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Can Virtual Reality Foster Global Citizenship?

Civic Hall 156 Fifth Avenue, Second Floor, New York, NY, United States

2016 has been heralded as the “year of virtual reality” but few people know about its potential outside of a futuristic gaming technology. However, a market-driven…

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Make it Wild!

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

Enjoy a whole day of family fun on the High Line! Get your hands dirt in our garden, create art, hear stories, watch performances and more!

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34th Annual Queens County Fair

Queens County Farm Museum 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy, Queens, NY, United States

Don't miss this traditional county fair with blue ribbon competitions in livestock, produce, home crafts, arts & crafts, and more. The fair features pie eating- and corn husking- contests, hayrides, pig races, carnival rides, midway games, and kids' entertainment by jugglers, magicians, and acrobats! Dance the day away at the Bavarian Garden with an Irish band (Saturday) and German band (Sunday).

Free – $10

Creative Climate Awards Opening

Taipei Economic and Cultural Office 1 E 42nd St., New York, NY, United States

The Opening will feature interactive and performance art pieces done by submitting artists Vangeline Dance Theater, Mechthild Schmidt Feist, and Danielle Boudrand.

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Women and Trans Bike Repair Class

Time's Up! Brooklyn 99 South 6th Street, Brooklyn , NY, United States

Come learn the basics of bicycle repair from female mechanics at our workshop designed by women and for women. No previous experience with bicycle repair required. Each week we will cover a different topic!

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Urban Sustainability Day!

Common Ground Compost East 11th Street between 1st Avenue and Avenue A, New York, NY, United States

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.

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Neversink Reservoir Paddle

Neversink Reservoir Neversink Reservoir, Neversink, NY, United States

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.

$27.24 – $105.99

Book Talk: Eyes on the Street: The Life of Jane Jacobs by Robert Kanigel

The Tenement Museum 103 Orchard Street, New York, United States

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.

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Digital and Environmental Justice in the Era of Climate Change

Civic Hall 156 Fifth Avenue, Second Floor, New York, NY, United States

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…

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Film: Merchants of Doubt

Taipei Economic and Cultural Office 1 E 42nd St., New York, NY, United States

Start the night with "Urban Tumbleweed", a live performance from the Vanessa Long Dance Company. Stay for a screening of documentary, Merchants of Doubt.

Free – $20

Digital and Environmental Justice in the Era of Climate Change

Civic Hall 156 Fifth Avenue, Second Floor, New York, NY, United States

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.

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Environmental Law: Time to Reboot by James Gustave Speth

Columbia Law School, Jerome Greene Hall, Room 104 435 West 116th Street

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…

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