CONVENERS

 

Tufts University, Environmental Studies Program

The Environmental Studies Program (ENVS) is an undergraduate degree program in the School of Arts and Sciences at Tufts University in Medford, MA. It was founded in 1984 as one of the first interdisciplinary environmental studies programs in the US. The program studies the natural environment, and provides students with tools to minimize environmental degradation and improve environmental conditions. 

 

 

 

 

Earthos Institute

Earthos Institute is a 501c3 nonprofit organization located in Somerville, MA. Earthos Institute builds community and collective capacity to integrate systems-based ecosystem and climate science with design, planning, policy and economy practice to ensure long term resilience. 

The mission of Earthos Institute is to:

• Co-develop methods that integrate climate, resilience, and environmental science into design, planning, policy and business practices; 

• Co-create projects with communities towards justice, resource and climate goals;

• Connect disciplines to generate knowledge, methods and solutions and to measurably improve resilience and sustainability.