Consider this: the coffee you drink in the morning, and the chocolate you eat at night, were both grown by a farmer somewhere in the world. You feel good knowing that the coffee was produced sustainably through the farmer's partnership with Fair Trade USA™. However, growing concerns regarding climate change and deforestation have increased pressure on farmers to mitigate harm to the environment, which begs the question, how? And what role can a nonprofit certifying agency, like Fair Trade USA (FTUSA), play?
For the Policy Clinic, our team worked alongside NOAA Fisheries to analyze the impacts of salmon extirpation on communities in the San Joaquin River Basin.
This team of students partnered with the California Ocean Science Trust to research existing data on blue carbon ecosystems and frontline communities in California, along with conducting informational interviews to provide research and policy recommendations.
A hallmark of the Graduate Program of Environmental Policy and Management is the annual Policy Clinic, a capstone class where student teams partner with environmental organizations to address an environmental policy or natural resources management issue.
Congratulations to Julianne McCall, PhD, who was recently named as the next CEO of the California Council on Science and Technology (CCST). As CEO, McCall will serve as the liaison to state and national leaders in policy, philanthropy and science and technology related issues.
Kamryn graduated with her MS in Environmental Policy and Management in June 2023 with a specialization in City and Regional Planning. She is currently a graduate transportation planner at GHD.
The EPM Social Committee recently hosted the program’s annual Spring celebration event, EProM. EProM is hosted every year to celebrate program and student achievements.
Second-year EPM student Kriti Shah presented her research done in collaboration with Dr. Aditya Ramji at the International Round Table on materials Criticality in Turin, Italy earlier this year.
Sara is a PhD student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison researching how scientists, policymakers and the public talk to each other about climate change. Sara is a double graduate of UC Davis, earning both her bachelors and masters degree here.
Rachel is a second-year EPM student who currently works part-time for the Planning and Climate Protection Division at the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.
Dr. Ali Moghimi is an Assistant Professor of Teaching in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, where he is the lead faculty advisor for the Agricultural and Environmental Technology major. Ali earned his Ph.D. in Biosystems Engineering with a Ph.D. minor in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota.
