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BSC Event: Future of Sustainable Fashion

Join Be Social Change on March, March 22nd for a panel discussion and pop-up shop to discover and explore the Future of Sustainable Fashion – How Socially-Conscious Companies & Consumers Are Creating Impact.

Structures of Coastal Resilience: Designing for Climate Change

Coastal communities must adapt planning strategies to mitigate the risk posed by these natural disasters. Structures of Coastal Resilience (SCR) matches the latest science with urban and landscape design to propose actionable solutions for buffering against storms.

The Irresistible Resistance: Earth Week 2016

In celebration of Earth Week at The New School, the Tishman Environment and Design Center is drawing inspiration from the growing unification of movements for climate justice, the deepening of transnational solidarity movements across the globe and the creative expressions of people and communities determined to achieve solutions to the climate crisis on their own terms.

The Invasive Other

Join us for a 2-day Social Research conference series on the effects of people, technology and pathogens in our environment !

Safer Cities +20: Public Space and Gender

The side event will address the priority theme of CSW 60: ‘Women’s empowerment and its link to sustainable development’ as well as the review theme ‘The elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls’ from the agreed conclusions from the 57th session.

How Design Can Feed a Hungry Planet

Hungry? Join The School of Constructed Environments (SCE) and the editor of the food design site MOLD in a wide-ranging discussion on the future of food, touching on topics like product design for entomophogy, 3D food printing, and reducing food waste.

Winter DayLife Pop-Up at the Lowline Lab

Come join us! Escape the winter blues and get a taste of Essex Street Market at the Lowline Lab. Sample local, specialty food at an underground park !

TEDxFultonStreet

Tickets to TED cost $8,500-$30,000, but come experience one day of it for free! We will present the realtime proceedings of one day of the TED 2016 Conference, screened on a large projector via Livestream, and will take place in a private room of a restaurant.

Perspectives on Corporate Responsibility

Join the Society of International Business and Development at the New York University Center for Global Affairs for a thought-provoking discussion about Corporate Social Responsibility. The event will provide a forum to discuss the future of socially responsible business and the role of the private sector in international development. Topics may include: supply chain innovation, sustainability and social finance.

Pursuing Sustainability In The Anthropocene Age

Join Bard MBA in Sustainability as they bring together sustainable business experts for our conversation series on Friday evenings 6:00 – 8:00 pm during the Bard MBA residency each month. Held at Impact Hub NYC, this is a unique opportunity to engage with some of the most prominent experts in the field and interact with the Bard MBA’s students, faculty, and alumni. Open to the public!

The Road From Paris: Debrief +

The “Road From Paris” is planned as a series of symposia and discussions concerning the outcomes, both positive and negative, of the Paris 2015 Conference on climate change. This first session will be a briefing on the outcomes of the Paris talks. Its successes and failures — what was achieved and what was not achieved.