Redefining Terrorism to Protect Animal Torture
On Thanksgiving Sunday 2006, President George W. Bush signed into law the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA), a breathtaking statute designed to make illegal the exercise of free speech against animal torture, and to brand animal activists as terrorists. It is...
Sustainable Snapshot: Commuters’ Bicycles, Metro North Train Station, Pelham, NY
Sustainable Snapshot: Say No to Big Yellow
Do you really need the hard-copy Yellow Pages? Say “No” before it’s delivered. In the U.S., go to the Yellow Pages Opt-Out site; in Canada, the Canadian Yellow Pages Opt-Out site. (Thanks to treehugger)
Utah Tries to Shutdown Freedom of Speech Challenge to Ag Gag Law
Ever determined to prevent its citizens from giving animal torture a bad name, the State of Utah has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit that contests the constitutionality of the state’s ag gag statute, which makes it a crime to speak ill of agricultural...
Digital Art and the Urban Environment: October 4
With guest speakers from Australia, Brazil, Denmark, and Canada, Digital Art and the Urban Environment is a path-breaking symposium that will consider new modes of seeing, representing, and connecting within the urban setting. Hear from artists, architects, computer...
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.