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In a new program from Stanford University and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, business executives and senior leaders will gain insight into the environmental, economic, and social dimensions of sustainability to drive business value.
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The 2024 Environmental Venture Projects and Realizing Environmental Innovation Program grants foster interdisciplinary solutions.
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The new interdisciplinary hub seeks to address the interconnected challenges of health and environmental sustainability.
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Amid growing pressure to report on nature-related risks and impacts, an open-source footprinting tool offers a scientific and transparent approach.
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The Chinese Academy of Sciences-based Natural Capital Project researcher discusses efforts to assess the effects of urban nature on mental health and wellbeing.
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The Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment marks two decades of transformative impact. The institute’s innovative approach to bringing together experts from disparate fields to tackle pressing environmental challenges has redefined the relationship between science, policy, and real-world solutions.
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The Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment recently hosted a first-of-its-kind “boot camp” in which congressional staffers got a crash course from experts in climate, forestry, fire science, utilities, insurance, and other wildfire-related topics.
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The Sustainability Accelerator’s new postdoctoral fellowship program kicks off fall quarter with four entrepreneurial fellows who will pursue individual research on greenhouse gas removal.
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Through programs offered by the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, undergraduate students from Stanford and institutions across the U.S. worked on projects that tackled pressing environmental challenges and advanced fundamental knowledge about our planet. Here’s an inside look at their experiences.
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New Stanford program works to better understand connections between the environment and human health, and to pursue ecological solutions to public health challenges.
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Seed grants awarded under the Big Ideas for Oceans program will enable work on high-risk, potentially high-reward projects designed to conserve the ocean and address climate change.
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The center’s move from the Precourt Institute for Energy will enable TomKat-funded student projects to compete for space and funding in the Accelerator, while the Accelerator will benefit from TomKat’s experience empowering students, researchers, and entrepreneurs to develop and launch solutions to energy and sustainability problems.
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Sculptor and installation artist Mark Baugh-Sasaki will work with ocean scholars as the first visiting artist in a new Stanford program exploring how art and science can join forces to advance sustainability.
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The first group of scholars supported under the new Sustainability Accelerator Fellowship program will focus on the challenge of removing billions of tons of greenhouse gases annually from Earth’s atmosphere by the middle of this century.
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Scholars from across the university have contributed to a vision for a Sustainable Societies Institute in the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability that would focus on understanding change in systems where people and nature are inextricably linked – such as cities, food, or global markets.
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Sixteen grants provided by the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability will support work on unproven but potentially transformational ideas to deepen understanding of Earth, climate, and society.
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A new report shares key accomplishments from the inaugural year of Stanford Ecopreneurship programs, a collaboration between the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability and Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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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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The Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment joins an effort to inform implementation of federal climate policies.
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The Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability and the Naval Postgraduate School recently convened experts to discuss how research can address climate change impacts on the ocean environment, economy, and national security.
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The Haas Center for Public Service is thrilled to announce a special Mimi and Peter E. Haas Distinguished Visitor program for 2024 focused on environmental sustainability.
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In its inaugural academic year, the program is supporting 16 students who are working on interdisciplinary projects that directly contribute to the university’s sustainability objectives.
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Six summer programs for undergraduate students are under the umbrella of the Doerr School of Sustainability, creating a new cohort across disciplines.
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Eight students have been awarded Stanford Impact Founder Fellowships to start high-impact ventures that address a pressing social or environmental need. The number of fellowships and prizes awarded doubled through a collaboration between Stanford GSB’s Center for Social Innovation and Stanford Ecopreneurship Programs.
