Special Events

Rising Urbanists: Green Infrastructure for Coastal Resilience

The ASLA-NY Student Chapter at the City College of New York is organizing a multi-disciplinary conference to imagine the potential for Green Infrastructure to address socio-economic disparities in sea level rise and storm surge preparedness in New York City. This conference is a groundbreaking forum for the next generation of urbanist thinkers to organize around long-term green infrastructure strategies rather than disciplinary hierarchies. An expansive approach to green infrastructure could drive urban design by engaging alternate interests in building the urban environment.

9:00 a.m. - Keynote:

Ashley Dawson, Princeton Environmental Institute, Green Infrastructure for Coastal Resiliency 

9:30 a.m. - Session 1: Environmental Justice in Coastal Resiliency Work: Identifying Opportunities for Green Infrastructure

Panelists: Andrew Lavallee, FASLA, RLA

11:00 a.m. - Mid-Morning Break

11:30 a.m. - Session 2: Breakout

Technology: Michael Tantala, Remote Sensing, Crowd Sourced Satellite Data,  Hunter College Sustainable Cities
Stewardship: Developing Community Maintenance Strategies
Activism: Ting Ting Fu + Collin Lee of UPROSE Protest + Community Organizing

1:00 p.m - Lunch

2:00 p.m. Session 3: Breakout

Ecology: Wetlands as Infrastructure 
Economics: Amy Motzny, Valuing Green Infrastructure Inputs and Outputs
Communications: Selling Green Infrastructure for Climate Change 
Development: Manuela Powidayko, Resilient Development From Start to Finish

3:30 p.m. - Mid-Afternoon Break

4:00 p.m. - Session 4: Redefining Resiliency for Inclusion

5:30 p.m. - Closing Remarks

Catherine Seavitt Nordenson,ASLA, AIA,

Pre-registration required:
Visit: www.aslany.org/event/rising-urbanists/

Professionals: $55
Students and event participants: Free!

CEUs offered- details coming soon!

For more information:
greenurbanisminfo@gmail.com