Get your “hands dirty” and join us outdoors at the East Side Outside Garden with Common Ground Compost to prepare the urban garden for the fall and to learn about their business’ environmental sustainability based model.
Come paddle on the Neversink Reservoir. The Neversink Reservoir is the highest in elevation in NYC's water system with it's spillway at 1,440 feet in elevation. Put in service in 1955, it helps supply NYC with roughly half of its daily water intake along with its 3 sister Delaware system reservoirs.
Come hear Robert Kanigel talk about his book, the first major biography of Jane Jacobs. “Eyes on the Street: The Life of Jane Jacobs” is about the irrepressible woman who changed the way we view and live in cities, and whose influence can still be felt in any discussion of urban planning to this day.
RSVP here. As global institutions like the United Nations turn to their attention to human rights and climate change, local groups have been fostering the…
Start the night with "Urban Tumbleweed", a live performance from the Vanessa Long Dance Company. Stay for a screening of documentary, Merchants of Doubt.
As global institutions like the United Nations are turning their attention to human rights and climate change, local groups have been fostering the links between natural environments and digital environments for more than a decade.
James Gustave Speth is co-founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council. He was a professor of law at Georgetown University; chairman of the U.S. Council…
A fun, relaxing auto-free ride through Central Park highlighting its beautiful ponds, waterways, vistas, and structures.
Take your kids outside to enjoy the Park and to learn and enhance their athletic skills through small group instruction and competitive games in these…
Tour a lab, participate in hands-on earth science demonstrations, and learn from world-renowned researchers about their latest discoveries.
Join the community at Harlem Park to Park for day-long Harlem Harvest Festival! The event is an urban interpretation of a traditional “state fair” with fresh produce, breweries, prepared foods and harvest specialties.
Join the India China Institute and the Himalayan Universities Consortium (HUC) for an engaging panel discussion on the state of the Himalayas and questions of sustainable futures in the region. Panelists will present their insights and experiences from working in the region, and their thoughts on the future of the Himalayas from both a regional and global perspective.