Cattle used to produce hamburger release methane (CH4), a greenhouse gas with 80 times the warming effect of carbon dioxide for its first 20 years in the atmosphere. (edf.org) A quarter pounder burger creates 6.5 pounds of greenhouse gas. A …
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 …
Join us for the 4th annual Environmental Film Festival Marathon at John Jay College. Three Days. Award winning movies and inspiring discussions in the Student Dining Hall 8 am – 9 pm April 24-26 Schedule highlights to date: Pachamama …
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 …
The Emerging Politics of Food Scarcity by Hue Chen Not only are we facing a crisis of exploitation and depletion of the limited resources and other various environmental problems, we face another troubling concern, worldwide food shortages. As a world, …
By Alexander Schlutz A group of concerned New Jerseyans met this past Sunday morning for a hike in the Ramapo Valley County Reservation to protest the proposed Pilgrim oil pipeline. If constructed, the pipeline would pump 400,000 gallons of crude …
Protest hike in the New Jersey Highlands against the Pilgrim Oil Pipeline Read more »
On June 7, 2015, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., NYC H20 is sponsoring a walking tour of the city’s geological materials. New York has an abundance of building stones -in lobbies, on facades, sidewalks and curbstone. These materials used in …
As part of the Sierra Club’s Sustainability Series, a panel discussion on ocean pollution will be held on Wednesday, June 10, 2015, at Seafarers & International House, 123 E. 15th St., Manhattan. Door open at 6:30 for refreshments and the talk starts …
Public talk: “Oceans: Fixable messes? How we can help” Read more »
The Environmental Club of John Jay College and SEJ Prof. Sandra Swenson organized a sail on the Hudson River on Tuesday April 28, 2015. After walking along the Hudson River Park to the 79th street boat basin, the group sailed …
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 …