Food should be shared, not thrown away! by Rolando Galan There is enough food to feed everyone worldwide, but in the course of a year about 1.3 billion tons of food were wasted by gluttonous human behavior (Buzy).There are currently …
College Student vs. Farmers Market by Michelle Sharkansky Just like most other kids in the United States, one of my favorite things to have in the morning was a big bowl of sugary cereal most likely produced by General Mills. …
By, Laura Estrada Have you ever attempted to change something about yourself because you knew that it would better something or someone? For a class project we were challenged to change a behavior in our lives that has a negative …
Convenience Kills Connor Fass The convenience of plastic materials, whether plastic bags, bottles, or any other type of packaging, is slowly poisoning the environments we all live in. I’ve learned this terrifying truth while conducting an environmental research experiment …
Plastic Water Bottles and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by Cesar Ponce The fall semester at John Jay was quite unique for me. For my Sustainability 280 class, I was assigned to make a behavior change that would promote …
by Amanda Zufolo Reusable Water Bottle vs. Plastic Water Bottles Back in the beginning of the semester, we were asked to pick a sustainable habit and follow through with it until the end of the semester, but ultimately for …
Sustainability & You Series Over the course of the fall 2015 semester, students in Jennifer Pipitone’s Environmental Psychology: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Sustainability course carried out a semester project entitled “Sustainability& You.” The project was designed to give students insight …
Joanne Guerra SUS 200 THE FIGHT FOR CHANGE IN ASTHMA ALLEY When you’re born and raised in New York City you learn to deal with all kinds of smells. Smells that range from sizzling scrumptious pizza to week-old garbage. …
Ecological Footprint By Serena Windett, student in Prof. Popov’s Introduction to Sustainability Studies class The term “ecological footprint” is unfamiliar to a lot of people around the world. It is important because it measures the impact of a person …
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Jonathan Trinidad Falling Water Tables and Shrinking Harvest In his book World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse, Lester R. Brown writes about “Falling Water Tables and Shrinking Harvests.” He discusses how the traditional …