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...Sarah A. Hinkfuss ’10, a joint Environmental Science and Public Policy (ESPP) and Economics concentrator writing her senior thesis on equity in informal water markets overseas, one of the greatest struggles was balancing the requirements and expectations of the two departments...
...Hinkfuss, the experience of combining Economics and ESPP allowed her to extend her research and analysis beyond what either department could have offered independently...
...been an ESPP concentrator I could have written a thesis like the one I’m writing, but it wouldn’t have had the Economics support, and my thesis wouldn’t be what it is today,” Hinkfuss says...
...Green is the New Crimson” rings true not only in its labs and dining halls, but also in Sever and Emerson. We need more relevant courses, better-defined environmental tracks within the social sciences and humanities, and perhaps even a nonscientific alternative concentration to ESPP. For guidance, we can look to programs at peer universities. UC Berkeley’s Society and Environment program, for example, offers well-defined focus fields in environmental policy and theory—and a wealth of relevant classes to match. And, of course, existing Harvard courses—like the excellent...
Mayer has worked with ESPP 10 for three years on different projects related to HUDS and sustainability. The first year, students attempted to develop a way to rate food based on environmental friendliness. The next year, they worked with vendors to improve food sustainability. Last year, their project was about how to effectively communicate HUDS’ sustainability efforts...