Highlights:
October 19: In a special event at the Center for European Studies,
Robert Stavins, Harvard Kennedy School and Claus Leggewie, director
of the Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut, discuss elements of a
scientifically sound, economically rational and politically pragmatic
post-Kyoto international climate agreement in "Transatlantic Perspectives
of Climate Governance ."
October 21: Sara Greenbaum, the Chief Strategy Officer of the Clinton
Foundation Climate Initiative (CCI) discusses the major strategic pillars
of the initiative: cities and urban development, clean energy, and forestry
and development.
October 27: Dr. Cristián Samper, Director of the National Museum of Natural
History at the Smithsonian Institution, will examine the past, present and
future of natural history museums in society at this lecture sponsored by the
Harvard Museum of Natural History.
Calendar Listings:
Thursday 10/15/2009
Earth Days
(Kendall Square Cinema, One Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA)
Last day to catch the documentary looking back to the dawn of the modern environmental
movement.
Contact: 617-499-1996,
www.landmarktheatres.com/market/Bosto...
4:00p Climate Seminar
(Haller Hall, 102 Geological Museum Building, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"The Fixed Anvil Temperature Hypothesis and Longwave Cloud Feedback in AR4
Climate Models." Dennis Hartmann, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of
Washington.
Contact: Shuting Jin, jin(a)fas.harvard.edu
6:00p Harvard Museum of Natural History Lecture Series
(Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"This Brick Ark: Celebrating the Museum of Comparative Zoology's First 150 Years
and the Beginning of the Next 150." Lecture by James Hanken, Professor of Biology,
Zoology and Director, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617.495.3045
6:30p - 9:00p Energy Buyers, Sellers, Equipment Makers and Policy: A Global View from Here
at Home
(Microsoft, One Memorial Drive, 1st Floor Conference Center, Cambridge, MA)
The cleantech supply chain is complex and evolving every day. It's also global in
nature, despite the increasingly popular expression "Pennsylvania Ave is the new Wall
Street."
Contact: Elaine Reiter, ereiter(a)mit.edu, 617-253-2568,
www.ignitecleanenergy.com/node/828
Friday 10/16/2009
8:30a Microbial Sciences Initiative Chalktalk
(HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA)
"Biodiversity in Bogs: competition and dispersal limitation in pitcher plant
yeasts." Primrose Boynton, PhD Candidate in Pringle Lab.
Contact: Karen L. Lachmayr, PhD, klachmay(a)fas.harvard.edu,
www.msi.harvard.edu/fridays.html
5:30p - 8:30p MIT Energy Night 2009
(MIT Museum, N51, 265 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA)
The MIT Energy Night is the MIT Energy Club's flagship event for the fall and it
seeks to showcase the most exciting energy research, education, and entrepreneurship at
MIT.
Contact: Asbjorg Kristinsdottir and Anil Rachakonda, energynight(a)mit.edu,
web.mit.edu/mit_energy/programs/energ...
Saturday 10/17/2009
7:15a - 6:30p Annual Harvard Business School Energy Symposium
(Harvard Business School, Soldiers Field, Boston, MA)
"Accelerating the Future of Energy." Keynote speakers: Mike Eckhart, President
American Council on Renewable Energy; Frederick Palmer, Senior Vice President, Peabody
Energy; and Jim Rogers, Chief Executive Officer, Duke Energy.
Contact:
www.harvardenergyclub.org/
Sunday 10/18/2009
9:00a - 1:15p Boston Relocalization Conference
(Reggie Lewis Center 1350 Tremont Street, Roxbury, MA)
Bill McKibben, Frances Moore Lappe, Mel King. $10-30 sliding fee, food is included all
day.
Contact: relocalize(a)masschc.org, 617-821-1453 ,
www.relocalizemassachusetts.org/
2:00p - 3:30p Climate Convocation
(The Memorial Church, Harvard University. 1 Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA)
Bill McKibben will speak about the spectrum of global and local efforts to raise awareness
about climate change and its impacts.
Contact: lgbrown(a)fas.harvard.edu,
www.350.org/
Monday 10/19/2009
11:45a - 12:45p 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: Kate Dennis, kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu,
www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/
12:15p - 2:00p Science, Technology, and Society Circle
(124 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge, MA)
"Anomalies in the Classification of Technology: Illustrations from the
Military/Non-Military Divide." Samuel Evans, STS Program, HKS.
Contact:
www.hks.harvard.edu/sts
1:00p - 2:30p Energy Technology Innovation Policy/Consortium for Energy Policy Research
Seminar Series
(Fainsod Room, Littauer 324, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA)
"Smarter Pricing for a Smarter Grid: A Locational Model for Operating
Reserves."
Contact: Louisa Lund, Louisa_Lund(a)harvard.edu,
www.hks.harvard.edu/news-events/event...
1:00p - 3:00p MIT Natural Gas Speaker Series
(MIT, E19-319, Cambridge, MA)
"The History of GE Gas-Fired Power Plants." Eric Gebhardt, Senior General
Manager, Energy Services Engineering for GE Energy.
Contact: Megan Nimura, mnimura(a)mit.edu , 617-253-8013
2:00p - 4:00p Transatlantic Perspectives of Climate Governance
(Lower Level Conference Room, Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland St., Cambridge,
MA)
Speakers: Claus Leggewie, director of the Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut (KWI) and a
member of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the German Federal Government on Global
Environmental Changes.
Contact: Jason Beerman, beerman(a)fas.harvard.edu
4:00p EPS Fall Colloquium
(Haller Hall, 102 Geological Museum Building, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Oceans and snowfalls in planetary interiors inferred from material properties under
high pressure." Jie Li, University of Illinois.
Contact: Ganna Savostyanova, ganna(a)eps.harvard.edu
Tuesday 10/20/2009
12:00p Herbaria Seminar Series
(Harvard University Herbaria Seminar Room, 22 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA)
"Lichens of the Santa Monica Mountains: Hasse and the Farlow." Kerry Knudsen (UC
Riverside).
Contact:
www.huh.harvard.edu/seminar_series/
1:15p Solid Earth Physics Seminar
(4th Floor Faculty Lounge, Hoffman Laboratory, 20 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Interaction of Earthquakes and Slow Slip: Insights from Fault Models Governed by
Lab-Derived Friction Laws." Nadia Lapusta, Divisions of Engineering and Applied
Science.
Contact:
esag.harvard.edu/rice/SOLID.EARTH.SEM...
4:00p Transportation @ MIT Seminar
(MIT 32-124, Cambridge, MA)
"Alice in Wonderland: Think Globally, Act Locally." Fred Salvucci, civil
engineer specializing in transportation, in particular infrastructure, urban
transportation, public transportation.
Contact:
transportation.mit.edu/events.php
4:00p - 5:00p OEB Special Seminar
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA)
"Symbioses and Early Prokaryotic Evolution." Jim Lake, Distinguished Professor
of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology and of Human Genetics, University of
California, Los Angeles.
Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-5891
5:00p - 6:00p Radcliffe Autumn Science Tea
(Fay House, Sheerr Room 10 Garden St., Radcliffe Yard, Cambridge, MA)
Meet with this year's Radcliffe Science Fellows, and mingle with faculty, students,
and your classmates.
Contact: Radcliffe Science, science(a)radcliffe.edu
Wednesday 10/21/2009
4:00p - 5:00p Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
(Room L-382, HKS, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA)
"Climate Shocks and Economic Growth: Evidence from the Last Half Century."
Melissa Dell, Benjamin Olken, MIT, Benjamin Jones, Northwestern University.
Contact: Jason Chapman, 617-496-8054,
isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword...
5:00p Clinton Foundation Climate Initiative
(Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA)
Sara Greenbaum, the Chief Strategy Officer of the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) will
discuss her work the Clinton Climate Initiative on the major strategic pillars of the
initiative: cities and urban development, clean energy, and forestry and development.
Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-8883
6:00p - 7:00p Climate 2030: A National Blueprint for a Clean Energy Economy
(34-101, 50 Vassar St., Cambridge, MA)
Rachel Cleetus and John Rogers of the Union of Concerned Scientists will speak about the
UCS's recent report on a clean energy economy.
Contact: Elsa Olivetti, elsao(a)mit.edu,
events.mita.edu/scripts/event_ext.pl?...
6:00p - 7:00p The Inside Scoop on Water Supply & Efficiency in the 21st Century
(Sever Hall Room 310 in Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA)
Listen to industry professionals as they discuss the impending issues at stake in water
supply & efficiency.
Contact:
courses.dce.harvard.edu/~environment/ec/
8:00p - 9:00p Enviromental 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:
www.hcs.harvard.edu/~eac/
Thursday 10/22/2009
11:45a Ecology Journal Club
(HUCE, Meeting Room 318, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA)
Weekly discussions on an ecology-related paper; all interested researchers welcome, and
papers on website.
Contact: Primrose Boynton, pboynton(a)fas.harvard.edu ,
www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pringle/j...
4:00p - 5:00p OEB Departmental Seminar
(Biological Laboratories Main Lecture Hall, Room 1068, 16 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA)
"On the diversity and dynamics of tropical forests: Results from a global network of
large-scale forest plots." Stuart Davies, Arnold Arboretum, CTFS Harvard University.
Contact: Katharine Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-5891
Friday 10/23/2009
11:00p Harvard Forest Seminar
(Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, 324 North Main St., Petersham, MA)
"Neighborhood dynamics of forest ecosystems: Invasion of northeastern forests by
Norway maple (Acer platanoides) and Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima)." Charles
Canham, Cary Institute.
Contact:
harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/researc...
Saturday 10/24/2009
2:00p - 3:30p Regional Energy Revolution Rally
(Minuteman National Park, 174 Liberty Street, Concord, MA)
Spearheaded by Bill McKibben's
www.350.org (where you can find more information),
this will be a day for citizens around the world to show their support for a strong
climate treaty to be agreed to at the United Nations talks in Copenhagen in December
2009.
Contact:
www.gwenet.org/events.htm
6:30p Benefit Concert for Climate Change
(First Congregational Church of Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA)
Six different Boston-based performers of international music and dance will join together
to draw attention to the global climate crisis.
Contact: 781-396-0734
Monday 10/26/2009
11:45a - 12:45p 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: Kate Dennis, kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu,
www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/
12:15p - 2:00p Science, Technology, and Society Circle
(124 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge, MA) "Sea Stories: What the Nuclear Navy taught me
about Systemic Risk." Ian Schillinger, US Navy.
Contact:
www.hks.harvard.edu/sts
5:30p Environmental Economics Guest Speaker
(Emerson Hall 101, 25 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Ira W. Leighton, Acting Regional Administrator Environmental Protection Agency,
New England.
7:00p Net-Zero-Energy Home Building
(Cary Memorial Library, 1874 Mass. Ave., Lexington, MA)
Carter Scott, President of Transformations, Inc., a residential development and building
company located in Townsend, MA specializing in sustainable development and green
building.
Contact:
www.lexgwac.org
Tuesday 10/27/2009
12:00p - 1:00p Harvard Herbaria Seminar
(22 Divinity Ave, Seminar Room, Cambridge, MA)
"Informatics projects at the HUH." James Macklin, Harvard University Herbaria.
Contact: Erin Ciccone, (617) 495-7504
5:30p - 7:00p MIT Wind Energy Lecture
(MIT, 4-145, Cambridge, MA)
"The Latest on Wind Power Development in Massachusetts." Greg Watson, Senior
Advisor for Clean Energy Technology, MA Executive Office of Energy and Environmental
Affairs.
Contact: Kathy Araujo, kmaraujo(a)mit.edu
6:00p Natural History Museums and Society Lecture by Cristián Samper
(Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
The role of natural history museums in society has evolved over the past two centuries.
Contact:
www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_spe...
6:30p - 8:00p Energy in Brazil: Achievements , Challenges, Policies and Opportunities
(MIT, E51-115, Cambridge, MA)
Contact: sf10_br(a)googlegroups.com,
events.mit.edu
Wednesday 10/28/2009
12:30p - 2:00p Wellesley College: Marjorie Stoneman Douglas Lecture
(Science Center Room 277, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA)
Marina Rikhvanova, internationally recognized environmental leader from Russia, especially
protecting Lake Baikal.
Contact:
www.wellesley.edu/EnvironmentalStudies/
4:00p - 5:30p Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
(Room L-382, HKS, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA)
"Firms' Costs (and Benefits) of Environmental Regulation: An Event Study of the
EU Emission Trading Scheme." James Bushnell, Iowa State University, Howard Chong,
University of California.
Contact: Jason Chapman, 617-496-8054,
isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword...
5:15p Ecologies of Human Flourishing Lecture Series
(Sperry Room, Andover Hall, 45 Francis Ave., Cambridge, MA)
"Cities, Climate Change, and Christianity: Religion and Sustainable Urbanism." A
presentation by Sallie McFague, Distinguished Theologian in Residence, Vancouver School of
Theology.
Contact:
www.hds.harvard.edu/cswr/events/theme...
7:00p Science in the News Seminar
(Armenise Ampitheatre at Harvard Medical School, 200 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA)
"Feeding the Future: Agricultural Genetics and World Hunger."
Contact:
https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/
7:00p Panel Discussion: Creating Sustainable Food Production
( Boston Public Library Mezzanine Conference Room Central Library 700 Boylston Street
Boston, MA)
Join us for a panel discussion to explore alternative agricultural methods such as organic
and sustainable farming.
Contact:
www.ecologic.org/greenag/events
8:00p - 9:00p Enviromental 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:
www.hcs.harvard.edu/~eac/
Thursday 10/29/2009
8:00a - 9:30a Energy Innovation and Research at the Technion-Israel Institute of
Technology Speaker
(MIT, E40-496, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Professor Gideon Grader, Head of the Technion Energy Program.
Contact: David Dolev , 617-324-5581 ,
events.mit.edu/scripts/event_ext.pl?e...
11:45a Ecology Journal Club
(HUCE, Meeting Room 318, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA)
Weekly discussions on an ecology-related paper; all interested researchers welcome, and
papers on website.
Contact: Primrose Boynton, pboynton(a)fas.harvard.edu ,
www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pringle/j...
4:00p - 5:00p OEB Seminar
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA)
"Phylogenetics: The BEST way to sort out incongruent gene phylogenies." Dennis
Pearl, The Ohio State University.
Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-5891
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