Our Mission: The Tishman Environment and Design Center is a collaborative community of practice that leverages research, policy, and design in accordance with the Jemez Principles for Democratic Organizing. We bring together research and action to tackle the root causes of climate and environmental injustice and commit to change in higher education practices within and beyond The New School.
Our Vision: We envision a future of environmental justice- a world that is free from racism, in balance with nature, with care and respect for all beings.
Whatโs New
RECLAIMING NEW JERSEYโS โPEACEFUL VALLEYโ - AND ALSO STOPPING FUTURE WATER POLLUTION
In recent days thereโs been one small step forward, and one step back, In the constantly evolving battle to clean up and end the industrial despoiling of northern New Jersey waterways. It was as if the poisonous legacy of pollution past and the toxic specter of pollution future both appeared center stage, almost side by side.
MAYOR MAMDANI OPENS THE NEW SCHOOLโS CLIMATE WEEK 2026 KEYNOTE EVENT
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani joined Climate Desk Live partners and The New Schoolโs Tishman Environment and Design Center for their Climate Week 2026 Keynote Event on Thursday, Sept. 24.
CLEANUP OF NJโS PASSAIC RIVER INCHES FORWARD WITH $125M SETTLEMENT
The lower Passaic River is among the nationโs most toxic waterways. Decades of chemical manufacturing and industrial pollution left the muck on the riverbed filled with substances harmful to human health. The sources of that pollution are largely gone today, but the toxic sediment has been waiting for remediation for more than 40 years.
NATIONAL PEOPLEโS HEARING TOUR
The Speak Easy, Speak Free National People's Hearing Tour is a public expression of testimonies and cultural celebration, lifting up community-based solutions to end threats to people's health, land and work. The Tishman Center is using its longstanding expertise in community-based scholarship to document and analyze the testimonies, connecting the people's wisdom to specific calls to action and policy priorities.
CONNECTING THE DOTS: AFFORDABILITY, BIG TECH, DEMOCRACY AND THE FUTURE OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Join us for Climate Week 2026, from September 21-28, at The New School for a series of impactful events happening throughout the week on campus.
Visual Journey in 60 Seconds
Produced by Jason Rodriguez, Back to Earth Solutions
This short video shares what EJ Fellows reflected on during the Mycelium Phaseโthe final four months of the fellowshipโwhen creativity begins to translate into material change for communities.
We especially want to thank Keenan Lacy-Rhodes from WildSeed Productions, who has been documenting the EJ Fellowship over the last two 2 years.
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