Can NYC Become an Exemplary Eco-City?
New York Open Center
83 Spring Street, NY NY 10012
Register at: http://www.opencenter.org/
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
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.
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.
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/
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.
