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🎓Pratt Institute | @prattgcpe @prattplacemaking
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Last week, students and staff from the Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment (GCPE) @prattgcpe took a trip to the @streetlab warehouse in Redhook to learn about their exciting work and play with their modular street furniture!

Led by Leslie Davol, we built one very long table together - an exercise in collaboration that showed how simple design can bring people together. We brought snacks and spent some time eating, talking, and enjoying the space we created!

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This Pratt Earth Action Week, join Leaders in Environmental Advocacy at Pratt and Pratt’s Sustainable Environmental Systems program for a timely documentary screening and discussion!
Abby Martin’s new documentary, Earth’s Greatest Enemy, shines an important light on the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions; and the huge global policy gap in addressing our climate crisis - the U.S. military. Throughout the UNFCCC’s annual conferences of the parties (COP), militaries have been exempt from our global climate accords. This has been the case from Berlin’s COP1 in 1995 to COP30 in Brazil this past December; and it has caused huge environmental impacts. Today, the United States military is the world’s largest military, it is also the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases. From the wars waged to the emissions from fighter jets, burn pits, aircraft carriers, tanks, and more. All these activities come with steep environmental and climate costs for local communities and us all.
The film will be screened, followed by a talk with the director. Light refreshments will be served.
Saturday, April 11th
3:00pm-6:00 EDT
Pratt Library - Alumni Reading Room
Pratt Institute - Brooklyn Campus
200 Willoughby Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11205

Registration required via the link in bio! Directions and campus map will be sent to registrants.

Thank you to the Pratt Sustainability Center for its support of this and every Pratt Earth Action Week!

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This Pratt Earth Action Week, join Leaders in Environmental Advocacy at Pratt, City Atlas, Pratt’s Sustainable Environmental Systems program and its Alumni Council for a fun and Energetic Game Night!
We will introduce participants to the general principles and state of energy generation, transmission, regulation, advocacy and use in New York City, and then play a game of Energetic, a future-thinking board game where we navigate future scenarios for The City and region’s energy future, with a goal of reducing carbon emissions and improving access to power and the resilience of our grid.
Light refreshments will be served.
Friday, April 10th
5:00pm-8:00 EDT
Pratt Sustainability Center (ENG 001)
Pratt Institute - Brooklyn Campus
200 Willoughby Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11205

Registration required via the link in bio! Directions and campus map will be sent to registrants.

Thank you to the Pratt Sustainability Center for its support of this and every Pratt Earth Action Week!

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This Pratt Earth Action Week (coordinated by the Pratt Sustainability Center), join Pratt’s Sustainable Environmental Systems program and its Microclimate Assessment for Urban Design class for a participatory walk in North Brooklyn, to uncover relationships between design, microclimate, heat, and health.

NYC summers are already hot and getting hotter; it is imperative that we design cities that are livable for everyone. Join North Brooklyn Parks Alliance and Pratt Institute’s MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems program to discover how city features—from the material used to pave a street to the paint color chosen for a wall—impact the microclimates we experience on just one neighborhood block. On this guided walk in and around McGolrick Park in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, we will measure and sense urban heat perceptions and reflect on how to design a habitable city for human and non-human residents. We will also explore how McGolrick Park’s tree canopy can support community wellbeing now and in the future. Participants will gain hands-on experience with thermal comfort assessment techniques.

Tuesday, April 7th
12:00pm-2:30pm EDT
Msgr. McGolrick Park
Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY

Registration required via the link in bio!

This walkshop is references the work of a Taconic Fellowship grant from the Pratt Center for Community Development.

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UPDATE: Speaker change!
Registration is required. Link in bio!

📽️A film documentary screening — free and open to the public — followed by a panel discussion focused on the privatization of public housing. Panel discussion consists of public housing and land rights advocates.

Tuesday, March 10, 2026
6:00 PM doors open
6:30 PM film screening

Higgins Hall Auditorium
61 Saint James Place
Brooklyn NY 11238

Panelists:
• Chris Banks, City Councilmember, District 42; Deputy Leader, NYC Council; Chair, Committee on Public Housing
• Marquis Jenkins, District Leader, NYS Assembly District 74;
• James Rodriguez, Public housing scholar; Assistant Professor, CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies

Moderated by Natasha Florentino, Filmmaker

A HOME WORTH FIGHTING FOR: The Push to Stop the Demolition of Public Housing in Chelsea
Through the eyes of longtime residents fighting to save their homes, A Home Worth Fighting For, exposes a flawed political process that prioritizes private developers over the preservation of public housing and dismisses calls for transparency. While pitched as resident-driven, the proposed demolition clearly aims to clear valuable land in Chelsea to make way for market rate development on public land. Determined to defend their community, residents organize to resist a profit-driven plan aimed at privatizing public housing.

Natasha Florentino (director, producer, and co-director of photography), Oliver Metzler (co-director of photography), and Jason Alarcòn (editor). Run Time: 40 min.

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Registration required. Register via link in bio!

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📽️A film documentary screening — free and open to the public — followed by a panel discussion focused on the financialization of public housing. Panel discussion consists of public housing and land rights advocates.

Thursday, February 19th, 2026,
6:00 PM doors open
6:30 PM film screening

Pratt Manhattan, room 201
144 West 14th Street, New York, NY 1001

Panelists :
Renee Keitt, President, Elliott-Chelsea Resident Association; FEC Tenants Against Demolition
Layla Law-Gisiko, District Leader, NYS Assembly District 75
Rob Robinson, Adjunct Professor of Urbanism, New School; Community Organizer & Advocate
Chris Marte, NYC Councilmember, Manhattan District 1

Moderated by Natasha Florentino, Filmmaker

A HOME WORTH FIGHTING FOR: The Push to Stop the Demolition of Public Housing in Chelsea
Through the eyes of longtime residents fighting to save their homes, A Home Worth Fighting For, exposes a flawed political process that prioritizes private developers over the preservation of public housing and dismisses calls for transparency. While pitched as resident-driven, the proposed demolition clearly aims to clear valuable land in Chelsea to make way for market rate development on public land. Determined to defend their community, residents organize to resist a profit-driven plan aimed at privatizing public housing.
Natasha Florentino (director, producer, and co-director of photography), Oliver Metzler (co-director of photography), and Jason Alarcòn (editor). Run Time: 40 min.

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After a semester and four studios of community engaged, Pratt Institute’s School of Architecture, Undergraduate Architecture Department, and Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment present the Brooklyn Marin Terminal Alternative Visions Exhibit, in partnership with Resilient Red Hook.

Join us for a series of conversations, workshops and engagement around the creation of a Resilient and Just Red Hook, providing a community informed vision for the Brooklyn Marine Terminal with the community at its heart.

Opening Event:
January 30th, 6pm - 8pm
Register via link in bio!

The show runs through February 20th

Location:
Compère Collective
351 Van Brunt Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231

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As we near the end of the year, many professionals are considering next steps in their careers.

If you’re interested in reinforcing your knowledge and skills for community engaged, interdisciplinary sustainability work, Pratt Institute’s Advanced Certificate in Sustainable Environmental Systems may be right for you.

Applications are still open for a late January, Spring 2026 start!

👆🏽>>> swipe for more

This 9 credit, New York State certified graduate level program is based out of our STEM-designated MS curriculum, and can be taken by current Pratt graduate students or new applicants.

See links in bio for more information and to apply.

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MS in SES Fall 2025 Final Capstone presentations

Join us on December 5th as Fall 2025 graduating students from Pratt Institute’s M.S. in Sustainable Environmental Systems program present their culminating capstone work—research rooted in action, collaboration, and impact.

👆🏽>>> Swipe to see schedule and projects!

Each project represents months of in-depth, client-connected exploration into sustainability challenges across urban resilience, stormwater management, sustainable freight systems, urban heat mitigation, green space equity.

Presentations are open to the public and will be held in hybrid (in person + virtual) format.

Presentations will take place on Friday, December 5th, 5:00-8:30 pm EST:

Angela Neefus
Christopher Hauserman
Ana Paula Viana Hirasawa
Kasturi Sudesh Salvi
Jasmin Malhotra

🌐 Zoom Registration Required, see link in bio!

✉️ In-person attendance is limited to Pratt students, faculty, and invited guests. RSVP via ses@pratt.edu

📍 Location:
Higgins Hall, room HHN 406B
61 St. James Pl., Brooklyn, NY 11238

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Join Pratt Institute’s MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems program and The Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago - India (EPIC India) for an exciting Climate Week NYC 2025 fireside chat on important energy justice topics.

Friday, September 26th, 2025
5:30pm-7:00pm EDT
Pratt Manhattan Campus
144 West 14th St., New York, NY

Registration required via link in bio!

Speakers:

Martha Molfetas
Visiting Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems
Senior Policy Consultant & Writer

Summer Sandoval
Visiting Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems
Community Investment and Implementation Director, USDN

Kaushik Deb
Executive Director, Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC India)

Madison Hertzog
NYC Public Utility Advocate & Policy Advisor, NYC Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice

This will be a dynamic discussion on global and local just energy challenges, solutions, and perspectives with key voices in the just energy transition policy and planning spaces.
Experts working on local and global energy issues will come together to discuss new policy dynamics, systemic and historic barriers in realizing a true Just Transition. This timely discussion will happen during the UN General Assembly and NYC Climate Week 2025, where key climate and energy transition issues will be at the center of next steps for the sustainable development goals and the broader theme of this year’s Climate Week.

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Join Pratt Institute’s MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems, GCPE, and Delta Cities Coastal Resilience advanced interdisciplinary studio as we host the panel discussion, “Brooklyn Marine Terminal Alternative Visions: Resilient and Climate Adaptive Ports.”

Thursday, September 25th, 2025
5:00pm-6:30pm EDT
Virtual (Zoom)

In this virtual panel discussion, practitioners, planners, and community advocates will share their experiences, strategies, and best practices for building sustainable, climate-adaptive ports and advancing a blue/green maritime industry. Together, the speakers will highlight how port infrastructure, freight logistics, and community voices can intersect to shape more resilient and equitable waterfronts — from Red Hook to San Francisco and beyond.

Panelists:
Simon Betsalel, Port of San Francisco
Sandra Rothbard, Freight Matters
Adam Armstrong, A View from the Hook

Registration required via link in bio.

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NYC summers are already hot and getting hotter; it is imperative that we design cities that are livable for everyone.

Join North Brooklyn Parks Alliance and Pratt Institute’s MS in Sustainable Environmental Systems program to discover how city features—from the material used to pave a street to the paint color chosen for a wall—impact the microclimates we experience on just one neighborhood block.

Saturday, September 27th
12:00pm-2:00pm EDT
Msgr. McGolrick Park
Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY

Registration required via the link in bio!

On this guided walk in and around McGolrick Park in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, we will measure and sense urban heat perceptions and reflect on how to design a habitable city for human and non-human residents. We will also explore how McGolrick Park’s tree canopy can support community wellbeing now and in the future. Participants will gain hands-on experience with thermal comfort assessment techniques.

This walkshop is offered in conjunction with a Taconic Fellowship grant from the Pratt Center for Community Development.

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