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Climate Week: A Special Invite to Join Us

The Tishman Environment and Design Center invites you to join us on September 20 at 6:30 p.m. for our Keynote Climate Week Event, a dynamic panel discussion, at The New School.

Join Tishman’s Senior Fellow, Danielle Deane-Ryan, an equitable climate solutions expert and moderator of this critical conversation with esteemed panelists: Harold Mitchell from Regenesis Institute, Trenton Allen from Sustainable Capital Advisors, Maria Lopez-Nunez from Ironbound Community Corporation, Joe Evans from the Kresge Foundation, and Helen Chin from Communities First Fund; with remarks from Michelle DePass, the Tishman Center's Senior Advisor.

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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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