• Switzer Fellow Thought Leadership

    How will California ensure residents get clean water?

    Mike Antos and colleagues say Safe and Affordable Drinking Water program must address social and political factors to succeed.

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  • Put Your Money Where Their Mouth Is

    Fellow Candice Youngblood published law journal note on actualizing environmental justice by amplifying community voices.

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  • Switzer Fellows in the News

    1930s redlining leads to hotter neighborhoods today

    Fellow Morgan Grove on team that discovered temperature differences of up to 13 degrees with non-redlined neighborhoods.

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We are continuing to select our new cohort and working remotely during the crisis. Read more

Leadership Story

Cassandra Brooks: Part of largest ever all-women expedition to Antarctica

Fellow Cassandra Brooks returned in December 2019 from a three-week Antarctic expedition organized by Homeward Bound Project, a worldwide initiative that began in 2016 to “heighten the influence and impact of women in making decisions that shape our planet,” according to the organization.

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Upcoming Events

Tuesday, April 7 2020
Online Training: Empathic Communications Skills and Practices with John Kinyon
Location: Online

During this 90-minute teaching session with Switzer Fellows, trainer John Kinyon will demonstrate the core communication

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Apr9 April 9, 2020 - 4:00pm
Online with Zoom
Virtual Social Hour for Switzer Fellows
In this time of social distancing, the Switzer Foundation staff has been making a point of connecting with each other as often as we need to by video conference to see how each of us is doing, apart... Read More >
Apr14 April 14, 2020 - 4:00pm
Online with Zoom
Virtual Social Hour for Switzer Fellows
In this time of social distancing, the Switzer Foundation staff has been making a point of connecting with each other as often as we need to by video conference to see how each of us is doing, apart... Read More >
Apr16 April 16, 2020 - 4:00pm
Online with Zoom
Virtual Social Hour for Switzer Fellows
In this time of social distancing, the Switzer Foundation staff has been making a point of connecting with each other as often as we need to by video conference to see how each of us is doing, apart... Read More >
May9 May 9, 2020 (All day)
Center for Biological Diversity, 1212 Broadway, Suite 800, Oakland, CA
Switzer Fellowship interviews - California
Finalists will be interviewed for the 2020 Switzer Fellowship awards in California. Read More >

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Fellows in the News

Mar 12, 2020

Fallon Lambert quoted in Washington Post on EPA rule change cutting mercury pollution

For more than three years, the Trump administration has prided itself on working with industry to unshackle companies from burdensome environmental regulations. But as the Environmental Protection...Read more >
Mar 12, 2020

Myhre quoted in Washington Post article on how climate expert parents think about raising their children

In the face of potential climate catastrophe, some have questioned whether it’s moral to become a parent — is such a burden fair to the broken planet, or to the child who would inherit it? But Sarah...Read more >
Mar 12, 2020

Marcus receives fellowship to continue research on lake sediments in Sweden

Tamara Marcus has received an American Scandinavian Foundation fellowship to return to Abisko, Sweden for nine months to continue her research on lake sediments and Sami data access issues.Read more >
Mar 12, 2020

Eaton's company top proposal in MacArthur Foundation's 100&Change

From a press release from sistema.bio , the company started by Fellow Alex Eaton: The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation today unveiled Sistema.bio was one of the highest-scoring proposals...Read more >

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