This week in ESP...

Tuesday, December 2
MPA-ESP Environmental Careers Guest Speaker Series:
When Green Marketing becomes Greenwashing: Can Businesses be "Good for the Environment?"
1:00-2:00PM, IAB room 411
Cheryl Heller, CEO of Heller Communication Design, will discuss her experience with green marketing, including how to effectively communicate and develop CSR practices and avoid greenwashing in the private and non-profit sectors. Cheryl Heller has had a successful career in design, advertising and branding, and draws on this unique, integrated perspective to help clients embed corporate social responsibility (CSR) into their cultures, and engage their internal and customer stakeholders in it. Her deep, diverse experience working with corporations has included the launch of three new divisions for Reebok, and major repositioning efforts for Kodak Professional, Bayer Corporation, The Girl Scouts of America, Cemex, Ford Motor Company, Seagrams, Engelhard Corporation and Sappi. She is currently helping to launch a new NGO with Dr. Paul Polack, called D-Rev: Design for the other 90%, and will serve as its Chief Creative Officer.
Thanks to Vanessa for helping plan this one!


Wednesday, December 3
Earth Institute Event--Energy Efficiency: What Really Works?
Wed, Dec 3; 4:00-6:00 p.m.; Lerner Hall Satow Room
To RSVP, please contact Amanda Christie at arc2140@columbia.edu


Friday, December 5
2008 US Green Building Council NY Corporate Showcase and Recruiting Fair
NYU Palladium, Office of Career Services
140 E 14th St, 2nd Floor (btwn 3rd & Irving)
10 a.m.-- 3 p.m.
This event is both a recruiting event and a corporate showcase aiming to draw attention to the activities and achievements of high-performance, environmentally responsible companies. This event also connects students and young professionals with esteemed architecture, engineering, construction, and real estate firms.
Attendance is free for all attending individuals and is open to EVERYONE.
Please RSVP to be placed on the security list. http://getinvolved.usgbcny.org/site/Calendar?view=Detail&id=100641

Sustainable Urbanism Speaker Series: Green Jobs in City Government
1 to 2:30pm. Room 405 IAB

A Panel Discussion featuring:

• Sophia Hollander - Lead Author, PlaNYC
• Melissa Wright - Energy Policy Adviser, NYC Mayor's Office of Long-Term Planning & Sustainability (and MPA ESP Alumnus)
• Nette Compton - Landscape Designer, NYC Dept of Parks and Recreation; Fellow, Design Trust for Public Space
• Moderated by - Grant Goodrich and Emily Small (MPA ESP '2009)

Pizza will be served. Please RSVP to stevencaputo@gmail.com

ESP Holiday Lights Bus Tour!
Bus picks up at school at 5 p.m.
The double -decker bus will drive us around NYC to see the tree at Rockefeller Center, the Empire State Building, Chinatown, the windows at Macy's etc. The tour will be approximately 2 hours and we will end up at Bryant Park where we can ice skate!

The cost will be $5 for us and $7- 10 for guests (we will figure this out when we know the headcount).

Ice skating is free- you will just need to pay for your skate rental.
Contact Kyra Appleby if you haven't RSVPed yet.

Upcoming events:

• Green Drinks Annual Party (environmental networking event) on Tues, Dec 9. $20 in advance/$30 at the door. Open bar & raffle. Click HERE for more details.

Upcoming Events in ESP

* The deadline for our class t-shirt design contest has been extended.
Please send your creative designs to A. Tianna before Thursday, Nov 27.

* Earth Institute Event--Energy Efficiency: What Really Works? Wed, Dec 3; 4:00-6:00 p.m.; Lerner Hall Satow Room
To RSVP, please contact Amanda Christie at arc2140@columbia.edu

* ESP Holiday Lights Bus Tour! Fri, Dec 5. Bus picks up at school at 5 p.m.
The double -decker bus will drive us around NYC to see the tree at Rockefeller Center, the Empire State Building, Chinatown, the windows at Macy's etc. The tour will be approximately 2 hours and we will end up at Bryant Park where we can ice skate!

The cost will be $5 for us and $7- 10 for guests (we will figure this out when we know the headcount).

Ice skating is free- you will just need to pay for your skate rental.
Contact Kyra if you haven't RSVPed yet.

* Green Drinks Annual Party (environmental networking event) on Tues, Dec 9.
$20 in advance/$30 at the door. Open bar & raffle. Click HERE for more details.


Happy Thanksgiving!

NYC events this week...

Monday Nov 17, 7pm
Drill, Baby, Drill? The Marcellus Shale Natural Gas Reserve and NYC's Drinking Water - Weighing the Risks.
Speakers: Kate Sinding, Senior Attorney, NRDC and Joe Levine, Damascus Citizens for Sustainability
http://solar1.org/events/greenrenter/
RSVP by calling 212.505.6050 or by e-mail to greenrenter@solar1.org

Tuesday, November 18, 12 to 2pm
Purpose in Business: Women's Career Priorities
1633 Broadway @ 50th St. 36th Floor
Women's Network for a Sustainable Future
Pre-registration required: www.wnsf.org

November 19, 2008,7:00-8:30PM
Biodiesel and New York: Considering the Prospects, Challenges, and Controversies in the Five Borough Context
NYU's Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South, 4th Floor.
* Brent Baker, President and CEO, Tristate Biodiesel
* Daniel Falcone, Vice-Chair of Policy, The Bio-Fuels Industry Committee, The Environmental Business Association of New York
* Hon. Council Member James Gennaro, 24th District, Committee on Environmental Protection, Chairman.
* John Nettleton, Senior Lecturer, Department of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University
* Luis Torres, Associate Director for Community and Public Affairs, Center for Sustainable Energy, Bronx Community College, City University of New York.
www.solar1.org

Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 8:30AM-12:15PM
The Politics of Food: A Conference on New York's Next Policy Challenge
Registration 8:30AM-9:15AM
Morning Session 9:15AM-10:30AM
Breakout Sessions 10:45AM-12:15PM
Featured Speakers
Hon. Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor, City of New York
Maya Wiley, Esq., Director, Center for Social Inclusion
H.E. Father Miquel d'Escoto Brockmann, President, United Nations General Assembly
Presentation
Thomas Forster, New School Food Studies Program Faculty
http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/news_events/special_events/politics_of_food/schedule.html

November 19th from 7-8:45 PM
Can NYC Become an Exemplary Eco-City?
Cantor Ballroom, Kaufman Building, NYU Stern
Councilman James F. Gennaro, Ariella Rosenberg Maron and Greenopia's
Janna Olson

Friday, November 21, 1:00 to 4:30pm
New York Host City Preparatory Meeting for 2009 UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) Sessions on Sustainable Agriculture
at Baha'i International Community United Nations Office 866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 120 (first floor), near the northeast corner of First Avenue between 47th and 48th Streets
To discuss initial plans for the Intergovernmental Planning Meeting (February 23-27) and CSD 17 (May 4-15), 2009
RSVP ipsa@igc.org
Notes of the meeting will be available at http://www.sustainablefoodmonitor.org

This week in ESP...

Tuesday, November 18
*Environmental Careers Guest Speaker Series: "What is Sustainability?"
Speakers: Nilda Mesa, Columbia University Assistant VP of Environmental Stewardship;
Jeremy Friedman, Project Administrator, NYU Sustainability Task Force
1-2 p.m. IAB 411 (PIZZA WILL BE SERVED!)

Environmental Finance Prep Session II
6:10-8 p.m. IAB 403


Wednesday, November 19
**MPA-ESP Curriculum Recommendation Committee (First Meeting)
moderated by Diane Foy
1-2 p.m. IAB 405

Earth Institute: Geospatial Applications Brownbag
Speaker: Mark Becker, Senior Staff Associate, CIESIN
4:30-6 p.m. Lerner Hall, Satow Room



Thursday, November 20
ESP Colloquium featuring Emmanuelle Humblet & Emmanual Flamand
8 p.m. after Public Management in the same classroom


Friday, November 21
Sustainable Urbanism Series:
Rob Crauderueff, Policy Director, Sustainable South Bronx
Signe Nielsen, Principal, Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects
Vice President, Art Commission for the City of New York
1-2 p.m. IAB 405

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*A conversation with Nilda Mesa, Columbia University Assistant Vice President of Environmental Stewardship, http://www.environment.columbia.edu/, and Jeremy Friedman, Project Administrator, NYU Sustainability Task Force, www.nyu.edu/sustainability

"Sustainability" has become such an overused buzzword that it is in danger of becoming the new "Atkins Diet". Every company, organization, and individual wants to "be sustainable," but no one wants to be inconvenienced beyond their normal routine or be forced to pay for it. While sustainability jobs are created daily, defining it is difficult and working at it is even more complex. Learn how Nilda and Jeremy have navigated the changing field and helped Columbia University and NYU carve niches (and become leaders) in this burgeoning field.

Nilda joined Columbia as a seasoned environmentalist, having championed environmental justice policy as a Clinton-Gore appointee for the NAFTA environmental side agreements, the US Air Force, and the White House Council for Environmental Quality. Jeremy is a rising environmental leader who co-founded the Green Arch Initiative while a student at NYU. He advocated for the administration to "go green," and was subsequently hired in the newly created department to carry out this monumental task. Although they approach the field from different perspectives, Nilda and Jeremy share much in common with each other and those of us interested in carrying out "sustainability" work upon graduation from SIPA. Come join in the conversation and be inspired!

Pizza will be served.

**Curriculum Recommendation Committee (First Meeting)

The ESP Student Government is soliciting recommendations from the class to improve the rest of our Columbia experience (suggestions for the spring semester).
The meeting will last no longer than one-hour and will be moderated by Diane Foy. A strict timetable and outline of topics will be followed. In preparation, those interested in participating should compile a list of constructive suggestions for the spring semester. Another email will follow shortly with additional meeting logistics and an outline of discussion topics.

Alternative Consulting Career Panel

Monday, November 10

Earth Institute: PhD in Sustainable Development Brownbag

featuring Gordon McCord, PhD Candidate of the Sustainable Development program at SIPA

6:30-7:30 P.M. Schermerhorn Extension Rm 555

Tuesday, November 11

OCS NYC Career Series: Consulting I--Alternative Consulting Career Panel (moderated by Erika Leung)*

6-8 p.m. IAB 1501

RSVP on SIPALink

Wednesday, November 12

Containing Climate Change: the role of the U.S. and implications for business

featuring Carter Bales (Director Emeritus, McKinsey & Co.) and the Wicks Group

6-7:30 p.m. Warren 209

RSVP here: http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/events/view/?main.id=27141

Earth Institute: Environmental Engineering Career Panel

7-8:30 p.m. Interschool Lab, 750 Schapiro CEPSR

Visit http://www.earth.columbia.edu/events for panelist info.

Thursday, November 13

ESP Colloquium

8 p.m. after Public Management in the classroom

Friday, November 14

Sustainable Urbanism Series: Andy Darrel

Director, NY Region Office of Environmental Defense Fund; Director, Living Cities Program.
Member, Mayoral Task Force on Sustainability

1-2 p.m. IAB 405

H-1B Visa Information Session for International Students

3-4 p.m. IAB 420

RSVP on SIPALink

*Event: Alternative Consulting Career Panel
Date: November 11, 2008
Time: 6:00pm~8:00pm
Location: 1501 IAB
Sponsor/Contact: Office of Career Services / Register on SIPAlink or contact Erika Leung (enl2111@columbia.edu) for further details.

The "Alternative Consulting Career Panel" is part of the NYC Career Series. Consultants from the economic research and development, corporate social responsibility, climate change services, and non-profit management consulting sectors will come and speak about careers in their fields. Panelists include:

* Dr. Phillip Ludvigsen (Director of U.S. Climate Change, Jacques Whitford; www.jacqueswhitford.com )
* Kevin Flowers (Partner, ERM (Environmental Resources Management; www.erm.com )
* Kim Andreasson (Senior Editor of Industry & Management Research, Economist Intelligence Unit; SIPA MIA 2002 alum; www.eiu.com )
* Ian Goldsweig (Analyst, NERA Economic Consulting; SIPA MIA EPD 2007 alum; www.nera.com )
* Laura Noonan (Senior Associate Consultant, Bridgespan; www.bridgespan.org ).

Please register on SIPAlink, or contact Erika Leung (enl2111@columbia.edu) for further details.

This week in ESP...

Tuesday, November 4
OBAMACAINIA Election Party! brought to you by the MPA-ESP Student Govt.
7:30-11 p.m. IAB 6/F Lounge
Food and drinks will be served


Wednesday, November 5
Measuring the Sustainability of New York Transportation
With Guest Speakers from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA):
Projjal Dutta, Director of Sustainability Initiatives
Thomas Abdallah, P.E., Chief Environmental Engineer, NYC Transit
6:00-7:00 p.m. 209 Havermayer (directions: http://www.columbia.edu/about_columbia/tour/18.html)
*see attached flyer


Thursday, November 6
ESP Colloquium
8:00 p.m. after Public Management in the same classroom


Friday, November 7
Sustainable Urbanism Colloquium featuring...
Sophia Hollander
Senior Author, PlaNYC
Office of Long-term Planning & Sustainability
1 p.m. IAB 405

Environmental Tips for the Upcoming Holiday Season

http://www.newdream.org/holiday/tips.php

All,

Now that it's practically November, it's time to start thinking about the holidays. EPA estimates approximately 25% of annual MSW is generated between Thanksgiving and New Years. I thought you might like to go to the above link for lots of ideas to reduce waste this holiday season. One of my coworkers did a lot of research previously for the NJDEP version of a Green Holiday Guide. A lot of her tips have been incorporated into this this.

Enjoy!

This week in ESP...

Tuesday, Oct 28
Progress and Challenges in the Millennium Villages
Jeffrey Sachs
6:30-8:00 p.m. Miller Theater
More info: http://www.earth.columbia.edu/events


Wednesday, Oct 29
Environment, Technology, and Disaster Risk in the Tropics
Office of Academic and Research Programs Brown Bag series
Speaker: Lareef Zubair, Research Scientist, International Research Institute for Climate and Society
Noon-1:30 p.m. 801 IAB


Thursday, Oct 30
ESP Colloquium
Speaker TBA
8:00 p.m. after Public Management in the classroom

SIPA Halloween Party
The Maritime Hotel 10:00 p.m.--
Tickets on sale in IAB 6/F this week

More GREEN things happening this week...

Monday, October 20, 8–10pm
Can NYC Become an Exemplary Eco-City?
New York Open Center
83 Spring Street, NY NY 10012
Register at: http://www.opencenter.org/content/section/12/49/
Members: $8 / Nonmembers: $10

NYC Councilman James F. Gennaro is chairman of the Council's Committee on Environmental Protection. Councilman Gennaro has authored many of the Council's most progressive environmental bills and has spearheaded efforts to cut the city's global warming pollution emissions, put more "clean air" vehicles on city streets, make the city's electricity more reliable, clean and affordable, protect the city's remaining natural areas and promote more "green" buildings.

Ariella Rosenberg Maron is the deputy director of the NYC Mayor's Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability, the office
responsible for the implementation of PlaNYC, the city's long-term sustainability plan.

Janna Olson is the NYC Market Manager for Greenopia's Local Guides to Green Living (Los Angeles and San Francisco versions, too). http://www.greenopia.com/

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008, 1:00-2:00
Life Cycle Analysis and Corporate Social Responsibility

SIPA Building room 411
An Environmental Career Guest Speaker Series conversation with Scott Kaufman, Columbia Engineering School, RecycleBank, NYC Dept of Sanitation, PepsiCo

Professor Scott Kaufman is a leader at the Earth Institute in the emerging field of industrial ecology. He is currently doing pioneering work for PepsiCo using life cycle analysis (LCA) to measure the impacts of products from "cradle to grave." Scott has also worked with the NYC Department of Sanitation to encourage composting efforts and helped launch an innovative program to increase household recycling called RecycleBank. Come learn how advances in scientific metrics are changing how big business is run and ask him all those tough, nagging questions like "paper or plastic?"

Pizza will be served.

Tuesday, Oct 21 @ 5:00PM
Junk: A Plastic Odyssey
NYU, Kimmel Center (60 Washington Square South) room 804

The North Pacific Gyre between California and Japan has become a "plastic soup" of floating garbage nearly twice the size of the United States. Join Dr. Marcus Eriksen and Anna Cummins of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation - they have been gathering evidence of this problem on a research expedition aboard the Junk, a raft built from plastic bottles.

"No Impact Man" Colin Beavan will introduce the speakers.
In this special presentation, you'll hear about:
- The alarming amounts of plastic debris in our oceans, and the toxins being carried into food we harvest from the Pacific
- The origin and fate of plastic waste
- Health risks to humans
- Solutions and resistance from the plastics industry
Please RSVP here if you plan to attend: http://www.nyu.edu/rsvp/event.php?e_id=1103
For more information, visit: http://www.algalita.org http://junkraft.blogspot.com

Tuesday, October 21, 8:00 – 11:00am
Greening the Empire State: Wind Power

NYU Kimmell Center, 60 Washington Square South
sponsored by the NY League of Conservation Voters

http://www.nylcvef.org/poweringthefuture

Wednesday, October 22, 6:00pm

Meat in the Big Apple: A Socio-Ecological Approach to Meat Consumption in New York City
Hunter College, West Building, 8th Floor Faculty Dining Room

Dr. Peter Marcotullio, Distinguished Lecturer of Geography and Urban Planning at Hunter College
sponsored by the CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities

RSVP to Carina Molnar at 212.650.3456, cmolnar@hunter.cuny.edu

Thursday, October 23, 7:00 p.m.
World Leaders Forum: Columbia University and the Global Sustainability Challenge

Miller Theatre, 2960 Broadway (at 116th Street)
The program will convene scientists, scholars, public officials, and student leaders to discuss Mayor Bloomberg's PlaNYC initiative, Columbia's contributions to the City's sustainable future, and what role New Yorkers play in the global effort.
worldleaders2@columbia.edu
Register: www.worldleaders.columbia.edu

Friday, October 24, 7:00 - 8:30pm
Climate Equity Discussion and screening of ‘Sisters on the Planet’

at the Action Center to End World Hunger (Battery Park City)
Oxfam Action Corps NYC will be hosting a diverse discussion on climate change and what people can do here in the New York area to protect the most vulnerable communities worldwide from its impacts. Featuring a 30-minute documentary, "Sisters on the Planet", which highlights the effects of climate change on women here and abroad.

To RSVP, e-mail newyorkcity@oxfamactioncorps.org

This week in ESP...

Monday, October 20
Environmental and Sustainable Development Programs Open House
4-7 p.m., Low Rotunda


Tuesday, October 21
Acoustic Mapping: Antarctica and the Hudson
Speaker: Frank Nitsche, Doherty Associate Research Scientist
4-6 p.m. 407 IAB

EcoSecurities Info Session
Speakers: Alison Carr (SIPA'05), U.S. Marketing Manager/Commercialization Manager
Jonathan Rappe, Head of Investment
6:30-7:30 p.m., Lindsay Rogers Room, IAB


Wednesday, October 22
Carbon Sequestration Panel
Speakers: Klaus Lackner (Director of Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy, Professor of Geophysics), Jurg Matter (Associate Research of Geochemistry at Lamont-Doherty), Alissa Park (Lenfest Junior Professor in Applied Climate Science, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science)
5-7 p.m. Davis Auditorium, Schapiro CEPSR


Thursday, October 23
***Post-Midterm Party*** brought to you by MPA-ESP Student Government
8 p.m.-- LOCATION TBA
FOOD AND DRINKS WILL BE SERVED! COME HANG OUT WITH US AFTER EXAMS!


Friday, October 24
Sustainable Urbanism Colloquium
Speaker: Clark Wilson, USEPA--Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation - Smart Growth Program
1-2 p.m. 405 IAB

This week in ESP...

Tuesday, October 14

Afternoon Tea with Jeffrey Sachs

4:00-5:30 p.m.   Satow Room, Lerner Hall

RSVP with Audrey Lapiner

"Greening an Electric Utility"

A discussion with Andrea Schmitz, EPA, ConEd Director of the Environment, Health and Safety & Dave Westman (MPA-ESP alum), Sierra Club, ConEd Resource Conservation Coordinator

6:30-7:30 p.m.  Location TBA

Looking for ways to use our degree? Both Andrea and Dave have jobs that combine environmental science and policy! With combined experience in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors, they will explain how they have helped ConEd become a leader in the PlaNYC initiative and earn "environmental excellence" certificates while managing NYC's increasing demand for electricity. Come join in the discussion and learn how these intriguing environmental professionals have blazed their path.

Thursday, October 16

ESP Colloquium

8:00 p.m.  after Public Management in the same room

Friday, October 17

Sustainable Urban Colloquium

Hillary Brown, Founding Director, NYC Office of Sustainable Design, Principle, New Civic Works

1:00 - 2:00 p.m.  405 IAB

This week in ESP...

Monday, Oct 6
$5 Jazz for Students
Lincoln Center More info and RSVP at:http://www.jalc.org/dccc/firstMonday.asp. 


Tuesday, Oct 7

MPA-ESP and MIA-EPS Mixer
Amsterdam Cafe Open Bar 8:00-10:00 p.m.

Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) Speaker
Bob Chen, Director of CIESIN
SIPA/Earth Institute Practicum 407 IAB 4:00-6:00 p.m.

Malcolm Pirnie Information Session
1118 IAB 7:00-8:00 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct 8
New Economic Strategy for the US and the World Lecture by Jeffrey Sachs
7:00 p.m. NYU 100 Washington Square East

Thursday, Oct 9
NO ESP COLLOQUIUM (moved to Friday)

Friday, Oct 10
**ESP Colloquium**
IAB 405 1:00 p.m.

Deadline for ordering business cards with recycled content
Email Lisa Hook at ljh2134@columbia.edu by Noon


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Wednesday, Jeffrey Sach Lecture at NYU:
Jeffrey Sachs, named one of the top 100 most influential people by TIME magazine, will be lecturing at NYU (in Silvery Center's Jurrow Lecture Hall at 100 Washington Square East at the corner of Washington Place) to bring together issues of politics, culture, global health, economics, and sustainable development as he assesses the current trajectory of global economic problems and presents possible solutions for the future. From 2002 to 2006, he was the Director of the United Nations Millennium Project and has dedicated much of his professional career to the alleviation of extreme poverty and the development of environmental sustainability and he currently is a professor at Columbia University. Seating is first come, first serve so get there early.


Friday, ESP Colloquium:
A round-table discussion as a prelude to the Sustainable Urbanism Colloquium. Students who have had, or are seeking, experiences in city planning, sustainable design, energy consulting, land-use management, environmental protection and related disciplines are encouraged to participate! An open conversation will take place following several brief presentations by ESP students. Pizza will be served. Contact Steven Caputo or Betty Cremmins for more info.

Recycled Content Business Cards:

>Pricing for cards on recycled paper is as follows (for orders of 250 cards
>each):

50 ppl = $56.00 eachWe need a minimum of 50 people for a price of $56. If we get more people however, the price will go down. I will not place an order with fewer than 50 people.
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>Double-sided printing (to include on the back of the card: "printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper," or the like). Pricing for non-recycled content business cards is $45 for 250 cards
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>Paper used will be: Strathmore, 100# 100% post-consumer, cream white http://www.thepapermillstore.com/product.php?productid=23061
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>If you're interested, please take a look at the card template attached, fill out the attached .xls sheet with the information you would like included on the card, and email Lisa Hook (ljh2134@columbia.edu) by noon Friday, October 10. Once the completed order is submitted, it will take about 1 week for the cards to be processed.

**Upcoming Events:

The Sustainable Urbanism Colloquium: Come share a slice of pizza with some of New York City's top professionals in the fields of city planning, urban design, landscape / architecture, energy consulting, transportation, environmental protection and advocacy. Guest speakers each week will give students an insider's view of the urban sustainability movement, while the informal lunchtime setting will encourage lively discussion and networking. Events will take on Monday's or Fridays from 1 to 2pm in Room 405 IAB—see below for schedule. Pizza will be served!

Friday, October 17
Hillary Brown
Founding Director, NYC Office of Sustainable Design
Principal, New Civic Works

Friday, October 24
Clark Wilson
USEPA--Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation - Smart Growth Program

Friday, November 7
Sophia Hollander
Senior Author, PlaNYC
Office of Long-term Planning & Sustainability

A few more GREEN events coming up...

Friday, October 3, 8:00am - 3:00pm
Alternative Vehicle Technology Conference
on the campus of CUNY's Lehman College

Lovinger Theatre, 250 Bedford Park Blvd. West, Bronx

Vehicle displays and panel discussions on emission reduction strategies, available and emerging technologies, and policies and incentives that can help promote the use of green trucks, cars, vans and buses.
http://www.csebcc.org/


Thursday, October 9, 6:00 - 8:00pm (NO PUBLIC MANAGEMENT CLASS!)
Is Gore's 100% Renewable Energy Challenge Achievable for New York City?
The New York Academy of Sciences, 7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich St, 40th floor
Moderator: George Hendrey, Queens College, CUNY;
Speakers: Klaus Lackner, Columbia University; Sanjoy Banerjee, The City College of New York/CUNY; Charles Komanoff; Komanoff Energy Associates www.nyas.org/events

Sunday, October 12, 12-5PM
Riverkeeper's 3rd Annual ... New York WATERFEST

A bottled water free celebration of New York City water!
North Cove Marina, Battery Park City, NYC
Register today at www.nywaterfest.org
A great way to spend your Columbus Day weekend!

Bring your own bottles to Water Fest to refill with New York City's premier tap water for free!

Water Fest is a day devoted to celebrating New York City water – the water we drink, the water we play in, and the water that surrounds us. Join Riverkeeper, New York's #1 water protector, for a day of fun on the Hudson with paddling activities, live music, great food and more. Take the NYC Tap Water Taste Test and join our Take Back the Tap NY campaign to promote and protect NYC's first-rate tap water.

• The Paddle Rally includes paddling activities for everyone -- from first-timers to advanced paddlers -- kids to grandparents. Don't miss the Big Apple Splash raft flotilla, Kayak Poker Run, Floating Meditation, or kayak demonstrations and lessons. 8am-5pm. Register now at www.nywaterfest.org
  
• Water City at North Cove Marina will feature live music, great food, wellness and relaxation tents, and New York's leading clean water advocates ready to answer your water questions.

Wednesday, October 15, 8:00 - 10:00pm
Zero Net Energy Building: Reality or Fiction
New York Academy of Sciences, 7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich St, 40th floor
The first of a 4-part series focused on achieving zero net energy in buildings, as part of the work of a new collective convened by the NYAS, including architects, engineers, scientists, policy makers from city and state, and foundation and non-profit leaders - representing the key players in New York in the area of green buildings and sustainable design.
www.nyas.org/events

November 13th, 2008, 8:30am-10:30am
Breaking the Green Ceiling: Affordable Housing Meets Environmentalism

CUNY Graduate Center, Skylight Room, 365 Fifth Avenue
How can we bring green building and beautiful design into the low budget realm of affordable housing, and why is it critical for community development?
Topics Include:
-Locating Affordable Well-Design Green Products
-Greening Landscapes, Streetscapes and Roofscapes
-Creating Jobs in the Green Building Industry

Contact (718) 839-1179 or www.whedco.org for more information

Equitable Solutions of the Carbon and Climate Problem

On Tuesday, September 30, 2008 from 6:00-7:30 PM, renowned Princeton biologist Steve Pacala will be speaking on "Equitable Solutions of the Carbon and Climate Problem" in the Barash Theater located on the first floor of the NYU Jeffrey S. Gould Welcome Center (50 West Fourth Street, at the corner of Washington Square East). More information about the lecture can be found below.

To RSVP, please visit http://www.nyu.edu/rsvp/event.php?e_id=1050.

To learn more about this and other upcoming events, please visit http://environment.as.nyu.edu/page/newevents.

New evidence suggests that the climate change problem is more urgent and serious than the conclusions of the latest IPCC report. After a quick review of the science of global warming and some of the most serious impacts, I will summarize three recent findings, all of which will increase the expected severity of climate change. I will then discuss the mix of existing technology and revolutionary advances that will be needed to solve the problem, and provide a scientific and technical evaluation of pending legislation and the platforms of the presidential candidates. Finally, I will turn to the issue that is now dominating discussion of an international deal on climate. What is a fair way to partition the effort among the rich and poor? I first use a statistical method to estimate personal emissions of every individual on Earth, and then discuss the distribution of emissions among nations and individuals in light of alternative concepts of fairness.

Access to Oxygen: Environmental Justice Hits the Small Screen

Deep Dish TV Presents Part Two of the DIY Media Series:

Access to Oxygen: Environmental Justice Hits the Small Screen

October 3rd, 7:00pm at the Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts, 715 Broadway, New York City.

Please join political activists, filmmakers and theorists for an evening of observation and conversation about the roots, history, and trajectory of Environmental Justice organizing.

The Panelists:

Miquela Craytor, Executive Director of Sustainable South Bronx

Kizzy Guzman, Environmental Advocate to the Bloomberg Administration

Tom Angotti, Author of "Metropolis 2000: Planning Poverty and Politics"

Rene Poitevin, NYU Professor of Metropolitan Studies

Cynthia Lopez, Vice President of American Documentary/POV

Additional Panelists To Be Announced

The Film: ACCESS TO OXYGEN is a 60 minute screener compiled from 4 programs out of Deep Dish TV's 22 year-old grassroots television archive. These programs represent some of the best work to come directly out of the Environmental Justice movement. Many were produced either by or in collaboration with the activists doing on-the-ground organizing over the last two decades.

To learn more about the programs go to: http://deepdishtv.org/ProgramDetail/Default.aspx?id=3402

To learn more about the series go to: http://www.deepdishtv.org/Series/Default.aspx?id=38

This event is free and open to the public

This week in ESP...

Carnegie Council Event on U.N. Green Jobs Report on Tuesday, Sep 30:
Those attending should have received a confirmation email from me last week. Reminder: Statistics class will start at 12:30 p.m. The event starts at 3 p.m. Refer to the previous posts and emails for directions. Please contact James Marshall or Ellie Tang if you have any question.

Green Dragon Social (hosted by Asia Pacific Affairs Council and MIA-EPS students) on Wednesday, Oct 1:
7:30PM - 9:00PM
Location: Max Caffe 1262 Amsterdam Ave (122 St. and Amsterdam Ave.)
*drinks and refreshments will be provided*

Green Dragon Speaker Series Kickoff Networking Event!
Interested in China's Environmental Crisis? Want to know more about it and
connect with others who do?
Come to the Green Dragon Social to find out more!


Colloquium #3 on Thursday, Oct 2:

"For those of you who managed to make it to one of our first two colloquiums, I'm sure you've been excited by our classmates' presentations. Look forward to another great week, WITH wine, AND...
Siobhan talking about her public health work and her trip to Burma.
A. Tianna speaking about her public health project in Bolivia. So, if it's isn't already glaringly clear, this week's theme is public health and countries that start with the letter B! James wil be supplying wine, so bring a mug/cup and a couple bucks to help cover the costs (if you want to drink.)" --Leah

This week in ESP...

Thursday, Sep 25

ESP Colloquium featuring Nosisa Ndaba and A. Tianna Scozzaro
8:00 p.m. (immediately following Public Management in the same room)
BYOB

*Coming up...
Tuesday, Sep 30 Carnegie Council Event--U.N. Green Jobs Event
Please email me now if you are interested and haven't done do. We might be able to reserve a few more spots.

Colloquium #1: "Service to the Nation"

Featuring:
Bill Covin: Peace Corps Experience
Grant Goodrich: Marine Corps Experience

Thursday, Sept. 18
8:00 pm, 407 (same room as Management - just stick around.)
Discussion to follow...

* Colloquiums are an opportunity for our fellow students to share their own career and volunteer experiences. Discussion will include question periods and more informal topics. *

This week in ESP...

[If there are events you would like to add to our weekly schedule, please send a brief description (title, date, time, and venue) to et2285@columbia.edu by 5 p.m. every Sunday.]

Tuesday, Sep 16
Original speaker canceled

Urban Design Lab for Sustainable Development (ESP Practicum)

4:00-6:00 p.m. 407 IAB

Wednesday, Sep 17

The Millennium Villages Project: Tropical Agriculture

6:00-7:00 p.m. Davis Auditorium

Thursday, Sep 18

First ESP Colloquium featuring Bill Covin and Grant Goodrich
8:00 p.m. Venue TBA (contact Leah for more information)

***Upcoming Speaker (off-campus)***

Decent Work in a Low-Carbon World (Event at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Policy on the UN Report on Green Jobs)

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

03:00 PM to 05:00 PM
20 spots available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please email Ellie to reserve a spot. We will also keep a waiting list in the event that we are able to negotiate a few more spots. An email will be sent out to notify those who have a spot.

Description:

Peter Poschen of the International Labour Organization and Michael Renner of Worldwatch Institute will present the new report Green Jobs: Towards Decent Work in a Sustainable, Low-Carbon World, released at UN Headquarters in New York on September 24, 2008.

With commentary by: Sean Sweeney of Cornell University; Jill Kubit of Cornell University; Norine Kennedy of the U.S. Council for International Business; and Heather Grady of Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative. Moderated by Devin Stewart of Carnegie Council.

Speakers: Heather Grady, Peter Poschen, Michael Renner, Devin T. Stewart

Location:

Global Policy Innovations

Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs

170 East 64th Street (between Lexington and Third Ave.)

New York, NY 10065-7478

Welcome!

Dear MPA-ESP'09,

Welcome to our class blog!

This multipurpose site is created to serve as a bulletin board for latest class events, an interactive forum to share interesting thoughts and articles, and a "sustainable" way to keep in touch.

The MPA-ESP Government is seeking guest speakers and planning events based on your interests and requests. Individual speaker series, panels nights featuring environmental professionals, and career events will be held in the future. Please look out for the weekly email newsletter, "This Week in ESP..." for regular updates of our event schedule! Instead of flooding your email accounts, your Student Government will communicate with the class here from now on. I strongly encourage you to check this blog regularly for information.

Lastly, please take advantage of the blog features. Feel free to correct any errors in updates and also comment on our fellow classmates' blog entries. Of course, courtesy and respect in the use of language is always appreciated.

Blog away!

Yours,
Ellie
Student Government Corresponding Secretary