Elly Tahmaseb Gay

North Carolina State University | NCSU · Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources

Land conversion and climate change are stressing freshwater resources. Riparian areas, streamside vegetation/forest land, are critical for regulating hydrologic processes and riparian buffers are used as adaptive management strategies for mitigating land conversion effects. However, our ability to anticipate the efficacy of current and alternative...

In recent decades, higher education institutions have implemented sustainable practices to foster environmental stewardship, social responsibility, and economic stability. As campuses strive to become increasingly more sustainable, a comprehensive, integrated systems understanding of a university's key material flows (water, energy, food, and mater...

In recent decades, higher education institutions have implemented sustainable practices to foster environmental stewardship, social responsibility, and economic stability. As campuses strive to become increasingly more sustainable, a comprehensive, integrated systems understanding of a university's key material flows (water, energy, food, and mater...

Furman University’s Shi Center for Sustainability hosts a Student Sustainability Fellows program that supports undergraduate students in sustainability research and internships on campus and in the surrounding community. To date, the program has supported over 230 student fellows from almost every major across campus. The program is predicated on a...

As campuses strive to become increasingly more sustainable, a comprehensive, integrated systems understanding of a university’s campus metabolism and key material flows (water, energy, food, and materials) is essential for improving efficiency, minimizing waste, and meeting national commitments like the ACUPCC. In this workshop a campus metabolism...