Highlights:
Tuesday, November 1: Join Charles Ferguson, President of the Federation of American
Scientists, for a lecture on the changing landscape of nuclear power after the Fukushima
nuclear disaster. Sponsored by the WCFIA Program on U.S.-Japan Relations and the Harvard
University Center for the Environment.
Thursday, November 3: Learn more about Fox Islands Wind, the largest community wind-power
facility on the East Coast, in Maine's Penobscot Bay, through the documentary
"Islands in the Wind." The 30-minute film, directed by David Conover of Compass
Light Productions, will be followed by a panel discussion about community energy and
offshore wind projects.
Wednesday, November 9: Much research and debate is devoted to the impact forests have on
the capture or sequestration of carbon dioxide, the primary gas that causes the
climate-warming “greenhouse effect.” Hear two of Harvard's most active climate
researchers, atmospheric chemist Steven Wofsy and forest ecologist Andrew Richardson,
tackle this question.
Calendar Listings:
October 27, 2011
4:00pm EPS Special Lecture
Haller Hall Room 102, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge
“The Loss of the Sphinx – Geoscience Shows the Way Out” with Dr. Andreas Laake,
Geophysical Advisor, WesternGeco. The famous Pyramids and Sphinx of Giza have withstood
decay for almost 5,000 years, but have come under increasing threat of destruction in
recent decades. The main threats are related to water, a fact that is not quite obvious in
the hyper-arid climate of the Egypt. Studies of the geology and the hydrogeology of the
Giza Plateau help us understand the context of these threats and guide methods for
mitigating the effects of water-related erosion.
Contact Name: Maryorie Grande (617) 495-2351
6:00pm The Emergent Forest of New England
Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Peter Del Tredici, botanist and senior research scientist at the Arnold Arboretum, will
present an overview of the recent history of the forests of southern New England as
impacted by natural disasters, shifting land-use patterns, pests and pathogens, invasive
species, acid rain, and climate change.
http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_special_events/index.php
October 28, 2011
8:30am - 9:30am MSI Chalktalk Breakfast
HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street 3rd Floor, Cambridge
"What do we know about hospital-acquired Staphylococcus aureus?" with Veronica
Kos (HMS-Ophthalmology). Host: Michael Gilmore
9:00am - 12:30pm New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable
Foley Hoag LLP, 155 Seaport Boulevard, 13th Floor, Boston
The roundtable featuring two panel discussion on broader smart grid issues and national
trends on dynamic pricing.
Contact Name: Susan Rivo susan(a)raabassociates.org
October 31, 2011
11:45am - 12:45pm Harvard Energy Journal Club
HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor Cambridge
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 - 1:00pm MCZ Lunchtime Seminar
MCZ 101 Seminar Room, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge
"Dissecting the divergence of dogs from their wild ancestors: complete genome
sequences of 5 close relatives to modern dog breeds" with Adam Freedman, Visiting
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCLA. Hosted by
Edwards Lab
Contact Name: Catherine Weisel cweisel(a)oeb.harvard.edu (617) 495-2460
12:00pm - 1:30pm Energy Policy Seminar
Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, HKS, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
Jody Freeman, Harvard Law School, "Legal and Regulatory Challenges to Moving Energy
and Climate Policy Forward.” Lunch with be provided.
Contact Name: Louisa Lund louisa_lund(a)hks.harvard.edu
12:15pm - 2:00pm STS Circle Lecture
124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 100, Room 106, Cambridge
With Emma Frow (Edinburgh), "Making Big Promises Come True? Articulating and
Realizing the Value of Synthetic Biology." Please RSVP to sts(a)hks.harvard.edu by the
Thursday before.
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/sts
12:15pm - 1:45pm Belfer Center Directors' Lunch
Belfer Center Library (L369), 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
Featuring Beth Keck, Director of Sustainability at Walmart, on "Sustainability from
Theory to Practice: The Walmart Experience." RSVP required to the following website:
http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/keck.html
4:00pm EPS Colloquium Series
Haller Hall, Geo Museum 102, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge
"Systematic landform response to uplift along the Dragon's Back Pressure Ridge,
Carrizo Plain, California" with Professor George Hilley, Stanford University. Hosted
by Brendan Meade. Reception to follow at Hoffman Lab 4th floor.
Contact Name: Sabinna Cappo scappo(a)fas.harvard.edu
November 1, 2011
8:00am The 7th Annual Conference on Clean Energy
Westin Boston Waterfront, 425 Summer Street, Boston
An action-packed day designed to provide you with the latest investment opportunities,
business insights, career options, and fund-raising strategies, from seed to Stimulus.
http://greenovationconference.com/
Contact Name: Mary Essary info(a)basea.org
12:30pm - 2:00pm Nuclear Power after Fukushima
Tsai Auditorium (S010), Japan Friends of Harvard Concourse, CGIS South Building, 1730
Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Featuring Charles Ferguson, President, Federation of American Scientists. Sponsored by the
WCFIA Program on U.S.-Japan Relations and the Harvard University Center for the
Environment.
http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/us-japan/
Contact Name: Shinju Fujihira, Ph.D sfujihira(a)wcfia.harvard.edu
3:00pm ClimaTea
HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street 3rd Floor, Cambridge
Visit the ClimaTea website for a list of speakers and topics:
http://www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars/climatea.html
November 2, 2011
12:00pm - 1:30pm Energy & Environment Community: Cape Wind: America's First
Offshore Wind Coming to Massachusetts
MIT Building 2 Room 135, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Cape Wind Communications Director Mark Rodgers will provide an overview and update on the
Cape Wind project, slated to be America's first offshore wind farm.
12:00pm - 1:00pm Harvard Environmental Law Society Lecture
Hauser 104, 1575 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge
"Working on Environmental Issues in a Heavily Agricultural Area of the Country"
with Karl Brooks, EPA Region 7 Regional Administrator.
Contact Name: Sachin Desai sdesai(a)jd13.law.harvard.edu
4:10pm - 5:30pm Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
Room L-382, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
“Do EPA Regulations Affect Labor Demand? Evidence from the Pulp and Paper Industry"
http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k82245&pageid=icb.page4438…
Contact Name: Jason Chapman 617-496-8054
7:00pm "Connecting the Smart Grid and Renewable Energy" Discussion and Career
Events Meeting
Dudley House Fireside Room, Harvard Square, Cambridge
A discussion on the role of science and policy in developing the Smart Grid, and the main
challenges presented. Immediately following, GSAS Science Policy Group will host the first
ever Science Policy Careers Symposium with the Office of Career Services. Learn more about
their "externship" program, where students can go to DC and shadow those working
in science policy jobs for a short period.
8:00pm - 9:00pm Environmental Action Committee Meeting
Quincy House, Spindell Room, Harvard University, Cambridge
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
November 3, 2011
11:30am - 1:00pm Ecology Journal Club
HUCE Seminar Room 310, 24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor, Cambridge
Reading and discussion group on diverse topics in ecology. Visit the website for topics of
discussion. 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
4:30pm - 6:00pm Ethics & the University Endowment: Are University Endowments Investing
in Land Grabs in Africa?
Ticknor Lounge, Boylston Hall, 5 Harvard Yard, Cambridge
A conversation featuring Anuradha Mittal, Founder of the Oakland Institute
Board members of the Oakland Institute will discuss findings of their recent report on how
European hedge funds have made large scale investments in African land, resulting in food
insecurity, displacement of small farmers, environmental devastation, and further
impoverishment and political instability of African nations.
Contact Name: Evelyn Chow edczhou(a)gmail.com
6:00pm - 8:00pm Sustainable Practices for Managed Landscapes
Hunnewell Building, 125 Arborway, Boston
Featuring Eric "T" Fleisher, Director of Horticulture, Battery Park City Parks
Conservancy. He has developed protocols to help our landscapes recover from the harmful
impacts of industry and chemicals, and will describe the design and implementation of a
sustainable landscape management program.
Contact Name: Pamela Thompson 617-384-5277
6:00pm Islands of New England: Models for Alternative Energy Futures
Science Center A, Harvard University, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Join us for a presentation on "Islands in the Wind," a documentary about Fox
Islands Wind, the largest community wind-power facility on the East Coast, in Maine's
Penobscot Bay. The 30-minute film, directed by David Conover of Compass Light Productions,
will be followed by a moderated panel discussion about community energy and offshore wind
projects.
Contact Name: dwilson(a)islandinstitute.org (207) 594-9209 ext. 138
November 4, 2011
2:00pm Tour Series: MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory
MIT Building NW12, MIT Campus, 138 Albany Street, Cambridge
Join us for a tour of the MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory (MIT-NRL). MIT-NRL is a
university laboratory that conducts interdisciplinary research in the areas of advanced
fuel and materials for nuclear energy systems, nuclear science, nuclear medicine, and
radiation science and technology.
http://www.doodle.com/s9gdxkekpfcbqyb9
Contact Name: Sam stelleen(a)mit.edu
November 7, 2011
11:45am - 12:45pm Harvard Energy Journal Club
HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor Cambridge
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 Policy Seminar
Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, HKS, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
Featuring Rohini Pande, Harvard Kennedy School. Lunch with be provided.
Contact Name: Louisa Lund louisa_lund(a)hks.harvard.edu
12:15pm - 2:00pm STS Circle Lecture
124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 100, Room 106, Cambridge
Featuring Lee Vinsel (Harvard, HKS), "The Politics of the Dummy Light: Liberalism and
the US Federal Regulation of Technological Risk, 1960-1980." Please RSVP to
sts(a)hks.harvard.edu by the Thursday before.
4:00pm EPS Colloquium
Haller Hall Room 102, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Featuring Trish Dove, Virginia Tech. Hosted by Andy Knoll.
Contact Name: Sabinna Cappo scappo(a)fas.harvard.edu
November 8, 2011
3:00pm ClimaTea
HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street 3rd Floor, Cambridge
Visit the ClimaTea website for a list of speakers and topics:
http://www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars/climatea.html
November 9, 201
12:00pm - 1:00pm Harvard Environmental Law Society
Hauser 104, 1575 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge
John Echeverria, takings expert & Vermont Law School Prof, and Chelsea Miller, VLS
Research Fellow, on Property Rights in Water
Contact Name: Sachin Desai sdesai(a)jd13.law.harvard.edu
4:10pm - 5:30pm Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
Room L-382, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
“Goal-Setting and Energy Efficiency”
http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k82245&pageid=icb.page4438…
Contact Name: Jason Chapman 617-496-8054
5:00pm - 7:30pm The Great Disruption: Will Climate Change the Way We Do Business?
Harvard Innovation Lab, 125 Western Avenue, Allston
A conversation with Paul Gilding, an international advisor and advocate for action on
climate change and sustainability. He has served as head of Greenpeace International, and
is currently a faculty member for Cambridge University's Program for Sustainability
Leadership.
http://earthwatchhbspaulgilding.eventbrite.com
6:00pm How Much Can Trees and Forests Slow the Global Warming Increase?
Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge
A dialogue on the impact forests have on the capture or sequestration of carbon dioxide,
featuring atmospheric chemist Steven Wofsy and forest ecologist Andrew Richardson.
http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_special_events/index.php
8:00pm - 9:00pm Environmental Action Committee Meeting
Quincy House, Spindell Room, Harvard University, Cambridge
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
November 10, 2011
11:30am - 1:00pm Ecology Journal Club
HUCE Seminar Room 310, 24 Oxford St. 3rd Floor, Cambridge
Reading and discussion group on diverse topics in ecology. Visit the website for topics of
discussion. 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
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