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Sustainable development
News
Human Crap
March 2020
We are turning the world inside-out. Massive mining operations rip into rock, unearthing lithium, coltan and hundreds of other minerals to feed our gargantuan appetite for electronic stuff.
Steven Chu: Climate change poses global security risks
April 2015
A sustainable future is within reach, but it won’t prevent the world from experiencing the potentially catastrophic environmental and political consequences of climate change and environmental...
UN leader urges Stanford students to reach beyond borders for peace
January 2013
Despite a troubling tally of crises around the world, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is hopeful about the future, and says he gains inspiration from the younger generation.
Old Events
CANCELED - Good Grids Make Good Neighbors: Peace and Sustainability in the Post Paris World
December 5, 2017
Please note that this event is canceled. We regret the inconvenience.Abstract: Clean energy provides a number of benefits at scales from household to village to city and region.
The Great Tohoku, Japan Disaster
April 26, 2011
Please join us on April 25 and 26 for two evenings devoted to an examination of and conversation about the March 11, 2011 Tohoku earthquake in northern Honshu, Japan, and the subsequent tsunami and...
Cooperative Threat Reduction in North Korea: The Role of South Korea
June 11, 2008
Abstract: Established by the US Congress in 1991, the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program could contribute the safe and secure transportation, storage and dismantlement of...