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Sustainability is more than recycling, and the Rock Ethics Institute is researching how we can meet the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations.

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Climate and Sustainability Ethics Initiative

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Human and Ethical Dimensions of Antimicrobial Resistance

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Rock Ethics Institute accepting nominations for 2022 Stand Up Awards

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Symposium explores how the built environment can advance social equity

Topic(s): Global Issues, Sustainability, Technology
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Topic(s): Global Issues, Sustainability

Related Publications

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Situated Ethics in Development: STS Insights for a Pragmatic Approach to Development Policy and Practice

Elizabeth Ransom and Caitlin Grady (co-authored with Lauren Trepanier and Carmen Bain)
(Science, Technology, & Human Values, 
2021)
Topic(s): Food and Agriculture, Global Issues, Sustainability, Technology
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Welfare Maximizing Climate Policy and Role of Interregional Redistribution: Kenneth Gillingham and Simon Lang

CLIMA
(Webinar, 
October 2020)
Topic(s): Global Issues, Public Life, Sustainability
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Making Catastrophe Insurance Decisions when the Science Is Uncertain: Richard Bradley

CLIMA
(Webinar, 
October 2020)
Topic(s): Global Issues, Public Life, Sustainability

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