From Remote Generation to Trigeneration
By John R. Nolon Editor’s Note: John R. Nolon, a Professor of Law at Pace University School of Law, and counsel to the Law School’s Land Use Law Center, is a renowned pioneer in sustainable land use policy. Here he explains how local zoning can embrace...
America the Possible by James Gustave Speth
Something very troubling has been happening to our country in the past few decades. We are letting our greatness slip away. — James Gustave Speth. What is your America the Possible? What America can you dream? What America will you stand for? Must we have the...
Letter from Isanjandugu, Part Two
By Chinyere Ojini Editor’s Note: Much has been written about the best way to assist developing communities in desperate need of clean water. Biggest is not always best. Even massive infusions of dollars — from developed-nation to developing-nation —...
A New Consideration When Teaching the Business of Climate Change
By Noushi Rahman Professor of Management, Lubin School of Business The economic implications of climate change can no longer be viewed as simply the burden of future generations. Impacts on agriculture in particular may give rise to civil conflicts, with significant...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...
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.