Calendar Listings:
June 15, 2010
7:00pm - 8:00pm Book Reading and Discussion
Harvard Bookstore 1256 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA
"Twelve by Twelve: A One-Room Cabin Off the Grid & Beyond the American
Dream" by William Powers. Please RSVP.
http://www.williampowersbooks.com
mail(a)williampowersbooks.com 212-481-5009
June 17, 2010 (All day) - June 20, 2010 (All day)
Quantum Effects in Biological Systems Workshop
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Mb-23 Pfizer Lecture Hall 12 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA
The 3 1⁄2 day workshop will focus on the discussion of non-trivial quantum phenomena in
biological systems. The interdisciplinary nature of the program will bring together
experts in chemical physics, biology, physics, and quantum information.
http://quebs2010.wordpress.com/about/
Contact Name: Peg Tamiso aspuru-assistant(a)chemistry.harvard.edu
June 17, 2010
6:30pm - 7:30pm Summer Nights at the Museum
Harvard Museum of Natural History 26 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA 02138
"Exhibition Tour and Discussion: Treasures of the Mineral Gallery." Allison
Gale, a graduate student in Harvard’s Earth & Planetary Sciences, will lead a tour
through the historic gallery, and discuss how these specimens were collected, and what
makes them so scientifically valuable. Free with museum admission.
http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/
hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu (617) 495-3045
7:30pm Summer Nights at the Museum
Harvard Museum of Natural History 26 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA
"Birdology: From Hens to Hummingbirds - and One Big Living Dinosaur." Lecture
and booksigning with Sy Montgomery.
hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu 617.495.3045
June 18, 2010
9:00am - 12:30pm Restructing Roundtable: Raising the Bar on Energy Efficiency in New
England
Foley Hoag LLP 155 Seaport Boulevard, 13th Fl. Conference Room Boston, MA
New England continues to seek ways to accelerate and enhance energy efficiency in homes,
businesses, and government buildings. Come and hear about the many new developments that
have either been recently unveiled, or are in the works.
http://www.raabassociates.org/main/roundtable.asp
Contact Name: Susan Rivo susan(a)raabassociates.org
12:30pm - 3:00pm Boston Green Building Ribbon Cutting BBQ
Boston Green Building Headquarters 218 Lincoln Street Allston, MA
Barbecue and ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate Allston's first commercial Solar
Photovoltaic (PV) Project. Free and open to the public.
With dedication at 1:30pm by Bryan Glascock, Director of the Environment Department, City
of Boston. Come learn more about solar energy. Q&A session hosted by NGE &
Boston Green Building team.
New Generation Energy (NGE) provides funding for a 3.8 KW rooftop solar PV (photo voltaic)
array at the headquarters of Boston Green Building, Inc, located in Allston, MA. This
project is the first commercial solar installation in the Boston neighborhood of Allston,
MA, and only the third solar installation in this community overall.
Contact Name: Kosta E. Alexis alexis(a)newgenerationenergy.org 617-624-3688
June 22, 2010
8:30am - 2:00pm Yardswap: A Summer Freecycle
Science Center Overpass Lawn One Oxford St. Cambridge, MA
Don’t trash your office and home leftovers, freecycle them! Both office supplies for
Harvard re-use and items from home are welcome at this event. File folders, cabinets,
printers/cartridges, books, movies, music, housewares, games, sports equipment, art
supplies, clothes, etc., welcome.
http://www.green.harvard.edu
sustainability(a)harvard.edu
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