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...
Dr. Allan Frei, the Deputy Director of Institute, is an professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences at Hunter College, City University of New York. After receiving his Ph.D. from Department of Geography at Rutgers University in 1997, he spent four years at the National Snow and Ice Data...
Queens College biologist John Waldman says the once-polluted Hudson is a Shangri-La for sturgeon, source of the finest caviar. CUNY TV
In recognition of the quadricentennial of Henry Hudson’s 1609 voyage up the Hudson River, an all day conference was held that examined New York City as a landmark case history in environmental sustainability. Thank you to all who attended, supported, and volunteered. Check out images, presentations, and podcasts from...
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...
Dr. Bill Solecki of CISC talks about climate change and rising sea levels with CUNY TV
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...
Rutherford H. Platt’s newest article on the greening of New York’s waterfront from the July/August, 2009 issue of Environment (Heldref Publications, Inc.) looks at how New York City’s waterfront, once the industrial center of the city, has evolved over the last 100 years. The building of elevated highways...
The CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities was proud to present the 4th annual Governors Island Science, Art Exhibition and Lecture Series: Sustainable Living for Sustainable Cities. The program was seeking to engage the public by approaching sustainability in the city from all lenses, drawing lectures from the public, private...
A number of wonderful artists have contributed work to this years Governors Island Art Exhibition. Their work is on display every weekend at Pershing Hall on Governors Island along with the Speaker Series, open every Saturday from June 27 through September 5 (except July 4th). Julie Ashcraft Human-powered Computer, 2009...
Summer 2009 The CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities (CISC) is proud to present our Second Annual Governors Island Art for Sustainability Contest, marking our 4th Annual Science Exhibition and Lecture Series on Governors Island, featuring CUNY art in various mediums. Our “Sustainable Living for Sustainable Cities”...
The CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities (CISC) presents the 2009 Governors Island Research Poster Contest. This summer marks our 4th Annual Science Exhibition and Lecture Series on Governors Island. Our “Sustainable Living for Sustainable Cities” programming this summer focuses on sustainability as it relates to...
The 20th century saw the average temperature in the New York metropolitan region increase by 2 degrees Fahrenheit . The Arctic ice cap shrank at a rate that alarms most experts in the field and scientific models indicate that this warming trend will continue in the 21st century. Even small changes in climate can alter...
Today, more than half of the world’s 6 billion inhabitants live in cities. And this number is only growing. By 2050, 80% of the world’s population will reside in urban centers. This is the first time in history that the majority of people on the planet are living in cities. What does this mean for the future of our...
Even native New Yorkers sometimes need to be reminded that our city really is a city of water. With the Hudson River, Long Island Sound, and the New York Bight bathing our four island boroughs and one peninsular borough, we are an urban archipelago. All of these highly urbanized waters have a long history of misuse, followed...
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...
Dr. Allan Frei, the Deputy Director of Institute, is an professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences at Hunter College, City University of New York. After receiving his Ph.D. from Department of Geography at Rutgers University in 1997, he spent four years at the National Snow and Ice Data...
Queens College biologist John Waldman says the once-polluted Hudson is a Shangri-La for sturgeon, source of the finest caviar. CUNY TV
In recognition of the quadricentennial of Henry Hudson’s 1609 voyage up the Hudson River, an all day conference was held that examined New York City as a landmark case history in environmental sustainability. Thank you to all who attended, supported, and volunteered. Check out images, presentations, and podcasts from...
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...
Dr. Bill Solecki of CISC talks about climate change and rising sea levels with CUNY TV
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...
Rutherford H. Platt’s newest article on the greening of New York’s waterfront from the July/August, 2009 issue of Environment (Heldref Publications, Inc.) looks at how New York City’s waterfront, once the industrial center of the city, has evolved over the last 100 years. The building of elevated highways...
The CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities was proud to present the 4th annual Governors Island Science, Art Exhibition and Lecture Series: Sustainable Living for Sustainable Cities. The program was seeking to engage the public by approaching sustainability in the city from all lenses, drawing lectures from the public, private...
A number of wonderful artists have contributed work to this years Governors Island Art Exhibition. Their work is on display every weekend at Pershing Hall on Governors Island along with the Speaker Series, open every Saturday from June 27 through September 5 (except July 4th). Julie Ashcraft Human-powered Computer, 2009...
Summer 2009 The CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities (CISC) is proud to present our Second Annual Governors Island Art for Sustainability Contest, marking our 4th Annual Science Exhibition and Lecture Series on Governors Island, featuring CUNY art in various mediums. Our “Sustainable Living for Sustainable Cities”...
The CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities (CISC) presents the 2009 Governors Island Research Poster Contest. This summer marks our 4th Annual Science Exhibition and Lecture Series on Governors Island. Our “Sustainable Living for Sustainable Cities” programming this summer focuses on sustainability as it relates to...
The 20th century saw the average temperature in the New York metropolitan region increase by 2 degrees Fahrenheit . The Arctic ice cap shrank at a rate that alarms most experts in the field and scientific models indicate that this warming trend will continue in the 21st century. Even small changes in climate can alter...
Today, more than half of the world’s 6 billion inhabitants live in cities. And this number is only growing. By 2050, 80% of the world’s population will reside in urban centers. This is the first time in history that the majority of people on the planet are living in cities. What does this mean for the future of our...
Even native New Yorkers sometimes need to be reminded that our city really is a city of water. With the Hudson River, Long Island Sound, and the New York Bight bathing our four island boroughs and one peninsular borough, we are an urban archipelago. All of these highly urbanized waters have a long history of misuse, followed...
