Environment and sustainability Archives

‘We have the tools in our hands to create a more sustainable civilization’

We may think we face a bleak future under climate change, but there is still time to take effective action if we reconsider our economic and social approaches and develop alternative solutions, according to a panel of scholars.
Clark-built dashboard reveals success of conservation efforts where the wild things are

Each spring for 13 years, a cohort in Clark University’s Wildlife Conservation GIS Research Seminar has tackled a vexing biodiversity project for the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), a global nonprofit organization.
Harvesting lessons from a farming master class

Reflections from a semester spent studying food production across Central Massachusetts
Course examines humans’ tangled relationship with fungi and plants

In Plants, People, and Fungi, a new, advanced course focused on humans’ age-old relationships with flora and funga, Clark students encounter stories like those of The Iceman we now call Ötzi, and Fungus Man and the trickster Raven.
How much might countries benefit from cleaning up plastic pollution in the ocean?

Study of North Atlantic nations indicates that international cooperation could curb overall costs
Will Long Island Sound residents make changes to help protect it?

With over $1.5M in funding, Clark researcher studies how to encourage less fertilizer use, more septic upgrades
The art of addressing sea level rise

How creativity plays a role in finding solutions to sea change
How might your neighborhood change by 2050?

Clark geospatial team developing AI technology to predict land cover changes due to population, economic, and climate scenarios
It’s not noise — it’s a symphony

Geographer examines how sound amplifies ecological threats to British Columbia’s North Coast
Peace and purpose

Alum teaches in Togo as Clark launches new Peace Corps Prep Program