… products, clean drinking water from forested watersheds, and access to recreation on private forestland. A survey was administered by three master’s students to 90 landowners … funding. Project Outcomes Based on these findings, the investigators have hosted the following landowner workshops: Southern New England land-use history and forest ecology … CT. Photo from Tobias von der Haar/flickr Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Equity and Justice The Quiet Corner Woodland Partnership … The Quiet Corner Woodland …
… The objective of this project was to develop a new economic formula for maximizing present value of net benefits of wind farm investment. This research model offers the following advantages: a) the ability to evaluate the benefit of expenditure on maintenance activities not only in a given year, but also into the future; b) allowance for maintenance costs to vary over time; and c) a flexible design that allows …
… This project explores the mechanisms that allow actors in different settings to coordinate and create the … in Social Enterprise and renewable energy. Photo from Tobias von der Haar/flickr Equity and Justice Clean Energy Environmental Innovation Institutional Entrepreneurship and …
… comes to maintaining and creating strong environmental commitments. The circular economy represents one of the biggest environmental and economic opportunities through which companies can lower their environmental footprint and represents an estimated $4.5 trillion dollar … with each of these models. Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Circularity Equity and Justice Fiber Based Packaging: Opportunities in a Circular Economy … Fiber Based …
… Through this research opportunity, strong theoretical contributions have been made … our second study participant, Stone Brewery. The quantitative assessment is scheduled to follow the qualitative analysis. Project Outcomes The exploration of self-determination theory … Initiative for Sustainable Business & Society. Photo from Tobias von der Haar/flickr 2227 Equity and Justice Shared Visions of Sustainability and the Resulting Impacts on …
… From seaweed farming to oyster cultivation, our coasts represent some of the world’s most dynamic and vital regions of food production. Yet, farmers … array of ecological, economic, and societal challenges today. Circular practices involving restorative aquaculture and regenerative agriculture methods have garnered attention in … Founder & President at Table & Tilth Master of Environmental Management 2023 Alumni Violet Low-Beinart Master of Environmental Management 2024 Students Areas of Focus Thriving Food …
… Low productivity in agriculture is a significant development challenge, yet many processes … correctly used. Social science and marketing literature on diffusion of technologies has stressed the importance of social networks in technology adoption.This project is designed to … from Tobias von der Haar/flickr 2196 Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Equity and Justice Using Social Networks to Market New Environmental Technologies … Using …
… provides a comprehensive analysis of the feasibility of designing and financing a Green Resilience Hub (GRH). GRHs are physical facilities equipped with clean energy technologies … for both communities and developers. The provisions in the IRA boost tax credits for low-income areas, tribal land, brownfield redevelopment sites, and communities located near … across the United States. Published October 2023 Clean Energy Environmental Innovation Equity and Justice Green Resilience Hubs: An Energy and Financial Model … Green Resilience …
… decrease energy consumption and by extension energy emissions. Using information from the Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECs), Houston's Climate Action Plan, and our own … there, we investigated how much air-source heat pumps and ground-source heat pumps could lower both electricity and natural gas consumption and carbon emissions. Then, we … there, we investigated how much air-source heat pumps and ground-source heat pumps could lower both electricity and natural gas consumption and carbon emissions. Then, we …
… worse quality than traditional (non-green) alternatives. In short, this effect appears to result from consumers’ reliance upon a “zero-sum” heuristic, whereby they assume that … surrounding consumers’ views of green products. Photo from Tobias von der Haar/flickr 2203 Equity and Justice Circularity Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Framing … and taste. Read the paper: http://www.jstor.org/stable/info/10.1086/677841 Areas of Focus Equity and Justice Circularity Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Participants …