June 10, 2011
9:00am - 12:30pm New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable:
Foley Hoag LLP 155 Seaport Boulevard, 13th Floor Boston, MA
"Better Integrating Policy, Planning, and Electricity Markets in New England." Explore the tensions between the desire for both workable markets and a variety of public policy objectives, and will consider how we can move forward to forge a more workable system here in New England.
http://www.raabassociates.org/main/roundtable.asp
June 13, 2011
8:00am - 10:00am New England Clean Energy Council
Waltham Watch Factory, 221 Crescent Street, Suite 501, Waltham, MA
Making It Happen: How clean energy startups can integrate funding, infrastructure, and real estate planning to enable growth and expansion. Non-members: $40.00
http://nececmakingithappen.eventbrite.com/
June 16, 2011
11:45am - 1:00pm Ecology Journal Club
HUCE Meeting Room 318 24 Oxford St. 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA
Reading and discussion group on diverse topics in ecology. Visit the website for topics of discussion. All interested researchers are welcome and lunch is provided.
http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pringle/journalclub.htm
Contact Name: Primrose Boynton pboynton@fas.harvard.edu
3:30pm Harvard China Project Special Seminar
Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA
"The Win-Win of Climate Protection and China's Energy Security." WU Gang, Visiting Scholar, Harvard China Project; Associate Professor, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Institute of Policy and Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
http://www.chinaproject.harvard.edu/
Contact Name: Chris Nielsen nielsen2@fas.harvard.edu
June 22 - 26, 2011
Documentary: "Queen of The Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us?"
Museum of Fine Arts, 100 Huntington Ave, Boston
Taking us on a journey through the catastrophic disappearance of bees and the mysterious world of the beehive, this engaging and ultimately uplifting film weaves an unusual and dramatic story of the heartfelt struggles of beekeepers, scientists and philosophers from around the world including Michael Pollan, Gunther Hauk and Vandana Shiva. Together they reveal both the problems and the solutions in renewing a culture in balance with nature.
Contact Name: Annabelle Gardner annabelle@collectiveeye.org
http://www.mfa.org/
June 22, 2011
7:00pm Kraken: The Curious, Exciting, and Slightly Disturbing Science of Squid
HMNH 26 Oxford St Cambridge, MA
Harvard Museum of Natural History author talk and booksigning with Wendy Williams. Squid and other cephalopods are among the most agile, creative, and evolutionarily adaptable creatures of the ocean. In her new book, Kraken, science writer Wendy Williams explores the fascinating world of squid and how humans and these strange undersea life forms actually share much basic biology. Part of Summer Nights at the Museum. Free with museum admission.
http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu
June 23, 2011
11:45am - 1:00pm Ecology Journal Club
HUCE Meeting Room 318 24 Oxford St. 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA
Reading and discussion group on diverse topics in ecology. Visit the website for topics of discussion. All interested researchers are welcome and lunch is provided.
http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pringle/journalclub.htm
Contact Name: Primrose Boynton pboynton@fas.harvard.edu
7:00pm - 8:30pm The Trees and Forests of Indonesian Borneo
Weld Hill Research and Administration Building, Arnold Arboretum 1300 Centre Street, Roslindale, MA
Arnold Arboretum Senior Research Scientist Campbell Webb has just finished a two-month botanical and ecological expedition to the Gunung Palung National Park in West Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo). In this presentation, Webb will describe some of the remarkable trees he studied, his efforts to exchange botanical knowledge with local collaborators, and plans for four future expeditions in this vital hotspot of
botanical diversity. Free and open to the public. Register at http://my.arboretum.harvard.edu
http://my.arboretum.harvard.edu/
Contact Name: Pamela Thompson pam_thompson@harvard.edu 617-384-5277
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