I grew up in a dense urban area in California, with minimal exposure to the outdoors, where neighborhood parks were…
It’s well known that meat has a high environmental impact, largely because of the amount of corn animals are fed,…
This summer, IonE was fortunate to host three undergraduate students – Roxana Ayala, Manisha Rattu, and Ramiro Pinedo Jr. – from…
Nearly 20 years ago, the American environmental scientist Jane Lubchenco called for a new “Social Contract for Science,” arguing that…
Adapted from a news release by Carolyn Shapiro and Basil Waugh, Communications Officer, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, basil.waugh@uvm.edu. Let’s…
The NorthStar Initiative for Sustainable Enterprise (NiSE), a strategic initiative of University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment, today announced…
With a growing population, rapid urbanization and environmental degradation from economic development, China faces a number of complex, wicked problems.…
People love reflecting back on shared experiences in the human experiment via year-end compilations: National Geographic’s best photos, Minnesota Public…
Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork producer, announced its commitment yesterday to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in its supply chain…
University of Minnesota researchers create a tool for quantifying adverse impacts of nitrogen, identifying where reduced use will have the…