New Yorkers are in for an exciting moment in history, poised to make a major contribution to the generations that come after us.  The People’s Climate March is gearing up to be a massive march in support of sustainability and environmental justice. …

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SEIU Local 1199 is sponsoring an international forum on the occasion of the People’s Climate March entitled “Jobs, climate change, and system change” to take place on Thursday, September 18, 2014, from 6-8 p.m. at 310 W. 43rd St., 7th …

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Join the John Jay community in viewing the documentary “Disruption” during the community hour (1:40 p.m.-2:40 p.m.) on Wednesday September 17, in room 1.108 in the New Building.  It will be shown again, for those who can’t make the first …

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On Monday, Bristol County, MA, District Attorney Sam Sutter surprised climate activists when he dropped criminal  charges against Ken Ward and Jay O’Hara, who had blocked a daily shipment of 40,000 toms of coal to the Brayton Point power plant …

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The 2014 Caribbean Youth Exchange for Climate Change Resilience is a workshop in support of the People’s Climate March, and sponsored by Harriet Communications in association with CUNY, Afrobeat Radio, the AfroLatin@ Project, Braata Productions, Afropresencia, and El Puente. Date: Friday, Sep …

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In preparation for the People’s Climate March, local, national, and international environmental leaders will be discussing why a new international treaty to reduce greenhouse gases should be pursued by world leaders on September 20, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. at the …

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Join scholars and artists concerned about our material world given the problems associated with climate change at an all-day conference on September 10, 2014 from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at CUNY Graduate Center in Manhattan. From the conference publicity: …

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The New York Times recently published the conclusions of a leaked U.N. draft report on the effects of unchecked greenhouse gas emissions, which finds that they are already threatening to be more of a global crisis than the political process can solve alone. …

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Join the Center for the Humanities at the Graduate Center at the opening reception for the art exhibition World of Matter on September 9, 2014, at 6 p.m at the James Gallery (365 Fifth Avenue, Room 5103, Manhattan).  The exhibition …

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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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