Bk Ecology Bike Tour
Van Siclen Avenue - 3 Train 570 Van Siclen Avenue , Brooklyn , NY, United StatesLearn about Brooklyn's environmental challenges and successes on NYC H20's leisurely and informative bike ride along Jamaica Bay!
$40.00
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Urban Green Harbors Workshop
Pershing Hall on Governor's IslandHow would nature design resilient breakwaters, supporting human and ecological services and functions?
Urban Green Harbors Workshop is all day design charrette where attendees will learn about natural means of coastal protection and participate in a design team to incorporate these concepts into a design for a natural breakwater to protect Governor's Island.
$60
Join the Grand Central Terminal official guided tour
Grand Central Terminal 87 East 42nd Street , New York, NY, United StatesIn celebration of Grand Central Terminal’s centennial year, MTA Metro-North Railroad has teamed up with The Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS) and Orpheo Inc. to provide new daily docent-guided tours of the terminal.
$20
Road to 2015: A Pivotal Year for Sustainable Development
Lerner Hall, Columbia University 115th and Broadway, New York, NY, United StatesWhat are the major sustainable development priorities for 2015?
Come learn more at the this exciting event hosted by Columbia's Sustainability Media Lab!
Free
Transition Neighborhoods Workshop – Neighborhood Organizing for Resilient Green Cities
Friends Meeting House 15 Rutherford Place 15th Street between 2nd & 3rd Avenues, New York, NY, United StatesCome learn about the Transition Movement in NYC!
There are 1,100 plus Transition groups in 44 countries with 16 national hubs that have emerged to serve these groups. In the U.S. 151 Transition initiatives have formed with 100 more in formation. It’s time for New York City to tap into the power, creativity, and collective genius of this global grassroots network.
This event is organized by the NYC Transition Hub.
Free
Spark Speaker Series: with Anna Cummins and Marcus Eriksen of 5 Gyres and Stefanie Spear, founder of EcoWatch
The Moderns 900 Broadway, Suite 202 , New York, NY, United StatesMicroplastic particles are found in all oceanic gyres, bays, gulfs and seas worldwide.
Once in the environment, microplastics absorb persistent organic pollutants, and are consumed by a variety of marine life, including the fish we harvest for food.
Join the discussion on plastic pollution in our waterways and the serious impact it has on our oceanic ecosystem, and what is being done to stop it.
$25.00
The End of the Environmental Era
Columbia University, Morningside Campus, International Affairs Building, Room 407 1150 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY, United StatesThis seminar features Leon G. Billings and Thomas C. Jorling, two senior staff members who led the Senate environment subcommittee which originated and developed major environmental legislation in the 1970s, including the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Superfund Act.
Learn about the process that led to these seminal laws from the writers of the legislation themselves!
Free
November Forum: Post-Bloomberg Focus on Environmental Policy
Trespa Design Centre 62 Greene St, Ground Floor, New York, United StatesWith just about one year under his belt as Mayor, this forum will focus on some of Mayor De Blasio's policies and actions for the past year and what is on the horizon for Environmental Policy in the city.
Join for an interesting and lively discussion!
Free
Climate Change as Social Drama
The Graduate Center, CUNY , Room C201 365 5th Ave, New York, NY, NY, United States"Climate Change as Social Drama" with Phil Smith (Yale University) and Todd Gitlin (Columbia University)
free
Retrofitting urban buildings for flood risk
AIANY Housing Committee 536 LaGuardia Place, New York City, NY, United StatesRetrofitting urban buildings for flood risk is one of New York City’s most complex planning challenges. Like other American coastal cities – but to an even greater degree given its size, density, and 520 miles of shoreline – NYC’s waterfront neighborhoods face significant challenges in adapting to increased coastal flood risks. This event panel is presented in conjunction with the related Retrofitting Buildings for Flood Risk report by NYC Department of City Planning, released October 8th, 2014.
FREE
Pedestrian Modern Book Talk with David Smiley
Knoll New York Showroom 1330 Avenue of the Americas, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United StatesDOCOMOMO New York/Tri-State presents author David Smiley, who will discuss his 2013 book, Pedestrian Modern: Shopping and American Architecture, 1925–1956.
In Pedestrian Modern, David Smiley reveals how the design for places of consumption—stores and shopping centers—informed emerging modernist tenets.
Friday Evenings with Climate Scientists: Katia Fernandes and Alessandra Giannini
ICP Museum 1133 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, United StatesClimate Scientists Dr. Fernandes and Dr. Gianninin, from the Earth Institute at Columbia University, will lead a talk on the connection between temperature changes in…
$14