Events on Thursday Sep 17
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Solar Powered Film Series
Sept 17,18,19 - 7pm | Solar One -24-20 FDR Service Road EastNew York, NYOpen to the Public |
For the 2nd year, GreenEdge NYC and Solar One join forces to present this free six-evening program featuring screenings of environmental documentaries.
The Solar-Powered Film Series is the first in New York City to use the power of the sun to construct an outdoor “eco-theater” like no other.September 10 Addicted to Plastic
September 11 Who Killed the Electric Car
September 12 Flow
September 17 A Sea Change
September 18 The Garden
September 19 Burning the SunDoors will open at 7:00PM each night at Solar One (23rd St. & FDR Drive)
Films will start at 7:45PM and will be followed by Q&A.For more information, visit http://www.greenedgenyc.org/page/green-edge-films
Panel Discussion: Climate Change, Human Rights, and Forced Migration
6pm-8pm | Columbia University, Warren Hall Room 208 -410 W 116th Street Warren Hall Room 208New York, NYOpen to the Public |
Nowhere is the intersection of human rights and climate change more evident than in small island states. Ms. Ursula Rakova from the Carteret Islands will share her experience organizing the first community-wide evacuations as a result of climate change. Dr. Paige West who has worked in Papua New Guinea for years will address the impacts that climate change is having on the culture and political ecology of islands. Filmmakers Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger will show a clip from their upcoming film “Sun Come Up,” a documentary about the Carteret Islanders’ relocation.
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For additional information, please visit www.columbia.edu/cu/climatesociety
climate.columbia.edu
www.suncomeup.comEarth Institute Seminar on Sustainable Development: Toward a New Climate Regime
4:00pm-6:00pm | Columbia University, Morningside Campus -64 Morningside Drive Faculty House, Garden Room 2 (First Floor)New York, NYOpen to the Public |
This seminar will present an overview of the climate challenge and of the national and international efforts to address it.
Speakers:
Peter Schlosser, Director, Columbia Climate Center; Associate Director and Director of Research, The Earth Institute, Columbia University; Michael Gerrard, Director, Center for Climate Change Law; Klaus Lackner, Director, Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy; Mary-Elena Carr, Associate Director, Columbia Climate CenterThis event is free and open to the registered public. Refreshments will be served.
Registration is required through the event website
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For more information, visit http://www.climate.columbia.edu
