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Webinar: Stop the Leaks Campaign

The Switzer Foundation seeks to maximize positive environmental impact through individual and collective activities and leveraged grant resources. We partially funded 2011 Fellow Sarah Uhl's work with the Clean Air Task Force to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas industry. Her work helped lead to a major White House initiative. Watch our June 2014 webinar with Sarah, and read more about how her work influenced policy on this important greenhouse gas issue.
October 26, 2014
Fellow Story

Public Ire and Impatience With Washington Climate Gridlock Underlie Massive Climate Demonstrations

What is the real meaning of the thousands of climate demonstrations around the world last month for President Obama and mainstream party politicians? Read Fellow John Berger's thoughts and an excerpt of his new book.
October 3, 2014
Fellow Story

European farmers face uncertainty in adapting to climate change, Moore finds

New research from Stanford scientists shows that farmers in Europe will see crop yields affected as global temperatures rise, but that adaptation can help slow the decline for some crops.
October 1, 2014
Fellow Story

McGreavy's research on race and gender stereotypes in climate-related movies picked up

From the article "Climate change fiction gets hot in Hollywood (if you still don't get it, it'll get you)" on ClimateWire: To see climate change cropping up in popular media is encouraging, because it means that society as a whole is talking more about this pressing issue, said Laura Lindenfeld, an associate professor of communication and policy at the University of Maine.
September 29, 2014
Fellow Story

Gill finds tiniest specks of dust impact health, shape has impact on climate

The research of Thomas Gill of the University of Texas at El Paso Department of Geological Sciences. Gill is studying dust, and has found that the tiniest speck of dust can impact health, the environment, and infrastructure. The shape of a dust particle has even been found to have an impact on the climate. Listen to an NPR interview about his research
September 26, 2014
Fellow Story

Singh on NPR discussing complexities of climate change, India, and more

Interview Highlights: Kartikeya Singh On why he is going to the “People’s March” in New York
September 25, 2014
Fellow Story

Berger's new book on understanding the climate crisis now out

Climate Peril: The Intelligent Reader's Guide to Understanding the Climate Crisis, by John Berger
September 24, 2014
Fellow Story

Fellows in NYC for People's Climate March

Several Switzer Fellows participated in September's People's Climate March in New York City, just days before the United Nations climate summit. Below are their impressions of the march.
September 24, 2014
Foundation News

Investing in our future – Switzer Foundation takes stand on fossil fuels

At the Switzer Foundation, we believe that climate change is the defining environmental issue of our time. The future of communities and ecosystems across the globe depends on how we respond to this moment. Whether our concerns are...
September 3, 2014
Fellow Story

Bowen on winning MIT team for DOE Better Buildings Challenge

A team of eight MIT undergraduate and graduate students won two awards in this year’s U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Better Buildings Case Competition, out of more than 150 students from across the country. The win means MIT students have taken home not just one, but two, prizes from the competition each of the three years it has taken place.
September 1, 2014