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Washed Up Transforming a Trashed Landscape Alejandro Duran

Hunter College East Harlem Art Gallery 2180 Third Avenue , New York

Washed Up is an ongo­ing project by Mexican-born, New York-based artist Ale­jan­dro Durán that addresses the issue of plas­tic pol­lu­tion mak­ing its way across the ocean and onto the shores of Sian Ka’an, Mexico’s largest federally-protected reserve.

Come see how this Ale­jan­dro Durán addresses these issues through art!

Free

Urban Forest Protection in New York City

Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Room 114, Avery Hall 116th St & Broadway, New York

A lecture through Columbia's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation about urban forest protection and restoration in New York City given by Timon McPhearson.

Free

Sustainability Practice Network ‘De Blasio Administration: Freshman Year Report Card’ Panel Discussion

New York University Stern School of Business 44 West 4th Street, Room KMC 1-100, New York

A year ago, Bill de Blasio won the NYC mayoral election handily with an impressive campaign touting progressive change. Appealing to a shrinking middle class, his platform promised to address income disparity, universal pre-K, more affordable housing, and build on his predecessor’s environmental programs.

Join the Sustainability Practice Network's panel of experts to discuss these realities and look ahead to year two of Mayor de Blasio’s administration.

Free

Exploring Creative Community Resilience

The New School 6 East 16th Street (12th floor), New York

Climate-adapted neighbourhoods. Green boulevards. Community food forests.

Around the world, more and more cities are committing to ambitious projects aimed at building resilience in light of climate change.

On February 24, 2015 we will convene at The New School to draw from the experiences of grassroots organizers, co-design champions, urban planning professionals, storytellers and representatives from many other fields of social innovation (that’s you!) to explore how to make resilience a collaborative and inclusive process of “civic imagination”.

Free

Passive Housing 101: An Introduction

Rab Lighting 535 W 24th Street, New York

Are you newly interested in the Passive House concept and wanting to learn more? Please join New York Passive House to find out what the Passive House standard entails.

Ken Levenson, NYPH President will present the basics of Passive House design and showcase typical sustainable strategies used to achieve substantial energy savings.

$10