“We calculated that 60 to 70% of the Finnish emissions profile is connected to households. How they live, how they heat their home, for example. With that kind of profile, we get about 10 tonnes per person on the average in Finland. That should drop to 2.5 tonnes within 10 years.”
Law professor Karl Coplan reached the Pacific in June, 2019, after riding his bike from the East Coast. And now he’s written a book about how to live extremely well, and on a tiny footprint.
Veerabhadran Ramanathan of Scripps Institute University of California San Diego Speaking at Creighton University, February 21, 2018 [see full video here] Introductory remarks by Professor…
The New York Society for Ethical Culture is a humanist community that has been dedicated to social justice and education since its founding in 1876.…
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Peter Kalmus has reduced his personal carbon emissions from roughly 20 tons to 2, and he’s written a book about what he’s learned.
Chinatown was hurt during Hurricane Sandy, with many non-English speaking elderly stranded in high rises without water, lights, heat, or elevators. What future plans for the historic neighborhood are best, as projections for sea level rise increase?
‘2016 marks the point where we realize that climate change is deeply intertwined with problems like poverty, inequality, and the long-term sustainability of the planet.’
Let’s assume Landmarks Preservation designation for the entire city – what would be necessary to keep it above water at the end of the century?
In recent years, science and policy have been catching up with Andrew Willner’s vision for a sustainable harbor.
“Museums are leaders, and we’re asking them to demonstrate their leadership.”
The Power Rockaways Resilience team developed cultural knowledge so valuable that it led to an award from the White House.
Marshall Herskovitz is a Hollywood producer, director and screenwriter who has also served as president of the Producers Guild of America (2006 – 2010). His credits include films such as “Traffic,” “The Last Samurai,” and “Blood Diamond.”
“This is not about just incremental change. This is about whole system change. And this applies to all of us, whatever sphere of influence we have.”
Citizens Climate Lobby aims to price carbon, solve climate change, and to do it in a way that crosses American political barriers. Founded by a Texan, after the creek behind his childhood home dried up.
“An ounce of laws is worth 10,000 pounds of rhetoric.”
James White explains that the future of the city depends on how the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets melt in a warmer climate, and on what we do to slow the process down.
“We’re educating students who will go out into the world and have 60 years or more of productive and engaged life. What is the world going to be like 60 years from now?”