Highlights:
Wednesday, March 18: Paul Ehrlich, author of the best selling book "The Population
Bomb" revisits his ideas 40 years later at the first HUCE Green Conversations event
this spring. Ehrlich will be joined by Daniel Schrag, Director of the Harvard University
Center for the Environment.
Register Now for the GSD Ecological Urbanism conference (Apr 3-5), which brings 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.
Calendar Listings:
Thursday 3/12/2009
6:00p Solar Energy Technology in Africa
(Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Sivan Borowich, the Founder of Jewish Heart for Africa (JHA), a non-profit
organization that brings Israeli clean technology to rural African villages.
Contact:
www.meetup.com/boston-israel/calendar...
6:00p Microbial Sciences Initiative Thursday Evening Seminar Series
(HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA)
"Proteogenomics as an approach for the study of natural microbial communities."
Jill Banfield, UC Berkeley.
Contact: Christy Herren, herren(a)fas.harvard.edu, (617) 495 8643,
www.msi.harvard.edu/thursdays.html
6:30p - 9:00p How to Get into the Energy Business? Volunteer!
(Offices of Holland & Knight 10 St. James Avenue 11th Floor Boston, MA)
Keynote speaker: Nick d'Arbeloff, President, New England Clean Energy Council
(NECEC).
Contact: Andrew Becker, andrew.becker(a)ypenergy.org, (617) 429-8314,
www.ypenergy.org/en/cev/223
6:30p - 8:30p Housing Cities Symposium 2009: Opening Event
(MIT Stata Center, R&D Commons, 32 Vassar St., Cambridge, MA)
A conversation with Sandra Henriquez, Administrator and CEO of the Boston Housing
Authority.
Contact:
www.housingcities2009.com/
7:30p Boston Area Solar Energy Association
(The First Parish in Cambridge Unitarian Universalist 3 Church Street Harvard Square
Cambridge, MA)
"A New Model for Improving Energy Efficiency in the Built Environment." Dan
Valianti, Next Step Living .
Contact: info(a)basea.org,
www.basea.org
Friday 3/13/2009
10:00a - 11:30a The Hydrogen Age
(Littauer 150, Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA)
"The Hydrogen Age: Is hydrogen the ultimate solution to climate change and the key to
the final energy architecture of civilization?" Dr. David Sanborn Scott, author of
"Smelling Land: The Hydrogen Defense Against Climate Catastrophe."
12:30p - 5:45p Ninth Annual Harvard Graduate Student Conference on International History
(Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA)
ConIH aims to promote the serious treatment of nature in international history while
encouraging specialists in environmental studies, the history of science and medicine, and
diverse other fields.
Contact: Gressel-Bacharan, gressel(a)fas.harvard.edu,
www.fas.harvard.edu/~conih/
6:30p - 8:30p Housing Cities Symposium 2009
(Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA)
A diverse group of industry leaders, academic experts, and students open a
multi-disciplinary dialogue on critical housing issues facing U.S. cities.
Contact:
www.housingcities2009.com/
Saturday 3/14/2009
9:00a - 1:00p Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream Symposium
(First Church in Salem, 316 Essex Street, Salem, MA) Come and discover new opportunities
to make a real difference in accelerating the emergence of an environmentally sustainable,
spiritually fulfilling, and socially just human presence on this plane...
Contact: Carol Dearborn, cdearborn(a)comcast.net , 978-745-6370 ,
awakeningthedreamer.org/
Calendar: Center for the Environment
10:00a - 5:30p Ninth Annual Harvard Graduate Student Conference on International History
(Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA)
ConIH aims to promote the serious treatment of nature in international history while
encouraging specialists in environmental studies, the history of science and medicine, and
diverse other fields.
Contact: Gressel-Bacharan, gressel(a)fas.harvard.edu,
www.fas.harvard.edu/~conih/
11:00a - 5:00p Harvard Museum of Natural History Special Event: BugFest
(HMNH, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
The Harvard Museum of Natural History will be buzzing with dozens of activities as we
explore the amazing world of arthropods.
Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617-495-3045,
www.hmnh.harvard.edu/family_programs/...
11:00a Mobile Community Workshop in Allston
(intersection of Western Ave and North Harvard Street in Allston, MA)
Explore the areas Harvard plans to build on and hear about the implications and
opportunities related to the massive project from Allston residents, students from the
GSD, and affiliates in the School of Public Health.
Contact: Rebecca Cohen, rjcohen(a)fas.harvard.edu
3:00p - 4:00p RePower America Rally
(Massachusetts State House, 24 Beacon St., Boston MA)
Show your support for the Massachusetts State Legislature's Resolution calling for
the federal government to RePower America with 100% Clean Electricity in 10 years.
Contact:
www.masspowershift.org/
Sunday 3/15/2009
12:00p - 4:15p Somerville Climate Action Volunteer Day
(Somerville High School, 81 Highland Ave., Somerville, MA)
"Sustainability Street Team II." Go door-to-door to communities in Somerville to
spread awareness about simple home improvements to save money, energy, and (well, yes) the
planet.
Contact: sca.volunteer(a)gmail.com
Monday 3/16/2009
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 Environmental Sciences and Engineering Seminar
(Pierce Hall 100F, 19 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Changing What Chemicals We Make and How We Make Them. " Adelina Voutchkova,
Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering, Yale University.
Contact: Norma Stewart, nstewart(a)seas.harvard.edu
4:00p EPS Spring Colloquium
(Haller Hall, Geological Museum, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Radially Symmetric and Elongated/Birdfoot Deltas: Application to Engineered
Avulsions of the Mississippi River." Gary Parker, University of Illinois.
Contact: Ganna Savostyanova, savosty(a)fas.harvard.edu
Tuesday 3/17/2009
12:00p - 1:00p Herbaria Seminar Series
(Sherman Fairchild Lecture Hall, Room 102, 7 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA)
"Tree herding at the Arnold Arboretum: Another paradigm in collections
management." Michael Dosmann, Arnold Arboretum.
Contact: Margaret Richards, prichards(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 496-8062
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 EPS Dissertation Defense
(Haller Hall, Geological Museum, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Optimal excitation of Atlantic ocean variability and implications for
predictability." Laure Zanna. Refreshments to follow in the Interaction Space, Geo
Museum 4th floor.
Contact: Sarah Colgan, colgan(a)eps.harvard.edu
6:15p MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge Innovation Series
(MIT’s Kirsch Auditorium in the Stata Center, 32-123, Cambridge, MA)
"Disruptive Energy Storage (trans) Portable Applications" - innovations which
are essential to meeting the needs of new, power-intensive applications.
Contact: mitefcmb(a)mit.edu, 617-253-8240
Wednesday 3/18/2009
9:00a - 10:30a Frontiers in Sustainable Development Speaker Series
(Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA)
"Food Security for All: A Sustainability Challenge." Emmy Simmons, Co-chair,
National Academies of Science Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability.
Contact: Maryanne Baumgartner, maryanne_baumgartner(a)harvard.edu,
www.cid.harvard.edu/sustsci
10:30a - 12:00p Geopolitics of Energy Seminar Series
(Land Lecture Hall, 4th Floor Belfer Building, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St.,
Cambridge, MA)
"Russia." Fiona Hill, National Intelligence Officer for Russia and Eurasia at
the National Intelligence Council.
Contact: americanprimacy(a)ksg.harvard.edu
4:00p - 5:30p Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
(Littauer-382, 79 JFK St., John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University)
"Climate Change, Consumption Smoothing, and Mortality in India." Robin Burgess,
London School of Economics, Olivier Deschenes, UC Santa Barbara, David Donaldson, LSE, and
Michael Greenstone, MIT.
Contact: Jason Chapman, Jason_Chapman(a)ksg.harvard.edu, 617-496-8054
4:00p Green Conversations with Paul Ehrlich
(Science Center D, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
A presentation by Paul Ehrlich 40 years after the publication of "The Population
Bomb." Followed by a discussion with Daniel Schrag, director of the Harvard
University Center for the Environment.
Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-8883
6:00p HMNH: New Directions in EcoPlanning Lecture Series
(Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Designing the Urban Ark: Biodiversity and the Future of Cities." Kristina Hill,
Director of Landscape Architecture at the University of Virginia.
Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617-495-3045,
www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_spe...
7:30p Film Screening -- "FLOW: For Love of Water"
(Pound Hall 100, Harvard Law School, 1563 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA)
FLOW, the award-winning 2008 documentary by Irena Salina which investigates what experts
label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century: the world
water crisis.
Contact: Cara Ferrentino , cara_ferrentino(a)harvard.edu, 617.384.6893 ,
www.flowthefilm.com
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 3/19/2009
12:15p - 1:45p Belfer Center Directors' Lunch
(Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, 79 JFK St., Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA)
With Robert A. Hefner III, Founder and Owner of GHK Exploration & Belfer Center
International Council Member on "The GET" (Grand Energy Transition). RSVP
required.
Contact: 617-495-1400,
belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/h...
12:30p - 1:30p Department of Global Health and Population Ecology/modeling Seminar Series
(Harvard School of Public Health, Building 1 - Room 1208, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston)
"Breeding Bird Flu: The Political Virology of Offshore Farming." Dr. Robert
Wallace Department of Geography, University of Minnesota.
Contact: Tamara Awerbuch, tamara(a)hsph.harvard.edu
6:30p - 8:00p Harvard Extension School Movie Night
(51 Brattle St., Rm 421, Cambridge, MA)
"King Corn." Many of the ways we consume corn are obvious enough: corn on the
cob and canned corn ... popcorn and corn chips ... corn bread and taco shells.
Contact: Julie Vallimont, julievallimont(a)gmail.com
Friday 3/20/2009
12:00p Environmental Sciences and Engineering Seminar
(Pierce Hall 100F, 19 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Sonochemical Destruction of Persistent Organic Pollutants: Perfluorooctanesulfonate
(PFOS) and Perfluorooctanoate (PFOA)." Chad D. Vecitis, Department of Chemical
Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Yale University.
Contact: Norma Stewart, nstewart(a)seas.harvard.edu
Saturday 3/21/2009
1:00p Natural Alternatives to Modern Funeral
(Mount Auburn Cemetery, 580 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker Mark Harris, author of "Grave Matters: A Journey Through the Modern Funeral
Industry to a Natural Way of Burial."
Contact: Mark Harris, markharris(a)igc.org, 610-954-8375
Monday 3/23/2009
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/
Tuesday 3/24/2009
12:00p - 2:00p The Green Roundtable--Integrating Solar & Wind Energy into Commercial
Projects
(NEXUS, 38 Chauncy St., 7th Floor, Boston, MA)
This 200-level seminar will discuss opportunities for integrating solar and wind energy
into commercial construction projects.
Contact: Aaron, aaron(a)greenroundtable.org
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...
Wednesday 3/25/2009
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 3/26/2009
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...
9:00a - 6:30p Babson Entrepreneurial Energy Expo
(F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business, Babson Park, MA)
Annual conference hosted by the Babson Energy & Environmental Club.
Contact:
www.babsonenergy.com/eee
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