Calendar
Upcoming Events
2015 Stanford Bright Award »
September 29, 2015 4:00 pm
Woods and Stanford Law School are proud to announce the 2015 winner of Stanford's annual award for significant contributions to environmental preservation and sustainability: Polly Courtice, founding director of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. The Bright Award was created by a gift from Raymond E. Bright, Jr., JD '59 in 2007 on behalf of his late wife, Marcelle, and himself.
Shipping in the Arctic: Promise, Preparations and Impacts featuring Jeremy Goldbogen - Washington, DC »
October 7, 2015 12:45 pm
Resources for the Future and Woods cosponsored seminar featuring Jeremy Goldbogen, assistant professor of biology at Stanford's Hopkins Marine Station. Goldbogen will lead the expert panel focused on understanding the science behind increased shipping and the related impacts on marine life, ecosystems and the communities that depend on them. The panel will also discuss ongoing efforts by the Obama administration to plan for increased shipping in the Arctic, including the Port Access Route Study and proposed two-way routing plan, nautical charting updates by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Coast Guard, and expansion of the port at Nome. A light lunch will be provided starting at 12:30 p.m. and registration is required.
Natural Capital Project Anniversary Symposium »
October 13, 2015 3:00 pm
The Natural Capital Project celebrates its 10th anniversary with a special symposium featuring two panels. The first panel will address investments in natural capital by corporate and government leaders, including cases in China, Myanmar and Mozambique. The second panel will consider frontiers in ecosystem services, such as how to improve urban livability, opportunities for new academic research, working with development banks as they green their investment portfolios, and how technology start-ups are pursuing natural capital.
FSE Symposium: Technology Adoption in African Agriculture »
November 4, 2015 5:00 pm
Craig McIntosh, professor of economics, Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego, will discuss how technology can help countries leap-frog some of the barriers to agricultural productivity growth in Africa, and will present the lessons that have emerged from the ATAI trials. RSVP required by 5:00 PM November 3rd.
Ongoing Events
Environmental Forum »
The Environmental Forum informs the Stanford community about a broad range of environmental issues and solutions through presentation and discussion by global experts from within Stanford and other leading academic institutions, government, NGOs, foundations and business. The forum is open to Stanford faculty, graduate students, postdocs, and staff.
MARINE Graduate Seminar Series Seminar »
MARINE (Monterey Area Research Institutions' Network for Education) hosts a bi-monthly seminar series. Most seminars are preceded by journal club sessions held either at Stanford, UC Santa Cruz, and in the Monterey area where students discuss the background on the topic and prepare questions for the seminar. Seminar topics this year will include: ocean acidification, desalination, and salmon and dams. The MARINE program, an initiative sponsored by the Center for Ocean Solutions, facilitates exchange among students by providing an array of inter-institutional activities such as courses, seminars, and workshops, which create opportunities for students to apply their training to ocean challenges and engage in real world problem-solving and policy recommendations. It is a collaboration of seven academic campuses: CSU Monterey Bay, Hopkins Marine Station, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Naval Postgraduate School, Stanford University, and UC Santa Cruz.