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The Five Thousand Pound Life

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

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

Can Consumption Change the World?

Diana Event Oval, Barnard College 3009 Broadway, New York

Join a panel of environmentalists, economists, anthropologists, and entrepreneurs as they examine the
life cycle of the goods we buy—from conception and design to labor and manufacturing, through repair and disposal. How are each of these stages interconnected, and what changes to our consumption habits could truly be impactful?

Free

Climate Change: Impacts and Solutions

The Yale Club of New York City 50 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York

Come hear current experts from a range of sectors discuss climate change and share their solutions-based approaches.

$10.00