We may be too late to save the world from meltdown, but we have to try anyway, so said writer and environmental activist Bill McKibben to the audience that had gathered in Marquand Chapel to hear his lecture on global warming.McKibben — whose April 3 talk...
In just a year’s time, the University has “saved” 810 trees, the equivalent of 10 swimming pools’ worth of water and more than 717,000 pounds (or 25 garbage trucks full) of solid waste, all by switching campus-wide to the use of 30% recycled-content paper...
A special advance screening of the Disney film “Earth” and a documentary by rock star Madonna that chronicles the suffering of children in Malawi orphaned by AIDS will headline a Yale film festival intended to raise awareness of global environmental...
As Gus Speth prepares to step down later this June after serving 10 years as dean of the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES), alumni, faculty and friends of the school continue to make new gifts and pledges to a minimally endowed $1...
Summer may be coming to an end, but Yale’s campus keeps getting greener — and people are taking notice.The University recently made The Princeton Review’s Green Honor Roll, was named one of the top 20 “coolest schools” for its sustainability efforts by...
As the “green”-conscious know, using less energy and biking and walking more are two ways to help fight climate change. But what if you could combine the two and actually use the energy created through exercise to produce a cleaner form of electricity?...
Climate change doesn’t just pose a scientific challenge; it also creates an ethical obligation for those of us in the developed world, according to Rajendra Pachauri, who gave the inaugural talk in the Yale Climate and Energy Institute’s (YCEI) weekly...
Yale alumni will discuss what they are doing to help corporations develop sustainable strategies even in the midst of an economic crisis in a special program being held on Friday, Oct 9, at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES...
The Online News Association has honored Yale Environment 360 with its best “specialty site journalism” award at its annual Online Journalism Awards ceremony, citing content that is “taking debate to a higher level and is so needed in the journalism...