oiConference: Developments in Finance and Sustainability
oiConference: Developments in Finance and Sustainability

Each session will run about 45mins long with plenty of time for Q&A. Bring your expertise and your questions to the table and learn from experts on these topics, from professionals, researchers, and activists. Participants have the opportunity to critically discuss the connections between theory and practice, between the challenges ahead and the promises of current developments (or lack thereof), and of the different kinds of work we are called upon by the multiplicity of sustainability crises. A recurring question will be whether there truly is a trade-off between profitability, risk, and considerations for the planet and people.

This webinar is the second online conference on Sustainability and Finance organized and supported by oikos International and the Harvard Extension School's Student Environmental Club.

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Is Green Infrastructure Fair?
Is Green Infrastructure Fair?

Is green infrastructure fair? How can it be developed in a way that ensures equity rather than perpetuates the profound injustices that are in the foundation of most urban areas? Those were some of the questions discussed at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies event on the fairness of green infrastructure, where three panelists, including Tishman Center’s Affiliated Faculty and Director of Urban Systems Lab, Timon McPhearson, provided their takes on the biggest challenges and promises of equitable green infrastructure.

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FacultyTishman CenterAffiliated Faculty, equity, green infrastructureComment
EJ Landscape Assessment Report and Webinar
EJ Landscape Assessment Report and Webinar

The Tishman Center recently released a new report titled Environmental Justice Movement: Priorities, Strategies & Just Transition. The report is a product of an invitation made by the Northlight Foundation in 2018 to explore leadership models that would be well suited to support the Environmental Justice Movement and its efforts to tackle climate change and inequality. Before beginning to design the program, the team wanted to hear directly from the EJ movement about current conditions, needs, and visions for the future of movement impact. We wanted to learn what leaders would hope to gain from a fellowship program.

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FREE Social Impact Investment Webinars in March
FREE Social Impact Investment Webinars in March

Dr. Stephanie Gripne is a Visiting Scholar at The Tishman Center and the Founder and CEO of Impact Finance Center, a multi-university nonprofit academic center that identifies, trains, and activates individuals and organizations to become impact investors, helping them better align their assets with their values. Impact investing directs capital to enterprises, organizations, and funds that generate social or environmental benefits alongside a financial return, which traditional business models tend to side step.

As part of her collaboration with the Tishman Center, Dr. Gripne will be teaching a series of courses on impact investing at The New School in March. All four courses are free and open to the public. Please read on to learn more about each course and sign up while space is still available.

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February 2020 Affiliated Faculty Presentation from Kevin McQueen
February 2020 Affiliated Faculty Presentation from Kevin McQueen

Kevin McQueen has been a part-time lecturer for the Community Development Finance Lab at the Milano school since 2011. Kevin has an extensive background in corporate and community development finance and is a partner at a national consulting firm (BWB Solutions) that specializes in impact investing strategies and nonprofit planning and governance.

The Community Develop Finance Lab course engages students in a project-based curriculum with the following components: classroom instruction, student teams, interdisciplinary engagement across the university, guest lectures, networking.

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[Re-Post] Climate Emergency Teach-In
[Re-Post] Climate Emergency Teach-In

The Earth is facing a climate emergency. Globally, seas are rising, coastlines are eroding, weather patterns are changing, floods, droughts, and forest fires are increasing, and species extinction is rising exponentially. The climate crisis and the threat it poses to life on Earth and frontline communities are among the foremost challenges of our times. As an institution of higher education, it is essential that The New School equip students and faculty with the knowledge, skills, and capability to respond to the challenges ahead.

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Tishman Center 2020 Book List
Tishman Center 2020 Book List

The beginning of a new decade is a perfect time for some lists of “best” films/ books/ places-to-go-to in the New Year. So, the Tishman Center decided to put together our own list of books published in the past decade that we think are essential in understanding the how’s and why’s of climate change and the systemic injustices that underline it. This list is by no means extensive but contains some of our team’s favorite titles as well as books we look forward to diving into in 2020.

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Ecological Urban Design
Ecological Urban Design

Brian McGrath, an Associate Director of the Tishman Center and Professor of Urban Design at Parsons, recently co-authored a book titled Patch Atlas, which is a new tool for mapping urban land cover that integrates design principles and ecological knowledge for understanding cities as complex, patchy, and dynamic systems. McGrath also co-authored an article in Science for the Sustainable City which presents key findings and insights from over two decades of research, education, and community engagement in the acclaimed Baltimore Ecosystem Study.

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Faculty, Highlights, interviewsTishman CenterFaculty Highlights, Urban design, Parsons School of Design, citiesComment
Climates of Inequality: Stories of Environmental Justice
Climates of Inequality: Stories of Environmental Justice

Humanities Action Lab is a coalition of universities, including The New School, issue organizations, and public spaces in 23 cities that collaborate to create community-curated projects on urgent social issues. This collaboration between students and community organizations culminated in an exhibition that will travel among the participating communities for two years. 

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"There is Nothing ‘New’ About the Green New Deal"
"There is Nothing ‘New’ About the Green New Deal"

The Green New Deal (GND) has rapidly become a prevailing topic in popular discourse. As we continue to face climate crisis, the GND platform is praised for promising a new way to imagine our future. A few weeks ago during The Tishman Center’s “Green New Deal and Environmental Justice” event during the The New School’s centennial celebration, we heard from a variety of activists and grassroots organizers

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The Goals We Already Knew: New School Sustainability Student Ludovica Martella Speaks at UN Side Panel
The Goals We Already Knew: New School Sustainability Student Ludovica Martella Speaks at UN Side Panel

When the United Nations (UN) released the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on the first day of 2016, Greta had not protested outside of the Swedish Parliament yet, the world was not at 350 gigatons yet, and the United States election fever was burning. Now in 2019, a youth movement has caught fire under the pressures of rapidly declining climate conditions with little global participation or concern and has teamed up alongside climate organizations alike to document and participate in the reaction and action to the ongoing climate crisis. 

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