"In contrast to the short-term atmospheric changes we call weather, climate refers to longer-term variations. We can think of climate as the average weather for a particular region and time period, usually over thirty years." #SCIE8704N www.jstor.org/stable/10.75...

"Weather varies minute to minute, hour to hour, day to day, month to month, and season to season." #SCIE8704N www.jstor.org/stable/10.75...

On Charles David Keeling measuring carbon dioxide contained in air samples from different locations in the 1950s, "what had started as a fun project became a mission with global importance" - Rober Kunzig, Proof Positive from A People's Curriculum for the Earth #SCIE8704N

Cafeteria Culture cafeteriaculture.org

Managing Stormwater in NYC A Teacher’s Guide and Classroom Resource www.nyc.gov/assets/dep/d...

NYC Parks Green Roof www.nycgovparks.org/pagefiles/84...

Interactive Map of MS4 nycdep.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappv...

"A municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) is a publicly-owned conveyance or system of conveyances" www.nyc.gov/site/dep/wat...

"New York City is shaped by water. The waters of the New York City Harbor set boundaries for the City’s boroughs and define our history." www.nyc.gov/assets/dep/d...

Stumbled upon the NYC Water Virtual Tours NYC Watershed! NYC Sewer System! Wastewater Treatment! Stormwater Resilience! New York Harbor! storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/...

Blue Zones (coming soon) #SCIE8703N www.nybg.org/plant-resear...

visionmaker.us/nyc/ #SCIE8703N

Launch the map explorer and add a NYC address to see the previous plants and animals from 1609 www.welikia.org #SCIE8703N

“We get a lot of tours from private schools. We don’t get a lot of tours from public schools” Said to an audience of mostly public school teachers. #SCIE8703N

Green Economy Action Plan #SCIE8703N

NYC by 2040 there will be the potential for 400,000 jobs in green economy #SCIE8703N

Green Economy Action Plan edc.nyc/green-econom... #SCIE8703N

climate.cityofnewyork.us/wp-content/u... climate.cityofnewyork.us/wp-content/u...

140° on the black roof 109° on the white roof 94° on the green roof #SCIE8703N

Types of green roofs Extensive (3 to 6 inches) Intensive (6 plus inches) #SCIE8703N

“In this building if there is a leak on the 1st floor bathroom, they’ll still call and say it is the green roof leaking” #SCIE8703N

After multiple days of being outside at parks in the heat, I am cold indoors, and so thrilled for a freshly made cup of coffee made by Maria, park’s employee for 45 years. Sad that even here staff have a hard time with recycling (there doesn’t seem like there is any composting in the dining space)

Ecosystem services view #SCIE8703N

Benefits of a green roof #SCIE8703N

Blue-Green Roofs can store more water than regular green roofs #SCIE8703N resilio.amsterdam/en/smart-blu...

COMBINED SEWER SYSTEM IN DRY AND WET WEATHER CONDITIONS climate.cityofnewyork.us/wp-content/u... #SCIE8703N

Today I Learned: NYC buildings have a "dead load" capacity. Each green roof is built to handle a certain amount of water. Beyond the capacity, it HAS to drain. Otherwise it will take the soil. Dead loads also involve snow on the roof.

Green roofs can extend the life of the roof #SCIE8703N

Green roof benefits: energy efficiency #SCIE8703N

In NYC, new buildings are supposed to have green roofs. Which can make a building cooler. Buildings of 25000 square feet or bigger #SCIE8703N

Cool Roofs nyc-business.nyc.gov/nycbusiness/... #SCIE8703N

Urban Heat Island affect #SCIE8703N

Green roof benefits #SCIE8703N

Green roofs are based in a German FLL Guide (Forschungsgesellschaft Landschaftsentwicklung Landschaftsbau) #SCIE8703N

Green roofs have existed in history: "Ziggurats of ancient Mesopotamia Hanging Gardens of Babylon Viking Longhouse Traditional Nordic village house Modern green roof was developed in Germany in the 1970s" #SCIE8703N

Green roofs #SCIE8703N

Green roofs! www.nycgovparks.org/greening/sus... #SCIE8703N

The largest electric fleet in the city is with the NYC Parks, 1800 vehicles. The plan is "All on EV by 2030. Can the city grid handle all that power?" -LeRoy Temple Assistant Commissioner for Citywide Services at the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation #SCIE8703N

"73% of carbon emissions [in NYC] come from buildings" - Narendra Paramanand Sustainable Facilties, NYC Parks #SCIE8703N

NYC Parks' Urban Wildlife Calendar www.nycgovparks.org/programs/wil... #SCIE8703N

www.nycgovparks.org/learn #SCIE8703N

“The Forest Management Framework is a roadmap for the next 25 years to invest in and take care of the agency’s 7,300 acres of forested natural areas” #SCIE8703N naturalareasnyc.org/wp-content/u...

"Every data point is a decision... It is a point of human connection to understand better." - @yadananathdesm.bsky.social #SCIE8703N

From: Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment For NYC Wildlife "Climate Projections • Temperature: By the 2050s, NYC's average annual temperature is projected to rise by 6 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit." #SCIE8703N

Does Emma Hancock's Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment For NYC Wildlife exist on a public-facing site? #SCIE8703N

"The WildlifeNYC campaign was created to increase public awareness about the city’s wildlife. These educational activities promote coexistence and are designed to foster awareness and understanding about urban wildlife." #SCIE8703N www.nyc.gov/site/wildlif...

"School curricula have been slow to embrace environmental issues, and short-term interventions in the traditional classroom setting seem to have little impact on long-term pro-environmental shifts" #SCIE8703N www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...

"In the framework of emergence, the whole is a mirror of the parts. Existence is fractal-the health of the cell is the health of the species and the planet." #SCIE8703N Emergent Strategy adriennemareebrown.net/book/emergen...

"a swarm of honeybees, similar to the cells in a human brain, demonstrates a collective intelligence. This collective intelligence is used each year when the colony faces a critical dilemma" #SCIE8703N Learning like Bees url: academic.oup.com/mit-press-sc...