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Jane Jacobs Centennial Lecture: Janette Sadik-Khan

Museum at Eldridge Street 12 Eldridge Street, New York, NY, United States

Janette Sadik-Khan, former NYC Department of Transportation Commissioner who introduced pedestrian plazas, bike lanes and bike sharing, will speak on the legacy of writer and preservationist Jane Jacobs (1916-2006), whose work changed the way the world views and understands cities. Award-winning author and preservationist Roberta Brandes Gratz will introduce Sadik-Khan.

Free

350NYC Monthly Meeting

New York Society for Ethical Culture 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, United States

350NYC’s Monthly Open Meeting is on the 4th Wed of each month. It is held at the New York Society for Ethical Culture, Room #507…

Free

Prospect Park Audubon Center 101 East Drive, New York, NY, United States

Join the Prospect Park Alliance for holiday programming at Lefferts Historic House and the Audubon Center. Nature Exploration, 12–3 pm Prospect Park Audubon Center, Free…

Free

Winter on a Flatbush Farm

Lefferts Historic House Prospect Park West, Parkside between Flatbush Ave., Ocean Ave. and Prospect Park SW, Brooklyn, United States

Get ready for winter as they did in the 19th century farming village of Flatbush. Learn how to make a candle, watch a master spinster…

Free – $3

NYC Outdoors! An Environmental Education Expo

Kimmel Center for University Life 60 Washington Square South, 10th FL, New York, NY, United States

The NYC Outdoors! Expo is public event showcasing environmental education resources in New York City.
Who should attend? Participants will meet more than 40 environmental education organizations

Free

Food, Power, and Politics

The New School Orozco Room, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall 66 West 12th Street, New York, NY, United States

One of The New School Art Collection’s most significant works will be installed on campus: Roxy Paine’s Dinner of the Dictators, 1993-95 fromNovember 19, 2016…

Free

ORGANIZING URGENCY: The Climate Crisis & What Should CUNY Do About It?

Professional Staff Congress 61 Broadway, 15th Floor, New York, NY, United States

Bring your friends, colleagues and students and hear from community and CUNY environmental justice activists and climate scholars. Participate in shaping our shared role in addressing the climate crisis.

Free

The End of the Line Film Screening

Repair the World NYC 808 Nostrand Avenue , Brooklyn, NY, United States

Are you passionate about social justice? Are environmental issues important to you? Repair The World NYC is hosting a film screening of The End of the Line, a feature-length documentary about a diverse coalition that recently rose up to defeat the controversial Bluegrass Pipeline in Kentucky.

Free

“How Change Happens” Book Launch with Duncan Green

Rise New York 43 West 23rd Street, New York, NY, United States

The Rockefeller Foundation, the Transparency and Accountability Initiative, and the UNDP Innovation Facility are pleased to invite you to join us at the launch of the book: “How Change Happens”, in which author and innovation thought leader Duncan Green shares his insights on how we can better navigate complex systems, power, and social norms to create change.

Putting a Price on Carbon

New York Society for Ethical Culture 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, United States

Join us for this educational forum on a wide range of issues related to putting a price on carbon.

Free

Deep Energy Retrofit: Warren Hall at Cornell University

The Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY, United States

Learn how Cornell University’s Warren Hall—a 130,000 square foot pre-war building with historic masonry—was renovated into a modern LEED Platinum home for the University’s undergraduate…

$15