Environment and sustainability

Christina Gerhardt

‘For me, environmental justice goes deep’

At the XPRIZE Rainforest awards ceremony in Rio de Janeiro, Marina Gatto, an Indigenous scientist from Aldeia Inhãa-Bé and a member of Team ETH BiodivX speaks on behalf of the team, which won the $250,000 Bonus Prize. From left are Kim Puremana, a representative from Aldeia Inhãa-Bé; Kamila Camilo, a team member from Instituto Oyá; Clark Geography Professor Florencia Sangermano, the only U.S. team member; and Kevin Njavo, one of several judges for the competition.

XPRIZE award honors work of Clark geographer, research team in the Amazon

kayakers in water near old mill

Making the Blackstone ‘a thing of beauty’

students on rocks

‘It’s easier to see inherent truth in a documentary’

student at table at market

Farming for fun and food justice

Group of Clark students posing in front of mural on wall in Puerto Rico

Building resilience in Puerto Rico: ‘You have to do things for yourself’

student wearing blue works in lab

Fruit flies and fungus, molecules and mutations

students work in forest

HERO still super after 25 years

man in field with butterfly net

Clark senior’s research takes wing

Geography Professor Florencia Sangermano conducts research in a forest

Clark geographer applies ecoacoustic research to assessment of the Amazon