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Volunteer training for emergency response preparedness

Enterprise Community Partners 1 Whitehall Street, 11th Floor, New York, United States

In partnership with NeighborWorks America, 2014’s opening resilience series training will be designing and developing an emergency management program plan for multi-family housing organizations. The successful integration of citizen involvement in an emergency management setting is imperative to prepare for, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of disasters in our communities.

This full day training will address organization and management of volunteers in emergency response, engaging the community, volunteer operations, logistics, communication and records administration.

Free

2014 Cities Climate Leadership Awards

Unnamed Venue New York, NY, United States

The C40 & Siemens City Climate Leadership Awards provides global recognition to cities that are demonstrating climate action leadership.

Free

The Utility Business Model: Evolution or Revolution?

The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space at WNYC 44 Charlton Street, New York, NY, United States

This panel will examine emerging challenges and opportunities as utilities in NY and around the country evolve to meet the needs of a next-generation power system, develop services that offer their customers more choice, and deliver increased value to their shareholders.

$25

Stargazing on the High Line

High line 14th st 10th ave, Manhattan, NY, United States

Come to the High Line to gaze at the stars, planets, and moon through the high-powered telescopes of the Amateur Astronomers Association, and chat with the experts about the sights you see.

Free

2014 Rising Seas Summit

Crowne Plaza Times Square 1605 Broadway, New York City, NY 10019, New York City, NY, United States

The inaugural Rising Seas Summit brought together more than 170 professionals from national and local government, industry, academic institutions and environmental NGOs together to highlight…

Drain: Planning for Climate Change (Naomi Klein and Kate Orff)

Wood Auditorium Columbia University, New York, NY, United States

We are living in Decade Zero, the tipping point after which irreparable changes delivered “in the language of fires, floods, storms, and droughts” will wreck…

Colloquium on Forests and Climate: New Thinking for Transformational Change

Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall, Roone Arledge Auditorium

As shown in the event description: The Earth Institute's Center for Environmental Sustainability (EICES),the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) and the Center…

Slow Food — Preserving Everything

The Farm on Adderley 1108 Cortelyou Road, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Learn about how to preserve just about anything and everything.

Free

Weekly community composting in Red Hook, Brooklyn

Red Hook Community Farms 580 Columbia Street, Brooklyn

Join Added Value, the Red Hook Community Farm in Brooklyn to compost weekly on Fridays from 9:00am to noon and Saturdays from 10:30am to 1:00pm.…

The Five Thousand Pound Life: Land

Cooper Union Great Hall The Foundation Building, 7 East 7th Street, New York , NY, United States

The Five Thousand Pound Life: Land addresses the need to consider settlement patterns and competing land uses in new ways given the reality of climate change.

$20

Land use summit: Solving urban land use problems in the 21st century

Rosenthal Pavilion, Kimmel Center, NYU 60 Washington Sq South, New York, NY, United States

City Planning has evolved from the exclusive domain of government agencies, to a more complex, inter-agent process in the development of space. In three parts, this summit brings some of the leading minds behind the most dedicated and creative organizations, who will share their thoughts on new tools and ideas that are leading the charge towards a more inclusive and dynamic urban environment.

Free – $5