Updated: Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 8:06pm
Sir Peter Crane, a geophysical sciences professor at the University of Chicago, will replace Gus Speth ’64 LAW ’69 as the dean of the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, University President Richard Levin announced in an e-mail message to the environment school community Wednesday afternoon. “Sir Peter is a scientist of world-class stature, a proven leader...
In response to growing demand for the major, the Program of Environmental Studies announced last week that the application deadline for the 7-year-old environmental studies major will be moved up from May 15 to March 27 and that the major may be capped due to limited faculty availability. The earlier deadline will give the department time to determine how to meet the...
Fred Strebeigh is known at Yale as a beloved, and bearded, teacher of nonfiction writing. Much of Strebeigh’s own work has been in the realm of nature writing, and he is a senior lecturer in both English and the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. But his new book, which came out Friday, is a legal history two decades in the making, called ...
Carbon emissions may be the last thing on most peoples’ minds when they board an airplane. But not for the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. As part of its ongoing commitment to sustainability, FES has purchased “carbon offsets” — projects that directly remove atmospheric greenhouse gases or reduce their emission — to compensate for the 977,200 air...
With his smooth, friendly Southern drawl and South Carolina childhood, James Gustave Speth ’64 LAW ’69 doesn’t cut the figure of a typical environmentalist. But Speth, the dean of the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, has made a career as an activist, government lawyer and international diplomat on behalf of the environment. And now, with the publication...
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is scheduled to visit Yale next month to deliver an address on climate change, University officials confirmed last week. Schwarzenegger will speak at a conference of state governors at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies on April 17 and 18. The event will not be publicly announced until this week at the earliest, but...
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...
Global business leaders, who convened last month in Davos, Switzerland, are beginning to see the green in going green. The free market — for so long the source of environmental damage — has emerged as a promising agent of environmental protection in the 21st century, said Dan Esty, a joint professor of environmental law and policy at the Law School and the School of...
Six months after Yale launched a program to bring environmentally friendly practices to developing countries, a team of faculty and students are working in India to make the University’s global goal a reality. The Yale Center for Industrial Ecology’s “Program on Industrial Ecology in Developing Countries” was launched last April to promote the study of industrial...
If a tree falls in Yale Myers Forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? Yale administrators are fighting to protect seven New England forest properties, including Myers Forest in northeastern Connecticut, in order to provide land for research and sustainable agricultural practices. But apart from those conducting research, officials said most Yale...
Should individuals continue to pollute oceans and clear forests for the convenience of humanity? Is it morally right to use gasoline if the technology to create no-emission vehicles exists? Does the environment hold intrinsic value or does its value lie in its utility to humans? These are among the questions at the forefront of environmental ethics, a burgeoning branch...
When Alphonse “Buddy” Fletcher Jr. FES ’04 enrolled in Yale’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, he had what the school’s Director of Development Eugenie Gentry called “an unusual profile” for a graduate student. He was 38 and already had an established career as the chairman of the Wall Street firm Fletcher Asset Management, which he founded...
