Learning about and engaging with the environment involves the integration of many disciplines and combines the classroom experience with work in the field, fusing theory and practice. At The New School the nucleus of this engagement is the Tishman Environment and Design Center. It is a place for students and faculty from all colleges and schools to gather, interact, and explore shared experiences. It facilitates research, curriculum development, internships, and fieldwork opportunities. It stimulates critical thinking and builds relationships through lectures, public programs, workshops, and conferences.
The center is exactly that, a center of creative work and experience that allows students and faculty to explore the curriculum, share and interact on projects, and research and work with the community at large to explore opportunities for collaboration.
Our environment is the larger New York metropolitan area. There are many opportunities to work with towns, cities, states, non-governmental groups, corporations, other universities, and other organizations. Through the Tishman Environment and Design Center, we hope to connect students and faculty to this broader coalition to enhance learning, civic engagement, and research.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
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When you look at the Great Lakes from space, most of it is a broad and serene blue. But along the nearshore areas, especially in the summertime, the colors change. Lighter blue shading in some of the lakes blends into darker mats of green in Western Lake Erie. This is blue-green algae, which produces harmful toxins and can help cause low-oxygen zones that impact the productivity of Great Lakes fisheries, the attractiveness of the Great Lakes as a place to visit and recreate, and even the quality of drinking water drawn from the Great Lakes.
Read more: NRDC Taking Legal Steps to Protect the Great Lakes from Toxic Algal Blooms
Plant that can cause blindness is spreading across New York
Touching this giant, invasive plant can cause burns and even blindness.
