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‘Rhythms of the Land,’ a multimedia documentary film, was screened during the 2023 Earth Month events at The New School. Present at the event was the director, Dr. Gail Myers, filmmaker and cultural anthropologist. The event was curated and moderated by Mike Harrington, Director of Sustainability Engagement, and Dr. Kristin Retnolds, Chair of Food Studies in the Schools for Public Engagement.
Read MoreJoin 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.
Read MoreOn April 14, 2022, the Tishman Center collaborated with the New School’s Food Studies program to host “Listen Up! Understanding Food Justice and Environmental Justice through Music” as part of our Earth Week events and Food Studies’ “Critical Food Studies and Social Justice” series.
Read MoreThank 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!
Read MoreDuring the Month of April, the Tishman Center will be hosting, co-sponsoring and promoting Earth Week events. Our theme this year is: Art, Design, Democracy: Tools to Achieve Climate Justice. We will have a number of events featuring musicians, chefs, artists, planners and academics who will share their experiences, art, music and more to help us think of creative and engaging ways to get closer to a more just and safe world. You can register for all events below and we will have a number of social media activities and things to share with attendees.
You can RSVP below for all upcoming events and you can reach us at @newschoolTEDC on Twitter, @tishmancenter on Instagram and tedc@newschool.edu by email.
Read MoreThe “Curriculum of the Anthropocene” event kicked off the Tishman Center’s 2021 Earth Week programming. We invited four New School faculty members to discuss how the New School’s curriculum could be altered to better prepare students to deal with the Anthropocene - a geological time period wherein human activity has undeniably affected Earth’s climate and environment.
Read MoreAudrea Lim, a journalist that focuses on climate and land issues, has curated an environmental anthology called “The World We Need”. Interestingly, Audrea made sure to bring in collaborators that don’t necessarily consider themselves “environmentalists”. Hear the stories from the collaborators themselves..
Read MoreThe 2021 Earth Week Keynote was presented by Drs. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, a marine biologist, policy expert, and writer and Dr. Mia White, one of our faculty at The New School and a Tishman Center Affiliated faculty member. Her work has been featured The New York Times, Washington Post, and Scientific American. Most recently she has co-edited an anthology with Dr. Katherine K. Wilkinson, “All We Can Save”. We tuned with Dr. Johnson to see how the project came about.
Read MoreThe Tishman Center’s 2021 Earth Week is here! This year the theme is Transitions to Climate and Social Justice. Here’s a preview of the events.
Read MoreSince our last book list, the world has changed quite a bit. While we have many new challenges stemming from the pandemic and many other developments, a lot of the work that needed to be done last year has not gone away. During Earth Week 2021, we want to share some works to help understand the world we are living in and a more just world that we want to see. There are also some New School links to some of these books, showing the work that our community is doing towards justice and equity.
Read MoreIn Fall ‘19, faculty grants were awarded to support four projects related to the Tishman Center’s mission. One of those projects, “Developing Milano’s ‘Whole Earth’ Curriculum” was led by Leonardo E. Figueroa Helland (Milano/EPSM Faculty), and Mindy Fullillove (Milano/Urban Policy Faculty). As part of the project, a task force was created to investigate how the New School can reexamine its curriculum with a focus on climate justice, as well as to evaluate the school’s contribution to climate justice and its role in the greater community.
Read MoreApril is normally the busiest month for the Tishman Center, as the variety of programming focused on Earth Day that we have spent several months developing comes to life on campus. This year, however, in light of COVID-19, the Tishman Center, along with the rest of the world, had to rapidly readjust and find ways to transition towards a virtual format to ensure that we keep our community safe but still get a chance to connect.
Read MoreThe Tishman Center has had to cancel our extensive Earth Month programming in light of the social distancing measures and our responsibility to provide spaces for our community. However, we believe it is crucial to still find creative ways of coming together and sharing perspectives around the moment in time we find ourselves in and how it relates to the underlying injustices that have threatened vulnerable communities before the pandemic and now becoming a threat multiplier.
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