Eco-Metropolis 2004: Toward a Green, Just, Sustainable Greater NYC

Eco-Metropolis 2004: Toward a Green, Just, Sustainable Greater NYC
A co-production of: NY Open Center Continuing Education & Public Programs,
The Graduate Center, CUNY & Bioneers Conference

Where: CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave, at 34th St
When: November 12th – 14th, 2004

Come discover and celebrate our city and region's wildly creative and diverse eco-activist communities from up the Hudson, to the South Bronx, to Harlem, down to the Lower East Side, from Greenpoint to Sunset Park, from the Gowanus Canal and Newton Creek, to Jamaica Bay and the Meadowlands; from environmental justice, water, air, food and bicycle activists to visionary "green" architects, designers, urban planners, entrepreneurs, scientists, artists, engineers, educators and labor leaders.

The ideas, initiatives and energy to make our city and region greener, cleaner, saner, fairer, freer and more joyous are here now. Come help make it happen!

Friday, November 12th, 7pm

Plenary Celebration:
Talks by Anna Lappé and others tba, Native American music, the explosive Middle Eastern percussion of Raquy Danziger, poets including the Bowery Poetry Club's Bob Holman, and more.

$10 (or free with full conference ticket)
Saturday and Sunday, November 13th and 14th, 10:30am to 5pm

- Workshops and Panels with leading figures from across the spectrum of the NY eco universe
- Mixer/Networking party-Saturday at 5pm.
- Extraordinary talks from renowned eco-legends from Bioneers 04 on tape delay

Cost: Entire Event: $50 (or $75-eco-hero rate; your extra dollars support scholarships)

Single Day: $25

For complete, regularly updated schedule information and presenter biographies, see

our website: www.opencenter.org/Eco