4.4 million people in the U.S. are exposed to pollution from waste incinerators

May 21, 2019May 21, 201986 views

79% of incinerators are located in low-income communities and communities of color. The Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School has uncovered for the first time that approximately 8 out of 10 waste incinerators in the U.S. are located in environmental justice communities … Continue Reading →

Human Rights in Global Fashion

May 7, 2019May 21, 2019112 views

Fashion has long been home to some of the most glaring inequalities and injustices on an increasingly globalized scale, linking consumers and workers in distant places. Since the 19th century, the clothing sector has also been a site of social contestation that has been marked … Continue Reading →

Earth Week Alumni Panel

May 3, 2019May 3, 2019144 views

In celebration of Earth Week, alumni gathered for a reception and panel led by alumni from the Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management MS program, including Daphany Sanchez ’15, Executive Director, Kinetic Communities Consulting; Taylor Morton ’17, Teaching Fellow, Trinity School; Annel Cabrera ’16, Senior … Continue Reading →

Protecting Indigenous Languages and Knowledges: Biocultural Keys to Climate Justice

April 26, 2019April 26, 2019124 views

“Indigenous languages are not languages from the past but from the present.” United Nations General Assembly- High Level Event on The International Year of Indigenous Languages. Feb 1, 2019. On February 1, 2019, the United Nations General Assembly in New York City hosted a high-level … Continue Reading →

Cultivating Biocultural Diversity through Indigenous and Peasant Sovereignty

April 24, 2019147 views

Hegemonic state-centric, intergovernmental and market based approaches to addressing climate change have not been able to address the root causes of the Anthropocene’s climate crisis. It is time we shift our attention from hegemonic global governance to the counter-hegemonic networks of grassroots organizations, particularly those … Continue Reading →