26 Nov
2008
26 Nov
'08
1:50 p.m.
Dear Friends of HUCE,
Be sure to check the HUCE calendar on our website, www.environment.harvard.edu, for the
most up-to-date listings and complete event descriptions. If you would like to submit an
event to the calendar, contact Lisa Matthews at the Center for the Environment:
lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu. Feel free to distribute this email to your students, faculty,
colleagues, and anyone else who may be interested in environmental events around the
community.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!
Highlights:
Wednesday, December 3: Amory Lovins, hailed as "one of the Western world's most
influential energy thinkers" by Newsweek Magazine, presents “Profitable Solutions to
Climate, Oil, and Proliferation” in the last Future of Energy lecture this fall semester.
Thursday, December 4: The Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School sponsors a
public address by Shai Agassi, the CEO of Better Place, the world's first
zero-emission transportation infrastructure company.
Thursday, December 11: Director of the Harvard Center for the Environment Daniel Schrag
presents "Confronting the Energy-Climate Challenge" with comments by Kelly Sims
Gallagher (HKS) at the Harvard Museum of Natural History's "Earth Matters"
lecture series.
Calendar Listings:
Today 11/26/2008
1:30p EPS Special Seminar
(Birch Seminar Room, Hoffman 129, 20 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Limitations of Earthquake Triggering Models." Peter Shearer, Scripps Institute
of Oceanography
Contact: Marcie Steeves, steeves(a)eps.harvard.edu
Monday 12/1/2008
12:00p - 1:00p Harvard Energy Journal Club
(HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA)
Visit the Energy Journal website for current topics of discussion.
Contact: Mark Winkler, mwinkler(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/index.html
4:00p EPS Fall Colloquium
(Haller Hall, 24 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
"Telling time on carbonate platforms." Adam Maloof, Princeton University.
Contact: Ganna Savostyanova, annasavostyanova(a)gmail.com
4:00p - 5:30p Energy Policy Research Seminar
(Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA)
"Gazprom and Europe: Politics and Pipelines." Prof. Rawi Abdelal, HBS
Contact: Louisa Lund, louisa_lund(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-8693
Tuesday 12/2/2008
10:00a - 11:00a Frontiers in Sustainability Science Seminar
(Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA)
"Vertical Collective Action: Field Experiments on Watershed Management in Kenya,
Thailand and Colombia." Juan Camilo Cardenas, Robert F. Kennedy Visiting Professor of
Latin American Studies.
Contact: Nancy Dickson, nancy_dickson(a)harvard.edu
11:30a Solid Earth Physics Seminar Series
(Hoffman Faculty Lounge, 4th Floor, 20 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Ductile Rheology of the Lithosphere: Lessons from the 1992 Landers, the 1999 Hector
Mine and the 2004 Parkfield Earthquakes." Sylvain Barbot, Scripps Institute of
Oceanography.
Contact: esag.harvard.edu/rice/SOLID.EARTH.SEM...
12:00p Herbaria Seminar Series
(Herbaria Seminar Room, 22 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA)
"Phytotelmata of Temperate Tree Trunks. Microwildernesses in Temporary Waters."
Paul Davison, University of Northern Alabama.
Contact: www.huh.harvard.edu/seminar_series/
12:30p - 1:30p Green Chemistry: Sustainability at the Molecular Level
(FXB G13, 651 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA)
Speaker: John C. Warner, President and Chief Technology Officer, Warner Babcock Institute
for Green Chemistry
Contact: Ann Backus, MS, abackus(a)hohp.harvard.edu, 617/432-3327
3:00p - 4:00p ClimaTea Lecture/Journal Club
(Geological Museum, Room 418, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA)
Visit the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics website for current speakers and topics
of discussion.
Contact: Kate Dennis, kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars...
4:15p - 5:15p MIT Energy Initiative Seminar Series
(66-110, Landau Building, 25 Ames Street, MIT Campus, Cambridge, MA)
"The Sustainable Energy Challenge." George Crabtree, Materials Science Division,
Argonne National Laboratory
Contact: Jameson Twomey , jtwomey(a)mit.edu, mit.edu/mitei/news/seminars/
4:15p Decolonizing Nature: West German Safari Tourism and the Making of Serengeti National
Park
(Guido Goldman Room, Center for European Studies, Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland St., Cambridge,
MA)
Speaker: Thomas Lekan, Associate Professor of History, University of South Carolina
Sponsor: German Study Group; Harvard University Center for the Environment
Contact: Professor Alison Frank, afrank(a)fas.harvard.edu
5:30p - 8:30p Xconomy Forum: Energy Innovation
(British Consulate-General Boston, One Memorial Drive, 15th floor, Cambridge, MA)
Energy innovation and entrepreneurship have traditionally been hampered by everything from
the field's complexity to its huge infrastructure costs.
Contact: xconomyforum6.eventbrite.com/
Wednesday 12/3/2008
4:00p - 5:30p Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
(Littauer-382, 79 JFK St., John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University)
"Trickle Down: Diffusion of Chlorine for Drinking Water Treatment in Kenya?"
Michael Kremer, Harvard University, Edward Miguel, Clair Null, University of California,
Berkeley, and Alix Zw...
Contact: Jason Chapman, Jason_Chapman(a)ksg.harvard.edu, 617-496-8054,
www.hks.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/heep/event...
5:00p - 6:00p The Future of Energy
(Science Center Lecture Hall B, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
“Profitable Solutions to Climate, Oil, and Proliferation." Amory B. Lovins,
Cofounder, Chairman, and Chief Scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute.
Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-8883
Thursday 12/4/2008
4:00p Climate Seminar
(Haller Hall, Geological Museum, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
Joseph Kirschvink, Div. of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech
Contact: Shuting Jin , jin(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars...
4:00p OEB Seminar Series
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
"Chemical communication among plants and insects." Consuelo de Moraes,
Pennsylvania State University.
Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/semin...
6:00p Microbial Sciences Initiative Thursday Evening Seminar Series
(HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA)
"D-amino acids regulate the composition, structure, amount, and strength of
peptidoglycan." Matt Waldor, Professor of Medicine and Microbiology, Harvard Medical
School
Contact: Christy Herren, herren(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.msi.harvard.edu/thursdays.html
6:30p The Future of Transportation: Ending our Dependence on Oil
(Starr Auditorium, 3rd Floor, Belfer Building, Kennedy School of Government, 79 JFK St.,
Cambridge, MA )
Speaker: Shai Agassi, an Israeli-born entrepreneur who is taking the auto industry by
storm with a revolutionary new electric car infrastructure. Also founder and CEO of Better
Place.
Contact: Allison Shapira , allison_shapira(a)ksg.harvard.edu ,
www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=25vhyh...
Friday 12/5/2008
8:00a - 5:00p The Science of the Human Past: An Invitation to a Symposium on the
Scientific Study of the Human Past
(Broad Institute, NE30-1154, the Auditorium, 7 Cambridge Ctr., Cambridge, MA)
Speakers include Michael Hammer, Pardis Sabeti, Noreen Tuross, and many others. Open to
the public; registration required.
Contact: www.broad.mit.edu/registration/
8:30a Restructuring Roundtable
(Foley Hoag, 155 Seaport Blvd, Boston, MA)
Two panel discussion: "National Priorities for Climate and Energy Policy" and
"Regional Climate Initiatives: RGGI and WCI."
Contact: www.raabassociates.org/main/roundtabl...
9:00a - 5:00p Stockholm Environmental Institute: US Symposium
(Coolidge Room, Ballou Hall Tufts University, Medford, MA)
"Taking Climate Change Seriously: Research and Policy Directions for the Next US
Administration"
Contact: www.sei-us.org/symposium2008.html
11:30a Harvard Forest Seminar Series
(Seminar Room at Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, 324 North Main Street, Petersham, MA)
"Plant responses to different environmental stresses in the high tropical Andes
." Fermin Rada - Universidad de Los Andes and Harvard Bullard Fellow.
Contact: Audry Barker Plotkin, aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu, 978-724-3302 x 268,
harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/researc...
2:30p - 4:30p MIT Seminar on Environmetnal and Agricultural History
(Building E51, Room 095, MIT, Cambridge, MA)
"Neolithic Emergence: the Origin of Agriculture in the Near East." Steven
Mithen, Professor of Archaeology, Reading University.
Contact: Margo Collett, mcollett(a)mit.edu
6:45p New England Botanical Club Meeting
(Fairchild Lecture Hall, Room 102, 7 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA )
"The Ends of Earth: Plant Conservation in Some of the Last Shangri- Las of the
World." Dr. Kamaljit Bawa, Distinguished Professor, Department of Biology, University
of Massachusetts-Boston
Contact: www.rhodora.org/Meetings.html
7:30p Crafting A Sensible National Security Policy
(St. Paul Parish, 29 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge, MA)
Andrew J. Bacevich, Boston University. Free and open to the public.
Monday 12/8/2008
8:30a - 5:30p The Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future Conference
(The Rafik Hariri Building (Boston University School of Management), 4th Floor, 595
Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA)
"Three Decades of Reform and Opening: Where is China Headed?" If you intend to
attend, especially the lunch plenary (Keynote by Amb. Stapleton Roy). RSVP required.
Contact: pardee(a)bu.edu, www.bu.edu/phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept...
12:00p - 1:00p Harvard Energy Journal Club
(HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA)
Visit the Energy Journal website for current topics of discussion.
Contact: Mark Winkler, mwinkler(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/index.html
4:00p - 5:30p Energy Policy Research Seminar
(Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA)
"The Carbonomics of Kissinger's Cartel, Double Dividends, and Global
Fairness." Steven Stoft, author, Power System Economics (2002) and Carbonomics
(forthcoming)
Contact: Louisa Lund, louisa_lund(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-8693
Tuesday 12/9/2008
12:00p Herbaria Seminar Series
(Herbaria Seminar Room, 22 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA) "Phylogenetic
informativeness." Jeffrey Townsend, Yale University.
Contact: www.huh.harvard.edu/seminar_series/
3:00p - 4:00p ClimaTea Lecture/Journal Club
(Geological Museum, Room 418, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA) Visit the Atmosphere,
Ocean, and Climate Dynamics website for current speakers and topics of discussion.
Contact: Kate Dennis, kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars...
4:00p Earth History and Paleobiology Seminar
(Haller Hall, Room 102, Geological Museum, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Effects of Climate on Mammalian Diversity." Catherine Badgley, University of
Michigan, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Contact: ehap.seminar(a)gmail.com
5:15p Boston Environmental History Seminar
(Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston St., Boston, MA )
"'Gold! Gold!! Gold!!!': Mining and Environmental Change in the
19th-Century West." George H. Vrtis, Carleton College.
Contact: Jane Becker, jbecker(a)masshist.org, 617-646-0518
Wednesday 12/10/2008
4:00p - 5:00p Origins of Life Initiative Forum
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
"Marine Microbial Mats and the Search for Life in Deep Time and Space." David J.
Des Marais, NASA - Ames.
Contact: Sharmon G. Davis, sdavis(a)cfa.harvard.edu, 617.496.1451,
origins.harvard.edu/OriginsForum.html
Thursday 12/11/2008
3:30p China Project Seminar
(Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Emissions and Control of Primary
Particles in China" (working title). Dr. LEI Yu, postdoctoral researcher, Harvard
China Project.
Contact: Chris Nielsen , nielsen2(a)fas.harvard.edu, 617-496-2378,
chinaproject.harvard.edu/seminar%20fo...
4:00p - 5:30p The Potential for Advanced Leadership: Can the Boomer Generation Help Save
the World?
(Aldrich 112, Harvard Business Scool, Boston, MA) Faculty Seminar sponsored by the Harvard
Business School Social Enterprise Initiative in collaboration with the Harvard University
Advanced Leadership Initiative and the Harvard Kennedy School Cent...
Contact: nbaker(a)hbs.edu, www.hbs.edu/socialenterprise/
4:00p OEB Seminar Series
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA) "The
white-throated sparrow: A natural model uniting genetics, neuroendocrinology, and social
behavior." Donna Maney, Emory University. Host: Haig Lab
Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/semin...
6:00p Harvard Museum of Natural History: Earth Matters
(Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Confronting the
Energy-Climate Challenge." A presentation by Dan Schrag, with remarks by Kelly
Gallagher How can the developing global community meet its energy needs with the
smalles...
Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617.495.3045, www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_spe...
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