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Breaking Down the Human-Environment Barrier

By Charles G. Curtin / On December 17th, 2015
While sitting in a board meeting of the Great Northern Large Landscape Cooperative recently the perennial question came up of if the organization that was working on a vast landscape from Yellowstone National Park to northern Canada needed more biological or social science in their program development. As I reflected on the question the answer came to me that my response would be that we need more of neither.

Deceived: VW's Emissions Scandal

By Katharine Sucher / On November 10th, 2015
What happens when a company misleads consumers and intentionally pollutes the environment? We asked some of our authors to comment on the recent Volkswagen emissions scandal. Check out what they had to say below and share your own thoughts in the comments. Photo Credit: Manik at Flickr.com

#FOREWORDFRIDAY: Resilient Business Edition

By Katharine Sucher / On October 22nd, 2015
As we are learning the hard way, the new normal of climate change and a volatile, hyper-connected global economy mean that sudden natural disasters and unforeseen supply chain disruptions are here to stay—and pursuing business as usual is no longer a viable option. But how can businesses adjust? Joseph Fiksel argues that the key is resilience—an organization’s capacity to survive, adapt, and flourish in the face of change.

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