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...
“We Still Have Work to Do”: Cory Booker at the 50th Anniversary March on Washington
When millions of children are living in neighborhoods where the soil is toxic, and their rivers are polluted, and their air quality is so poor that asthma is epidemic, we still have work to do. — Cory Booker, Mayor, Newark, NJ
From California to the NY Island, Fracking Questions Abound
By Tom Wilber Editor’s Note: A centerpiece of President Obama’s 2012 State of the Union Address was his aggressive support of “shale gas development” or fracking, hydraulic fracturing for gas. He has remained unwavering. So, it is no surprise...
Sturgeon Moon
Earlier this evening, I laid my tools on the cabin top of the boat on which I was working, and settled-in to watch the rust red moon crawl to the shoulders of the Hudson Highlands. Once there, it continued upward, as if loosed from the grip of gravity, and floated...
Trip to the Arctic Refuge Reveals How Far Oil Industry Will Go To Drill Pristine Landscapes
By Frances Beinecke President, Natural Resources Defense Council Editor’s Note: The Arctic is in the crosshairs as never before (EarthDesk, August 8). Its melting ice is yielding to new sea lanes, the Obama administration is asserting America’s right to...
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.