This community forum and discussion about “greening” Bronx residential buildings while creating a green local workforce and fighting for global climate justice is co-hosted by Bronx Climate Justice North and Manhattan College Center for Urban Resilience and Environmental Sustainability (CURES).
“This is not about just incremental change. This is about whole system change. And this applies to all of us, whatever sphere of influence we have.”
Join us for a night celebrating Solar One programs and the Renewables Industry in New York City & Across the Atlantic.
In New York City, most of us live in apartments, making it impossible to power our homes from our own set of solar panels. But that’s about to change.
Ecologist Eric Sanderson has written a carefully detailed and beautifully designed book on the need to redesign society without cars. Projjal Dutta, Director of Sustainability for the MTA,…
New York’s Landmarks Law preserves not only the culture of the past, but the energy put into buildings of the past.
One puzzle on which top experts disagree is the role of nuclear power in providing a solution to climate change.
Join us in exploring some of the primary policy and technical advantages to installing microgrids – likely to be a vital component of the power grid of the future.
Will solar panels soon become as iconic to New York’s rooftops as the ubiquitous water tower?
A new crowdsourced map shows some important features of the city and describes how we can respond to changing climate.
A discussion about how extractive resources impacts human rights, the economy, and sustainability.
A film screening of Pandora’s Promise followed by a panel discussion on nuclear energy. Keynote address given by Bill Nye, “The Science Guy.”
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.
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!
NYCSEC, New York City Safe Energy Coalition, is devoted to closing Indian Point and more. Started by Ken Gale to address three related issues: closing Indian Point, growing the renewable energy industry, and making NYC buildings more efficient.
The group meets the first and third Thursday of every month. at 6:30 pm for a potluck and 7:00 pm sharp for the meeting.
Are you newly interested in the Passive House concept and wanting to learn more? Please join New York Passive House to find out what the Passive House standard entails.
Ken Levenson, NYPH President will present the basics of Passive House design and showcase typical sustainable strategies used to achieve substantial energy savings.
With seven billion people in the world (nine billion projected by 2050), many of whom live in rapidly developing countries, the need for modern technologies with their attendant energy demands is increasing at an exponential rate. Will it be possible to provide sufficient energy for this generation and the next? How will the energy race change global economies and politics?
Join John Bradley, Associate VP, Sustainability, Energy and Technical Services, New York University for a conversation on the emerging solutions and threats facing the electricity distribution sector.
With just about one year under his belt as Mayor, this forum will focus on some of Mayor De Blasio’s policies and actions for the past year and what is on the horizon for Environmental Policy in the city.
Join for an interesting and lively discussion!