Hot water and industrial heat are foundational energy services, but with water heaters tucked in a closet or garage, and factories behind fences, the energy consumption of these applications isn’t always apparent...
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SFSS webinar — Building a data backbone: using data to drive the design of vaccine cold chains in low income countries
Register for this talk (May 6 at 5:30 pm Pacific) Reliable infrastructure is core to the functioning of most systems, including water, sanitation, and health. Nexleaf’s project work includes integrating sensor data and...
SFSS webinar — Labors of love: on the political ethics and economy of bovine politics in Himalayan India
Register for this talk (April 22 at 5:30 pm Pacific) This talk will explore how conceptualizing love as work can provide a fresh perspective on scholarly concerns about the ethics of a politics rooted in love...
SFSS webinar 4/15 — The hamburger is eating the forest: changing the trajectory of one of Brazil’s largest exports
Register for this talk (April 15 at 4 pm Pacific) — please note revised time Cattle raising is the chief driver of deforestation in many parts of the world, demanding huge amounts of land for both pasture and...
SFSS webinar 4/8 — Quantifying systemic racial and ethnic disparities in air pollution in California
Register for this talk (April 8 at 4 pm Pacific) Despite decades of effort to improve air quality in California, large and systemic racial and ethnic disparities in air pollution exposure still persist. In...
SFSS webinar 4/1 — E kūkulu nā kiaʻi: guarding against green colonialism in Hawaiʻi
Register for this talk (April 1, 5:30 pm Pacific) This talk will explore two recent, interconnected land struggles in Hawaiʻi — one over the proposed Thirty-Meter Telescope on Maunakea, and the other over a renewable...
SFSS webinar 3/25 — The Ecological Superblock / Neo Nature: the city in the Anthropocene
Please note that the time has changed to 7:30 pm (Pacific) on March 25Register for this talk The rapid undergoing and coming climatic and ecological change, coupled with rapid acceleration in population growth, raise...
SFSS webinar 3/18 — Cántaro Azul: An organization’s journey to contribute to the human right to water and sanitation in rural Mexico
Register for this talk (March 18, 5:30 pm Pacific) Back in 2005, a group of students at the University of California, Berkeley, designed the first ultraviolet water disinfection system for rural households. Part of...
SFSS webinar 3/11 — Environmental justice in Indian Country and moving toward a transformational land ethic
Register for this talk (March 11, 5:30 pm Pacific) In her acclaimed book As Long As Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice from Colonization to Standing Rock, author Dina Gilio-Whitaker...
Sustainable Futures speaker series opens March 11
Join us this spring as eight visiting speakers tackle a breadth of questions related to energy, society, and the environment! March 11 at 5:30 pm — Dina Gilio-WhitakerEnvironmental justice in Indian Country and moving...
Request for Proposal: Consultant for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Organizational Strategies
We are requesting proposals for consultants and/or businesses to perform consulting, review, and training services related to organizational EDI improvement. Who we are Since 1989, the Schatz Center has been a leader in...
Introducing our 2020-21 graduate fellows…
Three graduate fellows joined us last fall, and are now on research teams that span the Center’s programs! Ogunwo Demilade is the 2020-21 Tuttle Fellow. Demi did her undergraduate work at the University of Lagos...
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