Climate Week 2020 Recap
Much like our Earth Week programming, we have had to shift our Climate Week 2020 events to all online; however, we got a great response and had around 500 plus people register to watch or participate in our events. We would like to thank everyone we worked with and that attended and hope to continue interacting with and working together with you all going forward. Please feel free to share your thoughts with us and see below for recaps and videos of all of our Climate Week events:
September 22: Who Does Mapping Serve? GIS in Environmental Justice and Climate Change Research, Organizing and Action with the Urban Systems Lab
This event focused on the history of mapping, the environmental justice implications on how mapping is used and then provided some breakout sessions for people to talk about how they use mapping along with networking opportunities. Urban Systems Lab also provided a sign up sheet for those that are interested in joining a critical GIS mapping group.
September 23: Climate Justice in NYC: A Discussion with the Climate Change and Environmental Justice Leaders
Tishman Center Director Joel Towers and Associate Director Ana Baptista joined Peggy Shepard of WEACT for Environmental Justice, Adrianna Espinoza, Sr. Advisor for Environmental Justice at the Mayor’s Office of Climate Policy and Dr. Christian Braneon of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies to talk about the current and future landscape of environmental justice in New York City and beyond. This substantive conversation dove into how policies have historically impacted vulnerable communities and what we can do as citizens to create more equitable and favorable environmental outcomes for New Yorkers.
September 24: A New York Green Amendment: Balancing Power and Equity for EJ Communities with Environmental Advocates NY
Our third event focused on the Green Amendment movement; a push to enshrine environmental protections in state (and possibly) federal bills of rights. The conversation was moderated by Tishman Center Assistant Director, Mike Harrington and featured Eddie Bautista of New York Environmental Justice Alliance. Christine Appah of New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Maya van Rossum from Delaware Riverkeeper (and Green Amendments for the Generations) and Kate Kurera from Environmental Advocates NY as panelists. The panelists talked about how a green amendment had the potential to empower those living in environmental justice communities from further harm and give them the tools to prevent future adverse impacts.
Again we thank everyone that joined and please feel free to re-watch and share these videos with anyone you think would be interested.