Greening the City: Sustainability for Whom and for What Purposes?

LaGuardia’s Opening Sessions 2010 website is live! Food for Thought: Strategies for Educating a Sustainable Community is this year’s theme. The website contains an overview of the theme; the program for Opening Sessions for Faculty and Staff, Tuesday, September 7, 2010; workshop descriptions and a brief bio of keynote speaker Anna Lappe, bestselling author and public speaker. 

LaGuardia Community College will observe Earth Day’s 40th anniversary by hosting its fourth annual Earth Day Celebration on Wednesday, April 21. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the College’s E-building Atrium located at 31-10 Thomson Avenue, Long Island City. The College will host several green organizations offering information and internship opportunities.

Not too far from LaGuardia Community College, separating Queens from Brooklyn, is Newtown Creek. This tributary of the East River may seem small and inconsequential at first, but it is actually one of the most polluted areas in the United States and the site of the largest oil spill in the nation; one of the largest in the world. Many local groups seek to revive it, not only to enjoy the waterfront area, but also to eliminate health concerns associated with its pollution. One of these is the Natural Sciences Department at LaGuardia.