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That’s Not Funny! A Panel On Environmental Comedy

March 17, 2014 ・ Igor Heifetz

Apr 16, 2014 · 4:30 p.m.– 6:00 p.m. · Guyot Hall Room 10 How many environmentalists does it take to screw in a light bulb? That’s not funny!—but why so serious? Join 3 irreverent environmentalists for a rollicking, knee-slapping, 83%-funny…

Conference Explores Environmental Humanities in a Changing World

April 11, 2013 ・ Holly Welles

Rarely do photographers, artistic directors, musicians, novelists, poets, scientists, engineers, and scholars in religion, philosophy, and literature come together for two full-days to explore an emerging field of mutual interest. Such a unique gathering took place during Princeton University’s conference…

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Exploring the Intersection of Cosmology, Ecology, and Ethics

December 13, 2012 ・ Nick DiUlio for the Princeton Environmental Institute

Environmental awareness comes in many forms. Often, it is shaped by an understanding of science or public policy, but it also can be informed by religion.  Rarely, however, do all three of these perspectives intersect at once—and that is the…

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Screening and Presentation of Emmy Award-Winning Film: Journey of the Universe; October 3, 7pm

October 1, 2012 ・ Holly P. Welles

Visiting professors at the Princeton Environmental Institute, Mary EvelynTucker and John Grim, teach World Religions and Ecology at Yale University.  They directed a series of 10 conferences at Harvard on World Religions and Ecology and edited a series of 10…

Learning the Power of Video

July 26, 2012 ・ Holly P. Welles

Through the course Communicating Climate Change, Princeton University students are learning how to use print, video, and audio media to describe the climate change problem and its possible consequences to the public in ways that are simple and clear, as…

First Prize Recipients of the 2010 Green Business Plan Competition Convert Garbage into Hope

June 21, 2010 ・ Chris Emery

This woman and child are among the 2,000 people living in extreme poverty in Kachra Kundi, a landfill on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan. A group of Princeton and Rutgers students have developed a plan that includes generating electricity to…

Art and Science Collaboration Produced Work-in-Progress on Climate Change

May 15, 2010 ・ Carol Peters

Carolyn Edelstein (top, far right) performs on stage at the Berlind Theater with professional actors from The Civilians. (Photos: Denise Applewhite) Steve Pacala (bottom photo, second from right) during talk-back following the evening performance of The Great Immensity on April…