Highlights: Monday, November 2: Join Daniel Schrag (SEAS and EPS) and Joel Schwartz (HSPH) for the first HUCE Green Conversations event with Peter Lehner, the Executive Director of the Natural Resources Defense Council. Lehner will present "Climate Change: Getting from Science to Law." Science Center Lecture Hall A at 5:00 pm. Tuesday, November 3: French botanist Patrick Blanc presents "The Vertical Garden, from nature to the city... or how to bring biodiversity close to everyone's daily life" at the Graduate School of Design Margaret McCurry Lecture in the Design Arts. Monday, November 9: "Climate Change: A Perspective from the Arctic" -- a public symposium In conjunction with a meeting of the US Arctic Research Commission from November 9 to 11 at HUCE. Calendar Listings: Thursday 10/29/2009 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... 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. Contact: web.mit.edu/mitei/news/seminars/harsh... 6:00p - 7:00p Discussion Series: Consumers and Energy Management (MIT, 26-204, Cambridge, MA) Speaker: Kat Donnelly. The consumer-facing side of the grid may be the most important factor in achieving large-scale energy savings. Contact: Rebecca Dell, rwdell(a)mit.edu, www.mitenergyclub.org/events-and-prog... Friday 10/30/2009 8:30a - 9:30a MSI Chalktalk Breakfast (Haller Hall, 102 Geological Museum Building, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Antibiotic resistance and mobile DNA in Enterococcus faecalis: where have all the CRISPRs gone." Kelli Palmer, Post Doctoral Fellow in Gilmore Lab. Contact: Karen L. Lachmayr, PhD, klachmay(a)fas.harvard.edu 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... 12:00p Fast Track to the Future: The New Vision for High-Speed Rail (1st floor Conference Room, Institute of Politics, Littauer Building, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA) Polly Trottenberg, Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy, U.S. Department of Transportation; Karen Rae, Deputy Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration. Contact: Erin Dea, Erin_Dea(a)hks.harvard.edu 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. 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. 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 Natural Resources Defense Council. With discussants: Daniel Schrag (SEAS, EPS) and Joel Schwartz (HSPH). Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-8883 5:30p Remaking Cities: How Jane Jacob's Battles with Robert Moses Reshaped New York and Changed City Planning (Littauer Building Malkin Penthouse-4th Floor, HKS, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA) Speaker: Anthony Flint, Author of Wrestling with Moses. Commentary by Alan Altshuler, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor and Ruth and Frank Stanton Professor in Urban Policy and Planning. Contact: Erin_Dea(a)hks.harvard.edu, (617) 495-5140 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. 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) American Museum of Natural History Paleontologist and Provost Michael Novacek will discuss how natural history museums like Harvard's MCZ offer unique opportunities for scientific discovery, education, and inspiration, and provide a management plan that draws on the past, reveals the present, and maps our future. 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 Friday 11/6/2009 1:00p - 2:00p Greening the City Conference (Lesley University. 1815 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA) Contact: lesley.edu/gsass/environmental_studie... 2:30p - 4:30p MIT Seminar on Environmental and Agricultural History (Building E51, Room 095, MIT, Cambridge, MA) "Bound in Twine: Changes in Technology, Agriculture, and Environment from a Commodities-Web Perspective." Sterling Evans, History, University of Oklahoma. Contact: Margo Collett, mcollett(a)mit.edu 8:00p - 10:00p Film Screening - "KOYAANISQATSI: Life Out of Balance" (Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy St., Cambrige, MA) Godfrey Reggio's debut as a film director and producer, is the first film of the QATSI trilogy. The title is a Hopi Indian word meaning "life out of balance." Contact: www.koyaanisqatsi.org/films/koyaanisq... Saturday 11/7/2009 1:00p - 2:00p Greening the City Conference (Lesley University. 1815 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA) Contact: lesley.edu/gsass/environmental_studie... Sunday 11/8/2009 1:00p - 2:00p Greening the City Conference (Lesley University. 1815 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA) Contact: lesley.edu/gsass/environmental_studie... Monday 11/9/2009 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) "Crafting the Biological: Open-Sourcing Life Science, from Synthetic Biology to Garage Biotech." Sophia Roosth, STS, MIT. Contact: www.hks.harvard.edu/sts 2:30p - 6:00p Climate Change: A Perspective from the Arctic (Northwest Science Building, Room B101, 52 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) A symposium at Harvard University in coordination with a meeting of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission. Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-8883 Tuesday 11/10/2009 12:30p - 2:00p Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar (Belfer Case Study Room (S020), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA) "Getting Serious about Climate Change in the Post-Kyoto Era." Robert N. Stavins. Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government; Director, Harvard Environmental Economics Program; and Chairman, Environment and Natural Resources Faculty Group, Harvard Kennedy School. Contact: us_japan(a)wcfia.harvard.edu, 617-495-1890, www.wcfia.harvard.edu/us-japan/schedu... Wednesday 11/11/2009 6:00p Green Tie Gala (JFK Library and Museum, Columbia Point, Boston, MA) "A Celebration of the Year's Clean Energy Accomplishments and Milestones." Featuring: Remarks from Congressman Edward Markey (MA), and awards ceremony for outstanding achievements in ... Contact: www.cleanenergycouncil.org/node/4926 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 11/12/2009 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... 4:00p - 5:00p OEB Seminar (Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA) "The evolution of novel, serially homologous, compex traits: butterfly eyespots." Antonia Monteiro, Yale University. Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-5891 --- Always check the calendar on the website for updated information. 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. ============================================== You are receiving this email because you indicated interest in Harvard University Center for the Environment events. 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