Environmental Health
Environmental Justice at Yale
09.13.06 Environmental justice aims to address the disproportionate impacts of environmental burdens on people of color, poor people, native groups, women, and other disadvantaged communities. Environmental justice engages with a wide variety of issues; some examples include nuclear waste dumped on tribal...
Bicycles Rule
09.11.06 2006 Student Internship Bicycles still rule the streets in China. Despite the proliferation of luxury cars and fuel-cell buses in the capital city, they still remain the fastest and most efficient method of getting across town. The major arteries of Beijing have wide lanes reserved for bicycles...
Sentinels
09.11.06 2006 Student Internship - The ubiquitous construction in the capital city is representative of the country’s rapid economic progress marked by a 9% annual increase in GDP. Air pollution is also a trademark of Beijing, which ranks second only to Mexico City as the world’s most polluted. During...
Cleaner Stoves for Traditional Mexican Cooking
09.11.06 2006 Student Internship Each year, indoor smoke kills almost 2 million people worldwide - more than malaria. Yet, in rural Mexico, most families still use indoor, open wood fires for cooking. Researchers at the Grupo Interdisciplinario de Tecnologia Rural Apropriada (GIRA) have combined...
Environment School Scientist Receives NIH Award to Study Relationship Between Ozone and Disease
08.31.06 A Yale environment school professor is one of eight scientists to receive an Outstanding New Environmental Scientist (ONES) award from the National Institutes of Health. Michelle Bell, assistant professor of environmental health at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, will receive...Study Finds No Safe Level for Ozone
06.20.06 Even at very low levels, ozone – the principal ingredient in smog – increases the risk of premature death, according to a nationwide study that was published in the April issue of the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. The study, sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...Course Descriptions - Health and Environment
06.06.06 Courses offered by the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies are described below. The letters “a” and “b” following the course numbers indicate fall- and spring-term courses respectively. Bracketed courses will not be offered during the academic year. Project...Environmental Health
05.15.06 The environmental health concentration is designed to encourage course work and research that explore relationships among environmental quality, human health, and public policy. Students often focus on understanding the potential of law and policy to protect public health from hazardous substances...Study Finds No Safe Level for Ozone
02.14.06 New Haven, Conn. – Even at very low levels, ozone—the principal ingredient in smog—increases the risk of premature death, according to a nationwide study to be published in the April edition of the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. The study, sponsored by the Environmental...Employers on Campus: McKinsey & Co Information Session for Business Analyst and Senior Business Analyst Positions
09.06.07 | Career Development Office
Location: Omni Hotel, New Haven If you are interested in or even thinking about management and strategy consulting as a career option, you will want to take advantage of this information session by the management and strategy consulting firm recently named number one in Vault’s 2008 Prestige...
Aldeafeliz Ecovillage
08.23.07 | unknown
ALDEAFELIZ ECOVILLAGE: Finding happy ways to live sustainably Why an ecovillage? You might have dreamed of a lifestyle where you are closer to nature, and live as a community, where the values of respect for people, nature, and self are promoted. You might also want to live in an...SAGE Magazine Volume II, Issue I
04.25.07 | SAGE Magazine
This is SAGE's third magazine. For more information contact sagemagazine@yale.eduDeforestation, Poverty Alleviation, Community Forests, and Protected Areas in the Maya Forest
04.04.07 | Kimberly Carlson
A talk by Dr. David Bray Florida International University “Deforestation, Poverty Alleviation, Community Forests, and Protected Areas in the Maya Forest” Location: Bowers Auditorium Date: April 23, 2007 Time: 4-5:30 pm David’s research interests center on community natural...
Environmentalism and Obesity in Asia
02.23.07 | Saleem Ali
Gluttony, more generally has been considered a sin in most religions. In Christianity, it is one of the “seven deadly sins.” Even in Islam, there are several traditions which discourage excessive consumption. A hadith of the Prophet Muhammad quoted by Imam Tirmidhi states that “No man...SAGE Magazine Volume I, Issue II
02.17.07 | SAGE Magazine
This is SAGE's second magazine. For more information contact sagemagazine@yale.edu
The Inconvenience of Science (with an afterword about the Nobel Prize for Gore)
12.29.06 | Saleem Ali
The following review was written before the Nobel Prize announcement on October 12, 2007. While there is much to admire about his activism, the Nobel committee has just politicized the debate further by giving the prize to Gore. The IPCC certainly deserves to be recognized and that should have...
Minding our Minerals
12.21.06 | Saleem Ali
Almost a year has passed since the Sago mine tragedy in West Virginia that claimed the lives of twelve miners. Since then, accusations of lax enforcement have been made against mineral companies and the U.S. Mining Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) by activists. Equally strident rebuttals...YPCC convenes meeting to discuss Climate Change Science Bridging Institution
12.06.06 | Yale F&ES Project on Climate Change
On Nov 9, 2006 the YPCC convened a meeting in New York City to discuss a potential Climate Change Science Bridging Institution. 40 experts gathered from around the country to discuss how to convey the most important findings of climate change science to the public. Find out more about the...Water & Sanitation Symposium meeting
11.27.06 | Kara DiFrancesco
Please join us for the discussion on the development of a FES Water and Sanitation Symposium for Spring 2007. Janine M.H. Selendy, Chairman and President, Horizon International, Yale University, will lead and present ideas for the proposed symposium which will be discussed and developed...SAGE Magazine Volume I, Issue I
06.12.06 | SAGE Magazine
This is SAGE's first magazine. For more information contact sagemagazine@yale.edu
