Like many students, those enrolled in the Design Climate two-course sequence recently held final presentations. However, their pitches on April 18 reflected not just one semester of work, but rather an entire year’s worth of planning, experimenting, and revising creative environmental solutions. These courses are a tinkering space, so it shouldn’t have surprised me how […] The post These Student Entrepreneurs Are Taking Climate Solutions Beyond the Classroom appeared first on Research...| Research Blog
The Duke Campus Farm typically sees more visitors than usual on Fridays, when it holds Community Work Days and welcomes students, faculty, and community members to help run tasks and learn more about its sustainable agriculture practices. However, this particular Friday, April 11, was a bit special. Instead of us volunteers driving wheelbarrows back and […] The post Growing Your Own Mushrooms Is Easier Than You Think, Thanks to Workshops at the Duke Campus Farm appeared first on Research Blog.| Research Blog
On Thursday, April 17, students from Duke’s course Climate, Culture and Identity held a screening for their documentary shorts focusing on how climate change has been impacting Durham and nearby communities. Led by Duke professors Saskia Cornes and Lauren Henschel, the class produced intellectually stimulating and inspirational documentary shorts. “These are people who have never […] The post Roots and Resilience: Students Document Climate Change in Durham appeared first on Research Blog.| Research Blog
COVID-19 continues to plague us, Mpox is an emerging global threat, and the avian flu is decimating industrial poultry as well as endangered wildlife. What do all these epidemics have in common? They originated in wild animals and spread to domestic animals and people. This pattern of spread is a trademark of many diseases, termed […] The post Could Restoring Forests Reduce Disease Risk? A Case Study of Hantavirus in Madagascar appeared first on Research Blog.| Research Blog