Day 2 of the Summit picked up right where Day 1 left off. After several rounds of breakout sessions the day before, the dialogue was strong and focused. With the end in sight, though, conversations began to take on a heightened sense of urgency, as participants organized their own sessions in a unique “Un-conference” format. The day’s end brought a […]
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Slideshow: Day 2 of the Citizens Summit
[portfolio_slideshow] All images courtesy of Austin Lord.
Systems in Progress: A Summary of This Year’s International Society of Tropical Foresters Annual Conference
Every year the International Society of Tropical Foresters convenes a conference of members, scientists and tropical foresters at Yale University to discuss trends and issues in the management of the world’s tropical forests. This short summarizes the 2012 conference, which took place earlier this year at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. e are well past the […]
Skating to the Puck: Lessons on Sustainability from the Hockey Rink
“Some people skate to the puck, I skate to where the puck is going to be.” –Wayne Gretzky It seems fitting that Gary Tabor began yesterday morning’s panel on Sustainable Water and Land Conservation with this quote. Gretzky, as a former Canadian professional ice hockey player, is […]
Water and Land Conservation: Let’s Do What Works
Agreeing that we should use the tools and knowledge we already possess helped set a positive note during the ‘Sustainable Water and Land Conservation Panel’ Saturday morning at the US/Canada Citizens Summit Conference. The idea of employing strategies that we already know work differs from […]
Making Environmental and Sustainable Issues Non-Partisan
Day 2 of the Citizens Summit starts off in a haze, as participants come bright and early to Kroon Hall and its cloudy cover, to begin small group discussions and panels. Today speaks of solutions and practicality. In this globalized world, where we all feel small and helpless in these international negotiations, we try to discuss and agree on what […]
Opening Remarks from Day One
What a day of thought provoking discussion! The summit kicked off with a panel entitled “Twenty Years After Rio, Why are We Not There Yet?” According to Daniel Esty, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environment, we have mishandled the need for firm analytic metrics of success, we haven’t properly acknowledged uncertainties, and our solutions haven’t been […]
Day 1 Highlights from the Citizens’ Summit for Sustainable Development
Click on the image above to see a slideshow from the first day of the Citizens’ Summit for Sustainable Development. Day 1 of the Summit brought us an inspiring and fast-paced series of presentations, conversations, and discussions. From panels with high-level speakers to highly interactive breakout […]
Slideshow: Day 1 of the Citizens Summit
[portfolio_slideshow] All images courtesy of Cara Mae Cirignano, Chris Randall, and Austin Lord.
Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture Panel – Making Connections
For the first breakout session of the day, I had the opportunity to attend the “Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture” session, with speakers Mark Bomford, Director of the Yale Sustainable Food Project, and Amy Kalafa, Independent Filmmaker and Author (including her work on the broken school food system in America with “Two Angry Moms” Fifteen or so graduate students, undergraduate […]
Patterson: “Outrageous” That Farmers’ Lawsuit was Dismissed
Last week’s featured article, Organic on the Offensive, inspired strong reactions from people on both sides of the genetically modified agriculture debate. Among the responses Sage received was a letter from Don Patterson, a Virginian farmer and the man who helped catalyze the lawsuit.
Organic on the Offensive: Nation’s Farmers Sue Big Ag
A group of farmers are waging a class-action lawsuit against giant GM seed company Monsanto. The farmers’ argument? “An invention that poisons people is not patentable.” Ben Goldfarb explores an ongoing case with the power to revolutionize the way America grows its food.