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 …
“EcoCinema Cafe”: 3-day environmental film festival at John Jay Read More »
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, …
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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 …
NYC H2O presents an Old Croton Aqueduct bike tour Read More »
Join your friends and neighbors this spring and lend a hand alongside Hudson River Park staff to plant, weed, mulch and prune—while basking in the spring sunshine. From Chambers Street to 59th Street along Manhattan’s west side, Hudson River Park …
Columbia University's The Earth Institute presents the fourth of the 2014-2015 Sustainable Development Seminar Series, Geoengineering the Earth's Climate; Risks, Opportunities, and Governance Challenges, with Scott Barrett, Lenfest-Earth Institute Professor of Natural Resource Economics, The Earth Institute, Columbia University; Michael …
On June 7, 2015, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., NYC H20 is sponsoring a walking tour of the city's geological materials. New York has an abundance of building stones -in lobbies, on facades, sidewalks and curbstone. These materials used in …
As part of the Sierra Club's Sustainability Series, a panel discussion on ocean pollution will be held on Wednesday, June 10, 2015, at Seafarers & International House, 123 E. 15th St., Manhattan. Door open at 6:30 for refreshments and the talk starts …
Public talk: “Oceans: Fixable messes? How we can help” Read More »
Field garlic: delicious, edible and ripe for the taking in Central Park Learn what you can pick and eat from Central Park on this four-hour tour. Central Park, always a great park for foraging, is spectacular in early summer. There are …
Foraging tour in Central Park with Wildman Steve Brill Read More »
GreenThumb workshop: Garden design Learn how to design for beautiful and effective urban gardening in 4-by-8-foot wooden raised beds. Explore strategies for gathering design ideas to make gardens that fit a community’s unique need and character. Dabble in the basic elements and best practices of …
