The Urban Sustainability Extension Service (USES) The Urban Sustainability Extension Service (USES) is the Institute’s initiative to bring Hunter College and Community partners together to develop neighborhood-scale sustainability initiatives. Currently, we are working with cultural, governmental, and environmental...
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This Saturday, as part of PechaKucha Night New York‘s “Dimensions of a New City,” CISC Collaborative Programs Manager Carina Molnar will lead a lightning-fast presentation of the making of the City Atlas project. PechaKucha events give participating presenters 6 minutes to present 20 slides about...
CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities announces its upcoming Sustainability Internship Workshop! Interested in a career in sustainability? An internship can help you get there. • Learn about internship opportunities at organizations, agencies, and businesses throughout New York. •...
CISC Outreach Coordinator Alexandra Hanson is moderating a Food Systems Panel tonight here at Hunter, as part of the Urban Mondays at Hunter series, hosted by the Hunter College Department of Urban Affairs and Planning. What: Professionals who work in food systems planning and development will explain their work within...
Theodore W. Kheel (May 9, 1914 – November 12, 2010) CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities notes and honors the passing of Ted Kheel, a prominent labor negotiator, lawyer, environmentalist and so many other things to so many other people. It was out of his vision and dedication to understanding and solving...
..: CLICK HERE TO RSVP :.. Green Infrastructure for the Hudson/Raritan Watersheds CISC and its partners invite you to join us at an event exploring green infrastructure’s potential to transform our urban centers and restore our watersheds. Learn about the programs and plans of the US EPA, NYC, and NY State’s...
CISC’s mission is “to create awareness and understanding of the connections between the everyday lives of urban citizens and their natural world, leading to the discovery and use of cities like New York as a learning laboratory to create a sustainable future for cities worldwide.” We want to start a conversation....
CISC Director William Solecki has been honored by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change by being selected as a lead author on their upcoming Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) From the press release: Geneva, 23 June 2010 – The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) announces today the release of the...
Intern with CISC this summer and gain valuable, hands on experience working on a range of environmental projects. Work with great professors on our “Cities by the Coast” and “Consumption Cities” projects and help our Outreach Coordinator with exciting upcoming events. The Institute’s Internship...
CISC’s Internship Coordinator will be tabling at the Hunter College Career Expo this Wednesday, March 10th, from 1 to 3pm. Stop by to learn about internships at organizations, agencies and businesses throughout New York that protect the environment and promote sustainability. Hosted by Hunter College Career Development...
Ecological Group is seeking an intern to perform analysis on large sets of real estate market data. This position will be responsible for reporting from conceptualization through presentation of the data. In addition to research, the analyst will be held responsible for submitting queries to an existing database, aggregating...
CISC’s Dr. Peter Marcotullio will be presenting at the 9th annual Nature, Ecology & Society Colloquium on March 5th, 2010 Getting at Environmental Justice: Science, Discourse & Action Friday, March 5th, 2010 9:00am – 5:00pm Martin E. Segal Theater CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue New York, NY...
Climate Justice: Politics, Culture, Economics Co-sponsored by the Center for Place Culture and Politics In light of the Copenhagen summit and the widening gap between industrialized nations, developing nations, and the rest of the global South, this event will examine the political, economic, and cultural impacts of climate...
Solar One: New York City Energy Policy Research Internship Solar One, New York City’s premier green energy, arts, and education center, seeks an undergraduate or graduate student intern to research, write, and publish on the Solar One website a weekly or biweekly post (roughly 4-500 words) on a different aspect of...
CISC is proud to present, with the Hunter College Department of Geography, Michael Minn’s new paper, “Fossil Fuel Energy Use for Meat in New York City”. This paper details the estimated amount of fossil fuel energy used in the production, processing, distribution, and preparation of meat, poultry and seafood...
Registration for our upcoming “In the Wake of the Half Moon: Environmental Transformation of the New York Metropolitan Region, 1609-2109” One Day Conference is now open! LESS THAN A WEEK TO REGISTER Tickets are going fast; are $25 and are limited so act now. Click here for more information on the conference. Featured...
Dr. William Solecki of CISC will be part of a pannel speaking at the Museum of the City of New York about the affect climate change will have on the landfill of New York City next Wednesday, October 7th. Landfill was used by the Dutch and by later generations to transform the landmass of the island; today, climate change...
Join CISC and Ecoventions for a fall foliage cruise up the Hudson, on the biodiesel powered Queen of Hearts. Saturday, October 24th, 2009 2 PM – 6PM Tickets are $35 a piece and include lunch and entertainment. A portion of these proceeds will benefit public programming at the Institute, so come out for the foliage and...
Join us as we close the 2009 Governors Island Sustainability Series Ranging from recycled fashions to research visualization, dozens of students submitted original artwork and posters, on the themes of sustainability and the challenges it poses, to our annual Science and Art Exhibition out on Governors Island. Now, you...
The Hudson River Foundation and the Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve invite you to the Tibor T. Polgar Fellowship 2009 Report Presentations and 25th Anniversary Celebration Tuesday, September 1, 200910:00 am – 4:00 pmWine & Cheese Reception to FollowCary Institute of Ecosystem StudiesMillbrook, NY Since...
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