Mary Beth Pudup is a steadfast advocate for experiential learning. As director of community studies in the Committee on Environment, Geography and Urbanization, which launched a new eponymous major ...

The field of environmental studies examines the complex relationships between humans and the natural world. Like environmental science, students of environmental studies learn about ecology, biology, ...

The Floating Pavilion, part of a Floating Garden food forest envisioned by New York-based interdisciplinary artist Mary Mattingly, was created by RIT students. May 27, 2026 RIT students experience ...

One Degree, Double the Impact: Unlike most programs that separate these critical fields, RIT’s ESHS degree uniquely combines environmental sustainability with environmental and occupational health and ...

A new study by University of Vermont researchers finds that a majority of people across the globe favor protecting the environment over growing the economy when the two goals conflict. The paper, ...

July 30, 2020 — The coronavirus pandemic and resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement have many environmentalists paying attention to the inextricable links between marginalized peoples and ...

The Environmental Studies Program aims to empower students to be agents of change for a sustainable society. We meet this goal by: Providing students with an interdisciplinary knowledge and ...