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Explore an Open House to Learn about Building Green
Join us for the International Passive House Days and get a first hand experience of the many advantages Passive Houses offer! Open house tours are great places for builders, engineers,…
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Food, Public Health, & Social Justice with Mark Bittman & Special Guests
Join Senior Researcher Timothy A. Wise as he speaks at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health’s lecture series Monday, November 6 on “Food as a Global Commodity.” Organized…
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Discussion: Urban Futures
Humanity is now a predominantly urban species, but the cities we inhabit are riven by deepening economic and social stratification. Megacities like New York, Miami, Mumbai and Jakarta are…
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Old Croton Bike Tour
In response to epidemics and fires, the Old Croton Aqueduct, completed in 1842, began delivering water to New York City from the Croton River more than 40 miles north….
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New York Textiles Summit
The New York Product Stewardship Council, the Re-Clothe NY Coalition, and the Product Stewardship Institute will host a broad group of stakeholders, including manufacturers, retailers, recycling/reuse organizations, the fashion…
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Hack Trash: NYC
Every year 6 million tons of waste produced by New York City is disposed through the economically and environmentally unsustainable practice of landfilling. NYC’s 0x30 Campaign has set…
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Sustainability and the Sharing Economy
Sustainable living is a way of life that sees material consumption as a means rather than as an end, and attempts to use as few resources as possible to…
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The Hidden Value of “Waste” Tour
The term “waste” has been embedded in our society as the idea that materials become worthless once they’ve served their originally intended purposes. However, by shifting our perspective just…
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Special Preview Screening of Call of the Forest
‘Call Of The Forest’ , is a beautifully shot piece that follows acclaimed Irish medical biochemist, botanist and author Diana Beresford-Kroeger on her global journey exploring the science, folklore,…
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Rally: Tell Cuomo to Get Off Fossil Fuels!
On October 19, Governor Cuomo is holding a fundraiser – and we’ll be there, too, urging him to get New York off fossil fuels! We’re rallying outside the event, calling…
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