29 Signs of the Times: Making Beach Pollution Routine in South Carolina.
Twenty-nine oceanfront warning signs in the Myrtle Beach area (below) are “a better system than media advisories because beach-goers have a constant reminder of the dangers of swimming,” according to the South Carolina Department of Health and...EarthDesk Vacation 6/22 – 7/1
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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...
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...
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.