Wednesday, December 2, 2009 | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Organizers: Cynthia Rosenzweig and William Solecki (Co-Chairs of the New York City Panel on Climate Change)
This discussion will highlight New York City as an example for cities around the globe and examine the key role cities play in climate change adaptation
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Organizer: Ernest Tollerson (MTA)
Panelists: Thomas Abdallah (New York City Transit), John Rhyner (P.W. Grosser Consulting)
The MTA pumps 8-13 million gallons of groundwater daily to keep subway tunnels dry. Currently, the water is treated as a liability and is routed into the city sewers. This panel discussion will explore possible beneficial uses of this groundwater.
Thursday, January 7, 2010 | 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Organizer: Gordon Feller (Urban Age Institute)
Thought leaders from around the world will gather at the Academy to explore how dual crises in the environment and the banking industry could converge to offer opportunities to transition to a cleaner, greener urban age.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Marion Nestle (New York University)
There is a science to eating well, and an art to shopping for food. Nutrition expert and What to Eat author Marion Nestle explains, from a scientific perspective, how to decode diet advice, read grocery labels, and choose food wisely.
Friday, November 13, 2009 | 1:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Speakers: Peter Courtland Agre (Bloomberg School of Public Health), Rita R. Colwell (University of Maryland College Park), Erik R. Peterson (Center for Strategic and International Studies), Kellogg Schwab (Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health)
Please join the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health as we explore one of our planet's most valuable resources—water.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Speakers: Eric W. Sanderson, PhD (Wildlife Conservation Society) and Charles C. Mann
Hear these authors speak on the ecology and landscape of New York City prior to European settlement. Discussion of the human and environmental history of our region, which informs the sustainable use of local resources, will follow.
Thursday, October 15, 2009 | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speakers: Gregory Provan (University of Cork), Kurt Roth (Fraunhofer Center for for Sustainable Energy Systems), Stephen Samouhos (MIT), and Jane Snowdon (IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center)
Advances toward low-energy buildings depend on advances in building system controls. This meeting will highlight case studies demonstrating state-of-the art technologies in building controls systems and performance data collection and analysis.
July 8 - 9, 2009
Expert panels will discuss business opportunities and challenges in solar energy and energy storage, and entrepreneurs will pitch their business plans to a panel of investors and financial industry experts.
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Annals
Edited by Karin E. Limburg (SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York) and Robert Costanza (Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT)
This inaugural volume of will review topics that are at the crossroads of ecology and economics.
Forthcoming volume
eBriefing
Speakers: Cynthia Rosenzweig (NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies), Dickson Despommier (Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health), Ted Caplow (BrightFarm Systems)
As a new eBriefing reports, climate change impacts, population growth, rapid urbanization, food safety concerns, and the destructive nature of conventional agriculture together argue for pursuing sustainable agriculture in cities.
eBriefing
A four-part series on sustainable building design.
The fourth and final event in this series focused on how financial incentives and valuation can promote sustainable building. Our eBriefing documents the entire series.
Member News
Seven Academy Members are among the Signatories of a Letter to the President.
eBriefing
Speakers: Paul DeCotis (Deputy Secretary for Energy, New York State), Francis Murray (President and CEO, NYSERDA), and Edward Reinfurt (Executive Director, NYSTAR); René Bastón, Karin Pavese, and Christopher Cooke (The New York Academy of Sciences)
A report produced by the Academy has identified a number of cleantech fields in which the state has particular R&D strengths. Stakeholders gathered to discuss how to translate these assets into economic development.
Webinar Archive
April 22, 2009
Green architects and engineers are working to balance energy consumption and generation at the level of individual buildings. But how do we define "zero" energy, and how can we reach this goal?
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