Five students from Monika Calef's Intro to GIS course received funding from Soka to attend a conference in Redlands, CA this month.
GIS is one of the coolest environmental studies tools, because it readily brings theoretical problems (say a toxic chemical spill) to a real-life application (a map that can be used to display information about risks to nearby homes.) This conference gave students an even better idea of ways that GIS is used in the real world. There were presentations by city planners, corporate managers, and software developers.
One of the most interesting GIS developments that was presented at the conference was the story map.
For anyone who is interested in ES or GIS, get in touch with Monika Calef. Intro to GIS is part of the regular ES rotation, and these conferences come around a couple times every year.
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