The world won’t be able to fish its way to feeding 10 billion people by midcentury, but a shift in management practices could save hundreds of millions of fish-dependent poor from malnutrition, according to a new analysis by researchers at Harvard, the University of Washington and other universities.
Read more at UW Today »Finding connections to nature in cities is key to healthy urban living
Peter Kahn, professor at the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences and the Department of Psychology, looks the importance of connecting with nature even in the big city.
Read more at UW Today »UW’s Neal McMillin makes waves in the tidal energy sector
The School of Marine and Environmental Affairs' Neal McMillin explores what it might take for governments, scientists, communities, and other stakeholders to get tidal energy projects off the ground and into the ocean.
Read more »To be sustainable, conservation needs to consider the human factor
How decisions affect people’s lives, and how human culture, values, and equity affect conservation outcomes should be considered when defining sustainability goals and approaches to environmental management.
Read more at UW Today »UW Environment’s Leah Litwak champions better food assistance integration at local farmers markets
Environmental Studies senior explores how farmer's markets might make nutritious, local food an option for entire communities.
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