The Roosevelt Institution
The Center on the Environment believes...
Our nation has a collective responsibility to ensure that the world we leave for all our children will be healthy, beautiful, and sustainable. We see this goal as inextricably linked to the progressive goals of every other committee. Thus, we will actively search for clean and sustainable energy sources and systems. This means, among other things, innovation that encompasses new technology, increased pedestrian activity, and limitation of sprawl. Investment in sustainable energy is essential not only because it is good economic and diplomatic policy but also because it is necessary for our survival in the long term. We will seek ways to decrease pollution levels not only because current levels threaten all of our futures but also because they threaten our poorest communities in the present. Furthermore, we will take an active role in designing policy and pushing our government to embrace policy that works to preserve the beauty and vitality of our nation, by leaving some land untouched. Future communities should be able to enjoy and benefit from the natural parks and wonders that fill America, just as past generations have.
2005-2006
The Center on Environmental Policy produced a policy recommendation for minimizing urban storm water pollution in New Haven. Policy center representatives are currently collaborating with city representatives to collect funding for and implement this plan. In the spring, the center examined the prospect of farming salmon in the Connecticut River and provided a recommendation for state government officials.
2006-2007
Current Project for Spring 2007
For more information on the Center's two projects or to get involved, email the Center on the Environment's co-directors at aaron.sin@yale.edu or at carolyn.lowenstein@yale.edu.
Meetings:
Sundays at 5:00PM in Pierson Dining Hall
Group members:
Gregory Geusic
Callie Lowenstein
Aaron T Sin
Gabriele Betancourt-Martinez
Benjamin M Bokser
Jessica L Bolhack
Virginia Calkins
Kevin Currey
Andrew Feldman
David W Gibson
Gabriel Goffman
John P Good
Bryna J Harrington
Michelle Ho
James Johnson
Harrison Korn
Rebecca Lieb
David Lyons
Nisa Marks
Myrtle-Rose Padmore
Justin Petrillo
Dan Rice
Rachel Saltzman
Edith Sangueza
Paul D Schneider
Tom Schnitzer
Mary Schnoor
David Schoenburg
David Smalling
Lizzy Star
Raphael Starr
Justin Stilwell
Mahima Sukhdev
Carolyn Tobkin
Danny Townsend
Nanaba Wallace
Erin E Walsh
Simon Warren
Dahvi Wilson
purnima anand
kathryn galambos
emily r hallet
kristin nothwehr
adam trettel
katherine.gasner@yale.edu
emily.kruger@yale.edu
charles.pfeifer@yale.edu
miriam.lewis@yale.edu
rayna.caldwell@yale.edu
amanda.cowan@yale.edu
andrew.collins@yale.edu
caroline.howe@yale.edu
andrew.delman@yale.edu
eric.bloom@yale.edu
irene.scher@yale.edu
ann.shue@yale.edu
charlotte.martin@yale.edu
makda.asrat@yale.edu
lauren.jacobson@yale.edu
nicholas.kline@yale.edu
Yayone.Rivaud@yale.edu
margaret.howard@yale.edu