SESYNC has launched a new open-access collection of sustainability-related resources available to the public. Ranging from videos, to articles, to lesson plans, to audio interviews, the resources aim to engage more people from all backgrounds in the conversation about sustainability and to consider the environmental impact of humans’ beliefs, interactions, and behaviors.
The recent adoption of the Global Compact on Refugees formally recognizes not only the importance of supporting the 25 million people escaping conflict but also of easing the pressures on receiving areas. Few countries may enforce the resolution out of concern over the repercussions of hosting
Scientists are increasingly concerned with the growing distance between science and the “science-unengaged”—people who do not or cannot gain access to traditional science education or who lack exposure to the scientific enterprise. Scientists can play critical roles in engaging these underserved
Anatomically modern humans have impacted ecosystems worldwide for the past 200,000 years, yet many studies of ecosystems do not include humans. Further, reconstructions of the archaeological past may include exogenous environmental factors (such as modeling precipitation, for example), yet they
Changes in land systems generate many sustainability challenges. Identifying more sustainable land-use alternatives requires solid theoretical foundations on the causes of land-use/cover changes. Land system science is a maturing field that has produced a wealth of methodological innovations and
This seminar will summarize four research projects studying socio-environmental systems (SES) also known as coupled natural-human systems (CNH). These projects include: 1) sparsely settled forests of the United States (a past SESYNC project); 2) climate change; 3) the Maine healthy beaches
An integrated approach to water use and protection, which accounts explicitly for trade-offs between human and environmental needs and services, is required to achieve sustainable development. This creates intricate links between three systems—human, technical, and environmental—coupled in a dynamic
Quantifying interactions between social systems and the physical environment we live within has long been a major scientific challenge. A better empirical understanding of dynamic interactions between the built environment and urban social structure is necessary to support predictions of how
The rapid pace of urbanization combined with changes in atmospheric composition and climate over the past three decades has influenced patterns and processes at the interface of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. In the mid-Atlantic, these changes have consequences for management of the Chesapeake