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Bryant Park Birding Tours

Discover the surprising diversity of the birds that call Bryant Park home during migratory season with guided tours.

The Big Pivot: Radically Practical Strategies for a Hotter, Scarcer and More Open World

Andrew Winston will explore “the mega challenges of climate change, scarcity, and radical transparency that threaten our ability to run an expanding global economy and that are profoundly changing business as usual.”

FitCity 9: Promoting Physical Activity through Design

AIA New York, in partnership with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, is holding the eighth-annual FitCity 8 conference where speakers and participants will examine how design of the built environment can create opportunities for increasing physical activity and access to healthier food and beverages.

Turning Vacant Acres into Community Resources

This two-day event will engage advocates, policy makers and scholars in New York City land policy workshops, discussions focusing the history of vacant land in New York City and a symposium in which land transformation facilitators from around the world will share best practices.

The Law of the Land: Our Conflicted Tussle Over Nature

The struggle for advancement in environmental protection is complicated by the emergence of competing narratives each tied to a set of closely held values and beliefs. What are these underlying values, and how can we enter into discussions with one another and seek common ground without sacrificing our highest ideals?