Summer Solstice Celebration
Bring your friends and family to Socrates’ Solstice festival to welcome the summer and celebrate the longest day of the year!
Riverdale RiverFest
Riverdale RiverFest is an annual community festival to celebrate the Hudson River. It takes place each June at the edge of the Hudson River, on the grounds of the College of Mount Saint Vincent.
Go Green! Greenpoint Festival
Since starting in 2008, this event has become an annual staple of community life. Now, it is the place to go to learn about local sustainability initiatives while sampling local food, art and music.
Ideas City 2015: Festival for the Future
Founded by the New Museum, IDEAS CITY is a 3-day festival May 28-30 in NYC exploring the future of cities with culture as a driving force.
Open to the Public, 100+ Free Events!
City Atlas is participating in the festival on Saturday May 30th – look out for us and come say hi! We’d love to meet you.
Rockaway Health Festival and Transition-Permaculture Convergence
A full day of local and Mid-Atlantic regional Transition and Permaculture exhibits and resiliency presentations!
Eighth Annual New York City Wildflower Week
NYC Wildflower Week presents a full week of free events to showcase the 53,000 acres of open space and 778 native plants in NYC’s 5 boroughs. The goal of the week is simple: to encourage New Yorkers to get to know the nature in their own back yard and to inspire them to protect this natural heritage for future generations. Most events are FREE and open to the public!
Modern Architecture: The New Frontier
A panel on latemodern and postmodern architecture and part of the Museum of the City of New York’s exhibition, Saving Place: 50 Years of New York City Landmarks.
CUSP map: taking a look under the hood of the city
A new crowdsourced map shows some important features of the city and describes how we can respond to changing climate.
Digging Up Trouble: A Panel on Social Conflict, Sustainable Development and Extractive Resources
A discussion about how extractive resources impacts human rights, the economy, and sustainability.
Next Generation Nuclear Power, The Solution to Climate Change?
A film screening of Pandora’s Promise followed by a panel discussion on nuclear energy. Keynote address given by Bill Nye, “The Science Guy.”
Bicycling around a warming globe
Part epic journey, part field research: David Kroodsma and Lindsey Fransen bicycled across Asia researching climate. It turns out that low carbon travel is possible with time and strong legs, and probably a much better way to see things.
Platform: Creative Musings on Mass Transit
An evening of live performances centered around mass transit in this ongoing series of inter-disciplinary programs.
Institute for Public Architecture Presents: An Inventory of What’s Possible
On April 10 at the Pratt Institute architects, historians, urban advocates, and city officials will present case studies of completed work, addressing design excellence and community priorities.
Green Business Summit on Sustainable Food
A panel on how food supply can adapt to growing global demand and environmental pressures featuring panelists from Whole Foods, Chipotle, and more. Keynote speech on “Beyond Meat.” Food and drink reception afterward.
The New School Divested, Now What?
Join the ACIR (Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility) at The New School, as they host a panel on how to increase the impact of The New School’s commitment to divest from fossil fuels!
A Lasting Legacy: Historic Preservation and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Learn more about New York City’s Transit system and its history with this talk by MTA Project Administrator Hollie Wells and Historic Preservationist Sara McIvor!
FamilyDay@theCenter: Skyscrapers!
Learn about skyscrapers and work with a team to design and build your own model skyscrapers! Recommended for children 5 and up, accompanied by an adult.
Edge Sustainability: The Future of Architecture in a Changing Climate
This event will explore how architecture must undergo a paradigm shift in order to respond to climate change and address the ambitious 80 by 50 plan set to mitigate it by Mayor Bill de Blasio.