From Scott.Carlin at liu.edu Wed Nov 6 17:57:44 2019 From: Scott.Carlin at liu.edu (Scott Carlin) Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2019 22:57:44 +0000 Subject: [Post-sustainability-committee] A New Climate Era set to begin in New York State Message-ID: <0F42AEFF-4440-4C81-9AE7-1667DDDCCD33@liu.edu> LIU is likely to benefit from significant new goals set by New York State, including a dramatic expansion in offshore wind. New York?s plan could place Long Island at the forefront of a new offshore wind industry. Eventually, these regional investments will significantly reduce campus greenhouse gas emissions from the electric grid. LIU should develop complementary strategies for reducing its greenhouse gases from heating and transportation systems. LIU should also consider the impacts generated from other campus operations such as food services. Many universities have also divested their stock portfolios from fossil fuel industries, anticipating that these industries may not be good long-term investments. The following information suggests that New York may increase its investments in renewables by as much as $1 billion dollars in 2020. NY Renews, Coalition Behind NY?s Climate Law, Seeks $1 Billion in 2020 NYS Budget Coalition says $1 billion is a down payment on a Just Transition for New York State Albany, NY ? NY Renews, the coalition behind the nation?s most aggressive climate law, today announced its goal for a $1 billion Climate and Community Investment Fund in the 2020 New York State budget in a letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo. ?The climate crisis requires immediate action from every level of government. The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act set a necessary mandate for New York to get off of fossil fuels while investing in communities most impacted by the crisis. We need major investments to meet our goals as a state, and the Climate and Community Investment Fund is the first step,? said Stephan Edel, Director at the New York Working Families Project and a member of the NY Renews Steering Committee. $1 Billion would help New York State to: * begin to clear the air in communities plagued by pollution, * give communities more control over their energy sources, * reduce greenhouse gas emissions and * create a livable state. NY State?s Climate and Community Investment Fund will be directed into four programs: * The Climate Jobs and Infrastructure Fund ($300 million) will invest in solar and offshore wind, as well as updating New York State?s energy transmission and grid infrastructure to increase reliability. * Community Just Transition Grants ($300 million) will target investments to catalyze community led planning and projects to increase efficiency and build out local renewable projects. * The Worker and Community Assurance Program ($200 million) will fund programs for fossil fuel industry workers and host communities and replace lost tax revenue through direct grants to local governments. * The Preparing for the Future Fund ($200 million) will invest in efficiency programs for buildings and public transportation. Funds will be specifically directed to low-income communities through the low-income heating assistance program, and through partnerships with public and affordable housing developments. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Jennifer.Brown at liu.edu Wed Nov 6 22:29:38 2019 From: Jennifer.Brown at liu.edu (Jennifer Brown) Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2019 03:29:38 +0000 Subject: [Post-sustainability-committee] A New Climate Era set to begin in New York State Message-ID: <983778C3-CB53-4922-86B7-887AAF495CCB@liu.edu> I agree! I?d love to see LIU join the movement? I agree with each of these items. All great ideas!! Jennifer From: Post-Sustainability-Committee on behalf of Scott Carlin Date: Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at 5:58 PM To: sustainable post listserve Subject: [Post-sustainability-committee] A New Climate Era set to begin in New York State LIU is likely to benefit from significant new goals set by New York State, including a dramatic expansion in offshore wind. New York?s plan could place Long Island at the forefront of a new offshore wind industry. Eventually, these regional investments will significantly reduce campus greenhouse gas emissions from the electric grid. LIU should develop complementary strategies for reducing its greenhouse gases from heating and transportation systems. LIU should also consider the impacts generated from other campus operations such as food services. Many universities have also divested their stock portfolios from fossil fuel industries, anticipating that these industries may not be good long-term investments. The following information suggests that New York may increase its investments in renewables by as much as $1 billion dollars in 2020. NY Renews, Coalition Behind NY?s Climate Law, Seeks $1 Billion in 2020 NYS Budget Coalition says $1 billion is a down payment on a Just Transition for New York State Albany, NY ? NY Renews, the coalition behind the nation?s most aggressive climate law, today announced its goal for a $1 billion Climate and Community Investment Fund in the 2020 New York State budget in a letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo. ?The climate crisis requires immediate action from every level of government. The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act set a necessary mandate for New York to get off of fossil fuels while investing in communities most impacted by the crisis. We need major investments to meet our goals as a state, and the Climate and Community Investment Fund is the first step,? said Stephan Edel, Director at the New York Working Families Project and a member of the NY Renews Steering Committee. $1 Billion would help New York State to: * begin to clear the air in communities plagued by pollution, * give communities more control over their energy sources, * reduce greenhouse gas emissions and * create a livable state. NY State?s Climate and Community Investment Fund will be directed into four programs: * The Climate Jobs and Infrastructure Fund ($300 million) will invest in solar and offshore wind, as well as updating New York State?s energy transmission and grid infrastructure to increase reliability. * Community Just Transition Grants ($300 million) will target investments to catalyze community led planning and projects to increase efficiency and build out local renewable projects. * The Worker and Community Assurance Program ($200 million) will fund programs for fossil fuel industry workers and host communities and replace lost tax revenue through direct grants to local governments. * The Preparing for the Future Fund ($200 million) will invest in efficiency programs for buildings and public transportation. Funds will be specifically directed to low-income communities through the low-income heating assistance program, and through partnerships with public and affordable housing developments. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Eric.Lichten at liu.edu Thu Nov 7 07:19:25 2019 From: Eric.Lichten at liu.edu (Eric Lichten) Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2019 12:19:25 +0000 Subject: [Post-sustainability-committee] A New Climate Era set to begin in New York State In-Reply-To: <0F42AEFF-4440-4C81-9AE7-1667DDDCCD33@liu.edu> References: <0F42AEFF-4440-4C81-9AE7-1667DDDCCD33@liu.edu> Message-ID: <9B22F9F8-EBF7-4D11-8615-6F6416B406AD@liu.edu> all very promising. Regards, Eric Sent from my iPhone On Nov 6, 2019, at 5:58 PM, Scott Carlin wrote: ? LIU is likely to benefit from significant new goals set by New York State, including a dramatic expansion in offshore wind. New York?s plan could place Long Island at the forefront of a new offshore wind industry. Eventually, these regional investments will significantly reduce campus greenhouse gas emissions from the electric grid. LIU should develop complementary strategies for reducing its greenhouse gases from heating and transportation systems. LIU should also consider the impacts generated from other campus operations such as food services. Many universities have also divested their stock portfolios from fossil fuel industries, anticipating that these industries may not be good long-term investments. The following information suggests that New York may increase its investments in renewables by as much as $1 billion dollars in 2020. NY Renews, Coalition Behind NY?s Climate Law, Seeks $1 Billion in 2020 NYS Budget Coalition says $1 billion is a down payment on a Just Transition for New York State Albany, NY ? NY Renews, the coalition behind the nation?s most aggressive climate law, today announced its goal for a $1 billion Climate and Community Investment Fund in the 2020 New York State budget in a letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo. ?The climate crisis requires immediate action from every level of government. The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act set a necessary mandate for New York to get off of fossil fuels while investing in communities most impacted by the crisis. We need major investments to meet our goals as a state, and the Climate and Community Investment Fund is the first step,? said Stephan Edel, Director at the New York Working Families Project and a member of the NY Renews Steering Committee. $1 Billion would help New York State to: * begin to clear the air in communities plagued by pollution, * give communities more control over their energy sources, * reduce greenhouse gas emissions and * create a livable state. NY State?s Climate and Community Investment Fund will be directed into four programs: * The Climate Jobs and Infrastructure Fund ($300 million) will invest in solar and offshore wind, as well as updating New York State?s energy transmission and grid infrastructure to increase reliability. * Community Just Transition Grants ($300 million) will target investments to catalyze community led planning and projects to increase efficiency and build out local renewable projects. * The Worker and Community Assurance Program ($200 million) will fund programs for fossil fuel industry workers and host communities and replace lost tax revenue through direct grants to local governments. * The Preparing for the Future Fund ($200 million) will invest in efficiency programs for buildings and public transportation. Funds will be specifically directed to low-income communities through the low-income heating assistance program, and through partnerships with public and affordable housing developments. _______________________________________________ Post-Sustainability-Committee mailing list Post-Sustainability-Committee at lists-1.liu.edu https://lists-1.liu.edu/mailman/listinfo/post-sustainability-committee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Scott.Carlin at liu.edu Thu Nov 7 22:32:31 2019 From: Scott.Carlin at liu.edu (Scott Carlin) Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2019 03:32:31 +0000 Subject: [Post-sustainability-committee] Join AASHE: A National Campus Sustainability Portal Message-ID: <5AD80990-CBB4-4C30-9643-EEBBE66D8EF6@liu.edu> Create a FREE AASHE account and access their valuable online resources. Learn about campus sustainability initiatives on other campuses. Materials appropriate for a wide range of majors and campus interests. 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Closely related global phenomena, these crises are occurring locally with devastating consequences for increasingly large numbers of the world?s population. Like many other educators, we have come to see our role in researching, analyzing, and teaching these interrelated topics, irrespective of disciplinary identity or specific expertise, as paramount. Given the accelerated pace of urbanization in all parts of the world, we are especially concerned about their dynamics in urban spaces. Although each of us has been actively engaged in research and teaching that relate in some ways to the specific questions of urban environmental justice that are the focus of this proposed volume, we started working together to develop our analysis programmatically in 2017 when we received a Humanities Connections Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for the Campus-Community Urban Sustainability Program (CUSP). This 3-year, NEH-funded program has allowed us to develop four related undergraduate courses on urban sustainability across the disciplines in biology, education, English, and philosophy as well as to partner with community organizations and nonprofits to sponsor public events on these issues. Even as we were launching the program in 2017, our commitment to producing and disseminating knowledge of the causes, effects, and solutions to these crises was reinforced by alarming international and national reports on existing and future effects of climate change, biodiversity loss, and gross social inequality. While these occur in all environments?rural, urban, suburban, advanced and developing countries?our focus is on urban spaces like Brooklyn, the location of our university, and a microcosm of many of the issues at the heart of the scholarly, educational, and political work we see as imperative. It is from a deep and growing belief that we must all turn our attention now to these issues, particularly in relation to their impact on a rapidly urbanizing world, that we are proposing this edited volume. Shaped by our own positions as researchers and teachers across the disciplines in an urban university in one of the most diverse, precarious, coastal cities of the world, we believe that educators and researchers have a crucial role to play in understanding these pressing problems, analyzing their root causes, helping to solve them, and integrating them into teaching across levels, disciplines, and communities. In sum, we start with the following premises: 1) these issues call all of us to act decisively and to act NOW; 2) unprecedented environmental despoliation and extreme social inequality are inextricably related and must be dealt with in relation to one another; 3) addressing the unique sustainability challenges faced by cities is required as more than half the world?s population now lives in urban areas; 4) the nature of the problems requires transdisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and community-engaged approaches; and 5) as educators, we can play a vital role in researching, analyzing, and teaching about these complex, diffuse, and ?troublesome? concepts (Meyer and Land). The proposed book will be divided into three parts: Part 1: The City as Ecosystem Invited contributions will relate to climate change and biodiversity loss. Possible topics include but are not limited to: * building ecological resilience in coastal cities in an era of climate change * habitat fragmentation and urban evolutionary ecology * mitigating heat islands * advances in urban biodiversity conservation for various groups (e.g., pollinators); * globalization and invasive species management * natural and human histories of cities that illuminate contemporary problems (e.g., indigenous histories, urban species, architectural, engineering, urban planning histories, cultural histories) * philosophical, literary, sociological, and critical perspectives on urban ecosystems Part 2: The Right to the City Invited contributions will relate to economic/social inequality and human health and well-being in cities. Possible topics include but are not limited to: * disproportionate impact of pollution, climate change, and related environmental disasters on communities of color and the poor * gentrification, eviction, rising rents and prices, and impact on communities of color, the working poor, and the ethos of the city * access to healthful food, clean water, and health care; freedom from pollutants * poverty, homelessness, disease, racial segregation, environmental racism * physical and mental wellbeing * urban green space, public transportation, and urban mobility * lessons from communities of color, indigenous peoples, and the poor Part 3: The City as a Sustainability Classroom Invited contributions will relate to a variety of case studies/narratives on challenges of and ideas and opportunities for teaching sustainability in urban settings. Topics may include but are not limited to pedagogical, institutional, and community-engaged aspects of education: * incorporating interdisciplinary perspectives in courses * examining the ways in which the social sciences, physical sciences, and humanities are connected in urban environmental studies * building curricula across the disciplines related to pressing issues of urban and planetary sustainability * examining higher education?s actual and possible role in addressing problems of urban (local and global) sustainability in the areas of research, teaching, and community engagement Essays are invited across the disciplines on a wide range of topics addressing one or both of these global crises and related issues. We welcome discipline-specific or interdisciplinary approaches to research-based, theoretical or applied articles as well as those focused on curricular and pedagogical innovations. We are eager to include work that resonates with our sense of the need for an intense focus on discipline-specific research and teaching and interdisciplinary approaches in these areas and mindsets that take up scientific questions while bearing in mind philosophical, literary, historiographical, sociological, and other perspectives and vice versa. We are especially interested in questions of urban environmental justice and are open to a broad range of submissions that address urban spaces and processes in keeping with forecasts by ecologists like Eric W. Sanderson of the role cities will necessarily play in any version of a habitable future and critical analysis by sociologists like Mike Davis that we are already facing the consequences of a rapidly urbanizing ?planet of slums.? Please submit a proposal (500 words) together with a brief bio as attachments to Deborah Mutnick deborah.mutnick at liu.edu and Carole Griffiths carole.griffiths at liu.edu by December 15, 2019. Proposals should include submitter name(s) and contact email(s); title of proposed essay; and topic, approach, and connection to the collection?s focus on urban sustainability. Final essays should be 6000-7000 words. We are also accepting shorter essays (1500-3000 words) that profile innovative teaching practices and/or community-engaged projects. Interested contributors are encouraged to email with questions regarding their proposals. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Scott.Carlin at liu.edu Sun Nov 24 18:31:07 2019 From: Scott.Carlin at liu.edu (Scott Carlin) Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2019 23:31:07 +0000 Subject: [Post-sustainability-committee] United Nations LIU Student Representatives needed for 2020 Message-ID: <583C7479-87EA-4F17-8FBA-7B950A174E3B@liu.edu> Please share with students: Subject: LIU Student Representatives to the United Nations Needed for 2020, Apply Now! Do you have a strong interest in the United Nations? Are you able to attend monthly meetings representing Long Island University at the UN in New York City? LIU students can apply for a UN Badge/Grounds Pass; this will give you access to UN buildings for the 2020 calendar year. This is an outstanding opportunity for students interested in future UN internships, research, and related opportunities. Undergraduate and Graduate students are encouraged to apply. Badges are for Spring and Fall 2020. UN badges are provided by the UN Department of Global Communications (UN DGC). Long Island University has an associative status with UN DGC. To apply for a LIU ? UN badge, submit: 1. a 1-page resume; 2. one letter of recommendation from a relevant faculty member; 3. a 1-page cover letter that explains: * Your interests in current United Nations programs and activities (try to be specific), * Your availability to attend UN briefings in NYC, * Your academic achievements (Year of study, credits completed, GPA, Major, etc.) Send your statements to Prof. Scott Carlin, scott.carlin at liu.edu. Deadline for all materials: Friday, December 13, 5 pm. Upcoming UN events are posted at: https://outreach.un.org/ngorelations/ (Review the links for ?Latest News.?). You can also subscribe to receive weekly email notification at: https://outreach.un.org/ngorelations/content/subscribe-dpi-ngo-relations-e-mails. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: