Lean and green
A couple of generations ago, environmentalism was associated with Birkenstocks, free love and granola. Today, with growing concern about issues such as global climate change and resource depletion, politicians, scientists and economists alike realize existing environmental policies must be revised. The Environmental Thought & Practice interdisciplinary program is home to a small, highly-motivated group of students trained to look at the environment from the perspectives of multiple disciplines.
“My first career was in the real policy-making world,” said Vivian Thomson, assistant professor of environmental sciences and politics. “A lot of the people hired were trained mostly in the natural sciences or social sciences. There is difficulty out there for those who are narrowly trained.”
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