We’d like to direct your attention to the recent public launch of a notable new project and one that shares this blog’s goal of focusing on the communication of contemporary environmental challenges.  Podcasting the Anthropocene, a 1 unit class in Earth Systems was offered this past winter, taught by Mike [...]

A recent study led by Stanford’s John Krosnick found that Americans’ support for climate change legislation declined in the past two years. To learn more read Rob Jordan’s article, which was published in the Stanford Report on May 8th. You can find the link to the article here.

This is the latest addition to Holly’s column, “Seeing Green.” You can find the original post in the Stanford Daily here. Last week, word came from Prudhoe Bay that sent chills through me as surely as if I’d been standing in the Alaskan North Slope drilling outpost myself. The United States Department [...]

Yesterday, I joined a group of about 200 Stanford students, faculty, staff and trustees at Paul Brest Hall to celebrate the university’s “sustainability milestones and accomplishments.” For the past 10 years Stanford has certainly been a leader in sustainability, and during the event I learned about some of the university’s [...]

This is the latest post from Holly’s column, “Seeing Green.” You can find the original post in The Stanford Daily here. ST. HELENA, CA – It’s a fine Saturday, and the traffic lines up on Highway 29 as the day’s crop of tourists meander from vineyard to vineyard along the road that [...]

Design Craftsman Pete Nelson Takes to the Trees- Bringing Tree Houses to the Next Level On Friday, April 6 I attended a talk by Pete Nelson, international tree house expert, which was part of The David H. Liu Memorial Lecture Series in Design. Building 550 (a Design building) wasn’t exactly [...]