MAS Spring 2013 Livable Neighborhoods Training
Livable Neighborhoods offers New York City specific workshops on a range of planning topics including resilience building, the use of census data to understand neighborhood…
Jane’s Walk NYC
On Saturday, May 4 and Sunday, May 5, thousands of New Yorkers will come together for Jane’s Walk NYC – a weekend series of 100+ FREE guided…
Mariellé Anzelone
There are few places in America where you can you lose yourself in a shaded forest, take a twenty-minute break to enjoy empanadas at a Mexican bodega, and then return to the wilderness to finish your hike. That’s what we did with ecologist Mariellé Anzelone…
MoRUS Fundraising Event
Exclusive Fundraising Event Tour and conversation with museum directors Saturday, April 6, 2013 5:00pm Tour the Lower East Side Community Gardens and legendary homestead buildings.…
A city of humans
When he began creating the visual census of New Yorkers known as Humans of New York (aka HONY), Brandon Stanton’s goal was to make 10,000 portraits, not to get 10,000 Facebook likes.
The science behind Superstorm Sandy
The wind, rain, and debris from Hurricane Sandy caused an estimated $20 billion or more in damage throughout the metropolitan area of New York and…
New Yorkers forge ahead with rooftop farming
New York has never settled for second place, and the city already has the largest rooftop farms in the world.
Book Launch- Urban Alchemy: Restoring Joy in America’s Fractured Cities
Join author Mindy Fullilove and discussants Helena Hansen and Jack Saul in celebrating the publication of Urban Alchemy: Restoring Joy in America’s Fractured Cities. What if divided neighborhoods…
Little Landscapes: March 2- April 22nd
Bring your little one to the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden to explore nature and plant science through hands on activities.
Drake and the resilient city
With transparency and sustained idealism, Drake presented her firm’s urban sponges, parks, and “infra-sutures” that aim to heal past wounds and current conflicts caused by massive city projects–like Moses’s BQE, and by “acts of god” like Sandy.
Little Landscapes
Bring your little one to the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden to explore nature and plant science through hands on activities.
Little Landscapes
Bring your little one to the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden to explore nature and plant science through hands on activities.
Little Landscapes
Bring your little one to the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden to explore nature and plant science through hands on activities.
Little Landscapes
Bring your little one to the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden to explore nature and plant science through hands on activities.
Frack the “Promised Land”?
“Promised Land” does not present any scientific or economic facts about the positive or negative impacts of fracking. However, if you are interested in an easily digestible and entertaining look at both sides of the debate, “Promised Land” is worth a watch.
Twitter map reveals NYC’s lingual diversity
The map’s English tweets are almost indistinguishable from a road map, creating a grid of New York’s busiest streets. Altogether, 22 languages were identified.
The Limits of the Planet: A Debate
Leading scientific figures debate whether the best path to sustainability is by stressing limits or innovation.