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• Video: Developing Cumulative Impacts Permitting Protections Webinar Recording

  Spurred by the leadership of Environmental Justice advocates, states are increasingly engaging in policymaking to respond to the cumulative environmental and social burdens faced by EJ communities. During this webinar, we shared key findings from a first-of-its-kind policy review and database designed to support the integration of cumulative impacts into state environmental permitting frameworks. Advocates from three leading states shared insights on how they’re advancing cumulative impacts policies at various stages of development. We took a critical look at the growing wave of state policies aimed at addressing cumulative impacts in environmental permitting.
• Video: 2023 MER Webinar

  Across the United States, fossil fuel infrastructure emits toxic air pollution and planet-warming greenhouse gases that drive climate change. Low-income communities and communities of color bear the brunt of both, living on the front lines of impacts from climate change as well as suffering the harms of localized co-pollutants, like particular matter and nitrous oxides, emitted by nearby facilities. A just and equitable climate mitigation policy for the power sector must make the elimination of the sector’s outsized impact on these environmental justice (EJ) communities an explicit goal. A new joint report by Dr. Nicky Sheats of the John S. Watson Institute for Urban Policy and Research (Kean University) and members of the Tishman Environment and Design Center, lays out a framework for a policy to require mandatory emissions reductions (MER) of power sector pollution in EJ communities, and applies it to three state case studies: New Jersey, Minnesota, and Delaware.
• Event: Better Worlds Ahead: Realizing Our Brighter Climate Futures

  This event featured a conversation with s Stacey Abrams and Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson about imagining better futures, finding hope and motivation for continued action, and where climate solutions are already taking root.
• Event: US Climate Leadership: Equity and Justice in the Green Transition

  Recording of event from Mother Jones, Grist, and the Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School for a discussion about equity, infrastructure, jobs, and the urban energy transition. Featuring the “father of environmental justice,” Dr. Robert Bullard (Texas Southern University, Bullard Center for Environmental & Climate Justice), Jade Begay (Indigenous Rights Advocate and Climate Researcher), and Leah Thomas (Intersectional Environmentalist), we’ll dig into the issues, opportunities, and solutions driving an equitable transformation for America.
• Promotional Materials: Earth Week 2021 Keynote Flier with Dr. Ayana Johnson

  2021 Earth Week Keynote Promotional flier featuring a depiction of Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Dr. Mia White.
• Event: Climate Justice in NYC: A Discussion with Climate Change Leaders and Environmental Justice Leaders

  Recording of 2020 Climate Week Event - Climate Justice in NYC: A Discussion with Climate Change Leaders and Environmental Justice Leaders.
• Event: Energy & Equity Talks: Community Power

  "The Tishman Center and the NYC 2030 District present Energy & Equity Talks: Community Power. A talk about the hows and whys of energy and equity in the NYC area. This event featured speakers with expertise on community shared solar, costal resilience and community capacity building. Speakers included: Eric Darrisaw, Director, Agile Fractal Grid Gabe Landes, Principal, Cottonwood Energy, LLC Tim Gilman, Executive Director, RETI Center The panel will be moderated by Mike Harrington, Assistant Director at the Tishman Environment and Design Center. Part of Climate Week 2022"
• Event: Sustainability Town Hall 2022

  Sustainability Town Hall was an informal online info session to learn about sustainability at the university and how to get involved as a student, staff or faculty member. Presented by Tishman Enviornment and Design Center and the Buildings Department at The New School. This event was open to the New School only.
• Event: Going Beyond Green Clip 2

  Clip of station in Going Beyond “Green”. Part of 2017 Earth Day events.
• Event: Going Beyond Green Clip 1

  Clip of presenter and audience in Going Beyond “Green”. Part of 2017 Earth Day events.
• Event: Indigenous Resistance and Paths to Climate Justice Day 2

  Day 2 of Indigenous Resistance and Paths to Climate Justice. Part of Earth Week 2019.
• Event: Indigenous Resistance and Paths to Climate Justice Day 1

  Day 1 of Indigenous Resistance and Paths to Climate Justice. Part of Earth Week 2019.
• Event: Climate Crisis and the African Diaspora

  Recording of Climate Crisis and African Diaspora Event. Part of Climate Week 2021.
• Event: The World We Need Book Launch

  Entirety of Book Preview Launch of The World We Need for 2021 Earth Week.
• Event: Who Does Mapping Serve? GIS in Environmental Justice

  Recording of event Who Does Mapping Serve? GIS in Environmental Justice and Climate Change Research, Organizing and Action.
• Event: A New York Green Amendment: Balancing Power and Equity for EJ Communities

  Recording of The Green Amendment and environmental justice in New York State panel. Panelists include Maya K. van Rossum, Founder, Green Amendments for the Generations, Eddie Bautista, Executive Director, New York City Environmental Justice Alliance, Kate Kurera, Deputy Director, Environmental Advocates NY and Christine Appah, Senior Staff Attorney, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest Environmental Justice Program. Part of Climate Week 2020
• Event: Food Policy and Action

  Recording of Food Policy and Action: Connecting Global Food System Governance and Advocacy from City to Global Scales. Speakers include Dr. Beverley Wheeler, D.C. Hunger Solutions, Onika Abraham, Farm School NYC, Dr. Jennifer Wilkins, Cornell University and Dr. Molly Anderson, Middlebury College. This event is a part of “Facing the 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit".
• Event: Environmental Justice Leaders Crush Climate Week

  The Tishman Center hosted a keynote event during Climate Week NYC focused on the upcoming 27th UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP) with Ripe for Creative Disruption Fellows, Advisory Committee Members, and EJ Partners who will serve as Frontline Delegates in Egypt. Our discussion explored the unique role of frontline delegates both inside and outside of COP negotiations, resistance to accepting false solutions, and organizing for more disruptive, inclusive, democratic, and just climate solutions beyond the Conference of Parties.
• Event: Climate Change and Cities: From the Global IPCC Report to Local Action on Equity

  Recording of the event Climate Change and Cities: From the Global IPCC Report to Local Action on Equity. Moderated by David Lewis, Dean of Parsons School of Constructed Environments and Joel Towers, University Professor and Co-Director of the Tishman Environment and Design Center. Part of Earth Week 2022.
• Event: Street Futures: How Covid-19 has Changed our Streetscapes

  Recording of the event Street Futures: How Covid-19 Has Changes Our Streetscapes. Presented by the Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School and the Parsons School of Constructed Environments
• Event: Communities Beyond Crisis: Grassroots Women Leaders' Contributions in Disaster Situations

  Recording of event Communities Beyond Crisis: Grassroots Women Leaders' Contributions in Disaster Situations. Speaker is Josephine Castillo, Solidarity of Oppressed Filipino People Inc. (SOFP).
• Event: Communities Beyond Crisis: Agroecology and Food Sovereignty

  Recording of event Communities Beyond Crisis: Agroecology and Food Sovereignty after Disaster which was part of the second session of the Communities Beyond Crisis Speaker Series. This series is by The Pratt Disaster Resilience Network, The Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management program, and Professor Leonardo Figueroa Helland at The New School.
• Event: Nourishing Communities of Life: Indigenous Resurgence beyond Syndemic Violence & Earth Crisis

  Recording of event Nourishing Communities of Life: Indigenous Resurgence beyond Syndemic Violence & Earth Crisis. Created in partnership with Environmental Policy & Sustainability Management (EPSM), Tishman Environment & Design Center (TEDC), Indigeneity & Decolonization Initiative, TNS, International funders from Indigenous People (IFIP), Amazon Watch, Pratt Institute's Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment (GCPE).
• Event: Magdalena: a Threatened River of Music, Knowledge, and Culture

  Join the Tishman Center, Pratt Institute GCPE and Bomba Estero for a conversation about the environment, history and culture of the Magdalena River, the main river of Colombia. This event will feature people speakers that have intimate knowledge of how the river has shaped the not only the history and culture of Colombia, but also the world.
• Event: Behind the Scenes Videos of Climate Justice Movements Disrupt Business As Usual at COP27

  During Climate Week NYC, The Tishman Environment and Design Center and Ripe for Creative Disruption EJ Fellowship convened EJ leaders on the road to the UNFCC Conference of Parties 27th Meeting on Climate Change (COP27), in Egypt. The Panel "Climate Justice Movements Disrupt Business As Usual at COP27" was a part of Climate Week NYC, where various Design for Disruption ideas were crowdsourced together with audience members. Present were Dr. Ana Baptista, Tishman Environment and Design Center; Angela Mahecha, Ripe for Creative Disruption EJ Fellowship; Jesús Vázquez, Organización Boricua; Jacqueline Patterson, The Chisholm Legacy Project; Jade Begay, NDN Collective; Colette Pichon Battle, TapRoot Earth; Bineshi Albert, Climate Justice Alliance/It Takes Roots.