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Stephen Kellert Wins Research Award
10.05.06 Contact: David DeFusco david.defusco@yale.edu Director of Communications (203) 436-4842
Africa Network
A resource for members of the school community who work, study, and live in AfricaThomas Friedman and Addicted to Oil Screening
10.03.06 Thomas Friedman, of the New York Times, will screen his new Discovery documentary "Addicted to Oil." Following the screening, he will lead a discussion of the interwoven issues of oil, the Middle East, and the global environment. This event will be held 4:00-6:00pm in Davies Auditorium, 15...The Cultural Cognition of Risk
10.03.06 Dan M. Kahan, Deputy Dean and Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law, Yale Law School Risk Assessment Lecture: a luncheon presentation of the Yale Interdisciplinary Risk Assessment Forum. LEPH Winslow Auditorium 60 College Street Lunch will be provided at 11:30 a.m. at LEPH 126 Yale...Living with Oil and Gas: The Effects of Petroleum on Louisiana
09.29.06 This is part of a fall weekly lecture series focusing on the vulnerable Gulf coastal environment, and exploring the question of how the natural and built environments can coexist among the formidable forces of rising seas, coastal degradation, and the Mississippi River. Yale School of Forestry...Understanding Causes to Understand Remedy: Above Else, Do No Harm
09.29.06 Dr. Eugene Turner, Professor, Coastal Ecology Institute, Louisiana State University To understand the remedies, as in medicine, one should understand the causes of the disease. Further, the minimum demonstrable outcome of restoration (treatment) should be to cause no harm to the marsh...Keynote: Lessons from Katrina: Will crisis bring about significant policy changes that address coastal vulnerability?
09.29.06 This is part of a fall weekly lecture series focusing on the vulnerable Gulf coastal environment, and exploring the question of how the natural and built environments can coexist among the formidable forces of rising seas, coastal degradation, and the Mississippi River. Yale School of Forestry...Recovering from the Asian Tsunami: Policies, Processes, Culture and Conflict
09.29.06 Dr. Barbara Best, Coastal Resources and Policy Advisor, Office of Natural Resources Management, Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade, U.S. Agency for International Development. How do developing countries with scarce resources and weak institutions recover from devastating...From Spark to Flame—The Public Interest Role in Coastal Restoration and the Future of South Louisiana
09.29.06 This is part of a fall weekly lecture series focusing on the vulnerable Gulf coastal environment, and exploring the question of how the natural and built environments can coexist among the formidable forces of rising seas, coastal degradation, and the Mississippi River. Yale School of Forestry...Sustainability of Louisiana Coastal Wetland Forests
09.29.06 Dr. Richard F. Keim, Assistant Professor, School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University. Changing hydrological conditions in deltaic swamp forests have resulted from flood control measures on the Mississippi River. The result is degradation of productivity and regeneration...The Vulnerability of the Netherlands: Past vs. Future, and Zeeland 1953 vs. New Orleans 2005
09.28.06 This is part of a fall weekly lecture series focusing on the vulnerable Gulf coastal environment, and exploring the question of how the natural and built environments can coexist among the formidable forces of rising seas, coastal degradation, and the Mississippi River. Yale School of Forestry...A Sustainable Coastal Louisiana: What will it take to get there?
09.26.06 Dr. Denise J. Reed, Professor, Department of Earth & Environmental Science, University of New Orleans The lecture will outline recent and current plans to restore the coast, highlighting how restoration decisions are made and the role of science in informing them. Various options will be...Anatomy of a Disaster, What We Learned from Katrina
09.26.06 Dr. Lewis E. Link, Senior Research Engineer, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, and currently serving as Director, Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force. What happened during Katrina was the result of decisions and actions taken over decades. Change,...
Program to Train Corporate Directors on Climate Change
09.21.06 Three leading U.S. organizations have announced a unique collaborative effort to educate hundreds of independent corporate board members about the potential liabilities and strategic business opportunities that global climate change can create for companies. The announcement was made at a plenary...
Interested in biodiversity conservation in the Andes-Amazon region?
09.18.06 Moore fellows will receive funds to cover full tuition and a modest stipend for all three years of the program. In addition, they will receive funds for at least one summer internship to be carried out with a Moore Foundation grantee organization in the Andes-Amazon region.
Lisa Curran Wins MacArthur "Genius" Grant
09.18.06 Contact: David DeFusco, Director of Communications David.DeFusco@Yale.edu (203) 436-4842Environmental 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...The Environment and Development Interest Group
09.12.06 EnDev is made up of students from many countries who love experiencing new places and cultures and meeting people from all corners of the globe. The SIG is motivated by the belief that sustaining environmental quality to support the world’s poor is among the most critical challenges today. EnDev...
Surveying For Endangered Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep
09.11.06 2006 Student Internship Maya Leonard-Cahn Internship Host: California Department of Fish and Game, Sierra Nevada Region, CA Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep are considered one of the rarest mammals in North America. Grazing, hunting, and habitat loss have driven this species to near extinction. ...
Organic Farmer in Tolosa Market
09.11.06 2006 Student Internship Ariane Lotti Internship Host: Slow Food, Bra, Italy There are very few organic farmers in the Basque Country, and most of them are young and have only recently started farming. This producer has been farming organically for a long time, yet he grows flowers following...
Rhizophora
09.11.06 2006 Student Internship: Diagnostic of community fishing groups in the Mesoamerican Reef Region for the establishment of Community Management of Marine Resources: Models and Methodology Valentina Giannini Internship Host: Mesoamerican Reef Fund, Guatemala My host organization allowed me to...
Weaving Bamboo, A Bhutanese Everything-Fiber
09.11.06 2006 Student Internship Rachelle Gould Internship Host: Ugyen Wangchuck Institute of Environmental and Forestry Studies, Lamegompa, Bhutan Of all of the items that Bhutanese people extract from the forests that surround them, bamboo may be the most commonly used and the most critical for...
The Search for Cordyceps Sinensis
09.11.06 2006 Student Internship Rachelle Gould Internship Host: Ugyen Wangchuck Institute of Environmental and Forestry Studies, Lamegompa, Bhutan When one kilogram of a freely available natural resource is worth over US$2,000, local people won't miss a chance to collect, even if collection means...
Not For Opium ... For Medicine
09.11.06 2006 Student Internship Rachelle Gould Internship Host: Ugyen Wangchuck Institute of Environmental and Forestry Studies, Lamegompa, Bhutan The Blue Poppy, with its delicate and surreally blue blossom, is not only Bhutan's National Flower; it is also one of many (over 500) Himalayan plants...
The Faces of Extinction
09.11.06 2006 Student Internship Adrián Cerezo Internship Host: Slow Food USA & Slow Food International, Spain
