Students surveying western pond turtles

 

Sonoma Wine Country

 

Environmental Technology Center and Student Garden

 

Not far from the Golden Gate Bridge

 

Rugged Sonoma Coast near Bodega Bay

 

Learning in the great outdoors

 

Springtime at Galbreath Wildlands Preserve

 

Students sampling vegetation

 


Recent ENSP News

Sonoma State University's 29th Annual Planning Commissioners Conference was held on Saturday, December 1, 2012. This event was presented by SSU's Department of Environmental Studies & Planning, Center for Sustainable Communities, and the Student Planning Association.

 

The seminar handouts were: California's Efforts to Support a Sustainable North Bay (and Beyond) by Mike McCoy; Center for Sustainable Communities -- Projects Update: Healthy communities, sustainability planning, reducing GHG emissions, low impact development by Alex Hinds and Wayne Goldberg; Planning for Housing in an SB 375 World by Cathy Creswell; and Rethinking Water Friendly Development Practices by Elizabeth Patterson and Josiah Cain. Questions, contact Jo-Ann Smith at 707 66402306 or email at joann.smith@sonoma.edu

 

 

If you are currently enrolled at SSU and interested in applying to ENSP, please read. Effective Spring 2012, ENSP is using a new system for on-campus Change of Major applications. Applications will only be accepted between February 1st and March 1st, 2013. Application packets will be available Feb. 1st. There will be no Change of Major application period in Fall 2012.

 

 

 

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From Professor and Chair

Rocky Rohwedder

Welcome to The Department of Environmental Studies and Planning (ENSP). In support of a more sustainable world, we have offered a distinctive, interdisciplinary and applied curriculum to our students for almost forty years. Our program prepares students to be informed citizens, pursue a wide range of careers, and undertake advanced professional training or graduate study. With our diverse faculty interests, our program is constantly evolving to meet the environmental challenges facing our world.