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With many of the Tishman Center’s research assistants (RAs) scattered across the country for summer break, we wanted to highlight some of the environmental justice activism happening in our hometowns. On August 26 in my hometown of Houston, Air Alliance Houston, the Climate Justice Museum, and One Breath Partnership collaborated to hold “5 Years After Landfall”: a collective reflection on the catastrophic events of Hurricane Harvey in 2017.
Read MoreSince our last book list, the world has changed quite a bit. While we have many new challenges stemming from the pandemic and many other developments, a lot of the work that needed to be done last year has not gone away. During Earth Week 2021, we want to share some works to help understand the world we are living in and a more just world that we want to see. There are also some New School links to some of these books, showing the work that our community is doing towards justice and equity.
Read MoreIt is our pleasure to share our new three-year strategic plan, which was completed early this summer. Tishman Center staff worked with an outside evaluator to streamline and update the goals and outcomes from our previous plan while looking to make our work more comprehensive. We also worked with key stakeholders across our community, including our affiliated faculty to refine our goals and measurements for the new plan.
Read MoreOn April 21st, the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance released their latest report, NYC Climate Justice Agenda 2020: A Critical Decade for Climate, Equity and Health which outlines urgent recommended strategies to enact a Just Transition, including specific timelines and concrete financial and legislative commitments to create healthy and resilient neighborhoods; tackle emissions in an equitable way; support climate adaptation for frontline communities; and generate good, green jobs in the process.
Read MoreThe Earth is facing a climate emergency. Globally, seas are rising, coastlines are eroding, weather patterns are changing, floods, droughts, and forest fires are increasing, and species extinction is rising exponentially. The climate crisis and the threat it poses to life on Earth and frontline communities are among the foremost challenges of our times. As an institution of higher education, it is essential that The New School equip students and faculty with the knowledge, skills, and capability to respond to the challenges ahead.
Read MoreThe beginning of a new decade is a perfect time for some lists of “best” films/ books/ places-to-go-to in the New Year. So, the Tishman Center decided to put together our own list of books published in the past decade that we think are essential in understanding the how’s and why’s of climate change and the systemic injustices that underline it. This list is by no means extensive but contains some of our team’s favorite titles as well as books we look forward to diving into in 2020.
Read MoreThe Green New Deal (GND) has rapidly become a prevailing topic in popular discourse. As we continue to face climate crisis, the GND platform is praised for promising a new way to imagine our future. A few weeks ago during The Tishman Center’s “Green New Deal and Environmental Justice” event during the The New School’s centennial celebration, we heard from a variety of activists and grassroots organizers
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