Ramapo Green

Campus Sustainability Town Hall
2016-09-14 14:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Alumni Lounges, 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ, 07430, United States
Come find out about the past, present and future of campus sustainability at RCNJ
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
2:00 – 4:30 PM
Alumni Lounges (SC 156-157)

Lectures: How to Get A Job Saving the Planet + Republicans, Democrats and Sustainability
2016-09-19 17:30 - 22:00 | Trustees Pavilion, 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ, 07430, United States
Come Hear Eban Goodstein, PhD, Speak
Monday, September 19, 2016
Trustees Pavilion
How to Get a Job Saving the Planet: Sustainability Leadership Careers in Policy, Business and NGOs
5:30 – 6:45 PM
Republicans, Democrats and Sustainability: Recovering Bi-Partisan Environmental Politics
7:00 – 10:00 PM
Eban Goodstein, Ph.D., is an economist focused on the relationship between economics and the environment, who directs both the Center for Environmental Policy and the MBA in Sustainability at Bard College.
This dual-event is sponsored by the Master of Arts in Sustainability, Environmental Studies, the Center for Sustainability and 1 Step.
Free and open to the public

Ford, the Ramapoughs and a Paradigm for Healing Environmental Injustice and Degradation
2017-01-25 18:00 - 19:30 | Friends Hall
The Ramapo College Masters in Sustainability Studies Program
Invites you to the First Lecture in our 2017 Series
“Lessons of Sustainability: Voices of Key Practitioners”

Ford, the Ramapoughs and a Paradigm for Healing Environmental Injustice and Degradation
Chuck Stead. Ph.D.
Senior Program Assistant, Town of Ramapough, N.Y. and Adjunct Professor of Environmental Studies, Ramapo College of New Jersey
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
SC 219 Friends Hall, 6-7:30 pm

Free and Open to the Public—Help Spread the Word
In “Ford, the Ramapoughs and a Paradigm for Healing Environmental Injustice and Degradation,” Ramapo instructor and professional storyteller Chuck Stead weaves a tale of tragedy and then hope, drawing from his life in the Ramapo Mountains, with the Ramapough people and in the midst of Ford Motor Company’s legacy of toxic contamination. Stead tells the story of the SaltBox, an historic structure raised as an educational center which has served as well as a place for healing and recovery and community. The adjacent native medicine garden, the Ford cleanup and the Saltbox all attest to Stead’s fieldwork with Ramapo College students and the ability to grow something positive from a field of paint sludge.
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Chuck Stead grew up among the Ramapough Indians and witnessed, as a young boy, dumping of hazardous wastes in the Ramapo Mountains by Ford Motor Company. Later, in his work teaching for the Environmental Studies program at Ramapo College, he took his students into the field and discovered extensive areas of never before identified contamination. He then spearheaded a highly successful program of remediation in New York State, standing in stark contrast to the failed remediation of Ford sites in Ringwood, New Jersey with which he has also been involved. Later, working for Christopher St. Lawrence Supervisor of the Town of Ramapo, Stead has directly overseen the Ford remediation there. And he additionally involved students in erecting an historic salt box building he had saved from destruction as an environmental education center to tell the story of the Ford contamination and its impact on the land and peoples of the Ramapo region. The Salt Box has since become an important community resource bringing native and other locals together in a process of healing and community building. An adjacent native medicine garden Stead created with his students under the guidance of the Ramapoughs with the support of Ford has further extended this process of healing and recovery. Stead’s expertise in these novel and important aspects of environmental cleanup and social recovery led him to write an award winning doctoral thesis at Antioch New England University now being turned into a book. A new project with the Ramapoughs, the Ramapo Mountain Guardians and the Upsteam/Downstream curriculum add new tools to Stead’s rare ability to address the social as well as environmental aspects of environmental contamination. A long time story teller and writer of the Ramapos, Stead has involved Ramapo students in these activities, providing outstanding community experience and service along the way.
Those parking on campus should acquire a parking permit from the guard booth at the north entrance. For additional information or accommodation, contact Professor Michael R. Edelstein at medelste@ramapo.edu.

Eco-Friendly Crafts Event
2017-02-15 12:00 - 14:00 | A-223
Come create Eco-friendly crafts. In this event we will turn your empty plastic bottles into handmade gifts. Besides helping the environment you get to make cool gifts for your friends, and for yourself.

Also, remember to bring your own plastic bottles.

Let's Get DIRT-Y
2017-02-16 20:00 - 21:00 | Mackin First Floor Lounge
Want a free plant?
How about some free food, too?
Want to learn about sustainability?
Join RAs Steve, Amy, Sarah and Kristy
in the Mackin First Floor Lounge

Human Impacts of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
2017-02-17 10:00 - 17:00 | Alumni Lounges, 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ, 07430, United States

Futures in Food and Farming
2017-02-21 12:00 - 15:00 | Friends Hall
Panel Discussion and Breakout Groups to explore careers in food and farming.

CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY DAY
2017-10-26 13:00 - 15:00 | Friends Hall
Join us, as we explore new ways of bringing innovative campus sustainability ideas to Ramapo College.

FILM SCREENING: PLASTIC PLANET
2018-02-21 13:00 - 15:00 | Friends Hall
Join us for a screening of Plastic Planet on Wednesday, February 21st from 1-3pm in Friend’s Hall (SC-219). This documentary provides an ​inside look at plastic and its effects not only on the planet but our health.
Along with the screening, we will have a panel discussion with members of the on-campus organization 1-STEP, who will present their Rethink Water Campaign, and Matthew Smith, the Senior Organizer for Food & Water Watch, who will present their National Take Back the Tap Campaign.

Come take part in this critical discussion.

Reaching the Turning Point: The Youth Climate Movement and the November Election
2020-10-21 09:00 - 16:30
The Ramapo Environment and Sustainability Programs Invite you to
Reaching the Turning Point: The Youth Climate Movement and the November Election
October 21, 2020 | 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. | WebEx
This is a crucial moment in time. Having recently surpassed climate tipping points from which there may be no return, our challenge becomes minimizing further damage. Our focus shifts to a different kind of tipping point, when advocates reach sufficient electoral strength to force serious climate action. The November 3 election will script future climate stories. It is a key test of young people to lead where prior generations have failed. In this online conference, we explore this turning point and the youth poised to meet it.
REGISTER HERE

President's Committee on Campus Sustainability Meeting
2020-11-19 10:00 - 11:30, 2020-12-03 10:00 - 23:30

The Business Case for Sustainable Procurement
2021-02-04 09:45 - 11:15
Join the President’s Committee on Campus Sustainability (PCCS) for a presentation from Dr. Kevin Lyons on the Business Case for Sustainable Procurement.
Dr. Lyons is an Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management at Rutgers Business School and Former Chief Procurement Officer at Rutgers University. Dr. Lyons was largely responsible for implementing a sustainable procurement policy at Rutgers University and his work has served as a model for sustainable procurement projects that have since been administered in New Jersey.

Meeting Information
Meeting link: https://ramapo.webex.com/ramapo/j.php?MTID=m600102b3266e4d9d53aa952a0fd75b45
Meeting number: 178 683 3445
Password: [REDACTED]

Beneficial Insects in the Garden Webinar
2021-02-10 19:30
Dr. Susan Petro, instructor of Biology at Ramapo College, will present “Beneficial Insects in the Garden.”

Are your roses covered with aphids? Are caterpillars devouring your tomato plants? There is no need to reach for the spray can when you can safely keep these pests under control by using nature’s own arsenal. This program will teach you about the beneficial beetles, bugs, flies and wasps that are your allies in the battle against plant-devouring insect pests.

Dr. Chuck Stead on an Inside History of the Ramapough Lunaape Peoples
2021-02-25 13:00 - 14:00
The Sustainability Committee of the Student Government Association would like to invite all students, alumni, faculty, staff and retirees to join in a discussion on an Inside History of the Ramapough Lunaape Peoples on Thursday, February 25 at 1 p.m. Featured guest speaker is Dr. Chuck Stead, author and Adjunct Professor of Environmental Studies.
Please contact Zoë Tucker-Borrut, SGA Secretary of Sustainability via email at ztuckerb@ramapo.edu with any questions or concerns.

Amanda Nesheiwat on What It Takes To Be A Sustainability Professional
2021-03-09 13:00 - 14:00
The Sustainability Committee of the Student Government Association would like to invite all students, alumni, faculty, staff and retirees to join in a discussion on What It Takes To Be A Sustainability Professional on Tuesday, March 9 at 1 p.m. Featured guest speaker is Amanda Nesheiwat ’12, Deputy Director of Sustainability and Community Outreach at Hudson County Improvement Authority and Adjunct Professor of Environmental Studies.
Please contact Xaymaraliz Dumeng, Member of the Sustainability Committee via email at xdumeng@ramapo.edu with any questions or concerns.

Part 2: Dr. Chuck Stead on an Inside History of the Ramapough Lunaape Peoples
2021-03-11 13:00 - 14:00
The Sustainability Committee of the Student Government Association would like to invite all students, alumni, faculty, staff and retirees to join in a discussion on an Inside History of the Ramapough Lunaape Peoples on Thursday, March 11 at 1 p.m. Featured guest speaker is Dr. Chuck Stead, author and Adjunct Professor of Environmental Studies.
Please contact Zoë Tucker-Borrut, SGA Secretary of Sustainability via email at ztuckerb@ramapo.edu with any questions or concerns.

President's Committee on Campus Sustainability (PCCS) Meeting
2021-03-18 10:00 - 11:30

Solve Climate By 2030 | Climate Solutions for New Jersey
2021-04-07 18:00 - 20:00
As the world begins a recovery from Covid-19, Ramapo College is joining more than 100 universities around the world to focus the world on a critical question. What can we do this year in New Jersey to help solve climate change while supporting struggling communities that have faced joblessness, sickness and loss?

On Wednesday, April 7 at 6 p.m., Ramapo College will host a public webinar on the topic of “Green Recovery, Climate Solutions and a Just Transition”. This will be one of 125 similar events held across the planet in early April, as part of a global project called Solve Climate By 2030, sponsored by Bard College in New York. Worldwide, from Australia to Alabama, Kyrgyzstan to Kentucky, Colombia to Colorado, and Malaysia to Minnesota, students and community members will hear from local climate experts about concrete steps that can really move the needle on climate change, while creating much-needed jobs and income for all.

Film Screening: "The Sacrifice Zone" Followed by a Conversation with Melissa Miles
2021-04-16 16:00 - 17:30
Join us for a virtual screening of The Sacrifice Zone, a hard-hitting documentary centered upon the environmental injustices that undergird the Ironbound Community Corporation in Newark, NJ. The film chronicles the work of environmental justice activists such as Maria Lopez-Nuñez, a Honduran-American resident of that community. The film screening will be followed by a conversation with Melissa Miles, Executive Director of the New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance (NJEJA), fighting to counter the deeply entrenched and pervasive injustices that permeate poor communities of color.
To learn more about the film visit thesacrificezone.org

RSVP on Archway

About the Speaker

Melissa Miles
Executive Director

New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance (NJEJA)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-miles-a4362b1b3
Melissa Miles (she/her) is the Executive Director of New Jersey Environmental Justice Alliance, the only statewide organization dedicated to serving New Jersey’s Environmental Justice communities. Melissa began her career as a grassroots activist and community organizer while living in an Environmental Justice community in Newark, New Jersey. “I wasn’t born, I was grown” is Melissa’s personal tagline and speaks to her entry into environmental justice advocacy. Melissa holds an MA in Anthropology from The New School, however, she is also adamant when it comes to solutions to the world’s current environmental crises. The best and most relevant solutions come from communities and not from universities: “Those that are most affected, have the solutions” is the sentiment from which her advocacy stems. She is a part of several national coalitions including the Climate Justice Alliance, Moving Forward Network, The Coalition for Healthy Ports, and international coalitions such as The Movement of People Affected By Dams (MAB) and the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives. She is also part of the New Jersey Environmental Justice Advisory Council responsible for advising state agencies including the Department of Environmental Protection on issues of Environmental Justice. Her “expertise” is rooted in her lived experience and her commitment to making sure that people at the frontlines are the protagonists in the struggle for their future.
