Harvard University Center for the Environment

May 7, 2011

8:00am - 4:00pm 22nd Sustainable Business Network Conference
UMass Boston Ryan Lounge, 3rd Floor McCormack Hall, 100 William T Morrissey, Boston, MA
"Building a Local, Green & Fair Economy.” Engage with inspiring pioneers and learn about breakthrough programs and practices that will help us grow our businesses and organizations as we together build strong local economies that are green and fair.
http://www.sbnboston.org/sbn15/

May 10, 2011

6:00pm HMNH Lecture and Booksigning
Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA
“The Secrets of Field Notes: Capturing Science, Nature, and Exploration." Michael Canfield, lecturer in biology at Harvard, discusses what makes these notes and journals so important, the secrets they reveal, and how they can help us cultivate skills as a bird watcher, citizen scientist, or adventurer.
http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_special_events/index.php


May 12, 2011

3:30pm China Project Seminar
Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA
"Carbon Markets in China: Experience and Prospects.” Prof. Wang Yao, Visiting Scholar, China Project, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Visiting Fellow, Department of Economics, Harvard; Associate Professor, Research Institute of Finance and Economics, Central University of Finance and Economics
http://www.chinaproject.harvard.edu/

7:30pm Forum and Book Signing: The Renewable Revolution
First Parish in Cambridge Unitarian Universalist; 3 Church Street, Harvard Square Cambridge, MA
Dr. Sajed Kamal, long-time BASEA member and board member, will discuss his most recent book: The Renewable Revolution: How We Can Fight Climate Change, Prevent Energy Wars, Revitalize the Economy and Transition to a Sustainable Future.
http://www.basea.org/

May 13, 2011

7:30pm "Climate Change: Is Green Consumption a Solution?"
First Church (corner of Mass. Ave. & Church St.) Cambridge, MA
Talk and Q/A with Heather Rogers, author of Green Gone Wrong.
http://cceag.org/node/13
Contact Name: John Pitkin 617 388 4448

May 17, 2011

6:00pm - 8:30pm Smarter Living Expo
Cambridge Public Library 449 Broadway Cambridge, MA
A unique and fascinating discussion among Swiss and US building experts to address the challenges of sustainable buildings.RSVP requested.
http://www.formstack.com/forms/?1075391-9PneY8RRIR


7:00pm - 9:00pm "Witnesses of Climate Change"
The Laboratory at Harvard University, 52 Oxford St, Cambridge MA
Eyewitness accounts of how changing climate and extreme weather events are already impacting people and agriculture, from Kenya and Argentina to the U.S. Midwest.
http://cceag.org/node/13
Contact Name: John Pitkin 617 388 4448

May 18, 2011

1:15pm Webcast: Carbon Tax vs. Carbon Trading
Online
Professor Sampford outlines a number of arguments for the superiority of carbon taxes over carbon trading schemes and outlines a proposal for a carbon added tax.
http://carbonwebcast.eventbrite.com/


May 23, 2011

12:30pm Environmental Health Colloquium
Building 1, Room 1302 Harvard School of Public Health Boston, MA
“Human health impacts of anthropogenic changes to Earth’s natural systems: Why destroying Nature may be bad for us." Dr. Samuel Myers, Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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