and Yale School of Management will present proposals for making commercial buildings more energy efficient to Department of Energy (DOE) officials on Friday, March 2, in Washington, D.C.

Citizens’ Summit to Address Sustainability

March 1, 2012 —

A major summit to encourage sustainability in the United States and Canada will take place on March 24 and 25 at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. The US/Canada Citizens’ Summit for Sustainable Development will host 180 diverse experts, leaders, advocates, entrepreneurs and decision-makers from the United States and Canada.