This spring season the Gowanus Canal Conservancy is hosting a 4-part series examining the theme “Living Things in an Urban Ecosystem”, where invited panelists bring their perspectives on the living infrastructure of New York City, provoking questions about our human and environmental relationships within an urban environment.
The Earth Institute and the School of Continuing Education MSSM Practicum present a lecture summarizing the major themes that have emerged throughout the Earth Institute Practicum lecture series. It will consider the future of sustainability management practice with a focus on the importance of leadership in integrating sustainability in organizations.
Open House New York invites you to a very special lecture with Karen Karp, president of Karp Resources, to kick offThe Final Mile: Food Systems of New York, a new year-long series of tours and talks exploring the architecture of New York City's multi-layered food system.
In 2030, the world’s population will be a staggering eight billion people. Of these, two-thirds will live in cities. Most will be poor. With limited resources, this uneven growth will be one of the greatest challenges faced by societies across the globe.
To engage this international debate, Uneven Growth brings together six interdisciplinary teams of researchers and practitioners to examine new architectural possibilities for six global metropolises.
Mapping Brooklyn juxtaposes the work of contemporary artists working with historic maps, with examples of maps themselves, suggesting the myriad ways that maps can represent, on the one hand, such practical matters as way finding, property ownership, population shifts, and war strategy, and on other, the terrain of the metaphorical, psychological, and personal.
Catch the warbler wave and welcome them back at this spring bird watching workshop led by Peter Dorosh of the Brooklyn Bird Club.
Earth2Class presents "Microbes in the Sea - Demonstrations and Activity Session for the Marine Science Resource Kits" with Sonya Dyrhman, Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University and Sheean Haley, Senior Staff Associate, Division of Biology and Paleo Environment, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, The Earth Institute, Columbia University.
This 9th annual celebration lets kids and families take part in free environmental activities along the waterfront!
Walk with Projjal Dutta, Director of Sustainability Initiatives at the MTA, from the shuttered South Ferry station to Fulton Center station, a gleaming new transit center for downtown New York.
Join this free workshop on Extreme Climate featuring fifteen speakers from across Columbia University covering a diverse array of topics!
Enjoy delicious Newburgh Brewery beer or sip your signature Spring cocktail with friends and celebrate the end of a long, cold winter! Buy a raffle to win a getaway trip, a fashion item, or tickets to an upcoming sporting event, all while supporting a good cause.