Fordham’s Green Work
Fordham Infrastructure
Fordham has undertaken several solar projects which currently offset 20% of Fordham’s energy usage, and 37% of that of Fordham Prep.
Teaching, Learning, and Research
Fordham is home to a strong set of academic programs that support teaching and learning in the areas of ecology, environmental sustainability, and environmental justice:
Humanities and Social Sciences
Fordham offers many courses across disciplines, including in the humanities and social sciences, which offer students an opportunity to engage with sustainability content as a part of the course. Fordham offered 175 such courses in recent years.
The Louis Calder Center
Fordham runs the Louis Calder Center, a field station in Armonk New York, which functions as a living laboratory for sustainability research.
- Researchers collect “climate and ecological” data on water quality, pertabrates, plants, and phytoplankton and benthic algae.
- The facility includes 7 buildings with a dorm, labs, and other multi-use facilities.
- The Center is part of a urban-rural transect of forest, and supports the longest running study on lyme disease in the country.
- The Center is staffed by 7 on-site faculty, 3 on-site scientists, 3 RH faculty, 2 staff, and hosts 10 graduate students, 2 undergraduate students, and 2 high school students when fully operational.