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2018 Yale Environment 360 Video Contest

2018 Yale Environment 360 Video Contest

The winners of our annual contest honoring the best short environmental films.

  1. E360 VIDEO CONTEST WINNER

    In Sicily, A Plague of Cancer Overwhelms an Oil Refinery Town

  2. E360 VIDEO CONTEST WINNER - SECOND PLACE

    For Iranian Villagers, A Dam Uproots a Rural Way of Life

  3. E360 VIDEO CONTEST WINNER - THIRD PLACE

    Off the African Coast, a Struggle to Revive a Battered Fishery

From the E360 Archives

Our 10th Anniversary

From the E360 Archives

As part of the 10th anniversary celebration of Yale Environment 360, we are highlighting some of our most popular and favorite content.

  1. Vanishing Act

    What’s Causing the Sharp Decline in Insects, and Why It Matters

  2. The Global Impacts of Rapidly Disappearing Arctic Sea Ice

  3. Colorado River: Running Near Empty

  4. Rising Waters: Can a Massive Barrier Save Venice from Drowning?

  5. In Aeolus Cave, A Search for the Vanishing Bats of the Northeast

The Future of Transportation

The Future of Transportation

New technologies have the potential to green the world’s transit systems — but will they be adopted? 

  1. Transportation

    End of the Road: Are Diesel Cars on the Way Out in Europe?

  2. Europe Takes First Steps in Electrifying World’s Shipping Fleets

  3. Analysis

    Will Self-Driving Cars Usher in a Transportation Utopia or Dystopia?

  4. In Drive to Cut Emissions, Germany Confronts Its Car Culture

The Urban Challenge

The Urban Challenge

Cities are increasingly becoming the source of both environmental challenges and solutions.

  1. As Mass Timber Takes Off, How Green Is This New Building Material?

  2. Can We Turn Down the Temperature on Urban Heat Islands?

  3. An Increasingly Urbanized Latin America Turns to Electric Buses

  4. Energy Equity: Bringing Solar Power to Low-Income Communities

2014 Yale Environment 360 Video Contest

2014 Yale Environment 360 Video Contest

An annual contest honoring the year's best environmental videos.

  1. VIDEO CONTEST WINNER - 1ST PLACE

    Badru’s Story: Early Warnings From Inside an Impenetrable African Forest

  2. VIDEO CONTEST WINNER - RUNNER UP

    A Red Dirt Town: An Enduring Legacy Of Toxic Pollution in Southern Waters

  3. VIDEO CONTEST WINNER - RUNNER UP

    Peak to Peak: An Intimate Look at The Bighorn Sheep of the Rockies

The Future of Food

The Future of Food

Exploring the challenges facing our food systems — and the solutions being tested to help reform them.

  1. Can Data-Driven Agriculture Help Feed a Hungry World?

  2. Why It’s Time to Stop Punishing Our Soils with Fertilizers

  3. Video

    The Big Waste: Why Do We Throw Away So Much Food?

  4. New Green Challenge: How to Grow More Food on Less Land

The Energy Transition

The Energy Transition

Examining the global shift from fossil fuels to wind and solar — and the hurdles that renewables still must overcome. 

  1. Utilities Grapple with Rooftop Solar and the New Energy Landscape

  2. Opinion

    The Energy Secretary Is Wrong: The Grid is Ready for Renewables

  3. Could a Trade Dispute with China Bring an End to U.S. Solar Boom?

  4. Industry Meltdown: Is the Era of Nuclear Power Coming to an End?

Homes in Mantoloking, New Jersey, off of Barnegat Bay, damaged by Sandy in 2012.

Rising Seas

As global temperatures climb, ice sheets melt, and waters expand, the world’s oceans are increasingly impacting coastal communities and ecosystems.

  1. How Rising Seas and Coastal Storms Drowned the U.S. Flood Insurance Program

  2. Interview

    As Seas Rise, Tropical Pacific Islands Face a Perfect Storm

  3. Heritage at Risk: How Rising Seas Threaten Ancient Coastal Ruins

  4. Domino Effect: The Myriad Impacts of Warming on an East Coast Estuary

2017 Yale Environment 360 Video Contest

2017 Yale Environment 360 Video Contest

An annual contest honoring the year's best environmental videos.

  1. E360 Video Contest Winners

    On Our Lands: Indigenous Bolivians Take Control Of Their Forests

  2. E360 Video Contest Winner

    Island in the Fires: A Forest Sanctuary for Orangutans Hangs On

New Tools for Conservation

New Tools for Conservation

Advances in technology are providing scientists and conservationists with new tools for protecting the planet.

  1. Eyes on Nature: How Satellite Imagery Is Transforming Conservation Science

  2. Technology

    A Splash of River Water Now Reveals the DNA of All Its Creatures

  3. Solutions

    How Tracking Product Sources May Help Save World’s Forests