Nature’s Nation’ faculty panel explores confluence of environmental science and art
December 5, 2018 ・ Morgan KellyIn a painting of Carolina parakeets by American ornithologist John Audubon, the birds’ scarlet and yellow visages emanate from a tangle of emerald feathers and brown cocklebur branches. Known for the large tight-knit flocks that made them easy to slaughter…
Students study New Orleans’ rich life and tenuous landscape
April 30, 2018 ・ Morgan KellyThe class “The Port of New Orleans: Culture and Climate Change” focuses on how the climate problems of tomorrow imperil New Orleans today.
PEI to host select Princeton Environmental Film Festival screenings
April 5, 2018PEI, a co-sponsor of the 2018 Princeton Environmental Film Festival, will host selected films on the Princeton University campus between April 8-15
Saving our cities and ourselves: A Q&A with PEI’s Ashley Dawson
February 28, 2018 ・ Morgan KellyA Q&A with PEI’s Ashley Dawson about his recent book, “Extreme Cities: The Peril and Promise of Urban Life in the Age of Climate Change.”
Farms, petroculture and the Environmental Nexus: Four new environmental studies courses and ENV 200 for Spring 2018
December 4, 2017 ・ PEI StaffFour new environmental studies courses and the popular “Environmental Nexus” class are among the many Spring 2018 offerings from PEI’s Certificate Program in Environmental Studies. Registration begins Dec. 6.
Drones, Thorns and New Orleans: PEI’s Summer of Learning Symposium features breadth of undergrad research
October 30, 2017PEI’s internship program’s projects focused on global environmental challenges in the areas of policy and resilience, biodiversity and conservation, alternative energy, climate and oceans, and water, soil and human health.
Eco-justice scholar Ashley Dawson named 2017 Barron Visiting Professor in environmental humanities
September 13, 2017Ashley Dawson has been selected as the Princeton Environmental Institute’s 2017-18 Barron Visiting Professor in the Environment and the Humanities.
In ‘The Environmental Nexus,’ students explore the many paths to saving the planet
May 31, 2017 ・ Morgan KellyThe new course “Environmental Nexus” approaches the environmental crisis from multiple perspectives to prepare students for the future effects of the global environmental crisis .
Writing Environmental Ruin, or How to Write an Obituary for an Embattled Planet
January 26, 2017 ・ Morgan Kelly, Office of CommunicationsIn an effort to merge the humanities with environmental consciousness Göran Blix and Rob Nixon use literature and the arts to bring the long-term natural and social fallout of environmental ruin to life for students.
