Secret Science Club presents: Dickson Despommier
Jan 12th, 2009 by Jervey
This should be a truly awesome SSC:
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 @ 8 pm
Union Hall’s “Secret Science Club” presents:
Living Skyscrapers-Ecologist Dickson Despommier Re-Envisions the City
Step into the great glass elevator . . . the Secret Science Club is heading skyward with microbiologist and ecologist Dickson Despommier, whose ambitious project to create vertical farms in urban skyscrapers could radically re-vision the way we live-and eat.
A professor of environmental science and public health at Columbia University, Dr. Despommier asks:
–How might urban sky farms reduce global warming, and give “eating local” a whole new meaning?
–What technologies and architectural designs could work in vertical farms?
–How did studying parasites in underdeveloped countries lead to his concept for living skyscrapers?
Dr. Despommier’s provocative ideas for re-thinking agriculture and land use have been the subject of recent articles in the New York Times, Time Magazine, New York Magazine, and Scientific American. Don’t miss this tall tale . . .
Before & After
– Groove to towering tunes and vaulting video in Union Hall’s subterranean grotto
– Stick around for the lofty Q&A
– And try our stratospheric new cocktail: the Mile Highball (you won’t be vertical for long . . .)
The “Secret Science Club” meets Tuesday, January 13 at 8 p.m. in the basement @ Union Hall, 702 Union St. (at 5th Ave.) in Park Slope, Brooklyn, p: 718.638.4400 Web: unionhallny.com Subway: R to Union St.; F to 4th Ave.; Q, 2, 3, 4, 5 to Atlantic Ave.
No cover charge. Just bring your smart self.
Our venue fills up fast! Come early to get a seat.
Doors open at 7:30. LIMITED SEATS AVAILABLE.
PLEASE BRING ID: 21 and over only.
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