Dear Friends of HUCE,
Thank you for making our 2007-08 event season such a success! This is the last installment
of the regular Weekly Calendar Email until the Fall 2008 semester begins. You can continue
to check the HUCE calendar on our website,
www.environment.harvard.edu, for any updates
throughout the summer. (We may send out a few sporadic emails if there are pertinent
event listings to announce.) If you would like to submit an event to the calendar, please
feel free to contact Lisa Matthews at the Center for the Environment:
lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu.
Highlights:
Monday, June 2: Sherry Boschert, author of Plug-in Hybrids: The Cars that Will Recharge
America, will discuss cleaning up the U.S. fleet at MIT.
Monday, June 9: Leading urbanists discuss the issues and opportunities facing the modern
city in a period of global climate change and resource depletion at the second
"Cities and Systems" symposium.
Calendar Listings:
Thursday 5/29/2008
8:00a - 4:00p
Transportation Climate Change Symposium
(University of Massachusetts Amherst, Mullins Center, Amherst, MA )
The University of Massachusetts and H3B Media are co-sponsoring a Climate Change Think
Tank Symposium.
Contact: kstetson(a)ecs.umass.edu,
www.ecs.umass.edu/umtc/climatechange_...
Friday 5/30/2008
8:00a - 4:00p
Transportation Climate Change Symposium
(University of Massachusetts Amherst, Mullins Center, Amherst, MA )
The University of Massachusetts and H3B Media are co-sponsoring a Climate Change Think
Tank Symposium.
Contact: kstetson(a)ecs.umass.edu,
www.ecs.umass.edu/umtc/climatechange_...
Saturday 5/31/2008
10:00a - 2:00p
Nature for All: Urban Youth and their Access to the Outdoors
(Mill Building, 60 Island Street, Lawrence, MA)
This issue forum, hosted by the Environmental Leadership Program, will examine
today's urban youth and their relationship with the environment with a particular
focus on the challenges affecting low income families.
Contact: newengland(a)elpnet.org, 617.755.6719,
www.elpnet.org/youthhealth.php
8:30p
World Premiere: Secrets of the Reef
(New England Aquarium, Simons IMAX Theatre, Boston, MA )
Speaker: Jonathan Bird, underwater photographer. Come see the premiere of this stunning
new film about Indo-Pacific reefs, their inhabitants and the dangers facing this unique
ecosystem.
Contact: Vickie Cataldo, vcataldo(a)neaq.org , 617-973-0235,
www.neaq.org/education_and_activities...
Sunday 6/1/2008
8:30a - 5:00p
Clean Technology Business Conference
(Hynes Convention Center, 900 Boylston St., Boston, MA)
Clean Technology 2008 is a multi-disciplinary and multi-sector conference on global
sustainability addressing advancements in traditional technologies, emerging technologies
and clean business practices.
Contact:
www.csievents.org/Cleantech2008/
7:30p
Censoring Science
(Cary Memorial Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington, MA)
The Lexington Global Warming Action Coalition will host a talk with Mark Bowen, author of
"Censoring Science: Inside the Political Attack on Dr. James Hansen and the Truth of
Global Warming"
Contact: info(a)lexgwac.org,
www.lexgwac.org
Monday 6/2/2008
8:30a - 5:00p
Clean Technology Business Conference
(Hynes Convention Center, 900 Boylston St., Boston, MA)
Clean Technology 2008 is a multi-disciplinary and multi-sector conference on global
sustainability addressing advancements in traditional technologies, emerging technologies
and clean business practices.
Contact:
www.csievents.org/Cleantech2008/
12:00p - 1:00p
Harvard Energy Journal Club
(HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA)
Visit
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/schedule.html for current topics of discussion.
Contact: Kurt House, khouse(a)fas.harvard.edu,
www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/index.html
5:30p - 7:00p
Plug-in Hybrids and Electric Vehicles
(MIT, Building 32-124, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Sherry Boschert, author Sponsored by the Massachusetts Chapter of the Sierra Club
and the Commuting Task Group of the MIT Working Group for Support Staff Issues. Open to
the public.
Contact: Steven Peters, energy-events(a)mit.edu,
www.sierraclubmass.org
Tuesday 6/3/2008
8:30a - 5:00p
Clean Technology Business Conference
(Hynes Convention Center, 900 Boylston St., Boston, MA)
Clean Technology 2008 is a multi-disciplinary and multi-sector conference on global
sustainability addressing advancements in traditional technologies, emerging technologies
and clean business practices.
Contact:
www.csievents.org/Cleantech2008/
Wednesday 6/4/2008
8:30a - 5:00p
Clean Technology Business Conference
(Hynes Convention Center, 900 Boylston St., Boston, MA) Clean Technology 2008 is a
multi-disciplinary and multi-sector conference on global sustainability addressing
advancements in traditional technologies, emerging technologies and clean business
practices.
Contact:
www.csievents.org/Cleantech2008/
Thursday 6/5/2008
5:30p
Clean Energy Investment Forum
(Foley Hoag Emerging Enterprise Center, 1000 Winter Street, 4th floor, North Entrance,
Waltham, MA)
Representatives from four major venture capital firms will share their experience and
insights from investing in clean energy companies.
Contact: Lucy Rohner, lrohner(a)MassH2.org, (978) 232-0081),
www.massh2.org/Default.asp?Page=19
Saturday 6/7/2008
9:30a
Sierra Club MA Chapter Outing: Quabbin Forestry
(TBD)
We'll explore the forest on the western side of the Quabbin Reservation with the
Chief Forester.
Contact: Elisa, campbell(a)oit.umass.edu , 413-256-4247
Monday 6/9/2008
8:30a - 7:00p
Cities and Systems: Strategies for the Future
(MIT, Wong Auditorium, Building E51, Cambridge, MA )
Speakers include architects, engineers, urban and regional planners, political leaders and
specialists in urban policy, public health, new technologies and transportation. The
expected audience reflects an equally wide range of interests whose common point of
enquiry is the future design and development of the 'green city'.
Contact: amscott(a)mit.edu,
www.architects.org/massimpact/index.h...
12:00p - 1:00p
Harvard Energy Journal Club
(HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA)
Visit
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/schedule.html for current topics of discussion.
Contact: Kurt House, khouse(a)fas.harvard.edu,
www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/index.html
7:00p
Celebes Sea Research
(New England Aquarium, Harborside Learning Lab, Central Wharf, Boston, MA)
Speaker: Greg Stone, Vice President of Global Marine Programs, New England Aquarium.
Contact:
www.neaq.org/education_and_activities...
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