January

  • Chris Bolden-Newsome and Lessons of Da Land participants gather in the picnic area and read passages from The Cooking Gene by Michael Twitty

    Resilience & Joy: Lessons of Da Land

    January 12, 2022

    Led by environmental science major Alexis Wiley, a twelve-week cocurricular program introduced Drexel students and community members to food sovereignty and land justice issues in Black Philadelphia. The course also moved outside of the classroom and offered a hands-on participatory experience. Working with local community partners, students supplemented their coursework with harvesting, planting, seedkeeping, land rebuilding and food preparation workshops to better understand the Lessons of Da Land.

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  • A photo of Lena Champlin holding a copy of her new children's book Coco's Fire next to an image of the book's cover

    Environmental Science PhD Student Lena Champlin Publishes Children’s Book on Climate Change

    January 10, 2022

    A new children’s book co-written and illustrated by environmental science doctoral student Lena Champlin aims to help young readers transform climate anxiety into climate action.

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