Interested in sustainable business strategies in New York City?
Join the Sustainable Cities Club of The New School and business leaders of Wyndham hotels, Jones Lang Lasalle, Telepan restaurant and Heplsy fashion to discuss where New York City stands as a sustainable city, what opportunities exist to fill a market demand and how we form municipal policies to increase the City’s sustainability and resiliency.
This class will trace New York City’s protracted struggle to contain its solid waste burden, from the 19th century to the present.
Learn more at the Brooklyn Brainery!
In 2030, the world’s population will be a staggering eight billion people. Of these, two-thirds will live in cities. Most will be poor. With limited resources, this uneven growth will be one of the greatest challenges faced by societies across the globe.
To engage this international debate, Uneven Growth brings together six interdisciplinary teams of researchers and practitioners to examine new architectural possibilities for six global metropolises.
How would nature design resilient breakwaters, supporting human and ecological services and functions?
Urban Green Harbors Workshop is all day design charrette where attendees will learn about natural means of coastal protection and participate in a design team to incorporate these concepts into a design for a natural breakwater to protect Governor’s Island.
The devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy in October 2012 highlighted the vulnerability of urban coastal areas to the effects of catastrophic storms and climate change. Coastal communities must adapt planning strategies to mitigate the increasing risk posed by these natural hazards. Come listen to leading experts working on these issues at an exciting presentation and panel discussion at the Center for Architecture.
Interested in ecosystems, urban development, and the changing nature in cities?
The Changing Nature of Nature in Cities symposium will explore the concept of novel ecosystems that are the result of urban development, and ask if these much-maligned accidents of unbridled growth could ultimately mitigate the impacts of environmental change and re-introduce the wonder of nature in cities.
Hosted by the New York Botanical Garden.
Join a discussion on the transition and changing perspectives on public space in NYC, from Bloomberg’s administration to Mayor De Blasio
Join art historian Sylvia Laudien-Meo to explore the beginnings of German culture in New York City!
This free exhibition at the Center for Architecture chronicles the pace and scale of urbanization in Asia which has been unprecedented in both the emerging…
Typhoon Haiyan is a glimpse of what a densely populated world colliding with a radically changing climate system could look like.
Graduate Center sociologist William Helmreich talks about his new book, The New York Nobody Knows: Walking 6,000 Miles in the City. Located in the Elebash…
By 2017, the dull glow of New York City streetlights will be replaced by the bright white light of LED bulbs.
“New Yorkers don’t need a Nantucket; they need easy access to public green spaces.”
Anniversary events and actions, hosted by Occupy Sandy and many others, are free and all are welcome.
This fall, the Aspen Institute, The Atlantic, and Bloomberg Philanthropies will partner to host the forthcoming summit, “CityLab: Urban Solutions for Global Challenges,” to be…
Climate Week NYC is a week long series of events and meetings focusing on climate change, and this year’s theme is OUR LOW CARBON FUTURE…
The belief that business and the environment cannot thrive together is challenged by the success of several green residential developments in NYC.