Centers, Programs, and Initiatives

On July 1, the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies will be known as the Yale School of the Environment. Simultaneously, we will establish The Forest School at the Yale School of the Environment in recognition of the ongoing importance of forestry. The new Forest School builds upon Yale’s traditional strength — and creates exciting new opportunities.

The Yale-based Sustaining Family Forests Initiative — and a cadre of F&ES alums — are leading an effort to empower female landowners to become better stewards of their woodlands.

Across the U.S. some of the most successful sustainability-related projects are the fruits of partnerships between cities and universities. A one-day conference at Yale will highlight some of these success stories — and provide insights into how they might be replicated elsewhere.

While much of the discussion about renewable energy is focused on solar, wind, and hydroelectric sources, any climate action must include heightened discussion around wood, which accounts for 87 percent of the world's renewable energy use. The Forest Dialogue is helping to catalyze that discussion.

The architects of the Yale Environmental Performance Index (EPI) hope a new interactive map to crowdsource expert feedback will help refine and improve this important indicator of both ecosystem and human health — and they need your help.

Nineteen students from F&ES this month will participate in the upcoming United Nations (UN) conference Habitat III, a global summit aimed at outlining best practices for urban sustainability, resilience, and development.

A group of students from F&ES this month welcomed 20 young women from nine local high schools and the homeschooling community in Connecticut for the seventh annual Green Careers, Women Leaders event.

The Yale Landscape Lab on Yale’s West Campus and the F&ES-based Ucross High Plains Stewardship Initiative have partnered for GrassX, an Experimental Grassland Competition that invites Yale students to explore ideas to promote grassland management systems, native pollinators, and local ecosystems.

The F&ES-based Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering at Yale has entered into a three-year global collaboration that will promote the principles and implementation of green chemistry in low- and middle-income countries.

Yale scholars and global business leaders will work together to address critical sustainability issues through a new partnership between the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, the Yale School of Management, and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.

A message from Dean Peter Crane about the fire at Yale Myers Forest

’15 M.E.M. and the staff of the Urban Resources Initiative (URI) with Certificates of Outstanding Recognition in appreciation for their contributions to sustainability at Yale during the 2014-15 academic year.

A series of F&ES online courses examining the nexus of cosmology and ecology is now available to global learners through Coursera, the world’s largest provider of massive open online courses (MOOCs).

This semester F&ES will, for the first time, make online courses available to alumni of the School. Beginning this week, alumni can register for either of two six-week courses — F&ES 783 Tropical Forest Restoration in Human-Dominated Landscapes or F&ES 738 Himalayan Diversities: Environment, Livelihoods, and Culture — which will begin on March 9.