Woods Institute - Eco-Newsletter

	November 2007


SOLUTIONS
Society of Environmental Journalists Conference The Woods Institute hosted the highly successful annual SEJ meeting in early September. More info ... Biofuels Workshop Results Some environmental benefits of corn ethanol and soy biodiesel may be overstated. More info ...	U.S. Farm Bill Report As Americans demand more from their farms, more farmers may find they'll be rewarded in kind, making conservation a newly respectable-and profitable-endeavor. More info ...


RESEARCH
Public Opinion Surveys With support from the Woods Institute, Senior Fellow Jon Krosnick conducts new national public opinion polls on the environment with the Associated Press and New Scientist. More info ... Ocean Conservation Widespread starvation in gray whale population suggests problems in food chain, says senior fellow Stephen Palumbi. More Info ...	Land Use Satellite images reveal link between urban growth and rainfall, reports Center Fellow Karen Seto. More Info ... Stanford Faculty Funding Opportunities 2008 Stanford Environmental Venture Projects proposals are due Dec. 21. Apply online: ...


PEOPLE
Nobel Peace Prize Connection Several Stanford faculty, including five Woods researchers, have played a prominent role in the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore. More info ... Perry L. McCarty Directorship Announced Jeff Koseff and Buzz Thompson have been named the first Perry L. McCarty Directors of the Woods Institute. More info ... New Leadership for Natural Capital Project R. Michael Wright is named the first managing director of the Natural Capital Project. More info ...	Precourt Institute for the Environment Precourt Institute director James Sweeney wins engineering award, and John Weyant is named new deputy director. More info ... Obituary: Melvin B. Lane Mel Lane, environmental champion and member of the Woods Institute Advisory Council, died at age 85. More info ...


LEADERSHIP TRAINING
First Nations' Futures Institute In partnership with the Kamehameha Schools of Hawai'i and Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu in Aotearoa, New Zealand, the Woods Institute hosted this intensive program for young, indigenous leaders. Stanford experts led sessions on a range of topics, including business development, communications, personal leadership, economics, and conservation science. (October 21 - November 2) More info ...

Reduce Your Ecological Footprint: Choose Environmentally Sustainable Business Practices The Graduate School of Business and the Woods Institute will host a leadership management program for GSB and Stanford alumni, January 11 - 13, 2008. Hear from many of Stanford's environmental faculty about a new business model to make conservation profitable, green buildings, and much more. More info ...


WOODS WATCH
New Websites The Woods Institute has a new website at http://woods.stanford.edu. Woods also maintains the Stanford Environmental Portal, the new home for campus-wide resources on the environment: http://environment.stanford.edu. Be sure to update your reference links and bookmarks.

Woods Is Moving to "Greener" Pastures The Woods Institute moves to it new headquarters in the Yang-Yamazaki Environment and Energy (Y2E2) Building after Thanksgiving. As of Nov. 29, our new address will be: Woods Institute for the Environment 473 Via Ortega Stanford, CA 94305 More info ...

Woods Events Energy Seminar http://woods.stanford.edu/education/energyseminar.html Environmental Forum http://woods.stanford.edu/events/envforum.html

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SOLUTIONS

Society of Environmental Journalists Conference

Biofuels Workshop Results

U.S. Farm Bill Report

RESEARCH

Public Opinion Surveys

Ocean Conservation

Land Use

Stanford Faculty Funding Opportunities

PEOPLE

Nobel Peace Prize Connection

Perry L. McCarty Directorship Announced

New Leadership for Natural Capital Project

Precourt Institute for the Environment

Obituary: Melvin B. Lane

LEADERSHIP TRAINING

First Nations' Futures Institute

Reduce Your Ecological Footprint: Choose Environmentally Sustainable Business Practices

WOODS WATCH

New Websites

Woods Is Moving to "Greener" Pastures

Woods Events