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“We are training students to think
critically and take action on world-
wide environmental concerns through
the actions in their own backyards”
noted Kathy High, a professor at
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, who
is a project coordinator at the center,
“We are using methodologies of
field research, industrial archeology,
documentary filmmaking, and
permaculture to explore these vibrant
new environmental assemblages,
adaptations, and agencies.” NATURE
Lab has received a commitment of
$30,000 from NY DEC’s Hudson
River Estuary Program to build a
permanent home. A fund raising
campaign is presently underway to
complete the restoration of a
once abandoned building for the
Biology Laboratory, an Aquarium for
indigenous fishes, and an EnviroArt
exhibition º––space. To further embrace and activate the community
NATURE Lab sponsored a symposium “Ruderal Ecologies: Grounds
for Change” with a series of speakers, panels and workshops which
included a “Biomapping
Workshop.” A sort of walkabout through Troy highlighting the
diverse and
changing environment.” Ruderal plants (from the Latin for “ruin”)
have evolved to be resilient and adaptable fermenting tools,” stated
Ellie Irons, a PhD student at RPI and an organizer of the conference.
“ We’re learning how to recognize and appreciate how nature works
to fix our once broken landscapes.”
The NATURE Lab is one of the many projects created by the
Sanctuary for Independent Media, a non-profit media arts center
which recently established a low power radio station, WOOC
105.3 FM, featuring the nightly live broadcast of “Hudson Mohawk
Magazine” (6 to 7pm)
“ Environmental issues have inevitably focussed on the negative,”
said Steve Pierce, executive director of the Sanctuary. “We felt we
should be concentrating on the positive – how people care and how
cities and organizations are working together in partnerships up
and down the Hudson River Valley to preserve and celebrate this
beautiful and historic area.”
As Hudson River cities are experiencing a cultural renaissance so
too are they reemerging from environmental degradation with a little
help from many friends, volunteers and organizations and, indeed,
from Mother Nature herself.
Yes, a tree grows in Troy, but also in Hudson, and in Peekskill, and in
Kingston and everywhere in our majestic Hudson River Valley!
The NATURE Lab can be visited on Tuesdays from 4 to 6pm
or by appointment.
To register for the “Ruderal Ecologies Conference” please call 518-
272-2390 or visit
Yes, a tree grows in Troy, but also
in Hudson, and in Peekskill, and in
Kingston and everywhere in our
majestic Hudson River Valley!