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| DCISE ANNUAL REPORT 2015 - 2016 13 Other activities included the following: Women Writing about the Environment: Strong Voices Impacting Change: Andrew Revkin moderated a discussion with Professors Melanie DuPuis and Eve Andrée Laramée discussing how they use their work as writers, artists, and activists to showcase and examine some of the major environmental issues we face today. Additional panelists were: Amy King, professor of Creative Writing at SUNY Nassau Community College; Irene O'Garden, poet, playwright, performer and author; Marina Zurkow, professor in the Interactive Technology Program (ITP) at NYU. The event was sponsored by the Women's National Book Association, WNBA-NYC Chapter. STEM Collaboratory NYC™ CCERS Colloquium: "Smart and Connected Communities:" John Cronin organized and moderated a panel on oyster restoration law and policy as part of a multi-panel program hosted by Pace University's STEM Collaboratory. His panelists included Sean Dixon, staff attorney, Riverkeeper; Stephen L Kass, senior environmental counsel and founder of the Environmental Practice Group at Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP; Andrea Leshak, staff attorney, NY/NJ Baykeeper; Murray Fisher, president, New York Harbor Foundation. Earth Week Film Series: LIGHTS, CAMERA, ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION! Making Change through Art, Activism and Film Shortcuts on Climate Speaker: Andrew Revkin This Changes Everything (2012) Harry Lynch Speakers: Judith Pajo, Anthropology, Ashley Kuenneke, Pace CCAA The Last Rivermen (1991) Robert Nixon and ¡Viva la Tortuga! (2013) Directors, Pace University students Speaker: John Cronin Can We get to Carbon Zero? Wil Burns Speaker: Wil Burns, PhD, Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment Ecological/Environmental Art Film Series Manufactured Landscapes, Edward Burtynsky Waste Land, Vik Muniz Andy Goldsworthy: Rivers and Tides PIERS Conference 2016: "Environmental Ethics and Economics: Values & Choices," 13th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Environmental Ethics, June 29 – July 2, New York City campus Environmental Consortium's 12th Annual Conference: Vassar College hosted the Environmental Consortium's annual conference on November 6-7, 2015, "Celebrating the Living Classroom: Research, Education and Collaboration in the Hudson-Mohawk Watershed." Eleventh Annual Student Summit of the Environmental Consortium: On April 15, Pace's Pleasantville campus hosted "Our Collective Campus: Acting on our Social and Environmental Responsibility," as students from higher education around the region met to discuss topics of environmental justice, ecological restoration, sustainable communities, food, water and health. The program also included four workshops: Food, Water, Health: How to Intervene Effectively in a Complex System Climate Justice: Deliberative Practices for Resilience and Engagement Ecological Restoration and Sustainable Communities Advocacy for Change: On, Off and Across Campus(es) Nature Center Conservation Café: "The Blight of Plastic Bags on our Environment," November 6, 2015.

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