Tag: Green Grants

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Green Campus Tour

Welcome to the Green Campus Tour! In honor of Earth Month, learn about what makes NYU one of the greenest urban campuses and how you can get involved in sustainability on campus. Interested in taking this tour by bike? Fill out this form to receive a free Citi Bike day pass (while supplies last).  Read more

NYU Sustainability 2020 #YearinReview

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2020 was a year unlike any other. We joined our colleagues and peers across NYU, the country, and the world in adapting and adjusting to the changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, while continuing to progress in our sustainability work. In many ways, 2020 was an exceptional year for sustainability at NYU: we were recognized and ranked internationally for the collective efforts of students, faculty, administrators, and staff across the University; we launched new initiatives related to environmental and racial justice; and we joined a climate commitment aimed at food-related greenhouse gas emissions – our first non-building related pledge.

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Green Grant Update: The V,OID

by Sophie Jones

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Screenshot from The V,OID’s first zine, “FACILITATE DON’T DOMINATE,” a guide to community facilitation.

The V,OID (Volunteers, Organized in Disorder) is a group of volunteers working to emphasize community-based responses to the climate crisis and to democratize environmental education. The V,OID is creating educational materials including a website, a podcast, accessible recommended literature, a zine series, a calendar of relevant events, and a forum for online communication. We believe that sustainable living is a natural product of tight knit, educated, and empowered communities. We are building an example of this from the ground up. We believe this model of a climate group is different and necessary in that it is an example of ecological thriving in the Anthropocene.  Read more

Green Grant Update: Environmental Justice Curriculum

by Kiersten Blake and Alexia Leclercq

Alexia and KierstenNew York City, our shared city, has a gap in environmental education programming, namely a lack of focus on environmental justice education. We decided to co-author and implement an environmental and climate justice curriculum at the High School for Teaching and the Professions (HSTP) in the Bronx. Our project-based curriculum covers topics such as environmental and climate justice, sustainable and equitable land use, public and climate health, and global effects, and was created with teacher, student, expert, and community-based organizational input to reflect on the multidimensional nature of the climate crisis from an interdisciplinary and social justice viewpoint.

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Announcing the February 2020 Green Grant Recipients

The following projects have been awarded a Green Grant from the Office of Sustainability. 

Environmental & Climate Justice Curriculum

Project co-leader: Kiersten Blake, ‘20 (Liberal Studies) and Alexia Leclercq, ‘20 (Gallatin)

This project seeks to build up the knowledge base of youth using a city/state/national politics lens to view, discuss, and address issues as they pertain to the students’ environment and community in the Bronx and Harlem. The lessons will include both teacher-led instructional learning and project-based learning through hands-on activities, field trips that will supplement lessons, and guest speakers who will share their expertise.

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