Tisch Earth Month April 2023

Celebrate Earth Month!

Celebrate Earth Month with NYU Tisch School of the Arts and NYU's 2040 Now initiative in a series of events focused on creative methods to promote sustainability, environmental awareness, and community engagement. Join us in these faculty-led activities throughout the month of April!

2040 NOW; Take Climate Action

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Tuesday April 18

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    9:30AM-12PM Climate Script Pitch Booth

    Climate Script Pitch Booth. Join us for some low-stakes fun to promote the power of storytelling in addressing climate change. Pitch your climate change script idea to a team of storytellers experienced in dramatic writing and invested in scripts that address climate change. Open to everyone.

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Thursday April 20

Friday April 21

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    1pm-2pm Projects from the Anthropocene: On Climate Change, Space, and Time

    Department of Photography and Imaging

    In her lecture, Würfel presents a selection of photography projects from the Anthropocene, addressing climate change, space, and time. Her most recent project, “Forests in the Anthropocene,” explores the impacts of global warming on U.S. forests. Location: NYU Tisch School of the Arts at 721 Broadway, Room 804

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  • Flyer of the event with text with data visuals and the following text "The 2023 OpenAir Carbon Removal Challenge is a worldwide challenge for students to create new processes, approaches and prototypes to remove carbon from the land, waters, or air. This year, there are student teams from 28 universites and colleges, from as many cities. We have over 20 mentors, judges, and advisors from a diverse range of backgrounds, and several informative webinars on topics like Intro to CDR, lifecycle analysis, scalability, fund raising, and beyond. We also have over a dozen partners and sponsors who have brought the Challenge to life."

    5:30pm-8pm The 2023 OpenAir Carbon Removal Challenge Showcase

    NYU Game Center

    The OpenAir Carbon Removal Challenge is an international challenge for higher education students to create new processes, approaches, and prototypes to remove carbon from the environment. This showcase features presentations from the finalist teams who will travel to NYU from around the world.

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Saturday April 22

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    Green Violet Script Call

    Department of Dramatic Writing

    Green Violet Script Call – Open to all Tisch students and staff. Write a script (10-120 pages) for the stage or screen that addresses climate change. The three most compelling scripts win a cash prize and professional script consultation. Deadline April 22, 2023 (11:59pm).

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