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Entries from October 14th, 2012

The Aquatic Research and Environmental Assessment Center at Brooklyn College

October 14th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Brooklyn College

http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/academics/centers/areac/news.php, http://brooklyn-areac.blogspot.com/, http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bc/spotlite/news/index.php?link=011306   The Aquatic Research and Environmental Assessment Center at Brooklyn College, or AREAC is dedicated to understating marine organisms and the development of aquaculture. For example, tilapia is actually grown at Brooklyn College and the whole process is explained here: http://brooklyn-areac.blogspot.com/2010/02/martin-becomes-youtube-sensation.html. This is ecologically friendly because the fish do not have to […]

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Colleges Compete to Shrink Their Mark On the Environment

October 14th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Brooklyn College

Eilperin, Juliet. “Colleges Compete to Shrink Their Mark On the Environment.” Washington Post. The Washington Post, 26 June 2005. Web. 14 Oct. 2012. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/25/AR2005062501273.html>. This is an article written by Juliet Eilperin, a journalist for the Washington Post. The overall purpose of this article is to bring awareness to the sustainability movement going on in […]

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Brooklyn College Environmental Studies Program

October 14th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/environ/, http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/academics/fieldsofstudy/undergraduate/environmentalstudies.php, http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/academics/centers/esac.php, http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/academics/schools/naturalsciences/interdisciplinary/undergraduate/environmental.php?utm_source=Brochure&utm_medium=EnvironmentalStudies&utm_campaign=UrbanSustainabilityBrochure, and the brochure is important as well. The actual websites of the program is a useful source of information. It tells us of the existence of such a program in general, who heads it and what the general scope of the field is. It has details of what facilities are available to students, […]

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Protected: The Impact Of Parks And Open Spaces On Property Values

October 14th, 2012 · Enter your password to view comments. · Brooklyn Bridge Park

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Financing Priorities in Local Governments: Where Do Park and Recreation Services Rank?

October 14th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Brooklyn Bridge Park

Kaczynski, Andrew T., and John L. Crompton. “Financing Priorities In Local Governments: Where Do Park And Recreation Services Rank?.” Journal Of Park & Recreation Administration 24.1 (2006): 84-103. Academic Search Complete. Web. 14 Oct. 2012. John Crompton is a distinguished professor who specializes in marketing and financing in parks, recreation and conservation. Andrew Kazynski is an assistant professor […]

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Protected: The Commercial Property Endowment Model for Delivering Park and Recreation Services.

October 14th, 2012 · Enter your password to view comments. · Brooklyn Bridge Park

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Protected: Defining, Measuring, Monitoring, and Managing the Sustainability of Parks for Outdoor Recreation

October 14th, 2012 · Enter your password to view comments. · Brooklyn Bridge Park

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The Greening of America’s Campuses

October 14th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Brooklyn College, Uncategorized

Egan, Timothy. “The Greening of America’s Campuses.” The New York Times. The New York Times, 08 Jan. 2006. Web. 14 Oct. 2012. . This is an article written by Timothy Egan, a journalist for the New York Times who, as the New York Times website points out, “writes frequently about the environment.” This article was […]

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State Agrees to Let the City Finish Brooklyn Bridge Park

October 14th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Brooklyn Bridge Park

Cardwell, Diane. “State Agrees to Let the City Finish Brooklyn Bridge Park.” New York Times 10 Mar. 2010: A24. Academic Search Complete. Web. 12 Oct. 2012. < http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/nyregion/10park.html?_r=0> Diane Cardwell is a New York Times reporter who covers the Business Day section of the newspaper. During fellowship at Stanford University, she studied urban planning, media, […]

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Greening the Ivory Tower

October 14th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Brooklyn College

Creighton, Sarah Hammond. Greening the Ivory Tower: Improving the Environmental Track Record of Universities, Colleges and Other Institutions. Cambridge, Mass: MIT, 1998. Print. Actually I got this book as an ebook through the Brooklyn College library but I am not too sure how to cite that properly. I have only made a quick skim of […]

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