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!
Learn more about the history and space of "urban villages" in Shenzhen, China.
Make your neighborhood more sustainable and resilient with Transition Neighborhoods (TN).
Learn how!
Hear Richard Ford speak on "Let Me Be Frank with You," a story of reconciliation after Hurricane Sandy.
Add a bit of excitement and arboreal enjoyment to your winter walks with a lesson in tree identification! Look closely at the tree's wintry bits: buds, bark, and fruiting bodies and your snowy sojourns will be evermore enchanting.
Columbia professor of Economics Donald Davis will discuss spatial and social frictions in the city.
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.
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.
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”.
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.
Speakers from the NAC, DPR and FS will present preliminary results from the Inwood Hill Park project at the Payson Center.
The presentation will include maps and measurements on the trees that have been surveyed for the project thus far, as well as an overview of social and ecological data collection citywide, with an emphasis on Inwood Hill Park’s unique natural areas.
In addition, preliminary data from the ongoing four-season survey of park users will be presented.
Learn how New York City has implemented and planned solutions to a post-Sandy society through urban planning and architecture.