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David Zilberman Is ‘sustainable’ attainable?

David Zilberman, professor of agriculture and resource economics | 2/22/13 | 3 comments

Our new program, the Master of Development Practice, emphasizes ‘sustainability’ — but what exactly is it?

Last week, we hosted a panel of 5 faculty experts to address this question. It was agreed that sustainability means that all humans are able to maintain a decent standard of living, akin to say, … More >

Daniel Kammen When efficiency is not enough

Daniel Kammen, Class of 1935 Distinguished Professor of Energy | 1/28/13 | One comment

This past week I attended and had the pleasure to speak and debate at the 2013 World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.  This was the sixth such summit, and the third I have attended.

The stated goal of the meeting is to: bring together global leaders in … More >

David Zilberman The bioeconomy dilemma

David Zilberman, professor of agriculture and resource economics | 10/22/12 | Leave a comment

Many view the ‘bioeconomy’, as a key element of the future. While in the past, many vital activities were dependent on non-renewable inputs such petroleum based chemicals, the bioeconomy which utilizes advanced tools of modern biology, will yield products that are renewable and produced from plants and other organic matter … More >

David Zilberman The GMO labeling debate continued: It’s about the ‘benchmark’

David Zilberman, professor of agriculture and resource economics | 6/8/12 | 49 comments

I was amazed by the response to my previous post – and I will try address some of the main points.

I found three main themes repeating through the comments. First, it is clear that there are many people who are concerned about the side effects of GMOs and don’t trust … More >

Dan Farber Sustainability and the pursuit of happiness

Dan Farber, professor of law | 9/7/11 | 2 comments

There’s a common vision of environmentalism that mostly involves giving things up, the basic image being one of ascetic sacrifice for the benefit of the environment and future generations. Some people actually are ascetics, and most people are willing to make big sacrifices in emergencies. But by and … More >

Ethan Elkind Brown administration’s view of renewable energy in California by 2020

Ethan Elkind, climate-change research fellow at Berkeley Law | 7/1/11 | One comment

Governor Brown entered office in January with an ambitious agenda for renewable energy, calling for 20,000 megawatts from renewable sources by 2020, including 12,000 of localized or distributed generation and 8,000 from large-scale development. So how will this vision become a reality? UCLA and Berkeley Law gathered key leaders in California … More >

Dana Japan embraces energy conservation

Dana Buntrock, professor of architecture | 5/11/11 | Leave a comment

Prime Minister Kan announced today that Japan will embrace energy conservation.  While many assume Japan’s practices are very “green,” this has not been the case in architecture.  The turn-around is VERY exciting.

This has been coming for a while.  What took them so long?

1)  In some ways, Japan has looked pretty … More >

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