• Biodiversity

    Posted on May 29, 2011 by pkc

    Ecosystems that include a variety of different life forms are more resilient, but we are currently losing species at an extremely high rates, making our ecosystems less resilient.

    Social Research | Social Justice Conference

    Posted on April 6, 2013 by Peter Crownfield

    A unique and excellent addition to the Lehigh Valley’s offerings, the Social Research Social Justice Conference began in 2003 as a collaboration between faculty and students in the Department of Media and Communication at Muhlenberg College, with the goal to … more →

    Posted in Air, Biodiversity, Buildings, Campus Sustainability, Climate, Community – Empowerment, Discrimination, Energy, Environment & Ecosystems, Environmental Justice, Fossil Fuels, Going Local, Green Building, Health, Media, Migration, Renewable Energy, Resource Extraction, Rights of Nature | Mother Earth, Shale gas, Sustainability Education, Systemic Approaches, Transportation, Unsustainable Energy, Unsustainable Transportation, Violence Against Women, War & Peace, Waste, Water & Watersheds, Youth Development | Tagged

    Turn Down the Heat infographic

    Posted on December 14, 2012 by pkc
    Posted in Biodiversity, Climate, Demand Reduction, Economic Justice, Energy, Environmental Justice, Food, Fossil Fuels, Human Rights, Precautionary Principle, Renewable Energy, Resource Extraction, Rights of Nature | Mother Earth, Stewardship, Sustainabilty & Health, The Commons, The World, Unsustainable Energy, Water & Watersheds |

    Sustainability Questions for Students & Educators

    Posted on September 19, 2012 by Peter Crownfield

    To make good decisions about sustainability, people need to know the facts. Here are some questions that have arisen and might be suitable for class projects or independent study: What steps can local & county government take to produce immediate reductions in … more →

    Posted in Advocacy & Activism, Biodiversity, Campus Sustainability, Civil Liberties, Climate, Community Land Trusts, Community Rights, Corporate Personhood, Decentralization, Demand Reduction, Democratic Education, Economic Justice, Economy, Business, & Money, Environmental Health, Fair Trade, Food Distribution, Food for Health, Going Local, Habitat, Human Rights, Local Food, Local Health Issues, Media, Migration, Militarism, Minority Rights, Nonviolence, Palestine, Production For Need, Resource Extraction, Restorative Justice, School Food, Students' Rights, Transportation, Violence Against Women |

    Principles of Ecology

    Posted on September 16, 2012 by pkc

    The principles of ecology were derived from years of observation about how things work in natural systems, including Aldo Leopold’s observations and insights (many of them chronicled in his now-famous Sand County Almanac…). Leopold broadened ecological thinking from a biology-centered … more →

    Posted in Biodiversity, Community – Empowerment, Environment & Ecosystems, Environmental Health, Habitat, Permaculture, Precautionary Principle, Rights of Nature | Mother Earth, Stewardship, Sustainability & Business, Sustainabilty & Health, Sustainable Growing |

    Endocrine Disruptors – a Major Threat

    Posted on April 28, 2012 by Peter Crownfield

    The problem of endocrine disruption seems to be overlooked by many people, but scientists and health experts raised a warning ['The Wingspread Statement'] over 20 years ago. Especially when exposure occurs at vulnerable points in development—during pregnancy or infancy—even incredibly … more →

    Posted in Agriculture, Air, Biodiversity, Economy, Business, & Money, Endocrine Disruptors, Energy, Environment & Ecosystems, Environmental Health, Food, Fossil Fuels, Industrial Food Production, Precautionary Principle, Resource Extraction, Rights of Nature | Mother Earth, Shale gas, Sustainabilty & Health, Water & Watersheds, Wildlife |

    Precautionary Principle for Marcellus Shale

    Posted on April 6, 2011 by pkc

    Health and Environmental Experts: Follow the Precautionary Principle on Natural Gas from the Marcellus Shale Since 2007, Pennsylvania has witnessed a dramatic increase in unconventional development of natural gas from the Marcellus shale formation using high-volume hydraulic fracturing, also called … more →

    Posted in Air, Biodiversity, Community Rights, Endocrine Disruptors, Energy, Environment & Ecosystems, Environmental Health, Fossil Fuels, Habitat, Resource Extraction, Soil, Stewardship, Unsustainable Energy, Water & Watersheds, Wildlife | Tagged ,

    One with the Earth

    Posted on February 11, 2011 by sustain

    The symbol for environmental awareness Humanity is damaging and depleting Earth’s resources faster than nature can renew them. The ‘One with the Earth’ symbol acknowledges this problem. It is an an ever-present reminder that all environmental concerns are interconnected parts … more →

    Posted in Biodiversity, Climate, Conservation, Demand Reduction, Environment & Ecosystems, Place & Infrastructure, Stewardship, Water & Watersheds |

    Whatever We Do to the Web of Life, We Do to Ourselves

    Posted on April 1, 2008 by pkc

    by Jacy Good My environmental journey has been easy. Growing up in the agricultural landscapes of southeastern Pennsylvania, it was nearly impossible not to feel some kind of connection with the earth. I basked in the long hours of summer … more →

    Posted in Biodiversity, Community – Empowerment, Environment & Ecosystems, Human Rights, Rights of Nature | Mother Earth, Stewardship |