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Human Dimensions and Sustainability

brick kiln interior
August 14, 2017

Reducing brick kiln pollution

Woods Institute for the Environment

A Stanford team is now combining satellite data and political persuasion to track kilns and incentivize kiln owners to use cleaner technologies.

Human Dimensions and Sustainability
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August 14, 2017
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Stanford News Service

Stanford Earth researchers analyzed a pioneering California program to sell carbon offsets and found it has surprising environmental benefits — including providing habitat for endangered species — and provides lessons for initiatives under development in other states and countries.

Climate Change, Human Dimensions and Sustainability
Chris Field
September 28, 2015

Chris Field: A Man for All Climates

<p>Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences</p>

Field sees the big picture and distills complex detail into a cohesive whole. It’s no wonder the U.S. tapped him for leadership of the U.N.'s top climate change organization.

Climate Change, Human Dimensions and Sustainability
The Earth re-imaged as a human brain
September 11, 2015
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Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences

Brain scans reveal how people make decisions to protect environmental resources and show why environmental philanthropy might be unique.

Human Dimensions and Sustainability
Western Tick
September 1, 2015
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Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

Study reveals mysterious pathogen in higher concentrations than thought in trailside ticks in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Human Dimensions and Sustainability
Person and a dog walking in nature
July 24, 2015
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New York Times

E-IPER graduate student Gregory Bratman found that volunteers who walked briefly through a lush, green portion of the Stanford campus were more attentive and happier afterward.

Human Dimensions and Sustainability

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