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App Helps NPS Visitors ID Invasive Species , articleWhen Online Master of Natural Resources (MNR) student Hope Fraser learned about a smartphone app developed to help people identify invasive species in their own backyards, she had one question: why don’t more people know about this?
Date: Sep 04, 2018 -
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Drinking in Global Sustainability – Part II , article[In Part I of this two-part series, Master of Natural Resources (MNR) alumnus Lindsay Key chronicled her arrival in Zagreb, Croatia, to meet with Dr. Anamaria Bukvic and students enrolled in the MNR program’s course on Global Issues in Natural Resources, which includes a 10-day International Field Experience (IFE). In this installment, Lindsay offers an insider’s view to the IFE students’ trip to Rovinj, Pula, and Karlovac, where they met local leaders to discuss the challenges facing communities along the Adriatic Sea.]
Date: Aug 20, 2018 -
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Drinking in Global Sustainability – Part I , articleCroatians have a lot to be proud of this summer with the country’s successes in the World Cup. But another long-standing point of pride in Croatia is the quality of its water.
Date: Aug 13, 2018 -
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Global Sustainability and the New Urban Agenda , articleIn October 2016, leaders and policymakers from around the world convened at the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) in Quito, Ecuador to adopt an initiative known as the New Urban Agenda. More than 36,000 global leaders from 167 countries came together to promote a new model of sustainable urban development to better address social, economic and environmental issues within urban areas (Schindler et al., 2017).
Date: Aug 06, 2018 -
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Riding Into the Future: Equestrians, Cities, and Urban Ecology , articleThe world’s population is expected to increase over the next 40 years, with the almost all of the growth concentrated in urban areas. In the United States, current urban areas are expected to expand into megacity clusters, which will contain a significant (1/3 – 1/2) portion of the country’s GDP.1 These megacity clusters will likely include some of the country’s equestrian-focused areas. To ensure that riding facilities and their supporting services remain within the proximity of the dense human population corridors, long-term land use planning is essential. To ensure the longevity of the sport and lifestyle, access to barns and competition venues must be efficient, sustainable, and resilient.2,3
Date: Jul 16, 2018 -
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Boundary Spanning Leadership: Environmental Advocacy in the Chesapeake , articleJune marks the midway point for VA Tech’s Executive Master of Natural Resource students. In the XMNR program, students develop leadership, management, and administrative skills to achieve sustainability goals. Students spend the first half of the year developing and applying leadership skills to local sustainability challenges. During the summer, students expand their view and practice to include regional issues.
Date: Jul 09, 2018 -
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Sustainable Cities in the Anthropocene , articleAs the global population continues to increase in the coming years, it will be imperative to plan for the development of cities and communities that are sustainable, efficient, equitable and livable. The interdisciplinary field of urban ecology can assist planners, designers and local governments with the creation of a vision to support future urban growth that is resilient and sustainable. Beginning in the late 1990s, urban ecology emerged as a field that integrated a diverse set approaches and disciplines to advance the understanding that cities are complex systems characterized by both human and natural processes (Alberti et al., 2018).
Date: Jun 25, 2018 -
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The Coastal Resilience of NYC (IV) , article[In Part I of this four-part series, Virginia Tech’s Executive Master of Natural Resources (XMNR) alumni, environmental consultant, and sustainability professional Kyle Haynes began a conversation on the need for and reasons behind efforts to improve New York City’s coastal resilience. Part II reviewed the impacts of recent hurricanes on NYC, and Part III presented four strategies developed to address the coastal resilience needs of NYC. In this final installment, Haynes discusses lessons learned.]
Date: Jun 11, 2018 -
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Collective Impact for Climate Mitigation: Arlington County’s Community Energy Plan , articleIn May of each year, students in Virginia Tech’s Executive Master of Natural Resources (XMNR) graduate degree program continue their year-long professional development journey by focusing on collective impact for climate mitigation via a case study of Arlington County’s Community Energy Plan. Throughout the XMNR program, students use case studies to develop strategic leadership, management, and administration skills for solving local, regional, and global sustainability problems. The Arlington County case provides students an opportunity to take a close look at how a local government is taking charge of its energy future and planning to meet ambitious climate mitigation goals.
Date: Jun 07, 2018 -
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The Coastal Resilience of NYC (III) , article[In Part I of this four-part series, Virginia Tech’s Executive Master of Natural Resources (XMNR) alumni, environmental consultant, and sustainability professional Kyle Haynes began a conversation on the need for and reasons behind efforts to improve New York City’s coastal resilience, and Part II reviewed the impacts of recent hurricanes on NYC. The following installment presents four coastal protection strategies developed in response to recent hurricanes and their impact on NYC]
Date: Jun 04, 2018
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