SNRE research examines sustainability challenges of American city life

Read about the evolution of sustainable-cities research at SNRE and about the urban agriculture, adaptation strategy and design work being done by students and alumni. Also in this issue: The Bierbaum Decade examined as the dean steps down, a professor pursues a big biodiversity question, what cows can teach us about composting, and a discussion of the unrealized potential of alleys.

For nearly 25 years, the interdisciplinary group master’s project has defined the academic experience at SNRE. This year’s clients ranged from an organic dairy in the Colorado mountains to a nonprofit evaluating solar projects in the Mojave Desert.

SNRE’s history reflects our concern with sustainability, and our evolution shows a continued expansion of the elements of the coupled natural and human systems that need to be understood, managed and influenced to achieve a sustainable society.

Dalai Lama & Sustainability

In his historic Earth Day address, His Holiness raised environmental concerns across themes as varied as population control and religious tolerance to consumerism and income disparity.