N-PRINT in the News

We publicly launched the N-Calculator in the United States on February 19th, 2011, at the annual AAAS meeting in Washington, DC. We announced the launch of the tool at a symposium on nitrogen titled "Global and Local Responses to the Nitrogen Challenge: Science, Practice, and Policy."

We publicly launched the N-Calculator in Europe at the "Nitrogen and Global Change" conference in Edinburgh, UK on 13 April 2011.

You can view some of our press coverage to date at the following links, starting with the most recent coverage:

Press releases

"New model helps universities map their nitrogen footprint" - press release hosted by Sustainability: The Journal of Record

Press release: University of Oxford and Lancaster University launch the UK N-Calculator

ECN (Energy Research Center of the Netherlands) press release for the international launch of the N-Calculator

USA news

NPR's The Salt article by Julia Rosen titled "Why your hamburger might be leading to nitrogen pollution"

Ensia Magazine article by LIzzie Grossman titled "We've changed a life-giving nutrient into a deadly pollutant. How can we change it back?"

UVA Today article by Anne Bromley titled "Lunch has a footprint -- and a sustainability label of one to five stars"

USDA article titled "Food Waste Can Have a Large Impact on Your Nitrogen Footprint

Brown University article titled "Brown University researchers among first to participate in Nitrogen Footprint Project"