The climate of our state, our country and the world is evolving rapidly. Vital resources of land, water, environment and infrastructure are threatened by rising temperature and changes in intensity and distribution of rainfall. We know why it’s happening. The basic physics of greenhouse gases has been known for 150 years. Climate models that incorporate …
Can the beauty of Earth re-inspire us even in the most trying times? Environmental historians (and journalists) face the challenge of telling stories that are true (and therefore too often lack happy endings) and yet do not cause our audiences to go numb and stop listening. After writing recent books on climate change and extinction, …
GHI Associate Director and disease detective Tony Goldberg is profiled in On Wisconsin magazine.
Through the Climate & Energy Initiative, the Wisconsin Academy and partners will convene a full-day summit to empower local Wisconsin leaders to advance energy efficiency, renewable energy, and resilience across the state. Building on the success of our inaugural local government summit in 2015, this event aims to inform key decision-makers on the latest technologies, funding …
For Our Planet, For Our Health, the Global Health Institute’s 2017 Global Health Symposium will be from 4:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, April 4, 2017, in the Health Sciences Learning Center. The annual event is an opportunity for faculty, staff and students and community members from all disciplines to connect with each other and share their …
Government programs seek to encourage sustainable environmental practices on America’s farms and ranches. The marketplace, however, may provide more opportunities to accomplish these same goals. Consumers drive the decisions of major corporations, and many consumers are asking for healthy food grown in a sustainable manner. This has led corporations like General Mills and Coca Cola …
The next Forward in Energy Forum explores how energy decisions impact human health and the health of all life. The presenters are Chris Kucharik, professor of agronomy and environmental studies; Tracey Holloway, GHI Advisory Committee member, WEI Executive Committee member and professor at the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment, and Daniel Vimont, associate …
Guillaume Lachenal is an associate professor in the history of science at the Universite Paris Diderot. His research themes include empire, medicine and decolonization, and the history and anthropology of biomedical research in Africa. Since 2015, he has served of president of the social sciences and public health committee of the National Agency for AIDS …
Nurse Susan Gold, RN, BSN, ACRN, who works in the UW Health HIV Clinic and Pediatric Infectious Disease Clinic, has volunteered as a nurse in East Africa since 2003, discusses her Talking Health Out Loud project. The mobile platform gives teens reliable information about HIV and a safe place to talk about the disease and sexuality. She received …
The Wisconsin Idea leads to collaboration and community engagement to advance global health at UW-Madison's Global Health Institute.