Support Greening NYC’s Dirty Buildings

by Joan Hoffman with help of the CUNY Professional Staff Congress Environmental Justice Working Group YOU can support an important program to reduce New York City’s carbon footprint! Because New York City has the efficiency of a subway system, two…

Unknown Unknowns Mask Global Warming; Known Federal Irresponsibility Stimulates Local Actions

by Joan Hoffman The frustration of encountering “unknown unknowns” is familiar to everyone, such as when some part of the body that we didn’t even know existed suddenly hurts and we don’t know what to do about it.  And, sometimes,…

Cata-straw-phe

by Austin Fodera The inspirationfor my project was the viral video that came out showing a turtle with a plastic straw lodged in his nostril. This video prompted me to make a model seaturtle out of plastic straws. To illustrate…