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The Five Thousand Pound Life

The Great Hall, The Cooper Union 7 East 7th Street, New York, NY

Image via Flickr User London Permaculture For more information about The Five Thousand Pound Life, read an introductory essay here. In the opening event of…

$10

Exploring Clouds

Van Cortland Nature Center NY, United States

Learn about everyday weather events including lightning and thunder, clouds and the water cycle, and hurricanes and other extreme storms.

Free

4th New York City Climate Justice Youth Summit

Urban Assembly School for Green Careers 145 W. 84th St., New York, NY, United States

This year NYC Climate Justice Youth Summit will focus on: the connection between fossil fuel extraction and climate justice. The Summit will serve as the launch to prepare the youth for what we hope to be the biggest climate march in New York City-The People’s Climate March.

Free

4th New York City Climate Justice Youth Summit

Urban Assembly School for Green Careers 145 W. 84th St., New York, NY, United States

This year NYC Climate Justice Youth Summit will focus on: the connection between fossil fuel extraction and climate justice. The Summit will serve as the launch to prepare the youth for what we hope to be the biggest climate march in New York City-The People’s Climate March.

Free

Colloquium on Forests and Climate: New Thinking for Transformational Change

Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall, Roone Arledge Auditorium

As shown in the event description: The Earth Institute's Center for Environmental Sustainability (EICES),the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) and the Center…

Big Deals: Visionary Responses to Climate Change in NYC

The Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY, United States

At this moment, two very different and unusual projects for addressing climate change are being explored in New York City. Plans are proceeding for a…

Free

Kim Stanley Robinson and the Science Friday Book Club

Strand 828 Broadway, New York, United States

Science Friday host Ira Flatow is sitting down with acclaimed science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson to talk about his latest book New York 2140. The book envisions a not-so-distant future in which sea levels have risen, the streets of New York have become canals, and skyscrapers have become islands. The discussion will include a Q&A, book signing, and a demonstration from the Science Friday Education team. Tickets are $15 and include a Strand gift card for the same amount.

$15