Tishman Environment and Design Center
@tishmancenter.bsky.social
📍New York City
The New School
We foster design, policy & social justice solutions for environmental issues.
#SustainableTNS
The New School
We foster design, policy & social justice solutions for environmental issues.
#SustainableTNS
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In 2025, we provided technical assistance to two statewide environmental justice coalitions and eleven frontline groups to advance Cumulative Impacts (CI) policies.
✅ Learn more from the Cumulative Impacts Hub: bit.ly/TishmanCenterCIHub
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✅ Learn more from the Cumulative Impacts Hub: bit.ly/TishmanCenterCIHub
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December 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
In 2025, we provided technical assistance to two statewide environmental justice coalitions and eleven frontline groups to advance Cumulative Impacts (CI) policies.
✅ Learn more from the Cumulative Impacts Hub: bit.ly/TishmanCenterCIHub
🔗 INVEST IN THIS WORK: bit.ly/SupportTishmanCenter
✅ Learn more from the Cumulative Impacts Hub: bit.ly/TishmanCenterCIHub
🔗 INVEST IN THIS WORK: bit.ly/SupportTishmanCenter
This was a year of disruptions and renewed solidarity.
The Tishman Environment and Design Center (Tishman Center), as well as our closest partners, remained committed to leading research and design that protects and secures thriving, healthy communities.
bit.ly/SupportTishmanCenter
The Tishman Environment and Design Center (Tishman Center), as well as our closest partners, remained committed to leading research and design that protects and secures thriving, healthy communities.
bit.ly/SupportTishmanCenter
December 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
This was a year of disruptions and renewed solidarity.
The Tishman Environment and Design Center (Tishman Center), as well as our closest partners, remained committed to leading research and design that protects and secures thriving, healthy communities.
bit.ly/SupportTishmanCenter
The Tishman Environment and Design Center (Tishman Center), as well as our closest partners, remained committed to leading research and design that protects and secures thriving, healthy communities.
bit.ly/SupportTishmanCenter
“The climate crisis comes in cycles... So if you are a weaver, if you’re a connector, if you’re a builder, we need to strengthen those ties and now is the moment to do that.”
- Dr. Ana Isabel Baptista
Director
Tishman Environment & Design Center
at The New School
🔗 bit.ly/2025_Impact_Report
- Dr. Ana Isabel Baptista
Director
Tishman Environment & Design Center
at The New School
🔗 bit.ly/2025_Impact_Report
December 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
“The climate crisis comes in cycles... So if you are a weaver, if you’re a connector, if you’re a builder, we need to strengthen those ties and now is the moment to do that.”
- Dr. Ana Isabel Baptista
Director
Tishman Environment & Design Center
at The New School
🔗 bit.ly/2025_Impact_Report
- Dr. Ana Isabel Baptista
Director
Tishman Environment & Design Center
at The New School
🔗 bit.ly/2025_Impact_Report
#RP IG: thelupinecollaborative - Co-edited by Erin Sharkey & Aronson Scholar Grace Anderson
Calling for submissions from Black AND Queer people from across the diaspora.
Deadline: March 1, 2026
thelupinecollaborative.org/callforsubmissions
Questions: [email protected]
Calling for submissions from Black AND Queer people from across the diaspora.
Deadline: March 1, 2026
thelupinecollaborative.org/callforsubmissions
Questions: [email protected]
December 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM
#RP IG: thelupinecollaborative - Co-edited by Erin Sharkey & Aronson Scholar Grace Anderson
Calling for submissions from Black AND Queer people from across the diaspora.
Deadline: March 1, 2026
thelupinecollaborative.org/callforsubmissions
Questions: [email protected]
Calling for submissions from Black AND Queer people from across the diaspora.
Deadline: March 1, 2026
thelupinecollaborative.org/callforsubmissions
Questions: [email protected]
Proud to share this #GAIA25 anniversary video celebrating 25 years of movement-
building. Click play and share! youtu.be/FHekn5STmSA
#NoBurn #BurnNot #GoForZeroWaste #GAIA25 #PowerofMovementBuilding
building. Click play and share! youtu.be/FHekn5STmSA
#NoBurn #BurnNot #GoForZeroWaste #GAIA25 #PowerofMovementBuilding
GAIA's 25th Anniversary: Power of Movement-Building
25 years of community.
25 years of movement-building.
25 years of power.
▶️Our new video celebrates our collective achievements at GAIA, from our earliest days to a global network of over 1,000…
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Proud to share this #GAIA25 anniversary video celebrating 25 years of movement-
building. Click play and share! youtu.be/FHekn5STmSA
#NoBurn #BurnNot #GoForZeroWaste #GAIA25 #PowerofMovementBuilding
building. Click play and share! youtu.be/FHekn5STmSA
#NoBurn #BurnNot #GoForZeroWaste #GAIA25 #PowerofMovementBuilding
Our office reopens on January 5, 2026, and we look forward to being in touch in the new year.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Our office reopens on January 5, 2026, and we look forward to being in touch in the new year.
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What does powering up communities look like in practice?
Take a look at 2025 at a Glance
📣$6M in philanthropic funding activated to build climate resiliency in the Midwest and California
📣60 new organizations and artists participated in the Disrupt Design Community, scaling culture and solutions
Take a look at 2025 at a Glance
📣$6M in philanthropic funding activated to build climate resiliency in the Midwest and California
📣60 new organizations and artists participated in the Disrupt Design Community, scaling culture and solutions
December 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
What does powering up communities look like in practice?
Take a look at 2025 at a Glance
📣$6M in philanthropic funding activated to build climate resiliency in the Midwest and California
📣60 new organizations and artists participated in the Disrupt Design Community, scaling culture and solutions
Take a look at 2025 at a Glance
📣$6M in philanthropic funding activated to build climate resiliency in the Midwest and California
📣60 new organizations and artists participated in the Disrupt Design Community, scaling culture and solutions
#RP
Special issue on #cumulativeimpacts now available in the journal, Environmental Justice.
Check it out here: bit.ly/EJIssue-CumulativeImpacts
Special issue on #cumulativeimpacts now available in the journal, Environmental Justice.
Check it out here: bit.ly/EJIssue-CumulativeImpacts
December 19, 2025 at 1:45 AM
#RP
Special issue on #cumulativeimpacts now available in the journal, Environmental Justice.
Check it out here: bit.ly/EJIssue-CumulativeImpacts
Special issue on #cumulativeimpacts now available in the journal, Environmental Justice.
Check it out here: bit.ly/EJIssue-CumulativeImpacts
📢WE ARE HIRING: FINANCIAL OPERATIONS MANAGER📢
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December 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
📢WE ARE HIRING: FINANCIAL OPERATIONS MANAGER📢
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As we wrap up 2025, we want to 🔊AMPLIFY🔊 OUR COMMUNITY'S WISDOM: bit.ly/poweringupcommunities
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December 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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December 16, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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NEW BLOG: Tishman Center Student Spotlight bit.ly/POVBlogClimateWeek
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#TishmanCenter20 #EJDisruptDesign #CenteringJustice #EJisDemocracy #ClimateJustice #EnvironmentalJustice #PoweringUpCommunities
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#TishmanCenter20 #EJDisruptDesign #CenteringJustice #EJisDemocracy #ClimateJustice #EnvironmentalJustice #PoweringUpCommunities
December 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
NEW BLOG: Tishman Center Student Spotlight bit.ly/POVBlogClimateWeek
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#TishmanCenter20 #EJDisruptDesign #CenteringJustice #EJisDemocracy #ClimateJustice #EnvironmentalJustice #PoweringUpCommunities
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#TishmanCenter20 #EJDisruptDesign #CenteringJustice #EJisDemocracy #ClimateJustice #EnvironmentalJustice #PoweringUpCommunities
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December 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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👏 MEET THE 2025-2026 ARONSON SCHOLARS
Check the comments for their bio!
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#AronsonScholarship #TishmanCenter #EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateJustice #Sustainability #DesignForJustice #TheNewSchool #Scholarships #StudentOpportunities
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#AronsonScholarship #TishmanCenter #EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateJustice #Sustainability #DesignForJustice #TheNewSchool #Scholarships #StudentOpportunities
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
👏 MEET THE 2025-2026 ARONSON SCHOLARS
Check the comments for their bio!
Support Our Work: bit.ly/SupportTishmanCenter
#AronsonScholarship #TishmanCenter #EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateJustice #Sustainability #DesignForJustice #TheNewSchool #Scholarships #StudentOpportunities
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#AronsonScholarship #TishmanCenter #EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateJustice #Sustainability #DesignForJustice #TheNewSchool #Scholarships #StudentOpportunities
📢Highlighting Tishman Center EJ Fellow Alegna Malavé-Marrero, Founder of Murciélagos Beach Defenders
The WOW Virtual Summit is envisioned as a dynamic platform to celebrate, connect, and empower women working across all dimensions of the “blue world.”
🗓️December 10-11, 2025
👉bit.ly/WOWVirtualSummit
The WOW Virtual Summit is envisioned as a dynamic platform to celebrate, connect, and empower women working across all dimensions of the “blue world.”
🗓️December 10-11, 2025
👉bit.ly/WOWVirtualSummit
December 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
📢Highlighting Tishman Center EJ Fellow Alegna Malavé-Marrero, Founder of Murciélagos Beach Defenders
The WOW Virtual Summit is envisioned as a dynamic platform to celebrate, connect, and empower women working across all dimensions of the “blue world.”
🗓️December 10-11, 2025
👉bit.ly/WOWVirtualSummit
The WOW Virtual Summit is envisioned as a dynamic platform to celebrate, connect, and empower women working across all dimensions of the “blue world.”
🗓️December 10-11, 2025
👉bit.ly/WOWVirtualSummit
This Giving Tuesday, we’re inviting our community to invest in environmental justice by supporting the Tishman Environment and Design Center.
Your generosity sustains the future we are building together to nurture joy, culture, and collective power.
Give Today: bit.ly/SupportTishmanCenter
Your generosity sustains the future we are building together to nurture joy, culture, and collective power.
Give Today: bit.ly/SupportTishmanCenter
December 2, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This Giving Tuesday, we’re inviting our community to invest in environmental justice by supporting the Tishman Environment and Design Center.
Your generosity sustains the future we are building together to nurture joy, culture, and collective power.
Give Today: bit.ly/SupportTishmanCenter
Your generosity sustains the future we are building together to nurture joy, culture, and collective power.
Give Today: bit.ly/SupportTishmanCenter
Clean air and a livable planet are not a privilege. They are our rights! #JusticeisintheAir #ThePeoplesEPA
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➡️ Tell your reps to stand-up to the administration's gutting of the EPA
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➡️ Tell your reps to stand-up to the administration's gutting of the EPA
December 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Clean air and a livable planet are not a privilege. They are our rights! #JusticeisintheAir #ThePeoplesEPA
TAKE ACTION
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➡️ Tell your reps to stand-up to the administration's gutting of the EPA
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➡️ Tell your reps to stand-up to the administration's gutting of the EPA
#repost 🙌🏽 @summerlee.bsky.social PA State Representative, Maria I Lopez-Nunez, Co-Founder, Agency amplifying #environmentaljustice community voices
November 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
#repost 🙌🏽 @summerlee.bsky.social PA State Representative, Maria I Lopez-Nunez, Co-Founder, Agency amplifying #environmentaljustice community voices
DEFEND, DESIGN, AND REBUILD FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
READ THE FULL STRATEGIC PLAN: bit.ly/2025-2027StrategicPlan
READ THE FULL STRATEGIC PLAN: bit.ly/2025-2027StrategicPlan
November 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
DEFEND, DESIGN, AND REBUILD FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
READ THE FULL STRATEGIC PLAN: bit.ly/2025-2027StrategicPlan
READ THE FULL STRATEGIC PLAN: bit.ly/2025-2027StrategicPlan
📣 Amplify Courageous Storytellers, Narratives, and Solutions 📣
For Maria Lopez-Nunez, Co-Founder of Agency, the People’s Hearing Tour reinforces a core truth: this work must start and end with people.
READ THE FULL ARTICLE: bit.ly/ThePeoplesHearing-MotherJones
For Maria Lopez-Nunez, Co-Founder of Agency, the People’s Hearing Tour reinforces a core truth: this work must start and end with people.
READ THE FULL ARTICLE: bit.ly/ThePeoplesHearing-MotherJones
November 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
📣 Amplify Courageous Storytellers, Narratives, and Solutions 📣
For Maria Lopez-Nunez, Co-Founder of Agency, the People’s Hearing Tour reinforces a core truth: this work must start and end with people.
READ THE FULL ARTICLE: bit.ly/ThePeoplesHearing-MotherJones
For Maria Lopez-Nunez, Co-Founder of Agency, the People’s Hearing Tour reinforces a core truth: this work must start and end with people.
READ THE FULL ARTICLE: bit.ly/ThePeoplesHearing-MotherJones
Join the National People's Hearings Tour in Pittsburgh, a 2-day public expression of testimonies, solutions, & cultural celebration.
bit.ly/ThePeoplesHearingPA
bit.ly/NationalPeoplesHearingTour
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November 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Join the National People's Hearings Tour in Pittsburgh, a 2-day public expression of testimonies, solutions, & cultural celebration.
bit.ly/ThePeoplesHearingPA
bit.ly/NationalPeoplesHearingTour
bit.ly/ThePeoplesHearingNC
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#rp Tishman Center EJ Fellows Denise Abdul-Rahman and Jorden Giger
Black Sunlight Sustainability
Black Lives Matter- South Bend
NAACP
Pan African Climate Justice Alliance(PACJA)
Co-Redes Negras
For media inquiries or participation details, please contact: [email protected]
Black Sunlight Sustainability
Black Lives Matter- South Bend
NAACP
Pan African Climate Justice Alliance(PACJA)
Co-Redes Negras
For media inquiries or participation details, please contact: [email protected]
November 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
#rp Tishman Center EJ Fellows Denise Abdul-Rahman and Jorden Giger
Black Sunlight Sustainability
Black Lives Matter- South Bend
NAACP
Pan African Climate Justice Alliance(PACJA)
Co-Redes Negras
For media inquiries or participation details, please contact: [email protected]
Black Sunlight Sustainability
Black Lives Matter- South Bend
NAACP
Pan African Climate Justice Alliance(PACJA)
Co-Redes Negras
For media inquiries or participation details, please contact: [email protected]
👏 APPLICATION CLOSED!
Thank you to all who applied to advance solutions to the most pressing sustainability challenges facing the world today.
📬 Awardees will be notified in early December 2025 via email.
💌Questions? Email: [email protected]
Subject: Questions* Aronson Scholarship 2025
Thank you to all who applied to advance solutions to the most pressing sustainability challenges facing the world today.
📬 Awardees will be notified in early December 2025 via email.
💌Questions? Email: [email protected]
Subject: Questions* Aronson Scholarship 2025
November 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
👏 APPLICATION CLOSED!
Thank you to all who applied to advance solutions to the most pressing sustainability challenges facing the world today.
📬 Awardees will be notified in early December 2025 via email.
💌Questions? Email: [email protected]
Subject: Questions* Aronson Scholarship 2025
Thank you to all who applied to advance solutions to the most pressing sustainability challenges facing the world today.
📬 Awardees will be notified in early December 2025 via email.
💌Questions? Email: [email protected]
Subject: Questions* Aronson Scholarship 2025
REMINDER TO APPLY: Aronson Scholarship
💰 $4,000+ award for graduate students at The New School
*TNS Faculty Mentors:
Faculty mentors will be compensated at the negotiated rate for either the Full-Time or Part-Time Faculty rate for 6 hours of mentorship.
APPLY NOW! bit.ly/aronson-application
💰 $4,000+ award for graduate students at The New School
*TNS Faculty Mentors:
Faculty mentors will be compensated at the negotiated rate for either the Full-Time or Part-Time Faculty rate for 6 hours of mentorship.
APPLY NOW! bit.ly/aronson-application
November 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
REMINDER TO APPLY: Aronson Scholarship
💰 $4,000+ award for graduate students at The New School
*TNS Faculty Mentors:
Faculty mentors will be compensated at the negotiated rate for either the Full-Time or Part-Time Faculty rate for 6 hours of mentorship.
APPLY NOW! bit.ly/aronson-application
💰 $4,000+ award for graduate students at The New School
*TNS Faculty Mentors:
Faculty mentors will be compensated at the negotiated rate for either the Full-Time or Part-Time Faculty rate for 6 hours of mentorship.
APPLY NOW! bit.ly/aronson-application
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Help us raise $1,300 for direct relief funds to Cebu. Each donation enters you to win a raffle item.
The Philippines has been hit by multiple storms, earthquakes and most recently the devastating Typhoon Tino and Uwan.
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Help us raise $1,300 for direct relief funds to Cebu. Each donation enters you to win a raffle item.
The Philippines has been hit by multiple storms, earthquakes and most recently the devastating Typhoon Tino and Uwan.
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
bit.ly/484z9fj
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Help us raise $1,300 for direct relief funds to Cebu. Each donation enters you to win a raffle item.
The Philippines has been hit by multiple storms, earthquakes and most recently the devastating Typhoon Tino and Uwan.
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Help us raise $1,300 for direct relief funds to Cebu. Each donation enters you to win a raffle item.
The Philippines has been hit by multiple storms, earthquakes and most recently the devastating Typhoon Tino and Uwan.