Come and be a part of confronting climate change at a global level... This is the follow up event to the forum in September, "A Global Climate Treaty: Why the US Must Lead." In the six months since the People’s Climate March in NYC, …
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Professor Lieselot Bisschop will discuss the illegal trade in e-waste between Europe and West Africa, during a brown bag lunch on March 25, 2015, at 1:40 p.m. at John Jay College (Manhattan). Bring your own lunch and join fellow students, environmental scholars, and …
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In a special one-day event , Dr. Debra Tillinger will lead an exploration of the science of the Arctic and Antarctica, examining how changes in these two regions of Earth reflect and shape the impacts of climate change. Participants will hear from guest speakers …
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join NYC H20 and NYC Audubon for a beach cleaning event at Plumb Beach, Brooklyn, on Saturday, April 18, from 10am-1pm. Free tranportation by bus from Union Square (Manhattan provided). Click here for more information and to register.
Participants of all ages will visit sites along the community-designed Mott Haven-Port Morris Waterfront Plan, including the proposed Lincoln Avenue waterfront park, the 132nd Street pier and the historic Port Morris gantries. Participants will also learn about local organizing campaigns …
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From April 21 through 23, 2015, in the John Jay Cafeteria, Lindsey Kaymen (Director of Environmental Health and Safety) will present the annual “EcoCinema Cafe” film festival a joint project of the college’s Sustainability Committee, the Environmental Education Fund (EEF) and …
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In connection with the environmental film festival, "EcoCinema Cafe," come to a special screening of "Can't stop the water" in room L.63 at John Jay (new building). It tells the true story of a Louisiana tribe who are being displaced because their …
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City Council member Antonio Reynoso, who chairs the committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Managment will be the inaugural speaker for a new seires, called "City and State Champions of Justice" at John Jay College, on Monday May 4, 2015, …
City Council member Antonio Reynoso will speak on campus about environmental justice Read More »
In 1842, the Croton Aqueduct began providing water to NYC from the Croton River from approximately 40 miles north. In the decades before the aqueduct's completion the city had suffered through epidemics of Asiatic Cholera and Yellow Fever because water came from increasingly …
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