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Switzer Network News: Most Recent Reports

Managing Water Runoff for the Greater Good
Thursday, March 1 2012

How can we ensure the water that runs off our driveways and parking lots is safe for the environment?  2009 Switzer Fellow Brenda Zollitsch works with municipalities to address pollution that impacts waterways.

Infusing Organizations with Sustainability
Wednesday, February 1 2012

How do you take a sustainability mandate at the corporate level and infuse the entire organization with it? 1992 Switzer Fellow Tim Greiner is Managing Director of Pure Strategies, a sustainability consulting firm helping companies improve the sustainability performance of their businesses, products, supply chain, and internal operations.

Healthy Food in Health Care
Wednesday, February 1 2012

How can hospitals improve the food everyone eats?

How Will California Get to 33% Renewables by 2020?
Thursday, January 12 2012

Where has California's renewable energy policy been, and where it is going?  What role have California's utilities played in promoting the development of clean electricity? What must utilities and state policy makers do to ensure California continues to lead on clean energy policies?  Switzer Fellow Laura Wisland works on these issues every day in her role as Senior Energy Analyst for the Union of Concerned Scientists.

TransForm: Building with Transit in Mind
Monday, January 2 2012

How does urban sprawl and highway expansion impact the environment and the quality of life? That question is being addressed by TransForm, a coalition of environmental, social justice and public health groups in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Uncovering the Ecological Past
Thursday, October 27 2011

Switzer Fellow Chuck Striplen (2003) talks about the important role played by historical ecologists in uncovering the pre-colonization landscapes of the San Francisco Bay Area.