Highlights:
Saturday, April 16: Celebrate Earth Day with the Harvard College Environmental
Action Committee and learn about the green initiatives of student, administrative,
and community groups while enjoying free food and entertainment.
Monday, April 18: Joseph Aldy, Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard
Kennedy School, and former Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Environment,
discusses "A National Clean Energy Standard" at the ETIP/Energy Technology
Innovation
Policy/Consortium for Energy Policy Research Energy Policy Seminar.
Wednesday, April 20: Kathleen Treseder, UC Irvine, discusses the role of fungi in
mediating ecosystem responses to global change in the final Biodiversity, Ecology,
and Global Change lecture of the spring.
Calendar Listings:
Tonight:
6:00pm International Governance for Sustainable Development
Bell Hall Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA
Speaker: Ambassador Magliano (Director General for Globalization at the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of Italy). The talk will be introduced by Prof. William Clark.
Ambassador Magliano, an MPA class of 1981, will be speaking on international governance
for finance and energy.Presented by the Italian society at the Kennedy School.
6:00pm Challenges in Implementing Sustainable Development Policy in Pakistan
Nye AB, 5th Floor, Taubman Building, Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St Cambridge, MA
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/news-events/events-calendar/challenges-in-implem….
7:30pm - 9:30pm Does radiation from cell phones cause cancer?
Sever Hall 113 Harvard Yard Cambridge, MA
A talk by Dr. Devra Davis, author of Disconnect.
dpr(a)dropeik.com
8:00pm Movie Screening: RENEWAL
Lowell Courtyard Harvard University Cambridge, MA
With an introduction by Diana Eck, Lowell House Master and Professor of Comparative
Religion.
Get ready for Earth Day with this unique documentary about the intersection of religion
and environmentalism.
Contact Name: Brandon Geller Brandon_geller(a)harvard.edu
April 15 - 16, 2011
2011 Tufts Energy Conference: Exploring Energy's Great Debates
Cabot Center (160 Packard Avenue) at Tufts University
Features of the 2011 Tufts Energy Conference include:
Two day conference with keynotes, panels and workshops covering a wide range of pressing
energy debates in energy efficiency, mass transit, clean energy, shale gas and deepwater
drilling.
http://www.tuftsenergyconference.com/
April 15, 2011
9:00am - 12:30pm New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable
Foley Hoag LLP 155 Seaport Boulevard, 13th Floor Boston, MA
Smart Power and the Future of Electric Utilities; & Transforming the Electric Grid
with Storage and Electric Vehicles
http://www.raabassociates.org/main/calendar.asp
Contact Name: Susan Rivo susan(a)raabassociates.org
9:00am - 5:00pm Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Science Symposium
http://www.radcliffe.edu/events/calendar_2011climate.aspx
617-495-8600
Radcliffe Gymnasium 10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard Cambridge, MA
"Something in the Air: Climate Change, Science, and Policy. "Atmospheric and
environmental scientists, engineers, archaeologists, and scholars of public health,
economics, and government will come together to address and debate topics fundamental to
our understanding of the science of climate change and the policies that result.
10:45am Pardee Distinguished Lecture
Barrister's Hall, BU School of Law Boston, MA
Dr. Mehmood Khan, the Chief Scientific Officer and CEO of the Global Nutrition Group of
PepsiCo, will deliver the 2011 Pardee Distinguished Lecture.
http://www.bu.edu/pardee/2011/04/04/pepsico-mehmood-khan-pardee-lecture/
12:00pm Environmental Science & Engineering Seminar
Pierce 100F 29 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA
"Environmental Implications and Applications of Nanotechnology: Lessons Learned from
Bacterial-Nanoparticle Interactions." Pedro J.J. Alvarez, Department of Civil &
Environmental Engineering, Rice University.
jpiaia(a)seas.harvard.edu
2:00pm - 4:30pm OEB G4 Symposium
Herbaria Seminar Room 22 Divinity Ave Cambridge, MA
Contact Name: Colleen Cavanaugh cavanaug(a)fas.harvard.edu
April 16, 2011
9:00am - 5:00pm MSI Symposium 2011
Radcliffe Gymnasium 10 Garden Street Cambridge, MA
This annual event features presentations by leading microbiologists at Harvard and other
institutions and celebrates the richest biological reservoir of the planet, the microbial
world. Free and open to the public.
http://www.msi.harvard.edu/events/sympos.html
9:00am - 1:00pm HEEC Charles River Clean-up Event
Meet at 9:00am at the Eliot Bridge Staircase, or meet Julia at the Harvard T stop at
8:30am to walk to cleanup site
Help us pick up trash and improve the appearance and environment of the Charles and
surrounding open spaces.
juliacai(a)gmail.com
11:00am - 3:00pm Environmental Action Committee’s Earth Day Celebration 2011
MAC quad Harvard University Cambridge, MA
Free b.good, ice cream, and nalgenes, t-shirts, games, and information about the green
initiatives of student, administrative, and community groups.
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~eac/
April 18, 2011
12:00pm Harvard Energy Journal Club
HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA
Facilitating discussion and furthering our understanding of the technical details of
energy technology and science. Visit the Energy Journal website for updates and topics of
discussion.
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hejc/
Contact Name: Dan Recht drecht(a)fas.harvard.edu
12:00pm - 1:30pm Energy Technology Innovation Policy/Consortium for Energy Policy Research
Energy Policy Seminar Series
Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, HKS 79 JFK St Cambridge, MA
"A National Clean Energy Standard." Joseph Aldy, HKS.
Contact Name: Louisa Lund louisa_lund(a)harvad.edu
12:15pm - 2:00pm STS Circle Lecture: "A Lab of Their Own: Genomic Sovereignty as a
Postcolonial Science Policy?"
124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 100, Room 106
Lecture features Ruha Benjamin (Sociology, Boston University) for a talk on "A Lab of
Their Own: Genomic Sovereignty as Postcolonial Science Policy?" Sandwich lunches will
be provided.
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/sts
8:00pm Patagonia National Park
Harvard Hall 202 Cambridge, MA
Kristine Tompkins, the president of Conservacion Patagonica, and co-founder and former CEO
of Patagonia, Inc. She will talk about her work to establish a new 650,000 acre national
park in Chile.
Contact: Lisa Matthews lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu
April 19, 2011
3:00pm - 4:30pm ClimaTea
HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA
Visit the Climatea website for updates and topics of discussion.
http://www.deas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars/climatea.html
Contact Name: Shuting Jin shuting(a)gmail.com
5:30pm - 8:30pm Lessons in Sustainability & Research
Harvard Medical School, Armenise Amphitheater Boston, MA
The lecture will discuss how we can build resiliency into our infrastructure networks and
research environments. RSVP requested.
http://green.harvard.edu/events
April 20, 2011
4:10pm Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/news-events/events-calendar/seminar-in-environme…...
L-382 Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St Cambridge, MA
Geoffrey Heal, Columbia University. "Ambiguity and Climate Policy"
5:00pm Biodiversity, Ecology, & Global Change: "Fungal Diversity, Global Change,
and Ecosystems"
Biolabs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Cambridge
"Fungal Diversity, Global Change, and Ecosystems." Kathleen Treseder, Associate
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine.
Contact Name: Lisa Matthews lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu 617-495-8883
5:30pm - 7:30pm EBC YEP Program: Cleaning Up the Deepwater Horizon
Foley Hoag LLP Bay Colony Corporate Center 1000 Winter Street Suite 4000, Waltham, MA
EBC Young Environmental Professional (YEP) programs provide an opportunity for young
professionals to gain speaking experience by presenting to their peers in a supportive
forum, and like all our events, is an excellent opportunity for networking and building
new business relationships. Registration fee $15
http://www.ebcne.org
mcurtismurphy(a)ebcne.org 617-505-1818
7:00pm MIT Sea Grant Lecture: "Climate and the Oceans: Where We've Been and
What's Ahead" with Dr. Wallace Broecker
Wong Auditorium MIT Building E51
Dr. Wallace Broecker, Newberry Professor of Geology at Columbia University's Earth
Institute and the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory. "Climate and the Oceans: Where
We've Been and What's Ahead"
http://www.seagrant.mit.edu
Contact Name: Nancy Adams nadamsx(a)mit.edu 617.253.3461
8:00pm - 9:00pm Environmental Action Committee Meeting
Quincy House Spindell Room Harvard University Cambridge, MA
Everyone interested in learning about the EAC and/or learning how to help make a
difference for the environment is welcome.
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~eac/
Contact Name: Jackson Salovaara jsalov(a)fas.harvard.edu
April 21, 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. Special guest Kathleen
Treseder, UCIrvine. All interested researchers are welcome and lunch is provided.
http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pringle/journalclub.htm
Contact Name: Primrose Boynton pboynton(a)fas.harvard.edu
12:30pm - 1:45pm Faculty panel: "Water & Health: A Global Perspective"
HSPH Kresge G-3 Boston, MA
This Earth Day, an engaging panel discussion featuring three HSPH Professors, John
Briscoe, James Shine, and Elsie Sunderland, will speak on the importance of a healthy,
sustainable water supply in international public health efforts.
www.hsph.harvard.edu/ecoopportunity
4:00pm - 6:00pm Rethinking Climate Change: The Past 150 Years and the Next 100...
Tang Center E51-115 Wong Auditorium Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
A panel discussion looking back at the last 150 years of climate research and rethinking
the way forward.
http://globalchange.mit.edu/news/event-item.php?id=371
globalchange(a)mit.edu 617-253-7492
6:00pm HMNH Lecture and Booksigning
Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA
Join Australian scientist and author Tim Flannery at Here on Earth: A Natural History of
the Planet, a lecture and booksigning. Free and open to the public.
http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_special_events/index.php#here
April 22, 2011 – EARTH DAY!
10:00am - 12:30pm Sawyer Seminar on Energy Transitions
Pardee Center, 67 Bay State Road Boston, MA
Seminar 8. GEOGRAPHIES OF ENERGY. Registration required.
http://www.bu.edu/pardee/2011/01/09/sawyer-seminars-spring/
pardee(a)bu.edu
12:00pm - 6:30pm Workshop: "Energy and Environment: A Global History"
HUCE 24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor Cambridge
The workshop will consider energy history in a global perspective. It will present new
research by graduate students from Harvard and MIT, and will conclude with a roundtable
session of faculty from both institutions. The workshop is the first in a series of events
hosted by the Energy History Project, an initiative that explores the ways in which the
historical study of energy use and its transformations can contribute to the understanding
of economic, social, and environmental change.
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~histecon/energy/globalhistory/
RSVP required to: Philipp Lehmann plehmann(a)fas.harvard.edu
April 23, 2011
3:00pm - 6:00pm Soccer Tournament for Sustainable Energy
Quad Lawn (rain location: QRAC right next to Currier) Harvard University Cambridge, MA
Soccer tournament benefiting sOccket (
www.soccket.com), a soccer ball invented recently by
four Harvard students that converts kinetic energy to electricity, powering a light for up
to 3 hours with only 15 minutes of play.
Contact Name: Jennifer McKee jmckee(a)fas.harvard.edu 617.455.7962
April 25, 2011
12:00pm - 1:30pm Energy Technology Innovation Policy/Consortium for Energy Policy Research
Energy Policy Seminar Series
Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, HKS 79 JFK St Cambridge, MA
"When Technology Meets Reality: Macondo and Managing Technological Complexity."
Richard Sears, MIT Visiting Scientist & Senior Science and Engineering Advisor to the
National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling.
Contact Name: Louisa Lund louisa_lund(a)harvard.edu
12:00pm Harvard Energy Journal Club
HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA
Facilitating discussion and furthering our understanding of the technical details of
energy technology and science. Visit the Energy Journal website for updates and topics of
discussion.
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hejc/
Contact Name: Dan Recht drecht(a)fas.harvard.edu
12:15pm - 2:00pm STS Circle Lecture: "Accounting for Taste: Regulating Diet and
Health on Food Labels"
124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 100, Room 106
Lecture features Xaq Frolich (STS, MIT) for a talk on "Accounting for Taste:
Regulating Diet and Health on Food Labels"
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/sts
4:00pm Fred Kirchenmann on Sustainable Agriculture
Sever Hall 113 Harvard Yard Cambridge, MA
A lecture and discussion about the future of sustainable agriculture by farmer, agrarian
philosopher, author, and sustainable food advocate Fred Kirchenmann.
6:30pm - 9:00pm Panel Discussion: Novel Business Models and Success Stories in Cleantech
Foley Hoag LLP - Emerging Enterprise Center, 1000 Winter St., #4000, Waltham, MA
Join the Kellogg Alumni Club of Boston on April 25th at 6:30 pm to discuss business model
innovation in the clean technology sector.
http://kelloggcleantech2011.eventbrite.com/
Contact Name: Makarand Joshi myjoshi(a)gmail.com
7:30pm Do Something Reel Film Festival
Coolidge Corner Theatre Brookline, MA
PLANEAT: This visually stunning film tells the story of the scientists, farmers and chefs
tackling one of the greatest problems of our age: Western culture's love affair with
meat and dairy.
www.coolidge.org/showtimes
7:30pm Science on Screen
Coolidge Corner Theatre Brookline, MA
Alfred Hitchcock’s classic tale of avian terror THE BIRDS paired with a talk by Ted
Stankowich, PhD, a Visiting Postdoctoral Scientist and Teaching Fellow in Harvard’s
Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology.
http://www.coolidge.org/science
April 26, 2011
3:00pm - 4:30pm ClimaTea
HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA
Visit the Climatea website for updates and topics of discussion.
http://www.deas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars/climatea.html
Contact Name: Shuting Jin shuting(a)gmail.com
6:00pm - 8:00pm MIT Enterprise Forum
UK Trade & Investment One Broadway Cambridge, MA
"Energy SIG Event: Desin-an-Incubator: Greentown Labs Clean Energy Accelerator."
Students free, registration required.
http://www.mitforumcambridge.org/events/energy-sig-event-design-an-incubato…...
7:30pm Do Something Reel Film Festival
Coolidge Corner Theatre Brookline, MA
BAG IT - This highly entertaining and eye-opening film follows everyman Jeb Berrier as he
navigates our plastic-reliant world.
www.coolidge.org/showtimes
April 27, 2011
4:10pm Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
L-382 Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St Cambridge, MA
Maureen Cropper, Resources for the Future. "Policy Response to Pandemic Influenza:
The Value of Collective Action."
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/news-events/events-calendar/seminar-in-environme…...
Jason_Chapman(a)harvard.edu
7:30pm Do Something Reel Film Festival
Coolidge Corner Theatre Brookline, MA
URBAN ROOTS - Filmmakers Mark MacInnis, Leila Conners (writer/director of "The 11th
Hour") and Mathew Schmid tell the powerful story of a group of dedicated Detroiters
working tirelessly to fulfill their vision for locally grown, sustainably farmed food in a
deserted, collapsed city cut off from real food and limited to processed fast food.
www.coolidge.org/showtimes
8:00pm - 9:00pm Environmental Action Committee Meeting
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~eac/
Contact Name: Jackson Salovaara jsalov(a)fas.harvard.edu
Quincy House Spindell Room Harvard University Cambridge, MA
Everyone interested in learning about the EAC and/or learning how to help make a
difference for the environment is welcome.
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