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Led by Rodolfo Dirzo and students in his lab, a Stanford field course takes students into Bay Area forests for an up-close look at the lives of local birds.
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Cross-sector collaboration is key to reducing pollution and improving environmental and public health across populations, according to scholars, students, and professionals at the Center for Just Environmental Futures’ recent conference on campus.
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For their final project in a natural capital course, students Megan Chen and Zoe Rehnborg created a “zine” on the many values of public parks.
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EARTHSYS 177: Environmental Storytelling teaches students to translate research into stories that reach beyond Stanford’s campus – starting with a farm 25 miles away in Fremont.
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Diego Gutierrez, Earth Systems '25, is betting on a humble legume to help rebuild the island's fragile food system – starting in backyard farms.
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Living Laboratory for Sustainability, offered in collaboration with the Doerr School of Sustainability, immerses students in the university’s real-world energy, water, waste, land management, and food systems.
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Led by E’jaaz Mason, a lecturer in Earth systems, EARTHSYS 285: Community-Engaged Multimedia Environmental Communication guides students in community-engaged filmmaking on environmental issues affecting Bay Area communities.
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Stanford students are getting a head start on careers with education and leadership programs offered by the Woods Institute for the Environment. We talk with Anushka Vijay, a senior who built both academic knowledge and practical experience through the Environmental and Policy Internship (EPIC) program.
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Dozens of teams from across North and South America competed at Stanford to become finalists in the inaugural Global Sustainability Challenge. Four Stanford teams are headed to the final event in Munich in April.
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Stanford students are getting a head start on careers with education and leadership programs offered by the Woods Institute for the Environment. Izabella Smolnicka-Dos Santos integrated academic insight with real-world applications as a Forum for Undergraduate Environmental Leadership (FUEL) fellow focused on sustainability of agriculture and dairy in California.
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Stanford Ecopreneurship, a collaboration between the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability and Stanford Graduate School of Business, shares highlights from courses, fellowships, and other programs in its 2025 annual report.
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The Global Sustainability Challenge is mobilizing college students worldwide to develop sustainability solutions for their communities. Stanford University will host the Americas finals Feb. 13, with 23 finalist teams from North and South America competing for six spots at the Global Finale in Munich in April.
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Stanford students are getting a head start on careers with education and leadership programs offered by the Woods Institute for the Environment. We talk with Alice Heiman, a junior who bridged academic knowledge and real-world practice through the Mentoring Undergraduates in Interdisciplinary Research (MUIR) program.
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Stanford’s EPS 5 field course immerses students in the geological history of the Bay Area through a two-day excursion to ancient beaches, landslides, and earthquake sites, revealing the many ways people are tied to Earth’s shifting landscape.
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Stanford students are getting a head start on careers with education and leadership programs offered by the Woods Institute for the Environment. We talk with Evan Ludington, a senior who who cultivated academic and practical expertise through the Environmental and Policy Internship (EPIC) program.
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Ninety years of tidepool observations in Monterey Bay have taught Stanford researchers about climate change impacts on the ocean and the evolution of science.
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A new employer-funded program invites Stanford students from all disciplines to discover how their passions can help meet sustainability goals, expanding the school’s robust internship offerings.
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Stanford students are getting a head start on careers with education and leadership programs offered by the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. In the first of a new student spotlight series, we talk with Aria Grossman, a junior who gained valuable research and on-the-job experience through the Mentoring Undergraduates in Interdisciplinary Research (MUIR) program.
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A culmination of the efforts of the Undergraduate Sustainability Education Working Group, a new report recommends a multifaceted approach to integrate sustainability-related learning across the undergraduate curriculum and support students with varying motivations and needs.
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Stanford researchers are working to create a unique, interdisciplinary curriculum to help students better understand both the physical and biological ocean systems and the human relationship with them.
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Since its founding two decades ago, the Bill Lane Center has become a thriving community of students and researchers who examine the American West in all its complexities.
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Stanford students are helping rural energy non-governmental organizations put health at the center of energy decisions.
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Learn how to apply the practice of integrative design to radically improve energy efficiency while sustaining or enhancing the quality of your life or your products and services.
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The introductory course brings together passionate alums and seasoned lecturers to explore how Earth works and the ways humans impact it, with a focus on climate change, oceans, sustainable food, energy science, and more.
