Highlights:
November 17: Maxine Savitz, the Vice President, National Academy of Engineering, discusses
a variety of efficiency technologies in buildings, transportation, and industrial sectors
in "America’s Energy Future: Challenges and Opportunities", the final Future of
Energy lecture this fall semester.
November 18: The Ecologies of the Human Flourishing lecture series continues with
"Religious Values and Global Health," a presentation by Arthur Kleinman, M.D.,
Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University;
Professor of Medical Anthropology in Social Medicine and Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard
Medical School; and Victor and William Fung Director of Harvard University's Asia
Center.
November 19: At a special lecture presented by the Center for European Studies
Undergraduate Board, Eloi Laurent discusses the "The Road to Copenhagen: The US and
the EU in Global Climate Negotiations.
Calendar Listings:
November 12, 2009
6:00pm MSI Thursday Evening Seminar
Center for the Environment (Rm 310) 24 Oxford St, Harvard University Cambridge, MA
“Teamwork in Anaerobic Metabolism: Syntrophy and Interspecies Metabolic
Interactions." Michael McInerney, University of Oklahoma.
http://www.msi.harvard.edu/thursdays.html
8:30pm Film Screening: "One Water"
Tsai Auditorium, 10 1730 Cambridge Street Cambridge, MA
"One Water" documentary and discussion with filmmaker Sanjeev Chatterjee. Join
us as we travel across 15 countries, exploring how water is celebrated and contaminated,
and raise the question: Is water a commodity, or is it a human right?
http://www.onewaterthemovie.org
November 13, 2009
3:00pm How to Find an Internship in the Energy, Environment, and Sustainability Fields
OCS Conference Room, 54 Dunster St., Cambridge, MA
Get a jump start on the internship search by coming to this session focusing on internship
ideas that will get you on the right track.
http://www.ocs.fas.harvard.edu/index.htm
6:00pm Film Screening: Crude - The Real Price of Oil
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
CRUDE follows the human, environmental, and legal drama surrounding Chevron (the
world's fifth-largest company) and the "Amazonian Chernobyl" it has created
in Ecuador, devastating local Indigenous communities. A special Q&A with producer Mike
Bonfiglio will follow. Film tickets can be purchased through the
crude(a)cs.org MFA Box Office: 617- 369-3306
November 15, 2009
9:00am - 5:00pm Eighth Annual MA Climate Action Network Conference
Stata Center, MIT 32 Vassar Street Cambridge, MA
Bringing together more than 300 residents, community organizers, scientists, and local
government staff to act on global warming.
http://massclimateaction.net/conference/2009-conference.html
9:30am - 2:00pm Jumpstarting the Clean Tech Economy through International Partnerships:
Lessons from the Massachusetts-Israel Relationship
Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government Taubman building, 5th floor
Cambridge, MA
Featuring keynote address by Congressman Edward Markey (D-MA), co-author of the American
Clean Energy and Security Act. Comments by George Bachrach, president of the Environmental
League of Massachusetts.
bethrk(a)cjp.org 617-457-8542
http://www.cjp.org/
November 16, 2009
11:45am - 12:45pm Harvard Energy Journal Club
HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA
Visit the Energy Journal website for current topics of discussion.
Kate Dennis kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/
12:15pm - 2:00pm Science, Technology, and Society Circle
124 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge, MA
"Truth Commissions: Technologies of Repair or Social Autopsies?" Jay Aronson,
History, Carnegie Mellon University.
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/sts
12:30pm - 1:45pm Costa Rica’s Vision on Sustainable Development and Climate Change
Cabot 206 Tufts Fletcher School Packard Ave Medford MA
The Converging on Copenhagen Speaker Series at Tufts University. A lecture by: Ambassador
Jairo Hernandez-Milian. Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the United Nations.
4:00pm EPS Fall Colloquium
Haller Hall (Geo-Museum 102) 24 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA
"How Microbes Make Minerals: How Enzymes Hide the Role of Geochemistry." Colleen
Hansel, Harvard University, SEAS.
Please join us for a reception following the talk, in the 4th Fl. lounge of Hoffman
Ganna Savostyanova ganna(a)eps.harvard.edu
November 17, 2009
Harvard-Wide Green Office Week
Through November 20, 2009
Sponsored by the Office for Sustainability.
http://www.green.harvard.edu/green-office
12:00pm Pardee House Seminar:
Pardee House, 67 Bay State Road Boston, MA 02215
Is The Future Renewable? With panelists Prof. Michael Caramanis, Prof. William Moomaw and
Dr. Miquel Munoz.
Seating is limited to 30 guests. Please RSVP to pardee(a)bu.edu by Friday, November 13.
pardee(a)bu.edu
http://www.bu.edu/pardee/2009/11/09/renewable-future/
12:30pm - 2:00pm Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar
Belfer Case Study Room (S020), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA
"Getting Serious about Climate Change in the Post-Kyoto Era." Robert N. Stavins.
Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government; Director, Harvard Environmental
Economics Program; and Chairman, Environment and Natural Resources Faculty Group, Harvard
Kennedy School.
617-495-1890 us_japan(a)wcfia.harvard.edu
http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/us-japan/schedule/schedule.htm
5:00pm The Future of Energy
Science Center, Lecture Hall D, One Oxford St., Cambridge, MA
"America’s Energy Future: Challenges and Opportunities." Maxine Savitz, Vice
President, National Academy of Engineering and Retired General Manager, Technology
Partnerships, Honeywell, Inc.
Lisa Matthews lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu 617-495-8883
6:30pm The Harvard Symposia on Architecture 1: The Return of Nature
Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 42-46 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA
"The Sublime Plan." With Barry Bergdoll, K. Michael Hays, and Diane Lewis.
http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/events
November 18, 2009
4:00pm - 5:30pm Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
Room L-382, HKS, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA
"Gasoline Prices, Inattentive Consumers, and the Energy Paradox." Hunt Allcott,
MIT, and Nathan Wozny, Princeton University.
Jason Chapman 617-496-8054
http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k63251
5:15pm Ecologies of Human Flourishing Lecture Series
Tsai Auditorium (S-010), 1730 Cambridge St. (CGIS South), Cambridge, MA
"Religious Values and Global Health." A presentation by Arthur Kleinman, M.D.,
Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University;
Professor of Medical Anthropology in Social Medicine and Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard
Medical School; and Victor and William Fung Director of Harvard University's Asia
Center. Registration required.
http://www.hds.harvard.edu/cswr/events/theme.html
6:00pm Mothers and Others: The Origin of Emotionally Modern Humans
Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA
Lecture and booksigning by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy. Anthropologist and primate sociobiologist
Sarah Blaffer Hrdy studies how the apes in the line leading to the genus Homo became so
"other-regarding" and potentially cooperative. Reception to follow.
http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_special_events/index.php#opportuni…
6:00pm Steve Isakowitz, CFO at the US Department of Energy
4-370, MIT Cambridge, MA
Steve Isakowitz speaks on what's new at DOE, energy challenges facing society today,
and the renewed emphasis on finding solutions to these challenges. This event is open to
the public.
8:00pm - 9:00pm 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.
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~eac/
November 19, 2009
11:45am 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.
Primrose Boynton pboynton(a)fas.harvard.edu
http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pringle/journalclub.htm
3:00pm Harvard Climate Seminar
Haller Hall 102 Geological Museum Building 24 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA
"Can planetary wave dynamics explain equable climates?" Sukyoung Lee, Penn State
University.
Shuting Jin 617.384.9005
http://www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars/climateseminar.html
3:30pm - 6:00pm Society for Risk Analysis Seminar
Harvard School of Public Health FXB Building Room G-12 651 Huntington Ave. Boston, MA
02115
“Overview of the HEI Special Report on Traffic-Related Air Pollution.” RSVP by Nov. 16.
Amy Rosenstein (781) 676-4084
http://www.sra-ne.org/
4:00pm OEB Seminar
Biolabs Lecture Hall 16 Divinity Ave Cambridge, MA
"Phalanx or Traitors? Role of the gut microbial community in the health of
lepidopteran insect." Jo Handelsman, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor from
the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/seminars.html
6:00pm - 9:00pm EcoLogic's 2009 Annual Benefit: The Taste of Sustainable Food
Location:
Boston Center for the Arts Carol Dean Rehearsal Hall 539 Tremont St Boston, MA
Come discover how EcoLogic is promoting environmentally-friendly agriculture and making a
positive difference for rural farmers in Central America. Admission: $50 ($40 for
non-profit staff).
http://www.ecologic.org/greenag/events
6:00pm - 8:00pm Film Screening: "Coal Country"
Starr Auditorium, Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA
Coal Country is a provacative look at the environmental impact of coal mining. It
provides insight into the impact of our energy use on the environment as well as a greater
understanding of our reliance on fossil fuels.
http://www.coalcountrythemovie.com/
November 19, 2009
6:00pm - 8:00pm The Road to Copenhagen: The US and the EU in Global Climate Negotiations
Adams LCR Corner of Mt. Auburn & Bow Sts. Cambridge, MA
A Lecture by Eloi Laurent, senior economist and scientific advisor at OFCE (Sciences-Po
Center for economic research).
November 20, 2009
3:30pm Applied Physics Colloquium
Pierce 209, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA
"Enernet: Internet Lessons for Solving Energy." Bob Metcalfe, Polaris Ventures.
Metcalfe is inventor of the ethernet, founded 3Com, and now heads Polaris Ventures, which
invests in green energy technology (including my own company, SiOnyx). He is a Trustee of
MIT.
Virginia Casas vcasas(a)seas.harvard.edu
http://www.physics.harvard.edu/events/
5:00pm New Geographies #2 Book Launch: Landscapes of Energy
Piper Auditorium Harvard Graduate School of Design 48 Quincy St, Cambridge
Volume 2 of New Geographies proposes to historicize and materialize the relations of
energy and space, and map some of the physical, social, and representational geographies
of oil, in particular.
Rania Ghosn rghosn(a)gsd.harvard.edu
http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/academic/upd/agakhan/newgeographies/
November 21, 2009
Cyberposium 15
Burden / Aldrich Halls Harvard Business School Allston, MA
With many greentech companies unsustainable without government intervention, policy such
as Waxman-Moxley, California Prop 25, and the distribution of non-dilutive capital has
become a key driver in the economic health of the sector.
Registration only $30 for students for a limited time (till 11/11; $35 thereafter).
http://www.cyberposium.com
8:00am - 2:00pm Moving Toward a Smarter Electric Grid
MIT Stata Center Room 32-123 Cambridge
Demystifying the Smart Grid is intended for those who are interested in learning more
about the Smart Grid from leaders in the field, and is a good introduction for the
subsequent detailed technical meetings. Purchase tickets by 11/10 for student discount.
http://www.ieeeboston.org/edu/2009fall/2009_fall_courses/smarter_elec_grid.…
November 23, 2009
11:45am - 12:45pm Harvard Energy Journal Club
HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA
Visit the Energy Journal website for current topics of discussion.
Kate Dennis kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/
12:15pm - 2:00pm Science, Technology, and Society Circle
124 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge, MA
"Technologies of Intervention and Trauma Treatment in Postconflict Aceh,
Indonesia." Mary-Jo Good, Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/sts
November 25, 2009
8:00pm - 9:00pm 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.
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~eac/
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