Sustainability & Environmental Justice @ John Jay College

Recycled art using materials from Beijing building sites on display in NYC

By Alexander Schlutz Posted on September 3, 2014 Posted in Announcements, In the News, Uncategorized Tagged with Art, China, Exhibit, New York City, Recycling, Sculpture

Photo: Rachel Sommers

The beauty of reusable materials is on full display in a public exhibit of two majestically crafted birds hanging from the ceiling at St. John the Divine cathedral in upper Manhattan (1047 Amsterdam Avenue at 112th Street). Chinese contemporary artist Xu Bing …

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Green criminology and illegal logging in Peru

By Alexander Schlutz Posted on August 31, 2014 Posted in In the News, Uncategorized Tagged with Environmental Crime, Environmental Justice, Forests, Green Criminology, International, Logging, Peru, Rainforest, South America, Timber, Trees

The problem of illegal logging in Peru raises compelling questions about the ability of governments to effectively protect the Amazonian rain forest– and the communities that rely upon it– from criminal exploitation, explains a recent article in National Geographic. Agents from Peru’s …

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Forest Man, a film about doing it yourself

By sustainabilityjjay Posted on August 18, 2014 Posted in Uncategorized Tagged with Film, Forests, India, International

Forest Man is the compelling story of Jadav Payeng, an Indian man who single-handedly planted nearly 1,400 acres of forest to save his island, Majuli. This year it won the Best Emerging Documentary award at the Cannes Film Festival, along with …

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