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Treading on thin water: lessons in sustainable water management , articleThe need for water is universal, but how we access, use, and conserve water varies by region. Executive MNR graduates Eric Torraca and Victoria Yauch examine solutions for differing water management needs.
Date: Jun 20, 2023 - -
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Sustainability solutions across the border: Lessons from systems leaders in Mexico , articleExecutive MNR alum Tracey Coe writes about how her experiences during the program’s Global Study in Mexico redefined her understanding of systems leadership and what success looks like for an environmental professional.
Date: Feb 14, 2023 - -
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Helping the Everglades’ mangrove forests survive climate change , articleThere is some hope for mangrove survival if conservationists and managers plan effective climate change adaptation strategies and incorporate them into existing conservation plans to get the most bang for the buck, reports Online MNR student Noelle Chantarasap.
Date: Aug 10, 2021 - -
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Can the tourism industry “come back better”? , articleMakayla Haertel, a student in the Executive Master of Natural Resources (XMNR) program, recently had an opportunity to visit a Green Globe-certified resort in Mexico. She shares her reflections on the potential of sustainable tourism.
Date: Jul 13, 2021 - -
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Vertical Forest City: China’s sustainable urban development , articleHistorically seen as one of the world’s worst polluters, China is emerging as an environmental leader, with a long-term vision and political will to carry it out. Author and recent XMNR alumna Karen (Songyi) Zhang uses the example of Italian-designed Vertical Forest City in the southwestern city of Liuzhou, as a vivid illustration of that commitment.
Date: Mar 09, 2021 - -
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The Blueprint to Business with a Purpose , articleDr. Kathleen Miller Perkins's new book brings together business and environmentalism to provide a blueprint for how companies can improve internally to make a positive impact on the world around them. Her models of corporate sustainability and evidence-based explanations of sustainable values demonstrate the symbiotic relationship these types of organizations can have with the environment.
Date: Oct 08, 2019 - -
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Global Study Series, India, Part 2: Sustaining, developing, or just surviving? , articleDuring my final semester in Virginia Tech’s Online MNR program, I joined a group of students and faculty from the Center for Leadership in Global Sustainability on the Spring 2019 Global Study. Our transformative, eye-opening journey to the eastern Indian state of West Bengal began in Kolkata.The effects of planetary environmental crises are already being felt in India. Heat waves, such as the one currently impacting India, have only been increasing in frequency and intensity, leading to summer high temperatures that are growing unbearable.
Date: Sep 11, 2019 - -
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Global Study Series, India, Part 1: Preserving East Kolkata Wetlands , articleAs a student in the Online Master of Natural Resources program at the Virginia Tech Center for Leadership in Global Sustainability, Kasey Fioramonti has had a chance to witness the enormous environmental challenges affecting one of the most populous countries in the world—India. Kasey’s International Field Experience (IFE) to India in February 2019 offered her a rare opportunity to see how to recognize a community’s sustainability issues early on and address them at the grassroots level; how individuals and families are affected by pollution; and how difficult combating these issues through policy can be.
Date: Aug 13, 2019 - -
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Sustainable Smart Mobility (Part II) , article[In Part I of this two-part series, Online Master of Natural Resources student Marshall Distel explored transportation infrastructure innovations and the potential role of autonomous vehicles in sustainable development and urban mobility. In this final installment, Marshal delves deeper into connected and autonomous vehicles, their impact on transportation, policy, and sustainability.]
Date: Feb 07, 2019 - -
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Sustainable Smart Mobility (Part I) , article[In Part I of this two-part series, Online Master of Natural Resources student Marshall Distel explores transportation infrastructure innovations and the potential role of autonomous vehicles in sustainable development and urban mobility.]
Date: Jan 31, 2019 -
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