Green Collar Jobs: Speakers
Green Collar Jobs: Making a Living, Forging a Better World
September 16, 2020
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Elizabeth “Betta” Broad (she/her) is the Director of New Yorkers for Clean Power (NYCP) and has been an organizer for social justice, peace and sustainability for …
September 16, 2020
Green Collar Jobs: Making a Living, Forging a Better World
Green Collar Jobs: Making a Living, Forging a Better World
September 16th, 2020
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New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), adopted in 2019, set the stage for a just transition to a fossil-free economy in our …
September 16, 2020
Natural Allies Handout
Natural Allies: Working with Nature to Combat Climate Change
August 26, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has brought massive challenges to our city, upending economic stability and ways of life for Brooklynites and all New Yorkers. The protest movements demand we …
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August 25, 2020
Natural Allies Speaker Bios
Natural Allies: Working with Nature to Combat Climate Change
August 26, 2020
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Eugenia (Genia) Naro-Maciel (she/her) is Clinical Associate Professor in Global Liberal Studies at New York University. She holds MA and PhD degrees in ecology, evolution and environmental …
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August 25, 2020
Where to Next? People
Where to Next?
Fossil-Free Transportation in a Pandemic and Beyond
July 22, 2020
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Emily Nonko is an award-winning freelance journalist based in Brooklyn. Her writing covers real estate, architecture, urbanism, design, transit, history, and |
July 20, 2020
Where to Next? Fossil-Free Transportation in a Pandemic and Beyond
Where to Next?
Fossil-Free Transportation in a Pandemic and Beyond
In collaboration with Brooklyn Public Library, July 22, 2020
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Learn about transportation and environmental justice. The New York City Environmental Justice Alliance (NYC-EJA)’s mission is to link “grassroots groups …
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July 20, 2020
The War on Black and Brown Communities
We join the outpouring of grief and rage, and the global demand for justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery. Too many Black lives have been ended by the police, white supremacy, and systemic institutional violence against communities …
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June 8, 2020
Our Bodies, Our Climate: Public Health and the Climate Crisis – Speakers
Our Bodies, Our Climate: Public Health and the Climate Crisis
Brooklyn Public Library, February 12, 2020
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Denise Patel, MPH, MPH, is the U.S. program director at GAIA, the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, a worldwide alliance of more …
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February 25, 2020
Our Bodies, Our Climate: Public Health and the Climate Crisis
Our Bodies, Our Climate: Public Health and the Climate Crisis
Brooklyn Public Library, February 12, 2020
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Learn about the risks and how communities can prepare. Climate change threatens our health on multiple fronts, whether through extreme heat and …
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February 25, 2020
Green New Meal: The Food Climate-Connection
Green New Meal: The Food Climate-Connection
Brooklyn Public Library, December 11, 2019
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Bhavani Jaroff is a natural foods chef, educator, farm-to-school coordinator, radio host, and food activist with over 30 years experience cooking healthy, fresh, organic food. She
January 26, 2020