Mary Ting will give a visual oriented historical, cultural and personal presentation that examines the complex issue of the Chinese market for endangered species products and the quest for power, status, and immortality. From elephant ivory to elephant skin, rhino …
Professor Mary Ting, The Explorer’s Club – 1/14/19, 6 pm Reception, 7 pm Program Read More »
John Jay College's 6th Annual three-day marathon of award-winning environmental documentaries. Monday April 15, 2019 through Wednesday, April 17, 2019 in John Jay College's New Building Student Dining Hall. Full Schedule at: jjay.cuny.edu/ecocinema Free Tickets at: http://tinyurl.com/jjc-films Films Screening in …
April 15, 2019 Film Screening: The River and the Wall Directed by Ben Masters 100 min - 2018 John Jay College of Criminal Justice 524 W 59th Street, NY NY 10019 Auditorium L2.63: Early Screening: 4:30 pm, followed by refreshments …
A powerful documentary about greed and a merciless battle over a limited resource: wild elephants and rhinos. There is a war against nature raging in the savannahs and jungles of Africa and Asia. The illegal trade in wildlife is estimated …
A Conversation with Bob Pollin and Kate Aronoff.
September 25, 2019, New Building: L2.85 A joint program of the John Jay Collage Environmental Justice and Sustainability Program, Environmental Education Fund and Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions Program, Columbia University, Earth Institute Film and Discussion: YOU SAY YOU WANT …
NYC Climate Week – Unite Behind the Math… and the Science Read More »
Room: 6.68 Free Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/LastFishSwimming Gohar Petrossian is an Assistant Professor in John Jay’s Criminal Justice department, and Director of the International Crime and Justice Masters Program. Her research interests include crimes against wildlife and environmental criminology. Humans are deeply …
The Last Fish Swimming, Book Talk with Gohar Petrossian Read More »
The sordid world of wildlife trafficking and poaching is orchestrated by ruthless crime syndicates raking in revenues well in excess of $20 billion. It’s the 4th most profitable illegal enterprise behind drugs, guns and human trafficking and has now been proven to fund global terrorism.
There’s a lens through which this crisis has yet to be examined; through the eyes of the dynamic women fighting silently on the frontlines to end it.
Filmmaker, Kerry David, and her dedicated crew, pursue a passion that takes them around the globe to meet an unlikely group of heroes who are rising up to do all they can to prevent and reverse these terrible offenses against our planet’s most vulnerable animals.
Climate change, environmental justice, and sustainability are among the most urgent issues about which we need to educate our students. In a world that has been fundamentally altered by the impact of modern societies on the global environment, they directly …
Teaching Climate Change, Environmental Justice and Sustainability Read More »
Teaching Environmental and Wildlife Crime Resources from EJS faculty in criminal justice and science Panel 2, Tuesday, March 16, 1:40-2:55 pm Participating faculty: Guido Giordano (EJS) Gohar Petrossian (Criminal Justice & EJS) Sandra Swenson (Science & EJS) Moderator: Alexander Schlutz …