Pace University Environmental Gateway
Welcome to the Pace University Environmental Gateway, a University-wide resource that is your gateway to the diverse environmental offerings throughout Pace's schools and campuses. This website provides information and links to Pace University's environmental degrees, courses, publications, institutes, international programs and student-focused opportunities.
Pace University Environmental Gateway is maintained by Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies.
News, Events & Announcements
Pace Students to Premiere Documentary Film
4pm, Willcox Auditorium, Pleasantville
“¡Viva la Tortuga! Meshing Conservation and Culture in Magdalena Bay,” is the latest addition to a series of prize-winning short documentaries on sustainable use of the world’s living resources shot by Pace University Media and Communications Arts students and faculty. It was shot, written and edited by a team of 12 students led by Dyson Professor Maria Luskay, EdD, Media and Communication Arts and Andrew Revkin, New York Times blogger and Senior Fellow at Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies.
Putting a Price on Carbon: The Social Cost of Carbon and U.S. Climate Policy
6:00pm-8:00pm, Pace Law School, White Plains
Superstorm Sandy clean-up, rising food prices, increased heating and cooling costs: we can no longer ignore the direct economic impact of climate change on our day to day lives. Estimating costs of climate change damages informs rule-makers of the benefits of implementing climate change policy. How do policy-makers calculate the costs and benefits associated with carbon emissions reductions?
In collaboration with the Pace Energy and Climate Center, the Bard Center for Environmental Policy is excited to host an expert panel on the Social Cost of Carbon, an estimate of the economic damages associated with a small increase in carbon emissions.
Conservation Café
8:30am, Gottesman Room, Pleasantville
Climate Change and Sea Level Rise: What Can We Expect? In recent years the frequency and intensity of storms in our area has been on the rise, and as we are still in the midst of clean-up from Hurricane Sandy, climate change and its effect on sea level rise is top of mind. Find out what climate change is, what its effects are on our oceans and rivers, and the impacts of extreme weather in our local communities.
Pace Energy and Climate Center calls for NYS to require plans to address impact of man-made climate change
As reported in the "Albany Times-Union," the Pace Energy and Climate Center is among the public interest groups that has called for public utilities to be required to prepare plans to protect systems from dangers posed by man-made climate change. Read full article.
Pace Environmental Leaders Featured as Top Leaders in Westchester Magazine
Three of Westchester Magazine’s top 8 leaders in Westchester County are from Pace. “The Riverkeeper” John Cronin, “The Eco-advocate” Nick Robinson and “The Cyber-Security ‘Type’ ” Logan Romm were all featured with interviews and photos among the top 8 in a recent article in the magazine. Read more.
It's Getting Hot in Here
Climate change has been a hot topic for quite some time. And at Pace, it's gotten even hotter thanks to a student survey and research done by Dyson professors Joshua Schwartz and Anthony Mancini.
Read full story in Pace Pulse.
World’s Oldest International Conservation Organization Confers Highest Honor to Pace Professor
Pace Law School Professor Nicholas Robinson was awarded the highest honor by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world’s oldest and largest global environmental network. Read more.
Professor David Cassuto honored at World Congress on Bioethics and Animal Rights
The World Congress on Bioethics and Animal Rights recognized Professor David Cassuto recently for his work in the advancement of animal rights. Prof. Cassuto, along with Professors David Favre and Steven Wise, received the title of Lifetime Member of the Abolitionist Institute for Animals (IAA) at the Congress held in Reclife, Brazil. Read more.
Green Tweet
Seidenberg Professor Catherine Dwyer examines if Twitter can truly be the tipping point for climate change. Dwyer is a member of Special Interest Group on Green Information Systems (SIGGreen). The group, which brings together a wide variety of Green IS professionals and researchers, uses technology to facilitate transglobal collaboration and research. Read more.
The Elephant in the Room
Michelle Land, director of the Pace Academy, discusses why using wild and exotic animals for entertainment is a cruel relic of a less enlightened society and why entertainment trends should instead focus on human skill and artistry. Read more.
Prof. Dan Estrin, supervising attorney for the Environmental Litigation Clinic, comments on court-ordered PCB clean-up
Though it has taken years of legal wrangling, the Department of Environmental Conservation, Hudson Riverkeeper and the Atlantic Richfield Co. reached an agreement on the removal of PCB-contaminated soil from the site of an factory along the Hudson River.
Students enrolled in Pace Law’s Environmental Litigation Clinic represented Riverkeeper in this significant case that details the removal of the cancer-causing industrial chemical. Read more.
Patch.com features Graduate Student Research
Patch.com featured the field research of Pace's graduate student, Theresa Pellecchia. She is doing her master’s thesis project on eels through a program sponsored by the Department of Environmental Conservation. Citizen scientists are currently studying eels, as they do annually, in various tributaries of the Hudson River. Read more.
Pace Students Create Environmental Program Video
Students in Professor Maria Luskay's Media Production 2 class learned while providing service to the University by producing a short promotional video for Pace's Master in Environmental Science program.
More Environmental News
Highlights
Pace Launches New EarthDesk Blog
Do you believe water pollution is illegal? Cage-free hens are contented animals? Climate change is threatening the U.S. with more hurricanes? Says who? Based on what? Join the conversation on EarthDesk, Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies' new blog.
Pace Students March a Mile to Raise Money for Clean Water in Tanzania
On Saturday, April 20th, one hundred twenty Pace University students marched a mile with buckets of water on their heads to reenact the grueling task thousands in the developing world endure each day to provide water for their families. But the students’ burdens were eased knowing $5,000 would be donated to Engineers Without Borders, Northern New Jersey Professional Chapter, to create a community water well in Islanjandugu, Tanzania. Read press release. Learn more about the water walk.
Weekly Radio Commentary from Energy and Climate Center's Executive Director
Franz Litz’s regular weekly radio commentaries for Northeast Public Radio are archived on the radio's website. Franz Litz is the Executive Director of the Pace Energy and Climate Center and Professor of Law at Pace Law School. WAMC/Northeast Public Radio is a regional public radio network serving parts of seven northeastern states, with studios and offices in Albany, NY. Tune in or check in to the page to read and learn more.
Animal Rights Blawg
The Animal Rights Blawg focuses on animal law, ethics and policy. It provides a forum for community and collegiality as well as debate and the exchange of ideas. It was founded by Pace Law professors David N. Cassuto and Luis E. Chiesa, along with law student, Suzanne McMillan
Follow Pace Senior Fellow for Environmental Understanding on his ‘Dot Earth’ Blog
Andrew Revkin, Senior Fellow for Environmental Understanding at Pace Academy, and Dot Earth blogger for The New York Times, is one of the most influential and respected reporters on the environment. He is the first two-time recipient of the National Academies Communication Award.
GreenLaw
GreenLaw is the weblog of Pace University School of Law’s top-ranked environmental law program and aims to provide information, context, and commentary on current events and developments in the field of environmental law. Authored by professors and scholars with specialized expertise in the various aspects of environmental law, GreenLaw covers a broad array of topics – ranging widely from energy usage, sustainability, environmental degradation, climate change, and water shortages to protection mechanisms, targeted initiatives, and new legal developments.
Dr. Melissa Grigione In the Field
Dr. Grigione, Director of the Environmental Science Masters Program for Dyson College received a Federal grant to study bison on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Watch here as she finds the herd.
Pace Sustainability Committee
GreenPace comprises programs and projects stemming from Pace's Sustainability Committee. Initiatives span across campuses and schools. Faculty, staff, and administrators are collectively working to green Pace. ww.pace.edu/sustainability.
Pace is Headquarters for the Environmental Consortium
Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies spearheaded the formation of the Environmental Consortium in 2004, and continues to serve as its headquarters. Directed by Michelle Land, the Consortium's mission is to harness higher education’s intellectual and physical resources to advance regional, ecosystem-based environmental research, teaching, and learning with a special emphasis on the greater Hudson-Mohawk River watershed.
Pace Membership to AASHE
Pace University is a member of AASHE - the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.
All members of the Pace community are encouraged to establish an individual account and subscribe to the AASHE Bulletin, a free weekly e-newsletter with latest news, resources, opportunities, and events related to campus sustainability.
