Sustainability News

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

A Breath of Fresh Artistic Air. A vertical greenspace comes to the lobby of 708 Broadway. 📸Photo credit: Sapna Parikh, 2021

NYU moves up to #29 on 2022 Top Green Colleges List

The Princeton Review's Top 50 Green Colleges ranks schools that have strong sustainability practices, academic opportunities, and a healthy quality of life for students.

Pop-up Bike Repair Workshops

Saturday, November 13 | 3:00-5:00pm EST | Schwartz Plaza
Saturday, November 20 | 3:00-4:30pm EST | Metrotech Walk (in front of Dibner Library)

Flat tire? Squeaky chain? Join the NYU Cycling Club for hands-on bicycle maintenance workshops. Learn to fix and replace a flat inner tube, and drivetrain maintenance to keep your bike running smoothly and quietly. Patch kits and chain lube will be provided.

Waste Week 2021
November 15-19

Do you ever think about waste? What happens to what you dispose? Where does it go? And how can you reduce your own waste amidst a culture of consumerism? Don't miss Waste Week festivities.

Waste Week Kick-off Tabling

Monday, November 15 | 3:00-7:00pm EST | Top of Kimmel Stairs

Bring all your questions about waste and answer some waste themed trivia to win prizes! Additionally, we’ll be featuring our Waste Education Coordinator, Lily Kunkel, on the NYUGreen Instagram. Lily will showchase resources for reducing your waste.

W aste Equity Panel

Tuesday, November 16 | 5:00-6:00pm EST | Register on Zoom

Join us for a panel on waste inequity, justice and politics, featuring panelists: Wylie Goodman, Senior Economic Development Planner at Berkshire Regional Planning Commission (former Chair for the Queens Solid Waste Advisory Board and Board Member of Earth Matter); Dior St. Hillaire, Founder of and Waste Educator with GreenFeen; and Bella Rabinovich, Project Assistant at The NYC Compost Project hosted by Big Reuse.

Come make bees wrap with fabric and wax

Waste Expo and Eco Fair

Wednesday, November 17 | 6:30-8:30pm EST | Kimmel Room 905/907

The Expo and Eco Fair will feature activities including planting, DIY bees wrap, a hands-on composting workshop, a trail mix bar, a one-day-only exclusive student art exhibition (Email ljk385@nyu.edu to submit artwork), and a raffle!

Clothing Repair Workshop

Thursday, November 18 | 5:00-7:00pm EST | Silverstein Lounge (32 Waverly Place)

Join Gallatin Science, Technology Arts + Creativity (STAC) to learn ways to easily mend and repair your clothing to give them a second life.

International Education Week 2021
November 15-19

International Education Week at NYU is an opportunity to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. This year's program will center around the theme of climate change.

Environmental Justice: From Local to Global

Wednesday, November 17 | 5:00-6:00pm EST | Register on Zoom

Join this virtual event in partnership with the Office of Global Services and the International Student Center, featuring esteemed panelist of NYU alumni and faculty working on environmental justice issues from local projects to global initiatives.

Green Zone+

Friday, November 19 |
1:00-3:00pm EST | Kimmel Room 703

This session on the intersection of social justice and sustainability is in partnership with the International Students Center and will be featured as part of the International Education Week program. Attendees are invited to share and reflect on international perspectives and connect the content to waste issues in the US and abroad.

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Beyond "Green Capitalism"

Wednesday, December 1 | 12:30-1:30pm EST | Register on Zoom

Join the SPS Engagement Committee Sustainability Initiatives in a conversation with Dr. Carolyn Kissane, Clinical Professor at the SPS Center for Global Affairs, and Wythe Marschall, Senior Research Project Manager at the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business for a workshop that seeks to explain “green capitalism;" explore social and technical solutions to ecological crises, with a focus on agriculture; and discuss environmental concerns to make profits and examples of failed attempts at "green capitalism."

Office of Sustainability

70 Washington Square South
New York, NY, 10012 US

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