Yale Daily News

Updated: Saturday, November 21, 2009 4:25 p.m.

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Environment, politics fuse in student-led class

Staff Reporter
Published Friday, February 29, 2008

When Michael Davies FES ’08 was unsatisfied with the lack of courses focused on environmentalism in politics that were offered at the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, he did not just sit back and complain. He did something about it.

With a group of like-minded peers, he spearheaded the development of a new course on environmental issues and the political process. Although, at first, the environment-school curriculum committee was skeptical, citing concerns that the class may not be rigorous and unbiased, the course was approved after months of discussions and debuted...

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