The Water Carriers of Central Malawi and the Trócaire Campaign
The video clip above, of villagers in Central Malawi gathering the day’s water, is part of an extraordinary interactive story published recently on the Irish Times site by Trócaire, a Catholic charity in Kildare, Ireland that works in over 20 countries across...
Pace Clinic Students Parse School Food, By the Letter
CAFO: A Four-Letter Word Found in School Cafeterias By The Food Justice Team Pace Environmental Policy Clinic Note: Students from the Pace Environmental Policy Clinic launched their ePolicy blog with features spanning circus animal abuse, microgrid development,...
Water Shortages in CA Linked to Fracking. Time for Sustainable Energy
Among the many good reasons to not endorse fracking is its depletion of water needed for drinking. Marcellus shale fracking uses 4.5 to 5.6 gallons of fresh water per well — water lost for drinking. (Grist.org) And there are approximately 82,000 wells operating...
Charleston, WV Spill Update: Freedom Industries Files for Banruptcy; Schools on Bottled Water; Senators Will Introduce Spill Bill.
Most Charleston region residents are back to a more routine life after the January 9 spill of 4-methylcyclohexane methanol (MCHM) into the Elk River by Freedom Industries closed their water supply for five days. (See EarthDesk January 14 and January 16). But the...
The Human and the Environment: Bridging the Gap with Education and Service
Editor’s Note: A recurring theme here at EarthDesk, especially during this holiday season, is our duty to the other members of our specie. Caroline Craig offers her unique perspective — as a former environmental studies student, as research assistant for...
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.
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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.