Highlights:
Today at 4 pm: Professor James Anderson discusses the "Chemical
Feedbacks of the Climate Structure" in the Chemistry and Chemical
Biology Seminar, Pfizer Lecture Hall.
Wednesday, October 28: The Ecologies of the Human Flourishing
lecture series continues with "Cities, Climate Change, and
Christianity: Religion and Sustainable Urbanism", a presentation
by Sallie McFague, Distinguished Theologian in Residence, Vancouver
School of Theology.
Monday, November 2: Peter Lehner, the Executive Director of the
National Resources Defense Council discusses "Climate Change:
Getting from Science to Law" with Daniel Schrag, Professor of
Earth and Planetary Sciences and Professor of Environmental
Science and Engineering and Director, Harvard University
Center for the Environment, in the first HUCE Green Conversations
lecture this year.
Calendar Listings:
Thursday 10/22/2009
4:00p Chemistry and Chemical Biology Seminar
(Pfizer Lecture Hall, 12 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Chemical Physics of the Climate Structure: Feedbacks and Irreversibility."
Professor James Anderson, Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Earth and
Planetary Sciences.
Contact: 617-496-8190
4:00p - 5:00p OEB Departmental Seminar
(Biological Laboratories Main Lecture Hall, Room 1068, 16 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA)
"On the diversity and dynamics of tropical forests: Results from a global network of
large-scale forest plots." Stuart Davies, Arnold Arboretum, CTFS Harvard University.
Contact: Katharine Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-5891
4:00p EPS Fall Colloquium
(Haller Hall, 102 Geological Museum Building, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Instability and Relaxation in Earth's Carbon Cycle." Daniel Rothman, MIT.
Please join us for a reception following the talk, in the 4th Fl. lounge of Hoffman.
Contact: Ganna Savostyanova, ganna(a)eps.harvard.edu
Friday 10/23/2009
8:30a - 9:30a MSI Chalktalk Breakfast
(Haller Hall, 102 Geological Museum Building, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Trick or treat? Why do bacteria oxidize Mn(II)?" Deric Learman, Post Doctoral
Fellow in Hansel Lab.
Contact: Karen L. Lachmayr, PhD, klachmay(a)fas.harvard.edu
3:00p The Program for Evolutionary Dynamics Seminar
(1 Brattle Square 6th floor, Cambridge, MA)
"The birth, life and death of an army ant superorganism." Dr. Daniel Kronauer
(Harvard Society of Fellows).
Contact: Lydia Liu, lydia_liu(a)harvard.edu, (617) 496 4737,
www.ped.fas.harvard.edu/
4:00p EPS Dissertation Defense
(Haller Hall, 102 Geological Museum Building, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Reconstructing marine productivity using compound-specific nitrogen isotopes."
Meytal Higgins.
Contact: Sarah Colgan, 617-496-9770
11:00p Harvard Forest Seminar
(Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, 324 North Main St., Petersham, MA)
"Neighborhood dynamics of forest ecosystems: Invasion of northeastern forests by
Norway maple (Acer platanoides) and Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima)." Charles
Canham, Cary Institute.
Contact:
harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/researc...
Saturday 10/24/2009
10:30a - 3:00p Fourth Annual YPIC Regional Forum
(Hult International Business School, located at 1 Education St., Cambridge, MA )
The goal of the Forum is to bring experts in the areas of academia, legislation, military,
regulation, UN, and private sector from around the world to lead a discussion with young
professionals.
Contact: ypic(a)unagb.org
2:00p - 3:30p Regional Energy Revolution Rally
(Minuteman National Park, 174 Liberty Street, Concord, MA)
Spearheaded by Bill McKibben's
www.350.org (where you can find more information),
this will be a day for citizens around the world to show their support for a strong
climate treaty to be agreed upon in Copenhagen.
Contact:
www.gwenet.org/events.htm
3:00p - 4:00p Boston Under Water Festival
(Christopher Columbus Park, Boston, MA)
Contact:
350mass.yolasite.com/
6:30p Benefit Concert for Climate Change
(First Congregational Church of Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA)
Six different Boston-based performers of international music and dance will join together
to draw attention to the global climate crisis.
Contact: 781-396-0734
Monday 10/26/2009
11:45a - 12:45p 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: Kate Dennis, kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu,
www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/
12:15p - 2:00p Science, Technology, and Society Circle
(124 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge, MA)
"Sea Stories: What the Nuclear Navy taught me about Systemic Risk." Ian
Schillinger, US Navy.
Contact:
www.hks.harvard.edu/sts
4:15p Harvard Social Anthropology Program Seminar Series
(William James Hall 105, Harvard University, 33 Kirkland St., Cambridge, MA)
"From Tree-Huggers to Terrorists: A Genealogy of Ecoterrorism." James McCarthy,
Penn State University.
5:30p Environmental Economics Guest Speaker
(Emerson Hall 101, 25 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Ira W. Leighton, Acting Regional Administrator Environmental Protection Agency,
New England. A guest of the Harvard Extension School's Environmental Economics
Class.
6:00p Graduate School of Design: 10th Annual John T. Dunlop Lecture
(Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy St., Cambrige, MA)
"Toward a More Sustainable Future: Housing, Place and the New Federalism." The
Honorable Shaun Donovan, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Contact:
www.jchs.harvard.edu/index.htm
7:00p Net-Zero-Energy Home Building
(Cary Memorial Library, 1874 Mass. Ave., Lexington, MA)
Carter Scott, President of Transformations, Inc., a residential development and building
company located in Townsend, MA specializing in sustainable development and green
building.
Contact:
www.lexgwac.org
Tuesday 10/27/2009
10:00a - 12:00p BASF Advanced Research Initiative Lecture
(Maxwell-Dworkin 119, 33 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Antimicrobials vs. Biofilms: Update on Biofilm Methods." Dr. Philip Stewart,
Director of the Center for Biofilm Engineering at Montana State University.
Contact: Oliver Caplan, ocaplan(a)seas.harvard.edu, (617) 495-1579
12:00p - 1:00p Harvard Herbaria Seminar
(22 Divinity Ave, Seminar Room, Cambridge, MA)
"Informatics projects at the HUH." James Macklin, Harvard University Herbaria.
Contact: Erin Ciccone, (617) 495-7504
5:30p - 7:00p MIT Wind Energy Lecture
(MIT, 4-145, Cambridge, MA)
"The Latest on Wind Power Development in Massachusetts." Greg Watson, Senior
Advisor for Clean Energy Technology, MA Executive Office of Energy and Environmental
Affairs.
Contact: Kathy Araujo, kmaraujo(a)mit.edu
6:00p Natural History Museums and Society Lecture by Cristián Samper
(Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
The role of natural history museums in society has evolved over the past two centuries.
Contact:
www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_spe...
6:30p - 8:00p Energy in Brazil: Achievements , Challenges, Policies and Opportunities
(MIT, E51-115, Cambridge, MA)
Mr. Antunes will highlight expectations and opportunities in bioelectricity (from
sugarcane bagasse), small scale hydroelectric power, the growing wind market and the
challenges of solar in Brazil.
Contact: sf10_br(a)googlegroups.com,
events.mit.edu
Wednesday 10/28/2009
12:30p - 2:00p Wellesley College: Marjorie Stoneman Douglas Lecture
(Science Center Room 277, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA)
Marina Rikhvanova, internationally recognized environmental leader from Russia, especially
protecting Lake Baikal.
Contact:
www.wellesley.edu/EnvironmentalStudies/
4:00p - 5:30p Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
(Room L-382, HKS, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA)
"Firms' Costs (and Benefits) of Environmental Regulation: An Event Study of the
EU Emission Trading Scheme." James Bushnell, Iowa State University, Howard Chong,
University of California.
Contact: Jason Chapman, 617-496-8054,
isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword...
5:15p Ecologies of Human Flourishing Lecture Series
(Sperry Room, Andover Hall, 45 Francis Ave., Cambridge, MA)
"Cities, Climate Change, and Christianity: Religion and Sustainable Urbanism." A
presentation by Sallie McFague, Distinguished Theologian in Residence, Vancouver School of
Theology.
Contact:
www.hds.harvard.edu/cswr/events/theme...
7:00p Science in the News Seminar
(Armenise Ampitheatre at Harvard Medical School, 200 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA)
"Feeding the Future: Agricultural Genetics and World Hunger."
Contact:
https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/
7:00p Panel Discussion: Creating Sustainable Food Production
(Boston Public Library Mezzanine Conference Room Central Library 700 Boylston Street
Boston, MA)
Join us for a panel discussion to explore alternative agricultural methods such as organic
and sustainable farming available to you here in the United States as well as to rural
farmers in developing countries.
Contact:
www.ecologic.org/greenag/events
8:00p - 9:00p Enviromental Action Committee Meeting
(Spindell Room, Quincy House, 58 Plympton St., Cambridge, MA)
Everyone interested in learning about the EAC and/or learning how to help make a
difference for the environment is welcome.
Contact:
www.hcs.harvard.edu/~eac/
Thursday 10/29/2009
8:00a - 9:30a Energy Innovation and Research at the Technion-Israel Institute of
Technology Speaker
(MIT, E40-496, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Professor Gideon Grader, Head of the Technion Energy Program.
Contact: David Dolev , 617-324-5581 ,
events.mit.edu/scripts/event_ext.pl?e...
11:45a Ecology Journal Club
(HUCE, Meeting Room 318, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA)
Weekly discussions on an ecology-related paper; all interested researchers welcome, and
papers on website.
Contact: Primrose Boynton, pboynton(a)fas.harvard.edu ,
www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pringle/j...
4:00p - 5:00p OEB Seminar
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA)
"Phylogenetics: The BEST way to sort out incongruent gene phylogenies." Dennis
Pearl, The Ohio State University.
Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-5891
4:15p MIT Energy Colloquia
(MIT, 10-250, Cambridge, MA)
"FACING THE HARSH REALITIES: Shaping the energy mix of the future, starting
today." Tony Hayward, CEO of BP plc.
Contact:
web.mit.edu/mitei/news/seminars/harsh...
Friday 10/30/2009
8:30a - 5:30p Engineering a Cooler Earth: Can We Do It? Should We Try?
(Wong Auditorium (E51-115), MIT, Cambridge, MA)
Contact:
web.mit.edu/esi/symposium2009.html
9:00a - 12:45p New England Restructuring Roundtable
(Foley Hoag LLP 155 Seaport Boulevard-13th Floor Conference Room Boston, MA)
Keynote: "Pursuing All Cost-Effective Demand Resources in New England (and
Beyond)" by FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff.
Contact: raab(a)raabassociates.org , 617-350-5544,
www.raabassociates.org/main/roundtabl...
2:00p EPS Dissertation Defense
(Haller Hall, 102 Geological Museum Building, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Transpacific transport of mineral dust: its impact in the United States and on
sulfate, nitrate, and ozone in Asian pollution plumes." Duncan Fairlie. Refreshments
to follow in th...
Contact: Sarah Colgan, 617-496-9770
Sunday 11/1/2009
7:00p Boston Night to Combat Climate Change
(Royal Sonesta, Cambridge, MA) The night is Boston’s premier 2009 fundraising
event showcasing New England’s leaders in the fight against global climate
change. All proceeds from the event will go to organiza...
Contact:
www.worthycausesinc.org/home.html
Monday 11/2/2009
11:45a - 12:45p 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: Kate Dennis, kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu,
www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/
12:15p - 2:00p Science, Technology, and Society Circle
(124 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge, MA)
"Yucca Mountain: Reflections on a Repository Sixty Years in the Making." Daniel
Metlay, US Nuclear Wast Technical Review Board.
Contact:
www.hks.harvard.edu/sts
4:00p Globalization and Health: Challenges to Development, Security, and Human Rights
(Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden St., Radcliffe Yard, Cambridge, MA)
Julio Frenk, Dean, Harvard School of Public Health; T & G Angelopoulos Professor of
Public Health and International Development, Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard
Kennedy School.
Contact:
www.radcliffe.edu/events/calendar_200...
5:00p Green Conversations with Peter Lehner
(Science Center, Lecture Hall A, One Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Climate Change: Getting from Science to Law." Peter Lehner Executive Director
of the National Resources Defense Council. With discussant: Daniel Schrag, Professor of
Earth and Planetary Sciences.
Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-8883
Tuesday 11/3/2009
6:30a Margaret McCurry Lecture in the Design Arts
(Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy St., Cambrige, MA)
"The Vertical Garden, From Nature to the City." Patrick Blanc. How to bring
biodiversity close to everyone's daily life.
Contact:
www.gsd.harvard.edu/events
12:00p - 1:00p Harvard Herbaria Seminar
(22 Divinity Ave, Seminar Room, Cambridge, MA)
"How Evergreen Plants Control Leaf Longevity: The role of leaf vascular transport in
regulating leaf senescence." Juan Pablo Giraldo, Holbrook Lab, OEB.
Contact: Erin Ciccone, eciccone(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-7504
Wednesday 11/4/2009
4:00p - 5:30p Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
(Room L-382, HKS, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA)
"Marketing Stoves to Combat Indoor Air Pollution: A Randomized Intervention in
Bangladesh." Grant Miller, Stanford Medical School, and Mushfiq Mobarak, Yale
University.
Contact: Jason Chapman, 617-496-8054,
isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword...
4:00p - 6:00p Food, Soil, People: Global Geopolitics in the Mid 20th Century
(Center for Government and International Studies, Room S050, 1730 Cambridge Street,
Cambridge, MA)
Alison Bashford, Professor of History, University of Sydney, and Visiting Chair of
Australian Studies, Harvard University. With comments by Paul Cruickshank, Ph.D.
Candidate, Harvard University.
Contact: Kate Brady , kbrady(a)wcfia.harvard.edu
5:30p MSI Graduate Consortium Information Session
(HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA)
RSVP required to Andrea Lenco. Include in the email your school, department, lab, and year
in graduate school. Dinner will be served.
Contact: Andrea Lenco, alenco(a)fas.harvard.edu
8:00p - 9:00p Enviromental Action Committee Meeting
(Spindell Room, Quincy House, 58 Plympton St., Cambridge, MA)
Everyone interested in learning about the EAC and/or learning how to help make a
difference for the environment is welcome.
Contact:
www.hcs.harvard.edu/~eac/
Thursday 11/5/2009
11:45a Ecology Journal Club
(HUCE, Meeting Room 318, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA)
Weekly discussions on an ecology-related paper; all interested researchers welcome, and
papers on website.
Contact: Primrose Boynton, pboynton(a)fas.harvard.edu ,
www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pringle/j...
3:30p Harvard China Project Seminar
(Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Potential for Wind-Generated Electricity in China." Lu Xi, doctoral student,
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard.
Contact: Chris Nielsen , nielsen2(a)fas.harvard.edu, 617-496-2378
4:00p - 5:00p OEB Seminar
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: H. Bradley Shaffer, Sarah and Daniel Hrdy Fellow in Conservation Biology.
Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-5891
6:00p Natural History Museums in the Environmental Century Lecture by Michael Novacek
(Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
In the 21st century the planet faces radical transformation, which includes mass
extinction, rapid change in climate, and large-scale loss of natural habitat.
Contact:
www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_spe...
7:30p Boston Area Solar Energy Association
(First Parish in Cambridge Unitarian Universalist 3 Church Street , Harvard Square,
Cambridge)
Joonki Song, PHOTON Consulting will discuss the worldwide PV industry: market size,
growth, and leaders, as well as the future possibilities for technologies, manufacturing
and installed cost.
Contact: info(a)basea.org
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