Highlights:
Wednesday, February 25: Saul Griffith, a recently named McArthur Fellow and President and
Chief Scientist at Makani Power, discusses innovative strategies to harness high altitude
wind power at the second HUCE "Future of Energy" lecture.
Monday, March 2: Join Michael McElroy, Gilbert Butler Professor of Environmental Studies,
at the Science, Technology, and Society Circle to discuss "Options for a Low-Carbon
Energy Future."
Thursday, March 5: Global climate change will have tremendous impacts on all people, but
its effects will not be felt evenly. The Harvard Environmental Law Review brings together
scholars and practitioners from a variety of backgrounds to discuss legal mechanisms for
dealing with the distributive ramifications of climate change for different nations and
peoples.
Calendar Listings:
Thursday 2/19/2009
3:30p China Project Seminar
(Pierce Hall 100F, 19 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Water Pollution and Digestive Cancers in China." Dr. Avraham Ebenstein, Robert
Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy, Harvard University.
Contact: Chris Nielsen , nielsen2(a)fas.harvard.edu
4:00p Chemistry and Chemical Biology Seminar
(Pfizer Lecture Hall, Lower Level, Mallinckrodt, 12 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
Dr. Matthew Kanan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, discusses his research in
overcoming a major barrier to large-scale solar power: storing solar energy.
Contact: 617-496-8190,
www.chem.harvard.edu/news/index.php#
4:00p OEB Seminar
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Harvard Campus, Cambridge)
"Are we saving nature?" Stuart Pimm, Doris Duke Professor of Conservation
Ecology, Duke University.
Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617.495.5891,
lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinf...
4:00p - 5:00p A Study Group: Challenges of the Public and Private Sector in Promoting
Greentech Innovation
(HUCE Seminar room, 24 Oxford St. 3rd floor, Cambridge, MA)
With Robert Fri, Former Deputy Administrator of the EPA and US Energy Research and
Development Administration.
Contact: ransohof(a)fas.harvard.edu
6:00p - 7:00p MIT Energy: Wind Sub-Community Lecture Series
(MIT, Building E51, Room 376, Cambridge, MA)
Jack Clarke of Mass Audubon will give a lecture on wind energy and wildlife issues
including an overview as well as a more focused discussion of the "challenges"
of the Cape Wind project.
Contact:
events.mit.edu/scripts/event_ext.pl?e...
7:00p - 8:00p MIT Discussion Series: Gazprom's Politicization of Energy and the
January Shutoff of Europe's Gas Supply
(Stata Center, R&D Pub (4th Floor), Bldg. 32, MIT, 32 Vassar St., Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Mladen Ne'ic (Tufts Fletcher School).
Contact: Addison Stark , addison(a)mit.edu ,
www.mitenergyclub.org/events-and-prog...
7:00p Film Screening: The Greening of Southie
(Pool Theater, Adams House (Corner of Mt. Auburn & Bow Sts.), Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA)
Set on the storied streets of South Boston, The Greening of Southie is a feature
documentary about Boston's first residential green building, and the skeptical
workers who are asked to build it.
Contact: Caitlin Rotman, caitlin.rotman(a)gmail.com
Friday 2/20/2009
11:00a - 12:00p Harvard Forest Seminar Series
(Seminar Room at Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, 324 North Main Street, Petersham, MA)
"Understanding successful biological invasions: a perspective of exotic ants in
Florida." Joshua King, Central Connecticut State University.
Contact: Audry Barker Plotkin, aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu, 978-724-3302 x 268,
harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/researc...
11:30a Fletcher School's Sustainable Development Diplomacy Round Table on
International Forest Policy
(Cabot 102, The Fletcher School, 160 Packard Ave., Tufts University, Medford, MA)
"'International Forest Policy." Discussion led by Professor Hoogeveen,
Fletcher's Visiting Professor of Practice in Natural Resource Policy. .
Contact: Mieke van der Wansem, mieke.wansem(a)tufts.edu
2:00p - 4:00p Unconventional Gas Technology
(MIT, E19-319, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Kent Perry, Director of Exploration & Production Research at the Gas
Technology Institute in Des Plaines, Illinois.
Contact: Megan Nimura , mnimura(a)mit.edu,
events.mit.edu/scripts/event_ext.pl?e...
3:30p The Science Behind High-Efficiency Solar Cells and Why We Might Care
(Pierce Hall, Room 209, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA)
Sarah Kurtz, Principal Scientist National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado.
Contact:
www.seas.harvard.edu/newsandevents/ca...
4:00p - 8:00p Boston University Energy Conference
(8 Saint Mary's St., Boston, MA )
BU Energy Conference The BU Energy Club will be hosting a night full of interesting panel
discussions from a diverse set of speakers.
Contact:
events.mit.edu/scripts/event_ext.pl?e...
Monday 2/23/2009
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/index.html
3:00p - 5:00p MIT American Nuclear Society Seminar
(Building NW14, Room 1112, 150 Albany Street, Cambridge, MA)
"Challenges of Integration of Desalination and Power, Energy, Environment and
Security." Dr. Leon Awerbuch, Director, International Desalination Association.
Contact: Paul Romano, romano7(a)MIT.EDU, 617-452-3631
4:00p EPS Spring Colloquium
(Haller Hall, Geological Museum, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"A frozen ocean in a warming climate: Observing, understanding, and responding to a
diminished Arctic sea ice cover." Donald Perovich, US Army Corps for Engineers.
Contact: Ganna Savostyanova, savosty(a)fas.harvard.edu
4:15p Radcliffe Institute Lecture in the Sciences
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
"Tiny Conspiracies: Cell-to-Cell Communication in Bacteria." Bonnie Bassler,
Princeton University. Cosponsored by the Microbial Sciences Initiative at Harvard.
Contact: 617-495-8600
6:00p Darwin and the Consciousness of Others
(Barker Center for the Humanities, Harvard University, 12 Quincy Street, Room 133,
Cambridge, MA)
Gillian Beer, University of Cambridge. Free and open to the public; seating is limited.
Contact:
www.fas.harvard.edu/~humcentr
Tuesday 2/24/2009
9:30a - 11:00a Energy Technology Innovation Policy Seminar Series
(Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, 79 JFK St., Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA)
"Exploring Opportunities and Enabling Technologies for Carbon Capture and Storage in
Chinese Context." Hengwei Liu, ETIP Research Fellow.
Contact: Sam Milton, sam_milton(a)harvard.edu, (617) 496-5584,
www.belfercenter.org/energy
12:00p - 1:00p Herbaria Seminar Series
(Sherman Fairchild Lecture Hall, Room 102, 7 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA)
"DNA Barcoding in Plants: From Genes to Genomics." John Kress, Smithsonian
Institution.
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...
5:00p Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity
(Countway Library, Harvard Medical School, 10 Shattuck St., Boston, MA)
Part of the Notable Books Series, featuring Eric Chivian. Booksigning and reception to
follow in Lahey Room, fifth floor, 6 p.m.
Contact: rvogel(a)hms.harvard.edu
Wednesday 2/25/2009
10:30a Geopolitics of Energy Seminar Series
(Fainsod Room, Littauer 324, HKS, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA)
"Europe." Nick Butler, Chairman of the Cambridge University Center for Energy
Studies; former VP for Strategy and Development for BP.
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)
"Clearing the Air? The Effects of Gasoline Content Regulation on Air Quality."
Maximilian Auffhammer, University of California, Berkeley, and Ryan Kellogg, University of
Michigan.
Contact: Jason Chapman, Jason_Chapman(a)ksg.harvard.edu, 617-496-8054
5:00p The Future of Energy
(Science Center D, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
Saul Griffith, Ph.D., the President and Chief Scientist at Makani Power, a company
developing high-altitude wind energy extraction technologies aimed at the most powerful
wind resources.
Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-8883
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 2/26/2009
4:00p - 5:00p OEB Seminar Series
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Harvard Campus, Cambridge)
"Shark skeletons and sticky fish -- new materials from the sea." Adam Summers,
University of California, Irvine.
Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-5891
6:00p Harvard Museum of Natural History: Evolution Matters
(Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Evolution in the Post-Genomic Age." Pardis Sabeti, Center for Systems Biology,
Assistant Professor, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard.
Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617-495-3045,
www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_spe...
Friday 2/27/2009
11:00a - 12:00p Harvard Forest Seminar Series
(Seminar Room at Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, 324 North Main Street, Petersham, MA)
"Generalized linear mixed models: a practical guide for ecology and evolution."
Ben Bolker, University of Florida.
Contact: Audry Barker Plotkin, aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu, 978-724-3302 x 268,
harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/researc...
Sunday 3/1/2009
12:30p - 5:00p Weatherization Barn-raising
( 120 Chestnut Street and 100 Henry Street, Cambridgeport, MA)
Help to weatherize a neighbor's home (a skill you can take back to your own home).
Contact: Steve Wineman, swineman(a)gis.net , 617-876-4753
Monday 3/2/2009
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/index.html
12:15p - 2:00p Science, Technology, and Society Circle
(124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 100, Room 106, Cambridge, MA)
"Options for a Low-Carbon Energy Future." Michael B. McElroy (Harvard
University). Sandwich lunches will be provided, RSVP required.
Contact: harvard.sts(a)gmail.com by
4:00p MIT Science Technology, and Society Colloquia
(MIT, Building E51-095, Cambridge, MA)
"'Sustainable Development' from Tanzania to Chicago: Tracking the Subaltern
in STS Studies." Chris Walley, Associate Professor of Anthropology, MIT.
Contact: 617-452-2390,
web.mit.edu/sts/calendar/index-css.html
Tuesday 3/3/2009
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 IOP Study Group: Art and Politics - The Influence of Writers and other Artists on
Human Rights and Public Policy
(Institute of Politics, Room L166, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA)
"How the poetic imagination, and poetry and its performance, have been used to
enhance reason and passion on issues from war to global warming." Guest: Jorie
Graham, Pulitzer Prize poe...
Contact:
www.iop.harvard.edu/Programs/Fellows-...
Wednesday 3/4/2009
9:00a - 12:00p Boston Solar Workshop
(Foley Hoag, 155 Seaport Blvd, 13th Floor Conference Room, Boston, MA)
The City of Boston's Solar Boston program would like to invite you to a half-day
solar energy conference focusing on the solar energy market and new solar energy policies
at the federal, state, and local levels.
Contact: Andy Belden, andy.belden(a)mc-group.com
10:30a - 12:00p Geopolitics of Energy Seminar Series
(Fainsod Room, Littauer 324, HKS, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA)
"China." Erica Downs, China Energy Fellow, the Brookings Institution.
Contact: bcsia_ksg(a)harvard.edu
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 3/5/2009
3:30p Harvard Environmental Law Review Symposium
(Harvard Law School, Langdell North, 1563 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA)
"Climate Change and Global Justice: Crafting Fair Solutions for Nations and
Peoples." Global climate change will have tremendous impacts on all people, but its
effects will not be felt evenly.
Contact: hlselr(a)law.harvard.edu,
www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/elr...
3:30p China Project Seminar
(Pierce Hall 100F, 19 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Wind Power in China." Dr. Joanna Lewis, Assistant Professor, Science,
Technology and International Affairs, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service,
Georgetown University.
Contact: Chris Nielsen , nielsen2(a)fas.harvard.edu
4:00p Climate Seminar
(Haller Hall, Geological Museum, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
Peter Webster, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Tech. Title TBA.
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)
"The strategies of stationary organisms: summoning the wind, finding self, and
invading new territory." Anne Pringle, Harvard University.
Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-5891
4:15p MIT Energy Initiative Seminar Series
(MIT Building 66, Room 110, Cambridge, MA)
"Meeting U.S. Energy and Climate Challenges with Rational Policy." Severin
Borenstein, E.T. Grether Professor of Business Administration and Public Policy, Haas
School of Business, UC Berkeley.
Contact:
web.mit.edu/mitei/news/seminars/
6:00p Harvard Museum of Natural History: Evolution Matters
(Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Survival of the Swiftest, Smartest, or Fattest? Human Evolution 150 Years After
Darwin." Daniel Lieberman, Harvard Professor of Biological Anthropology. One hundred
and fifty years a...
Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617-495-3045,
www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_spe...
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