Dr. Gordon Geballe is interested in the environmental issues facing individuals and society. A large percentage of people live in cities. These systems are major natural resource consumers and pollution exporters. The future of wild organisms and pristine land would be more secure if cities handled energy and matter more conservatively.
Since the earthquake in Haiti in 2010 through 2014, Geballe and Gary Desir, MD, taught Haiti: Sustainable Development in a Post-Disaster Context through the Yale Schools of Public Health and Forestry & Environmental Studies. The spring course introduced graduate students to Haiti and its chronic disease and environmental issues. With l’Hôpital Albert Schweitzer, the Haitian host, the class has contributed ideas on diabetes, hypertension, agroforestry, and sanitation issues. This course continues as an undergraduate seminar Haiti: towards sustainable development.