The Woods Institute is now part of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
People&Planet
April 19, 2018
For solutions-oriented researchers, collaboration on and off campus is essential. Yet many scholars find traditional academic training hasn’t... Read More
April 18, 2018
Good intentions are not the same as good results – as much as half of all water and sanitations systems in developing countries fail after five years... Read More
April 2, 2018
A judge in California took an unusual step in trying to untangle who is to blame for increasingly frequent droughts, floods and other climate change-... Read More
March 26, 2018
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As our newsletter’s new moniker implies, harmonizing the needs of people and the environment is central to the Stanford... Read More
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
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
February 12, 2018
You want chocolate. You scan the market shelf for a bar with a Fair Trade or Rainforest Alliance certification because you don't want your indulgence... Read More
February 7, 2018
Experts are now predicting that Cape Town will run out of water in May. How did it get into this situation?
A variety of actors have conspired to put... Read More
