How to get 300 undergraduates to waste less energy and water? Roble students are working to come up with strategies that are simple, effective, and fun -- and thus alluring even for people who don't consider the planet a top personal priority. This is Roble's sustainability challenge. It's also the world's.
A former patch of turf has been transformed into a fruit-and-vegetable garden, a test bed for sustainable agriculture, and a sunny -- and tasty -- spot to study and relax
Every other Thursday evening in the Roble Theater, Stanford graduate students whose work focuses on tough questions about sustainability give talks, targeted at undergraduates, exploring the goals and challenges of their research.