A Year of Sunsets Merged Into One Image
The arts play a vital role in calling attention to the special nature of our planet — and our species. Here’s one example that I posted on Twitter (and then on Dot Earth) today but is also worth sharing here: Here’s the description of Molloy’s method...
A Blogger’s Guide to Best Practices
In a recent conversation with Donna Kowal, the program coordinator for the Pace Academy and the organizing force behind the creation of EarthDesk, I laid out some practical tips for blogging a better planet (that’s the title of my fall course at Pace)....
Bridging Environmental Conservation and Animal Rights
“When the gap between the leaves is wider than the length of an ant . . . they chain their bodies together to form living bridges.” — Journey to the Ants: A Story of Scientific Exploration, Bert Hölldobler, Edward O. Wilson You might assume that a...
Earth Day: Something Old, Something Blue
In 1969, Gaylord Nelson proposed the creation of an Earth Day. He was a United States Senator. It is hard to picture an elected federal official announcing that bold an initiative today. No, it is impossible. But so compelling was his proposal, it prompted President...
Sawubona
In a recent edition of Orion, photographer Ed Panar shared some of his photographs of “Animals That Saw Me”. I was instantly connected to the images — empathizing and wondering what the animals were thinking, or how they felt when they connected with the...
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.