The Woods Institute is now part of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
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March 21, 2018
As Lieutenant Governor of Alaska from 1994 to 2002, Fran Ulmer was the first female elected to statewide office there. It was one of many pioneering... Read More
March 16, 2018
Imagine if a country mobilized tens of thousands of people to reforest an area the size of Ireland within a year. This and other seemingly... Read More
March 14, 2018
Since, 2012, Stanford’s Osa & Golfito Initiative has worked with local residents to articulate a vision for developing environmentally... Read More
March 12, 2018
Nearly every major plan to limit the damage from climate change relies in part on combining bioenergy with carbon capture and storage, a technology... Read More
March 9, 2018
The federal government has made clear its intention to open U.S. coastal waters to offshore drilling, but Californians beg to differ. Like Florida –... Read More
March 1, 2018
Many of Hawaii’s once-thriving coral reefs are now struggling to recover from recent extreme coral bleaching caused by rising water temperatures.... Read More
February 23, 2018
Q | Jim Leape: A little bit of backstory on natural capital – what were the insights that led you to this concept and this way of thinking about... Read More
February 23, 2018
As evidence of human-caused climate change and associated environmental damages continues to mount, the political debate continues about whether the... Read More
February 22, 2018
Seafood provides sustenance for billions of people and livelihoods for tens of millions, yet the full global reach of high seas fishing has remained... Read More
