By Bailey Sincox Preface to Fracking: An Epic Poem “But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.” –Rachel Carson Marcellus’ story is just that: a story. Building upon the Odyssey, the…
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Fracking: An epic poem
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Activism, Art, Classics, Ecology, Environmental Justice, Fossil Fuels, Fracking, Health, Mythology, poetry, Pollution, Sustainability, United States, Waste, Water
“leftovers”: A group art show about your trash
Posted in Tagged with: Art, E-Waste, Exhibit, New York City, Photography, Recycling, Sculpture, Sustainability, United States, Waste
Paradigm Shift Festival at Baruch College
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Posted in Tagged with: Environmental Justice, Events, Film, International, New York City, Sustainability, United States, Water, Wildlife
Eco-artist Betsy Damon speaks in “When Nature Roars” class
A world renowned eco artist Betsy Damon will present her work to John Jay College students in the Professor Milena Popov’s “When Nature Roars: Global Catastrophe and Human Responsibility” class this Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 8:10 a.m. in the…
Walmart’s hazardous waste crimes: Toward public awareness and shaming
By Jovanni Rodriguez Last year Walmart Stores Inc. pled guilty in three criminal cases that were brought against them by federal prosecutors and a civil case brought by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Walmart violated the Clean Water Act which…
Brown bag lunch talk: Lead poisoning and our children
Distinguished History Professor Gerald Markowitz will discuss the problem of lead poisoning negatively impacting America’s children during a brown bag lunch on November 10, 2014, at 1:40 p.m. at John Jay College (Manhattan). Bring your own lunch and join fellow students, environmental scholars,…
Posted in Tagged with: Children, Environmental Justice, Events, Lead Poisoning, New York City, United States
Cleaning up oil spills
Professor Milena Popov’s Introduction to Sustainability Studies (SUS 299) students have been devising methods to clean up oil spills, exploring the traditional methods such as aeration, filtration, sedimentation, conglomeration, and even brainstorming new and improved methods. For example, using a filter…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Ecology, Experiment, Fossil Fuels, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Spills, Science, Solutions, Sustainability, United States, Water
Video of the Climate March
Raymond Fuller from Prof. Alexander Schlutz’s Environmental Justice course (SUS 300) shot the below video of the historic Climate March on September 21, 2014. Check it out! It gives the viewer a sense of how many, many people were there, the…
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with: Climate Change, Events, New York City, United Nations, United States, Video
