May 2012

Abby Lynch invited to engaged scholarship workshop

May 30, 2012

Doctoral student Abigail Lynch has been invited to participate in the Emerging Engagement Scholars Workshop at the 2012 Outreach Scholarship Conference at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.

The intensive professional development program provides advanced doctoral students and early career faculty with background literature, facilitated discussion, mentoring, and presentations designed to increase their knowle

Demmer Scholars immersed in policy-making for summer

May 16, 2012

A select group of agriculture and natural resources and James Madison College students from Michigan State and Mississippi State are working on their networks more than their tans this summer by studying the intricacies of federal policy-making while working full-time in Washington, D.C.

A little bit of policy, a little bit of rock and roll

In the media

The Conversation (Australia) - Lessons from the US: stopping illegal logging benefits both sides of politics

May 11, 2012

Environmental policy got a touch of rock star this week when MSU executive in residence Mark Rey testified in defense of legislation seeking to stem illegal logging.

Oh, and Adam Gardner from Guster was at his side.

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The Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability at Michigan State University integrates ecology with socioeconomics, demography and other disciplines for ecological sustainability from local, national to global scales.

Coupled Human and Natural Systems (CHANS) are integrated systems in which humans and natural components interact. CHANS research has recently emerged as an exciting and integrative field of cross-disciplinary scientific inquiry to find sustainable solutions that both benefit the environment and enable people to thrive. Visit CHANS-Net, the international network of research on coupled human and natural systems, for information and ways to engage.

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