Sustainability Matters: An interview with Dr. Chris Swan Laura Bartock (2013) asks Dr. Swan about sustainability.

Highlights:

“We know that very diverse ecological communities provide important ecosystem services, such as pollinators, [...] These services are important not only to human well-being, but plants and animals as well.”

“Ask questions that are both intellectually intriguing to you, but at the same time strive to ensure the questions are relevant to society in general.“

“I also believe that most people care more than they know about sustainable practices.”

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Highlights: “We know that very diverse ecological communities provide important ecosystem services, such as pollinators, [...] These services are important not only to human well-being, but...

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Melanie Harrison was in our first cohort of IGERT students and was one of the first two IGERT students to complete the Ph.D. at UMBC. She worked with Drs. Miller (GES) and Groffman (Cary Institute...

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Behind West Virginia’s Massive Chemical Spill, A History Of Poverty And Pollution

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Dr. Dawn Biehler gave an interview about her new book *Pests in the City* on the Sustainability Segment of Mind Over Matters, KEXP-Seattle Public Radio (to listen to the archived program, click on...

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In his new feature article in Global Change Magazine: Using the Planet, Erle Ellis advances a broader view of the Anthropocene over many millennia, and what that means for land stewardship. Even...

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Here is an interview with Dawn Biehler about her new book, Pests in the City.

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Dr. Ellis discusses world population growth and human adaptability in this Op-Ed piece for the New York Times.

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