Please refer to the Center website for complete details on these and other environmental events taking place at and near Harvard. If you would like to add an event to the calendar, or unsubscribe from this list, please contact Jenny MacGregor, jenny_macgregor@harvard.edu, 617-495-8883.

Highlights:

*10/20/06 – Nature’s Renewable Blueprint at Pierce hall – Charles Dismukes
*10/24/06 – Energy Symposium at Harvard Business School
*10/26/06 – Harvard China Project Seminar – Acid Rain in China

Calendar Listings:

Thursday 10/19/2006

4:00p - 5:00p
Ecology, mosaic genomes and the evolution of organismal design
AveTodd Streelman, Georgia Tech
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series
Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity

Friday 10/20/2006

8:30a - 9:30p
Microbial Sciences Initiative (MSI) Friday
Marcia B. Goldberg, Mass General Hospital
Research Focus: Host-Pathogen Interactions
Harvard University Center for the Environment Seminar Room, 3rd Floor Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street

11:00a - 12:15p
Regeneration dynamics in large forest gaps
Michael Dietze - Harvard University
Harvard Forest Autumn 2006 Seminar Series
Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest - Petersham, MA

12:00p - 1:00p
Atmospheric pollution in China: measurements in source regions and implications
Tao Wang, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Atmospheric Sciences Seminar Series
Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St. Cambridge

4:00p - 5:15p
Nature's Renewable Energy Blueprint: Future Fuel from Photosynthesis & Biomimics
Charles Dismukes, Department of Chemistry Princeton Materials Institute & Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton University
Pierce 209, 29 Oxford Street

Saturday 10/21/2006

8:00a - 8:00p
Conservation, Environmental Justice, and Resource Rights
William James Hall, Room 1, 33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge

Monday 10/23/2006

4:00p - 5:00p
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Colloquium
Yadvinder Malhi, Department of Geography, Oxford
Haller Hall 102 Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street

Tuesday 10/24/2006

9:00a - 10:30a
Management Practices of Expert Innovators
Robert Austin, Associate Professor, Harvard Business School
Energy Technology Innovation Project (ETIP) Seminar
Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, KSG

11:00a - 12:00p
The Ecology of Place: The role of field stations in going from the particular to the general
Ian Billick - Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
Harvard Forest Autumn 2006 Seminar Series
Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest - Petersham, MA

3:00p - 7:00p
Harvard Business School – Energy Symposium
Spangler Auditorium, HBS, Soldier's Field Rd

3:00p - 4:15p
Paleoseismology and earthquake surface ruptures: Could we learn anything about earthquake processes?
Yann Klinger, Laboratoire Tectonique, Institut de Physique du Globe, Paris, France
Hoffman Faculty Lounge, 4th Floor, Hoffman Laboratories, 20 Oxford Street

Wednesday 10/25/2006

8:00a - 9:15a
Smoke and Genes
Joel Schwartz, Ph.D., Professor of Environmental Health and Epidemiology, HSPH
Genetics and Environmental Health Series
Kresge Building, Room 110, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, HSPH

10:30a - 11:30a
Temperature and Pressure Measurements from the ACE-MAESTRO Space Instrument
Dr. Caroline Nowlan, University of Toronto
CFA AMP / Atmospheric Sciences Seminar Host
Center for Astrophysics Pratt Conference Room (G04), Harvard,

4:00p - 5:30p
Design Insights from the Use of Tradeable Permits for Air Emissions, Water Allocation, and Fisheries
Tom Tietenberg, Colby College
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
Room L-382, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard

Thursday 10/26/2006

12:00p
Biomass-Derived Transportation Fuels to Meet Sustainability and Security Objectives
Lee Lynd, Professor of Engineering and Adjunct Professor of Biology, Dartmouth College
Innovation in Transportation Seminar Series
Carr Center conference room, Rubenstein 219, JFK School of Government

4:00p - 5:00p
Acid Rain in China: Current Situation and a New National Initiative
WANG Tao (Professor, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Visiting Scholar, China Project, HUCE/DEAS
Harvard China Project seminars
Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge

6:00p - 7:00p
Alternatives to Oil: Dream or Reality?
The Third Annual Everett-Moomaw Debate
TUFTS - ASEAN Auditorium

Friday 10/27/2006

8:30a - 9:30p
Microbial Sciences Initiative (MSI) Friday
Johan Paulsson, Harvard University, HMS, Systems Biology
Research Focus: Modeling Gene Networks
Harvard University Center for the Environment Seminar Room, 3rd Floor Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street

11:00a - 12:00p
Land-use history and patterns of biodiversity in Southern Appalachian forests
Scott Pearson, Mars Hill College and Harvard Bullard Fellow
Harvard Forest Autumn 2006 Seminar Series
Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest - Petersham, MA

2:30p - 3:30p
Satellite-Observed US Powerplant NOx Emission Reductions and Their Impact on Air Quality
Gregory J. Frost, NOAA
Atmospheric Sciences Seminar Series
Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge

Sunday 10/29/2006

7:30p - 8:30p
Global Warming and its Effects on New England
Kevin Knobloch, President, Union of Concerned Scientists
Sponsored by the Lexington Global Warming Action Coalition
Cary Memorial Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA

Tuesday 10/31/2006

12:00p - 2:30p
Information Session: Duke Nicholas School
Make a career out of your concerns about climate change, ocean pollution and sustainable development.
Harvard Center for Environment seminar room, 3rd floor, Geological Museum Building, 24 Oxford St.

4:00p - 5:00p
Earth History and Paleobiology Seminar Series
Felisa Wolfe-Simon Arizona State University
Haller Hall 102 Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street

Wednesday 11/1/2006

4:00p - 5:30p
Does Electricity Restructuring Benefit the Environment? A Structural, Empirical Analysis of Intertemporal Emission Trading in the U.S. SO2 Allowance Market
Fan Zhang, Harvard University
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
Room L-382, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

6:00p - 7:00p
Is the WTO Accountable?
Pascal Lamy, director-general, WTO, former European Commissioner for Trade, 1999-2004 2006
Wiener Lecture on International Political Economy
John F. Kennedy School of Government, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge

Thursday 11/2/2006

8:30a - 5:00p
The 2nd Annual Conference on Clean Energy: Financing and Partnering for Emerging Technologies
Hynes Convention Center, Boston

2:00p - 4:15p
The 'instability' of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet: for too long a hypothesis?
Duncan Wingham, Director, Centre for Polar Observational Modeling, Professor of Climate Physics, University College London
Harvard Climate Seminar
Haller Hall 102 Geological Museum, 24 Oxford Street