Corporate Responsibility

The Bayer, Monsanto Merger: Shocking Consolidation or Fantastic Combination?

by E. Melanie DuPuis | Oct 6, 2016 | Agriculture, Corporate Responsibility, Law & Policy, Sustainability

Faced with the proposed mergers of agribusiness giants, regulators must decide whether an even smaller number of companies will have an even more powerful hold on the future of food and agriculture.

It Is Time to End Elephant Abuse for Human Amusement

by Pavan Naidu | Apr 15, 2016 | Animal Welfare, Corporate Responsibility, Environmental Policy Clinic, Government, Law & Policy

Tamed elephants are tortured elephants. Ban their use in all forms of entertainment, beginning in New York State.

Hudson Valley Foie Gras Steals the Name “Hudson” to Sell Animal Cruelty

by John Cronin | Feb 27, 2015 | Animal Welfare, Corporate Responsibility, Health, Law & Policy

One of the Hudson Valley’s bragging rights is that the name “Hudson” sells. It attracts tourism. Recreational outfitters tag it to their names. There are books about Hudson Valley cuisine. Businesses proudly carry the descriptors Hudson, Hudson...

Local Polystyrene Ban Brings American Chemistry Council to Putnam County, NY

by John Cronin | Feb 13, 2015 | Corporate Responsibility, Law & Policy, Pollution

While I was en route to hear the American Chemistry Council argue against a proposed ban on polystyrene in Putnam County, NY, National Public Radio broadcast a story about Jenna Jambeck of the University of Georgia whose study, published this week in Science,...

Out of the Public Eye, the Global Economic Community Plans for Environmental Disruption

by John Cronin | Feb 7, 2015 | Climate Change, Corporate Responsibility, Economics, International, Technology, Water

The global water crisis and climate change receive equal billing with unemployment and cyber security in the World Economic Forum report Global Risks 2015: As last year, concerns about environmental and economic risks remain, in particular around failure of...

Gestation Crates in New Jersey: Take Gov. Christie at His Word; He Doesn’t Care.

by John Cronin | Nov 28, 2014 | Animal Welfare, Corporate Responsibility, Health, Law & Policy

On November 28, Governor Chris Christie vetoed New Jersey Senate bill S998 that would have banned the use of pig gestation crates in New Jersey, calling the proposed law “a solution in search of a problem.” Undercover at Smithfield via the Humane Society. A gestation...

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EarthDesk, published regularly during the academic year, is the online journal of the Dyson College Institute for Sustainability and the Environment (DCISE) at Pace University. John Cronin, editor.

Environmental Policy Clinic Students at Work.

Preparing oyster shells for tagging at the Billion Oyster Project, Governor's Island.

Environmental Policy Clinic Team with Senator Terrence Murphy in Albany.

With New York State Senator Terrence Murphy (center) in Albany to discuss state policy regarding mistreatment of elephants in circuses.

Investigating turtle mortality on a Putnam County highway in Cold Spring, NY with county legislator Barbara Scuccimarra (L.).

Learning the fundamentals of aquaculture at the New York Harbor School.

Demonstrating against the use of elephants in circuses, Hanneford Circus, White Plains, NY.

Discussing oyster regulation with Debbie Mans, NY-NJ Baykeeper at Pace, NYC.

Crafting oyster regulation policy with Debbie Mans, NY-NJ Baykeeper, Pace, NYC. (L.).

Ready to dig into wood chip pile to feed campus composter, Pace, Pleasantville.

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Dr. E. Melanie Dupuis

dangerous digestion

Inspired by new scientific studies of the human body as a metabiome, Dr. E. Melanie Dupuis, Professor and chair, Department of Environmental Science and Studies, reimagines the American body politic through a new metaphor — digestion — opening social transformations to ideas of mixing, fermentation, and collaboration. In doing so, she explores how social activists can rethink politics as inclusive processes that involve the inherently risky mixing of cultures, standpoints, and ideas. Dangerous Digestion at Amazon.