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When a Conversation Inspires Action 2

In June of 2015, I invited a group of climate experts and creatives (artists, performers, writers) in Marseille, France, to come together...

Human Impact Stories Marseille <<Climate Connections>>

June 2015 Launch of the Human Impact Stories program at the French Consulate, NYC How do we inspire people to take climate action? What...

Trash-canning our Water

“Well, this is basically a trash can,” noted Arif Ullah, rainwater harvesting aficionado and Director of Programs at Citizens Committee f...

Celebrating our Climate sHeros!

What is ‘the climate’? Via Dictionary.com: “the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pre...

Bugging Out with the NYC Compost Project!

E=MC2. That is, Energy (in the form of dirt) = Much Composting. Or...something like that. Point is - there’s a lot of energy and movement...

HII’s 2015 Summer Series Kick-Off!

Human Impacts Institute is excited to have kicked-off its 2015 East River State Park Summer Series! The fabulous folks from Brooklyn Day ...

(River)Keeping It Clean

From Albany to the mouth of the New York Harbor, hundreds of volunteers got together as part of Riverkeeper’s 4th Annual Beach Sweep on S...

Health, Toxins, and Consumer Advocacy: HII’s workshop series on how we can live healthier lives and

On Saturday, March 14, the Human Impacts Institute held the last of four workshops on health, toxins, and consumer advocacy. The workshop...

Why that ‘Pine-Fresh’ Scent May be Making you Sick - and what you can do about it

Did you know that the average U.S. home has 63 different kinds of synthetic chemicals (or about 10 gallons) in their home, many of which ...

Getting the ToxINs ToxOUT of our Systems

The Arctic conditions last Saturday did not deter several participants from attending the first of four Human Impact Institute (HII) work...

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