Dirty Secrets and Wicked Problems
My latest column in the New School Free Press came out this week. You can read the whole piece right here. I’m posting a teaser below as an update. It’s generally considered taboo...
political ecology
Noah – The First Environmentalist
[Spoiler Alert**] While watching the new Noah movie by Darren Aronofsky, I couldn’t help but notice some strong eco-animist undertones, which struck me as quite odd given the centrality of this story for...
New School Divestment – Updates and Thoughts
So as I recently wrote here and in my column in The Free Press, The New School should divest all of its endowment from fossil fuels. Following up on that post, there was...
Accountability on Climate Change – Fossil Fuel Divest
University leadership should support fossil fuel divestment and uphold our values. By: Chris Crews [Update: Here’s the link to the final published version in the The Free Press. You can also read about...
This Week in Our Universe: “Biblical Rainfall Amounts”
This week in our Universe: Leaving the Galaxy, Biblical Floods and the Edge of Space time. If I had my own tv show, this would be today’s episode. I don’t have a show,...
Greenpoint Oil Spill – Happy Earth Day
I live in a Greenpoint, Brooklyn neighborhood in the northwestern corner of the Greenpoint area, sandwiched between the BQE, Calvary Cemetery and the East River industrial zone. It’s a lovely little place with...
