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Sustainability ∩ Resilience | Integration Series 1

AIA Center for Architecture Hines Gallery, 435 LaGuardia Place , New York , NY, United States

How can our projects better meet both climate change adaptation and mitigation goals? How can our profession more proactively discuss issues of risk related to…

$10

{Green Careers} March: Green Credentialing

GROHE 160 Fifth Avenue (Entrance on W 21st street) New York, NY 10010, New York City, United States

Professional certifications can often be helpful in the sustainability field, especially for professionals seeking to get their foot in the door, or change jobs. Although…

$3 – $5

Adverse Health Affects of Pesticides: Pesticides are Poisons

Seafarer's International House 123 East 15th Street, New York, NY, United States

Please join the Sierra Club of NYC for this event, which focuses on the adverse health impacts from pesticides and initiatives to protect the public from…

Free

Climate Change and Health Priorities for Vulnerable Populations

New York City Hilton Midtown 1335 Avenue of Americas, New York, NY, United States

Half day Satellite Session of the 2018 Consortium of Universities for Global Health's Annual Conference. Epidemics, like weather and climate, do not respect national borders.…

Socio-Ecological Resilience and the Role of the Public

The Graduate Center, CUNY, Room 4102 365 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United States

  Mike Menser and Denise Thompson of CUNY and Adam Parris of Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay present "Socio-Ecological Resilience and the Role…

Free

Using Data to Disrupt Business as Usual

LMHQ 150 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

Big Data and Sustainability Business Stepping Up-- The Lovins Series As President Trump pursues a regressive, isolationist agenda, business is stepping up to address climate…

Free

Innovations in Global Low-Carbon Academic Conferencing with a Human Touch

Hunter College - Room 1216 East Building 695 Park Ave, New York, NY, United States

A burst of new experimentation may soon transform long-distance academic conferencing technologies. Many academics recognize the need to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of our…

Free

Sustainability Crash Course

Pratt Institute Main Campus Engineering Building 200 Willoughby Ave, Brooklyn, New York, NY, United States

On Saturday, March 24, 2018, Pratt’s CSDS will host the 8th annual Sustainability Crash Course, a day-long series of presentations, panel discussions and workshops with a…

Free

Designing to Avoid Disaster

The Puck Building, The Rudin Family Forum for Civic Dialogue 295 LaFayette Street, New York, NY, United States

Thomas Fisher, a professor and Director of the Minnesota Design Center at the University of Minnesota, will discuss the fracture-critical nature of many of the…

Free

City Design in Times of Proliferating Informality and Climatological Crisis

The Puck Building, The Rudin Family Forum for Civic Dialogue 295 LaFayette Street, New York, NY, United States

This lecture by Alfredo Brillembourg will explore the work of ETH Zurich Urban-Think Tank (U-TT), an interdisciplinary design practice dedicated to high-level research and design…

Free

Michael Murphy: Justice is Beauty

AIA Center for Architecture Hines Gallery, 435 LaGuardia Place , New York , NY, United States

Can buildings heal and promote justice in our divided communities? How can we use design tools to create a healthier community and a more just…

$10