Area of Expertise: sustainability
Michele Betsill
Betsill focuses on global environmental politics and ways in which climate change is governed from the global to the local level across the public and private spheres.
Gillian Bowser
A research scientist in the Natural Resource Ecology Lab, Bowser focuses on ecological indicators of climate change, and linkages between changing ecological conditions, local community livelihoods and climate.
Brett Bruyere
Bruyere is director of the CSU Environmental Learning Center, where he focuses on environmental education, communication and planning in the context of natural or protected areas and the training of conservation professionals.
Phil Cafaro
Phil Cafaro focuses on environmental ethics, consumption and population issues, and wildlands preservation.
Rich Conant
An ecosystem ecologist at the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory and associate director of the School of Global Environmental Sustainability at CSU, Conant focuses on understanding how land use and land management practices impact carbon and nitrogen cycling in agricultural and grassland ecosystems.
Patrick Cummins
Patrick Cummins is a senior policy advisor for the Center for the New Energy Economy. His work focuses on air quality, and he has previously served as air quality program director for the Western Governor’s Association, co-chair of the EPA’s …
Brian Dunbar
Brian Dunbar is the executive director for the Institute for the Built Environment; his research focuses on green and sustainable building.
Phyllis Resnick
Resnick is the lead economist at the CSU Colorado Futures Center.
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Bill Ritter, Jr. is the founder and director of the Center for the New Energy Economy, which provides technical assistance to policymakers in creating policies and practices that will facilitate America’s transition to a clean energy economy.