Spring 2009 - Action http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/dukenvironment Student News from the Spring 2009 Issue of Dukenvironment daily 1 2009-04-05T08:02:38Z Down on the Farm http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/dukenvironment/sp09/down-on-the-farm Nicholas School Students Step Out of the Classroom to Help Local Farmers and Experience Sustainable Agriculture No publisher brian 2009-11-05T16:41:32Z Action Forestry Students Sell Christmas Trees to Raise Money for Organic Tree Farm http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/dukenvironment/sp09/forestry-students-sell-christmas-trees-to-raise-money-for-organic-tree-farm Who says money doesn’t grow on trees? Last December, the Duke University student chapter of the Society of American Foresters (SAF) sold North Carolina-grown Fraser firs to raise funds to support the creation of a student-managed organic Christmas tree farm in Duke Forest. No publisher brian 2009-04-08T13:09:21Z Action Students Take the Lead in Creating New Course on Communicating Science http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/dukenvironment/sp09/students-take-the-lead-in-creating-new-course-on-communicating-science It’s necessary today for environmental managers and policymakers to have a strong understanding of science. Equally vital, however, is knowing how to communicate that understanding to nonscientists. No publisher brian 2009-04-06T18:38:02Z Action