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Urban Design Lab to Help Promote Sustainability and Environmental Justice in New York City
New Earth Institute center will provide practical assistance to community groups working to improve and develop their neighborhoods
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Environmental Thesis Project: Green Roofs Could Help NYC Sewage System
Using a computer model she built herself, Debra Tillinger, an environmental science major, came up with a prediction as to how much better New York City’s sewage system would function if plant-covered roofs throughout the city slowed the flow of rainwater to the sewers. Tillinger’s research, which was part of her theses project for her…