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ENVRES 199: Independent study (ENVRES 299)

For undergraduates performing affiliated work with E-IPER students and faculty. Under the supervision of an E-IPER-affiliated faculty member. Undergraduate students must submit an Independent Study Agreement for approval.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr, Sum | Units: 1-5 | Repeatable 4 times (up to 5 units total)
Instructors: Ardoin, N. (PI)

ENVRES 220: The Social Ocean: Human Dimensions of Coastal and Marine Ecosystems

This interdisciplinary seminar examines human dimensions of current ocean issues through a series of readings, discussions, and guest lecturer presentations. Through the lenses offered by multiple disciplines and fields, we will examine and reinterpret the challenges of fisheries management, climate change, conservation/restoration, and human rights. We will welcome specialists in industry, academia, law, and the nonprofit sector to discuss theories of change for ocean issues, with a particular emphasis on marine justice. We invite students to create and share their own "Social Ocean Project" synthesizing course themes and personal reflections.
Last offered: Winter 2023 | Repeatable 5 times (up to 5 units total)

ENVRES 221: New Frontiers and Opportunities in Sustainability

Interdisciplinary exploration of how companies, government and non-profit organizations address some of the world's most significant environmental & resource sustainability challenges. Each week we will explore with an experienced sustainability practitioner new frontiers and opportunities in clean tech, policy, energy, transportation, consumer goods, agriculture, food, and sustainable built environments..
Terms: Spr | Units: 1

ENVRES 223: Introduction to Environmental Justice: Race, Class, Gender and Place (EARTHSYS 194)

This course examines the rhetoric, history and key case studies of environmental justice while encouraging critical and collaborative thinking, reading and researching about diversity in environmental movements within the global community and at Stanford, including the ways race, class and gender have shaped environmental battles still being fought today. We center diverse voices by bringing leaders, particularly from marginalized communities on the frontlines to our classroom to communicate experiences, insights and best practices. Together we will develop and present original research projects which may serve a particular organizational or community need, such as racialized dispossession, toxic pollution and human health, or indigenous land and water rights, among many others. Cardinal Course certified by the Haas Center for Public Service. On Mondays, we will meet for discussion-based seminars and small group activities. On Wednesdays, Intro to EJ students will attend lectures presented by leading EJ scholars and advocates through the Environmental Justice Colloquium ( EARTHSYS 194A).
Terms: Aut | Units: 4

ENVRES 224: International Environmental Governance (INTLPOL 275)

What kinds of rules, agreements, organizations, and processes underpin the global community's efforts to address environmental challenges? How do these institutions arise and interconnect, and how can we design them more effectively? We will explore these questions through foundational theory, attention to current policy dilemmas, and engagement with guest speakers on the front lines of environmental policymaking and implementation. Drawing on the instructors' active research areas, we will emphasize forest and river basin management challenges in Latin America, though students are encouraged to contribute experiences from a range of geographies and policy arenas. Having gained an understanding of the environmental institutional landscape and its current challenges, students will be better-equipped for careers and/or further study related to international environmental governance and policy.
Last offered: Autumn 2021

ENVRES 225: E-IPER Current Topics Seminar

For E-IPER Ph.D and Joint M.S. students only. Weekly presentations of E-IPER students' research and other program-related projects. Occasional guest speakers. Individual or team presentation, active participation, and regular attendance required for credit. May be taken for credit a maximum of two times. Enrollment by department consent only. Please contact E-IPER course administrator Mike Diaz (mikediaz@stanford.edu) for permission number to enroll.
Terms: Aut, Win, Spr | Units: 1 | Repeatable 2 times (up to 2 units total)
Instructors: Wheaton, M. (PI)

ENVRES 240: Environmental Decision-Making and Risk Perception

Mobilizing successful conservation efforts to mitigate climate change and preserve both local and global ecosystems requires a new way of thinking. This course will investigate the barriers to pro-environmental behavior and the heuristics and biases that cloud our ability to respond effectively to environmental problems, using insights from behavioral economics, neuroeconomics, and environmental risk perception. Emphasis on interdisciplinary applications of recent research, and implications for environmental policymaking and persuasive messaging.
Last offered: Autumn 2021

ENVRES 245: Psychological Insights for Science Communication

This course integrates lessons learned from psychology, behavioral economics, marketing, and sociology to the practice of science communication, with practical experience working to create and test new messaging for partner environmental organizations. Students learn about innate biases and heuristics that influence the communication of scientific ideas and data and the public¿s receptiveness to environmental messaging. Topics covered include information framing, attention and salience, public science literacy and numeracy, simplifying complexity and dealing with uncertainty, cultural and political contexts and social norms, and methods to motivate science engagement, evidence-based decision-making, and behavior change. Students will learn how to design new messaging strategies based on social science research and how to analyze their efficacy using basic statistical analyses in R (no prior programming knowledge is required). The course culminates in a project developing and testing new messaging strategies for real-world environmental organizations.
Last offered: Winter 2019

ENVRES 250: Environmental Governance (EARTHSYS 254)

How do we work together to solve environmental problems? Across the globe, who has a voice, and who ultimately decides how to balance conservation and development? How do we build governance institutions that facilitate both environmental sustainability and social equity? This seminar on environmental governance will focus on the challenges and opportunities for managing common-pool resources, like fisheries, forests, and water. Because managing environmental resources is often about managing people, we will explore the motivations underlying human behavior towards the environment. We will discuss how institutions encode our cultural values and beliefs, and how we can reshape these institutions to achieve more sustainable outcomes. Coursework includes foundational readings and a pragmatic exploration of case studies. Teaching cases address topics in community-based conservation, international protected areas, market-based approaches, coping with environmental risk, and other themes. Interested undergraduate and graduate students from any discipline are welcome.
Last offered: Winter 2023

ENVRES 260: Implementing & Financing a Decarbonized Economy

In the forthcoming decades, the transition to a global low-carbon economy will require tens of trillions of dollars worth of capital investment. Much of that capital investment will directed towards new builds, or retrofits, of major capital projects, whether using technologies that are commercial today or new technologies. This course aims to give students a very practical and detailed introduction to the opportunities and challenges of developing and financing large-scale low-carbon capital projects, such as grid solar, on-shore wind, off-shore wind, geothermal, grid storage (battery, pumped storage, hydrogen, gravity or other), biomass power, hydropower, nuclear, carbon capture and storage, direct air capture (DAC), biofuels, hydrogen and ammonia (of any 'color' that is low carbon), industrial low-carbon heat (including heat storage) and industrial decarbonization generally. Each of the instructors has decades of hands-on experience in developing and financing major capital projects more »
In the forthcoming decades, the transition to a global low-carbon economy will require tens of trillions of dollars worth of capital investment. Much of that capital investment will directed towards new builds, or retrofits, of major capital projects, whether using technologies that are commercial today or new technologies. This course aims to give students a very practical and detailed introduction to the opportunities and challenges of developing and financing large-scale low-carbon capital projects, such as grid solar, on-shore wind, off-shore wind, geothermal, grid storage (battery, pumped storage, hydrogen, gravity or other), biomass power, hydropower, nuclear, carbon capture and storage, direct air capture (DAC), biofuels, hydrogen and ammonia (of any 'color' that is low carbon), industrial low-carbon heat (including heat storage) and industrial decarbonization generally. Each of the instructors has decades of hands-on experience in developing and financing major capital projects. The process of developing and financing major capital projects is inherently very multidisciplinary--including engineering, business, finance, legal, tax and (often) international relations principles. The course will start at a high level, covering the emissions landscape, policy framework, markets, and main technologies. Then we will dive much deeper into such key tasks as permitting; engineering and resource studies; project pro forma models; successfully negotiating project construction contracts and output sales contracts; arranging the financial terms and legal provisions of bank or bond debt financing; maximizing returns to equity; and monetizing tax and other governmental incentives. Students should be eager to engage in a multi-disciplinary approach both in terms of how to think about the subject matter and in terms of interacting with fellow students who bring a different academic and or work experience than their own. The instructors do not require prior coursework in finance. Basic background materials and additional tutorials will be provided as needed, to bring students up to the technical level required to do the coursework successfully. In order to be considered for enrollment, please complete the Consent of Program Form: Application Link https://forms.gle/dgBewLBRWZra2nuw6 by November 21, 2023. Successful applicants will be notified when permission has been granted and will receive a permission number to register for the course in Axess by December 1, 2023. Forms received after the deadline will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the class is full; however, in prior years the class has consistently been oversubscribed so students should apply timely. ENVRES 260 is capped at 25 students. Some priority will be given to E-IPER graduate students.
Terms: Win | Units: 3
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