Letter from Isanjandugu, Part One
By Chinyere Ojini Editor’s Note: In Isanjandugu, Tanzania, what we call the “global water crisis” is an everyday fact of village life. Without fanfare, volunteers of the local chapters of Engineers Without Borders USA (EWB) take on the crisis one...
Water for Isanjandugu
Far from the offices of EarthDesk — our water cooler, lavatories, and coffee maker — the villagers of Isanjandugu, Tanzania rely on ditches and holes, fed by an erratic, six-month rainy season, for drinking water. With assistance from Pace Academy for...Peace through Water Cooperation: EarthDesk Interview with Michel Jarraud, Director of UN-Water
Michel Jarraud, director of UN-Water, believes transboundary water cooperation is an avenue to international peace. It is a bold vision given how popular is the opposing view. Consider the apocalyptic headlines: Clark Judge’s US News and World Report column, The...
Global Water Security: Protecting Ecosystems, Protecting People
By Charles J. Vörösmarty and Claudia Pahl-Wostl Editor’s Note: The world water crisis demands more than the very models that are now creating national water crises in the developed world. It requires the interdisciplinary participation and expertise “of...
Safe Drinking Water, Political Will and Rule of Law: The Global Challenge
By John Oldfield Editor’s Note: John Oldfield, CEO of WASH Advocates, reminds us universal safe drinking water requires the political will of leaders globally, and political will is a function of an expectant and educated citizenry. That is not as obvious as it...
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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