Category Archives: Creative Expression

Read about the latest Human Impacts Institute creative expression projects and events.

Re-envisioning the NYC Waterfront

On August 3rd, 2012, Human Impacts Institute (HII), the youth environmental leaders went to the Gantry State Park in Long Island City, West Queens, to participate in Creative Sustainability Outreach. The restored gantries in the park, once used to load … Continue reading

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NYC Salon Premier!

What do you get when an environmental lawyer, a birth doula, a visual artist, and a dancer come together to discuss the environment? You get an inspirational, interactive, and unique experience. On June 21st, Human Impacts Institute hosted its first … Continue reading

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The Way of Water… Our Way to the Future

In April of 2012, the Human Impacts Institute was invited to be guest panelists for a NYC reading of the new play about the 2010 Deep Horizon Oil Spill, environmental justice, and family hardship: The Way of Water. The Way … Continue reading

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People Unite Future We Want: December 2011

On Friday, December 16, 2011, the Human Impacts Institute and the MobilizeUS! coalition held the event “People Unite for the Future We Want,” which brought people together from around New York City and the world at locations around the City … Continue reading

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A Meditation on Climate

As part of Climate Week NYC, the Human Impacts Institute launched its Ten Days of Climate Action.  The goal of the Ten Days was to use creative art installations around varying topics concerning climate change to inspire curiosity and conversations with passers-by on often … Continue reading

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Climate Guilt and Roller Skates

As part of Climate Week NYC, the Human Impacts Institute launched its Ten Days of Climate Action.  The goal of the Ten Days was to use creative art installations around varying topics concerning climate change to inspire curiosity and conversations with passers-by on often … Continue reading

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Moving Planet NYC

As part of Climate Week NYC, the Human Impacts Institute launched its Ten Days of Climate Action.  The goal of the Ten Days was to use creative art installations around varying topics concerning climate change to inspire curiosity and conversations with passers-by on often … Continue reading

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Dancing the Urban Heat Island Effect

As part of Climate Week NYC, the Human Impacts Institute launched its Ten Days of Climate Action.  The goal of the Ten Days was to use creative art installations around varying topics concerning climate change to inspire curiosity and conversations with passers-by on often … Continue reading

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Vulnerability, Climate Change and Oceans

As part of Climate Week NYC, the Human Impacts Institute launched its Ten Days of Climate Action.  The goal of the Ten Days was to use creative art installations around varying topics concerning climate change to inspire curiosity and conversations with passers-by on often … Continue reading

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A Response to Climate Skeptics

As part of Climate Week NYC, the Human Impacts Institute launched its Ten Days of Climate Action.  The goal of the Ten Days was to use creative art installations around varying topics concerning climate change to inspire curiosity and conversations with passers-by on often … Continue reading

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