New School Adds Programs in Sustainable Design, Urban Ecosystems

“What’s your major?” You’ll ask the chipper student sketching the web of cracks in the South Street Seaport pavement on a balmy winter day in 2009. “New York City!” She’ll reply, beaming and shifting her well-designed, 100% recycled tote bag to the other shoulder. Thanks to new programs in environmental studies announced today by The New School and Parsons The New School for Design, undergraduates will soon be able to embark upon interdisciplinary study in urban ecosystems and sustainable design, with the help of the urban ecosystem to end all urban ecosystems—New York City.