Key Lessons

The outside of a starbucks store

Five Key Lessons

Sustainable Industries (ESPM 136) investigates the potential for companies and consumers to promote environmental and social responsibility.

Spring 2022

hands sorting berries in a factory

Five Key Lessons

Taught by Professor David Zilberman, this course offers a background in supply chains using examples from environmental and agrifood sectors.

Spring 2021

a fern starting to unfurl

Five Key Lessons

Taught by Professor Patricia Zambryski, The (Secret) Life of Plants explains the surprising principles of botany to non–science majors.

Spring 2020

Photo of a winding river.

Five Key Lessons

Cooperative Extension specialist Ted Grantham co-leads the UC Water Academy, an experiential course supported by the UC Water Security and Sustainability Research Initiative.

Fall 2018

a scale

Five Key Lessons

Environmental Philosophy & Ethics (ESPM 161) applies both old and new ethical and philosophical approaches to investigate our global ecological crisis.

Spring 2017

Bettering the future for California environmentally will take a lot of work but there is hope.

Five Key Lessons

Climate Change & the Future of California

Fall 2016

Picture of the Eiffel Tower

Five Key Lessons

The Road to Paris
Winter 2016
Winter 2016
An array of fruits and vegitables

Five Key Lessons

Edible Education 101, the popular food-systems course originated by Michael Pollan and Alice Waters, has found a permanent home at the College of Natural Resources.
Spring 2015
Spring 2015
map of the world

Five Key Lessons: ESPM C169

Professor Kate O'Neill's mock climate-change treat negotiations yielded first-hand lessons for students.
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
A checklist

Five Key Lessons

ER 273: "Be a human first, a researcher second."
Spring 2013
Spring 2013