Sandra Goldmark is the keynote speaker for Renewing Fashion: Clean Energy and the Circular Economy where a panel, featuring industry leaders spearheading fashion’s clean and circular transition, will address the most pressing challenges, including phasing out fossil fuels, curbing oversupply, scaling up fabric recycling, aligning policy with industry goals, and financing the transition. They will also explore best practices and strategies aimed at creating a sustainable and net-positive future for fashion.

Sandra Goldmark is leading the Food and Fashion Fusion Sustainability Challenge for students designer and chefs that will take place throughout the Forward Food and Fashion Event where leaders from the food and fashion sectors will be brought together to exchange insights, share best practices, and showcase solutions addressing sustainability and climate change.

Sandra Goldmark is a speaker at the event Climate and Leadership: Green Jobs in partnership with Jacob's Ladder Africa and the Columbia Climate School, they will host an insightful conversation that will explore the essential role of leadership in tackling the interconnected challenges of climate change and unemployment in Africa, during New York Climate Week 2024.

Sandra Goldmark is master of ceremonies for the full day of the Sustainability Summit NYC were policymakers, international organizations, and the private sector will all be present in with a global audience watching. The Consulate General of Denmark in New York is hosting the annual Sustainability Summit NYC during Climate Week.

This course, developed in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), explores the application of Circular Economy (CE) practices in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The course focuses on ‘how’ and ‘why’ circular economy principles will be critical to achieving the goal of the 2030 Agenda - sustainable development for all.  

What do we need to infuse climate into our courses? Sandra Goldmark (Barnard College and Columbia Climate School) discusses climate-responsive teaching in almost any discipline at the MIT Speaker Series: Teaching + Learning Lab. She shares her experiences incorporating climate concepts into her theatre courses; expanding climate teaching at Barnard College; and piloting a Climate Ready curriculum at the Columbia Climate School. Participants were invited to share their own interdisciplinary climate teaching experiences and provide feedback on the Climate Ready framework.

From theater addressing overconsumption to a new Climate School at Columbia University, diverse expertise from repair to dentistry is crucial for meaningful change. Sandra Goldmark speaks at Connecticut College’s Sound Lab Foundation Lecture, advocating for radical interdisciplinary collaboration to build effective climate responses. How can you bring your individual or organizational superpowers to the climate table?

This course, developed in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), explores the application of Circular Economy (CE) practices in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The course focuses on ‘how’ and ‘why’ circular economy principles will be critical to achieving the goal of the 2030 Agenda - sustainable development for all.  

https://www.unssc.org/courses/circular-economy-and-2030-agenda/

Sandra Goldmark, of Barnard College and the Columbia Climate School, explores how the everyday objects in our homes connect us to each other, and to the global system of production and consumption. Drawing from her book, Fixation: How to Have Stuff without Breaking the Planet, and ranging from her experiences backstage in the theatre to repairing thousands of objects in her pop-up repair shops, Goldmark helps us see our “stuff” with fresh eyes and makes a compelling case for a less wasteful and more equitable way forward.

More information can be found here.

Barnard College teamed up with Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, and the Columbia Climate School to host a city-wide celebration of the powerful sustainability practice known as circularity. Circularity Means: We Share, We Reuse, We Repair, and We Build a More Sustainable, Equitable, Resilient City.

On March 10, 2023, we celebrated Circularity Day NYC 2023 to highlight local circularity champions and announce new initiatives to identify and support New York’s small businesses, community organizations, and schools, leading the way to a more circular and equitable New York.

In advance of NYC’s first-ever Circularity Day, Sandra Goldmark partnered with The NYC Department of Education’s Office of Sustainability to host a webinar breaking down circular strategies and how to leverage them within NYC’s school system.

Sandra Goldmark was invited by the One Health organization at Delaware Valley university to discuss circularity and sustainability as facets of “One Health,” a triad of well-being metrics for people, planet, and society.

Taipei National University of the Arts (TNUA), the first arts university in Taiwan, is a leading contemporary arts institution in Asia. Marking the 40th anniversary of the university, “TNUA 40th Anniversary: Initiating Art and Sustainability” will conduct an online “TNUA 40th Anniversary Forum: Art and Sustainability” conference in December 2022.

As part of Bloomberg’s 2022 Sustainable Business Summit, Sandra Goldmark spoke about how Circularity is a powerful and cost-effective strategy for emissions reduction and can create meaningful progress towards sustainability goals at the global scale.

As part of a daylong symposium hosted by the New York Society of Cosmetic Chemists, Sustainability: Green Chemistry, Upcycling, Biodiversity, Social Progress, Circularity, Sandra Goldmark spoke about “Circularity 101 and Reshaping Consumer Expectations” for an audience of chemists.

This course, developed in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), explores the application of Circular Economy (CE) practices in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The course focuses on ‘how’ and ‘why’ circular economy principles will be critical to achieving the goal of the 2030 Agenda - sustainable development for all.   

https://www.unssc.org/courses/circular-economy-and-2030-agenda/

During NYC Climate Week, join the Barnard College Office of Sustainability and the Columbia Climate School with The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, and Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine for a symposium on harnessing circularity to build powerful, community-driven responses to the climate crisis. Enjoy a panel discussion, breakout sessions with facilitated conversations, a keynote address from Mark Levine, and ample networking opportunities while learning about how to make lasting and equitable changes in three key sectors where an adoption of circular practices is necessary: science, business, and community.

Creating worlds onstage and making predictions with climate models are two very different ways of imagining and depicting the future, but both hold the power to awe, to inspire, and to shape our actions today. Join us on Thursday, July 21, before a performance of Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival's production of Mr. Burns – a "post-electric play" about a not-so-distant apocalyptic future – for a panel discussion with Climate School and HVSF leaders. This intersection of alternative futures will form the basis of a great conversation about art, science, and The Simpsons. 

Buy tickets here!

Join this webinar to hear speakers from Daystar University in Kenya and Columbia University in the United States that will share their examples of climate action through a higher education context. In particular, discussion will focus on both how climate action can engage the private sector and be mindful of the imperative for economic growth, and how young people are motivated by and shaping responses to climate change.

Presented by USAID's YouthPower 2: Learning and Evaluation Activity, the Business, Entrepreneurship, and Private Sector Engagement (BEPSE) and Higher Education Engagement and Transformation (HEET) Community of Practice (CoP), a group of youth, practitioners in youth-serving organizations, and policymakers.

Since founding Fixup, a pop-up repair shop that was covered by The New York Times, BBC, The Wall Street Journal, Salon, New York Public Radio, and more, Sandra Goldmark has become a leader in the movement to demand better "stuff." She doesn't just want to help us clear clutter—she aims to move us away from a throwaway culture, teach us to reuse and repurpose more thoughtfully, inspire companies to transform their business models, and urge policy makers to incentivize circularity at all levels. Although her goal is ambitious, the solution to getting there is surprisingly simple and involves all of us: have good stuff, not too much, mostly reclaimed, care for it, and pass it on.

Thursday, May 5, 2022: 2-4PM EDT

At this panel discussion, hear from three circular economy innovators on how they've built their circularity startups, attracted investors, and calculated impact. After the panel, stay and geek out on an open-house style tour of several Scope 3 circularity tools!

Link to register:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/circular-startups-founders-on-measuring-impact-tickets-298538565887

Link to Circular City Week event calendar: https://www.circularcityweek.com/events2022 

Inspired by the work in the exhibition Tomás Saraceno: Particular Matter(s), this panel discussion surveys artistic and scientific frameworks for research, experimentation, and theorizing. For artists, scientists, and thinkers who depend on interdisciplinary collaboration, what possibilities does this approach allow for unlocking meaning and a path forward to a fossil fuel–free future, what Saraceno and his collaborators call the Aerocene community and era. How does an interdisciplinary perspective allow us to imagine possible just and safe futures?

With: Molly Nesbit, Caroline A. Jones, Kate Marvel, and moderated by Sandra Goldmark.

https://theshed.org/program/238-invention-experimentation-and-radical-imagination

March 24, 2022

This course developed in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) explores the application of Circular Economy (CE) practices in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The course focuses on ‘how’ and ‘why’ circular economy principles will be critical to achieving the goal of the 2030 Agenda - sustainable development for all.   

https://www.unssc.org/courses/circular-economy-and-2030-agenda/

Barnard's Director of Sustainability Sandra Goldmark will introduce a fantastic event with Grist and the Columbia Climate School, tonight 12/6. 

The live show will feature an evening of music, art, and live storytelling. These stories will be an exploration of stories on the power of mentorship in climate justice work, and how mentorship can and must change to make the space more inclusive and accessible. 

Register here

In this session, visionary practitioners will provide their perspectives on how partnerships are key to understanding and solving tomorrow’s challenges. The session will also bring into focus how we can work faster and smarter to bolster circular economy thinking in buildings.

Session Speaker(s): 

Kåre Poulsgaard

Oliver Neve

Sandra Goldmark

Tom Kennedy

Session Chair(s): 

Nick Shaw

Join us as we discuss Barnard’s innovative and aggressive approach to tackling Scope 3 emissions: panelists will discuss strategies for tracking, measuring, and reducing emissions, including Barnard’s Circular Campus framework, designed to reduce waste, emissions, and costs while supporting student access and affordability. Panelists will situate this approach in the context of Barnard’s overall pathway to net zero. A key topic of this discussion will be how Barnard’s emphasis on circular and regenerative principles aligns with and supports our commitment to social and environmental justice.

More information

What does a stuffed lobster, an iphone, and a chi revitalizer have in common? Join as Sandra Goldmark, repair shop owner, theatre designer, and author of Fixation: How to Have Stuff without Breaking the Planet, helps us understand our relationship with stuff and charts a clear path to a more sustainable, equitable, and circular pattern of consumption.

Open to DOE students and staff only.