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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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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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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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 …
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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As a lead-up to the People’s Climate March, come to the launch of a brand new film, Disruption, about the science, politics, and social movement around the problem of climate change. Sunday, September 7, 7:00 PM The NEW Tishman Auditorium 63 …
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The beauty of reusable materials is on full display in a public exhibit of two majestically crafted birds hanging from the ceiling at St. John the Divine cathedral in upper Manhattan (1047 Amsterdam Avenue at 112th Street). Chinese contemporary artist Xu Bing …
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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 …