The Earth Institute Annual Student Research Showcase
The Earth Institute, Columbia University is committed to supporting and showcasing student research in the areas of environmental and sustainable development. On Friday, April 3…
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Our Land: Local Action, Global Impact
Fashion Institute of Technology Seventh Avenue at 27 Street , New York, NY, United StatesFIT’s Ninth Annual FIT Sustainable Business and Design Conference.
This conference is free and open to the public.
Free
Henry Hart Rice Urban Policy Forum: Affordable Housing, Livable Neighborhoods
NYU Wagner, 2nd Floor, The Rudin Family Forum for Civic Dialogue 295 Lafayette Street, New York, NY, United StatesJoin NYU Wagner for an engrossing conversation with one of the nation’s leading experts on property law, land use, and affordable housing—Vicki Been.
Free
The State of Sustainability Policy: Progress and Opportunity
Columbia University Morningside Campus, Low Memorial Library 2960 Broadway, New York, NY, United StatesThe technological, social, cultural, economic and political transition to a sustainable economy has begun, and public policy is playing a critical role in this transition.
Practitioners from the New York City Mayor’s Office of Sustainability and the U.S. federal government will join experts from the Earth Institute and the School of International and Public Affairs to discuss the many ways that federal and local governments can support a transition to a sustainable economy based on renewable resources.
Free
Earth Institute Practicum in Innovative Sustainability Leadership: Protecting New Yorks Water
Columbia University Morningside Campus, Havemeyer Hall 3000 Broadway, New York, NY, United StatesThe Earth Institute and the School of Continuing Education MSSM Practicum present a lecture on the use of advocacy, science, the law, and sustainable infrastructure design in safeguarding or restoring watersheds and estuaries, given by Paul Gallay, President and Hudson Riverkeeper, Riverkeeper.
Next Generation Nuclear Power, The Solution to Climate Change?
Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall, Roone Arledge AuditoriumA film screening of Pandora's Promise followed by a panel discussion on nuclear energy. Keynote address given by Bill Nye, "The Science Guy."
Digging Up Trouble: A Panel on Social Conflict, Sustainable Development and Extractive Resources
Kent Hall 1140 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesA discussion about how extractive resources impacts human rights, the economy, and sustainability.
Institute for Public Architecture Presents: An Inventory of What’s Possible
Pratt Institute 200 Willoughby Avenue (Higgins Hall: Room 406), Brooklyn, New YorkOn April 10 at the Pratt Institute architects, historians, urban advocates, and city officials will present case studies of completed work, addressing design excellence and community priorities.
Free
The Chlorine Revolution
Join NYC H2O as Dr. Michael McGuire author of The Chlorine Revolution recounts the story of how chlorine first got introduced into municipal drinking water supplies.
Free
Comfort Zone Screening
Hunter College Room HW714 (West Bldg. 7th Floor) 68th St & Lexington Ave, New York, NY, United StatesCOMFORT ZONE takes an in-depth look at what happens when global climate issues come to our backyards. The specific setting is Upstate New York, but the effects, both subtle and profound, illustrate the kinds of effects that can happen anywhere.
Free
The New School Divested, Now What?
The New School Wolff Conference Room, room 1103 6 E 16th St , New York , NY, United StatesJoin the ACIR (Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility) at The New School, as they host a panel on how to increase the impact of The New School's commitment to divest from fossil fuels!
Free
Earth Institute Practicum in Innovative Sustainability Leadership: Building Climate Resilient Communities
The Earth Institute and the School of Continuing Education MSSM Practicum present an introduction on how to make places around the world more resilient to the physical, social, and economic disasters is becoming an increasingly important question as the effects of climate change become more palpable. The discussion will revolve around key principles of resiliency and how practitioners are advancing them in different places around the world.