TONIGHT 6:00pm Gorillas to Grizzlies: Conservation in Action from Africa to the United States Geological Museum Lecture Hall 24 Oxford St Cambridge, MA Harvard Museum of Natural History lecture and booksigning with Amy Vedder and Bill Weber. http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_special_events/index.php 6:30pm - 8:00pm Residential Energy Savings: Real vs. Modeled MIT 32-141 Cambridge, MA Michael Blasnik, Independent Consultant will explain: how to save the most energy in your home; why real world savings don’t always equal modeled savings; and why the energy efficiency field needs great researchers. 7:00pm BASEA Forum: "Our Renewable Energy Future" First Parish -- Harvard Square 3 Church Street Cambridge, MA Clayton Hadleman of Heliotronics will give an over-view on the future and importance of renewable energy. His presentation will give BASEA members and friends, as well as those less familiar with the subject of renewable energy, the tools to communicate with others on this subject, and become educators themselves. info(a)basea.org January 15 - January 22, 2011 MIT Wind Week MIT Cambridge, MA The Wind Energy Group of the MIT Energy Club and MIT Wind Energy Projects in Action are sponsoring a week of wind-related lectures, discussions, and workshops. http://web.mit.edu/windenergy/windweek/WindWeek.html Newengland-leaders(a)collegeenergy.org January 15, 2011 9:00am - 5:00pm Northeast Organic Farming Association/Massachusetts 24th Annual Winter Conference Worcester Technical High School 1 Skyline Drive Worcester, MA Keynote Speaker: Michael Phillips of Heartsong Farm, Groveton, NH. 60 Workshops on Gardening, Farming, Food Preservation, Alternative Energy, etc. http://www.nofamass.org mindy(a)nofamass.org 978-355-2853 January 17, 2011 1:00pm 2011 MIT Energy Conference Registration Opens Early bird tickets to the 2011 MIT Energy Conference, to be held on March 4th and 5th at the Westin Copley Place in Boston, will go on sale http://www.mitenergyconference.com January 18, 2011 7:00pm Uncovering the Buzz About Bees Northeastern University Marine Science Center 430 Nahant Road Nahant, MA 01908 Sean Kent, Northeastern University PhD Student. "The Ecology of Bees of Eastern New England." http://www.northeastern.edu/cos/about/events_items/bees.html Contact Name: Carole McCauley 781-581-7370 January 20, 2011 11:45am - 1:00pm J-Term Ecology Journal Club HUCE Meeting Room 318 24 Oxford St. 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA 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 January 23, 2011 2:00pm - 3:00pm HMNH Family Program -- From Earthquakes to Volcanoes Harvard Museum of Natural History 26 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA Jack Loveless, postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences. Free with Museum Admission. http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/family_programs/index.php 617.495.3045 January 27, 2011 (All day) G'Day USA: Sustainable Cities Conference A day-long conference to discuss experiences, emerging technologies, key learnings and strategies for developing sustainable cities which meet the needs of the present without leaving a burden on future generations. The event will bring together researchers, civic leaders, planners, and business leaders from Australia and the US. http://www.australia-week.com/events/boston/sustainable-cities-conference.h… Contact Name: Zoe Jouannelle zoe.jouannelle(a)austrade.gov.au January 27, 2011 4:00pm - 6:00pm Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science (COPUS) Mixer The MIT Stata Center R+D Pub (4th floor) 32 Vassar St. Cambridge, MA A reception to launch both 2011 and a new initiative called "BroaderImpacts@MIT" - a program inspired by the National Science Foundation requirement that grant-funded research include a public outreach component. This mixer is an opportunity to meet with MIT faculty to learn about their ongoing research, and find ways to collaboratively bring that work to the public. http://www.copusproject.org/ 6:00pm Heads Up! How and Why the Amazing Human Head Evolved to Be the Way It Is Geological Museum Lecture Hall 24 Oxford St Cambridge, MA Daniel Lieberman, Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard, will explore how heads work, evolved, and why the human head is special. His answers have widespread ramifications for how we think about human evolution and the evolution of complex structures in other organisms. http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_special_events/index.php --- Always check the calendar on the website for updated information. If you would like to submit an event to the calendar, contact Lisa Matthews at the Center for the Environment: lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu. Be sure to sign up to receive the HUCE newsletter. Become a Fan of HUCE on Facebook! You are receiving this email because you indicated interest in Harvard University Center for the Environment events. [32]Unsubscribe aspuru-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu from this list. 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