Continuing Education

This exciting series of lectures and courses further introduces SJC Brooklyn's scholars and their passions into the intellectual ecosystem that is Clinton Hill and Fort Greene. With a limited run and at a modest cost, these courses operate at the nexus of personal edification, thoughtful conversation and engaged community.

SPRING 2020 CLIMATE AND SUSTAINABILITY LECTURE SERIES

The Fate of North America’s Birds in a Changing Climate: Survival by Degrees

Tuesday, March 3 at 7 p.m.
Free

Tuohy Hall Auditorium
SJC Brooklyn, 245 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205

Brooke Bateman is the Senior (Climate) Scientist at the National Audubon Society. Brooke leads the climate science team at Audubon, collaborating with scientists, volunteers, and Audubon’s Climate Initiative team to develop research focused on climate and the conservation of birds and the places they need today and in the future.

 

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Turning the Tide on Plastic Pollution

Wednesday, April 8 at 12:40 p.m.
Free

Tuohy Hall Student Lounge
SJC Brooklyn, 245 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205

Anja Tyson
Fashion Sales Director at TIPA, a company specializing in compostable, flexible packaging

Anja Tyson worked in luxury and emerging designers fashion for 15 years before pivoting to apply her industry knowledge and skill set to the plastic pollution crisis, helping brands and companies around the world do their part to halt and reverse the damage of our current climate emergency.