Westchester County Launches Collaborative Global Warming Action Plan
Under the leadership of Westchester County Executive Andrew Spano, the Global Warming Task Force has brought together business, government, education, and non-profit sectors to collaborate on a joint action plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the County. On February 26, 2008, Manhattanville College hosted the launch of the Westchester's Global Warming Action Plan.
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Lindsay Randall Named as Purchase College's First Sustainability Coordinator
Margaret Mead's notorious quote, "[a] small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has," can certainly be said of Purchase College's student population. Lindsay Randall, a 2007 graduate of the College, exemplifies what commitment, passion and enthusiasm can do for making sparks of action turn into fires of change. Recognizing her skills and talent, Purchase College has hired Lindsay as its first Environmental Sustainability Coordinator.
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Greening of a Historic Campus:
Hamilton College's "Green Team" Approach
Nestled within 1300 acres in Clinton, New York, with the Adirondack Mountains as a backdrop, sits Hamilton College, one of the oldest colleges in the nation. Hamilton's campus consists of woodlands, open fields, and glens overlooking the Oriskany and Mohawk valleys of Central New York, and in 2004, the campus was designated as an arboretum. Today, Hamilton College continues making history by infusing greening measures into its architecture and many aspects of campus life. Read more |
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Vassar College Archaeologist Digs into History
Out in the field, tools in hand, immersed in facts, legends, and hypotheses, Dr. Lucille Johnson, Professor of Anthropology at Vassar College, has embarked on fascinating archaeological endeavors throughout the world. Johnson's research has taken her to Peru, Chile, Egypt, and several states in the U.S. including Alaska and Arizona. More recently, the Hudson River Valley is Dr. Johnson's field site, where she has been uncovering and unfolding an amazing history of Denning's Point, in Beacon, New York.
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Ambitious Hudson River Cultural History Program Announced
Photographs, videos, memoirs, letters, fishing gear, and interviews will be part of the newly announced Cultural History Program at The Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries in Beacon, New York. Under the leadership of Dr. Roger Panetta, well-known historian of the River, the Program will collect, preserve and exhibit a wide variety of materials that demonstrate the vital connection between rivers and estuaries and human communities. It is envisioned as a major resource for researchers, students and all those seeking a deeper appreciation of how rivers shape - and are shaped by - each generation.
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Consortium Faculty Launch
River Summer Field Course
Diverse faculty of the Consortium and its affiliates are piloting the Hudson River Summer curriculum in July aboard the R/V Seawolf and while camping in the Adirondacks. River Summer focuses on an integrated, interdisciplinary analysis of the development of the Hudson watershed. This unique curriculum takes students and faculty into the field, in their own backyards, where they travel and live together, surrounded by the landscape, ecosystem, and culture that they are studying. The River Summer course promotes awareness and appreciation for the Hudson, its geology, history, ecology, culture, and economic development.
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Students study the Hudson
at Barnard College
Amidst the excitement of fieldwork, learning new analytical techniques, and interpreting data, students are motivated and thrive during a semester-long, discovery based study of the Hudson. Without a pre-determined conclusion, and not necessarily right and wrong answers, Barnard College’s Environmental Measurements course is on the forefront of engaging students and making the most of hands-on learning.
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