Workshops

The State of the Climate
12:00pm-1:00pm, Court Room in Borough Hall

Is the doomsday scenario inevitable? Or is there still time to turn things around? Leaders in the field will discuss the science of climate change and its impacts on a local and global scale.

Dr. Radley Horton, Columbia University and the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Hugh Hough, Presenter, The Climate Project; President, Green Team USA
Dr. William Solecki, Professor of Urban Environmental Change, Hunter College; Director, CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities

Green Your Business
1:30pm-2:30pm, Court Room in Borough Hall

Discover new innovations in green buildings in New York City, implementable practices to green your operations from the ground up, and connect with the resources needed to minimize the impact of your own business.

Vanessa Knight, Director, Sustainable Business Network of New York City
Andrew Kimball, President and CEO, Brooklyn Navy Yard
Jim Holiber, General Manager, Green Depot

Local vs. Organic: And Why We Care
3:00pm-4:00pm, Court Room in Borough Hall

You’re in the grocery store with an ear of locally and conventionally grown corn in one hand and an ear of organic corn from across the country. What do you do? Join experts in a lively discussion on how we grow and get our food.

Michael Hurwitz, Director, Greenmarket Program
Dickson Despommier, Columbia University
Anna Lappe, Bestselling author and noted environmentalist
Justone Bossert, Red Jacket Orchards