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Alligators in the Sewer Day with screening of Cast in India

Hunter College 68th Street and Lexington Avenue, New York, NY, United States

Celebrate Alligators in the Sewers Day, an unofficial annual holiday that Manhattan Borough Historian Michael Miscione initiated four years ago to mark the birth of one of New York City's greatest true urban legends.

Join NYC H2O for an afternoon of fun-filled festivities including a screening of the documentary Cast in India about the making of manhole covers. Michael Miscione will recount the 1935 sighting and briefly discuss other great NYC urban legends -- some true, some not.

Free

Choices: How Everyday Decisions Can Make a Lasting Impact Day 2

The New School Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall 55 West 13th Street, New York, NY, United States

Interested in sustainable business strategies in New York City?

Join the Sustainable Cities Club of The New School and business leaders of Wyndham hotels, Jones Lang Lasalle, Telepan restaurant and Heplsy fashion to discuss where New York City stands as a sustainable city, what opportunities exist to fill a market demand and how we form municipal policies to increase the City’s sustainability and resiliency.

Free

The Brooklyn Waterfront: Past and Present

Brooklyn Brainery 190 Underhill Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United States

In this class at the Brooklyn Brainery, the development, decline, and rebirth of the Brooklyn waterfront, from 19th century port to 21st century playground.

$10

The Future of Cities: An Integrated Approach to Urban Challenges

United Nations Headquarters Conference Room 2 46th Street and 1st Avenue , New York, NY, United States

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), the Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization and the American Institute for Architecture New York Chapter are co-organizing a high-level discussion, which will cover key developments in the area of sustainable urbanization, entitled “The Future of Cities: An Integrated Approach to Urban Challenges”.

This event will bring together high-level experts and representatives from national and local governments, non-governmental organizations, academia, foundations and industry.

Free

Fast Fashion: Disposable Society and the Soul

Columbia University Morningside Campus Union Theological Seminary, Room 101 80 Claremont Ave, New York, NY, United States

The Earth Institute presents Fast Fashion: Disposable Society and the Soul, with author and journalist, Elizabeth L. Cline.

The hastening speed and obsolescence of modern consumer goods--expressed in its most extreme form within fast fashion--has fundamentally reshaped society, culture, economics, and ultimately our sense of selves.

Free

A History of New York City Transportation – From Horsecars to Helicopters

By some estimates, for every New Yorker you see walking around on the streets, there’s one New Yorker underground, riding the train. That’s right - 1/2 of New York’s population is on some form of public transportation at any given moment.

This class covers NYC transportation from the early days, when the best you could hope for was a mud-spattered omnibus ride, through the first steam-powered elevated railroads, all the way up to the Pan Am building helicopter shuttle.

$10

Make Your Own Household Cleaner

Brooklyn Brainery 190 Underhill Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United States

There are plenty of reasons why making your own surface cleaner is an excellent idea.

Whether you're concerned about saving money, the environment, or your health, this simple DIY project will make a difference!

$13

Freshkills Park Series: Landfill Infrastructure

Brooklyn Brainery 190 Underhill Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United States

The ongoing development of Freshkills Park is one of the most ambitious public works projects in the history of New York City, using state of the art ecological restoration techniques in an extraordinary setting for recreation, public art, and environmental investigation.

Learn more about the infrastructure that makes the park possible from Laura Truettner, Manager for Park Development.

$8

The History of the Gowanus Canal

Brooklyn Brainery 190 Underhill Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Nestled between the hip and hardly inexpensive neighborhoods Park Slope and Carroll Gardens is the Gowanus Canal: Brooklyn’s most infamous toxic waste site.

This class if for anyone who’s read about the Gowanus but wants to know more about how it got there, why its so polluted, and why people feel so compelled by it.

$10

Food For Thought

Interface New York City Showroom 330 Fifth Avenue (the corner of 5th Ave and 33rd Street) 12th Floor, New York

In a world that continues to struggle with agricultural challenges to support the global population, developing sustainable solutions for crop production, agricultural resource use, access to food, and food waste is critical.

Come hear from the New York Area Sustainability Group's expert speakers as they point out problems in our food system, and discuss the changes that need to take place to solve these issues.

$12