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Mike Harrington, the Director of Sustainability Engagement here at the Tishman Center, has recently had his photo series “Has Existential Crisis” selected to be part of the Human Impacts Insittute’s Creative Climate Awards exhibit. This annual exhibit showcases climate-inspired work from artists around the world, focusing this year on the theme “Inspiring a Climate Renaissance.”
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.
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Read MoreIn an art & design school, we (myself included) are tactile creatures that are interested in being seduced by beautiful and wonderful materials. Materials have been a way for me in Sustainable Systems to tap into that innate curiosity and generate a deep wonder towards our natural world. This is the first step towards generating a real personal connection with the students to the aims of the course Sustainable Systems. That is home base: reverence & wonder for our natural world. There’s so much doom & gloom and information around climate change these days; it’s easy for people to feel overwhelmed and shut down. But I think once you have awe, you’re able to work through the darkness.
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