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SUMMARY:Oceans of Trash: Tackling Marine Plastic Pollution
DESCRIPTION:Photo credit: Alejandro Durán\nA program in conjunction with the exhibition Washed Up: Transforming a Trashed Landscape\, photos by Alejandro Durán.\nSaturday\, January 31\, 2015\n2:30 – 5PM with reception to follow\nHunter College’s Silberman School of Social Work\nAuditorium\n2180 Third Ave at 119th Street\nNew York\, NY 10035\n \nSpeakers include: \n5 Gyres\nThe 5 Gyres Institute conducts research and communicates about the global impact of plastic pollution in the world’s oceans. 5 Gyres employs strategies to eliminate the accumulation of plastic pollution in the five subtropical gyres. 5 Gyres founders Marcus Eriksen and Anna Cummins will present on their most recent research. \nAlejandro Durán\nArtist Alejandro Durán’s fascination with collecting and rearranging trash on the shores of Mexico’s Sian Ka’an region led to his ongoing project\, Washed Up. As an educator\, filmmaker\, and artist\, Alejandro’s work promotes awareness of ocean pollution and advocates for change. \nCarson Farmer \nCarson Farmer is Associate Director of the Center for Advanced Research of Spatial Information (CARSI) where he works on a number of urban issues\, ranging from transportation to human impacts on the oceans. Recently\, Carson has begun to examine sustainability issues surrounding urban impacts on the worlds oceans from a quantitative and policy perspective with Dr. Tim Stojanovic from St Andrews University in Scotland. \nPlus more exciting participants and practitioners. \nSupported by the American Chai Trust and Hunter College Arts Across the Curriculum program sponsored by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. \nFor more information\, please contact ehartg@hunter.cuny.edu
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/oceans-of-trash-tackling-marine-plastic-pollution/
LOCATION:Hunter College’s Silberman School of Social Work Auditorium\, 2180 Third Ave at 119th Street \, New York\, NY\, 10035 \, United States
CATEGORIES:Learn,Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150201T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150201T123000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20141208T220043Z
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SUMMARY:Explore Dead Horse Bay\, New York's Best Kept Secret
DESCRIPTION:Hike the trails and shoreline of Dead Horse Bay with Mickey Maxwell Cohen\, American Littoral Society naturalist\, author of Discovering the Trails of Dead Horse Bay. Explore the nature and fascinating history of this little known area. Sturdy footwear is essential.  And of course dress appropriately for the day’s weather. \nThis program is an American Littoral Society / G.N.R.A. Partnership Program and is free and open to the public. \nLocation : Floyd Bennett Field Ranger Station\nContact : To RSVP: Call (718) 474-0896\, or email donriepe@gmail.com. \nDIRECTIONS TO Dead Horse Bay: Subway: IRT #2 to Flatbush Ave. Q35 bus south to Floyd Bennett Field\, last stop before the Gil Hodges Memorial (Marine Pky.) Bridge. Car: Belt Pky. to Exit 11S. Take Flatbush Ave. south to park. Bus: B41 to Nostrand Ave. then Q35 to the park entrance on your left. Meet group at parking lot near ranger station and walk across Flatbush Ave. to Dead Horse Bay trail. \n 
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/explore-dead-horse-bay-new-yorks-best-kept-secret/
LOCATION:Floyd Bennett Field Ranger Station\, Floyd Bennett Field\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11234\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lifestyle,Outdoors
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150201T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150208T180000
DTSTAMP:20260614T093329
CREATED:20141210T190805Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150206T184157Z
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SUMMARY:596 Acres presents Reviewing Renewal on the Queens Museum Panorama
DESCRIPTION:596 Acres presents\nReviewing Renewal\non the Queens Museum Panorama\nJanuary 11 to February 8\, 2015\n  \n596 Acres will present all 155+ urban renewal plans that the City has ever adopted in an intervention directly on the Panorama of the City of New York\, realizing the online Urban Reviewer map on a 1:1200 scale of the 9\,335 square foot Panorama. \nNew York City began to adopt “urban renewal plans” in 1949 to get federal funding to acquire land\, relocate the people living there\, demolish the structures and make way for new public and private development. The legacy of these neighborhood master plans remains active across the city\, from sites like Lincoln Center to the many vacant lots cleared in East New York and Bushwick for projects that were never completed. Even after federal funding for the program was cut in 1974\, New York City continued to adopt renewal plans for neighborhoods – 82 plan areas\, where the city has eminent domain power to take private property for the public purpose of eliminating blight and economic “under-performance\,” came into being between 1975 and the present.  \n“The whole theory of urban renewal was based on the idea of urban obsolescence\,” says curator Paula Z. Segal. “It was not about blight\, but about making way for the new\, on the idea that urban structures are made to last 30 or 40 years.” \nUrban renewal transforms the city\, and changes the lives of many New Yorkers\, for better or worse. Over 60 plan for areas of the city remain active today. Some communities are taking advantage of active plan areas to make community aspirations into official plans. \nWhat can we learn from the continuing story of urban renewal in NYC?\n \nCurator: Paula Z. Segal\, Esq.\, 596 Acres\, Inc.  \nExhibition Design: Mary Bereschka\, Greg Mihalko\, Stephen von Muehlen\nDesign: Partner & Partners\nEvent Production: Amy Fitzgerald\, Oksana Mironova\n  \nExhibition made possible thanks to the support of Mapzen and the Queens Museum.\n  \nThere will be public programming focused on different facets of Urban Renewal Area planning every Sunday during the exhibition. All events are free. Some RSVPs required. Info here: http://596acres.org/news/2014/12/23/596-acres-presents-the-urban-reviewer-on-the-queens-museum-panorama/\n  \nThe Queens Museum is open weekly Wednesday through Sunday\, 12-6pm. \nSunday\, January 11\, 12 – 6pm \n12:30 – 2pm: Willet’s Point Walk with Queens Borough Historian Jack Eichenbaum RSVP Required\n2 – 3:30pm: Film Presentation: The Pruitt-Igoe Myth\n3:30 – 4pm: “Who Makes A Neighborhood?”\n4 – 6pm: Opening Reception RSVP Required\n  \nSunday\, January 18\, 12 – 6pm \n12:15 -1:45: Takings (with Continuing Legal Education credits\, attorney RSVP required)\n2 – 4pm: Reviewing Mitchell Lama: The Past\, Present and Future of Affordable Housing in NYC\n4 – 6pm: Film Presentation: It Took 50 Years: Frances Goldin and the Struggle for Cooper Square\n  \nSunday\, January 25\, 12 – 6pm \n12 – 1pm: The Manhattan Projects Tour\n1 – 2:30pm: Before Lincoln Center\n2:30 – 4pm: Williamsburg’s South Side\n4 – 6pm: Queens\n  \nSunday\, February 1\, 12 – 6pm \n12 -1pm: Film Presentation: The Rink\n1 – 3pm: What happens to a neighborhood “renewed?\n3 – 4pm: Artist Walk & Talk: Damon Rich\n4 – 6pm: From Redlining to Gentrification & Urban Renewal is People Removal (film)\n  \nSunday\, February 8\, 3 – 6pm \n3 – 4pm:Curator Walk & Talk in the Panorama: Paula Z. Segal\n4 – 6pm: Discussion\, Reception and Film Presentation: The Tragedy of Urban Renewal: The destruction and survival of a New York City neighborhood\n  \nMedia Inquiries: Paula Z. Segal\, Esq. \nExecutive Director and Legal Director\, 596 Acres\n718-316-6092 x 2 – paula@596acres.org\n  \nAbout 596 Acres\n596 Acres is New York City’s community land access program. We help neighbors organize around and gain access to the city’s warehoused and empty public land. Our work enriches the quality of life for all New Yorkers by facilitating community-based civic action and helping to transform unused vacant land into new open spaces. We are currently adapting our model in Philadelphia (groundedinphilly.org)\, in Los Angeles (laopenacres.org)\, in New Orleans (livinglotsnola.og) and are in discussion to extend this land access movement to 15 other cities worldwide that have  expressed an affirmative interest in 596 Acres’ approach. We are a small and young organization that has been working on a shoestring budget since 2011 and are now looking for financial partners to help us revolutionize land access processes worldwide. Spread the word!\n596acres.org
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/596-acres-presents-the-urban-reviewer-on-the-queens-museum-panorama/
LOCATION:Queens Museum\, Flushing Meadows Corona Park\, Queens\, NY\, 11368\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibit,History,Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150201T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150228T170000
DTSTAMP:20260614T093329
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SUMMARY:Washed Up Transforming a Trashed Landscape Alejandro Duran
DESCRIPTION:Photo credit: Alejandro Duran \nWashed Up is an ongo­ing project by Mexican-born\, New York-based artist Ale­jan­dro Durán that addresses the issue of plas­tic pol­lu­tion mak­ing its way across the ocean and onto the shores of Sian Ka’an\, Mexico’s largest federally-protected reserve. With more than twenty pre-Colombian archae­o­log­i­cal sites\, this UNESCO World Her­itage site is also home to a vast array of flora and fauna and the world’s sec­ond largest coastal bar­rier reef. Unfor­tu­nately\, Sian Ka’an is also a repos­i­tory for the world’s trash\, which is car­ried there by ocean cur­rents from many parts of the globe. \nWhen: Octo­ber 29\, 2014 to Feb­ru­ary 28\, 2015 \nHours: Tues­day — Sat­ur­day\, 12:00–5:00 P.M. \nWhere: Hunter Col­lege East Harlem Art Gallery\, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street New York NY 10035 \nFor more infor­ma­tion\, please visit: http://​www​.hunter​.cuny​.edu/​e​a​s​t​h​a​r​l​e​m​-​a​r​t​g​a​l​l​ery
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/washed-up-transforming-a-trashed-landscape-alejandro-duran-2/
LOCATION:Hunter College East Harlem Art Gallery\, 2180 Third Avenue \, New York\, NY\, 10035  \, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150203T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150203T190000
DTSTAMP:20260614T093329
CREATED:20150128T043939Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150128T043939Z
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Sustainability Policy - Hastening the Transition to a Cleaner Economy
DESCRIPTION:Moderator: Curtis Probst\, Managing Director\, Rocky Mountain Institute; Speakers: Steven Cohen\, Executive Director\, The Earth Institute and Professor of Practice\, School of International and Public Affairs\, Columbia University; William Eimicke\, Director\, Picker Center for Executive Education and Professor of Practice\, School of International and Public Affairs\, Columbia University; Alison Miller\, Deputy Executive Director\, The Earth Institute\, Columbia University \nThe Earth Institute and the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University present a book launch\, Sustainability Policy: Hastening the Transition to a Cleaner Economy. Authors Steven Cohen\, William Eimicke\, and Alison Miller will be discussing their new book\, published by Jossey-Bass in January 2015. \nSustainability Policy: Hastening the Transition to a Cleaner Economy is a fundamental guide to sustainability policy development\, implementation\, strategy\, and practice. Featuring detailed cases highlighting innovative sustainability initiatives\, this book explores the elements that constitute effective policy\, and the factors that can help or hinder implementation and adoption. The book describes the critical role the government plays in the transformation of our economy\, and underscores the importance of public-private partnerships. The authors feature policies in effect at the federal\, state\, and local levels across all areas of environmental sustainability. Emphasizing politically-feasible policy tools\, the book demonstrates current and potential applications and focuses on public sector actions that spur innovation and organizational change in the private sector and behavioral change at the individual level. \nPanel event 6:00-7:00 PM.  Reception to follow. \nBooks will be available for purchase and signing. \nOpen to the public.  RSVP required.  Photo ID required. \nPlease register here: http://earth.columbia.edu/events/view/75819
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/book-launch-sustainability-policy-hastening-the-transition-to-a-cleaner-economy/
LOCATION:Columbia University\, Morningside Campus\, International Affairs Building\, Kellogg Center\, Room 1501\, 1150 Amsterdam Avenue\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Learn,Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150204T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150204T191500
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CREATED:20150128T043022Z
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SUMMARY:The Field of Sustainable Finance: Foundations and Future Growth
DESCRIPTION:The Earth Institute and The School of Continuing Education present a panel event\, The Field of Sustainable Finance: Foundations and Future Growth. \nAt the nexus of sustainability and management is the growing field of Sustainable Finance – an interdisciplinary field with elements of corporate sustainability and financial principles including green accounting and carbon accounting\, environmental markets\, project finance\, asset management and sustainable investment\, and the impacts of environmental issues on capital markets. This panel discussion will focus on major emerging trends and tools in sustainable finance. A mix of academics and practitioners will discuss how sustainable finance has developed and evolved as a field. They’’ll debate what we mean by “sustainable finance” itself and explore the key players and drivers\, as well as what it will look like in the future. \nThis event is free and open to the public. Dress code is business casual. RSVP required. \nPanel event 6:00-7:15 PM.  Reception to follow. \nPlease register here: http://www.earth.columbia.edu/events/view/75820  \nPanelists:  Steven Cohen\, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer\, The Earth Institute\, Columbia University; Introduction; Satyajit Bose\, Lecturer in the Discipline of Economics\, Columbia University; Moderator: Travis Bradford\, Director\, Energy and Environment Concentration\, School of International and Public Affairs\, Columbia University; Speakers: Frank Barbarino\, Vice President\, Goldman Sachs; Michael Davis\, Director\, Institutional Client Relationships\, Calvert Investments; Sonal Mahida\, US Network Manager\, the Principles for UN Responsible Investment Initiative; Kevin Parker\, CEO\, Sustainable Insight Capital Management; Amy Springsteel\, Director of Corporate Responsibility\, Voya Financial.
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/the-field-of-sustainable-finance-foundations-and-future-growth/
LOCATION:The Columbia Club\, James Madison Room\, 2nd Floor\, 15 W. 43rd St.\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
CATEGORIES:Learn,Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150204T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150204T203000
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CREATED:20150106T000146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150106T000146Z
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SUMMARY:The High Line as Urban Accelerator: A Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Photo credit: Friends of the High Line \nThe High Line has stimulated tremendous growth in its Chelsea neighborhood and sparked new thinking about multi-use\, shared public spaces. When the park’s third and final phase opened in September\, introducing direct pedestrian access at street level\, it became even more connected to the city. Now New York’s most visited site\, the High Line is a significant generator of economic activity and a model of public-private collaboration celebrated by designers\, planners and civic leaders. \nJoin High Line co-founder Joshua David for a conversation with architectural critic Paul Goldberger and Vishaan Chakrabarti of SHoP Architects about the impact of this repurposed elevated rail line on the city and its economy. Reception to follow. Free for Museum members; $12 students/seniors; $16 general public. \nOrganized by: Museum of the City of New York \nSpeakers:\nJoshua David\, High Line co-founder\nVishaan Chakrabarti\, Director of Columbia University’s Center for Urban Real Estate (CURE) and Partner\, SHoP Architects.\nPaul Goldberger\, Hon. AIA\, Architecture critic \nCost for each guest: $16.00 \nFor more information\, please visit: http://cfa.aiany.org/index.php?section=calendar&evtid=7882
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/the-high-line-as-urban-accelerator-a-conversation/
LOCATION:Offsite Public Program Museum of City of New York\, 1220 Fifth Avenue (at 103rd Street)\, New York\, NY\, 10029\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150206T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150206T193000
DTSTAMP:20260614T093329
CREATED:20150105T225239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150105T232537Z
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SUMMARY:Choices Conference: How Everyday Decisions Can Make a Lasting Impact Day 1
DESCRIPTION:Interested in sustainable business strategies in New York City?  \nJoin the Sustainable Cities Club of The New School and business leaders of Wyndham hotels\, Jones Lang Lasalle\, Telepan restaurant and Helpsy 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.  \nKeynote Address: Michelle DePass – How does sustainability intersect with social justice? \nFashion Industry: Rachel Kibbe\, founder of Helpsy \nConstruction: Erika White\, Senior Associate\, Strategy and Business Development\, Tri-State Region Jones Lang Lasalle\, \nRestaurant Industry: Bill Telepan\, owner of Telepan restaurant\, and Executive Chef of Wellness in the Schools \nHotel: to be announced \nModerators of our Roundtable Discussion: \nRick McGahey\, Professor of Professional Practice and Director of Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management \nTimon McPhearson\, Associate Professor of Urban Ecology \nClosing Remarks by Mary Watson\, Dean of NSPE and Tokumbo Shobowale\, COO of The New School \nThe conference continues on Saturday\, February 7. \nThis event is cosponsored by Tishman Environmental Design Center\, Environmental Policy and Sustainable Management Program\, Milano and the University Student Senate. \nCost: Free\, but registration is required \nPlease register here: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/choices-how-everyday-decisions-can-make-a-lasting-impact-tickets-14967996681?aff=es2&rank=4
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/choices-conference-how-everyday-decisions-can-make-a-lasting-impact-day-1/
LOCATION:The New School Theresa Lang Community and Student Center\, Arnhold Hall\, 55 West 13th Street\, New York\, NY\,  10011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150206T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150206T210000
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SUMMARY:Alligators in the Sewer Day with screening of Cast in India
DESCRIPTION:Alligators in the Sewer Day\nw/ screening of Cast in India \nFriday February 6 at 7pm\, at Hunter College\n\nThe event will be held in room HW 714. \nEnter on 68th Street and Lexington Avenue on the Southwest corner. \nDoors open at 6:30. \nCelebrate 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. It was on that date back in 1935 that a live alligator was found in an East Harlem storm sewer. A detailed article about the discovery was printed in the New York Times the next day. \nJoin 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. \nEvent is free. Please RSVP here: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/alligators-in-the-sewers-day-tickets-15250370268
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/alligators-in-the-sewer-day-with-screening-of-cast-in-india/
LOCATION:Hunter College\, 68th Street and Lexington Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10065\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150207T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150207T190000
DTSTAMP:20260614T093329
CREATED:20150105T231356Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150201T232344Z
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SUMMARY:Choices: How Everyday Decisions Can Make a Lasting Impact Day 2
DESCRIPTION:Choices: How Everyday Decisions Can Make a Lasting Impact DAY 2 \nInterested in sustainable business strategies in New York City? \nJoin 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.  \nKeynote Address: Michelle DePass\, Dean of Milano  \nFashion Industry: Rachel Kibbe\, founder of Helpsy \nConstruction: Erika White\, Senior Associate\, Strategy and Business Development\, Tri-State Region Jones Lang Lasalle\, \nRestaurant Industry: Bill Telepan\, owner of Telepan restaurant\, and Executive Chef of Wellness in the Schools \nHotel: To be announced \nModerators of our Roundtable Discussion: \nRick McGahey\, Professor of Professional Practice and Director of Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management \nTimon McPhearson\, Associate Professor of Urban Ecology \nClosing Remarks by Mary Watson\, Dean of NSPE and Tokumbo Shobowale\, COO of The New School \nThis event is cosponsored by Tishman Environmental Design Center\, Environmental Policy and Sustainable Management Program\, Milano and the USS. \nCost: Free\, but registration is required \nPlease register here: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/choices-how-everyday-decisions-can-make-a-lasting-impact-tickets-14967996681?aff=es2&rank=4 \n 
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/choices-how-everyday-decisions-can-make-a-lasting-impact-day-2/
LOCATION:The New School Theresa Lang Community and Student Center\, Arnhold Hall\, 55 West 13th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150207T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150207T170000
DTSTAMP:20260614T093329
CREATED:20150204T191315Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150204T195633Z
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SUMMARY:Inspirations for the Design of Brooklyn Bridge Park
DESCRIPTION:Join Matt Urbanski\, one of the lead designers of Brooklyn Bridge Park\, to discover the inspirations and ambitions behind the park design. \nWhat were they thinking about when they designed Brooklyn Bridge Park? Inspirations range from Prospect Park\, Historic Coney Island and Sandy Hook NJ\, The Long Island Beaches\, Pelham Bay Park\, and Riverside Park\, the degrading piers of Bush Terminal and German playgrounds and Austrian beer gardens. Come hear one of the lead designers of the park connect the place with the inspirations. \nEvent is free with RSVP. Please RSVP here: http://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/events/inspiration-of-bbp
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/inspirations-for-the-design-of-brooklyn-bridge-park/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Bridge Park\, Select a Country:
CATEGORIES:Learn,Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150208T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150208T140000
DTSTAMP:20260614T093329
CREATED:20150204T185223Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150204T200325Z
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SUMMARY:Nature's Workshop: Weather Exploration and Monitoring
DESCRIPTION:Urban Park Rangers Nature Centers are your gateway to New York City parks.  Each serves as an in–park community center for public education\, recreational activities\, and environmental studies. The centers serve as starting points for walking tours and workshop sites for educational programs for the whole family. \nThis winter\, join us for the Nature’s Workshop series.  Winter is the best time to learn about weather\, weather anomalies\, and our changing climate through some fun weather experiments and outdoor exploration. \nPhoto credit NYC Parks
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/natures-workshop-weather-exploration-and-monitoring/
LOCATION:Marine Park\, Gerritsen Ave and Channel Ave in Marine Park Brooklyn\, New York City
CATEGORIES:History,Kids,Learn,Lifestyle,Outdoors
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150209T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150209T200000
DTSTAMP:20260614T093329
CREATED:20150127T234459Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150127T234459Z
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SUMMARY:The Brooklyn Waterfront: Past and Present
DESCRIPTION:Location: The Brainery in Prospect Heights \nIn this class at the Brooklyn Brainery\, the development\, decline\, and rebirth of the Brooklyn waterfront\, from 19th century port to 21st century playground. \nWith the dual lens of preservation and renewal\, we’ll examine how communities\, real estate interests and the City have reshaped the waterfront from Greenpoint to Sunset Park since the 1970s. \n(This is a classroom session\, not a walking tour!)\n\nPlease register here: http://brooklynbrainery.com/courses/the-brooklyn-waterfront-past-and-present\n\n\nTaught by Inna Guzenfeld \nInna Guzenfeld is a planner and urban historian trained at Pratt Institute. She emigrated from the Ukraine in the nineties and grew up on the Coney Island peninsula. Her work centers on the New York waterfront\, where she documents and advocates the city’s maritime past. She can often be found traversing Brooklyn’s industrial landscapes in search of stories and artifacts. She also teaches historic preservation and urban studies at CUNY.
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/the-brooklyn-waterfront-past-and-present/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Brainery\, 190 Underhill Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11238\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150210T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150210T180000
DTSTAMP:20260614T093329
CREATED:20150128T032359Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150128T033844Z
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SUMMARY:The Future of Cities: An Integrated Approach to Urban Challenges
DESCRIPTION: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”. \nThis event is taking place on the occasion of the High-level Thematic Debate on Means of Implementation for a Transformative Post-2015 Development Agenda\, and aims to address the mobilization of adequate means of implementation critical to achieving a truly sustainable urbanization\, including financial resources\, data-driven innovation\, technology development and transfer\, as well as capacity building. \nThis event will bring together high-level experts and representatives from national and local governments\, non-governmental organizations\, academia\, foundations and industry. Speakers include Dr. Clos\, Executive Director of UN-Habitat and H.E. Karen Tan\, Permanent Representative of Singapore to the UN\, Co-Chair\, Group of Friends for Sustainable Cities and Mr. James McCullar\, Architect and former President of the New York Chapter of the AIA. \nA dialogue session will be moderated by Mr. Urs Gauchat\, Dean of the College of Architecture and Design\, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and feature the following Panelists: \n\nMrs. Nilda Mesa\, Director\, NYC\, Mayor’s Office of Sustainability\nMrs. Ritva Viljanen\, Deputy Mayor of Helsinki\nMr. Tom Wright\, President\, Regional Plan Association\nMr. Navid Hanif\, Director\, Department of Economic and Social Affairs \, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination\nMrs. Ana Marie Argilagos\, Senior Advisor\, Ford Foundation\nMr. Douglas I. Foy\, CEO\, Serrafix Corporation\, Boston\, Massachusetts\nMr. David Klingberg\, CEO\, David Lock Associates\, Melbourne\n\n Event is free\, but please register here to reserve your place: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-future-of-cities-an-integrated-approach-to-urban-challenges-tickets-15469865785?aff=es2&rank=26
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/the-future-of-cities-an-integrated-approach-to-urban-challenges/
LOCATION:United Nations Headquarters Conference Room 2\, 46th Street and 1st Avenue \, New York\, NY\, 10017\, United States
CATEGORIES:Learn,Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150210T161000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150210T170000
DTSTAMP:20260614T093329
CREATED:20150205T230138Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150211T164003Z
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SUMMARY:Fast Fashion: Disposable Society and the Soul
DESCRIPTION:The Earth Institute presents Fast Fashion: Disposable Society and the Soul\, with author and journalist\, Elizabeth L. Cline. \nThe 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. Overheated global supply chains now work tirelessly in the service of producing ever-evolving “novel” new products–in the case of fashion\, retail chains restock shelves several times a week with new colors and cuts perfectly attuned to consumer demand at that very specific moment. Is our urge and willingness to engage in the fast-fashion system based in a need to belong or to differentiate ourselves? What really is our ability to express our identities within the consumer capitalist system and to what degree are consumer goods about satisfying desire–and what do we mean when we say consumer products satiate us? Beneath these buying habits and the everyday reality of disposable societies in the developed West\, there are many\, many externalities lurking behind the scenes–poverty pay for retail and garment workers\, environmental degradation\, resource strain and drain\, and waste of historic proportions. There is an inevitable feeling to our disposable culture. Within this context of malaise\, what is the responsibility or power of the individual to reflect on and alter this system? What social\, entrepreneurial\, governmental or economic shifts could truly challenge fast fashion and disposable culture? \nAuthor and journalist Elizabeth Cline is one of the world’s leading thinkers in the fields of fast fashion\, globalization and disposable consumption. Her first book\, Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion (Penguin Portfolio)\, received wide critical acclaim from publications including The New York Times Book Review\, The Los Angeles Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, and Publishers Weekly and generated a whirlwind of radio\, print\, and TV attention: Most notably\, Elizabeth has been a featured guest on “Fresh Air” with Terry Gross\, “NBC Nightly News” with Brian Williams\, BBC’s “The World\,” and NPR’s “On Point.” Elizabeth travels regularly to lecture on ethics and sustainability in the fashion industry and continues to write for The Nation\, TheAtlantic.com\, NewYork.com\, AMCtv.com\, and Sundance.tv\, among other outlets. She is currently at work on her second book\, which explores the next global industrial revolution\, and will be touring Europe this Spring with her metal band Mortals. \nRSVP required. Please RSVP here: http://www.earth.columbia.edu/events/view/76314
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/fast-fashion-disposable-society-and-the-soul/
LOCATION:Columbia University Morningside Campus Union Theological Seminary\, Room 101\, 80 Claremont Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150216T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150216T220000
DTSTAMP:20260614T093329
CREATED:20150215T173018Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150215T183813Z
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SUMMARY:A History of New York City Transportation - From Horsecars to Helicopters
DESCRIPTION:image courtesy stefano.campolo  \nBy 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. \nThis miraculous statistic means that the city we know truly couldn’t exist without its subways\, buses\, and taxis\, but how did all this heavy\, stinky\, old fashioned infrastructure get built? \nThis 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. It also touches on the many ambitious\, zany\, quixotic efforts to get us from Point A to Point B. Have you ever been sucked through a tunnel? \n\nTaught by Patrick Lamson-Hall \nPatrick Lamson-Hall is an urban planner at the NYU Stern Urbanization Project. His interests include urbanization in the developing world\, alternative transportation\, and public space. Before becoming an urban planner he worked as a journalist\, a dishwasher\, and an anarchist. He’s currently researching historical densities in Manhattan as well as implementing an urban expansion initiative in four cities in Ethiopia. \nPlease register here: http://brooklynbrainery.com/courses/a-history-of-new-york-city-transportation-from-horsecars-to-helicopters
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/a-history-of-new-york-city-transportation-from-horsecars-to-helicopters/
CATEGORIES:Learn,Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150217T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150217T160000
DTSTAMP:20260614T093329
CREATED:20150128T002631Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150128T002631Z
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SUMMARY:Make Your Own Household Cleaner
DESCRIPTION:Photo credit: Collin Anderson \nTuesday\, February 17\, 3:00-4:00pm \nLocation: The Brainery in Prospect Heights \nThere are plenty of reasons why making your own surface cleaner is an excellent idea. \nWhether you’re concerned about saving money\, the environment\, or your health\, this simple DIY project will make a difference! In this class we’ll cover the various ingredients you can use to clean grimy kitchen surfaces and glass. We’ll talk about the possible components of a homemade cleaner and the ratios for mixing. We’ll also spend some time on what’s best to avoid in store-bought products. By the end of class\, participants will make their own cleaner blend based on their needs with plenty of time for questions. \nKeep an eye out for a weekend session soon!\n \nPlease register here: http://brooklynbrainery.com/courses/make-your-own-household-cleaner \n\nTaught by Kris De la Torre \nWorking in food and agriculture helped Kris De la Torre develop a sensitivity to what we put in our bodies. A penchant for perfumes prompted her to ask the same questions about what we put on our bodies. Having taught classes about her favorite ferments (beer\, wine and cheese) all over NYC\, she looks forward to expanding her classroom to natural beauty and household cleaning products. Kris hopes that through sharing her funny failures and success stories\, students will feel empowered to make these everyday products out of ingredients that are good for them and good for the environment.
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/make-your-own-household-cleaner/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Brainery\, 190 Underhill Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11238\, United States
CATEGORIES:Learn,Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150217T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150217T193000
DTSTAMP:20260614T093329
CREATED:20150128T003738Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150128T004037Z
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SUMMARY:Freshkills Park Series: Landfill Infrastructure
DESCRIPTION:Photo credit: NYC Parks \nTuesday\, February 17\, 6:30-7:30pm \nLocation: The Brainery in Prospect Heights \nThe 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.  \nThe City of New York established the Fresh Kills Landfill in 1948\, before there was any large–scale development on the west shore of Staten Island. By 1955\, Fresh Kills was the largest landfill in the world\, serving as the principal landfill for household garbage collected in New York City. The four landfill mounds on the site are made up of approximately 150 million tons of solid waste. \nThe park’s mounds are being capped with an impermeable plastic liner and eight additional layers of barrier material separate the ground we touch and the landfill beneath it\, one of them two feet thick. There are several systems in place to manage the landfill gas and leachate (the technical term for garbage juice) byproducts –some are visible\, like the white stacks of the Flare Stations\, but most are invisible\, like the 10\,000 linear feet of piping and drainage channels. \nLearn more about the infrastructure that makes the park possible from Laura Truettner\, Manager for Park Development. \n\nThis is the first talk in a series detailing the development of Freshkills Park in Staten Island. \nTaught by Laura Truettner \nLaura Truettner is the Manager for Park Development for Freshkills Park. Before coming to the NYC Parks\, she worked on community based redevelopment strategies for addressing brownfield sites and prior to that on investigating and remediating former petroleum\, landfill and manufacturing sites. She is an urban planner and geologist by training.
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/freshkills-park-series-landfill-infrastructure/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Brainery\, 190 Underhill Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11238\, United States
CATEGORIES:Learn,Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150217T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150217T220000
DTSTAMP:20260614T093329
CREATED:20150128T001911Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150128T001911Z
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SUMMARY:The History of the Gowanus Canal
DESCRIPTION:Photo credit: Eymund Diegel\n\nTuesday\, February 17\, 8:30-10:00pm or Thursday\, March 5\, 6:30-8:00pm\n\nLocation: The Brainery in Prospect Heights \nNestled between the hip and hardly inexpensive neighborhoods Park Slope and Carroll Gardens is the Gowanus Canal: Brooklyn’s most infamous toxic waste site. \nWhile many are aware that the canal is smelly or that bodies have been dumped there\, the Gowanus is more than an open sewer: it is a dynamic part of New York history\, stretching before the early days of the City of Brooklyn to colonization itself. And yes\, raw sewage does flow into it; but that’s no accident\, due to designs totally acceptable to 19th century urban planners. \nIn April 2010 the EPA elected the Gowanus to a list of federally regulated Superfund sites — polluting its depths are with industrial waste\, like heavy metals\, benzene and coal tar. It’s also polluted with e. coli\, gonorrhea\, and cholera. \nBut did you know that much of the building materials that made brownstone Brooklyn passed through its waters\, or that it used to be home to delicious foot-long oysters? 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. \n(Class size: 30\, lecture style + q&a) \nPlease register here: http://brooklynbrainery.com/courses/the-history-of-the-gowanus-canal \n\nTaught by Joseph Alexiou \nA journalist and history nerd\, Joseph A. is working on a book about the Gowanus Canal. He also likes France\, looseleaf tea\, old buildings\, and vocal harmony. He misses living next to the 2nd street dock on the canal\, but often goes to visit.
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/the-history-of-the-gowanus-canal/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Brainery\, 190 Underhill Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11238\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150218T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150218T193000
DTSTAMP:20260614T093329
CREATED:20150128T030823Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150213T211158Z
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SUMMARY:Food For Thought
DESCRIPTION: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. \nKatrina Moore\, Director/Producer\, Under the Mango Tree and Editorial Consultant\, WhyHunger\nLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/pub/katrina-moore/44/b27/65a\nKatrina will discuss social sustainability in food systems with a human rights perspective\, drawing on her research in food security and hunger and her work directing a documentary on a food program in Northern Ghana. \nMargaret Tung\, Co-Founder\, PareUp\nLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/pub/margaret-tung/11/546/7a7\nMargaret will be covering how technologies like PareUp can help transform the food waste that retailers and suppliers in the food industry accept as a “cost of doing business” into a business opportunity. \nDaniel Bena\, Head of Sustainable Development and Operations Outreach\, PepsiCo\nLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/danbena\nDan will share his insights on some of the broad environmental trends/global realities\, and how PepsiCo is expanding the definition of business value\, through the lens of agriculture. \nPlease register here: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/food-for-thought-tickets-15500047058?aff=es2&rank=16
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/food-for-thought/
LOCATION:Interface New York City Showroom\, 330 Fifth Avenue (the corner of 5th Ave and 33rd Street) 12th Floor\, New York
CATEGORIES:Learn,Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150218T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150218T210000
DTSTAMP:20260614T093329
CREATED:20150209T164955Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150213T193429Z
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SUMMARY:Meet and Greet with Environmental Education Advocacy Council
DESCRIPTION:photo credit: Audubon NYC \nCome out to meet Environmental Education Advocacy Cuncil’s Steering Committee Officers\, network with EEAC members representing environmental and science education organizations across NYC\, and find out how to become a Steering Committee Officer! \nPioneers Bar has 19 yummy beers on tap\, jumbo Connect Four\, and life-size Jenga! EEAC will provide snacks for everyone. \nABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ADVOCACY COUNCIL OF NYC \nEstablished in 1974\, EEAC has advocated for excellence in formal and informal education in New York City and beyond. EEAC provides a network and forum for all committed to environmental education to grow professionally and to share ideas and information. \nEEAC is the only nonprofit organization with the sole purpose of promoting and supporting outstanding environmental education in New York City schools and other centers for learning. EEAC provides a wide range of programs and services and relays information about environmental education resources and issues. It serves as New York City’s umbrella environmental education organization\, bringing together people and resources throughout the metropolitan area.
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/meet-and-greet-with-environmental-education-advocacy-council/
LOCATION:Pioneers Bar\, 138 West 29th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Careers,Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150218T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150218T200000
DTSTAMP:20260614T093329
CREATED:20150205T224502Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150213T214302Z
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SUMMARY:February Forum: Sustainable Transportation
DESCRIPTION:A sustainable transportation system is one that is accessible\, safe\, environmentally-friendly\, affordable\, and can meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generation to meet their own needs. At GreenHomeNYC’s February forum we will more closely examine initiatives\, policy and efforts in and around New York City that relate to making transportation more sustainable. \nThis forum is free and open to the public! Organized by GreenHomeNYC: http://greenhomenyc.org/ \nDate: Wednesday\, February 18\, 2015\nTime: 6:30-8:00pm\nPlace: GE Monogram Design Center\, 150 East 58th St.\, 10th floor\, New York\, NY 10155 \nEvent is free\, please RSVP here: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/february-forum-sustainable-transportation-registration-15397806253?aff=es2&rank=26
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/february-forum-sustainable-transportation/
LOCATION:Monogram Design Center\, 150 East 58th St. 10th Floor \, New York\, 10155
CATEGORIES:Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150219T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150219T193000
DTSTAMP:20260614T093329
CREATED:20150215T232822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150216T000724Z
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SUMMARY:Handshake 302: Vernacular Geographies of Shenzhen\, China
DESCRIPTION:In Shenzhen\, China\, the term “urban village” refers to a vernacular urban typology that has emerged out of village settlements that no longer\, or only partially\, exist\, and continue to expand today. In these dense\, urbanized spaces\, the preservation of village terminology allows us to explore a vernacular geography of “modernized”\, “urbanized”\, and “everyday” spaces within a larger discourse about China’s urban growth and Shenzhen’s history\, its development trajectories\, and governmental interventions in its built environment. \nThis talk focuses on speaker Mary Ann O’Donnell experiences co-curating an experimental art and ethnographic space called the “Handshake 302 Village Hack Residency” that engages the living history of the urban village of Baishizhou and Shenzhen’s history more generally. Handshake 302 exploits the semiotic discrepancies between art space programs and low cost housing to provide an accessible sociology of an urban village. The talk explores how the definition\, rezoning\, and rebuilding of these neighborhoods simultaneously evaluates the history of urban modernity (and the ordinary people who made it) and posits the city’s future (and the people who are welcome there). \nThis event is sponsored by the India China Institute at The New School. \nEvent is free! Register here: http://www.indiachinainstitute.org/ai1ec_event/99747/?instance_id=83223  \n 
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/handshake-302-vernacular-geographies-of-shenzhen-china/
LOCATION:The New School: The Bark Room (Orientation Room)\, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center\, 101\, 2 West 13th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Learn,Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150220T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150220T210000
DTSTAMP:20260614T093329
CREATED:20150220T210458Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150220T210458Z
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SUMMARY:Transition Neighborhoods Strategy Session
DESCRIPTION:Make your neighborhood more sustainable and resilient with Transition Neighborhoods (TN). \nBe part of the New York resilience resistance. Find out about the TN resilience-building process that is gaining momentum throughout the city. Mark your calendars and learn about how you can be part of a weekend festival on June 26-28\, in the Rockaways\, that will celebrate the Transitioning of New York city toward resilience\, and highlight the revitalization of community health and food security in the Rockaways. Anticipate inspiring Transition movement presentations\, hands-on urban gardening demonstration projects\, environmental art exhibits\, and tours of resident-driven permaculture installations. \nThe Transition movement is a community organizing response to climate change\, resource depletion and financial instability\, with over 1\,100 Transition groups in 44 countries and over 150 initiatives in the US. \nIt starts with neighbors reaching out to neighbors to convene a series of small group meetings. By going through chapters of a Transition Neighborhoods​ (TN) Field Guide\, participants strengthen their sense of place\, build relationships\, promote local food\, and map their neighborhood’s current state of resiliency\, looking at aspects of its operation such as food\, energy\, water\, waste\, consumption and transportation. It’s a practical and enlightening neighborhood resilience-building discovery process that deepens and celebrates neighborhood culture. \nThe Transition model has been successful in hundreds of communities worldwide. The TN Field Guide adapts that process to the specific needs of NYC and other big urban communities. The goal is to proactively redesign cities to be much less reliant on fossil fuels and much more resilient\, with an improved quality of life. Groups are now forming in over 15 NYC neighborhoods\, including the Upper West Side\, the Lower East Side\, Bed-Stuy\, Flatbush\, and Flushing. \nNYC already leads the nation in greening efforts\, so why Transition? It’s because government and individual efforts are necessary but insufficient responses to climate change. Transition’s neighborhood-scale\, multi-issue approach is unique. By bringing neighbors together\, connecting them to already-existing resources and catalyzing them to set up visible local projects\, it complements existing efforts – such as yours. \nTo find out more about making your neighborhood a Transition Neighborhood along with meeting other inspiring New Yorkers\, come to our next meeting at the Friends Meeting House on 15 Rutherford Place between 2nd and 3rd Avenues near Union Square on Friday\, February 20\, 7 PM. Pamela Boyce Simms\, convener and lead trainer of the seven-state Mid-Atlantic Transition Hub\, will talk about how to measure and improve food security in your neighborhood\, and the Transition training in March. There will be breakout sessions for newbies – ‘Transition 101′ – and coaching sessions for already organized neighborhood groups. \nVisit transitionmidatlantic.org and transitionnyc.org for more information.
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/transition-neighborhoods-strategy-session/
LOCATION:Friends Meeting House\, 15 Rutherford Place\, 15th Street between 2nd & 3rd Avenues\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Learn,Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150221T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150221T180000
DTSTAMP:20260614T093329
CREATED:20150206T190905Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150206T192921Z
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SUMMARY:Gotham: New York City’s Best Writers: Richard Ford
DESCRIPTION:In Let Me Be Frank with You\, Ford reinvents his character Frank Bascombe in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. In four richly luminous narratives\, Bascombe (and Ford) attempts to reconcile\, interpret and console a world undone by calamity. Bascombe appeared previously in The Sportswriter\, the Pulitzer Prize and PEN/Faulkner winning Independence Day\, and The Lay of the Land. Through Bascombe—protean\, funny\, profane\, wise\, often inappropriate—readers meet the aspirations\, sorrows\, longings\, achievements and failings of an American life in the twilight of the twentieth century. \nThis series is made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. \nRSVP for this FREE event here: http://richardford.brownpapertickets.com/ \n 
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/gotham-new-york-citys-best-writers-richard-ford/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Public Library: Central Library\, Dweck Center\, 10 Grand Army Plaza\, New York\, NY\, 11238\, United States
CATEGORIES:Learn,Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150222T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150222T123000
DTSTAMP:20260614T093329
CREATED:20150128T000938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150215T170958Z
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SUMMARY:Winter Tree Identification
DESCRIPTION:Photo credit: Lisa Nett\n\nSunday\, February 22\, 11am-12:30pm: Prospect Heights walk or Saturday\, February 28\, 11am-12:30pm: Carroll Gardens Walk\n\n\nAdd a bit of excitement and arboreal enjoyment to your winter walks with a lesson in tree identification! Look closely at the tree’s wintry bits: buds\, bark\, and fruiting bodies and your snowy sojourns will be evermore enchanting. \nThis class is outdoors for the entire session\, please dress appropriately for the weather. \n* Sunday\, February 22 walk takes place in Prospect Heights; meet at the Brainery. \n* Saturday\, February 28 walk takes place in Carroll Gardens; exact meeting directions will be sent the day before the walk. \nBe sure to select the correct date from the drop down menu!\n \nPlease register here: http://brooklynbrainery.com/courses/winter-tree-identification  \nTaught by Lisa Nett \nLisa hails from the tree filled state of Wisconsin. She studied forestry at UW-Madison\, and the art of firewood stacking on the family dairy farm. She rolls through the city streets on a trusty Schwinn while sneaking peeks at the passing trees. Check out Lisa’s tree-focused Tumblr\, The Tree Seen\, or follow her on Twitter\, @lisa_nett.
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/winter-tree-identification/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Brainery\, 190 Underhill Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11238\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lifestyle,Outdoors
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SUMMARY:New York University Urban Seminar Series: Donald Davis on The Spatial and Social Frictions in the City
DESCRIPTION:Photo Credit: The Marron Institute of Urban Management  \nColumbia professor of Economics Donald Davis will discuss spatial and social frictions in the city. \nHe published a joint paper with Jonathan Dingel\, Eduardo Morales\, and Joan Monras titled “Spatial and Social Frictions in the City: Evidence from Yelp.” \nThe NYU Urban Seminar is co-hosted by The Marron Institute\, the Urbanization Project\, the Furman Center\, and the Center for Real Estate Finance Research. \nEvent is free with RSVP here:  https://jfe.qualtrics.com/form/SV_2gY03gFMVc0Zk0t \n 
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/nyu-urban-seminar-series-donald-davis-on-the-spatial-and-social-frictions-in-the-city/
LOCATION:New York University Kaufman Management Center Room 3-10\, 44 W 4th St.\, New York City
CATEGORIES:Learn,Lifestyle
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150224T140000
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CREATED:20150206T184107Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150206T185649Z
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SUMMARY:Urban Forest Protection in New York City
DESCRIPTION:A lecture through Columbia’s Graduate School of Architecture\, Planning\, and Preservation about urban forest protection and restoration in New York City given by Timon McPhearson. McPhearson is an Assistant Professor of Urban Ecology & Coordinator for Environmental Science\, Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School.\n\nPhoto credit NYC Parks
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/urban-forest-protection-in-new-york-city/
LOCATION:Columbia University\, Morningside Campus\, Room 114\, Avery Hall\, 116th St & Broadway\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lifestyle
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150224T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150224T200000
DTSTAMP:20260614T093329
CREATED:20150206T200559Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20150213T214638Z
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SUMMARY:Sustainability Practice Network 'De Blasio Administration: Freshman Year Report Card’ Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:A year ago\, Bill de Blasio won the NYC mayoral election handily with an impressive campaign touting progressive change. Appealing to a shrinking middle class\, his platform promised to address income disparity\, universal pre-K\, more affordable housing\, and build on his predecessor’s environmental programs. \nConsistent with his progressive platform\, ‘City and State’ – the Mayor’s first Management Report focuses on equity\, equality and opportunity\, and shows mixed results in meeting his early goals. After his first year on the job\, how does the Mayor’s performance compare to the promise of his campaign? What are the early lessons learned and where are the opportunities for improvement? Join The Sustainability Practice Network’s panel of experts to discuss these realities and look ahead to year two of Mayor de Blasio’s administration. \nInvited Panelists: Marcia Bystryn\, Executive Director\, New York League of Conservation Voters; Steve Cohen\, Executive Director\, Columbia Earth Institute; Laurie Kerr\, Director\, City Energy Project\, National Resources Defense Council; ; Valerie Smith\, Director Corporate Sustainability\, Citigroup; Adam Davidson\, Co-founder; Planet Money. \nPlease RSVP: events@sustainabilitypractice.net \nAbout SPN: \nThe Sustainability Practice Network (SPN) is a New-York-based forum for professionals working with corporate responsibility and sustainability issues to build community based on learning\, discussion\, information and idea exchange. There are over fifteen hundred members on our list-serve\, representing practitioners from industry\, academia\, government and NGO’s. For more information please visit: www.sustainabilitypractice.net
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/sustainability-practice-network-de-blasio-administration-freshman-year-report-card-panel-discussion/
LOCATION:New York University Stern School of Business\, 44 West 4th Street\,  Room KMC 1-100\, New York\, 10012
CATEGORIES:Learn,Lifestyle
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150224T210000
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SUMMARY:Exploring Creative Community Resilience
DESCRIPTION:Climate-adapted neighbourhoods. Green boulevards. Community food forests. \nAround the world\, more and more cities are committing to ambitious projects aimed at building resilience in light of climate change. Can emerging models of participatory urbanism provide opportunities for resilience to be negotiated and engaged with by a wide-range of actors? Or are resilience and social innovation being co-opted to advance an increasingly neoliberal regime of urban governance? \n\n\nJoin us for an exciting public event exploring the timely topic of urban resilience and how it intersects with issues of local governance\, participatory democracy\, and climate preparedness. \nOn February 24\, 2015 we will convene at The New School to draw from the  experiences of grassroots organizers\, co-design champions\, urban planning professionals\, storytellers and representatives from many other fields of social innovation (that’s you!) to explore how to make resilience a collaborative and inclusive process of “civic imagination”. \nTogether\, we’ll be gathering the insights and voices of a lively and diverse group of local leaders in NYC (again\, you!) to stimulate a dialogue around climate governance and how it extends to questions of wellbeing\, quality of life\, and social justice. \n—- \nWe’ll kick off the evening with presentations from Enabling City\, Solidarity NYC\, WeAct\, Adapt NY and more to provide us with a glimpse into the diversity of approaches already in existence in the city. We’ll continue with participant-driven content through facilitated\, hands-on conversations designed to stimulate creative action around these pressing issues. Following the event\, we’ll conclude by sharing lessons learned and a final report to set the stage for our follow-up gathering in 2016. \n\nThis event is part of an international series exploring creative community resilience practices in New York City and Copenhagen. Join us! \nGet to know our speakers below – and check back often for updates on speaker line-up\, event activities and more: \n\n\n\n\n\nChiara Camponeschi\nEnabling City\nFounder & Director\n\n\n\nAurash Khawarzad\nWE ACT for Environmental Justice \nPolicy Advocacy Coordinator\n\n\n\nEvan Casper-Futterman\nSolidarity NYC\nMember\, Solidarity NYC & PhD Student at Bloustein School for Planning and Public Policy\, Rutgers University\n\n\n\nAdam Glenn\nAdapt NY\nFounder\, Adapt NY & Associate Professor\, Interactive CUNY Graduate School of Journalism\n\n\n\nGrace Vetrocq Tuttle\nDesigner\, Researcher\, Strategist & Part-Time Faculty\nParsons the New School for Design\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHave questions about Exploring Creative Community Resilience?  Contact Enabling City \n\n\n\nSave This Event \n\n\n\n Event is free\, please RSVP here: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/exploring-creative-community-resilience-registration-15750297564?aff=es2&rank=9
URL:https://newyork.thecityatlas.org/event/exploring-creative-community-resilience/
LOCATION:The New School\, 6 East 16th Street (12th floor)\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Learn,Lifestyle
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