Nature’s Workshop: Weather Exploration and Monitoring
Marine Park Gerritsen Ave and Channel Ave in Marine Park Brooklyn, New York CityA family-friendly educational event in Marine Park.
Free
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The Brooklyn Waterfront: Past and Present
Brooklyn Brainery 190 Underhill Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesIn this class at the Brooklyn Brainery, the development, decline, and rebirth of the Brooklyn waterfront, from 19th century port to 21st century playground.
$10
The Future of Cities: An Integrated Approach to Urban Challenges
United Nations Headquarters Conference Room 2 46th Street and 1st Avenue , New York, NY, United StatesThe 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”.
This event will bring together high-level experts and representatives from national and local governments, non-governmental organizations, academia, foundations and industry.
Free
Fast Fashion: Disposable Society and the Soul
Columbia University Morningside Campus Union Theological Seminary, Room 101 80 Claremont Ave, New York, NY, United StatesThe Earth Institute presents Fast Fashion: Disposable Society and the Soul, with author and journalist, Elizabeth L. Cline.
The 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.
Free
A History of New York City Transportation – From Horsecars to Helicopters
By 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.
This 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.
$10
Make Your Own Household Cleaner
Brooklyn Brainery 190 Underhill Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesThere are plenty of reasons why making your own surface cleaner is an excellent idea.
Whether you're concerned about saving money, the environment, or your health, this simple DIY project will make a difference!
$13
Freshkills Park Series: Landfill Infrastructure
Brooklyn Brainery 190 Underhill Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesThe 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.
Learn more about the infrastructure that makes the park possible from Laura Truettner, Manager for Park Development.
$8
The History of the Gowanus Canal
Brooklyn Brainery 190 Underhill Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesNestled between the hip and hardly inexpensive neighborhoods Park Slope and Carroll Gardens is the Gowanus Canal: Brooklyn’s most infamous toxic waste site.
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.
$10
Food For Thought
Interface New York City Showroom 330 Fifth Avenue (the corner of 5th Ave and 33rd Street) 12th Floor, New YorkIn 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.
$12
Meet and Greet with Environmental Education Advocacy Council
Pioneers Bar 138 West 29th Street, New York, NY, United StatesCome 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!
Pioneers Bar has 19 yummy beers on tap, jumbo Connect Four, and life-size Jenga! EEAC will provide snacks for everyone.
Free
February Forum: Sustainable Transportation
Monogram Design Center 150 East 58th St. 10th Floor , New YorkA 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.
Come learn more about sustainable transportation at this free forum organized by GreenHomeNYC!
Free
Handshake 302: Vernacular Geographies of Shenzhen, China
The New School: The Bark Room (Orientation Room), Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, 101 2 West 13th Street, New York, NY, United StatesLearn more about the history and space of "urban villages" in Shenzhen, China.
Free