Areas of Interest:Environmental Literacy
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Institute Activities Related to Environmental LiteracySecurity report

  • “For Security’s Sake: Can the United States help petroleum rich nations avoid the resource curse?” - April 2007

    A report from a round table of 30 experts hosted by the Nicholas Institute in Washington, D.C. in September 2006.  The 27-page report includes consensus recommendations; an overview of the geopolitics of energy; case studies of the resource curse in four regions nationwide; and an executive-style conclusion for decision makers.

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  • EVENT: “Fisheries bycatch, invasive species, & the business of making seabirds: a trans-boundary solution?” -- A seminar by Josh Donlan - Feb. 22, 2007
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  • EVENT: “Don’t Be Such a Scientist” -- A seminar and video presentation by evolutionary biologist turned filmmaker Randy Olson Jan 18, 2007
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  • EVENT: Conference: - “The Future of Water in North Carolina: Strategies for Sustaining Abundant and Clean Water” - March 1, 2007 at the McKimmon Center, NC State University, Raleigh, NC
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  • Workshop on environmental peace building -- 2006
    Erika Weinthal (Associate Professor, Nicholas School) in conjunction with Ken Conca (Director, Harrison Program on the Future Global Agenda, University of Maryland), Geoffrey Dabelko (Director, Environmental Change and Security Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars) and Richard Matthew (Director, Center for Unconventional Security Affairs, University of California, Irvine) will bring together a group of distinguished scholars and practitioners for a discussion of the role of the environment in post-conflict peace building and the rebuilding of war-torn societies.
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  • Slow FuseThe Conference on Journalism and the Environment - 2006

    Fast-paced, deadline-driven journalism has difficulty covering complicated environmental issues that are slow to develop but likely to have serious long-term public consequences. The Conference on Journalism and the Environment is a forum for executives, editors, news directors, and reporters from leading news organizations to examine journalistic coverage of the environment and, by extension, other important issues that are slow to develop but likely to have serious long-term consequences.

    read event summary >
    read report >
  • Journalists on Campus
    The Institute is working with the Nicholas School to bring key journalists in the environmental arena to Duke to build relationships with the writers and provide the journalists opportunity for one-on-one conversations with the faculty experts on various issues of interest. Contact Scottee Cantrell at the Nicholas School if you are interested in learning more.

  • SurveyHart-McInturff Environmental Survey - 2005

    Eight-in-10 Americans say they support pro-environmental policies, but a new national survey by the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University finds their support often stops short of the ballot box. The survey suggests opportunities for how to address this disconnect.

    The research was conducted for the Nicholas Institute by Hart Associates and Public Opinion Strategies. They surveyed 800 registered voters nationwide and conducted focus groups of voters in Columbus, Ohio, and Knoxville, Tenn. The survey results have a margin of error of plus or minus 3.46 percent.

    read national presentation >
    read policy brief >
    read Duke news release >
    view presentation of survey and response at Environmental Summit >

 
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