As a summer intern at the World Resources Institute (WRI) in the Markets and Enterprise Program, SNRE M.S. student Emily Taylor had the opportunity to be on the cutting edge of financing climate change mitigation. Emily received funding for her internship through the Edna Bailey Sussman Fund Environmental Internship Program. This generous funding enables SNRE students to accept non-paying internship positions in environmental fields.
| Parrish Bergquist conducted research on community development strategies being implemented across the United States. Parish authored one full report, based on qualitative research (primarily interviews) on several rural communities. He also contributed case studies for a larger report. For both reports, he conducted the research, wrote text, and designed layouts. |
Author, environmentalist and activist Bill McKibben urged U-M students for their support Friday in a campaign to help prevent catastrophic climate change due largely to the burning of fossil fuels.
"We really are up against it. The swift deterioration of the physical conditions around the planet in the last couple of years has been staggering," said McKibben, author of the 1989 book “The End of Nature” and co-founder and chairman of 350.org, which describes itself as a global grassroots campaign to solve the climate crisis.
| Weina Wang wrote reports and processed data during her internship at the Wolrdwatch Institute |
While interning at the Natural Capital Project, Kirsten Howard assisted with the development of the Belize Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan. She designed and traveled to Belize to carry out an assessment of the effectiveness of stakeholder engagement during the planning process and provided preliminary recommendations to key actors about how to improve the engagement process going forward. She also assisted with efforts to understand the current state of ecosystem service science and attempts to connect ecosystem services to non-financial dimensions of human well-being.
| Interning with the Sierra Club Detroit provided Ryan Stock with the perfect application to strategies and theories he had learned at SNRE. Perhaps the most profound experience was working closely with Rhonda Anderson, who is a virtuoso of community organizing. His analytical skills were employed doing investigative research into the toxic releases of industries in correlation to how these releases pose a threat to public health and decline of ecosystem health. |
David Eisenhauer worked on issues related to rural land use--particularly rangeland management. A majority of his time was spent researching markets for tourism that centers around agriculture, otherwise known as agritourism. Later he worked on a report detailing current work related to co-management of rangelands. In these institutional arrangements, local users collaborate with governmental agencies, key stakeholders, and interest groups to manage both private and public lands.
Calling all students to the first SNRE town hall of the year! We want your feedback!
Please join us to share your views on the first weeks of the fall semester and to discuss paths forward for our fair institution. StudGov representatives will be in Dana 1040 at 4:30pm on Sept. 19 to facilitate a discussion on any and all matters regarding the SNRE student experience.
Students are strongly encourage to attend. Weather and can-do spirits permitting, we'll likely head to Dominick's following the meeting (~6pm) to kick back and continue the conversation.
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. (Economics), 2009. International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modelling and University of Hamburg, Germany.
M.Sc. (Environmental Change and Management), 2004. University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
M.Phil. (Philosophy, Logic and Philosophy of Science), 2003. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Germany.
Visiting Student (Philosophy), 2001-2002. University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
David Anthoff is an environmental economist who studies climate change and environmental policy. He co-develops the integrated assessment model FUND that is used widely in academic research and in policy analysis. His research has appeared in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Environmental and Resource Economics, the Oxford Review of Economic Policy and other academic journals.
Assistant Professor
Harvard University, Ph.D. in Public Policy, 2012
Research fields: Environmental economics, development economics
Dissertation Title: "Essays on the Economics of Household Water Access in Developing Countries"
Yale University, Masters in Environmental Management, 2005
Thesis Title: "International Development and Integrated Water Resources Management"
Brown University, Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, 2000
