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Managing Director Jeffrey Brown co-authored an opinion piece on why it's time to recognize that water is now central to business strategy, regulatory action, and the structure of the water technology market.
Stanford’s Sustainability Accelerator convened more than 300 researchers, investors, entrepreneurs, and alumni on campus to learn about greenhouse gas removal and how 18 teams are seeking to enable it on a large scale. Explore highlights from the event.
The latest awards from Stanford’s Sustainability Accelerator support wide-ranging efforts to help communities and nature withstand climate-related extreme events and advance the measurement of planetary systems.
The latest awards enable development and implementation of cross-disciplinary projects tackling real-world sustainability challenges in food and agriculture, industry, water, electricity, and biology.
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Budgets are tight, political winds have shifted, and competition is fierce. But environment and sustainability sector employment experts say there's reason for optimism—if you know where to look, and how to prepare.
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Managing Director Jeffrey Brown co-authored an opinion piece on why it's time to recognize that water is now central to business strategy, regulatory action, and the structure of the water technology market.
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Yi Cui discusses how experiences in entrepreneurship can inform academia in this episode of the Stanford Ecopreneurship podcast. Cui is a professor of energy science and engineering and faculty director of the Stanford Sustainability Accelerator.
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Stanford researchers are studying how changing weather patterns, rising temperatures, and ecological shifts affect the global food system, while developing ways to improve food security for all.
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Analysis by Stanford researchers shows how strategic investment in undergrounding power lines could shave hours off some long lasting blackouts tied to extreme weather.
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A new guide co-produced by the Stanford Ecopreneurship program and the Stanford Sustainability Accelerator supports academic innovators who want to translate their innovations into impact. The report includes case studies from Stanford faculty who have successfully navigated for-profit startups, nonprofits, licensing, and other ventures to build projects, technologies, and organizations.
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Stanford researchers are uncovering the journey of microplastics in our environment and their effects on human health, while developing practical solutions to mitigate their impact.
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Stanford researchers have developed a prototype system that can harvest fertilizer from urine. The approach could provide sanitation, income, and energy in resource-limited regions.
