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SUSTAINABILITY AT FIT
 

New events of interest:

FIT's 2nd Annual Sustainability Conference

Designing Sustainability as the New Cultural Paradigm:

April 17, 2008

The Great Hall at FIT

Register  by clicking here

Sustainability related films

Earth Day April 22, 2008

  • The Culinary Arts Club is presenting a demo of Vegan Recipes focusing on Sustainable Agriculture
    1-2PM in A734.

THE FIT CENTER FOR PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

 

Past events

Climate Change and Higher Education:
Leadership to Achieve Climate Neutrality

A Webcast with Michael Crow, Billy Parish and Dave Newport, moderated by James Gorman.

Webcast Details
December 12, 2007
2–3:30 PM, Eastern Time

in the CET
 

The following description is from http://www.nytimes.whsites.net/knowledgenetwork/learning/scup-climatechange.html

Webcast Description
The most pressing environmental issue for our society is our ability to address the threat of runaway climate change. Colleges and universities have assumed an extraordinary leadership role to research and implement the necessary solutions to achieve climate neutrality.

To date, more than 350 presidents and chancellors have signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), a unique collective action that is the first by a large sector to set climate neutrality as the ultimate goal. The ACUPCC provides a common framework for institutions to contextualize and benefit most from related initiatives on campuses across the country, such as the Campus Climate Challenge, Focus the Nation, and hundreds of institutional projects. Through these activities, higher education is leading by example, sending strong signals to the markets and policy makers with their actions and enabling the rest of society follow suit through research and education. More information including a list of signatories is available at www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org.

Moderated by the editor of The New York Times' Science Times, this program will cover the highlights of what is happening in higher education around climate change, as well as the basics of the ACUPCC and what it means for specific activities around climate change, both now and in the future. It will provide models which are transferable to other higher education institutions, corporations, and communities. Participants will learn best practices, national trends and resources they can utilize.

  • Eco-Fashion Now

    • The Museum at FIT

    • Wednesday, November 14, 2007, 6-8pm

Sustainable fashion is no longer a niche market concern. Beyond the current trend for organic materials, consumers are becoming more aware of the apparel industry’s impact on the environment as media coverage on global warming increases. From consumer lifestyle shifts to fair trade practices, panelists will define and discuss the complex issues surrounding eco-fashion or green fashion.

DISTINGUISHED PANEL

  • Julie Gilhart

senior vice president and fashion director of Barneys New York

  • Susan Cianciolo

designer and artist

  • Britt Bivens

director of 4.5 Productions

  • Johanna Hofring

entrepreneur and owner of Lower East Side boutique Ekovaruhuset

  • Sass Brown

professor of Fashion Design at FIT, designer and fair-trade fashion consultant

An Introduction to Sustainable Business and Design Conference:

  • April 19, 2007, 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM in The Great Hall at the Fashion Institute of Technology

The purpose of this event is to inform, involve and inspire the entire FIT community about sustainability and how to incorporate sustainability as a model into all aspects of what we do. 

Speakers Include:

  • BARRY A. CIK, BCEE, QEP, CHMM, REM, CP, PE, Technical Director, NaturePedic No-Compromise Organic Baby Mattresses
  • Barbara Filippone, President and founder of EnviroTextiles
  • Chris Hacker, Johnson and Johnson's VP of Global Design
  • Gary Smith, Timberland's Senior Vice president, Worldwide Supply Chain
  • Harmony Susalla, Founder and Creative Director, Harmony Art Organic Design
  • FIT Faculty Panel
Click here, for more information and registration material

An Inconvenient Truth: February 20th in the CET (B502) 12:00 PM

 

 

 

 

 

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The 2010 Imperative:

Global Emergency Teach-In

  • Are You Being Trained for the World You Will Inherit?

THE 2010 IMPERATIVE

"To successfully impact global warming and world resource depletion, it is imperative that ecological literacy become a central tenet of design education. Yet today, the interdependent relationship between ecology and design is virtually absent in many professional curricula. To meet the immediate and future challenges facing our professions, a major transformation of the academic design community must begin today."  from the 2010 Imperative website (http://www.2010imperative.org/2010_imperative.html).

February 20, 2007 12:00-3:30 PM. 

A free live web-cast.  Join us at either venue
 

  • 5th Floor Pizza Lounge (A building 5th Floor)
  • and the CET (B502)

Speakers
Dr. James Hansen, NASA GISS
Edward Mazria, AIA, Architecture 2030
Chris Luebkeman, Arup
Susan Szenasy, Metropolis Magazine

For more information, click here.

 F2F

Green Solutions:  Sustainability in Textiles, Fashion, Architecture and Interior Design
Thursday February 22, 2007, 1:00-2:00 PM  in the CET, B502

Grazyna Pilatowicz, Interior design and Shona Quinn, International Trade and Marketing, report on their recently attended conferences, "The GreenBuild International Conference" and "Green Solutions and Sustainability in Textiles and Fashion."

 

 
FIT's 2nd Sustainability Conference

April 17, 2008

Designing Sustainability as the New Cultural Paradigm  

FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE CONFERENCE and to DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE PRESENTATIONS  click here