As part of the ongoing Federal Resource Management and Ecosystem Services (FRMES) project, a new online guidebook for federal resource managers and planners is being unveiled at the A Community on Ecosystem Services Conference, December 8-12. The FRMES project aims for federal agencies and other field experts to work together to integrate ecosystem services concepts into federal resource planning and management processes, and the new guidebook provides a framework and methodology for ensuring consistent and credible application of those concepts to planning and management activities. It also includes examples of how federal agencies are exploring or applying an ecosystem services framework. 

Nicholas Advisory Board member and former Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers has brought his extensive experience in the energy industry to the classroom at Duke. With Nicholas Institute director Tim Profeta, Rogers has been co-teaching a graduate-level class on renewable energy sources for the developing world. He is engaging students on the history of natural gas infrastructure in the United States and on efforts to slow climate change.

Twenty-five students and staff from Duke University visited SAS, the country's largest private software company, and the Research Triangle campus of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) during the final Power Tour trip of the fall semester. Co-sponsored with the Duke University Energy Initiative, the Power Trip series allows Duke students to visit facilities in North Carolina that are on the cutting edge of energy innovation.