REGIONAL EVENTS
6:00 pm-7:30 pm
Friends Hall, Ramapo College of N.J.
Every spring, the Masters in Sustainability Studies (MASS) produces a lecture series to showcase a diverse array of sustainability practitioners who demonstrate that sustainability can be achieved and show how to do it. Programs are open to the general public.
MAR 2 - How I Created the Greenest Campus in SUNY
Note: Located in the Alumni Lounges, Ramapo College of N.J.
Tracy Hall, Director of Facilities, SUNY Sullivan
MAR 9 - Murray Bookchin's Social Ecology as a Pathway to Sustainable Change
Janet Biehl, Author of Ecology or Catastrophe, the Life of Murray Bookchin
MAR 23 - Why Kick-Ass Companies Embrace the New Sustainability Imperative
Bob Willard, Author and Speaker, Sustainability Advantage
APR 6 - The Future of Food is the Future of Community: The Future of Community is the Future of Food
Leigh Merinoff, Activist, Entrepreneur, Food Grower
APR 20 - Women as the Forefront of Climate Protection
Tracy Mann, Project Director, Climate Wise Women
APR 23 - The Post-Paris Climate Agenda
Osprey Orielle Lake, Co-Founder of WECAN and other leading climate activists and organizations
7:00 pm-9:00 pm
Hunter College, Room 714, West Building
Join the CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities and NYC H2O as we celebrate Alligators in the Sewer Day with a special presentation. Urban explorer Steve Duncan will show us underground video and pictures from his adventures in Tibbetts Brook. Marit Larson, Director of Wetlands and Riparian Restoration for the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, will explain plans to daylight the Van Cortlandt Park stream to connect it to the Harlem River once again. Borough Historian Michael Miscione will also recount the origins of Alligators in the Sewers Day. This presentation is free and open to the public, but you are encouraged to RSVP.
7:00 pm
Cary Institute auditorium, 2801 Sharon Turnpike (Route 44), Millbrook, NY
Dr. Joshua Ginsberg, President of the Cary Institute, will present an optimistic update on the world's large carnivores. Lions, tigers, bears, wild dogs, and other iconic animals are often depicted as being on the brink of extinction. Discover conservation success stories and lessons learned. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
9:00 am-1:00 pm
Adriance Memorial Library, 93 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Join Cary Institute educators and learn how to use local ecological datasets to study the Hudson River watershed.
11:00 am
Cary Institute auditorium, 2801 Sharon Turnpike (Route 44), Millbrook, NY
Join Cary Institute educators and learn how to use local ecological datasets to study the Hudson River watershed.
12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Iona College, Romita Auditorium, Ryan Library, New Rochelle, NY
The Careers in Science at Iona (CSI) lecture series will host guest speaker Dr. John C. Warner, President and Chief Technology Officer of Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry and founder of Beyond Benign, a non-profit dedicated to sustainability and green chemistry education. Recipient of the 2014 Perkin Medal, Fellow of the American Chemical Society, and one of Utne Reader's "25 Visionaries Changing the World," Dr. Warner will discuss the application of Green Chemistry principles to everything from semiconductors and solar energy to personal care products. For more information, contact Dr. Sunghee Lee, Chair of Chemistry department at Iona (SLee@iona.edu).
7:00 pm
Cary Institute auditorium, 2801 Sharon Turnpike (Route 44), Millbrook, NY
Community forests are vital to our health, economy, and environment. Yet they face serious threats. Learn about Cincinnati's plight to combat the Emerald Ash Borer and how community efforts can save trees.
Pace Law School, Ottinger Hall, 78 North Broadway, White Plains, NY
The Pace Environmental Law Program will welcome back our Environmental Author-in-Residence, Paul Greenberg, to speak about his bestselling book on U.S. fisheries, 'American Catch'. The event is free and open to the public.
Power Dialog will support 10,000 students to engage in face-to-face dialog with state-level regulators in all fifty states. The topic? Implementing the Clean Power Plan. How will it work? Hundreds of faculty will take their classes on coordinated field trips to their state capitols. The Dialog gives students a voice in critical decisions that will determine their future, and the future of the earth.
5:00 pm
Pace Law School, Gerber Glass Moot Court Room, 78 North Broadway, White Plains, NY
The Pace Environmental Law Program will host its annual Lloyd K. Garrison Lecture on Environmental Law. The guest lecturer is Michael B. Gerrard, Director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia Law School.
11:00 am
Cary Institute auditorium, 2801 Sharon Turnpike (Route 44), Millbrook, NY
Scientific seminar: Rick Relyea, Darrin Fresh Water Institute (RPI)
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Today it is impossible to think seriously about the challenges of sustainable development and the environment without understanding the local and global environmental footprint of rapid economic growth in Asia-and the Asian response. At the same time, Asian Studies students increasingly require familiarity with the scientific, cultural, and political dimensions of environmental crises and sustainable development. With the support of the Henry Luce Foundation, Bard College is sponsoring this second annual student research conference, providing a venue for students to present undergraduate, masters and PhD level research at the intersection of these critical issues.
Pace University, Willcox Hall, 861 Bedford Road, Pleasantville, NY
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
With the support of the Henry Luce Foundation, this conference explores the intersection between culture, arts, and politics in relation to nature and environmental resources in Asia. We aim to address how scholars, artists, and activists have approached the environment in the present and past.
Locations throughout NYC and the Hudson River Valley
At the 2015 Riverkeeper Sweep, more than 2,000 volunteers, and dozens of community partners worked along hundreds of miles of shoreline from Brooklyn to Troy to remove over 40 tons of debris, and plant 1,150 trees and native grasses. This year, as we reflect on the impact of the last four Sweeps (a combined 116 tons of shoreline debris removed), we are also looking to the future. We plan to expand the Sweep in 2016 by partnering with more communities, schools, businesses, and organizations than ever.
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, 524 W. 59th St (Between 10th and 11th), NY, NY
A unique phenomenon in the U.S. and the world, Left Forum convenes the largest annual conference of a broad spectrum of left and progressive intellectuals, activists, academics, organizations and the interested public.
Belleayre Ski Center, Highmount, NY The Catskill Environmental Research and Monitoring (CERM) conference is an opportunity for researchers, agency staff, and others working on natural resource and environmental management issues in the Catskills to network and collaborate. A call for poster and oral presentation abstracts will be released soon.
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