Rich Niesenbaum received a BA in Biology and Environmental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania, an MS in Marine Ecology from the University of Connecticut, and a Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of Pennsylvania. He first taught at Swart
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Rich Niesenbaum received a BA in Biology and Environmental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania, an MS in Marine Ecology from the University of Connecticut, and a Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of Pennsylvania. He first taught at Swarthmore College and then arrived at Muhlenberg College in 1993 where has been ever since. Currently, Rich is a Professor of Biology, serves as the Director of the Sustainability Studies Program, and co-directs the Office of Campus Sustainability. In the area of sustainability, Rich has worked internationally with the Rodale Institute on measuring the success of sustainable practice in northern Guatemala, and on developing ways to effectively link social, economic, and ecological indicators in the evaluation of international conservation projects. He has been working in the Costa Rican community of Las Juntas for 15 years on eco-educational tourism development, public health and environmental studies of the effects of local artisanal gold mining, and the development of alternative fuels. Rich also studies and is developing modes of sustainable urban fish production for local markets through his organization, UrbanEcoFish. Rich has published dozens of scholarly and is currently authoring a book, “Sustainable Solutions: Problem Solving for Current and Future Generations.”
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