Stanford Initiative Website

This is from The Scout Report, Nov. 17, 2006:

1. Stanford Initiative on the Environment and Sustainability [pdf]

http://environment.stanford.edu/

“Sustainability” is a phrase that is bandied about frequently and at times
it is hard to determine if an adequate definition exits. Stanford University
is intimately concerned with this subject, and they recently created the
Initiative of the Environment and Sustainability to deal with questions
raised by this phrase and other such thorny areas of inquiry. On their site,
they pose this query which will give visitors to the site pause: “Can we
adequately meet current human needs while protecting and restoring planetary
life support systems for the welfare of people today and generations to
come?” A good way to start browsing through the site is by clicking on one
of their four primary areas, which are represented by small graphic symbols
that read “Energy & Climate”, “Fresh Water”, “Land Use & Conservation” and
“Oceans & Estuaries”. Perhaps one of the most intriguing sections of the
site is “Sustainability at Stanford” area, where visitors can learn what
initiatives they are working on at their own campus in Palo Alto. [KMG]