On Sunday, September 21, 2014, individuals and organizations concerned about climate change and working to encourage sustainable and environmentally just policies in the U.S. and beyond will be marching through New York City, starting at Columbus Circle at 11:30 a.m., and …
SEJ faculty member, and adjunct instructor in the Communications & Theater Arts Department, Karen Malpede wrote and directs Extreme Whether, which hits the stage in NYC this fall (October 2-26, 2014). Extreme Whether dramatizes the controversy over climate change but evolves into a reverie about the sublime in …
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Don't miss out on a film festival which will highlight the plight of the planet's wildlife, recently reported by the London Zoological Society to be in significant decline. In the last 40 years, according to the society, wildlife populations have halved. …
Art Professor Milena Popov will discuss the intersection of art and ecology at our kick-off brown bag lunch for the fall semester on October 14, 2014, at 1:40 p.m. at John Jay College (Manhattan) in room 7.63.41 NB (in the English …
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The opening reception for the exhibit of eco-artist Alexandre Dang's, Dancing Solar Flowers, takes place on Wednesday, October 15, 2014, at 5:00 PM at the entry to the Jay Walk, 3rd floor of the New Building at John Jay College …
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Monday, November 3, 2014, 4:15 .m., rm. 3.80, new building, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Dr. Lieselot Bisschop, SEJ Program faculty and member of Dept. of Law, Police Science & Criminal Justice Administration This presentation focuses on the etiology and control …
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Distinguished History Professor Gerald Markowitz will discuss the problem of lead poisoning negatively impacting America's children during a brown bag lunch on November 10, 2014, at 1:40 p.m. at John Jay College (Manhattan). Bring your own lunch and join fellow students, environmental scholars, …
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The environmental club will be showing the following films on Thursday, November 13, from 12 to 2:30 p.m. in the second floor cafeteria (new building). The films will be shown from 12-2:30 pm. Invisible Ocean: Plankton and Plastic 8 min Story of Bottled Water 8 …
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Join filmmaker John Ankele for a screening of his new documentary "The wisdom to survive: Climate change, capitalism, and community" followed by a discussion. The film starts from the point of view that climate change has already arrived, as scientists …
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will share its roadmap for cleaning up three Superfund sites in Brooklyn and Queens: Gowanus Canal, Newtown Creek, and Wolff Alport. Join New Yorkers at this community meeting at Borough Hall (209 Joralemon St. …
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