The new advisory council, which notably includes Bill Gates, John Doerr and John Hennessy, is set to advise the Dean of the Doerr School Arun Majumdar on the direction the sustainability school should take with new initiatives, programs and partnerships.
In this letter to the Stanford community, various members of The Coalition for a True School of Sustainability advocate for the need for an open dialogue about about Doerr's collaboration with fossil fuel companies. They write, "As we navigate this latest paradigm shift of removing bias in sustainability and environmental research, we believe it is crucial to find a path together, through shared dialogue."
The Coalition for a True School of Sustainability call on Dean Majumdar to establish transparent processes for student, faculty and environmental justice…
Bill Gorham argues that the new School of Sustainability should reject fossil fuel donations. "We applaud Stanford’s leadership in addressing climate change as…