A community of researchers, policy makers, industrial strategists, and environmental advocates has launched an International Society of Industrial Ecology, which will be based at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. The new field of...
Benjamin Santer, an atmospheric scientist in the Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison (PCMDI) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, will discuss “Investigating the Causes of Climate Change” at Yale on Friday, February 23. His...
The Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (F&ES) has been awarded a $135,000 grant from the Compton Foundation, Inc. to establish the Compton Fellowship Program in Environment and Sustainability. In December, the school received the...
Robert Kates, professor emeritus at Brown University, will discuss the “The Nexus and the Neem Tree” on Thursday, March 22, at 5 p.m. in Bowers Auditorium, Sage Hall, 205 Prospect St. The talk, which is free and open to the public, is part of the...
Four journalists who have covered the environment for the New York Times, Time magazine and the former Boston Globe will discuss “What Has Happened Since the 1992 Earth Summit, How We Can Do Better, and What the Media Can and Can’t Do,” in a panel...
Stephen Kellert, professor of social ecology and a member of the Yale faculty for 24 years, has been named the Tweedy/Ordway Professor of Social Ecology at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. “Professor Kellert is a prolific writer,...
The Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies has received a $1.2 million grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to establish a program of collaborative industrial ecology in Asia. “We are grateful for this vote of confidence in the School of...
A two-day conference co-sponsored by Yale University that will address the need for scientific knowledge to ensure ecologically healthy water levels in the State’s rivers and streams will take place March 23 and May 4 at Northeast Utilities in Berlin....
Steady tectonic motions are causing the European Alps to grow at the same rate that they are eroded, a study by Yale researchers concludes. The result is that this classic mountain belt has maintained its present size for more than 15 million years. “...
Arthur Blank, co-chair of the Home Depot board of directors, will discuss “The Journey Toward Sustainability” on Thursday, April 19, at 4:00 p.m. in Bowers Auditorium, Sage Hall, 205 Prospect Street. The free lecture is part of the Industrial...