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2016 BF+DA Positive Impact Awards
Brooklyn Fashion + Design Accelerator 630 Flushing Avenue, Suite 704, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesJoin the Brooklyn Fashion+Design Accelerator for their 2nd Annual Positive Impact Awards! The gala will serve as a who’s who of ethical fashion and honor pioneers in the sustainable fashion industry including ethical powerhouses Patagonia, EILEEN FISHER and Canopy Planet as well as rock star collaborator, the Sustainable Apparel Coalition.
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Greenwich Village Mandate: St. Vincent’s Revival
St. Vincent's Triangle Park 76 Greenwich Ave, New York , NY, United StatesWhat does it take for the public to make a new park and memorial a reality? Join us for an onsite exploration of how community…
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NYC Votes Get Out the Vote Phone Bank
Campaign Finance Board 100 Church Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY, United StatesNYC Votes runs a Get Out the Vote program reminding New Yorker to head to the polls and vote on Election Day. GOTV will run from Sunday, November 6 through Tuesday, November 8. Call new voters to encourage them to vote in the General Election.
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Van Alen Book Club Graphic Novel Edition: Robert Moses: The Master Builder of New York City
Van Alen Institute 30 West 22nd Street, New York, NY, United StatesLionized and loathed, Robert Moses’ complex legacy is one that we live with every day, and it retold as a graphic novel by Pierre Christin…
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Food Waste in the City – Waste Not, Want Not
Tisch Food Center at Teachers College, Columbia University 525 West 120th Street, New York, NY, United StatesAt this panel we will hear from experts working in the field in various capacities - academia, government, NGOs and practitioners at the corporate and the individual level. They will discuss their learnings and suggest actions we can take towards making our food waste foot print smaller. ‘When we throw away food, we’re also throwing away the land, water, and energy used to produce that food.’ That’s why it’s imperative to learn about food waste and take the necessary actions.
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Person Place Thing: Alicia Glen
Van Alen Institute 30 West 22nd Street, New York, NY, United StatesAs deputy mayor for housing and economic development, native New Yorker Alicia Glen’s mandate includes more than 40 agencies and authorities. From empowering women entrepreneurs and…
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The Impact of Pesticides on Human and Environmental Health
Hunter College's Silberman School of Social Work Auditorium 2180 Third Ave at 119th Street , New York, NY, United StatesJoin the NYC Food Policy Center at Hunter College for a presentation by Dr. Frederico Peres from the National School of Public Health in Rio de Janeiro,…
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Urban Forestry: Lessons learned, Challenges and Opportunities Ahead
Cornell University Architecture, Art, Planning 26 Broadway, 20th Floor, New York, NY, United StatesOn November 9th at Cornell Architecture Art Planning from 6:00 PM-7:30 PM, for a presentation from author Jill Jonnes, and panel discussion with expert voices in American forestry; Fiona Watt, NYC Parks| Todd Forrest, US Forest Service| Joseph Gittelman, ALB Expert
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Van Alen Variety Show
WeWork FiDi 85 Broad Street, Manhattan, NY, United StatesJoin us for a post-Election Day celebration of the mandate of everyday city dwellers to improve one another’s lives. We’ll apply performance, satire, and rapid presentations to mix policy and play and proclaim the power of participation.
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Documentary-Drama Screening: A Year in the Life of First Green Bank
Patagonia Soho 72 Greene St, New York, NY, United StatesPlease join us for a screening about an aspiring regenerative entrepreneur, Ken LaRoe, a seasoned banker and passionate environmentalist who founded Florida’s first “green” bank in a conservative community outside Orlando, who was inspired after reading Patagonia Founder Yvon Chouinard’s book Let My People Go Surfing.
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Bill McKibben on the Fate of the Earth
The New School, John L. Tishman Auditorium, University Center 63 Fifth Avenue, Room U100, New York, NY, United StatesOn Thursday, November 10, Bill McKibben will give the inaugural Jonathan Schell Memorial Lecture on the Fate of the Earth at the New School in New York City.
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