It looks as though John Caveny has imported a jungle to his 35-acre farm in Monticello, IL. But what appears to be the beginning of some vast tropical hinterland is in fact Caveny’s crop of Miscanthus x giganteus, a tall perennial from Southeast Asia. Caveny, who describes himself as a “practical conservationist,” grows the grass
Category: Sustainability
A few weeks ago, three Masters students left for the remote Thar Desert in Rajasthan, India. On the docket? Investigating the water that sources 140 villages in the salty, arid desert. As part of the Global and Ecological Health Program, a Master’s-level add-on to Northwestern’s biomedical engineering degree, the program is intended to help students
In March 2010, a group of Northwestern University students traveled to Rajasthan, India for an intensive 10-day scholars program on Best Practices of Sustainable Development in Water Resource Management, in one of the most water-distressed regions of the world. Hosted by the Jal Bhagirathi Foundation (JBF), the aim of this exchange was for students and