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2013 Climate Action Awards
It's getting hot in here as the Human Impacts Institute invite you for a night of inspiration, amazement, and action as we announce the winners of the 2013 Climate Action Awards - with music, drinks, and special VIP guests that'll get you ready to make a difference!
6:30-7:30 (VIP Only) Climate Action Hour (see below)
7:30-10:30
Enjoy specially-mixed, seasonal cocktails and appetizers from Isa
Move to the tunes of DJ Shiran Nicholson
Network with some of New York's greatest changemakers- from filmmakers to educators
See the amazingly diverse pieces of this year's Ten Days of Climate Action artists
Select the Climate Action Audience Choice award!
Your ticket will support the Human Impacts Institute's work to address climate change with hands-on community opportunities like tree care and free small business consulting, as well as deepen the conversation through creative arts-based outreach like our Ten Days of Climate Action.
VIP Climate Action Hour includes entrance to a special climate action networking hour from 6:30-7:30 where policymakers, organizers, and business leaders addressing climate change will have the opportunity to network -and brainstorm- ways to collaborate in combatting climate change.
Ten Days of Climate Action is an initiative of the Human Impacts Institute designed to bring together creative minds artists, writers, actors, filmmakers, musicians and performers to install climate-inspired public works throughout New York City. These events are designed to broaden the climate conversation, to encourage us to think more critically about our actions and their impacts on our climate, and to inspire action. More information: http://www.humanimpactsinstitute.org/10DaysofClimate.php
The panel of experts judging this year's competition includes Colin Beavan, author of No Impact Man, award-winning film maker and photographer John Fiege, Paul Morris of PEN America's, and Evan Van Hook, who teaches environmental law at Columbia University and works as the Corporate Vice President for Health, Safety, Environment, and Remediation for Honeywell International.
Human Impacts Institute is a fiscally-sponsored nonprofit whose mission is to inspire action for strong communities and a healthy environment through hands-on education, coalition building, and using arts and culture for social good. Learn more at: HumanImpactsInstitute.org
Thanks for event sponsorship from:
Opflex Solutions (http://www.opflex.com) OPFLEX is an American-made, reusable, highly buoyant, biodegradable over time in a landfill, open celled polyolefin foam that is highly oleophilic and hydrophobic. OPFLEX works quickly and efficiently, vastly exceeding the limits of traditional sorbents and setting new precedents as the only sorbent to efficiently absorb and remove oil sheen.
Isa (http://isa.gg/) a spectacular restaurant in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, who support local environmental and community programming, while providing some of the best food and beverages in NYC!
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LocationIsa
348 Wythe Avenue
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 17 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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