Virginia Tech College of Natural Resources and Environment
Ranked the top program of its kind in the nation, advances the science of sustainability, prepare future generation leaders to address complex natural resources issues facing the planet. VT and its world-class faculty lead transformational research complementing the student learning experience and impacts citizens and communities across the globe. , VT, the most comprehensive university in Virginia, is dedicated to quality, innovation, and results. Dr. Alexander conveys a sense of urgency in the VoiceAmerica interview. “We need to actively engage this complexity and make sense of it. By identifying coupling points that link humans, animals, and the environment, and how these interactions influence critical outcomes. Resiliency allows a system to continue to deliver services in the face of change — to a point. But the systems are changing and by the time we realize how, we might not be able to fix it.”
