Category: alumni

alumni

Is it possible to imagine a steady state? I have to believe it is.
Is it possible to imagine a steady state? I have to believe it is.alumni, climate, conservation, energy, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, forests, marine studies, students, sustainability

Imagine

IMG_3567

Eduardo Porter wrote an article recently in the New York Times titled “Imagining a World Without Growth”. Inspired by the Paris Conference on climate change, the piece addresses the proposal of slowing, and ultimately ending,Continue reading

read more >

Ian Markham
Ian Markhamalumni

Papua New Guinea

In Papua New Guinea, as in many parts of the Pacific, bird feathers are collected to make headdresses and in places were even exchanged as currency. This wonderful man in Deka Deka village on Ferguson island displays a mixture or the local eclectus parrot and what appear to be chicken feathers. As some local birds become more scarce people adapt often with the materials at hand.

In Papua New Guinea, as in many parts of the Pacific, bird feathers are collected to make headdresses and in places were even exchanged as currency. This wonderful man in Deka Deka village on Ferguson island displays a mixture or the local eclectus parrot and what appear to be chicken feathers. As some local birds become more scarce people adapt often with the materials at hand.

read more >

Ian Markham
Ian Markhamalumni, conservation, environmental health, ESC, forests, marine studies, students, sustainability, travel

Frigates, War Canoes, and Volcanoes

Arriving at dawn flanked by frigates and war canoes to Banda island, it struck me that, were we calling into port in the 16th century, we would be more than likely to have a hail of cannonfire or spears being lobbed at us by way of greeting. The “Spice Islands,” however, have mellowed considerably with age.

read more >