Stanford initiatives to be presented at environmental journalism conference

Stanford researchers have played pivotal roles in establishing new marine reserves on the California coast, developing more energy efficient building designs and materials, and studying how public attitudes to global warming are changing, among a plethora of other environmental research breakthroughs. With the annual conference of the Society of Environmental Journalists on campus Sept. 5-9, the Woods Institute for the Environment and Stanford News Service have produced a special report — the Green Sheet — to highlight how the university is leveraging its resources to find solutions to the world’s most pressing environmental problems.

Inside the Green Sheet

• Environmental journalism at the crossroads
• Eco-friendly buildings are big step toward shrinking Stanford's carbon footprint
• Transforming ivory towers to eco-versities
• California's marine protection areas: a science-based investment in conservation
• Q&A with Gretchen Daily, Woods Institute fellow and professor of biological sciences
• Research roundup: Environmental solutions from Stanford

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