About Us

The Ecosystem Science and Sustainability Initiative is an interdisciplinary effort initiated in 2004 with the generous support of the Archibald Bush Foundation. This collaborative effort has drawn together dozens of faculty from colleges and departments across the Twin Cities campus to develop and implement sustainability programs in undergraduate education, interdisciplinary research, and outreach to teachers and journalists.

Please read our Executive Summary for a formal review of all the projects supported by the Initiative.

Staff

Kris Johnson, Program Coordinator
krisj@umn.edu
612-624-9430

Derric Pennington, Sustainability Studies Minor Coordinator
sustainu@umn.edu
612-624-7723

Laura Schmitt Olabisi, Research Associate
schm2105@umn.edu
 612-624-6709

Bethanie Kloecker , Office Assistant
sustainu@umn.edu
612-624-7723

 

Project Leaders

Anne Kapuscinski, Professor Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology
Director Institute for Social, Economic and Ecological Sustainability
kapus001@umn.edu
612-624-7719

Peter Reich, Professor Forest Resources
F.B. Hubacheck Sr. Chair in Forestry
preich@umn.edu
612-624-4270

David Tilman, Regents Professor Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
Director of Cedar Creek Natural History Area
tilman@umn.edu
612-625-5740
612-625-5743

Working Groups