Nicholas J. Gotelli: Specimen-based modeling, stopping rules, & the extinction of the ivory-billed woodpecker

Flourishing in a Time of Flows: What Role for Environmental Health Social Sciences?

Flourishing: thriving; prospering; term often used in describing visions of sustainability, i.e. sustainability = . . .

How Inclusive Is Inclusive Wealth?

PRESENTER: Steve Polasky TOPIC: How Inclusive is Inclusive Wealth?  DATE: October 31st, 12-1pm  A Production of the . . .

Gillian Galford and Friends: Vermont Climate Assessment

A Production of the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, an affiliate of the Rubenstein School for Environment & . . .

The Rehabilitation of Old Havana: Challenges of a Utopia

Ulice Acosta Lanes received his undergraduate degree in Biology from the University of Havana. He worked for several . . .

Greenhouse Gas Calculators: How Good Can They Get?

Meryl will discuss her work to develop methods to quantify greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture in order to . . .

Developing a Dengue Early Warning System in Coastal Urban Ecuador

Emerging mosquito-borne viral diseases, such as dengue fever and chikungunya, present a major global health threat. To . . .

Measuring and Managing Resilience Under Climate Change in Northern Great Lake Forests

Some of the most dramatic climate change effects to forests may be a decline in resilience to acute disturbances. I . . .

Power Struggles: Social Dimensions of Electricity System Change

As societal expectations for electricity systems evolve, individuals and organizations have different perspectives, . . .

Carbon Shock: Economic and Political Implications of the Revolution in Fossil Fuel Technology

The development and deployment of such new extraction technologies as hydro-fracking, steam-assisted gravity drainage, . . .

Ecological Economic Leadership

The way in which we understand and articulate our place in the economy influences our behavior. Reframing to focus on . . .

Meeting UVM's Land Grant Mission: A Reflection on the Vermont State Climate Office

The Vermont State Climate Office is an AASC-recognized State Climate Office. As such, Dr. Dupigny-Giroux' mandate to . . .

Ecosystem Accounting in National Accounts: From the Local to the Global

The UN recently developed and adopted a new framework for integrating information on ecosystem services into . . .

Valuing Ecosystem Services in Vermont: Flood Mitigation and The Otter Creek Wetlands

Following Hurricane Irene, Rutland Vt experienced more severe flooding than Middlebury, which lies downstream of . . .

Optimization of Environmental Conservation and Public Health

Speaker Christopher Golden comes to speak at the Gund Institute. He has PhD, MPH, and is Director of HEAL(Health & . . .

Asim Zia: Post-Kyoto Climate Governance

In his Gund tea, Asim discusses key findings from his recent research about the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol . . .

Michael Coe: Feedbacks between deforestation, climate, and hydrology in the Amazon

Deforestation in the Amazon causes important changes in the energy and water balance by altering how incoming . . .

Nicholas J. Gotelli: Specimen-based modeling, stopping rules, & the extinction of the ivory-billed woodpecker

The reported rediscovery of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker in 2004 was one of the most exciting and controversial events . . .

James Boyce: Carbon Pricing as Property Creation

Dr. James Boyce, Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst, discusses how carbon pricing - via a carbon tax or a . . .

Peter Dodds: Health, Happiness, and Hahaha

Dr. Peter Dodds, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, and Director of the Complex Systems Center, UVM, . . .

Cheryl Hanna: Connecting Gender Equality to Environmental Sustainability

Cheryl Hanna, Professor of Law at the Vermont Law School, discusses violence against women in the context of both the . . .

Abdon L. Schmitt: Southern Brazil Agroecology

Brazil’s Atlantic Forest is a biodiversity hotspot harboring more threatened and endangered species than any other . . .

Lini Wollenberg: Climate Change Mitigation on Agriculture-Forest Landscapes

Dr. Lini Wollenberg discusses how agriculture and forestry contribute about one-third of anthropogenic emissions, yet . . .

Joe Roman - Raising Whales: How Cetaceans Engineer the Oceans

Dr. Joe Roman discusses how the restoration of whales is essential in maintaining the integrity and resilience of . . .

V. Ernesto Mendez: Agroecology as a Transdisciplinary, Participatory & Action-oriented Approach

Agroecology as a Transdisciplinary Participatory & Action-oriented Approach | PRESENTER: V. Ernesto Méndez, Gund . . .

Taylor Ricketts: Mapping Marginal Values of Saturating Ecosystem Services

Dr. Taylor Ricketts, Professor RSENR and Director of the Gund Institute of Ecological Economics, presents on the . . .

Gillian Galford: Land Use Change in Tropical Agroecosystems

Dr. Gillian Galford, Research Assistant Professor discusses RSENR and presents a range of her current remote sensing . . .

Gioia Thompson: UVM Campus Sustainability Commitments

Gioia Thompson, Director of the Office of Sustainability, discusses policy and action relating to the University's . . .

Asim Zia: REDD+ and Foreign Direct Investments

Taylor Ricketts: Natural Capital Project

In this tea, we learn about the science, applications, and people behind the worldwide Natural Capital Project. The . . .

Saleem Ali: Sustainable Pearl Farming

Pearl farming has the potential to offer unique opportunities in terms of livelihoods and marine conservation in the . . .

Madhu Verma: Himalayan States of Indian Forests

Himalayan states of Indian Forests - CBA of Forest Diversion and Conservation and Incentives for Forest Conservation | . . .

Chris Koliba: Dynamic Systems and Governance

Governing Our Way Out: A Dynamic Systems Approach to Sustainable Development

Chris Robinson: The Politics of Ecological Economics?

What are the politics and political implications of Ecological Economics? Ecological Economics has been accused by . . .

Brian Kelly: Property Rights for the Future

Modern property rights assignments and regimes are ill-equipped to adapt to increased ecological scarcity, resulting . . .

Andrea Castelo Branco Brasileiro: Brazilian Environmental Social Accounting Matrix

The construction of an Environmental Social Accounting Matrix for the Brazilian Amazon Region is necessary, since this . . .

Eric Zencey: Alternative Indicators - What Should We Be Measuring in Vermont?

This Tea addresses the outstanding issues with Vermont's Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) that we all need to think . . .

Stuart Kauffman: Ethics

Stuart Kauffman, one of the world's most eminent scientists — a founder of the field of complex systems science, . . .

Gary Johnson: Spatially Quantifying Ecosystem Services

Gary Johnson is a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at the University of Vermont. He currently works as a research . . .

Bernardo Aguilar: Costa Rica Wetland Conservation

Bernardo Aguilar is a Costa Rican who has lived and worked in the United States for a third of his life. He has . . .

Christine Vatovec: Eco/Health Impacts of End-of-Life Medicine

Christine Vatovec examines governance factors that determine the ecological and human health impacts of end-of-life medicine.

Diane Gayer: Why Do We Build What We Build?

Sustainable mega-cities versus Vermont-scale. Join Gund Institute's own Diane Gayer to take a critical look at Masdar, . . .

Stuart Kauffman: The Impact of Complex Systems on Ecological Economics

Stuart Kauffman, one of the world's most eminent scientists — a founder of the field of complex systems science, . . .

Bob Herendeen: Is a Non-Nuclear, Non-Carbon Future Possible?

This event is part of the weekly Gund Tea Series, an opportunity for affiliates of the Gund Institute for Ecological . . .

Asim Zia: Cross-Scale Value Trade-Offs in Managing Socio-Ecological Systems

Management of socio-ecological systems takes place amidst complex governance processes and cross-scale institutional . . .