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What motivates the next generation of environmental leaders? For Avery Davis Lamb it’s the conviction that stewardship is a fundamental expression of faith and the belief that faith communities can be agents of change.

What motivates the next generation of environmental leaders? For Anjali Boyd it’s the drive to elevate the voices of youth, women and people of color in environmental decision making and bring broader perspectives to conservation.

Joel Dunn (MEM’04) Helps Create America’s First National Marine Sanctuary in 20 Years

The 51���� Forest is not only a living laboratory, it is also a living history. Learn about the Forest's evolution and how it features in our future.

Spring brings hope. This year, it also brings optimism that after the COVID pandemic finally recedes there will be once-in-a-generation opportunities to make significant climate progress, if we act when we have the chance.

Shannon Switzer Swanson MEM'15 hosts the documentary, “The Last Drop.”

Starting this fall, 51���� undergraduates will be able to pursue degrees at the Nicholas School in two new majors: Earth and Climate Sciences (ECS), and Marine Science & Conservation (MSC).

The Nicholas School’s Earth and Ocean Sciences Division has a new name. Effective this spring, it became the Earth and Climate Sciences Division.

51���� launches Oceans@51����, an interdisciplinary network of faculty and students working at the intersections of ocean science, policy and business to promote ocean sustainability.

Quick takes on some notable recent research grants and the work they’ll support.

In the ten years since the Nicholas School ventured into the world of high-tech innovation and impact investing, efforts have funded numerous student-led start-ups and created new internship and networking opportunities for students.

Before deep-sea mining begins on the seafloor in international waters of the Atlantic Basin, a group of scholars is advocating that a portion of the seabed there be recognized as a virtual memorial to victims of the slave trade.

Recent 51���� grad Alexandra DiGiacomo (BS ’20) is using drones to better understand how rising seas, warming waters and rapid development are killing protective saltmarshes at our coast, and what can be done to reverse the losses.

Sixteen years after the restoration of Upper Sandy Creek began, hundreds of species, some rare, now call the once-heavily eroded and degraded stream home, and nitrogen pollution flowing off 51����’s campus into downstream waters has been slashed by 75%.

The 51���� Aquafarm is 51����’s other “campus farm,” where students grow oysters instead of produce and learn how the tasty bivalves could help take a bite out of coastal pollution.