Reflections and Briefing on the Biden-Harris Executive Order on EJ
Reflections and Briefing on the Biden-Harris Executive Order on EJ

On April 21, 2023, President Biden signed the Executive Order on Environmental Justice entitled, Revitalizing Our Nation’s Commitment to Environmental Justice for All. He was surrounded by members of the White House Environmental Justice Council, representing environmental justice leaders from around the country. Some of these leaders were present at the 1994 signing of the first Executive Order (EO) 12892 on Environmental Justice (EJ) signed by President Clinton. The decades since that first EO was signed have demonstrated the power of the EJ movement to advance a national agenda.

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Earth Month 2023 Event Hub
Earth Month 2023 Event Hub

Join us during the month of April for a number of events that will feature discussions, films, information sessions and more related to confronting the climate crisis from a lens of justice and community building. You can find out information about and register for events here. If you have any questions, please reach out to us at tedc@newschool.edu. We look forward to seeing you in April!

You can RSVP below for all upcoming events and you can reach us at @newschoolTEDC on Twitter and @tishmancenter on Instagram.

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Dr. Ana Baptista Featured on Resources Radio
Dr. Ana Baptista Featured on Resources Radio

Dr. Ana Baptista, co-director of the Tishman Center, has recently been featured on the Resources Radio podcast with host Margaret Walls. In Episode 219, “Environmental Justice and the Cumulative Impacts of Pollution”, Ana breaks down the definition of “cumulative impacts”, why they are a particularly tough problem for overburdened communities to combat, and how environmental justice movements have successfully pushed for greater cumulative impacts legislation in recent years.

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2021 - 2022 Annual Report is now live!
2021 - 2022 Annual Report is now live!

This year marks a pivotal moment for the Tishman Center in our nearly twenty-year history. We are very excited to announce that in December 2021, the Center was awarded a catalytic, multi-year grant to strengthen our operational, research, and communications capacity by Waverley Street Foundation. Our increased capacity will help us better meet the needs of our campus community, our Ripe for Creative Disruption Fellows, and our collaborative, action-based research.

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2022-2023 Tishman Center Student Awardees
2022-2023 Tishman Center Student Awardees

In 2016, the Tishman Environment and Design Center created student awards to help support the work of students doing research and projects around environmental and climate justice. We are thrilled to announce the Tishman Center’s 2022-2023 Student Award grantees, nine projects carried out by students who represent a variety of colleges across the New School. These projects embody the transdisciplinary approach that both the university and the Tishman Center embrace as the best way to address the issues of our time.

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At a Crossroads: Towards Justice, or Down the Insidious Path of False Solutions?
At a Crossroads: Towards Justice, or Down the Insidious Path of False Solutions?

After decades of climate inaction, the United States has reached a turning point with the passage of multiple federal laws that provide funding for clean energy. However, environmental and climate justice activists are wary, warning that these laws may further subsidize false solutions to addressing the climate crisis. Legislation like the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act is riddled with technological and market-based approaches that further exacerbate existing vulnerabilities in environmental justice communities

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[RE-BLOG] Sustainability Town Hall Highlight
[RE-BLOG] Sustainability Town Hall Highlight

In recognition of Climate Week 2022, The Tishman Environment and Design Center (TEDC) hosted an online town hall to discuss sustainability at the New School. The format of this discussion was an attempt to bring faculty, staff, and students together to exchange knowledge and voice concerns about energy consumption and waste management. As the school aims for goals such as being “net zero” by 2050, it is essential that everyone is involved in the process of not just figuring out the when, but also the how.

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Five Years After Landfall
Five Years After Landfall

With many of the Tishman Center’s research assistants (RAs) scattered across the country for summer break, we wanted to highlight some of the environmental justice activism happening in our hometowns. On August 26 in my hometown of Houston, Air Alliance Houston, the Climate Justice Museum, and One Breath Partnership collaborated to hold “5 Years After Landfall”: a collective reflection on the catastrophic events of Hurricane Harvey in 2017.

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Active Solidarity for New Jersey’s Landmark Environmental Justice Bill
Active Solidarity for New Jersey’s Landmark Environmental Justice Bill

Solidarity to everyone leading the fight for justice at the frontlines. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has been paraded as the first and best climate bill in the country, although it is not representative of the needs of those who will be harmed by this very bill, and is no climate bill at all. The economic benefits of the wealthy still take precedence over the lives of the most vulnerable. It is out of touch and can be seen played out across the nation. However, local power movements in states like New Jersey are taking the lead on making sure legislation like the New Jersey Environmental Justice Law is made to protect the dignity of all people.

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El Tema: A Youtube Documentary on Climate Change
El Tema: A Youtube Documentary on Climate Change

Gael Garcia Bernal, is a Mexican actor, director, and producer, popularly known for his performance in Amores Perros and Motorcycle Diaries amongst others. In a career spanning over two decades Bernal has also ventured into creating more conscientious films. As a part of this endeavor, during the pandemic, Bernal produced a six part documentary series centered around the climate crisis in Mexico. The series is called ‘El Tema’ which translates to ‘The Theme’.

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Tishman Center Promotions and New Hires!
Tishman Center Promotions and New Hires!

We are pleased to announce a number of staff promotions and new hires at the Tishman Center that will allow us to better serve the campus community, TNS sustainability goals, and President McBride’s Four Pillars of Fearless Progress. The Tishman Center recently received a catalytic grant from an anonymous, new climate funder that will support our strategic growth strategy over the next three years enabling us to hire a number of new employees engaged in campus programming serving faculty, staff and students and in growing our action-based research with frontline, grassroots partners in the tri-state region and around the country. Our expansion has been made possible through the great work and commitment of our staff, faculty and leadership. This illustrates the timeliness and urgency of the climate emergency and environmental justice work the Tishman Center undertakes.

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2021-2022 Student Award Recap
2021-2022 Student Award Recap

As we are still in the midst of both a global pandemic that continues to affect the lives of everyone on the globe, multiple deadly conflicts in places such as Yemen, Syria, Ukraine and other locales, and the active stripping away of rights in the United States of America, we are glad to find inspiration and hope in the work of our student awardees. These students are dedicating time and effort to addressing not only environmental and climate injustice, but also advocating for democracy, civil rights, accessibility and methods to deal with trauma. We are proud to support the work of these amazing people and are happy to share their work with you. If you are interested in hearing more or want to further support their work, please feel free to reach out to us. And to all of the awardees, thank you for the time and commitment you put into your projects.

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Street Futures: How Covid-19 Has Changed our Streetscapes
Street Futures: How Covid-19 Has Changed our Streetscapes

After two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, how has our conception of public space changed? Over the past two years, the citizens of metropolitan cities have minimized the use of vehicles in the streets due to the restrictions for travel and ‘stay home’ mandates. With the absence of traffic jams and parked cars, the citizens of New York occupied the streets in their own way.

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[Re]-Watch Earth Week 2022 Videos
[Re]-Watch Earth Week 2022 Videos

Thank you to all of our guests, panelists, research assistants and colleagues that helped us have a great slate of events for April and our Earth Month programming. You can re-watch (or watch for the first time) below. We will update a couple of the videos for increased accessibility. We hope you enjoy and share these!

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Report on Furniture Waste in Oakland Reveals Unexpected Findings
Report on Furniture Waste in Oakland Reveals Unexpected Findings

I want to share an emerging area of opportunity: furniture waste. A topic that resonates in its ubiquity and infamy.

For 15 months, I documented the street furniture I came across in my SF Bay Area neighborhood and was stunned by what I discovered: over 50,000 pounds of furniture within two miles of my home, of which, 89% was reusable, with about a third needing repair…

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