Invitation to Participate

These issues range from anthropogenic interference with the climate system, landuse change, and water usage to adapting to a changing world. WSU will draw on expertise of faculty working on a wide variety of topics including the atmospheric sciences, water resources, energy resources, soil sciences, subsurface science, bio-geochemical cycling, carbon sequestration, social/political impacts and prioritization, maintenance of biodiversity, and the evolution of infectious diseases. We can also draw on faculty experts to build understanding of the temporal responses, both paleo and evolutionary. The Center is especially interested in encouraging research on the complex interactions between human and natural systems.

WSU will draw on faculty with interest in human and natural systems, environmental justice, environmental entrepreneurship, and sustainable agriculture, as well as urban design and public health. The Center is committed to the support of research on interrelationships between culture, society and the environment. CEREO's mission includes environmental education and outreach, as well as understanding the challenges of ecological literacy and environmental citizenship.

CEREO will draw on colleagues who are actively involved in a variety of energy-related disciplines at various locations (such as Extension's Energy Program, the Interdisciplinary Design Institute, the Institute for Sustainability Design, as well as the colleges of Business, Engineering & Architecture, the Small Business Development Center, and local WSU Extension offices) to influence every step of the "idea-to-implementation" process.