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Design in the Age of Efficiency

32BJ SEIU 25 West 18th Street, 5th Floor Auditorium, New York, NY, United States

With recent legislation, new construction and major renovations of New York City-owned buildings now have to meet some of the highest efficiency standards in the nation.

Learn about the new laws with policy and design experts, and discuss what they may mean for the building industry. Refreshments will be served.

Free – $10

Learn How You Can Make Your Own TV Show

Various Locations

Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN) is a public access television network and media education center offering hyperlocal programming and low-cost media production courses to Manhattan residents…

Free

Time to Choose Screening

AMC Loews 19th St. East 6, New York, NY, United States

Documentary filmmaker Charles Ferguson turns his lens to address worldwide climate change challenges and solutions, presented by Gathr.

$17.30

The Future of Food: An Actionable Evening

abc home 888 Broadway, New York, NY, NY, United States

Join us for an actionable evening with EWG Co-Founder Ken Cook & Functional Medicine Leader Frank Lipman, M.D all about diets, health and our food system !

Free

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…

Free

Free Energy Workshop

1647 Macombs Rd 1647 Macombs Rd , Bronx, NY, United States

If you are interested in learning more about how to make your home more energy efficient, and the financial and environmental benefits, please join us !

Free

Exhibiting Culture: The New Lens of Virtual Reality

American Museum of Natural History 200 Central Park W, New York, NY, United States

This Dialogue is part of the Margaret Mead Film Festival. From acclaimed Montreal-based Felix & Paul Studios, the Nomads virtual-reality series transports you across the Earth into…

$10 – $12

Liquid Assets: Can Wall Street Save the Water Crisis?

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

In 2007, Atlanta came within 90 days of running out of water. This past January, Flint, Michigan declared a state of emergency, and the current drought in…

Free

Covering Crisis: Real-Time Communication & Superstorm Sandy

New York Transit Museum Boerum Pl, Brooklyn, New York, United States

Join panelists from MTA external communications, data journalists, and transportation planners for a discussion about documenting the effects of Superstorm Sandy in real-time and the power of social media as a tool for crisis management and recovery.

Free – $15

Infrastructure for a Cooperating City

Prime Produce 424 West 54th Street, New York, NY, United States

We invite you to our second workshop and salon. Explore with us the digital, physical and cultural infrastructure needed to facilitate social and economic cooperation at…

Free

Deep Energy Retrofit: Warren Hall at Cornell University

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

Learn how Cornell University’s Warren Hall—a 130,000 square foot pre-war building with historic masonry—was renovated into a modern LEED Platinum home for the University’s undergraduate…

$15

SOLARIZING NYC: IMPLEMENTING SOLAR ON CITY-OWNED BUILDINGS

Syska Hennessy Group 1515 Broadway, 15th Floor, New York, NY, United States

What does it take to install solar photovoltaics in NYC? What are some of the challenges that public and private institutions face in pursuing maximal…

$15