HUMANnature is an evolving communications project of the School of Global Environmental Sustainability designed to aggregate and promote environmental science communication across the Colorado State University campus and beyond. The site is designed to provide a platform for students, faculty, research partners, and guests to communicate and discuss the pressing environmental, economic, and societal issues of sustainability and our future.
Marijuana’s High Environmental Burden
Guest Post By Hailey Summers, 2019-2020 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering Our desires as consumers are changing. We
Will the next patient zero be American?
Guest Post By Jenna Parker, 2019-2020 Sustainability Leadership Fellow andPh.D. Candidate in the Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology and the Graduate Degree Program
Why is your video conferencing in the COVID-19 crisis still polluting the environment? The answer lies in mining cobalt
Guest Post By Hyeyoon Park, 2019-2020 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Political Science In some respects, ironically, COVID-19 is making
A lesson from the COVID-19 pandemic on the perils of density
Guest Post by Philip Cafaro, Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Affiliate Faculty at the School of Global Environmental Sustainability In recent years, some
Soil carbon sequestration to combat climate change – a real solution, or just hype?
Guest Post By Jocelyn Lavallee, 2019-2020 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences and the Natural Resource Ecology
Could reducing air pollution help mitigate the effects of the next pandemic?
Guest Post By Wayne Chuang, 2019-2020 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Atmospheric Science The COVID-19 pandemic has
Where there’s coal there’s air pollution: Measurements of residential coal heating stoves in China
Guest Post By Kelsey Bilsback, 2019-2020 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Atmospheric Science It’s a cold morning here in Gu’an,
How difficult is it to outsmart weeds in the agriculture field?
Guest Post By Neeta Soni, 2019-2020 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management Colorful, dynamic, beautiful, and
Access to forests protects food and nutrition security in the event of a drought or flood
Guest Post By Kevin Mulungu, 2019-2020 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Student in the Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics Salima District in Malawi (a
The Montreal Protocol might just be our greatest weapon in the fight to reduce nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions and combat climate change
Guest Post By Emily Stuchiner, 2019-2020 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Biology and the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology From
Aquaculture: The Good, The Bad and The Algae
Guest Post By Jemma Fadum, 2019-2020 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Student in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability and the Graduate Degree Program
Never Underestimate Life
Guest Post By Molly Butler, 2019-2020 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology Let’s face it. Climate news is
Reducing agricultural waste: a byproduct that can be eaten to improve gut health
Guest Post By Kristopher Parker, 2019-2020 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Environmental & Radiological Health Sciences **** It is late.
Art and Science: How art can be used to communicate science
Guest Post By Hannah Berry, 2019-2020 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management & Department of Cell
Hidden Costs of Food Production – One Example
Guest Post By Chris Vennum, 2019-2020 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Student in the Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology I’m a foodie. I
Will Chilean unrest and President Trump derail international climate progress this fall?
Guest Post By Jakob Lindaas, 2019-2020 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Atmospheric Science Imagine planning a huge family reunion for
Assumptions make a ‘poor researcher’ out of you and me
Guest Post By Rina Hauptfeld, 2019-2020 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Student in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability and the Graduate Degree Program
Growing Against the Grain: How Dryland Farmers are Trying New Strategies to Build Their Soil
Guest Post By Courtland Kelly, 2019-2020 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences and the Graduate Degree Program
Our relationship with Water and one another will determine our future on planet Blue
Guest Post By Cibi Vishnu Chinnasamy, 2019-2020 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Urban Water Systems
The first thing to go was pride: research to support, not “save” rural communities
Guest Post By Jasmine Bruno, 2019-2020 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Student in the Department of Forest and Rangeland Ecology The farms are shabby; the
Rare earth mining is worsened by recycling challenges, but magnetism could provide an answer
Guest post by Tyler Ozvat, 2019-2020 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Student in the Department of Chemistry A great variety of invaluable metals lie hidden