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Winter Walk at Pelham Bay Park

Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum 895 Shore Road, Bronx, NY, United States

Join the Natural Areas Conservancy for a guided walk through the coastal and forested areas of New York City’s largest park. This diverse 2,700-acre park…

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Winter Talks: Marking Time, Marking Place: Lower Manhattan THEN & NOW

6 River Terrace, New York, NY, United States

President of cultureNOW, Abby Suckle, presents an illustrated talk on their urban archeology project and the creation of a map showing New York City over time. Learn about the process of surveying our local geographic history and raising questions that need to be considered as we plan a more resilient city in our future.

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Citizen’s Climate Lobby Brooklyn Chapter Startup Meeting

Videology Bar & Cinema 308 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Citizens’ Climate Lobby is a non-profit, non-partisan, grassroots advocacy organization pushing for political action on climate change.

Come join us as we (re)start up CCL's Brooklyn chapter, and get to work pushing for sensible climate action policy at the local, state and national level.

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City of Science Series: Understanding Urban Habitats

Skylight Room 365 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United States

Ecology has historically focused on natural environments, but scientists are increasingly turning their attention to understanding urban ecosystems. With 50% of the world’s population living in cities — and the heightened risks associated with climate change, green spaces, and flooding — studying urban habitats offers keys to design and planning that can help cities work better. Hear from a panel of CUNY experts in this growing field, including Charles Vörösmarty, director of the GC’s Advanced Science Research Center’s Environmental Sciences Initiative, and others.

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Lowline Science and Sustainability Fair

Lowline Lab 140 Essex Street, New York, NY, United States

Join us at the Lowline Lab for our first ever Science and Sustainability Fair! This all ages, interactive fair will include workshops on topics from biomimicry to entomology to sustainability.

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Community Resilience through Green Infrastructure

Pace University 1 Pace Plaza, New York, NY, United States

Science of the Living City Presents: Community Resilience through Green Infrastructure

A Panel Discussion on how to leverage Green Infrastructure storm water investments to create urban resilience and sustainability. In this panel we will discuss how to use resources for storm water management to address the multi-functional needs of communities as well as the bottom line of making cleaner waterways. These multi-functional needs include rising temperatures, flooding, clean air, and better access to nature, among others.

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How the Chinese Government Fabricates Social Media Posts for Strategic Distraction, not Engaged Argument

Data & Society Research Institute 36 West 20th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY, United States

Jennifer Pan's research shows that the Chinese regime's strategy is to avoid arguing with skeptics of the party and the government, and to not even discuss controversial issues. She will discuss how these results fit with what is known about the Chinese censorship program, and suggest how they may change our boarder theoretical understanding of "common knowledge" and information control in authoritarian regimes.

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Wild by Design: Strategies for Creating Life-Enhancing Landscapes

New York Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Gottesman Exhibition Hall , New York, NY, United States

Margie Ruddick, the pioneering landscape designer and author of Wild by Design and acclaimed architect Robin Elmslie Osler meet at the crossroads of design, ecology and urbanism to explore whether nature, in all its unruly wildness, can be an integral part of everyday living. The discussion is moderated by Annette Rose-Shapiro the
Managing Editor of MODERN Magazine.

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Walling Off What Matters: Advocating for Holistic Waterfront Resilience in NYC

Impact Hub NYC 394 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

This workshop will look at several potential funding / governing solutions, such as creating an RMIA (Resilient Manufacturing and Maritime Industrial Area), creating hyper local Resilient Advocates and integrating community based organizing.

The workshop is looking to gain feedback on improving such methods and to connect local waterfront community organizations dealing with similar issues.

Join Impact Hub NYC from noon-1pm every weekday between Jan 23rd and May 1st for free workshops in direct response to Trump's first 100 days plan.

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Joanne Witty in conversation with William Solecki – Brooklyn Bridge Park: A Dying Waterfront Transformed

Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College 47-49 E 65th St, New York, NY, United States

Please join us at Roosevelt House for a special evening exploring the creation of Brooklyn Bridge Park, one of the largest and most significant public projects to be built in New York in a generation.
In their talk, Ms. Witty and Professor Solecki will examine the social and political phenomenon of how a community overcame overwhelming opposition and obstacles to build the park – and also the ways in which the solutions developed during the prolonged battle can be applied to important economic and planning issues around the world. They will discuss how grassroots movement and community planning united around a common vision, and reveal the human dynamics that unfolded in the course of building the park, including attitudes and opinions that arose about class, race, gentrification, commercialization, development, and the role of government.

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New York Sea Level Rise Projections: Implications for Law, Land Use, Buildings and Infrastructure

Columbia University, Morningside Campus, International Affairs Building, Kellogg Center, Room 1501 1150 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY, United States

As required by a 2014 state statute, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has just issued official sea level rise projections. They reflect a range of possible scenarios; at the high end, sea level in the New York City area could rise 75 inches (6.2 feet) by the year 2100.This program will explore how these projections, now that they are embodied in a formal regulation, will affect a broad range of decisions in building and infrastructure siting, design, construction and materials; insurance and financing; environmental impact review; and securities disclosure.

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