Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford

Jeff Koseff (left) and Buzz Thompson
Perry L. McCarty Directors of the Woods Institute

Imagine a world where:

• Energy is readily available and is consumed efficiently, cleanly, and wisely, as greenhouse gas emissions fall and global warming slows.
• Agriculture provides sufficient food to feed the world's population without harming the planet, and landowners find it profitable to adopt conservation measures that help preserve biodiversity.
• Oceans and estuaries are healthy and teeming with life, contributing to a stable atmosphere and supporting a rich array of human uses.
• Everyone has access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation.

At the Woods Institute for the Environment, we are bringing together the brightest minds to create practical solutions for people and the planet:

• Solutions: Woods is playing an important role in actively helping public and private leaders find workable solutions to the sustainability challenges they face. The institute is able to serve as a neutral convener, working effectively with diverse organizations in seeking solutions. At the same time, the university's substantive research and expertise provide a basis for focusing discussions that avoid traditional polarization.
• Interdisciplinary Research: Today's environmental challenges are too complex to solve by traditional approaches alone, so we must work on far broader interdisciplinary scales than we ever have. More than 340 faculty and research professionals from across all seven Stanford schools, plus independent labs and centers, conduct environmental research; of those, nearly 100 are involved directly with the Woods Institute.
• Education & Leadership. Woods Institute offers unique opportunities in environmental education and leadership training in critical areas for environmental scholars and researchers at Stanford and other universities, agencies, and organizations.

This is an exciting time! We invite you to learn more about the Woods Institute and to participate as we seek to create a sustainable world for us all, now and in the future.

Sincerely,

Jeffrey R. Koseff
Perry L. McCarty Director of the Woods Institute

Barton H. "Buzz" Thompson Jr.
Perry L. McCarty Director of the Woods Institute