Transitioning to a Sustainable Society

Today’s environmental issues are far-reaching and complex. They present formidable challenges in science, public policy and technology – challenges critical to our present and future.

Known for interdisciplinary research and expertise in all of these areas, Carnegie Mellon is at the forefront of developing innovative solutions to current environmental challenges. Here are some of our stories:

Fall 2009

• Saving Electricity: Internet Services, Listen Up
• Solar Ink, Paper-Thin TV: McCullough's Spin-off: Plextronics
• Better Workplace: Health, Energy, Productivity Gains
• Industrial Design's 75th: Alums to Celebrate Past, Future
• John Folan: Constructing Community
• Building Green: School of Architecture Leads the Way

Summer 2009

• Geoengineering: Could it Limit Climate Change?
• Green Teams: Learning to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
• Unity of Community: Engineers without Borders
• Citizen Scientists: Technology for Green Solutions
• Energy Efficiency: Gellman Receives $2M Grant
• Energy-Efficient Lighting: Groundbreaking Solutions

Spring 2009

• Presidential Award: Matyjaszewski Honored by EPA
• Peter Adams: Committed to Excellence
• Strawberry Fence: The Ease of Urban Farming
• The Right Stuff: Timothy Helbig
• Nuclear Power Plants: Risk & Empowering the Community
• Bees in the 'Burgh: Creative Use of Vacant Land
• Outstanding Research: Gregory V. Lowry Honored
• Dyanna Becker: Sustaining Awareness
• Doherty Hall: Excellence in Research
• Goldwater Scholars: In the Pursuit of Science
• Kirby Wu: Building a Greener World
• 30 Years Ago: Remembering Three Mile Island
  

Winter 2009

• Shop Online: It's Better for the Environment
• Where's the Beef? Diet Choices Can Help Environment
• Power Shift: Students Take Message to DC
• Asa Watten: An Environmental Approach
• Urging for Action: Lave Testifies Before Senate
• Eco-Reps: Peer-toPeer Encouragement
• Focus the Nation: Students Set Green Practice Example
• Nanotechnology: Promise, Risk & the Environment
• How to Go Green: Collins Offers Expert Advice
• A Green Café: Earns Gold LEED Certification

• TrailBehind.com: Modern Day Cartography
• Missy Unkovic: Building the Greenest Greenhouse
• Improved Fruit Farming: New Tech for Apple, Orange Growers
• Khee Poh Lam: Sustaining China
• Restoring Brownfields: Local Communities to Benefit
• Teresa Heinz Hosts Panel: Climate Change, Energy Policy
• Joel Tarr: Expect the Unexpected
• Biodiesel Lab: New Engine for Intelligent Workplace
• An Accurate Footprint: Tracking Carbon Emissions

Summer 2008

• StepGreen: Tracking Your Energy-Saving
• Long-Range Forecast: Cool Ideas for a Warming Globe
• Melanie Vrabel: Green is the New Clean
• Nadine Aubry: Redefining Mechanical Engineering
• GTECH: Planting Renewal
• Al Gore: Commencement 2008
• BYOBags: Student Posters Sway Shoppers

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