A Yale book examining the clash between today’s capitalism and the environment was selected by the Washington Post as one of the best nonfiction books of 2008. The newspaper called “The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and...
Yale’s Office of Sustainability has reported a 7% reduction in the University’s greenhouse gas emissions since 2005 despite a 3.2% increase in the size of the campus during that period.President Richard C. Levin committed Yale three years ago to a 43%...
A conference on the social and ecological sustainability of biofuels and the impact of their production on the forests of Central and South America — sponsored in part by the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES) — will take place...
Not long after Yale juniors Rich Littlehale and Bob Casey realized that their idea of starting a company selling vitamin water was financially unfeasible, they began thinking of a potential new venture.At a conference in Chicago last spring, Casey learned...
Members of the Yale Forests Program talked about sustainable forestry practices during a program held near Yale Myers Forest on Oct. 19. The day included a tour of Cranberry Hill Farm in Ashford, Connecticut, one of the nearby farms with which Yale has...
A pioneering commercial litigator will discuss his role in blocking the construction of several coal-fired power plants in a landmark case that pitted 37 cities against a powerful Texas utility. Stephen Susman of the firm Susman Godfrey will discuss the...
Melina Shannon-DiPietro, who has been co-director of the Yale Sustainable Project for the last five years, will assume full responsibilities as director on Oct. 1. Shannon-DiPietro succeeds Josh Viertel, founder and co-director of the Sustainable Food...
In the spirit of an old-time barn raising, members of the Yale and New Haven community pitched in to help raise a pavilion at the Yale Farm on Sept. 20. The structure still awaits a roof, but that didn’t stop participants from holding a dance there that...
John Rennie, editor-in-chief of Scientific American, will be the guest at a Pierson College master’s tea on Tuesday, Sept. 23. Rennie’s talk, titled “The Greening of the Media: Challenges in Reporting on Environmental Science,” will begin at 4:30 p.m. in...
Successfully confronting today’s environmental and social challenges requires a re-examination of the values and worldviews that shape our perceptions of nature and society, according to a new Yale report, “Toward a New Consciousness: Values to Sustain...