• Lecture: The New Aesthetic of Data Narrative

    MFA School of Visual Arts 136 West 21 Street, Second Floor, New York

    How can data-driven visualizations tell multiple interplaying stories and achieve a viable result in an abstract visual composition? How can we provide multi-levels of investigation…

    Free
  • TEDxManhattan: Changing the Way We Eat

    TimesCenter 242 W 41st St, New York, NY, United States

    This annual, one-day TEDx event explores the food system as we shift to a more sustainable way of eating and farming.

    Free
  • The Final Mile: How Great Cities Are Fed

    SVA Visual Arts Theater 333 W 23rd St, New York City

    Open House New York invites you to a very special lecture with Karen Karp, president of Karp Resources, to kick offThe Final Mile: Food Systems of New York, a new year-long series of tours and talks exploring the architecture of New York City's multi-layered food system.

    $10
  • Environmental Law: Time to Reboot by James Gustave Speth

    Columbia Law School, Jerome Greene Hall, Room 104 435 West 116th Street

    James Gustave Speth is co-founder of the Natural Resources Defense Council. He was a professor of law at Georgetown University; chairman of the U.S. Council…

    Free
  • Civil Disobedience and Climate Change: Legal and Ethical Issues

    Sabin Center for Climate Change Law Columbia Law School 435 West 116th Street, Room 105, New York, NY, United States

    The Sabin Center develops legal techniques to fight climate change, trains students and lawyers in their use, and provides up-to-date resources on key topics in…

    Free
  • Disruptive Energy Futures

    Columbia Law School, Jerome Greene Hall, Room 104 435 West 116th Street

    Featuring Distinguished Guest Speaker Physicist Amory Lovins, consultant to business and government leaders, is co-founder and Chief Scientist of Rocky Mountain Institute. The RMI Headquarters…

    Free
  • Numancia: Universal Paradigm of Liberty, Culture, and Sustainability

    Faculty Room 207 Low Library, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States

    Abstract 2150 years ago, the world experienced an incredible historical event. A smallvillage in the Hispania Plateau resisted for 20 years the most powerful army…