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A New Generation of Scientist Fearless About Relevance:  EarthDesk Conversation with Pace Professor Anne Toomey

A New Generation of Scientist Fearless About Relevance: EarthDesk Conversation with Pace Professor Anne Toomey

by John Cronin | Nov 15, 2017 | Education, International, Pace Students, Science

Despite the Trump administration’s “war on science,” Anne Toomey, Pace Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Science, says good science should serve community.

The Jungle Amidst the Concrete

The Jungle Amidst the Concrete

by Christina Thomas | Aug 30, 2017 | Ecology, Education, Pace student, Sustainability

New York City is called a “concrete jungle” for good reason. Thanks to our Nature in the City class, I now know the true ecological diversity to be found away from the blaring car horns and smelly sidewalk garbage.

Pioneer River Researcher Joseph Rachlin to Receive Higher Ed Top Honor

Pioneer River Researcher Joseph Rachlin to Receive Higher Ed Top Honor

by John Cronin | Nov 4, 2015 | Ecology, Education, Higher Education, Pollution, Water

Environmental Consortium of Colleges & Universities to Present Rachlin the Great Work Award at its Annual Meeting November 7, Vassar College. There are 3.5 million miles of rivers and streams in the U.S. Add to that our estuaries, bayous, bays, lakes, wetlands and...
Into the World of India

Into the World of India

by Kiefer Kofman | Jun 23, 2015 | Education, Government, International, Into the World of India ~ Kiefer Kofman, Pace '16, Poverty

Ed. Note: Kiefer Kofman, Pace ’16, is a political science major studying in India under a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship. Kiefer led the community energy team in the Pace Environmental Policy Clinic during the spring 2015 semester. Ben Gilman, a...
The Green Patriarch: A Voice for the Environment and Humanity

The Green Patriarch: A Voice for the Environment and Humanity

by Guest Contributor | Oct 17, 2014 | Climate Change, Education, Human Sustainability, Smart Thought, Sustainability

From his early days in office, the Ecumenical Patriarch has made care for the environment one of his top priorities. His strategy has been “connecting people who have the power to save the environment with people who have the knowledge.”

Pace Environmental Policy Clinic Reports for Duty

Pace Environmental Policy Clinic Reports for Duty

by John Cronin | Sep 25, 2014 | Education, General, Higher Education, Law & Policy

Pace Academy’s Fall 2014 Environmental Policy Clinicians reported for duty with a full docket awaiting from their Spring 2014 colleagues: community energy, wildlife protection, invasive plants, food justice, circus animals, and nightsky pollution. We will follow...
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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.

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Environmental Policy Clinic Students at Work.

[caption id="attachment_14516" align="aligncenter" width="500"]Preparing oyster shells for tagging at the Billion Oyster Project, Governor's Island.

Preparing oyster shells for tagging at the Billion Oyster Project, Governor's Island.
[/caption] [caption id="attachment_13933" align="aligncenter" width="500"]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.
[/caption] [caption id="attachment_14526" align="aligncenter" width="500"]  Investigating turtle mortality on a Putnam County highway in Cold Spring, NY with county legislator Barbara Scuccimarra (L.).
Investigating turtle mortality on a Putnam County highway in Cold Spring, NY with county legislator Barbara Scuccimarra (L.).
[/caption] [caption id="attachment_14522" align="aligncenter" width="500"]Aquaculture at the New York Harbor School.
Learning the fundamentals of aquaculture at the New York Harbor School.
[/caption] [caption id="attachment_14520" align="aligncenter" width="500"]Demonstrating against the use of elephants in circuses.
Demonstrating against the use of elephants in circuses, Hanneford Circus, White Plains, NY.
[/caption] [caption id="attachment_14521" align="aligncenter" width="500"]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.).
[/caption] [caption id="attachment_14528" align="aligncenter" width="500"]Ready to dig into wood chip pile to feed campus composter, Pace, Pleasantville.
Ready to dig into wood chip pile to feed campus composter, Pace, Pleasantville.
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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.

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