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FutureFEST: Climate Reimagined is NJEJA’s first annual youth climate justice convening, taking place on Saturday, September 20, 2025 from 11:00 AM – 3:30 PM at Kean University. This FREE event is geared toward high school and college students.
This intergenerational gathering is led by Gen Z climate activists from across New Jersey and designed to inspire, activate, and connect youth and allies in the fight for climate and environmental justice. Participants will engage in:
✷ Youth-led panels, workshops, and trainings
✷ Organizing skill-shares
✷ Climate-focused art, fashion, and culture
✷ Hands-on activities on composting, textile justice, clean beauty, and more
"Hope locates itself in the premises that we don’t know what will happen and that in the spaciousness of uncertainty is room to act...Hope is an embrace of the unknown and the unknowable, an alternative to the certainty of both optimists and pessimists. Optimists think it will all be fine without our involvement; pessimists adopt the opposite position; both excuse themselves from acting. It is the belief that what we do matters even though how and when it may matter, who and what it may impact, are not things we can know beforehand. We may not, in fact, know them afterwards either, but they matter all the same..." —Rebecca Solnit
On behalf of Courage of Care and The Health and Environmental Funders Network (HEFN), we warmly invite you to our day-long resourcing retreat on Sunday, September 21 from 10a-4pm.
The event will be hosted at a community house and event space in Ridgewood, NY (on the border of Brooklyn and Queens), that offers us space to gather, reflect, and build connections.
Together, we will engage practices that help us:
resource and strengthen our resilience and felt sense of relationality or interconnection;
address climate anxiety, overwhelm, and burnout;
find ways of slowing down and sensing without succumbing to toxic urgency;
envision and embrace complexity and multiple futures; and
embody a stance of courage and risk to carry forward with grounded, wise hope.
This retreat is scheduled right at the start of Climate Week 2025 in NYC and is open to any and all engaged in climate and environmental justice work. No prior experience necessary; if you feel called to a day of reflection, practice, and community, please join us!
The event includes a vegetarian lunch at our community house and garden.
Grasping at the Roots - a Climate Justice Alliance documentary by filmmakers Leah Derray and Keenan Rhodes - offers an intimate look into the lives of Black Environmental Justice communities as they confront economic hardships, community disruptions, and the realities of climate change. This 35-minute film highlights the resilience and solutions being crafted by those living on the frontlines, advocating for their rights and environment.
Immediately following the screening, join us for light snacks and a powerful discussion on how to maintain environmental justice efforts during political turmoil.
It will be an evening of reflection, learning, and action. This event is not just about viewing a documentary; it’s a call to support environmental justice and amplify voices making a difference amid the current political climate.
This event is Co-Sponsored by the Tishman Environment and Design Center at the New School.
The Tishman Center is a collaborative community of practice that leverages research, policy, and design in accordance with the Jemez Principles for Democratic Organizing. We bring together research and action to tackle the root causes of climate and environmental injustice and commit to change in higher education practices within and beyond The New School.
Art created by Walter Cruz.
UPROSE is holding Climate Justice Lives Here during NYC Climate Week to again remind people that the real solutions to this crisis are in communities far removed from the glitz and glam of corporate climate week.
Join the Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School this Climate Week 2025, as we continue our year-long celebration honoring two decades of our mission-driven work bringing together research and action to tackle the root causes of climate and environmental injustice within and beyond The New School.
This Climate Week, the Tishman Environment and Design Center invites you to a webinar where we will share key findings from a first-of-its-kind policy review and database designed to support the integration of cumulative impacts into state environmental permitting frameworks.
Spurred by the leadership of Environmental Justice advocates, states are increasingly engaging in policymaking to respond to the cumulative environmental and social burdens faced by EJ communities. We invite you to join us as we take a critical look at the growing wave of state policies to address cumulative impacts (CI) in environmental permitting.
Join us as we:
Share trends and patterns in proposed and passed state CI permitting policies
Highlight common frameworks, innovative policy features, as well as potential loopholes and pitfalls, in policy design
Launch and publicize our new database on state-level cumulative impacts policies
Build momentum for academic collaborators to align with frontline needs in CI work
This event is designed for scholars, analysts, technical professionals, and environmental justice advocates committed to developing strong and equitable cumulative impacts policies.
We hope you’ll join us for the conversation. The event is open to all but will require advance registration here.
Upon registration, a confirmation email containing the Zoom link will be sent to you.
Presented by Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School
During this in-person event, women leaders in all their diversity will come together to share comprehensive and intersectional approaches and strategies to accelerate community-led climate solutions, advance a Just Transition, phase out fossil fuels, protect democracy, and uplift the climate justice movement. Critical topics include forest protection and reforestation, gender-responsive climate policies, fossil fuel resistance, food sovereignty, Indigenous and human rights; Rights of Nature; and strategic campaigns and policies for COP30 and beyond. There will also be a special presentation about WECAN’s ongoing campaigns and programs. Speakers to be announced soon!
As global leaders gather in New York for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), we are calling on governments to take decisive action for global democracy and climate action. As authoritarianism grows worldwide, climate impacts are intensifying, with communities already facing devastating consequences. The window to prevent even worse and irreversible harm is rapidly closing, and government leaders must act now and heed the demands of global climate movements. In anticipation of COP30 in Belem, it is imperative to support the leadership of women climate leaders in all their diversity who are leading the way for a just and healthy future!
REGISTRATION
Registration is required. Registration does not confirm a seat at the event, the events are first come, first serve. Doors open at 3:45 PM. The program will start promptly at 4:00 PM. Please arrive early due to heavy traffic in this part of the city.
This event is free and open to the public. Importantly, due to security in this part of the city because of the UN General Assembly, registration is required. Please remember to have your tickets ready to show security, either on your phone or print them out and bring them with you. You also need a government issued ID.
A lively conversation of environmental justice trailblazers from frontline and fence-line communities! They will share about their community’s efforts to fight for clean air in the backdrop of the freight transportation system. Hailing from various areas affected by the pollution from seaports, rail yards, truck routes, and warehouses across the U.S., these EJ leaders will shine light on locally grown climate justice solutions and the strength of coalition and movement building.
Each day Taína and several of her artist collaborators will walk an average of 15 miles to a city where they will give song offerings—moments of music and intention shared in partnership with local social and climate justice organizations. These offerings aim to resist the violence of climate devastation, incarceration, war, fascism, and genocide—while uplifting the movements for immigrant rights, racial and gender justice, and a livable future for all. The highlighted artistic offering of this tour will be Asili’s full multimedia show Fever Pitch—a fusion of live music, dance, and video centered on climate justice—presenting at select community spaces for free or at a sliding scale, with a post-show panel conversation with local climate and social justice organizers. As the journey continues, the core walkers will be sailed by boat from Newburgh to Haverstraw (9/21) on the historic Clearwater, co-founded by folk legend Pete Seeger to protect the Hudson River through environmental education and activism. From there the walk continues, culminating in NYC during New York Climate Week, with a final performance on the walk at UPROSE Brooklyn (9/26) the city’s oldest Latino community-based organization dedicated to climate justice. After the NYC events, the pilgrimage will travel back by electric car to Rise & Root Farm to the Abundance Festival (9/27), a benefit for the Black Farmer Fund, where the team will perform and offer a collective gift from the funds raised. The journey will conclude with a Fever Pitch performance and a community report-back at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, NY (10/4)—offering reflections, stories, and visions gathered throughout the pilgrimage.
Past Events
Join us for an electrifying keynote conversation with leading energy justice voices as we kick off the Tishman Environment and Design Center’s 20th-anniversary celebration!
At this pivotal moment — with frontline communities continuing to push for bold, equitable climate solutions — how do we sustain the momentum and advance a just, clean energy transition?
This dynamic, solutions-focused panel will highlight real-world, community-led projects driving energy justice, sharing insights on what’s working, what’s next, and how we keep building power despite systemic challenges.
2:00 - 7:00 PM EST
Pier 4 - Brooklyn Army Terminal
80 58th St, Brooklyn, NY 11220
Join UPROSE for the “Climate Justice Lives Here!” community festival on Saturday, September 28th, 2024, in Sunset Park. This significant event concludes NYC Climate Week and marks the 10th anniversary of the People’s Climate March, celebrating the pivotal role of frontline communities in advancing climate justice. The festival will take place at the Brooklyn Army Terminal waterfront, offering a vibrant array of activities, including cultural performances, poetry readings, learning circles, and art projects, all centered around raising awareness for climate justice.
6:00 - 7:30 PM EST
Wollman Hall
66 West 12th Street, New York, NY, 10011
Join us for a galvanizing conversation on how grassroots-led climate solutions are not just innovative and scalable, but essential for the systemic change we need.
Environmental justice (EJ) and climate justice (CJ) grassroots communities are building holistic climate solutions that also address complex social issues in a way that puts communities and peoples in charge of their own futures. This work is often mistranslated or inaccurately translated in the “impact” frameworks of funders and policymakers, who may incorrectly perceive this work as too small to tackle the climate crisis effectively, even though these efforts are key to creating healthy and thriving climate-resilient communities.
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST
Online (Zoom)
During this virtual event, global women leaders will spotlight a Just Transition and economic models, solutions, and frameworks based on community-led solutions, feminist economics, Indigenous knowledge, beyond growth economies, and ancient concepts of reciprocity with the Earth and the web of life. The event discussion will focus on the growing emergence of socially just, place-based, and ecologically enhancing economic models that provide a clear blueprint for a thriving future for all.
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EST
*Application required
Join Taproot Noire, a formation rooted in Taproot Earth, for our annual Black Climate Leadership Summit during Climate Week NYC in 2024. This year's theme, “Connecting Land + Black Liberation" is a powerful and meaningful exploration of the intersections between climate justice, relationship to land, and collective liberation. Drawing inspiration from the seminal speech "Connecting the Struggles: An Informal Talk with Black Americans" by the legendary Amilcar Cabral, this Black-exclusive space will provide a vital opportunity for participants to come together, connect with one another, and deepen their shared understanding of the critical issues facing Black communities across the Gulf South, Appalachia, and the global South.
6:00 - 8:30 PM EST
China Institute of America
100 Washington St., 1st Floor, New York, NY 10006
A dynamic evening celebrating the AAPI artists involved in the ALL ARTS/PBS documentary series "Climate Artists" with an expert panel discussion, comedy from rising star Jiaoying Summers, climate-conscious food & cocktails, and an exclusive documentary series screening!
4:45 PM - 8:00 PM EST
UN Church Center
777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017
During this in-person forum hosted by WECAN, women leaders in all their diversity will come together to share comprehensive and intersectional approaches and strategies to stop fossil fuel extraction, accelerate community-led climate solutions, and lead a Just Transition grounded in a climate justice framework. Critical topics include fossil fuel resistance; food sovereignty; forest protection; gender-responsive climate policies; Indigenous and human rights; Rights of Nature; strategic preparations for COP29 and COP30; uplifting care economies; community-led solutions; and transformative policies for our collective future. Women are leading the way!
7:00 - 9:30 PM EST
The People's Forum, 320 West 37th Street, New York, NY 10018
Western Democracies all over the world are now responding to civil disobedience and peaceful protests by climate activists with disproportionate penalties and harsh new laws. What’s the future of democracies, if its citizens aren’t allowed to peacefully protest and advocate for a just green economy? Join us for an open and in-depth discussion on the future of climate activism.
6:00 - 8:30 PM EST
Hilton Midtown, 1335 6th Ave, New York, NY 10019
Each year, the Grist identifies 50 innovative and emerging leaders in climate, equity, and sustainability. These brilliant people are driving change in policy, in fashion, in tech, and in our food systems. Collectively, their work shows what a vibrant, diverse climate movement looks like, and how everyone has a place in it.
Join Grist in celebrating the 2024 Grist 50 with an event highlighting the personal stories and solutions of three of the new members of our Fixer community, followed by a networking reception to meet members of this year's Grist 50 list and mingle with other climate leaders.
5:30 - 7:30 PM EST
The People's Forum
320 W 37th St, New York, NY 10018
Join a panel discussion and fundraiser to benefit AMANESER 2025, a Puerto Rican environmental justice organization that works to bring rooftop solar systems to the people and communities that need it the most. These affordable, small-scale systems are designed to meet the critical needs of refrigeration, lighting and medical equipment during Puerto Rico's frequent blackouts. As Puerto Rico faces what could be a record-breaking hurricane season, join us to learn more about and support AMANESER’s life-saving work!
3:30 - 5:00 PM EST
675 3rd Ave, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10017
Are you a boba-loving-transportation-nerd looking for just solutions to the climate crisis? Oh boy - do we have an event for you.
The transportation sector is a key driver in the climate crisis, comprising about a quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, the consequences of climate change will endanger transportation infrastructure by increasing the severity and frequency of extreme weather events. To meet the moment, it is critical that policymakers and industry leaders make drastic, near-term changes to decarbonize the sector and move toward clean, sustainable transportation solutions.
This panel will bring together civil society and policy experts working to address the negative climate and environmental justice impacts of our current transportation infrastructure with a particular emphasis on skyrocketing emissions from the ecommerce sector.
Javits Center, 429 11th Ave, New York, NY 10001
The Nest Climate Campus, home to hundreds of sustainable brands, businesses, individuals, and organizations, provides a unifying destination for climate action during Climate Week NYC.
We aim to accelerate climate solutions through collaboration and community. That’s why The Nest Climate Campus hosts cutting-edge discussions on the Main Stage, partners with leading organizations to bring Co-hosted Events under one green roof at the Javits Center, and creates engaging activations and networking experiences with the Climate Collective.
Last year, over 6,100 climate leaders participated in our programing and the number of organizations that took action on the Campus grew to nearly 3,000. You don't want to miss out on this year!
Doors at 7 PM EST
Event starts at 8 PM EST
Pioneer Works, 159 Pioneer St, Brooklyn, NY 11231
When it comes to climate change, there’s an important question we don’t ask often enough: What if we get it right? Let’s flip the apocalyptic script. To joyously explore this topic, Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson will host in conversation Jade Begay, Indigenous rights and climate policy strategist, and Colette Pichon Battle, attorney and climate justice organizer. Ayana will ask her guests, and you, to envision the world we could build if we charge ahead with the plethora of solutions we have at our fingertips. How the heck can we start these societal transformations and reel climate possibilities into being?
3:00 - 5:00 PM EST
29-35 9th Ave, New York, NY 10014
Join us for an unforgettable afternoon as we gather to honor and elevate the power of expression, unity, and civil disobedience in the Environmental Justice movement. In Season of Dissent, we spotlight voices at the forefront of the fight for environmental justice and democracy, centering the essential freedoms of expression and assembly. Counterstream is thrilled to host powerful stories from activists and organizers who have taken bold stands against environmental injustices that threaten their communities and our shared future. Hear their stories of resistance, resilience, and creativity as they use art, protest, and unity to defend our collective rights.
9:00 AM - 9:00 PM EST
The Forum at Columbia University
601 W 125th St, New York, NY 10027
This summit is a powerful convening of climate justice leaders from around the world, focusing on global collaboration and knowledge exchange. This summit aims to catalyze global collaboration to drive progress on climate justice, particularly across the following themes: Climate Governance and Inclusive Decision-Making, Sustainable Cities and Food Systems, Loss and Damage, and Nature-based Solutions. Discussions will feature frontline communities, land defenders, international policymakers, researchers, funders, and BIPOC climate justice leaders.
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM EST
Starr Foundation Hall
The New School University Center Room UL102
63 5th Ave, New York, NY 10003
The International Rights of Nature Tribunal will convene at Climate Week in New York to address the global challenges posed by the fossil fuel industry. This session aims to amplify the Rights of Nature as a crucial tool in defending life on Earth – featuring testimony from frontline community representatives and expert panels. The Tribunal will scrutinize the fossil fuel industry’s impacts on biodiversity and BIPOC communities and advocate for a just and clean transition by keeping fossil fuels in the ground. Join us in this pivotal moment as we pave the way toward COP30 in Brazil.
10:00 AM - 7 PM EST daily
The High Line, New York, NY 10011
The Fair welcomes scientists, farmers, foodies, artists, thinkers, nature lovers, and the curious of all ages to Emerson Collective’s 2024 Climate Science Fair. We’re coming together to show that big, bold, optimistic climate ideas are not just possible but already making a difference. Bring your sense of wonder to the High Line for a fair that promises to inform and inspire all of us to discover our inner citizen scientist.
March starts at 2:00 PM ET, meet up at 1:15 PM ET
City Clerk's Office, 141 Worth St, New York, NY 10013
On September 20, 2024 thousands of people will march in New York City for a Global Climate Strike to demand action from governments to end the era of fossil fuels.
Please be welcome to join us and walk together with other women and feminists who are calling for an end to fossil fuels and for gender-just climate solutions! All organizations, feminists, women, and gender justice advocates are welcome to join the contingent as we march, sing and raise our voices in community.
12:00 - 2:00 PM EST
Wolff Conference Room
Albert and Vera List Academic Center, room D11036
6 E 16th Street, New York, NY 10003
As a prelude to Climate Week, the Tishman Environment Design Center will host our visiting scholar Kali Akuno for a second lunch and learn. Kali will build upon the last session by expanding on the Build and Fight Formula that Cooperation Jackson utilizes in its mission to build just communities in Jackson, MS.
As an environmental justice leader, Kali is working on a transformative book, The Build and Fight Formula. With this text, Kali aims to provide strategic suggestions for social movements in the US and beyond. These suggestions focus on building participatory democracy from the grassroots level and altering the commodity form of production to regenerate social relations. Ultimately, this transformation aims to end various forms of exploitation and extraction and reposition our communities in the right relationship with our ecologies. Kali's work is not just inspiring but also offers hope for a better future.
1:00 - 2:30 PM EST
Online (Zoom)
Join us for our annual Sustainability Town Hall to discuss and review this year’s campus sustainability work. The Tishman Environment and Design Center and The New School’s Buildings department would love to hear from you about composting in the cafeteria, the Demand Response Program, and any other environmental and climate-related issues on your mind.
The town hall will be facilitated by Ashley Kossakowski, Director of Energy Management and Sustainability in the Buildings Department, and Mike Harrington, Director of Sustainability Engagement at the Tishman Environment and Design Center.
1:00 - 2:30 PM EST
Online (Zoom)
What does it mean to build ethical alignment in the knowledge economy? How do university practitioners best uplift local knowledge without extraction? How can we train students and change-makers to be leaders and champions for justice through 2060 and beyond?
The Building Climate Justice Leadership panel discussion will address these critical questions, aiming to advance thinking and action related to the growing and supporting the future of climate justice leadership. The event will have a panel discussion and then open for Q&A with webinar participants. We hope you will join us.
NEW TIME AND LOCATION
7:00-8:45 PM EST
Kellen Auditorium,
Bhopal is the Hiroshima of the petrochemical industry.
This December 3rd, 2024, marks the 40th anniversary of the 1984 Bhopal disaster when a poorly maintained pesticide factory leaked a massive cloud of chemical gas into Bhopal, a densely populated Indian city. The negligence of Union Carbide along with the governments of the United States of America and India directly contributed to this ongoing crisis.
Frontline environmental justice communities in the U.S. share a joint fight and understanding with those in Bhopal, India. The Bhopal struggle for corporate accountability mirrors struggles in Louisiana and West Virginia against Dow Chemical and other multinational corporations for decades of environmental injustices from petrochemical production. It has been close to 40 years since the disaster and those who struggle in Bhopal stand alongside survivors of numerous other chemical disasters that are still fighting to protect their community, like those impacted by the Trinity atom bomb tests in New Mexico to East Palestine, Ohio. The environmental justice movement is global.
The Food Studies Program, The Tishman Environment and Design Center, and the Food and Social Justice Action Research Lab (FJAR) at The New School are honored to present this multi-media panel event featuring author, sound practitioner, and DJ Lynnée Denise; artist, curator, mother, and producer Elissa Blount Moorhead; and Assistant Professor of Race and Media in the School of Media Studies at The New School Dr. Brittnay Proctor-Habil. The event is part of the Food Studies Program’s “Food, Foraging, and Social Justice” series and The New School’s Earth Month activities. It is also co-sponsored by the SexTech Lab and the Gender and Sexualities Studies Institute at The New School.
Join Mother Jones, Grist, and the Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School for a discussion about equity, infrastructure, jobs, and the urban energy transition. Featuring the “father of environmental justice,” Dr. Robert Bullard (Texas Southern University, Bullard Center for Environmental & Climate Justice), Jade Begay (Indigenous Rights Advocate and Climate Researcher) and Leah Thomas (Intersectional Environmentalist), we’ll dig into the issues, opportunities, and solutions driving an equitable transformation for America.
Join Mother Jones, Grist, and the Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School for a discussion about equity, infrastructure, jobs, and the urban energy transition. Featuring the “father of environmental justice,” Dr. Robert Bullard (Texas Southern University, Bullard Center for Environmental & Climate Justice), Jade Begay (Indigenous Rights Advocate and Climate Researcher) and Leah Thomas (Intersectional Environmentalist), we’ll dig into the issues, opportunities, and solutions driving an equitable transformation for America.
The Climate Justice Club is thrilled to announce the Earth Day Art Show 2024, scheduled for April 20th!
This Earth Day Art show is hosted by the Climate Justice Club and will take place on Saturday, April 20, 11 am - 8 pm, Second floor of 39 W 13th Street. There will be drinks, food, and live music to bring together the New School's climate justice community. The purpose of the show is to represent voices and stories that are impacted by climate change and environmental injustice and show artwork from people in our communities that are advocating for equity, inclusivity, justice, and more.
Join us for Black Lands and the Poetics of Citizenship, a multimedia panel discussion about the contradictions and revelations of Black land ownership in rural America. The event will feature excerpts from the works of Amy Godine (The Black Woods: Pursuing Racial Justice on the Adirondack Frontier), Paul A. Miller (Searching for Timbuctoo), and Dr. Gail Myers (Rhythms of the Land). New School Professors Drs. Kristin Reynolds and Mia Charlene White will moderate the conversation, joined by Mike Harrington, Director of Sustainability Engagement of the Tishman Environment and Design Center and Wendy Scheir, Director of The New School Archives & Special Collections.
Step into a world where art, music, economics, and environmental awareness come together as the Henry George School of Social Science presents: “Sound Economics: Celebrating Earth Day 2024 Through Art, Music, and Economics.” This innovative event invites you on a journey of exploration and reflection, weaving together classical melodies, contemporary compositions, and powerful visual narratives to shed light on the urgent issue of climate change.
12:00 - 1:30 PM EST
Tishman Auditorium
63 5th Ave, New York, NY 10003
This Event has reached capacity for now. You can join the waitlist here, and as seats open up, we will add names from the waitlist based on the order in which we receive your request. All event attendees and waitlist registrants will receive a video recording of the event.
To navigate our current climate reality, we must imagine a better climate future. Join visionaries Stacey Abrams (Rewiring America) and Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (Urban Ocean Lab) for an in-depth conversation about imagining better futures, finding hope and motivation for continued action, and where climate solutions are already taking root. Esteemed multi-disciplinary artist Aisha Shillingford (Intelligent Mischief) will guide an interactive visioning exercise to help us collectively articulate the climate futures we want and how we can start building them now.