Wilcove Blends Science, Policy to Advance Conservation
November 24, 2008 ・ Hilary ParkerLecture Series Explores Ethics and Climate Change
September 25, 2008 ・ Eric QuinonesAn interdisciplinary group of scholars will examine the ethical dimensions of the challenge presented by climate change in a fall lecture series sponsored by the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) and the University Center for Human Values. The five-part “Ethics and…
Princeton Students Explore Lake Carnegie for Nature’s Sake
July 1, 2008 ・ Kitta MacPhersonYou have to love nature, rising junior Stephanie Hill said, when you grow up, as she did, in a remote, pristine village on the shores of a glacier-fed lake in British Columbia. Megan Prier, a rising sophomore who hails from…
Sustainability Projects Funded through High Meadows Gift
June 16, 2008 ・ Ruth StevensThe first round of initiatives has been funded under the auspices of the research, education and civic engagement section of the University’s new Sustainability Plan. Supported by a gift from the High Meadows Foundation, the nine projects range from a…
Conference Caps Yearlong Environmental Justice Initiative
April 21, 2008 ・ Ushma PatelA conference on environmental justice scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, April 28-29, will cap a yearlong collaboration between the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) and the Center for African American Studies that has enabled Princeton students and scholars to thoroughly explore…
Socolow Member of Panel That Identifies Greatest Technological Challenges of the Future
February 5, 2008 ・ Teresa RiordanPrinceton Experts Focus Energy on Sustainable Human Future
October 15, 2007 ・ Karin DienstComing to Grips with Global Warming: PEI at Work
October 25, 2006 ・ Emily AronsonThe earth is growing warmer, thanks to elevated concentrations of greenhouse gases, and the vast majority of scientists now believe that human activity, especially the burning of fossil fuels, is primarily responsible. In June, the National Research Council concluded with…
