The Economics of the Green New Deal

9.64 NB (9th floor conference room) 524 West 59th St., New York, NY, United States

A Conversation with Bob Pollin and Kate Aronoff.

Free

NYC Climate Week – Unite Behind the Math… and the Science

John Jay College of Criminal Justice 524 W. 59th Street, New York, NJ, United States

September 25, 2019, New Building:  L2.85 A joint program of the John Jay Collage Environmental Justice and Sustainability Program, Environmental Education Fund and Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions Program, Columbia University, Earth Institute Film and Discussion: YOU SAY YOU WANT …

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The Last Fish Swimming, Book Talk with Gohar Petrossian

John Jay College of Criminal Justice 524 W. 59th Street, New York, NJ, United States

Room: 6.68 Free Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/LastFishSwimming Gohar Petrossian is an Assistant  Professor in John Jay’s Criminal Justice department, and Director of the International Crime and Justice Masters Program. Her research interests include crimes against wildlife and environmental criminology. Humans are deeply …

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

John Jay College of Criminal Justice 524 W. 59th Street, New York, NJ, United States

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.