Sustainability Case Studies
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Madrid’s Urban Ecology Innovations – Part I , articleThe world is rapidly urbanizing. While the global urban population grew to nearly 4 billion people in 2014, it is predicted to increase to 6.5 billion people by 2050 (McDonnell & MacGregor-Fors, 2016). Moreover, according to recent estimates developed by the United Nations, two out of three of the world’s inhabitants will live in urban areas by 2050 (Haase et al., 2018). As the global population continues to grow and become more urbanized, city governments and policymakers from around the world will need to address many new challenges associated with this growth.
Date: Oct 08, 2018 -
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Investing in a Caffeinated Planet – Part V , article[In the Part I of this series, Virginia Tech Center for Leadership in Global Sustainability alumni Nicole Kruz provided a short Coffee Basics tutorial. Parts II, III, and IV offered an overview of the environmental, social, and economic impacts, respectively, of climate change on coffee cultivation and production. In this, the final installment of the series, Nicole will discuss coffee, climate change, poverty, and sustainability.]
Date: Nov 30, 2017 -
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Investing in a Caffeinated Planet – Part IV , article[In the Part I of this series, Virginia Tech Center for Leadership in Global Sustainability alumni Nicole Kruz provided a short Coffee Basics tutorial. Part II and Part III offered an overview of the environmental and social impacts, respectively, of climate change on coffee cultivation and production. Next up, Nicole will discuss the economic impacts of coffee and climate change.].
Date: Nov 23, 2017 -
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Investing in a Caffeinated Planet – Part III , article[In the Part I of this series,Virginia Tech Center for Leadership in Global Sustainability alumni Nicole Kruz provided a short Coffee Basics tutorial, and Part II offered an overview of the environmental impacts of climate change on coffee cultivation and production. Next up, Nicole will discuss the social impacts of coffee and climate change.]
Date: Nov 16, 2017 -
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Investing in a Caffeinated Planet – Part II , article[In the Part I of this series, Virginia Tech Center for Leadership in Global Sustainability alumni Nicole Kruz provided a short Coffee Basics tutorial. Next up, Nicole will discuss the connections between coffee and climate change.].
Date: Nov 09, 2017 -
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Investing in a Caffeinated Planet – Part I , articleAcross the globe, there are over 25 million farmers producing coffee. Many are smallholders in developing countries that rely on the crop for their source of income. In this 5-part series, I will examine the coffee crop in detail to determine how its production is linked to poverty. Throughout the project, I will also look at climate change to learn more about its implications for natural ecosystems and local economies. I am specifically interested in learning how a changing climate could perpetuate cycles of poverty in the world’s poorest coffee farmers and determining whether anything can be done to alter the poverty paradigm.
Date: Nov 02, 2017 -
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Winning with Wind — Part IV , article[In Parts I, II, and III of Winning with Wind, Part II of Winning with Wind, Virginia Tech Master of Natural Resources student Tuuli Martin introduced Germany’s Energiewende (the transition toward renewables) program, the role of public opinion in the country’s shift to renewable energy, resistance, and integrating wind energy into the existing power grid. Tuuli will finish this review of wind energy in Germany with a look at the impact on fossil fuel and what lies ahead.]
Date: Oct 26, 2017 -
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Winning with Wind — Part III , article[In Part I and Part II of Winning with Wind, Virginia Tech Master of Natural Resources student Tuuli Martin introduced Germany’s Energiewende (the transition toward renewables) program, and the role of public opinion in the country’s shift to renewable energy. Next, Tuuli will examine criticism and resistance to wind power in Germany.]
Date: Oct 19, 2017 -
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Winning with Wind — Part II , article[In Part I of Winning with Wind, Virginia Tech Master of Natural Resources student Tuuli Martin introduced Germany’s Energiewende (the transition toward renewables) program. Next, she’ll examine the role of public opinion in Germany’s shift to renewable energy.]
Date: Oct 12, 2017 -
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Winning with Wind — Part I , articleThe majority of the global energy supply is currently produced from fossil fuels. The demand for energy is expected to rise substantially as the human population grows. At the same time, it has been recognized that such dependency on fossil energy is unsustainable. In addition to various social and environmental impacts, carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion is the main driver of climate change. In response to this urgent matter, virtually all governments around the world pledged to significantly cut…
Date: Oct 05, 2017
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