Traffic and parking experts Tom Vanderbilt and Donald Shoup will speak at Yale on “Traffic, Parking and our Green Future” on January 19 at 7 p.m. in Sudler Hall at 100 Wall St. The forum is free and open the public.Their talk is being presented by Yale...
Monitors that will provide students with real-time information about energy consumed have been installed in Yale’s Pierson and Silliman residential colleges, the Yale Office of Sustainability has announced.Accompanied by an educational campaign about...
A series of public events will examine the environmentally destructive practice of mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia and envision a coal-free future for the region.The series, titled “Appalachia in Transition: Beyond Mountaintop Removal Mining,” is...
The Yale Transportation Options program will remind University parkers of the advantages of using more sustainable modes of travel to campus in an up-close-and-personal way via a communication being launched at the beginning of April.Anyone who pays to...
It’s going to be a green April on campus — and not just thanks to the springtime weather. Students, staff and faculty will have the chance to embrace all things green during the Yale Sustainability Summit, which takes place Monday-Friday, April 5-9.Now in...
A talk by veteran newsman Dan Rather about the role of journalism in promoting environmental justice; a discussion with the director of “Houston We Have a Problem,” a documentary about how the oil industry must adapt to meet the United States’ future...
“Environmental (Dis)Locations,” a three-day conference aimed at forging new ways for the climate change and environmental justice communities to cooperate, will take place Thursday-Saturday, April 8-10, on campus.Scientists, theologians, activists and...
On April 23, 2010, a discussion at Yale University will mark the launch of the Climate Civics Institute (CCI), a collaborative global policy platform co-founded by Yale World Fellows Unmesh Brahme and Tim Jarvis. CCI will deliver policy mechanisms to...
Four environmental leaders and co-founders of the Natural Resources Defense Council have been selected to receive Yale Law School’s highest honor — the Yale Law School Association Award of Merit — during its Alumni Weekend 2010 in October.James Gustave...
Four Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES) students have been named Compton International Fellows for 2010-2011 by the Tropical Resources Institute.The Compton Fellows chosen this year are all first-year candidates for master’s degrees in...