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
Monday, November 17, 2008
Sunday, November 16, 2008
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.
*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
*******************************************************************************
*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.
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