This is the second of a series of posts by Alex describing his BOSP Summer Seminar experience. Look for the third post next week.    Friday, June 29th BOSP Summer Seminar Day 4 Arusha, Tanzania During our three-week summer seminar in Tanzania one of our daily assignments was to observe, [...]

 This is the first of a series of posts by Alex describing his BOSP Summer Seminar experience. Look for the second post next week.    There’s always something burning in Arusha, Tanzania. Waste management is at best inconsistent—some might say nonexistent—so garbage burns in piles on the roadsides. Two-seater motorcycle [...]

Just a few blocks south on El Camino from Stanford campus lies a shopping and dining oasis that many students have never even heard of, let alone visited. On paper, California Avenue appears to be a perfect college student destination. The oddball cousin of University Ave, it is full of [...]

To find out more about Stanford’s Annual Hofstadter Lecture and Prof. Geoffrey West click here. Professor Geoffrey West of the Santa Fe Institute will give the annual Robert Hofstadter Memorial Lecture, sponsored by the Stanford Physics Department. When: Monday, April 16, 2012. 8:00 PM. Approximate duration of 2 hour(s). Where: [...]

Visiting Speaker and Documentary Film Sally Smith Greenspan of The Enterprise Foundation,  New York + “Designing Healthy Communities”  Dr Richard Jackson, MD, Chair of UCLA’s School of Environment and Public Health.  New documentary film. Thursday February 16, 2:15-4:05 PM.  Location:  Meyer Forum 124. Urban Studies students, faculty and Program friends [...]

This is the second of a series of posts describing Malika’s encounters with sustainability during her travels in India … “Mochi” by Malika Kumar shows a man whose trade is fixing shoes. For about 70 cents, this mochi (meaning cobbler) sewed up the hole along the lining of my shoes [...]