Cuny Institute For Sustainable Cities

Saturday, July 25 Andy Padian, Community Preservation Corp. "How To Curb Catastrophic Waste in Your Home, Condo, Co-op, or Multi-Family Building" Learn 10 things that you can do in your apartment, building, and office to dramatically reduce energy waste and make your cash flow increase. Money is the real green!

Saturday, July 18 Dylan Gauthier, Stephan vonMuehlen, Ben Cohen: Mare Liberium & TheFreeSeas.org "How To Build a Boat From Recycled Materials in a Day" Join us as we build a true water-ready 15-foot boat from scratch in an afternoon—made from discarded plywood!—and learn how you can build one yourself.

Saturday, July 11 Carey Pulverman, Lower East Side Ecology Center "Composting in the City? Yes We Can!" The average New York City household discards two pounds of organic waste each day—more than a million tons of organic material a year! Composting is one of the most direct, accessible ways to reduce the amount of garbage you produce and we’ll even teach you how you can do it in your apartment!

Manhattan's 26-mile shoreline--long dominated by ports, power plants, waste facilities, and highways--is evolving into a chain of parks, greenways, and bike lanes. Join us in discussing what the rivers were in these vast transformations as we envision the future of this maritime counterpart to Central Park.

Senator Liz Krueger represents the east side of Manhattan (the 26th District) in the NYS Senate. She is a strong advocate for tenants' rights, affordable housing, improved access to health care and social services, more open government and campaign finance reform, and more equitable funding for public education, including higher education. She has dedicated her career to issues relating to poverty and she is a nationally recognized expert on the problems of hunger, homelessness, the lack of affordable housing, healthcare, and job training. She was one of just 5 legislators to receive a perfect score from the Drum Major Institute regarding legislation that affects middle-class families. A graduate of Northwestern University, with a Bachelors degree in Social Policy and Human Development, Senator Krueger also holds a Masters degree from the University of Chicago's Harris Graduate School of Public Policy. Senator Krueger lives on the East Side of Manhattan with her husband, Dr. John E. Seley, a professor of Urba

Joni Seager is the Chair of the Department of Geography at Hunter College and has joined the Hunter community just this year. We are very happy and lucky to have her here. Her research interests include feminist environmentalism, environmental costs of militaries and militarism, and international environmental policy. She has written extensively on varying topics of feminist geographies, ranging from reproductive rights to “natural” disasters. Joni will be the solo presenter for this session but will be taking time for Q and A at the end.

Tess Barton is the Program Manager for Community Energy, Inc. She specifically manages marketing efforts for Community Energy's Green Power Programs in NY State, such as the program with ConEdison Solutions. She holds a B.A. in Environmental Studies from Gettysburg College and is a neighbor to Hunter College.

Chris Neidl is the Outreach and Advocacy Coordinator at Solar 1 in Stuyvescant Cove Park here in New York City. He initially gained interest in renewable energy as a geography student at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and has steadily increased his knowledge of and commitment to the subject through a number of volunteer and professional experiences. Before joining the Solar One Staff in March of 2005, Chris worked at the Solar Living Institute in California as an outreach intern, while receiving a hands-on education in photovoltaic installation. He is currently pursuing his MA at New York University’s Gallatin School.

Frank Buonaiuto is an assistant professor in the geography department at Hunter College. His major research interests include, oceanography, coastal processes, numerical modeling of waves, tides and sediment transport, and are apparent in his current projects including the Beach Monitoring Program, Storm Surge Prediction modeling and wave modeling and forecasts. He will be speaking following Ms. Breen and his presentation will certainly be linked to the following presentation on New York City and Climate Change vulnerabilities.

Laurie Reilly is the communications and special projects director for the Center for Sustainable Energy at Bronx Community College. Ms. Reilly is also the Communications Director for the CUNY Sustainability Project and the author of multiple key sustainability documents. Ms. Reilly spent 18 years as a broadcaster and won five New York State Broadcaster's Awards as a writer, producer and anchor for providing in depth coverage on science, technology, health and politics on both television and radio.

Cathleen Breen is a staff member of the New York Public Interest Research Group. She is the Watershed Protection Coordinator and works for the implementation of the 1997 memo of agreement and federal filtration avoidance determinations. Essentially she spends her time working with varying groups of New Yorkers, with both upstate and downstate concerns about watershed protection. Ms. Breen will be speaking first in this session.

Bill Solecki is a professor in the department of Geography at Hunter College as well as the Director of the CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities housed here at Hunter in the East Building. Bill’s research interests include urban environmental change and

Speaker:Stephen Pekar Description:What made the location of a city desirable in the past was certainly based on accessibility to water. It is no coincidence that most large cities are--or were--port cities. But today, this same proximity to water is perhaps a cause for concern. We certainly have seen the consequences of such urbanization during both the Tsunami and of course Katrina. But what is the real potential threat of rising tides to New York City? Join the CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities and Queens College in welcoming Andrew Revkin of The New York Times, in discussion with a host of Queens College experts to discuss these important issues.

Speaker:Nick Coch Description:What made the location of a city desirable in the past was certainly based on accessibility to water. It is no coincidence that most large cities are--or were--port cities. But today, this same proximity to water is perhaps a cause for concern. We certainly have seen the consequences of such urbanization during both the Tsunami and of course Katrina. But what is the real potential threat of rising tides to New York City? Join the CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities and Queens College in welcoming Andrew Revkin of The New York Times, in discussion with a host of Queens College experts to discuss these important issues.

Speaker:John Waldman Description:What made the location of a city desirable in the past was certainly based on accessibility to water. It is no coincidence that most large cities are--or were--port cities. But today, this same proximity to water is perhaps a cause for concern. We certainly have seen the consequences of such urbanization during both the Tsunami and of course Katrina. But what is the real potential threat of rising tides to New York City? Join the CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities and Queens College in welcoming Andrew Revkin of The New York Times, in discussion with a host of Queens College experts to discuss these important issues.

Speaker:George Hendrey Description:What made the location of a city desirable in the past was certainly based on accessibility to water. It is no coincidence that most large cities are--or were--port cities. But today, this same proximity to water is perhaps a cause for concern. We certainly have seen the consequences of such urbanization during both the Tsunami and of course Katrina. But what is the real potential threat of rising tides to New York City? Join the CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities and Queens College in welcoming Andrew Revkin of The New York Times, in discussion with a host of Queens College experts to discuss these important issues.

Speaker:Andy Revkin Description:What made the location of a city desirable in the past was certainly based on accessibility to water. It is no coincidence that most large cities are--or were--port cities. But today, this same proximity to water is perhaps a cause for concern. We certainly have seen the consequences of such urbanization during both the Tsunami and of course Katrina. But what is the real potential threat of rising tides to New York City? Join the CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities and Queens College in welcoming Andrew Revkin of The New York Times, in discussion with a host of Queens College experts to discuss these important issues.