Working at the Grassroots Towards a Sustainable Future
As a self-supporting, NGO-like organization working at the grassroots towards a sustainable future, the Global Environmental Management Education Center (GEM) is a "can-do" solutions oriented unit for applied research and outreach education services in natural resources and environmental management.
Focused on small, simple, local actions to empower impoverished communities primarily overseas, GEM's purpose is pioneering and applying practical learning methods and technology to solve natural resource problems by linking faculty, students, and citizens worldwide.
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Wingspread Conference
April 19, 2011Introducing the new Wingspread conference, "Red Path Towards a Green Society."
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2010 Student Ambassadors
February 08, 2011GEM Student Ambassadors deployed overseas to help local communities.
Commentary
Life of Pie: Exobiology lessons for us here on Mother Earth
Exobiology, the study of life beyond our home planet, may be extraterrestrial "pie in the sky" to many people. In light of the current economic downturn, mounting population pressures, global climate change and environmental degradation, and other problems we face, space exploration ...
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Biomass Feedstocks for Anaerobic Biotechnology for Renewnable Enerergy
GEM recently completed this new publication to assist Marquette University fulfill its Anaerobic Biotechnology for Renewable Energy project by the U.S. Department of Energy.
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