Hazel Henderson

Hazel Henderson:
A Close Look at An Optimistic Environmental Activist and Her View On President Obama and Change
by Natalia Malon
It is late November of 2008. The much anticipated Presidential election has come to an end and us New Yorkers have returned to our daily lives. The economic depression looming in the back [...]

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Newton Creek

An ad campaign done by Jimson Rodriguez and Natalia Malone, students in Professor Alexandratos’s Fall 2008 Seminar 3 class.
This is an advertisement regarding the polluting of Newton Creek.

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Human-Nature Relationship

For years, the western view of the natural world has been that it is a separate entity, something removed from humanity. The natural world has merely been that thing out there, that place with trees and animals far from the city that many inhabit. Something to be marveled at and exploited, be it [...]

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Issues within Environmental Ethics

Environmental ethics, like most discipline addresses many issues, some obvious, some not so much.  If one were to list all the issues within environmental ethics, there would be a book, so this website will only be looking at a chosen few issues.  These issues include:
Human-Nature Relationship
Overpopulation
Technological Advancement and the Environment

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The Helios Project

An ad campaign done by Elias Saber-Khiabani and Stephanie Litsas, students in Professor Alexandratos’s Fall 2008 Seminar 3 class.
This is an advertisment promoting the use of solar energy.

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What’s Wrong With This Picture?

An ad campaign done by Catherine Vuong and Hinal Mehta, students in Professor Alexandratos’s Fall 2008 Seminar 3 class.
This is an advertisement demonstrating the harmful effects of cars on the environment and promoting alternate ways of getting around such as walking and taking public transportation?

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What is Environmental Ethics?

Ethics, as defined by the Encyclopedia Britannica, is the discipline within philosophy that deals with what is morally good and bad, right and wrong.  Merriam-Webster includes within its definition that ethics also  deals with the ideas of moral duty and obligation.

Environmental ethics, therefore, can be defined as a discipline dealing with the relationship between humans [...]

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Activism

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Recycling @ Hunter

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Environmental Justice

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