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2011-2016 Supplement To The Rio Grande Supplemental Water Programmatic Final Environmental Assessment And Finding Of No Significant Impact, U.S. Department Of The Interior, Bureau Of Reclamation

Law of the Rio Chama

No abstract provided.

Review: Ecocritical Explorations In Literary And Cultural Studies: Fences, Boundaries, And Fields, T.S. Mcmillin

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Living Soil And Sustainability Education: Linking Pedagogy And Pedology, Dilafruz R. Williams, Jonathan D. Brown

Educational Leadership and Policy Faculty Publications and Presentations

Sustainability is now permeating educational institutions. Yet the emerging discourse on sustainability education is in many ways caught in a modern web of theoretical, ontological, and epistemological assumptions that are incongruent with sustainability. We introduce an ecologically grounded metaphoric language rooted in living soil as an alternative regenerative framework for linking sustainability pedagogy with pedology (the study of soil). Five principles that guide this relationship are presented: valuing biocultural diversity, sensitizing our senses, recognizing place, cultivating interconnection, and embracing practical experience. Nurtured within an environment of curiosity, wonder, and questioning, and set to the rhythm and scale of localized ecologies, …

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 1 Issue 10, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

No abstract provided.

Spectator 2011-02-16, Editors Of The Spectator

The Spectator

No abstract provided.

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 1 Issue 9, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

No abstract provided.

Engaging Chicago Residents In Climate Change Action: Results From Rapid Ethnographic Inquiry, Lynne M. Westphal, Jennifer L. Hirsch

Cities and the Environment (CATE)

Addressing climate change requires action at all levels of society, from neighborhood to international levels. Using Rapid Ethnography rooted in Asset Based Community Development theory, we investigated climate-friendly attitudes and behaviors in two Chicago neighborhoods in order to assist the City with implementation of its Climate Action Plan. Our research suggests a means to effectively engage urban residents at the household and neighborhood level: understand the issues of importance in each neighborhood, assess the ways these are related to climate change mitigation or adaptation actions, and engage residents from this perspective, meeting mutually compatible goals. This builds upon the concept …

Not Just A Walk In The Park: Methodological Improvements For Determining Environmental Justice Implications Of Park Access In New York City For The Promotion Of Physical Activity, Keith K. Miyake, Andrew R. Maroko, Kristen L. Grady, Juliana A. Maantay, Peter S. Arno

Cities and the Environment (CATE)

The purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that access to parks in New York City is not equitable across racial and ethnic categories. It builds on previous research that has linked access to parks and open space with increased physical activity, which in turn may reduce the risk for adverse health outcomes related to obesity. Systematic patterns of uneven access to parks might help to explain disparities in these health outcomes across sociodemographic populations that are not fully explained by individual-level risk factors and health behaviors, and therefore access to parks becomes an environmental justice issue. This …

How Do New York City’S Recent Rezonings Align With Its Goals For Park Accessibility?, Simon T. Mcdonnell, Josiah Madar, Vicki Been

Cities and the Environment (CATE)

In 2007, New York City adopted a long-term sustainability plan that announced a goal of ensuring that almost every New Yorker lives within a ten minute walk of a park of substantial size. At the same time, policymakers are rewriting the City’s land use map through an unprecedented series of neighborhood level rezonings that involve changing the use type and residential capacity of affected lots or groups of lots. Despite the confluence of these interventions, no research has analyzed how the rezonings interact with the City’s park infrastructure, and specifically, whether residential capacity changes in areas close to parks differ …

Practically Grounded: Convergence Of Land Use Law Pedagogy And Best Practices, Patricia E. Salkin, John R. Nolon

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

Decreasing Dirty Dumping? A Reevaluation Of Toxic Waste Colonialism And The Global Management Of Transboundary Hazardous Waste, Laura A. Pratt

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

Even though the phrase “toxic waste colonialism” has fallen out
of usage in the past ten years, the effective global management of transboundary
hazardous waste has yet to become an out-of-date topic. Starting
in the early 1980s, the international community sought to develop international
agreements governing the transboundary movement of hazardous
waste in order to protect developing countries from illegal “dirty dumping”
practices. Over twenty years have passed since the adoption of the Basel
Convention formed the foundation for other subsequent global protocols.
However, the ever-increasing global quantities of hazardous waste, including
the growing electronic waste issue, only exacerbate the …

Finding A New Green In Postwar Iraq And Afghanistan: An Argument For Cooperation, Nathan Kent Miller

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.

Prioritizing Preferable Locations For Increasing Urban Tree Canopy In New York City, Dexter H. Locke, J. Morgan Grove, Jacqueline W.T. Lu, Austin Troy, Jarlath P.M. O'Neil-Dunne, Brian D. Beck

Cities and the Environment (CATE)

This paper presents a set of Geographic Information System (GIS) methods for identifying and prioritizing tree planting sites in urban environments. It uses an analytical approach created by a University of Vermont service-learning class called “GIS Analysis of New York City's Ecology” that was designed to provide research support to the MillionTreesNYC tree planting campaign. These methods prioritize tree planting sites based on need (whether or not trees can help address specific issues in the community) and suitability (biophysical constraints and planting partners’ existing programmatic goals). Criteria for suitability and need were based on input from three New York City …

Is There A Paradox In Translating Science And Technology Into The Decision-Making Process?, Ronald B. Linsky

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

No abstract provided.

The University Of San Francisco Fact Book And Almanac 2010, University Of San Francisco Office Of Institutional Research

USF Fact Book and Almanac

No abstract provided.

The Prospector, January 27, 2011, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: UTEP Lacks Veggie Options

Dean's Spotlight January 18, 2011, Seattle University School Of Law Dean

Dean's Spotlight

No abstract provided.

Strengthening Institutions For Stakeholder Involvement And Ecosystem-Based Management In The Us Arctic Offshore, Sharman Haley, Laura Chartier, Glenn Gray, Chanda Meek, Jim Powell, Andrew A. Rosenberg, Jonathan Rosenberg

ISER Reports

Due to their unique characteristics, the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas have escaped many, though not all, of the problems encountered in more temperate seas. For most of the 20th century, multi-year sea ice provided a barrier to significant industrial activity in the Arctic Ocean. Even though the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas have not been managed seas, per se, the area has been governed under a patchwork of policy regimes relating to regional Outer Continental Shelf land claims, marine mammal conservation, environmental pollution, coastal development and eventually pan-Arctic governance through the Arctic Council. As the open water period available to industrial …

Wst 4309-001: Feminist Theory, Jeannie Ludlow

Spring 2011

No abstract provided.

A Therapeutic Jurisprudential Framework Of Estate Planning, Mark Glover

Seattle University Law Review

No abstract provided.

First Federal Prohibition On Bioprospecting Within A Place Of Protection: Time To Spur The Legislative Dialogue, Andrea Aseff

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Divergent Paths Of Environmental Law Practice: A Reply To Professor Manaster, John E. Bonine

Pace Environmental Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Many Paths Of Environmental Practice: A Response To Professor Bonine, Kenneth A. Manaster

Pace Environmental Law Review

No abstract provided.

Examining The Air We Breathe: Epa Should Evaluate Cumulative Impacts When It Promulgates National Ambient Air Quality Standards, Deborah Behles

Pace Environmental Law Review

No abstract provided.

Recognizing Environmental Justice In History: Resistance And Agency In The Cross Bronx Expressway And The Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike, Sarah Berkley

History Honors Papers

The term environmental justice did not become a part of academic discourse until the 1970s; however, the facts of environmental injustice predate the concept. Minority and low-income communities have historically born a disproportionate burden of the environmental harm associated with economic progress while reaping few of the benefits. The history of the building of the Cross Bronx Expressway from 1948 to 1972 and the Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike of 1968 both involve what today can be labeled an environmental justice struggle in response to environmental injustices. Under the radar of the mainly white environmental movement, African Americans and others made …

Famu Lawyer Annual Newsletter Summer 2011 Vol. 8, No. 1, Famu College Of Law

FAMU Lawyer

No abstract provided.

Water Walk, Beehive Design Collective

Beehive Design Collective Materials

Digital image. Grayscale with exception of flat blue background.

Imagery of personified animals existing among each other in a state of collaborative harmony. Various animals (bear, deer, turtle, fish, frog, snail, rabbit, etc.) interact with each other, performing tasks such as serving each other food, providing medical care, playing music, giving gifts, etc.

Designed to raise awareness for the 2011 Water Walk, a uniting of waters from all directions of the earth. The Eastern direction of the Water Walk that year started from Machias, Maine, where the Beehive Design Collective is based. Anishinaabe people, caretakers of the Eastern woodlands and …

The Logic And Limits Of Environmental Criminal Law In The Global Setting: Brazil And The United States--Comparisons, Contrasts, And Questions In Search Of A Robust Theory, Robert F. Blomquist

Law Faculty Publications

Strict but arguably unfair and counterproductive systems of criminal environmental law and enforcement exist in both the United States and Brazll in the twenty-first century. In order to create a sovereignty dividend encompassing the rule of law and evenhanded administrative control in the competitive global setting, both countries should rethink and reform their respective systems of environmental criminal law by seeking answers to several questions of legal philosophy in search of a robust theory.

All In Our Backyard: Exploring How Environmental Discrimination Affects Health And Social Conditions In The South Bronx, Mireille Martineau

Student Theses 2001-2013

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Indymedia (The Independent Media Center), Dorothy Kidd

Media Studies

No abstract provided.