Highlights:
Wednesday, April 1: John Hofmeister, the founder and CEO of Citizens for Affordable Energy
and former president of Shell Oil Company, will be delivering the 2009 Malcolm H. Wiener
Lecture entitled "U.S. Energy Independence: Forty Years of Failure, Society Ever More
Divided and Unequal. What’s Next?"
Friday, April 3: Terry Chapin, Ecologist from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, kicks
off the Spring 2009 Biodiversity, Ecology, and Global Change lecture series with a
discussion on "Sustainability in a Changing World: Concepts and Policy Strategies to
Address Climate Change in Alaska."
Tuesday, April 7: John Briscoe (SEAS, HSPH) and Peter Rogers (SEAS), join Tom Baron, the
former director of Operations, MA Water Resources Authority Water System, in the next HUCE
Green Conversation, "Southern New England's Future Thirst: An Approach to
Sustainability."
Calendar:
Friday 3/27/2009
9:00a Mapping Massachusetts Communities: An Introduction to GIS and Community Analysis
(Charles River Public Internet Center, 154 Moody St. Waltham, MA)
One day hands-on workshop focuses on teaching the fundamentals of using a Geographic
Information System (GIS) for community analysis.
Contact: Gina Clemmer, 877.241.6576 |,
www.urban-research.info/workshops/mas...
Saturday 3/28/2009
8:30p - 9:30p Earth Hour
Individuals, businesses, governments, and organizations will turn off their lights for one
hour to make a global statement of concern about climate change.
Contact:
www.earthhour.org/
Monday 3/30/2009
11:30a 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/
12:00p - 1:00p Environmental Sciences and Engineering Seminar
(Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Lessons for nanotechnology from nature's semiconductor: Quantum chemistry
studies of biogenic manganese oxides." Dr. Kideok Kwon, University of California,
Berkeley.
Contact: Norma Stewart, nstewart(a)seas.harvard.edu
2:00p - 3:00p OEB Faculty Search Candidate Seminar
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Harvard Campus, Cambridge)
"Changing the floral bauplan." Elizabeth Kellogg, Department of Biology,
University of Missouri, St. Louis.
Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu,
www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/semin...
7:00p New England Aquarium Lecture Series
(Harborside Learning Lab, 1 Central Wharf, Boston, MA)
"The Causes and Consequences of Coral Decline and Some Potentially Encouraging
Trends." Dr. Josh Idjadi, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, New England Aquarium. .
Contact: Vickie Cataldo, vcataldo(a)neaq.org, 617-973-0235,
www.neaq.org/education_and_activities...
8:00p Minds that Move the World Speaker Series
(Wang Theatre, 270 Tremont St., Boston, MA )
"Change of Climate." Al Gore, Former Vice President. Tickets available through
the series website.
Contact:
www.speakerseries2009.com/index.html
Tuesday 3/31/2009
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, 617-384-8398,
www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars...
4:00p - 5:30p Harvard Initiative for Global Health Seminar Series
(HIGH, 104 Mt. Auburn St., 3rd floor, Cambridge)
"Social Determinants of Population Health: Reconciling Observation & Intervention
Studies." Lisa Berkman, Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy and of
Epidemiology, HSPH.
Contact:
www.globalhealth.harvard.edu/icb/icb....
4:30p - 6:00p Political Economy and Geopolitics of Energy in Eurasia
(Lower Auditorium, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland St. at Cabot
Way, Cambridge, MA)
A panel discussion on the geopolitics of energy from a European perspective.
Contact: Yannis Ioannides, Yannis.Ioannides(a)tufts.edu
6:00p - 7:00p MIT Energy Club: Wind Energy 101
(MIT, E51-335, Cambridge, MA)
A presentation focused on the very basics of wind power.
Contact: Ashleigh Hildebrand, ash456(a)mit.edu ,
www.mitenergyclub.org
Wednesday 4/1/2009
10:30a - 12:00p Geopolitics of Energy Seminar Series
(Land Lecture Hall, 4th Floor Belfer Building, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St.,
Cambridge, MA)
"India." Varun Rai, Research Fellow, Stanford University. Hosted by Meghan
O'Sullivan, Lecturer in Public Policy, Belfer Center for Science and International
Affairs.
Contact: bcsia_ksg(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-1400
4:00p - 5:30p Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
(Littaur-382, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA)
"Price Caps and Price Floors in Climate Policy: A Quantitative Assessment."
Cedric Philibert, International Energy Agency.
Contact: Jason Chapman, Jason_Chapman(a)ksg.harvard.edu, 617-496-8054
6:00p - 7:00p MIT Wind Week 2009
(MIT, E15-145, Cambridge, MA)
"Towards one quarter of the World's Electricity from Wind." Dr. Jim Lyons,
Novus Energy Partners.
Contact:
windweek.mit.edu
6:00p JFK Institute of Politics Forum
(JFK Forum, Littauer Building, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA)
"U.S. Energy Independence: Forty Years of Failure, Society Ever More Divided and
Unequal. What's Next?" John Hofmeister, Founder and CEO, Citizens for Affordable
Energy and Former President of Shell Oil Company.
Contact:
www.iop.harvard.edu/Events-Meetings/J...
8:00p Environmental 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: Caitlin Rotman, caitlin.rotman(a)gmail.com
Thursday 4/2/2009
-- Carbon Taxes as a US Policy Option
(SEI, 11 Curtis Ave, Somerville, MA)
Gilbert E. Metcalf, Professor of Economics at Tufts University and a Research Associate at
the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Contact:
www.sei-us.org/events.html
11:00a Harvard Forest Seminar Series
(Seminar Room at Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, 324 North Main Street, Petersham, MA)
"Research agenda for integrated landscape modeling: occurrence, growth, geneflow and
adaptation of conifer trees along a major climatological and longitudinal gradients in the
Pacific Northwest"
Contact: Audry Barker Plotkin, aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu,
harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/researc...
4:00p Physical Sciences Chemistry Seminar
(Pfizer Lecture Hall, Lower Level, Mallinckrodt, 12 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"A Nanoscience Approach to Photocatalysis and Solar Cells." Professor Thomas
Mallouk, Pennsylvania State University.
Contact:
www.chem.harvard.edu/index.php
4:00p Climate Seminar
(Haller Hall, Geological Museum, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Observations and modeling of ice-shelf - ocean interaction." David Holland, New
York University.
Contact: Shuting Jin , shuting(a)eps.harvard.edu
4:00p - 5:00p OEB Seminar Series
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
"Emerging threats and research challenges in the Tropics." William Laurance,
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-5891
6:00p - 9:00p MIT Wind Week 2009
(Stata Center, R&D Commons (4th Floor), Bldg. 32, MIT, 32 Vassar St., Cambridge, MA)
Offshore Wind Workshop Reception & Poster Session. Networking reception for students
and faculty from MIT, other New England schools, and industry representatives.
Contact:
windweek.mit.edu
Friday 4/3/2009
9:00a - 12:30p Restructuring Roundtable
(Foley Hoag, 155 Seaport Blvd, 13th Floor Conference Room, Boston, MA)
"Pursuing Sustainable Energy in New England: The Promise of Stimulus Funds and the
Reality of Recession"
Contact:
www.raabassociates.org/main/roundtabl...
9:00a Ecological Urbanism: Alternative and Sustainable Cities of the Future
(Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA)
Bringing together design practitioners and theorists, economists, engineers, environmental
scientists, politicians and public health specialists, with the goal of reaching a more
robust understanding of ecological urbanism and what it might be in the future.
Contact: Deborah Johansen, djohansen(a)gsd.harvard.edu, 617.496.0823
9:00a - 6:30p MIT Wind Week 2009
Offshore Wind Technology Workshop With AWEA, US OWC, UMass, MTC, MIT Energy Initiative,
and private companies. Registration Required.
Contact:
windweek.mit.edu
11:00a - 12:00p Harvard Forest Seminar Series
(Seminar Room at Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, 324 North Main Street, Petersham, MA)
"Rapid regional warming and ecosystem response along the Antarctic Peninsula."
Hugh Ducklow, The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory & Palmer Station,
Antarctica LTER.
Contact: Audry Barker Plotkin, aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu, 978-724-3302 x 268,
harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/researc...
4:00p Biodiversity, Ecology, and Global Change
(Science Center D, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Sustainability in a Changing World: Concepts and Policy Strategies to Address
Climate Change in Alaska." Terry Chapin, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of
Alaska Fairbanks.
Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-8883
Saturday 4/4/2009
9:00a - 5:30p Environmental Action 2009
(Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston)
A conference that will bring together organizations, activists and decision-makers to
share skills and information, as well as find ways to work together for a greener
Commonwealth.
Contact: sam(a)toxicsaction.org, (617) 747-4362,
www.toxicsaction.org/maenvironmentala...
9:00a Ecological Urbanism: Alternative and Sustainable Cities of the Future
(Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA)
Bringing together design practitioners and theorists, economists, engineers, environmental
scientists, politicians and public health specialists, with the goal of reaching a more
robust understanding of ecological urbanism and what it might be in the future.
Contact: Deborah Johansen, djohansen(a)gsd.harvard.edu, 617.496.0823
Sunday 4/5/2009
9:00a Ecological Urbanism: Alternative and Sustainable Cities of the Future
(Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA)
Bringing together design practitioners and theorists, economists, engineers, environmental
scientists, politicians and public health specialists, with the goal of reaching a more
robust understanding of ecological urbanism and what it might be in the future.
Contact: Deborah Johansen, djohansen(a)gsd.harvard.edu, 617.496.0823
3:00p HMNH: 2009 Roger Tory Peterson Memorial Lecture
(Science Center, One Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA)
"Conserving the World’s Biodiversity: How the Climate Crisis Could Both
Hurt and Help." Russell A. Mittermeier, President of Conservation International.
Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617-495-3045,
www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_spe...
Monday 4/6/2009
11:30a 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/
4:00p MIT Science Technology, and Society Colloquia
(MIT, Building E51-095, Cambridge, MA)
"Future Imperfect: Sociotechnical Imaginaries and Cultures of Public Policy."
Sheila Jasanoff, Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies, John F. Kennedy
School of Government.
Contact: 617-452-2390,
web.mit.edu/sts/calendar/index-css.html
4:30p - 6:00p Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies Seminar
(9 Bow St., Cambridge, MA)
"The Impact of the Indian Ocean Tsunami: Evidence from Indonesia." Duncan
Thomas, Professor of Economics, Duke University.
Contact: Claudette Agustin, cagustin(a)hsph.harvard.edu,
www.hsph.harvard.edu/centers-institut...
Tuesday 4/7/2009
9:00a Massachusetts Water Resources Research Center Conference
(Lincoln Campus Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA)
Bringing together scientists, regulators, and practitioners from across the state and
region to discuss water resources issues of critical importance.
Contact: Marie Françoise Walk, (413) 545-5531,
www.umass.edu/tei/wrrc/WRRC2004/Confe...
9:30a - 11:00a Energy Technology Innovation Policy Seminar Series
(Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, 79 JFK St., Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA)
"The Clean Development Mechanism, Technology Transfer, and China's GHG
Reductions." Bo Wang, ETIP Research Fellow.
Contact: Sam Milton, sam_milton(a)harvard.edu, (617) 496-5584,
www.belfercenter.org/energy
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, 617-384-8398,
www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars...
5:00p Green Conversations
(Haller Hall, Geological Museum, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Southern New England's Future Thirst: An Approach to Sustainability." Tom
Baron, Former Director of Operations, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority Water
System. With John Briscoe (SEAS, HSPH) and Peter Rogers (SEAS).
Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-8883
Wednesday 4/8/2009
12:15p - 1:45p Dubai Initiative Seminar
(Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, 79 JFK St., Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA)
"Environment and Politics in Egypt and the Gulf." Jeannie Sowers, Dubai
Initiative Fellow. Brown Bag Lunch, open to the public.
Contact: dubai_initiative(a)ksg.harvard.edu, 617-496-3694
8:00p Environmental 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: Caitlin Rotman, caitlin.rotman(a)gmail.com
Thursday 4/9/2009
2:30p Energy Technology Innovation Policy Seminar Series
(Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, 79 JFK St., Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA)
"Climate Change Technology R&D Portfolio Analysis under Uncertainty." Erin
Baker, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Contact: Sam Milton, sam_milton(a)harvard.edu
4:00p - 5:00p OEB Seminar Series
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
"The evolution of novel, serially homologous, complex traits: butterfly eyespots.
" Antonia Monteiro, Yale University.
Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-5891
5:00p Green Conversations
(HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA)
"The MPG Illusion." Richard P. Larrick, Associate Professor of Management Fuqua
School of Business, Duke University. In conversation with Max Bazerman (HBS) and Daniel
Schrag (EPS, SEAS, and HUCE).
Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-8883
6:00p Microbial Sciences Initiative Thursday Evening Seminar Series
(HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA)
"Mycorrhizas and ecosystem processes." Ian Alexander, Regius Professor of
Botany, University of Aberdeen.
Contact: Christy Herren, herren(a)fas.harvard.edu, (617) 495 8643,
www.msi.harvard.edu/thursdays.html
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