The intersection of watershed management and tribal sovereignty is among the top research areas of Grace Bulltail, assistant professor of Native American environment, health and community. She has spent much of her career studying the impact of oil and gas extraction on water quality.
Year: 2019
Rachel Licker to Present Talk at SAGE
Nelson Institute / SAGE alum, Rachel Licker, Senior Climate Scientist for the Union of Concerned Scientists, will present a lunchtime discussion on the recent “Killer Heat” report from UCS.
Gibbs Lab Research Featured in New York Times
The Gibbs Lab research tracking outcomes from the corporate Zero-Deforestation Commitments in the Brazilian Amazon was covered by a New York Times article that came out Oct 10, 2019.
One of the Best Three-Minute Flash Talks on Global Health and Food Crisis, and a Solution!
SAGE alum, Valerie Stull, PhD gave a 3-minute flash task at the 3rd annual Planetary Health Conference, held last month at Stanford.
Jonathan Patz Featured in Forbes.com Article
“Climate Change Best Case Scenario: Save Millions, Make Trillions”
Limaye et al. Research Featured on WPR
The newly published research in GeoHealth, “Estimating the Health-Related Costs of 10 Climate-Sensitive U.S. Events During 2012″ was covered by Wisconsin Public Radio and featured fellow SAGE alum Megan Christenson speaking to the Wisconsin trends.
New Publication
Just published in Sustainability Science – “Research and Policy Priorities for Edible Insects” by Valerie Stull and Jonathan Patz.
Lisa Rausch, AnHai Doan, and Holly Gibbs Awarded $150,000 Grant from the Meridian Institute
The title of the grant is “Characterizing compliance in cattle supply chains: What factors encourage deforestation-free production in the Brazilian Amazon?”
Jonathan Patz to Participate in Loka Initiative and Symposium
The Loka Initiative is a new education and outreach program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison for faith leaders and religious institutions.
Seth Spawn’s Research Highlighted in Physics World
“Folks can easily see and understand how tropical deforestation removes carbon from the landscape and emits it to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide,” says Seth Spawn of the University of Wisconsin–Madison