Regionalizing US Food Systems
Exploring the role of regional models—takeaways from the University of Vermont’s first-ever food systems summit.
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Innovations in environmental protection and conserving natural resources (more)
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Social Innovations
Climate Science as Culture War
The public debate around climate change is no longer about science—it’s about values, culture, and ideology.
Prairie Portfolio
Economists are using a tool familiar to the financial industry to analyze climate change outcomes for conservationists.
Holding the Line in Oregon
Oregon’s land-use policies have preserved farmland and led to smart urban growth.
Disadvantaged Populations Feel the Heat
The connection between environmental quality and the predicament of disadvantaged populations is coming into ever-sharper relief.
Podcast
Global Issues
Environmental Sustainability Through Recycling
Kate White shares research about how positive and negative messages around recycling influence people’s behavior.
Podcast
Food, Water, and Energy
In this audio lecture, Dr. Ann Bartuska of the U.S. Department of Agriculture shares her insight on the necessary steps to sustainably feed the nine billion people that will be living on our planet by 2050.
Following in Buckminster Fuller’s Footsteps
Living Buildings Challenge, a project of the International Living Future Institute, is the winner of this year’s Buckminster Fuller Institute award.
A Big Deal for Conservation
A group of conservationists, former bankers, and management consultants have imported ideas from Wall Street to create a new way to protect large ecosystems.