Sustainability & Environment

A Salata Institute seed grant recipient, Joe Blatt AB ’70, EdM ’77 is leading a cross-Harvard team to develop more effective messaging to help break the gridlock of climate change denial.

"Climate Lawyering," a new course at Harvard Law School, examines the wide-ranging implications of law for climate change

Harvard fellows Sathyabhama Das Biju and Sonali Garg work to protect amphibians—41 percent of which are near extinction due to climate change, habitat loss, and disease.

From developing sustainable fertilizers and improving plant-based meats to using microbes to break down plastic packaging, researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard are creating technologies to decarbonize food production while providing enough food for our global needs.

In a Wall Street Journal video, Emily Broad Leib JD '08, founder and director of the Food Law and Policy Clinic at Harvard Law School, explains why creating policies that make it easier to donate food could transform the U.S. food system and slow climate change.

Reel Foods co-founders John Ahrens PhD ’22 and Robert Weeks PhD ’23 are developing cell-cultivated fish fillets to meet the rising demand for seafood without further depleting our oceans.

By highlighting Indigenous methods of growing, Harvard alumnus Taylor Keen MPA ’96, MBA ’97 is promoting sustainable agriculture and protecting heirloom crops and food sovereignty.

With a dual degree in health and urban planning from Harvard, Nina Sayles MPH/MUP ’22 hopes to address issues of sustainability, food insecurity, and nutrition by scaling up local agriculture.

A special episode of Harvard Business School's Climate Rising podcast explores climate tech and venture capital and the roles played by consumers, farmers, investors, and corporations. 

Harvard Extension School's professional graduate certificate in sustainable food systems focuses on how to balance natural resource use and environmental protection with the needs of production, economic viability, food security, and the social well-being of all people.