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Fishing's Global Footprint
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
oil palm fruit
Limited Scope of Corporate Sustainability
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
Cape Town, South Africa
Running Out of Water: Cape Town, the U.S., and Drought
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
Study data collectors measure a child’s growth in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to assess impact of water, sanitation and hygiene interventions.
Surprising Sanitation Findings
January 29, 2018
Despite mounting research over the last decade linking poor sanitation to stunted growth in children, a new study found that children born into... Read More
Chris Field
Expanding the Dialogue
January 25, 2018
Welcome to the first newsletter of 2018 from the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. For 2018, we will be adding the occasional perspective... Read More
A man collects water from a river in Senegal.
Seeking Disease Solutions in Nature
January 24, 2018
The line between environmental health and human health is blurred. The world’s rural poor know this well: ecological systems they depend on for... Read More
Share the Wealth: A Cap-And-Trade System of Water Conservation and Resiliency?
January 24, 2018
California has struggled with drought for most of the last decade. From 2011-2015, the state experienced the driest four-year stretch in recorded... Read More
Rising Environmental Leaders Program fellows in Washington, D.C.
Future Environmental Leaders
January 18, 2018
Elizabeth Andruszkiewicz spends a lot of time thinking about invisible things. The Stanford civil and environmental engineering Ph.D. student studies... Read More
Leafy green vegetables are produced in a growing facility in Western Cape Province, South Africa.
Food Retailer’s Sustainability Program Drives Farmers’ Environmental Practices
January 9, 2018
When grocery stores tout sustainable products, consumers may take their claims at face value. Yet few studies have analyzed whether or not companies... Read More

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