An Open Letter from 800+ Scientists to President-Elect Donald Trump on Climate Change
“The science is unequivocal and America must respond.”
Springtime Surprise on the Hudson River: Meeting a Baby Beaver on North Tivoli Bay
By Susan Fox Rogers Ed Note: No matter how predictable the signs of Spring, nature still surprises us on the Hudson, EarthDesk’s home river. Here Susan Fox Rogers shares her encounter with a baby beaver on North Tivoli Bay. A rare sighting and a beautifully told...Image Credits
Header Images Credits Demonstration at Gezi Park. © Gulsin Ketenci, NarPhotos. Used with permission. Learn more about Gezi Park. [themify_hr color=”black” width=”100%” border_width=”1px” ] Asian Elephant. Yathin S Krishnappa (Own...
Mark Becker: Friend, Colleague, Teacher, Innovator, Environmentalist
Intellect and common touch; passion and gentleness; scientific integrity and lifelong advocacy; local commitment and global reach – not ready qualities in one human being. Mark Becker had them all, and more. Sadly, incomprehensibly, we lost Mark to a multi-vehicle,...
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.