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March 19, 2013 - 12:28 PM
[WEBINAR] Lessons for Homeowners from Green Affordable Housing (Switzer Foundation Webinar Series)
Lauren Hertel (2003)

Are you a homeowner, interested in finding ways to make your home or investment property more sustainable? Then listen to Beverly Craig (1994) discuss lessons learned from six years working on improving the water and energy performance of multifamily affordable housing with Homeowner's Rehab, a nonprofit that owns over 1,000 units of affordable housing in Cambridge, Massachusetts. They "green" their portfolio by installing energy efficient devices in their properties, which helps them meet both financial and social goals.

She answers questions including:

  • Why...
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November 15, 2012 - 2:26 PM
[WEBINAR] From Lab to Law: Using Science to Shape Public Policy (Switzer Foundation Webinar Series)
Lauren Hertel (2003)

Amy Clipp (2009) gave a webinar for us that offered ideas for bridging the gap between science and policy, with a particular focus on helping scientists apply their work in complex, political environments.

As a starting point, the webinar examined the following questions:

  • What do scientists need to know before they collaborate on high profile policy projects?
  • How can scientists most productively work with diverse stakeholders?
  • How and when should scientists share interim results?

Her stories are based on lessons learned advising the State of Louisiana on its 2012 Coastal Master Plan. For two years, she worked with Rand Corporation, some of the...

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September 10, 2012 - 3:58 PM
[WEBINAR] Building a Network for Cross-Disciplinary Engagement in Conservation (Switzer Foundation Webinar Series)
Lauren Hertel (2003)

Leadership grantee Sarah Reed (Associate Conservation Scientist, Wildlife Conservation Society) and her colleague Lindsay Ex (Environmental Planner, City of Fort Collins) discussed their effort to build a collaborative learning network for practitioners engaged in conservation development.

Conservation development (CD) is an approach to the design, construction, and stewardship of a development that achieves functional protection for natural resources while also generating social and economic benefits for human communities. Successfully implementing and managing CD projects requires connecting diverse groups of professionals, including land use planners, developers, real estate...

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July 18, 2012 - 3:42 PM
[WEBINAR] Innovation in Pre-listing Species Conservation: Conservation Banking for Candidate Species (Switzer Webinar Series)
Lauren Hertel (2003)

The World Resources Institute (WRI) and Advanced Conservation Strategies (ACS) have been working to develop a pilot conservation marketplace for the gopher tortoise in its non-federally-listed range of the Southeast United States. The pilot is intended to serve as a model for “advance mitigation” markets for candidate species—a concept that has gained considerable attention nationwide as a potential conservation and conflict resolution strategy for species like the sage grouse and lesser prairie chicken, and that is the subject of proposed rulemaking by the US Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS).

In this webinar, Todd Gartner of WRI and Josh Donlan of ACS, introduce their work to-...

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