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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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 …

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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 …

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The CJYS is the largest gathering of young people of color on climate change in NYC. Last year more than 750 young adults came to the event and were later mobilized to be part of the frontline at the People’s …

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