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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

Microbes and Fungi: The Life of the Soil Party

GreenThumb Office 100 Gold St., Third Floor (Please bring photo ID), New York, NY, United States

Get to know the soil in your garden. If we take care of the soil, the soil will take care of our plants and crops.…

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

March Forum: Sustainable Policy 201

Knoll New York Showroom 1330 Avenue of the Americas, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United States

The Policy 201 forum will engage students, professionals and interested citizens from across the sustainable spectrum in order to gain a deeper understanding of the…

$4 – $10

Marine Park Forest Restoration

Salt Marsh Nature Center in Marine Park East 33rd Street and Avenue U, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Volunteer with the Stewardship Team to protect natural areas in Marine Park! Volunteers will learn how to identify and safely remove invasive plants in order…

Zone Greener: Higher-Efficiency Wall Systems

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

In 2012, the City of New York adopted a package of amendments to the NYC Zoning Resolution, collectively called Zone Green, to facilitate more sustainable…

$10

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