Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment

Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management (EPSM)

Welcome to the program blog for the Master of Science in Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management (EPSM) at The New School.

We are a program at the forefront of learning ecologically- and socially-conscious methods and frameworks to address the inequities that are often overlooked when discussing climate and the climate crisis.

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We are excited to announce the 2023 Student Capstone Projects!! Click here for the booklet.

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📢 Solidarity Statements 📢

Today is Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Statement condemning Anti-Asian Violence, Racism, and Imperialism

Statement of Solidarity with Black Lives Matter

EPSM Updates

January 19, 2023

The Dark Side of Renewable Energies: Electric Vehicles and Lithium Mining in Chile

by Adriana Daroqui, Sustainability Strategies ’21 alum The use of renewable energies for decarbonization replicates the extractives model of fossil fuel production. Both practices destroy the environment, harms plants and […]

October 16, 2019

The Goals We Already Knew: Sustainability Strategies Student Ludovica Martella Speaks at UN Side Panel

When the United Nations (UN) released the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on the first day of 2016, Greta had not protested outside of the Swedish Parliament yet, the world […]

December 19, 2018

Nathaniel Smith ’00 Leader for Social Equity & Environmental Justice in the New South

As a child, Nathaniel Smith, MS Urban Policy Analysis and Management ’00 (now the Public and Urban Policy program), knew that he would grow up to be a fighter for […]

October 18, 2018

Q&A with Associate Professor Leonardo Figueroa Helland

Leonardo Figueroa Helland, Associate Professor of Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management works at the intersection of diverse critical paradigms to study how indigenous knowledges combine with various transformative approaches to address environmental […]

September 14, 2018

Alexandria McBride, EPSM ’16, Named Chief Resilience Officer for Oakland, California

As a student at the Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment, Alexandria McBride deepened her understanding of how policy, design, and social justice perspectives can be used to address critical environmental issues […]

September 7, 2018

Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management Alums Taylor Morton and Molly Johnson Land on Influencer Lists

  A pair of alumni from MS Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management at Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment have made influencer lists for their work in the environmental […]

August 21, 2018

Meet Our Newest Faculty Member!

Leonardo E. Figueroa Helland, PhD, joins Milano as Associate Professor of Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management this fall.  His work explores how indigenous knowledges can combine with other transformative paradigms […]

August 17, 2018

Consultant on Peru’s National Action Plan for Coffee

  Before beginning Milano’s Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management (EPSM) program, Meike Willems worked in Peru for the Green Commodities Program, an initiative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) aimed at building a wide […]

August 16, 2018

Taylor Morton (EPSM ’17) Chosen for Environmental Education 30 Under 30 award

Taylor Morton graduated from Milano’s Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management program last year. This year, she became one of only thirty young leaders from around the world recognized by the […]

August 16, 2018

Summer 2018 Internship: On the Front Lines of the Environmental Movement

  Second-year Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management (EPSM) student, Daniela Rico is an Environmental Justice (EJ) intern at the Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC). Her undergraduate work in environmental biology taught her the science that led […]

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