Aaron Donovan

The New York Academy of Sciences Environmental Sciences Section and Green Science and Sustainability Program, the Sallan Foundation and the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund will host an address by a senior member of Governor Spitzer's team about his strategic approach to the environmental, energy and climate challenges facing New York. The address will be a major opportunity for the public to learn about the Governor's plans. As well, it will provide the chance to join the discussion about comprehensive workable solutions that will call for informed, in-depth information sharing among elected officials, policy planners, scientists and the public.

Call congestion pricing supporters to drum up enthusiasm at a critical moment.

Help hand out flyers promoting congestion pricing. The more people who sign up the more ground we can cover.

Help hand out flyers promoting congestion pricing. The more people who sign up the more ground we can cover. For those who arrive after 5, call Wiley at 646-422-9614 for the latest location.

Help post flyers promoting congestion pricing. The more people who sign up the more ground we can cover. For those who arrive after 5, call Wiley at 646-422-9614 for the latest location.

Transportation Alternatives is planning a massive organizing effort to win congestion pricing, but they need boots on the ground to make it happen. Join T.A. at their first volunteer night for congestion pricing activists. They will lay out their street outreach, phone banking and organizing for the fall. Bring your calendars as they develop their five-borough strategy. Dinner provided!

Remarks by Peter Marcotullio, Distinguished Lecturer at Hunter College, City University of New York. He is also Adjunct Senior Fellow, at the United Nations University, Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS). His research has focused on urban environmental transitions and globalization and urban change (with a focus on the Asia Pacific), ecosystem approaches to urban and regional environmental planning, and the impacts of urbanization on the environment.

Assemble For Rights NYC will join with LGBT groups to protest City Council Speaker Christine Quinn's Endorsement of the NYPD's Parade Permit Rules.

Photo: NY Post

Interested in a more community-oriented way of living while still having privacy and owning your own home? Then you may be interested in Cohousing. National expert and co-author of "The Cohousing Handbook: Building a Place for Community", Chris ScottHanson is coming from Seattle to give a free talk and slideshow about Cohousing communities around the country.