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• Superstorm Sandy: Are We Ready for the Next One? (May 29, 2013 at CUNY Graduate Center) Experts from the City University of New York, public and nonprofit sectors, and city government discuss lessons learned from the devastation caused by Superstorm Sandy. SESSION TOPICS: 1) Science, Climate, and Storm Prediction 2) New York City Natural Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response 3) Public Health & Health Care Services Post-Sandy SESSION 1 – SPEAKERS: Dr. William J. Fritz Dr. William Solecki Dr. Frank ...
• “Still the Same Hawk: Reflections on Nature and New York,” – John Waldman, Professor of Biology @ the New York Public Library Midtown Branch (May 20, 2013) What: This visual presentation brings into conversation diverse and intriguing perspectives on the relationship between nature and America’s most prominent city.  The author intermingles elements of natural history, urban ecology, and environmental politics, providing fresh insights into nature and the urban environment on one of the world’s great stages for the clash of these seemingly disparate realms – ...
• BROADWAY: 1000 Steps – Mary Miss/City as Living Laboratory invite you to Walk the length of Broadway: May 4th-5th, 2013 “Eat Your Sidewalk” with designers and foraging enthusiasts Petia Morozov and Iain Kerr. Write your own poem while you walk with Harlem-based poet E.J. McAdams. Hear about the latest research into NYC’s climate vulnerability from scientist Stuart Gaffin.  “Insert (Your Idea) Here” with artist Eve Mosher.    Join us on a 2-part walk covering the length of Broadway as part of MAS’ Jane’s ...
• Designing Healthy Communities to Air on PBS Stations in the New York Area The CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities invites you to tune in to “Designing Healthy Communities,” the new series by Dr. Richard Jackson. Dr. Jackson is the Fall 2013 Joan H. Tisch Distinguished Fellow in Public Health at Hunter’s Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute, and Professor and Chair of the Department of the Environmental Health Sciences ...
• Migration Reform: Opening up the Bronx River to Migratory Fish On March 20th, 2013 from 6:00 to 8:30 PM, join NYC Parks Uncommon Ground Lecture series and the Bronx River Alliance as we celebrate the start of construction of NYC’s first fish ladder and fish migration with an evening of discourse, discussion and dance. Scientist and author John Waldman will preview his latest book on the history and ...
• Hurricane Sandy and Beyond: Engineering, Ecology, and Policy Pathways in an Era of Climate Change The immediate impact and aftermath of Hurricane Sandy has raised questions about how we can reduce our vulnerability to future storms as well as enhance our adaptation to climate change. The immediate discussion of rebuilding makes clear that there are issues of scientific uncertainty, engineering, planning and policy, economics, and equity to be resolved. In ...
• High Performance Multifamily Buildings: The Future of New York City SATURDAY DECEMBER 1, 2012 AT CUNY HUNTER COLLEGE About the Event: The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) and its NYC Chapter, GreenHomeNYC, have assembled a slate of local experts and owners to help those involved with multifamily buildings in New York City get a leg up the new requirements and learn the best, most profitable path forward ...
• Bill Solecki and Cynthia Rosenzweig Co-Author NY Times Op-Ed Piece on Rising Sea Levels CISC Director Dr. Bill Solecki and NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies Senior Research Scientist Cynthia Rosenzweig co-authored a response to today’s New York Times “Room for Debate” section on sea gates, sea walls and other proposed solutions to sea level rise in the aftermath of “Super Storm” Sandy: “Since 2001, when “Climate Change and a Global ...
• Terra Nova: The New World after Oil, Cars and Suburbs, with Eric Sanderson, Owen Gutfreund and William Solecki   A discussion of Eric Sanderson’s Terra Nova: The New World after Oil, Cars and Suburbs co-sponsored with The Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College Tuesday, November 20, 2012 Reception 5:30 PM Program 6:00 PM The next administration will face great challenges in addressing continued global climate change and its effects. In his upcoming book Terra Nova, The New World after ...
• CISC Fellow John Waldman writes about Nature in the City and the Bronx River CISC Fellow John Waldman writes about a recent research trip to the Bronx River on the Fordham University Press Blog this week.  The text of Dr. Waldman’s post is reproduced below.  The full article, with additional photographs, can be read here. “French filmmaker Mathias Frantz and his crew had spent weeks searching the wilder crannies of ...

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