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"Well as giraffes say, you don't get no leaves unless you stick your neck out." - Sid Waddell
GIRAFFES members conduct policy-relevant research, engage in outreach work, and give media interviews and public talks. We feature some of these below.
GIRAFFES members conduct policy-relevant research, engage in outreach work, and give media interviews and public talks. We feature some of these below.
"Failing to go the distance: what's the beef with food miles?"
Dr. Peter Newton, TEDx Boulder, September 2017
Other Media
Other Media
Food & Agriculture
Food & Agriculture
2023 Peter Newton was interviewed for an article about regenerative agriculture certification in Modern Farmer. Available here.
2023 Margaret Hegwood was interviewed for an article about the unintended consequences of reducing food waste in Anthropocene Magazine. Available here.
2023 Margaret Hegwood was interviewed for a KOA Radio episode about a study on reducing food waste. Available here.
2022 Margaret Hegwood was interviewed by What is Cultivated Meat on the exploration of food technology and cultivated meat. Available here.
2022 Coverage of Brangança, Newton et al. (2022) in Mongabay. Available here.
2022 Coverage of Brangança, Newton et al. (2022) in News-o-matic. Available here.
2022 Coverage of Brangança, Newton et al. (2022) in CU Boulder Today. Available here.
2021 Margaret Hegwood was a guest contributor in The Chicago Council Harvesting Tomorrow Series. Available here.
2021 Peter Newton was interviewed for an article on individual climate actions for CU Boulder Today. Available here.
2021 Peter Newton was interviewed for a story about "Colorado-Grown Mushroom Meat" on Colorado Public Radio. Available here.
2021 Coverage of Newton & Blaustein-Rejto (2021) in a Vox article about "What a Meatless Future Could Mean for Farmers." Available here.
2021 Coverage of Newton et al. (2020) in a The Counter article about regenerative agriculture. Available here.
2021 Peter Newton was interviewed for the story, "An Athlete's Guide To Environmentally Friendly Eating," in Trail Runner magazine. Available here.
2020 Margaret Hegwood was a guest contributor in The Chicago Council Global Food for Thought Blog. Available here.
2019 Peter Newton was interviewed for a story in The Counter. Available here.
2017 Peter Newton gave a talk at TEDx Boulder, on the climate impacts of food choices. Available here.
2017 Coverage of Peter Newton's TEDx talk in the Boulder Daily Camera. Available here.
2017 Peter Newton wrote a Letter to the Editor, published in the Longmont Times-Call (available here) and Boulder Daily Camera (available here).
2017 Peter Newton was interviewed on the Probably Science podcast. Available here.
2016 Peter Newton wrote a Letter to the Editor, published in the Boulder Daily Camera. Available here.
2013 Peter Newton wrote a a blogpost on the Ecoagriculture Partners blog. Available here.
2013 Peter Newton's research was highlighted in a CGIAR CCAFS article about sustainable agriculture production in Brazil. Available here.
2012 Peter Newton was interviewed by Food Climate Research Network. Available here.
Forests & Livelihoods
Forests & Livelihoods
2025 Coverage of Benzeev, Newton et al. (2025) in CU Boulder Today. Available here.
2025 Savannah Lehnert was interviewed for a grant she received through the Institute of Behavioral Sciences at CU Boulder to study tropical agroforestry. Available here.
2023 Coverage of Benzeev, Newton et al. (2023) in CU Boulder Today. Available here. This paper was additionally covered in >50 media outlets globally.
2020 Coverage of Miller, Newton et al. (2020) in Reuters. Available here.
2020 Coverage of Newton et al. (2020) in AAAS EurekAlert! (available here), El Pais (available here), and Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine (available here).
2018 Peter Newton authored a CSTPR Prometheus blogpost about new research studying innovative sub-national governance in Acre, Brazil. Available here.
2013 Peter Newton authored a blogpost about innovative approaches to agriculture and forest management in Indonesia for the CGIAR CCAFS blog. Available here.
Higher Education
Higher Education
2024 Peter Newton co-authored a Heterodox Academy blogpost entitled, "How an Academic Department Replaced Diversity Statements with Service Statements." Available here.
2024 Peter Newton was interviewed for a story on service statements in The College Fix. Available here.
2023 Peter Newton was interviewed for an article about the Heterodox Academy CU Boulder Campus Community in the Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine. Available here.
2021 Peter Newton was interviewed for the ‘Getting to Know’ series in CU Boulder Today. Available here.
2018 Peter Newton was interviewed for Inside The Greenhouse: More Than Scientists. Available here.
2017 Peter Newton was featured in a CU Boulder Today article "New initiative to showcase best teaching practices on campus." Available here.
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