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Food For Thought

Interface New York City Showroom 330 Fifth Avenue (the corner of 5th Ave and 33rd Street) 12th Floor, New York

In 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

United Nations Habitat: the City We Need

Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium United Nations Plaza First Avenue at 46th Street, New York, NY, United States

How do we create the City We Need for the future where women and girls will reach their potential and realize their human rights?

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Safer Cities +20: Public Space and Gender

United Nations Headquarters - Conference Room 11 New York, NY, United States

The side event will address the priority theme of CSW 60: ‘Women’s empowerment and its link to sustainable development’ as well as the review theme ‘The elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls’ from the agreed conclusions from the 57th session.

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Can Virtual Reality Foster Global Citizenship?

Civic Hall 156 Fifth Avenue, Second Floor, New York, NY, United States

2016 has been heralded as the “year of virtual reality” but few people know about its potential outside of a futuristic gaming technology. However, a market-driven…

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The Right to Food in the US: A Conversation with Smita Narula

Project Farmhouse 76 East 13th Street, New York, NY, United States

The Pace-NRDC Food Law Initiative (FLI) is a collaboration between the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University and the Natural Resources Defense Council.…

$10

Using Data to Disrupt Business as Usual

LMHQ 150 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

Big Data and Sustainability Business Stepping Up-- The Lovins Series As President Trump pursues a regressive, isolationist agenda, business is stepping up to address climate…

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