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Dear President Obama…

Dear President Obama…

Introduction Students for a Sustainable Stanford (SSS) is a project-based student group concerned with addressing sustainability in all its forms on Stanford’s campus, with sub-groups dedicated to water, waste, climate, and environmental justice issues. With President Obama set to approve or reject the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline by [...]

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Turning Today’s Waste into Tomorrow’s Energy: Vote Yes on Measure E <br /><font style=
By Will Troppe and Elena Stamatakos. Will is a sophomore majoring in Atmosphere / Energy and Elena is a sophomore majoring in Earth Systems..
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Turning Today’s Waste into Tomorrow’s Energy: Vote Yes on Measure E
By Will Troppe and Elena Stamatakos. Will is a sophomore majoring in Atmosphere / Energy and Elena is a sophomore majoring in Earth Systems..

Palo Alto, arguably one of the most progressive cities in the United States, still uses a dirty incinerator to destroy its sewage sludge.  On Tuesday, Palo Alto voters have the opportunity to vote for a ballot initiative that will clear the road for the construction of a new, cleaner waste [...]

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The Business of Sustainability <br /><font style=
By Brandon Ly. Brandon is a sophomore and prospective Product Design major. He is the author of a series of posts on sustainable design.
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The Business of Sustainability
By Brandon Ly. Brandon is a sophomore and prospective Product Design major. He is the author of a series of posts on sustainable design.

This post is a continuation of a series on Dwell on Design.  To view the preceding entry, click here. My last post focused on products on the showroom floor of the Dwell event.  But in addition to the booths on display, the exhibition included a program of panel speakers who [...]

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The World Without Us: Population Zero

The World Without Us: Population Zero

Imagine waking up one morning to discover that the entire human race had vanished overnight. How long would it take for all traces of mankind to disappear? This is the scenario journalist Alan Weisman explored in his book The World Without Us (2007) which became a surprise best seller. Last [...]

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Ecofeminism as a Starting Point for Sustainability <br /><font style=
Anna Ponting is a sophomore majoring in Urban Studies with a focus in sustainability.
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Ecofeminism as a Starting Point for Sustainability
Anna Ponting is a sophomore majoring in Urban Studies with a focus in sustainability.

I am an environmentalist. I am also a feminist. As I read the description for Carolyn Merchant’s talk on ecofeminism, I thought I might be an ecofeminist as well.  Interested—as I usually am by the joining of “isms”—I went to hear Merchant’s lecture titled “Capitalism and Sustainability are Fundamentally Incompatible?” [...]

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