Where are the World’s Highest CO2 Emitters?
June 29, 2010 ・ Shoibal ChakravartyLinkages Among Climate Change, Crop Yields and Mexico-US Cross-Border Migration
June 24, 2010 ・ Shoibal ChakravartyPEI’s Denise Mauzerall Assesses the Climatic Benefits of Black Carbon Mitigation
June 22, 2010 ・ EurekAlertTwo PEI-STEP Fellows Awarded Graduate Certificates in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy
June 22, 2010 ・ Carol PetersNing Lin (left) and Luke MacDonald Two PEI-STEP Environmental Policy Fellows, Ning Lin and Luke MacDonald, graduated in June 2010 with Ph.D.s from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and in addition were awarded the Graduate Certificate in Science,…
First Prize Recipients of the 2010 Green Business Plan Competition Convert Garbage into Hope
June 21, 2010 ・ Chris EmeryThis woman and child are among the 2,000 people living in extreme poverty in Kachra Kundi, a landfill on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan. A group of Princeton and Rutgers students have developed a plan that includes generating electricity to…
From Silos to Cultural Integration: The Evolution of Campus Sustainability
May 15, 2010 ・ Shana WeberHigher education sometimes has been described as an “ivory tower,” with isolated academic “silos.” While these stereotypes contain a grain of truth they are mostly remnants of the past. Cross-disciplinary cooperative work is what makes campuses today such vibrant places.…
Colvin Winners Conduct Fieldwork in Africa
May 15, 2010 ・ Carol PetersFrom top to bottom: A picture of the tent where Chambliss and Walker stayed; a close-up of S. volkensii with a trowl for scale; patch and root structure of S. volkensii (Photos: Sarah Chambliss); Walker being liced by one of…
ENV Students Benefit Community Partner Through Research on School Lunches and Gardens
May 15, 2010 ・ Carol PetersPictured top to bottom: Professor Morin (right) and Melecia Wright ’11; Ross Siverman 10; Angela Wu ’12 shows her poster entitled “Food Insecurity in Recessions”; Pam Flory of Real Food for Thought (left) and Kathleen Wade ’11 discuss school gardens.…
Princeton Researchers Develop Disaster Relief Technologies for Haiti
May 14, 2010 ・ Hilary ParkerEven before the Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated Haiti, killing more than 200,000 people and leaving more than 1 million homeless, the citizens of the Caribbean nation were in desperate need of access to clean drinking water and electricity. After…
