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The summit convened students, faculty, and staff Tuesday to celebrate the sustainability collaborations and achievements taking place across campus.
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Scholars and community leaders gathered at an environmental justice conference to discuss the importance of community-driven research, intersectional frameworks, and institutional legitimacy.
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At a recent Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability Dean’s Lecture series event, the Planet Labs CEO discussed how the marriage of satellite imagery and artificial intelligence creates new opportunities to track renewable energy projects, wildfire damage, deforestation, coral reef systems, and more.
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Attendees of the second Stanford Oceans Conference highlighted the need to incorporate different knowledge systems and move beyond ‘either-or’ approaches to sustainability.
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A pair of Stanford students set out 16 years ago to provide solar lanterns as a cleaner, safer alternative to kerosene lamps. One of them, Nedjip Tozun, spoke at a recent Sustainability Accelerator event about bringing their idea from a class project to a reality in millions of homes in underresourced regions.
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At an event hosted by the Stanford Food Design Lab in collaboration with Stanford Engineering, the Stanford Doerr School for Sustainability, and Residential & Dining Enterprises (R&DE), community members gathered to taste the work of Mingoo Kang, who is reimagining Korean cuisine for health and sustainability.
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Stanford researchers collaborate with local officials and Asian Development Bank staff to incorporate nature into development decisions that promote tourism and local needs.
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Black Americans have long called on one another to “lift as you climb,” stressing the mutual responsibility to increase access to a work space when you are the first in your community to enter it. This guiding principle set the tone for a recent webinar convened by Earth system science assistant professor Elliott White Jr. and hosted by the Woods Institute for the Environment.
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The Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability hosted the Stanford alum and electric vehicle entrepreneur for a Big Ideas series discussion about how entrepreneurship can change the world.
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The stakes in California’s clean energy experiment are almost unimaginable, as are the costs, but the state has successfully led the country and the world on energy before.
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The Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability’s office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) hosted a Native American-Indigenous Heritage Month Coffee Conversation on Nov. 14 for students, faculty, and staff from across the university.
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President Joko Widodo of Indonesia spoke as part of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability’s Dean’s Lecture series, where he discussed sustainability in Indonesia and the needs of the developing world.
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The Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability hosted the entrepreneur and philanthropist for a discussion about global health, energy, and the future of Earth’s climate.
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The annual event, which made its first appearance at Stanford this year, convened Pac-12 universities to discuss sustainability efforts on college campuses and athletic departments.
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Students harnessed the power of big data with the guidance of faculty and industry mentors to propose groundbreaking solutions to wildland fire issues in the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability’s Big Earth Hackathon.
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Dean Arun Majumdar encouraged the inaugural class of graduates to use their knowledge, leadership, and commitment to make a positive impact on the world at the school’s commencement celebration.
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Scientists gathered to discuss the future of synthetic biology and how it can help curb climate change and promote sustainability.
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Stanford’s Felicia Marcus discusses grand-scale climate adaptation projects with experts from three major urban areas: Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, and New York City.
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Speaking to Stanford students and community members, actor Matt Damon and social entrepreneur Gary White, co-founders of Water.org and the asset manager WaterEquity, shared their efforts to empower more than 54 million people with access to safe water and/or sanitation through affordable financing.
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A recent conference from the Stanford Initiative on Business and Environmental Sustainability focused on environmental justice scholarship from academics across America.
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A global forum hosted by Stanford’s Natural Capital Project brought representatives from 15 countries and three multilateral development banks (MDBs) to the Stanford campus on April 17 - 19.
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Artists Kim Anno and Gao Ling discuss the role of the humanities in environmental justice work during an evening of conversation and community art-making.
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Chris Larson and Eric Harr join Professor William P. Barnett and undergraduate student Ingrid Ackermann to discuss takeaways from a March 2023 conference held at Stanford GSB. This forum was inspired by Pope Francis’ message to build bridges between “unlikely allies” from the private, public, religious, and academic sectors to advance the climate conversation.
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McGill University's Dror Etzion joins Professor William P. Barnett and undergraduate student Ingrid Ackermann to discuss takeaways from a January 2023 conference held at Stanford GSB. This conference discussed fundamental scholarship on organizations and their role in creating a sustainable future.
