Campus Engagement
The Tishman Center co-designs and implements university policies that establish sustainability, climate change, and service as core practices. In addition to the work we do on campus, the Tishman Center supports The New School community members who are engaged with their external communities as a means of discovering ways we can expand our reach beyond the campus.
We collaborate with a variety of academic and administrative departments on campus to implement, measure, and promote sustainable practices at The New School.
We collaborate with Buildings, Dining, Housing and Residential Education, Social Justice Initiatives, the office of Student Leadership and Involvement, and Student Support and Crisis Management, among others, to develop environmentally sound actions students, faculty, and staff can or should practice on campus.
Related Events
Artistic expression has a profound, transformative capacity to connect people and open new horizons for collective action. Get ready for Climate Week NYC with celebrated poets Jane Hirshfield, Kimiko Hahn, and Brandon Kilbourne, who is featured in the AMNH’s exhibition Black in Natural History Museums. This after-hours program will unite poetry, climate arts, and community building.
Join us on Friday, September 18, at the historic Riverside Church in New York City for “The Immorality of Inaction: Voicing Truth on Climate.” This gathering will bring people together to give voice to what we know to be true about the catastrophic consequences of allowing the pillage and pollution of the Earth—and what we are called to do about it.
UPROSE 60 Years In Motion is a lively in-person celebration of six decades of community strength and progress!
In partnership with Hip Hop Caucus and University of Colorado Boulder SPIKE Center for Sustainability Education, PCSSM is excited to share this workshop that is FREE and open to the public on Saturday, September 20, 2026 – registration required.
On September 21st, the Environmental Justice Oral History Project is hosting Stories that Move, a day-long NYC Climate Week program bridging journalism, documentary film, immersive media, and oral history as tools for building movement power.
Artificial intelligence is reshaping our communities faster than most public conversations can keep up. From the rapid expansion of data centers to growing questions about democracy, public health, energy, and economic justice, AI is one of the defining environmental justice issues of our time.
For one day only during Climate Week NYC, Reciprocity House is a place to gather and receive. A celebration of partnership and collectivity, hosted by Tenure Facility and Health In Harmony with more partners to be announced soon.
As part of Climate Week NYC 2026, WE ACT for Environmental Justice has created, Envisioning the Future of the Environmental Justice Movement, a day-long series of discussions on the future of the environmental justice movement.
Yale @ Climate Week NYC 2026 will take place on Tuesday, September 22, from 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM. Click "Register," then use the form to indicate which sessions you are interested in attending.
More information about each session, including speakers, can be found at www.climateweek.yale.edu/agenda.
You can’t talk about data centers without talking about the U.S. South. This region has become the hub for the development and expansion of these facilities. While AI and data centers are here to stay, the impact caused by this build out is real and felt by communities with little to no oversight, from city neighborhoods to rural farm towns.
Climate Week is full of conversations about transforming our food system. But very few ask who is paying for the system we have now—or listen to the people already fighting to build something different.
Join us for a powerful and inspiring afternoon exploring what it means to be healthy—individually, collectively, and as a living planet. Frontline and Indigenous women leaders and global advocates will share diverse frameworks, approaches, and solutions rooted in reciprocity, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, and the recognition that human well-being is inseparable from the well-being of the Earth and all living beings.
The Urban Systems Symposium offers the opportunity for academic scholars, planners, policymakers, and innovators to explore the multifaceted nature of the urban environment. It is a venue where we will examine the intricate web of relationships, challenges, and opportunities that are shaping our cities.
On Sept. 22 at 5:30 p.m., join us in Midtown East, Manhattan, for a panel discussion featuring journalists, nonprofits, and community organizers who are uncovering the impact of data centers across the country and sharing that information with the public.
Related Blog Posts
The Tishman Environment and Design Center’s EJ Disrupt Design Fellowship was designed to build movement across generations. EJ Fellows bring decades of community organizing, design thinking, and movement-building experience to the Fellowship, and they bring their families and children into the community as well. Over time, these connections have helped create an intergenerational ecosystem where relationships, stories, knowledge, and creative practices are shared across generations.
Is the world ending? As a queer climate justice activist from Peru, I have experienced and witnessed the impacts of anxiety regarding the state of our world and rising apocalyptic narratives on myself and my communities. Narratives of the “end of the world” can be seen as a means of processing and making sense of this age of polycrises. Yet they also have tangible impacts in the here and now.
We are proud to congratulate the 2025-2026 cohort of Aronson Scholars on the completion of a remarkable academic year at The New School. Through the Aronson Scholarship, six students advanced innovative projects that address climate, environmental, and social challenges through research, design, storytelling, and community engagement.