Governor Chris Christie: The Politics of Mean, of Name Calling, of Broken Promises
For Team Christie It Was Business as Usual to Call Fort Lee Mayor Sokolich “This Little Serbian,” Sierra Club’s Ken Tittle a “Rabid Partisan,” and Various Citizens “Idiots.” UPDATE – 9:30PM: Rachel Maddow of MSNBC has raised the...
American Environmentalism Should Join the Fight Against Poverty and Homelessness
Environment is all of America and its problems . . . It is a hungry child in a land of affluence. It is housing that is not worthy of the name. — U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson, founder of Earth Day, April 22, 1970.[col grid=”2-1″] “Annie”*...
Of Pope Francis, Pete Seeger, Gaylord Nelson, Gus Speth & Real Environmentalism
It’s About Compassion and Human Dignity. And Rush Limbaugh Hates It. With no hint of irony, the most vitriolic critics of Pope Francis say his condemnations of greed, environmental abuse, and neglect of the poor are attacks on America. But when the pope linked...
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.