Climate Change

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Climate Adaptation Helpline (Switzer Foundation Webinar Series)

Are you a conservation practitioner or resource manager worried about climate change but not sure what to do about it? Watch our webinar recording with a panel of adaptation practitioners and get the help you need.
June 26, 2013
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Robert Heilmayr

2013 Fellow
Robert is an interdisciplinary environmental scientist who combines approaches from economics, geography and ecology to explore the way society uses and governs natural resources. Robert is a postdoctoral fellow in the Carlson Lab in the...
Leadership Grant Grant

Analyzing the Potential of Micro Hydropower

International Rivers received a $40,000 Leadership Grant to create a new position for Dipti Vaghela as Energy Solutions Coordinator. In this position, Dipti will integrate with staff in the organization's Energy Solutions and Climate...
June 18, 2013
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Sagarin advocates defeating hackers with biomimicry

From denial of service attacks to server crashes to day-long disruptions of Google Drive, almost all organizations are familiar with threats to their information security. Given that digital information is more central than ever, it's worrisome that the history of data security is littered with failure. Organizations seeking to be better prepared for and more resilient in response to information threats may want to draw on a far larger and older source of lessons on information security — the 3.5 billion year history of life.
June 14, 2013
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Sarah Myhre

2013 Fellow
Sarah is an ocean and climate scientist trained to think about how abrupt climate change impacts physical and biological systems. She received doctoral training in paleoceanography, climate change, geochemistry and marine ecology from the...
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Meredith Niles

2013 Fellow
Dr. Meredith Niles is Acting Director of the Gund Institute for Environment, Associate Director of the Food Systems Research Center, and an Associate Professor in food systems and nutrition at the University of Vermont. Her research...
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Paige Weber

2013 Fellow
Paige Weber is currently a Ph.D. student in environmental economics at Yale University. Her research focuses on applied work in energy and electricity markets, industrial organization, carbon regulation, and sustainable transportation...
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Mike Antos

2013 Fellow
Mike helps people and institutions navigate place, time and culture to achieve sustainable, just, and equitable outcomes. His experience includes extensive work and research about effective engagement between agencies and communities...
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Jia-Ching Chen

2013 Fellow
Jia-Ching is Assistant Professor of Global and International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He received his PhD in City & Regional Planning at the UC Berkeley. His research examines China’s emerging role in the...
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Caroline Howe

2013 Fellow
Caroline works with communities to address local environmental and social challenges through interventions that combine technology, social enterprise, and education. Working both in urban and rural areas, internationally and in her own...