People&Planet is the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment’s monthly newsletter, sharing Stanford research, people in the news, programs and events related to the environment. Read past issues
February 11, 2022 | Stanford Social Innovation Review
Tonya Allen of the McKnight Foundation and John Palfrey of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation discuss how they’re answering the global... Read More
February 9, 2022 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Like boxers whose punching power declines over their careers, greenhouse gasses lose their warming impact at different rates. So, to compare gasses’... Read More
In 2021, Stanford pediatrician and arbovirologist Desiree LaBeaud and her colleagues launched the nonprofit organization HERI-Kenya to reduce the... Read More
February 3, 2022 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Residential and commercial buildings account for about 30% of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the U.S. Electrification of the sector will be... Read More
Phasing out animal agriculture represents “our best and most immediate chance to reverse the trajectory of climate change,” according to a new model... Read More
January 27, 2022 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Read about and watch video of a Woods Webinar on electrification of the building sector .
Humans have cooked with fire for millennia, but it may be... Read More
January 27, 2022 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Stanford University ecologist Chris Field has won the 2022 Japan Prize, one of the world’s foremost awards for contributions to progress in science... Read More