City Atlas Roundup – Events August 11th-August 17th

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Check out these great sustainable events rounded up for you by City Atlas!  Click on date for full event listings for that day.   For more events through out the com­ing weeks check out the City Atlas events cal­en­dar! If you would like to sub­mit an event click here.

 

 

William Eimicke / http://globalcenters.columbia.edu/riodejaneiro/content/professor-william-eimicke-promotes-sipa%C2%B4s-executive-training-program-rio-de-janeiro

MONDAY AUGUST 11
SUSTAINABILITY, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND BIG DATA
6:00PM — 8:00PM

A talk by Pro­fes­sor William B. Eim­icke will dis­cuss how the imple­men­ta­tion of big data, sus­tain­able prac­tices, and public-private part­ner­ships is hav­ing a trans­for­ma­tive effect on cities around the world.

 

 

 

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OCCUPY SANDY – INDIVIDUAL & COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOP
8:30PM — 5:30PM

The Indi­vid­ual and Com­mu­nity Pre­pared­ness Work­shop from Occupy Sandy will present best prac­tices and inno­v­a­tive tech­niques for prepar­ing the whole com­mu­nity for emer­gency weather situations.

 

 

Image Source: Brooklyn Botanic Garden http://www.bbg.org/

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 13
MIDSUMMER MAGIC PLANT WALK AT BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN
5:30PM — 6:30PM

On this spe­cial kids-only stroll through the Gar­den, dis­cover some of the enchant­ing plants found in your favorite mag­i­cal fic­tion books and learn fun facts about the real magic behind gar­den plants!

 

 

discoballTHURSDAY AUGUST 14
BICYCLISTS’ BALL AND PEDESTRIAN PROM
7:00PM — 10:00PM

Straighten your bowtie and dust off your danc­ing shoes! Join Trans­porta­tion Alter­na­tives for the first-ever Bicy­clists’ Ball – New York City’s biggest event for peo­ple who love bicy­cling.

 

 

ElectronicRecycling2SATURDAY AUGUST 16
SUMMER E-WASTE COLLECTION – MORNING SIDE HEIGHTS
10:00AM — 4:00PM

Recy­cle your e-waste in an envi­ron­men­tally respon­si­ble way by bring­ing it to one of Lower East Side Ecology’s sum­mer drop-off events! 

 

 

[Photo: http://www.jazzagelawnparty.com]

SATURDAY AUGUST 16
THE 9TH ANNUAL JAZZ LAWN PARTY
11:00AM — 3:00PM

Michael Arenella and His Dream­land Orches­tra invite you to the beloved Jazz Age Lawn Party on Gov­er­nors Island.

 

 

 

An Aeolian Rider. [Photo: http://www.aeolian-ride.info/]

SUNDAY AUGUST 17
AEOLIAN RIDE BIRTHDAY PARTY TO SUPPORT 596 ACRES
1:00PM — 6:00PM

Want to be a part of a fun, inflated sculp­ture trans­form­ing the land­scape of the city? AEOLIAN RIDE will cel­e­brate its 10th birth­day in New York with a rid­ing event to Governor’s Island and the site of 596 Acres’ Urban Reviewer res­i­dency with Spon­ta­neous Inter­ven­tions on Governor’s Island.