• Climate Change and Popular Culture

    New York Society Library 53 E. 79th St., New York, United States

    A special, climate-related event co-sponsored by Guernica magazine and the New York Society Library. Moderated by Guernica's deputy publisher, this event will feature novelists, essayists, and cultural critics in conversation about how climate change is represented in books and films; how apocalyptic/dystopic …

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    Free
  • John Jay Ecocinema Cafe

    John Jay College's 6th Annual three-day marathon of award-winning environmental documentaries. Monday April 15, 2019  through Wednesday, April 17, 2019 in John Jay College's New Building Student Dining Hall. Full Schedule at:  jjay.cuny.edu/ecocinema Free Tickets at:  http://tinyurl.com/jjc-films Films Screening in …

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    Free
  • Film: Breaking Their Silence-Women on the Frontline of the Poaching War

    The sordid world of wildlife trafficking and poaching is orchestrated by ruthless crime syndicates raking in revenues well in excess of $20 billion. It’s the 4th most profitable illegal enterprise behind drugs, guns and human trafficking and has now been proven to fund global terrorism.

    There’s a lens through which this crisis has yet to be examined; through the eyes of the dynamic women fighting silently on the frontlines to end it.

    Filmmaker, Kerry David, and her dedicated crew, pursue a passion that takes them around the globe to meet an unlikely group of heroes who are rising up to do all they can to prevent and reverse these terrible offenses against our planet’s most vulnerable animals.

  • How ‘Fortress Conservation’ is Threatening Indigenous Peoples

    Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice 320 E 43rd St, NY, NY, United States

    Webinar: How 'Fortress Conservation' is Threatening Indigenous Peoples In-Person Conversation with Reception, Ford Family Auditorium Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice 320 E 43rd St, New York, NY 10017 Livestream of the conversation on Grist's Facebook page. Resources: Grist: Human …

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    Free
  • Wildlife Crime Investigations

    John Jay College New Building NB L.76

    With Captain Jesse Paluch of the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Shawn/Stephanie Karns of Wildlife Training Investigators Training Alliance (WITA). This event that covers both local NYS anti-wildlife crime operations (such as the "Operation White Gold" -  African elephant …

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