Eilyan Bitar, a renewable energy integration expert, comments on a new initiative aimed at creating a solar grid across the Middle East, South Asia and Southeast Asia.
Mary Nichols, a senior visiting fellow at the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and a former chair of the California Air and Resources Board, comments on efforts in California to help oil industry workers transition to green jobs.
Rachel Bezner Kerr, an author of the latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, comments on its findings and implications.
Holly and Sean Olson have established the Olson Family Strategic Initiatives Fund at the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy to help create the world they want to live in.
Cornell will teach small farmers in India – the world’s largest dairy producer – how to produce milk more efficiently while limiting greenhouse gas emissions.
Cutting-edge, data-driven agricultural technologies and precision management strategies designed for the farm of the future will be developed, evaluated and demonstrated, thanks to a four-year, $4.3 million U.S. Department of Agriculture grant.
David Lodge, the Francis J. DiSalvo Director of Cornell Atkinson, urges federal agencies to expand adoption of environmental DNA technologies, which enable faster, cheaper, more accurate environmental reviews.
A new course on global textile and apparel sustainability attracts students from across the university and immerses students in the real-life, contemporary challenges of sustainability in the fashion industry. The course was structured to address the connection of fashion to the 17 sustainability goals outlined by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
A newly launched book club will explore resources and dialogue in small campus discussion groups to explore issues like climate change, environmental injustice, consumerism, and sustainability.
