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.
Telling stories with data
Guest Post By Zachary Labe, 2020-2021 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Atmospheric Science I work with millions of numbers. While
Returning to our roots in agriculture requires a shift in our thinking
Guest Post By Laura van der Pol, 2020-2021 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Student in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Graduate Degree Program
On Minimizing Loss
Guest Post By Zane Martin, 2020-2021 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Atmospheric Science 2020 was a year of loss. In
Barriers Scientists Face Engaging with Policy
Guest Post By Clara Tibbetts, 2020-2021 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Chemistry Do you see a space for students and
Predicting the Future of Sustainability
Guest Post By Cassidy Jackson, 2020-2021 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Chemistry With every passing year climate change affects us
One Weird Trick for Saving the Planet
Guest Post By Pascal Jundt, 2020-2021 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Physics Recycle. Turn down the air conditioning. Buy an
Welcome to Jurassic Park: Can genetically modified mosquitoes create a healthier and more sustainable future?
Guest Post By Lyndsey Gray, 2020-2021 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology When I was a kid,
How to Talk With Your Family About Contentious Environmental Issues Over the Holiday Season 101
Guest Post By Danielle Lin Hunter, 2020-2021 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Biology and the Graduate Degree Program in Ecology
A Smart Phone Application for Monitoring Air Pollution
Guest Post By Lauren Hoskovec, 2020-2021 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. Student in the Department of Statistics The air we breathe has a great impact
Reading a vertical landscape: the collaboration between climbers and biologists that is seeing bat conservation through a different perspective
Guest post by Robert Schorr, Director of Climbers for Bat Conservation Periodically, I peek out into the void where there is a 300-foot vacancy
A brief history of three desert survivors
Post by Rekha Warrier, Post Doctoral Fellow at the School of Global Environmental Sustainability The Sonoran Desert is a land of foreboding beauty straddling the
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