Which Crow Lover Do You Think Is Breaking the Law?
Keeping a crow as a pet is a crime. Possession of a live crow requires a federal permit, which is difficult to obtain and typically limited to researchers and wildlife rehabilitators. Federal Law permits the hunting and killing of crows by the thousands for sport....
What’s a Crow? by Joe Mohr
«« »» We are pleased to call Joe Mohr a friend of EarthDesk. We enjoy his irreverence. Environmentalism needs more of it. Joe is a talented and committed environmental and political cartoonist, and an excellent illustrator, designer and writer. He is the creator of...
Making An Energy Revolution Where It Matters Most
The U.S. Should Lead a New Marshall Plan of Conservation and Alternative Energy for Eastern Europe By Charles Komanoff Ed. Note: EarthDesk is pleased to welcome first-time guest contributor Charles Komanoff, a lifelong, pioneering advocate on energy economics and...
The Torch Has Been Passed: David Sive, 1922 – 2014; Joseph Sax, 1936 – 2014
With guest contributor Eric Goldstein, Senior Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council Legendary environmental attorney David Sive died on March 12 at age 91. It is a measure of his pervasive influence on American environmentalism that even after nine decades on...
Water, Water Everywhere, but Prices May Vary. $3.3M/Gallon on the Moon; $25/Lifetime on Earth
Long after gold created a Rush in California and oil created a Boom in Texas, the ever surprising, ubiquitous, and commonplace water continues to capture our imagination like no other substance. And for good reason. We cannot live without it. In all its states...
Earth’s Land Mammals by Weight — by xkcd
Note: This is such a brilliant piece, we are breaking with tradition and posting this xkcd comic today rather than wait until EarthDesk Sunday. — John Cronin «« »» xkcd is the webcomic creation of Randall Munroe, an extraordinarily popular web presence whom we...
World Peace by Joe Mohr
«« »» We are pleased to call Joe Mohr a friend of EarthDesk. We enjoy his irreverence. Environmentalism needs more of it. Joe is a talented and committed environmental and political cartoonist, and an excellent illustrator, designer and writer. He is the creator of...
Idaho Ag-Gag: Eviscerating the Constitution to Protect Animal Abuse
In 2012, workers from Bettencourt Dairies of Wendelll, Idaho were caught sexually molesting, beating, punching and kicking cows in an undercover video shot by Mercy for Animals of Los Angeles. The workers were convicted of animal cruelty and fired. The Idaho...
Environmental Policy Clinic Students at Work.
Preparing oyster shells for tagging at the Billion Oyster Project, Governor's Island.
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.
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.
Featured Faculty:
Dr. E. Melanie Dupuis
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.