Energy (and Other) Events - March 8, 2015

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Monday, March 9
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11am  MIT Innovation Initiative: From Vision to Action
12pm  DMSE Seminar: Pathways to Improved Lifetime of Electrochemical Energy Systems: Understanding the Influence of Materials Interfaces
12pm  Toxins + Microbes = Clean Energy
12pm  EPA’s Clean Power Plan: What Should States be sure not to Do?
12pm  Reading and the Brain: A Workshop with Joanna Christodoulou
12:15pm  Science and World Order': Uses of Science in Plans for International Government, 1899-1950
4:30pm  The Conflict in Ukraine and How it is Portrayed in the Media
5pm  From Sand Castles To Urban Modeling: A Physicist's Naive Thoughts on Construction and Cities
5pm  The Carbon Bubble - Investment & Divestment in a Carbon Constrained Climate
6pm  Assessing the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Jordan
7pm  Science by the Pint: Convergent Evolution: the discovery of natural selection
7pm  Co-producing the City
7pm  Design Thinking Workshop with Andrew Casden from Bassett & Partners
7:30pm  Meet and Workshop Games with U.N. Designers at the Engagement Lab
8pm  FUKUSHIMA+4:  An Update on the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster with Japanese and U.S. Experts

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Tuesday, March 10
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8:30am  Webinar: Urbanization and the Changing Landscape:  Land Use Changes and Carbon Budgets in China
8:30am  Senator Barrett on MA carbon tax proposal
8:30am  Local Specialty Crop Trade Show & Local Food Trade Show
12pm  Emerging Voices in Digital Journalism
12pm  Distributed and Digital Disaster Response
12pm  Trouble at treeline: loss of a Rocky Mountain foundation species
12:30pm  Survival and Recovery from the Tohoku Disaster
1pm  Clean Energy Standard Hearings
4pm  'Javelins Into the Future,' a Talk by Arati Prabhakar, Director of DARPA
4pm  43rd James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award Lecture
4pm  Next Steps After Ferguson, Garner & Rice
4:30pm  The Future of the Documentary
6pm  North America's Shale Gas Resources; Energy and Environmental Perspectives
6pm  High-Tech Med:  The Newest Wave of Medical Innovation
6pm  SCIENCE with/in/sight: 2015 Koch Institute Image Awards
6:30pm  Climate Specific Passive Building Standards
7pm  District Policy Panel with Congresswoman Katherine Clark

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Wednesday, March 11
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10am  Climate Change and Complementary Mechanisms: A Conversation with Anja Kollmuss
11am  Toward Robots That Learn From Everyday People
12pm  'Where There is Fire, There is Politics': Material Life and Ungovernability in Urban South Africa
12pm  National Security Cyber Operations and Policy Event
12pm  Protest Cascades in Syria
12pm  Research with Red Cross: Case studies, strategy and concept development in cooperation with International Federation Red Cross Red Crescent 2007-2015
1pm  Webinar: Planning and Design Guidelines and Prototypes for Healthier Places
4pm  Sustainable Management of Urmia Lake: Is an Engineering Approach Sufficient?
4pm  NECSI Salon:  Distributed Organizations (Part 1)
4:10pm  Does Better Information Lead to Better Choices? Evidence from Energy Efficiency Labels
4:30pm  Tea @ Eliot with Jill Lepore
5pm  Immigration Update with Congressman Capuano
5:30pm  Bringing green bonds and social impact bonds to market in Massachusetts
5:30pm  Forum: Overcoming Violence Video Screening & Panel Discussion
6pm  The UAE's Energy Future: Key Insights from the ELI Field Experience
6pm  Mass Innovation Nights #72
6:30pm  Knight News Challenge: How can we inform voters, increase turnout?
6:30pm  'Natural and Unnatural,' with Pei Zhu
7pm  The Air We Breathe: An assessment of urban air pollution
7pm  James Baker: The Man Who Made Washington Work
7:30pm  Humanitarian Happy Hour

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Thursday, March 12
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8:15am  City to City Dialogue: Innovations in Energy and Mobility Affecting the Future of Our Cities
8:30am  Cybersecurity at MIT
11:45am  The story of developing a seafood sustainable sourcing policy
12pm  Air quality in developing world disaster and conflict zones: the case of Haiti
5pm  Finding What Works in Global Development
5pm  Innovation For Development Games Showcase
6pm  Intersection of Science, Technology and Innovation: Human Organs-on-Chips, to Advance Drug Discovery and Testing
6pm  Volcanic Winter, Population Bottlenecks, and Human Evolution
6pm  Crossing: A Lecture/Recital
6pm  Cambridge Climate Protection Action Committee
6:30pm  e4Dev Speaker Series: Transformation - Waste to Fuel in Mexico City
6:30pm  Everything You’ve Always Wanted To Know About 3D Printing but Were Afraid to Ask
7pm  Boston Area Solar Energy Association Forum

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Friday, March 13
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8:30am  ITIG DigiCamp 2015
8:30am  Information & Data in the Era of Accessibility
9am  Information technology in anthropology & stopping Ebola
9am  New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable
12pm  Measuring Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide from Space: Early results from the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2)
12pm  Industry Research Collaborations in Germany: How the Technical University of Darmstadt works with regional partners
12pm  More Science Behind Shaping Behaviors in Online Games
1pm  Rebuilding After Typhoon Haiyan: MIT's Response in the Philippines
3pm  The Future of Violence:  Robots and Germs, Hackers and Drones—Confronting A New Age of Threat

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Saturday, March 14
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Pi Day - 3.14 all day
The Intel® IoT Roadshow Hackathon 
8am  Visualizing a Thriving, Healthy, and Innovative Boston

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Sunday, March 15
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11am  Saint Patrick's Peace Parade People's Parade for Peace, Equality, Jobs, Environmental Stewardship, Social & Economic Justice

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Monday, March 16
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12pm  MASS Seminar - Pedram Hassanzadeh (Harvard)
4:30pm  Dr. Temple Grandin: Helping Different Kinds of Minds to Succeed
7pm  Am I allowed? Game Live-Streaming Between Spectatorship and Regulation
7pm  proposition for reclaiming a space

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Tuesday, March 17
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7:45am  Boston Going for the Gold in 2024: Transportation and Infrastructure Opportunities and Hurdles
8am  Webinar: Creating Evidence-based Healthy and Energy-Efficient Housing
11am  Media Lab Conversations Series: Dr. Temple Grandin
12pm  Introduction to the Living Building Challenge
4pm  Fertility Surveillance and the Production of Families for the Nation: Russian Demographic Science and the Search for a Liberal Biopolitics
5pm  Sexuality and Youth Alienation in Modern Iran
5:30pm  authors@mit - Max Tegmark - Our Mathematical Universe
6pm  Cambridge Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Public Meeting
6:30pm  e4Dev Speaker Series: Qorax Energy-Renewables in Post-Conflict Regions

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My rough notes on some of the events I go to and notes on books I’ve read are at:
http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com

Urban Agriculture

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/04/1368621/-Urban-Agriculture

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Monday, March 9
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MIT Innovation Initiative: From Vision to Action
Monday, March 9
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM (EDT)
MIT Media Lab, 6th Floor, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/mit-innovation-initiative-from-vision-to-action-tickets-15921048284

The MIT Innovation Initiative is an Institute-wide, multi-year agenda to transform the Institute’s innovation ecosystem — internally, around the globe and with its partners — for accelerated impact well into the 21st century.
The initiative builds upon MIT’s foundation of fundamental research excellence and supports the aspirations for impact through innovation of all members of the MIT community. It supports MIT’s focus on solving a range of critical challenges in energy, the health of the planet, human health and beyond.
A preliminary report was released to the MIT community in December 2014 (available for download at innovation.mit.edu).
Now, the initiative hopes to engage with students and program staff from across campus to present a few high priority elements under development and engage in their advancement. Join us at this event to become part of the discussion!

Lunch provided

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DMSE Seminar: Pathways to Improved Lifetime of Electrochemical Energy Systems: Understanding the Influence of Materials Interfaces

Monday, March 9
12:00p–1:00p
MIT, Building 36-428, 36-462, 50 Vassar Street, Cambridge

Speaker: Dr. Matthew McDowell, California Institute of Technology
In novel materials for electrochemical energy storage and conversion, dynamic processes at both internal solid-solid interfaces and the solid-electrolyte interface must be understood and controlled for improved performance. The influence of interfaces will be discussed in the context of two different systems, batteries and solar fuels devices. New anode materials for lithium-ion batteries, such as silicon, offer improved charge storage capacity, but cycle life is often limited because of reaction-induced volume changes and mechanical degradation. Here, in situtransmission electron microscopy (TEM) of the reaction of lithium with single silicon nanostructures reveals that the movement of a two-phase interface between the reacted and unreacted material exerts a controlling influence on the transformation, affecting both the reaction kinetics and particle fracture through the evolution of large internal stresses. These results offer both fundamental insight and provide guidelines for improving battery performance. In photoelectrochemical systems for converting sunlight into fuels, the solid/electrolyte interface at a semiconductor electrode is highly susceptible to photocorrosion. Metal oxide overlayers of varying thickness and with controlled electronic properties are shown to effectively protect a number of moderate band gap semiconductors from photocorrosion while also allowing for facile carrier transport, thus enabling stable and efficient photo-driven water oxidation.

Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
For more information, contact:  DMSE
617-253-3300

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Toxins + Microbes = Clean Energy

Monday, March 9
12:00p–1:00p
MIT, Building 4-145, 182 Memorial Dr (Rear), Cambridge
RSVP here: http://goo.gl/forms/QVj8u0DaQ0 

Speaker: Tristan Jackson from Kanoot
Tristan Jackson will be talking about his project to repurpose waste streams to produce energy and fertilizer. Kanoot's innovative technology uses Archea microbes to remediate Persistent Organic Pollutants from landfill leachate, industrial brown fields, fracking water, and gold mine dumps, to boost methane production between 20 percent and 300 percent and produce fertilizer.

More about Tristan and Kanoot: http://mitsloan.mit.edu/newsroom/2015-bioremediation-microbes-kanoot.php

This event is co-sponsored by the MIT Waste Alliance and the MIT Water Club, with the generous support from the MIT Graduate Student Council and a Graduate Student Life Grant.

Web site: http://goo.gl/forms/QVj8u0DaQ0
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Waste Alliance, Graduate Student Council, MIT Water Club
For more information, contact:  Kevin Kung
8576000981
trashiscash@mit.edu

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"EPA’s Clean Power Plan: What Should States be sure not to Do?"
Monday, March 9
12PM - 1:30PM
Harvard, Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge

with Paul Sotkiewicz, Chief Economist, Markets, PJM Interconnection

ETIP/Consortium Energy Policy Seminar
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/cepr/

Contact Name:   Louisa Lund
Louisa_Lund@hks.harvard.edu

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Reading and the Brain: A Workshop with Joanna Christodoulou
WHEN  Mon., Mar. 9, 2015, 12 – 2 p.m.
WHERE  Harvard Graduate School of Education, Longfellow Hall 320, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge

GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Education, Health Sciences, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Brain Basics, a student organization of HGSE
SPEAKER(S)  Joanna A. Christodoulou, assistant professor, MGH Institute of Health Professions
DETAILS  How can cognitive neuroscience research help schools and teachers working with struggling readers? Dr. Joanna Christodoulou will discuss current and future research directions for identifying children at risk for developing reading disorders and optimizing interventions for struggling students. The workshop will also explore the neurodevelopmental basis of reading and share how learning changes the brain.
Students and community members welcome!
RSVPs appreciated, but not required. Please click the link to RSVP.
LINK https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1__zNzwsg8CE1SJqBo2QJP56aQIr4g27GnpCIM6s7pgw/viewform

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"'Science and World Order': Uses of Science in Plans for International Government, 1899-1950"
Monday, March 9
12:15PM - 2:00PM
Harvard, Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge

Geert Somsen, Columbia/Maastricht, History
Sandwich lunches are provided. Please RSVP to sts@hks.harvard.edu by Wednesday at 5PM the week before.

STS Circle at Harvard
http://sts.hks.harvard.edu/events/sts_circle/

Contact Name:  Shana Rabinowich
sts@hks.harvard.edu
More at: http://environment.harvard.edu/events/2015-03-09-161500-2015-03-09-180000/sts-circle-harvard#sthash.bij5DvcM.dpuf

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The Conflict in Ukraine and How it is Portrayed in the Media
WHEN  Mon., Mar. 9, 2015, 4:30 – 6 p.m.
WHERE  Harvard, CGIS South, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Tsai Auditorium, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Ethics, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Herbert C. Kelman Seminar on International Conflict
SPEAKER(S)  Irina Gordienko, correspondent for Novaya Gazeta
Vera Mironova, Nieman Fellow, Graduate Research fellow at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School
DIRECTED BY  Donna Hicks, Chair
COST  Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO Donna Hicks dhicks@wcfia.harvard.edu
DETAILS  Open to the public

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From Sand Castles To Urban Modeling: A Physicist's Naive Thoughts on Construction and Cities
Monday, March 9
5:00p–6:00p
MIT, Building 1-190, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge

Speaker: Professor Henri Van Damme
Due to population growth and rapid urbanization, the global need for dwellings and infrastructures has never been as high as today.

This situation is forcing us to rethink the way we build and the way we organize cities. It makes it compelling to reinvent the way we choose and manufacture our construction materials in order to make them more benign, durable, stronger, and less energy intensive.

Henri Van Damme has devoted most of his career to the physical chemistry and statistical physics of geomaterials like glass, clays, or cement, with applications in the field of construction, catalysis, energy, smart materials, or biology. He is also interested in architecture, conservation, urban sciences and counter-intuitive teaching methods.

Pre-lecture Reception: 4:30pm

CEE Department Calendar
Distinguished Speaker Series

Web site: http://cee.mit.edu/events/370
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Civil and Environmental Engineering
For more information, contact:  Roberta
617-324-5540
robertap@mit.edu

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The Carbon Bubble - Investment & Divestment in a Carbon Constrained Climate

Monday, March 9, 2015
5:00p–6:30p
MIT, Building 4-270, 182 Memorial Dr (Rear), Cambridge

Speaker: CarbonTracker Initiative, ClimateInteractive
Avoiding dangerous climate change means leaving two-thirds of all fossil fuel reserves underground. What does this imply for investment and divestment at MIT and around the globe? Using cutting-edge climate simulations and interactive tools, this panel will tell the scientific and financial stories behind a looming multi-trillion-dollar "carbon bubble". They will explore how the investment community can avoid the financial risks of stranded assets by directing capital away from high-carbon, high-cost fossil fuel projects. And as the MIT Climate Change Conversation and the debate on fossil fuel divestment heat up, panelists will engage with the audience to ask: engagement, divestment, or both?
Free and open to the public. Free food will be provided.

Web site: http://mitsloan.mit.edu/sustainability/events
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Fossil Free MIT, Sustainability@Sloan
For more information, contact:
sustainability-council@exchange.mit.edu 

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Assessing the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Jordan
WHEN  Mon., Mar. 9, 2015, 6 – 7:30 p.m.
WHERE  Harvard, Nye Conference Room A, Taubman Building, Fifth Floor, 15 Eliot Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Middle East Initiative
SPEAKER(S)  Claude Bruderlein, professor, HKS
Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross
COST  Free and Open to the Public
DETAILS  A report from students and Professor Claude Bruderlein, lecturer in international health, Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard School of Public Health and senior advisor to Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, on their experience studying the Syrian refugee crisis in Jordan.
LINK http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/6576/assessing_the_syrian_refugee_crisis_in_jordan.html

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Science by the Pint: Convergent Evolution: the discovery of natural selection
Monday, March 9, 2015
7pm
The Burren, 247 Elm Street, Somerville

Andrew Berry and Janet Browne:
Convergent Evolution: Charles Darwin, Alfred Russel Wallace, and the discovery of natural selection
Most everyone has heard of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, but what of his contemporary Alfred Russel Wallace? What are Wallace’s contributions to the field of evolution? Through this case study, comparing Darwin and Wallace, what can we learn about how scientific reputation is formed? Join us for a debate-style special Science by the Pint evening with Dr. Andrew Berry and Dr. Janet Browne!

Science by the Pint is sponsored by an organization of Harvard graduate students called Science in the News.  In between their sleepless hours of hard work at Harvard Med School, they bring cutting edge scientific research to the public in a fun and informal format.

More at http://www.meetup.com/NerdFunBoston/events/220804901/
http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/

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Co-producing the City

Monday, March 9
7:00p–9:00p
MIT, Building E15-070, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge

DOINA PETRESCU and CONSTANTIN PETCOU
Part of the 2015 ACT Lecture Series: Civic Art. The lecture series investigates the critical spatial practices that claim manifold definitions of public art, through a diverse array of visual forms argued by key practitioners across the disciplines of art, pedagogy, architecture, and urban studies to identify the tools, tactics and consequences of actively reclaiming public space.

MIT Architecture Lecture Series
Part of the Spring 2015 Department of Architecture Lecture Series, "Experiments in Architecture".

Web site: http://act.mit.edu/projects-and-events/lectures-series/2015-spring/mar-9-doina-petrescu-constantin-petcou-co-producing-city/
Open to: the general public

Sponsor(s): ACT, Department of Architecture
For more information, contact:  Amanda Moore
617-253-4415
amm@mit.edu 

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Design Thinking Workshop with Andrew Casden from Bassett & Partners
Monday, March 

7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT)

Harvard University, Emerson Hall 202, Harvard Yard, Cambridge

Learn more about design thinking and how you can apply it in your work! Springboard: The Harvard College Design Club is hosting Andrew Casden, a Partner at Bassett & Partners, an award-winning brand and design strategy firm, on Monday, March 9.

Bassett & Partners uses an ethnographic understanding of people to find original emotional insights. Through unique methodologies, B&P helps brands find new ways to connect with consumers emotionally. Our story-telling capabilities are as unique as the insights we uncover.

Presenter Andrew Casden is a partner and Assoc. Director of Research & Strategy. With a specialty in design research for tech & mobile, Andrew’s ethnographic work has spanned a wide range of categories and continents for nearly a decade as he's led over 100 projects in the US, UK, Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Japan, China, India and Brazil, usually involving complex logistics of multiple vendors and cross functional client organization teams. From exploring smartphone use in the favelas of Rio, to hanging out with teenage gamers in the suburbs of Dallas, Andrew is always trying to uncover a unique human truth that creates that emotional connection.

Andrew has worked closely with Microsoft Design, Xbox Design Studio, Nike (Nike iD, Nike+, Running, Basketball, Innovation Kitchen), Samsung, Dell, PepsiCo, Johnson & Johnson, SonoSite/Fuji, Dick's Sporting Goods, and Marriott Hotels. He's interviewed such notable figures as Bill Buxton, Bruce Nussbaum, and Carla Diana.

He is also listed as one of the creators of the “Connecting” series, a series of short 20 minute documentaries on the future of design, tech, and innovation (www.connectingthefilm.com). He has been a presenter at IxDA Amsterdam, FITC Toronto, DPMX Mexico, and has been a guest lecturer at California College of Arts Design MBA program in San Francisco.

Springboard: The Harvard College Design Club
Springboard is Harvard College's first design club. We are building a community of designers dedicated to practicing and applying design skills in an open and collaborative environment.
Visit our website at www.harvardspringboard.net

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Meet and Workshop Games with U.N. Designers at the Engagement Lab
Monday, March 9, 2015
7:30 PM to 11:00 PM
Engagement Game Lab, 160 Boylston Street, Boston (near the corner of Boylston and Charles)
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/Game-Makers-Guild/events/220300955/
Cost: $2.00/per person

Come to the Engagement Lab at and meet some special guests: new game designers from Egypt working with the United Nations Development Program in Cairo! 

They'll speak about their nascent work and what it's like to design "serious games" with the UN, then we'll playtest games (theirs and yours, time depending).

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FUKUSHIMA+4:  An Update on the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster with Japanese and U.S. Experts
Monday March 9
8 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)

Webinar

RSVP at http://org2.salsalabs.com/o/5502/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=73443

Please join us on Monday, March 9, 2015 for a special NIRS Telebriefing on the ongoing consequences of the Fukushima nuclear disaster that began in March 2011.

Speakers:
Akira Kawasaki, Executive Committee Member, Peace Boat, Japan
Aileen Mioko Smith, Director, Green Action, Japan
David Lochbaum, Nuclear Engineer, Union of Concerned Scientists
Tim Judson, Executive Director of Nuclear Information and Resource Service, will moderate.

Four years into the nuclear disaster at Fukushima, we will gather together to mark the suffering of those displaced from their pre-Fukushima lives, the widespread contamination and the impact on energy policy both in Japan and here in the USA.

Registration is required to participate. Please go here to register:  

http://org2.salsalabs.com/o/5502/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=73443

Once you register, you will receive a confirmation e-mail with the call-in information.

Program:
Mr. Kawasaki will address steps that enable those who have been irrevocably impacted by the Fukushima disaster to improve their situation, and simple lessons learned.
Ms. Smith will report on the situation with the effort by the energy corporations and government of Japan to restart nuclear reactors that were shuttered after the Fukushima Daiichi events, as well as the work of people in Japan to ensure that these reactors do not restart.
Mr. Lochbaum will speak on “risk-informed” nuclear regulation here in the USA in the wake of the Fukushima disaster and the larger context of nuclear risk assessment.

This call will be recorded and the link to the sound file will be posted along with other resources on the Fukushima page on NIRS website.

The next NIRS Telebriefing will be Wednesday June 24 at 8 pm (EDT). The topic will be nuclear energy and the climate crisis. Speakers to be announced.

We hope you can join us Monday!

Contact:  nirsnet@nirs.org

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Tuesday, March 10
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Webinar: Urbanization and the Changing Landscape:  Land Use Changes and Carbon Budgets in China
Tuesday, March 10
8:30 am
To join this webinar, log in to Adobe Connect via this URL: https://gsd-fll.adobeconnect.com/hapi031015/ as a “Guest”.  Then enter your full first and last names to help the administers of the webinar better identify you.

Presenters: Dr. Jack Spengler, Professor; Linda Tomasso, Project Associate, both at the Harvard School of Public Health
Description: This webinar will address the change in regional carbon balances related to land use change and land converted in the process of urbanized development in China. Identifying the existing vegetation and carbon stock values of southern China’s regional landscape will anchor this discussion, with the goal of estimating carbon sequestration levels of existing biomass sinks. Understanding these changes will be critical in our understanding of the relative importance of carbon sources and sinks in China over the next century.

Instructions at http://research.gsd.harvard.edu/hapi/overview/activities-and-events/webinar-series-2015/urbanization-and-the-changing-landscape-land-use-changes-and-carbon-budgets-in-china/

More at: http://green.harvard.edu/events/webinar-urbanization-and-changing-landscape#sthash.U0zpYvLJ.dpuf

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Senator Barrett on MA carbon tax proposal

Tuesday, March 10

8:30 am

BSA Space, 290 Congress Street, Boston

 Rsvp to John Nunnari at jnunnari@architects.org or 617-951-1433 x263

As part of the ongoing effort to remain engaged in all areas of public policy that have a direct impact on the practice of architecture, the AIA MA Government Affairs Committee has invited state Sen. Michael Barrett (D-Lexington) to discuss his carbon tax proposal. Please come and join this discussion at . This event is free and open to the public.

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Local Specialty Crop Trade Show & Local Food Trade Show
Connecting Wholesale Buyers and Producers of Local Food
Tuesday, March 10
8:30AM -1:30PM
Northeastern University, Boston, MA

Stay tuned for the Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts' 4th Trade Show to connect local specialty crop growers and other local food producers to wholesale buyers, like retailers, institutions and restaurants. Registration will open in January. The event will feature open floor trading between wholesale buyers and producers of local food as well as workshops addressing common barriers to local food trading.

Please check out our webpage at http://bostonlocalfood.com/our-events/buy-local-trade-show/ for Trade Show details.

If you would like to participate as a speaker in a workshop, contact maddie@sbnmass.org.

We are currently seeking sponsors for this year's Local Food Trade Show. If you are interested, contact Maddie Phadke at maddie@sbnmass.org or call (617) 395-0250 to learn more!

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Emerging Voices in Digital Journalism
Tuesday, March 10
12 P.M.
Harvard, Taubman 275, 15 Eliot Street, Cambridge

Anna Holmes is an editor of Digital Voices at Fusion, a columnist for the New York Times Book Review, and founder of Jezebel.com. She has written and edited for numerous publications, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Newsweek, InStyle and The New Yorker, and has edited two books including The Book of Jezebel.

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Trouble at treeline: loss of a Rocky Mountain foundation species

12:00pm to 1:00pm
Harvard, 22 Divinity Avenue, Seminar Room 125, Cambridge, 

Diana Tomback, Charles Bullard Fellow in Forest Research, Harvard University Forest

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Distributed and Digital Disaster Response
Tuesday, March 10
12:00 pm
Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, 23 Everett Street, Second Floor, Cambridge
RSVP required for those attending in person at https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2015/03/Brugh#RSVP
Event will be webcast live on https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2015/03/Brugh at 12:00 pm.

Berkman fellow Willow Brugh will discuss "Distributed and Digital Disaster Response."
About Willow
Willow Brugh, known as willowbl00 works with Aspiration Technology, and as a professor of practice of Professor of Practice at Brown University. She’s also affiliated with the Center for Civic Media at MIT’s Media Lab, the New England Complex Systems Institute, and a fellow at Harvard Law’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society.

She facilitates hackathons from Berlin to Chicago to Nairobi to the first hackathon ever IN Port-au-Prince, embedding technology with local communities through open source and codesign. Since founding both makerspaces and ways to link those community workshops to one another, she’s started working on long-term water sanitation projects in Tanzania with local innovation spaces, the World Bank, Red Cross, and Little Devices out of MIT.

In brief, Willow looks at connections, systems, empowerment, and powerlessness and strives to both understand and improve whatever she finds. Sometimes that’s with the Occupy Sandy Movement, sometimes it’s with the Naval Defense University.

She has transcendance tattoos that are impressive enough to be photographed for a National Geographic blog, and has keynoted the IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference. Willow has successfully worked with FEMA Field Innovation Team for Hurricane Sandy, and was awarded a ceremony at the White House for her contribution.

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Survival and Recovery from the Tohoku Disaster
WHEN  Tue., Mar. 10, 2015, 12:30 – 2 p.m.
WHERE  Harvard, Bowie-Vernon Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Program on U.S.-Japan Relations
SPEAKER(S)  Daniel Aldrich, associate professor of Political Science, Purdue University
Chiaki Moriguchi, professor, Institute for Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Moderated by Susan Pharr, Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics and Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University
COST  Free and open to the public
LINK http://programs.wcfia.harvard.edu/us-japan/calendar/upcoming

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Clean Energy Standard Hearings
Tuesday, March 10
1:00 pm
DEP offices, One Winter Street, Boston

The Massachusetts Department of Envrionmental Protection is proposing a new clean energy standard to increase the amount of non-fossil fuel generated electricity for consumers.  The standard is part of the Commonwealth’s efforts to achieve an 80 percent reduction in GHG emissions statewide by 2050.

More information at http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/massdep/climate-energy/climate/ghg/ces.html

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'Javelins Into the Future,' a Talk by Arati Prabhakar, Director of DARPA
WHEN  Tue., Mar. 10, 2015, 4 – 5 p.m.
WHERE  Harvard, Maxwell Dworkin MDG115, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Science
SPEAKER(S)  Arati Prabhakar

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43rd James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award Lecture
Tuesday, March 10
4:00p–5:30p
MIT, Building 10-250, Huntington Hall, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge

Speaker: Professor Sallie Chisholm : Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor of Environmental Studies in CEE
Sallie Chisholm thought she was just going to a regular faculty meeting on Wednesday afternoon, but there was a surprise in store for the much-lauded scientist: At the meeting, she was named as the 2014 recipient of MIT's highest honor for full-time faculty members, the James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award, in recognition of her extraordinary professional accomplishments.
The James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award was established in 1971 to recognize extraordinary professional accomplishments by full-time members of the MIT faculty. It is the greatest honor the faculty can bestow upon one of its members. A faculty committee chooses the recipient from among candidates nominated by their peers for outstanding contributions to their fields, to MIT, and to society.

Web site: http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/sallie-penny-chisholm-receives-mits-killian-award-0522
Open to: the general public
Cost: None
Sponsor(s): Civil and Environmental Engineering, Information Center, Provost's Office, Killian Award Committee
For more information, contact:  Joe Coen
617-253-4795
jcoen@mit.edu

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Next Steps After Ferguson, Garner & Rice
Tuesday, March 10
4:00 PM to 6:00 PM (EDT)
Ropes & Gray LLP, 800 Boylston Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/next-steps-after-ferguson-garner-rice-tickets-15673101669

NEXT STEPS AFTER FERGUSON, GARNER & RICE:  Strategies to Foster Relationships between Law Enforcement and Communities
Please join us for a panel discussion on strategies to foster positive relationships between law enforcement officials and the communities they serve in the wake of Ferguson, Garner, and Rice.
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Moderator
Jack McDevitt, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, Director, Institute on Race and Justice, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Northeastern University
Panelists
Michael Curry, President, Boston National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Superintendent-in-Chief William Gross, Boston Police Department
Rahsaan Hall, Deputy Director, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice
Please contact Katherine Sartiano at ksartiano@adl.org or (617) 406-6364 with any questions.

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The Future of the Documentary
Tuesday, March 10
4:30 – 6:00 p.m.
MIT, Building E19-623, Knight Conference Room, 400 Main Street, Cambridge

Raney Aronson, Frontline / WGBH

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North America's Shale Gas Resources; Energy and Environmental Perspectives
WHEN  Tue., Mar. 10, 2015, 6 – 7 p.m.
WHERE  Harvard Museum of Natural History, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Environmental Sciences, Lecture, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Museum of Natural History, Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
SPEAKER(S)  John H. Shaw, chair, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences; Harry C. Dudley Professor of Structural and Economic Geology; and professor of environmental science and engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
COST  Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO hmnh@hmnh.harvard.edu, 617.495.3045
DETAILS  Over the last decade, natural gas extracted from shale rock formations (shale gas) has become an important source of energy in North America. These abundant natural gas resources offer tremendous economic potential and are reshaping the landscape of energy production, including fossil, nuclear, and renewable energy options. Natural gas is also the lowest-emission fossil energy option available today. However, like other energy options, shale gas development has potential adverse impacts on our environment. John Shaw will discuss where and how shale gas resources are found, the geologic processes responsible for their formation, and the economic and environmental impacts associated with their extraction and use.
Free event parking at 52 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA, 02138
LINK http://hmnh.harvard.edu/calendar/upcoming

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High-Tech Med:  The Newest Wave of Medical Innovation
Tuesday, March 10
6pm - 7:30pm
Harvard Medical School, Joseph B Martin Conference Center, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston

From the introduction of the smallpox vaccine to the first successful kidney transplant to developing genome sequencing methods, HMS researchers have been on the cutting edge of scientific discovery.  In this seminar learn about today's innovative wonders being developed in Harvards laboratories and what's next on the horizon as medicine and technology converge.

More information:  seminar@hms.harvard.edu
http://hms.harvard.edu/minimedschool
617-423-3038

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SCIENCE with/in/sight: 2015 Koch Institute Image Awards
The Koch Institute at MIT
Tuesday, March 10
6:00 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT)
Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, 500 Main Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/science-withinsight-2015-koch-institute-image-awards-registration-15180607606

Ten remarkable images. One dynamic evening of science, technology, and inspiration.
Join MIT’s life scientists and engineers for a fascinating glimpse into the stories behind the fifth annual Koch Institute Image Awards exhibition. The evening will feature lightning talks from this year’s award winners and networking in the Koch Institute Public Galleries. Surround yourself with passionate people whose big ideas expand microscopic worlds into transformative landscapes of discovery and innovation.

Reception at 6:00 p.m., Presentations at 7:00 p.m., Coffee and dessert follow.

Editorial Comment:  Yes, that Koch.

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Climate Specific Passive Building Standards

Tuesday, March 10

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

BSA Space, 290 Congress Street, Boston

RSVP at mduclos@deapgroup.com

Marc Rosenbaum of South Mountain Company will offer his opinions about the draft Climate-Specific Passive Building Standards, the recent proposal from PHIUS to adapt the German Passive House standard to American climate regions and methods of construction.

Are the proposed revisions a much-needed change to an arbitrary standard, or a major compromise to a significant bulwark against the frequently empty promises of the green building movement?

Expect a lively discussion. Please bring with a hard copy of the paper or a virtual copy on a laptop or tablet. The paper can be found here.

To learn more about Passive House New England, visit architects.org/committees/passive-house-new-england.

Editorial Comment:  Marc Rosenbaum is one of the most experienced engineers in New England on energy efficiency building and has just finished a zero net energy retrofit on his own home.

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District Policy Panel with Congresswoman Katherine Clark
Tuesday, March 10

7:00 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT)
Lesley University, University Hall Amphitheater, 1815 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge

RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/district-policy-panel-with-congresswoman-katherine-clark-registration-15874983503

Please join us for our next district policy panel focused on domestic violence in our communities.  Hosted by Lesley University and moderated by Congresswoman Katherine Clark, this panel of experts will discuss violence prevention education, intervention, funding for shelters and programs and what we can do as a community to educate and empower others.

Parking is available behind University Hall and the venue is T accessible by Porter Square Station.
For more information, please contact: lauren.pardi@mail.house.gov or (781) 396-2900.

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Wednesday, March 11
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Climate Change and Complementary Mechanisms: A Conversation with Anja Kollmuss

Wednesday, March 11

10:00AM - 11:00AM
Harvard, CGIS K031, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

RSVP at https://harvardofs.wufoo.com/forms/zoiqb6g1qn8tc5/

Seating is limited and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

You are invited to an intimate discussion on climate change and complementary mechanisms with climate mitigation expert Anja Kollmuss. Complementary mechanisms are ways in which an institutions can think holistically about reducing its carbon footprint through a range of greenhouse gas reduction investments, both internally and externally.

A light breakfast will be served

Swiss-born carbon market specialist Anja Kollmuss is an independent policy analyst and communications expert who works at the intersection of energy, climate change, and sustainable development.  For more than 15 years, she has worked across a diverse range of sectors in Europe and the United States, from carbon market analysis and research to improvisational movement, meditation, and yoga; early music and Klezmer performance; and fine arts and design.  She is an associate with the Stockholm Environment Institute and works in partnership with Carbon Market Watch, which advocates for fair, effective climate protection.  Kollmuss is a graduate of the Harvard Extension School (A.B. ’97) and Tufts University’s Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning program (M.A. ’00). She lives in Zürich and Berlin.

This event is coordinated by CSSL, Harvard’s Council of Student Sustainability Leaders, a campus-wide student initiative managed through the Office for Sustainability (OFS).

Contact Name:   Jennifer A. Haugh
jennifer_haugh@harvard.edu

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Toward Robots That Learn From Everyday People
Wednesday, March 11
11:00am
Harvard, 60 Oxford Street, Room 330, Cambridge

Sonia Chernova, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
The development of collaborative robotic technologies that work alongside human users and are adaptable to changing task and user needs is of critical importance for furthering industries as diverse as manufacturing, healthcare, defense, and consumer services.  To operate effectively in these complex domains, robots must have the ability to adapt to user preferences and learn from user input.  In this talk, I will discuss how my research group has leveraged innovations in cloud computing, crowdsourcing and remote access technologies to gain unprecedented access to data and users, fundamentally altering the way in which interactive robotic systems are developed and deployed.  I will present applications of this research paradigm to robot learning from demonstration, object manipulation and semantic reasoning, as well as discuss exciting avenues for future research in this area.

Speaker Bio:  Sonia Chernova is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Robotics Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the director of the Robot Autonomy and Interactive Learning (RAIL) lab.  She received her Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University in 2009, and worked as a Postdoctoral Associate at the MIT Media Lab prior to joining WPI.  Her research interests span robotics, interactive machine learning, adjustable autonomy, human computation and human-robot interaction.  Dr. Chernova's research is supported through funding from NSF, ONR and DARPA, including the NSF CAREER, NSF NRI and ONR YIP awards.   Her work has been covered by national and international press, including the New York Times, National Geographic, New Scientist, ComputerWorld, NPR and the BBC.   Among other service appointments, she currently serves on the Steering and Program Committees of the HRI conference and on the AAAI Executive Council.

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'Where There is Fire, There is Politics': Material Life and Ungovernability in Urban South Africa
WHEN  Wed., Mar. 11, 2015, 12 p.m.
WHERE  Harvard, Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Hutchins Center for African & African American Research
SPEAKER(S)  Kerry Chance, independent scholar in anthropology
COST  Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO hutchevents@fas.harvard.edu
DETAILS  A Q+A will follow the lecture
LINK hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu

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Research with Red Cross: Case studies, strategy and concept development in cooperation with International Federation Red Cross Red Crescent 2007-2015
Wednesday, March 11

12:00-1:00pm
MIT,  Building E38, 6th floor large conference room (Room 615), 292 Main Street, Cambridge
Lunch will be served.

Lightning Talk & Happy Hour
What: Brief (5 minute) talks on research/work presented, followed by a happy hour.
When: Tuesday, April 7, time TBD
Where: TBD
Appetizers will be served at the happy hour.
Please let us know if you would be interested in presenting!

Lauren

Lauren Seelbach, EIT, CFM
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Technology and Policy Program | MIT Humanitarian Response Lab
seelbach@mit.edu ​

National Security Cyber Operations and Policy Event
Wednesday, March 11

12:00 pm
Harvard Law School, Pound Hall, Room 102

featuring Luke Dembosky
Hosted by the HLS Journal of Law and Technology; Co-sponsored by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society

Please join Luke Dembosky, the newest Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department's National Security Division, for a discussion on economic espionage, protecting national assets in the digital age, and cyber-based security threats. He has previously worked as the Deputy Chief for Litigation in DOJ's Computer Crimes and Intellectual Property Section and the DOJ representative on matters of transnational crime at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Russia. He has been involved in some of the largest and most groundbreaking cybercrime prosecutions in U.S. history, including the recent GameOver Zeus botnet disruption, coordination of the Silk Road takedown, and U.S. v. Max Ray Butler.

OTTO pizza lunch will be served.

Hosted by the HLS Journal of Law and Technology; Co-sponsored by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society

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"Protest Cascades in Syria"
Wednesday, March 11
12:00p–1:30p
MIT, Building E40-496, 1 Amherst Street, Cambridge

Speaker: Wendy Pearlman, Northwestern University

Wednesday Seminar Series, Security Study Program

Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies
For more information, contact:  Elina Hamilton
617-253-7529
elinah@mit.edu

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Webinar: Planning and Design Guidelines and Prototypes for Healthier Places
Wednesday, March 11
1:00 PM
To join this webinar, log in to Adobe Connect via this URL: https://gsd-fll.adobeconnect.com/hapi031115/ as a “Guest”.  Then enter your full first and last names to help the administers of the webinar better identify you.

Presenters: Dr. Ann Forsyth, Professor; Leire Asensio-Villoria, Lecturer, Design Coordinator; David Mah, Lecturer, Design Coordinator; Laura Smead, Research Associate, all of the Harvard Graduate School of Design
Description: Members of HAPI's Harvard Graduate School of Design team will present evidence-based guidelines for healthier places. It will also introduce conceptual proposals operating at multiple scales: urban and local residential development as well as at the scale of specific buildings and typologies. The guidelines are based on a synthesis of existing research on the multiple dimensions connecting health and place, focusing on effective strategies most relevant to urban planners and the built environment. Topics include accessibility to health services, air quality, water quality, opportunities for physical activity, universal design, access to community resources, the connections between green space and mental health, healthy food access, noise, health effects of disasters, and safety.

Instructions at http://research.gsd.harvard.edu/hapi/overview/activities-and-events/webinar-series-2015/planning-and-design-guidelines-and-prototypes-for-healthier-places/

This webinar is sponsored by the Health and Places Initiative (HAPI). This project investigates how to create healthier cities in the future, with a specific emphasis on China. Bringing together experts from the Harvard Graduate School of Design (HGSD) and the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), it creates a forum for understanding the multiple issues that face cities in light of rapid urbanization and an aging population worldwide.

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Sustainable Management of Urmia Lake: Is an Engineering Approach Sufficient?

Wednesday, March 11
4:00p–5:00p
MIT, Building 66-144, 25 Ames Street, Cambridge

Speaker: Dr. Mahdi Zarghami
Please join us for an exciting lecture with Dr. Mahdi Zarghami! In arid and semi-arid regions, lakes are subject to a high risk of drying, leading to deterioration of water quality and creation of wind-blown dust. Are engineering solutions sufficient to solve this critical problem or do we need better institutional design and more effective water governance? To answer this question, Dr. Zarghami will discuss the current condition of the Urmia Lake, Iran, and introduce a simulation model based on System Dynamics approach. 

Dr. Mahdi Zarghami is a visiting researcher at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Tufts University, and is a faculty member at the University of Tabriz, Iran. His main research and teaching fields are water resources management and water governance.

MIT Water Club Spring Lecture Series

Web site: http://waterclub.scripts.mit.edu/wp/
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Water Club
For more information, contact:  Neha Mehta
waterclub-officers@mit.edu 

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NECSI Salon:  Distributed Organizations (Part 1)

Wednesday, March 11
4:00 to 6:00 PM
NECSI, 210 Broadway, Suite 101, Cambridge

RSVP at http://www.necsi.edu/events/upcomingevents.html

When the complexity of collective behavior increases beyond the complexity of an individual, traditional, hierarchical organizations start to break down.

Therefore, as complexity rises globally, we need to start working on creating better decentralized social systems to address increasingly complex problems.

We’ve seen examples of distributed organizations and collective systems emerging organically as people learned to work together using modern technologies. We’ve also witnessed deliberate efforts to systematically build and improve distributed organizations using new generation technologies and a scientific approach.

On March 11th we are honored to host one of the first Salons on distributed organizations, and welcome three special guest to share their insights.

Deb Roy
MIT Associate Professor Deb Roy is at the forefront of innovative thinking in social dynamics, cognitive modeling and artificial intelligence. Deb became the Chief Scientist at Twitter after foundeding a social TV analytics company BlueFin (later acquired by Twitter). Deb will be sharing insights from his past work, as well as exciting thoughts on what the future of decentralized social systems might look like, facilitated by current advancements in machine learning and emerging artificial intelligence. Watch his brilliant TED talk, Birth of a Word, or connect with him via Twitter @dkroy.

Devin Balkind
When he was 12, Devin decided to tell the truth for the rest of his life, and became an Occupy Movement activist. Recently, Devin has been involved in Occupy Sandy - a grassroots disaster relief network that emerged to provide mutual aid to communities affected by the terrifying superstorm.

At the Salon, Devin will be talking about implementing basic concepts of decentralized networks to mobilize groups of people for the greater good in emergency situations. The Occupy Sandy example, especially the technology used to coordinate communications and supplies, will be used as a background for this discussion. If you would also like to overdose on his free, open commentaries, check out his blogand Twitter feed @devinbalkind.

Sam Klein
A Wikipedia board of trustees member, community development powerhouse, One Laptop Per Child director of content, and resilient free knowledge systems advocate, Sam is joining the Salon to talk about a possible transparent participatory governance model based on Wikipedia (although Sam might also talk about the Newpedia, Wikipedia Zero and Wikipedia One).

To join the conversation, please register below. You can also stream the event live. 

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Does Better Information Lead to Better Choices? Evidence from Energy Efficiency Labels
WHEN  Wed., Mar. 11, 2015, 4:10 – 5:30 p.m.
WHERE  Harvard Kennedy School, Littauer-382, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Environmental Sciences, Lecture, Social Sciences, Sustainability
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy, Harvard Environmental Economics Program
SPEAKER(S) Gilbert Metcalf, Tufts University
LINK http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k105744

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Tea @ Eliot with Jill Lepore
Experimental Tea @ Eliot House with Jill Lepore
Wednesday, March 11

4:30 PM to 6:00 PM (EDT)

Harvard, Eliot House (Senior Common Room), 101 Dunster Street, Cambridge

RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/tea-eliot-with-jill-lepore-tickets-14118020379

INSTIGATOR: Jill Lepore is the David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History at Harvard University. She is also a staff writer at The New Yorker.

Much of Lepore's research, teaching, and writing explores absences and asymmetries of evidence in the historical record. Her current work concerns the histories and technologies of evidence and of privacy. At Harvard, she teaches courses on historical topics and methods in History, History and Literature, American Studies, and at the Harvard Law School. As an essayist, she writes about American culture, law, literature, and politics, with an eye to the relationship between the past and the present.

Lepore received a B.A. in English from Tufts University in 1987, an M.A. in American Culture from the University of Michigan in 1990, and a Ph.D. in American Studies from Yale University in 1995. She joined the Harvard History Department in 2003 and was Chair of the History and Literature Program in 2005-10, 2012, and 2014. In 2012, she was named Harvard College Professor, in recognition of distinction in undergraduate teaching.

Attire: We don’t care about serious attire, we care about serious experimentalists, so come as you are and bring friends!
Quick RSVP & Questions: Tea@xfund.com

More about Experiment Tea @ Eliot House
The Experimental Tea @ Eliot House is a intergenerational tradition that invites scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs and designers to share bold ideas. A special collaboration between the Co-Masters of Eliot House and the Co-Founders of Xfund.
Experimental Teas are hosted every other Wednesday during term in the Eliot House Senior Common Room, conveniently located at 101 Dunster Street. Doors open at 4:30pm and our founder or faculty kicks off brief remarks with invited guests at 5pm. The tradition is open to all experimentalists in Cambridge, MA as well as any visiting faculty, alumni, and student founders.

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Immigration Update with Congressman Capuano
Wednesday, March 11

5:00 PM to 7:00 PM (EDT)

Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC), Havana Room Cambridge, 1 Broadway 5th Floor, Cambridge

RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/immigration-update-with-congressman-capuano-tickets-14997011465

There is NEW immigration legislation before Congress.  How will it affect business and employment?
Special guest Congressman Capuano recently introduced immigration reform legislation, known as the 'BRAIN Act' to provide visas for certain advanced STEM graduates.  In addition, a huge immigration bill known as the 'I-Squared Act of 2015' includes major immigration reforms, extending beyond the President's proposals.  Rep. Capuano will explain what's happening in Washington, DC around immigration policy and how you can influence the process and help get these reforms passed!
Immigration attorney Roy Watson will explain how these changes will affect immigration options and outcomes for employers and skilled foreign nationals seeking to live and work in the United States.

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Bringing green bonds and social impact bonds to market in Massachusetts
Wednesday, March 11

5:30 PM to 7:00 PM (EDT)

Nixon Peabody LLP, 100 Summer Street, Boston

RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/bringing-green-bonds-and-social-impact-bonds-to-market-in-massachusetts-tickets-15883448823

Share Bringing green bonds and social impact bonds to market in Massachusetts
Green Bonds and Social Impact Bonds are experiencing rapid growth as investment opportunities that achieve social and environmental goals. While green bonds were pioneered by the World Bank and Social Impact bonds first appeared in the UK, Massachusetts has been a US pioneer in both instruments. Last year, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts issued the “first-in-the-nation” Green Bonds to finance energy saving and other environmentally friendly projects throughout the state. Previously, the Commonwealth financed social impact bonds focused on juvenile justice and chronic homelessness.
Join BASIC on March 11th for an inside look at bringing these green and social impact bonds to market. Navjeet Bal, of counsel at Nixon Peabody, has worked for over 20 years as a public finance bond counsel and served three years as Massachusetts Commissioner of Revenue. Navjeet will share with BASIC her experience of working with the public and private stakeholders involved in the successful launch of Massachusetts' green and social impact bonds.

About the speaker:
Navjeet Bal began practicing law in Boston as a public finance attorney twenty-five years ago, and has been involved in major infrastructure finance projects across the Commonwealth for most of that time. From 2007 to 2011, she served in Governor Patrick’s administration as the Commissioner of Revenue.  The Department of Revenue is a 2,000 person agency with three lines of business: Tax Administration; Child Support Enforcement and the Division of Local Services. She joined Nixon Peabody in September 2011 in its public finance department. In 2013, Navjeet has served as bond counsel to the Commonwealth in the municipal market’s first issuance of “Green Bonds.” She has also served as special counsel to the Commonwealth for its first in the nation “social impact bonds.”
Navjeet is very involved in community affairs, and is currently a board member at the Boston Public Market, the Boys and Girls Club of Boston (Board of Overseers), the Legal Advocacy and Resource Center, Inc., the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, the Women’s Bar Foundation, the South Asian Bar Association of Greater Boston Advisory Board and the Supreme Judicial Court’s Access to Justice Commission. She has received several awards and recognitions, including the Williams College Bicentennial Medal (2011), being included in Harvard Law School’s inaugural “Inspiring Change, Inspiring Us” celebration of inspiring women in celebration of International Women’s Day (2013) and being included in the first “Circle of Excellence” by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly recognizing women who exemplify professional, civic and mentoring achievements (2012).
Navjeet received her B.A. in Philosophy from Williams College, and her J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law.

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Forum: Overcoming Violence Video Screening & Panel Discussion
Wednesday, March 11
5:30 PM to 7:30 PM (EDT)
University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, CPCS Plaza, Wheatley Hall 4th Floor, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/forum-overcoming-violence-video-screening-panel-discussion-tickets-15649761859

Join the College of Public and Community Service for this important discussion around “Overcoming Violence” in our community.  Meet community and university partners who collaborated to produce this inititiative including an updated “Understanding Violence” curriculum presented in city schools and youth centers for the past 10 years; a thought provoking video and a highly visable billboard campaign.
Learn more about our academic and certificate programs in Community Development, Human Services and Gerontology.
This event is co-sponsored by the Office of Community Relations at UMass Boston.

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The UAE's Energy Future: Key Insights from the ELI Field Experience
WHEN  Wed., Mar. 11, 2015, 6 – 7:30 p.m.
WHERE  Harvard, Allison Dining Room, Taubman Building, Fifth Floor, 15 Eliot Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Middle East Initiative and the Center for Public Leadership
SPEAKER(S) Join Kennedy School students as they share their experiences from their trip to the United Arab Emirates through the Emirates Leadership Initiative. Panelists will discuss key take-aways from the World Future Energy Summit, meetings with energy and environment policymakers, and cultural outings.
COST  Free and open to the public
LINK http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/6578/uaes_energy_future.html

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Mass Innovation Nights #72
Wednesday, March 11
6pm - 8:30pm
LogMeIn, 320 Summer Street,  Boston

Every month, ten companies bring new innovative products to Mass Innovation Night Events, and the social media community turns out to blog, tweet, post pictures & video, add product mentions to LinkedIn & Facebook, and otherwise help spread the word. These live events allow companies to show off Massachusetts-based innovation. In the last six years, Mass Innovation Nights have helped to:

Registration and networking begin at 6:00 pm and presentations begin at 7:00 pm. Innovation Nights are held once a month on-site at various venues that donate their space to further the cause of local innovation.

Website:  http://mass.innovationnights.com/events/mass-innovation-nights-72
Mass Innovation Nights Website:  http://mass.innovationnights.com/

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Knight News Challenge: How can we inform voters, increase turnout?

Wednesday, March 11

6:30 PM
MIT Media Lab, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge

RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/hackshackersboston/events/220933830/

How might we better inform voters and increase civic participation before, during and after elections?

It’s a fascinating, important problem that faces every citizen in this country. And the latest Knight News Challenge is focused on that exact issue. The challenge offers more than $3 million for the best innovative answers to the question.

Interested in learning more? Then please join Hacks/Hackers on Wednesday, March 11 at 6:30 p.m. at the MIT Media Lab to learn more. Shazna Nessa, director of journalism, will speak about the application process and what they are looking for in proposals. The challenge is open for entries Feb. 25 – March 19.

To enter, starting Feb. 25 go to newschallenge.org

and answer a few questions. For more information take a look at this blog post:
http://knightfoundation.org/blogs/knightblog/2015/2/12/knight-news-challenge-focus-elections/

Follow #newschallenge on Twitter for updates and please spread the word through your networks.

The Knight News Challenge has been accelerating media innovation by funding breakthrough ideas in news and information. Not only do winners receive $3 million in funding, but they get support from Knight’s network of influential peers and advisors to help advance ideas, according to the nonprofit.

Past News Challenge winners include leading Internet entrepreneurs, emerging media innovators and legacy newsrooms. For instance, DocumentCloud, which helps journalists analyze, annotate and publish original source documents, is used by more than 200 newsrooms nationwide. And Ushahidi has helped map information in crises from Haiti to Japan.

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'Natural and Unnatural,' with Pei Zhu
WHEN  Wed., Mar. 11, 2015, 6:30 – 8 p.m.
WHERE  Harvard, Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard University Graduate School of Design
SPEAKER(S)  Pei Zhu
COST  Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO events@gsd.harvard.edu
DETAILS  The design process in recent projects by Pei Zhu, of Studio Pei-Zhu (Beijing) has been inspired by the vocabulary of nature and natural forms but has resulted in an architecture that is divergent from nature and sometimes unnatural. Studio Pei-Zhu uses nature and environment to peel back the subjective influences of society—its politics, cultures, and religion—in an attempt to revert to basic human experiences.
LINK www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/events/pei-zhu-natural-and-unnatural.html

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The Air We Breathe: An assessment of urban air pollution

Wednesday, March 11

7 - 9p.  

Harvard, Pfizer Hall, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge

Jordan Wilkerson

https://www.facebook.com/events/812175562151601/

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James Baker: The Man Who Made Washington Work
WHEN  Wed., Mar. 11, 2015, 7 p.m.
WHERE Harvard Law School, Langdell Hall South
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Film
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School
SPEAKER(S)  Eric Stange, film director
DIRECTED BY  Eric Stange
WRITTEN BY  Eric Stange
COST  Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO Polly Hamlen
617-496-9383
DETAILS  Narrated by Tom Brokaw, this film explores the life and long political career of James A. Baker III, a remarkably savvy power player, dealmaker and diplomat respected on both sides of the aisle for his ability to get things done. After the screening, join us for a discussion with the film's director, Eric Stange, and HBS Professor James Sebenius.
LINK http://www.pon.harvard.edu/daily/james-baker-the-man-who-made-washington-work/

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Humanitarian Happy Hour
Wednesday, March 11

7:30pm
John Harvards, 33 Dunster Street, Cambridge
Appetizers will be served.

What: Join local humanitarians for drinks and conversation!

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Thursday, March 12
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City to City Dialogue: Innovations in Energy and Mobility Affecting the Future of Our Cities | #TasteofIceland in Boston
Thursday, March 12
8:15 AM to 11:00 AM (EDT)
MIT Media Lab, E14-674, Multi-Purpose Room , 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/city-to-city-dialogue-innovations-in-energy-and-mobility-affecting-the-future-of-our-cities-registration-15714810421

Iceland Naturally is partnering with the MIT Media Lab and the City Science Initiative to host an energy innovation panel discussion on March 12. The panel will focus on Boston’s and Reykjavik’s efforts in innovating energy for a better future, including the work being done around electric cars and data centers. The Mayor of Reykjavik and executives from Iceland’s national power company, Landsvirkjun, will represent Iceland on this panel.

Agenda
8:15 - 9 AM: Breakfast
9 AM: Welcome
Michael Brown, Head of Business Development, Verne Global
Dagur B. Eggertsson, Mayor of Reykjavik
9:15 AM: Panel Discussion
Moderator: Greg Lindsay, Author and Journalist
Bjorgvin Sigurdsson, EVP of Business Development, Landsvirkjun
Ryan Chin, City Science Initaitive & MIT Media Lab
Vineet Gupta, Head of City of Boston Transportation, City of Boston
Einar Gunnar Guðmundsson, Director Entrepreneurship, Arion Bank
Additional panelists to be announced
10:30 AM: Q&A

About Taste of Iceland in Boston
This event is part of Taste of Iceland in Boston, a five-day cultural event that will celebrate Iceland's food, music, film and environmental initiatives from March 12-16 to give Bostonians a taste of what life is like in Iceland. Click here to RSVP on Facebook, and join the conversation on Twitter & Instagram by tagging @IcelandNatural with the hashtag #TasteofIceland.

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Cybersecurity at MIT
Thursday, March 12
8:30a–11:00a

MIT, Building 32-123, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://mitcybersecurity.mit.edu/

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Invites you to Cybersecurity at MIT, the public launch of MIT's comprehensive effort to tackle the technical, regulatory and business challenges of cyber security. This event will begin at 9:00am on Thursday, March 12.

Recognizing the importance of a more integrated approach to combating data breaches and security failures, MIT is launching three new MIT research efforts:
Cybersecurity@CSAIL
The MIT Cyber security Policy Initiative
Interdisciplinary Consortium for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, (IC)3

For registration and more information please visit: http://mitcybersecurity.mit.edu/

Web site: http://mitcybersecurity.mit.edu/
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): CSAIL
For more information, contact:  Laura Moses
617-253-0145
mitcybersecurity@csail.mit.edu

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The story of developing a seafood sustainable sourcing policy

Thursday, March 12

11:45am
MIT, Building E62-250, 100 Main Street, Cambridge

RSVP at http://goo.gl/forms/P0438VjRV1

You are invited to join us for another talk in our Food Systems Sustainability Speaker Series at MIT. We will also hold an informal post-talk discussion from 1-2 pm, location TBD. This event is free and open to the public, RSVPs requested. http://goo.gl/forms/P0438VjRV1

George Parmenter of Delhaize America and Jen Levin of Gulf of Maine Research Institute
George Parmenter from Delhaize and Jen Levin from Gulf of Maine Research Institute will speak together about the evolution of developing a seafood sustainability program in a grocery environment - George from the perspective of a private sector sustainability manager for a multi-national corporation and Jen from her perspective as manager of the sustainable seafood program for a non-profit research institute.

This is a story of developing policy through engagement with suppliers, internal stakeholders and decision-makers. The talk will highlight some of the challenges of this type of collaborative initiative, and will describe the steps taken to create a seafood sourcing policy for Delhaize.
You will learn some of the latest news on what NGOs active in sustainable sourcing are doing, how they interact and collaborate with each other and other sectors, and how grocery retailers are approaching similar goals.

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Air quality in developing world disaster and conflict zones: the case of Haiti
Thursday, March 12
12:00-1:00pm
Tufts, Lincoln Filene Center, Rabb Room, 10 Upper Campus Road, Medford

Ann Rappaport, Urban, Environmental Policy & Planning, Tufts University
Mary Davis, Urban, Environmental Policy & Planning, Tufts University
Data on air quality are remarkably limited in the poorest of the world's countries. This is especially true for post conflict and disaster zones, where international relief efforts focus on more salient public health challenges such as water and sanitation, infectious diseases and housing. We use post-earthquake Haiti as an example case and contend there is an unmet need for additional attention to an important health challenge.

Dr. Ann Rappaport has helped develop and implement the hazardous waste regulatory program in Massachusetts, and maintains an active interest in the dynamic relationship between environmental laws and regulations and innovations in environmental technology and corporate management of environmental issues. Her current research interests include enterprise-level decision making with respect to the environment, institutional responses to climate change, voluntary initiatives related to companies and the environment, and contemporary issues in corporate social responsibility. She co-directs the Tufts Climate Initiative, the university commitment to meet or beat the emission reductions associated with the Kyoto Protocol.

Dr. Mary Davis's research is broadly focused on environmental health issues, including air pollution, occupational health, children's health, and biostatistics. Her recent research projects include an investigation of the relationship between the economy and human health, evaluations of working conditions in Haitian apparel factories and in the New England commercial fishing industry, and an assessment of economic trade-offs in marine resource use along the Maine coastline. She is currently the chair of a National Academy of Sciences research panel investigating the effect of noise on children's learning outcomes, and has testified on multiple occasions at state legislative panels as an advocate for pro-children's health legislation.

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Finding What Works in Global Development
Thursday, March 12,

5:00 PM to 7:00 PM (EDT)

MIT, Building E14-674, Media Lab, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge

RESVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/finding-what-works-in-global-development-tickets-15996228149

When a person lives on less than $2 a day — as some 2.7 billion people around the world do — there isn’t room for a product like a solar lantern or a water filter to fail.  It’s a challenge development agencies, NGOs, and consumers themselves face every day: With so many products on the market, how do you choose the right one?

Join us for a panel on the growing need for product evaluation in global development. Panelists will share insights from their work with MIT’s Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation (CITE), which released its first-ever report evaluating solar lanterns this spring.
Refreshments will be served.

Meet the Panel
David Ferguson, Director of the Center for Development Innovation at USAID
Jarrod Goentzel, CITE Scalability Research Lead & Director of the MIT Humanitarian Response Lab
Jennifer Green, CITE Sustainability Research Lead & Research Scientist at the MIT Sociotechnical Systems Research Center
Amit Gandhi, CITE Research Assistant and MIT Doctoral Candidate in Mechanical Engineering
Introductions:
Bishwapriya Sanyal, CITE Director & MIT Professor of Urban Development and Planning

Special Moderator:
Tom Murphy, Global Development Reporter at Humanosphere & Founder of A View from the Cave

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Innovation For Development Games Showcase
Thursday, March 12

5:00 PM to 7:00 PM (EDT)

Engagement Lab, 160 Boylston Street, 4th Floor, Boston

RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/innovation-for-development-games-showcase-tickets-16046300918

Join the Engagement Lab at Emerson College and a delegation from the Egyptian United Nations Development Program (UNDP)  for a showcase on the innovative uses of media and technology for civic awareness and engagement. Over the past year, the Engagement Lab and the UNDP have partnered on a new initiative focused on using games and play to tackle global issues, ranging from environmental sustainability to cultural and political empowerment. UN staff and designers and entrepreneurs from Egypt will be presenting their work, conducting final playtests, and making connections with the Boston community of civic innovators. Come play!

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Intersection of Science, Technology and Innovation: Human Organs-on-Chips, to Advance Drug Discovery and Testing
Thursday, March 12

6:00 PM to 7:45 PM (EDT)
British Consulate-General Boston, One Broadway, 7th Floor, Kendall Room, Cambridge

RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/intersection-of-science-technology-and-innovation-human-organs-on-chips-to-advance-drug-discovery-tickets-15880203115

Due to Consulate security requirements, registration is required at least 2 days in advance and all attendees will be required to present a photo ID to building security at check-in.

This lecture aims to introduce Wyss Institute at Harvard University as a new and innovative cross-disciplinary research institute bridging academia and industry that focuses on novel & bioinspired technology development. More specifically, the lecture will introduce organs-on-chips technology and will conclude with highlights from a project on human lung disease modeling that Dr. Benam has been leading at Wyss.
The lecture will begin at 18:15, with discussion to follow.

Oxford Business Alumni Lecture Series
Businesses operate in complex contexts affected by economic climates, political trends, cultural values, legal developments, and technological changes. The OBA Lecture Series seeks to explore the practice and theory of business and management across disciplines and contexts. Addressing an audience of Oxford business school graduates, Oxford alumni, and friends of Oxford based in and around Boston, the lecture series will invite speakers and experts from a wide range of fields – economics, political science, religion, technology, law, entrepreneurship, etc. – to speak to their impact on business and management in an increasingly networked and diverse world.

The OBA cordially invites you (whether you are an alumnus or not) to the third OBA Boston Lecture.

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Volcanic Winter, Population Bottlenecks, and Human Evolution
WHEN  Thu., Mar. 12, 2015, 6 – 7 p.m.
WHERE  Harvard, Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
SPEAKER(S)  Stanley H. Ambrose, Professor of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
COST  Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO 617-496-1027, hmsc@hmsc.harvard.edu
DETAILS  The eruption of the Mount Toba supervolcano in the Indonesian island of Sumatra 74,000 years ago brought about an era of severe environmental degradation that decimated populations of Neanderthals and modern humans. Archaeological evidence suggests that modern humans survived this era by creating cooperative intergroup social networks and behaving like tribes. Neanderthals on the other hand, behaved more like primate troops, living in small, closed territories with limited intergroup interaction. Stanley Ambrose, Professor of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will discuss the behaviors that contributed to the competitive advantage of modern humans and the demise of Neanderthals.
Free event parking at 52 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA, 02138
Presented by Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
LINK https://www.peabody.harvard.edu/node/2156

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Crossing: A Lecture/Recital
WHEN  Thu., Mar. 12, 2015, 6 p.m.
WHERE  Harvard, Paine Hall, Music Building, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Concerts, Lecture, Music
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Cosponsored by the Mahindra Humanities Center and the American Repertory Theater
SPEAKER(S)  Matthew Aucoin, composer; Harvard University
Davone Tines, Harvard University
COST  Free and open to the public; seating limited
CONTACT INFO humcentr@fas.harvard.edu; 617-495-0738
DETAILS  Join composer Matthew Aucoin (Harvard '12) for a recital and discussion about Crossing, his new opera inspired by the journals and poetry of Walt Whitman, premiering this May at the American Repertory Theater. Aucoin will address the concept of "crossing" as both transcendence and transgression, in relationship to poetry, music, and history. He will be joined by Davone Tines (Harvard '09), one of the performers in Crossing.
For more information about Crossing, please visit the American Repertory Theater's website.
LINK http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/emcrossingem-lecturerecital

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Cambridge Climate Protection Action Committee
Thursday, March 12
6:00 pm
City Hall Annex, 344 Broadway, 2nd floor meeting room, Cambridge

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e4Dev Speaker Series: Transformation - Waste to Fuel in Mexico City

Thursday, March 12
6:30p–7:30p
MIT, Building E19-319, 400 Main Street, Cambridge

Speaker: Daniel Camacho, CEO; Brian Hendrix, COO; and Alhely Almazan, CINO
Transforma's venture processes waste vegetable oil from restaurants and manufacturing facilities into biodiesel for use in diesel-powered public transportation and private delivery vehicles and offers Mexico City a local renewable energy source. In addition to improving the air quality, this initiative lessens the sale of used oil on the black market, promotes energy self-sufficiency for Mexico City, creates local jobs, and mitigates human and environmental health threats.

Web site: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/147EduhOdNWh5Kx28tjfnXWX9C9Q4CCx7ksKdWlwsgoQ/viewform
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): e4Dev, MIT Energy Initiative
For more information, contact:  e4Dev
e4dev-request@mit.edu 

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Everything You’ve Always Wanted To Know About 3D Printing but Were Afraid to Ask
Thursday, March 12

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Venture Cafe – Cambridge Innovation Center, 1 Broadway, 5th floor, Cambridge

RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/everything-you-always-wanted-to-know-about-3d-printing-but-were-afraid-to-ask-tickets-15858490171

If you’ve been hearing all sorts of fantastic 3D printing news and don’t know how it applies to your own work and life, then this live demonstration will explain how you too can get started in 3D printing. With so much misinformation in the mainstream media, Fab Lab Hub’s Sarah Boisvert, who has worked in digital fabrication since 1986, will cut through the hype and give you a realistic view of what is possible today. Plus, you’ll be able to see a 3D printer in action.
RSVP here.

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Boston Area Solar Energy Association Forum
Thursday, March 12 
Doors open at 7:00 p.m.; Presentation begins at 7:30 p.m
First Parish in Cambridge Unitarian Universalist;  3 Church Street, Harvard Square

For our March BASEA Forum, Haskell Werlin will lead a discussion of bills now on the Massachusetts House and Senate Dockets that support the growth of solar energy. More details to follow soon, but please take this opportunity to engage the Net Metering and Solar Task Force with your views in support of a bright future for solar power.

Your comments due to public process - please help now!
How does one influence solar power policy?
Engage in the "Net Metering and Solar Task Force" Public Process and express support to continue strong, innovative policies that have led to clean energy job growth of 47% in Massachusetts over the last four years.

The official Public Comment opportunities have come and are nearly gone.
* Your comments are due by Tuesday, March 3rd *
Email Address for Public Comments: NMS.taskforce@massmail.state.ma.us

This well-written article is a good primer for comments in support of solar:
"Sun Burned", Greenfield Recorder, February 25th, 2015 - http://www.recorder.com/home/15837566-95/sun-burned?utm_source=BASEA+Forum-Thur.+Mar.+12th%3A+Your+comments+due+-+please+help+now&utm_campaign=Forum2015_12March_yrCmtsDueHelpNow&utm_medium=email

The Task Force is supposed to report to the legislature by the end of March, but:
the Task Force was not formed until about a month after it was supposed to be
the meetings to include public comments were not announced until the last minute
20% of the Task Force membership has changed midstream, including the Co-Chairs

What, then, to ask for?
To continue the great success of solar in Massachusetts, and keep our leadership position among other states who look to us for innovation. To extend the Task Force period, since it started late and is rushing ahead without proper public engagement. Also, ask for a reply or acknowledgement that your comments have been received.

Please feel free to contact me if you need help with the process.
My email is: higginsm@mit.edu

Act now to be counted as a supporter of solar energy in Massachusetts!

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Friday, March 13
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ITIG DigiCamp 2015
Information Technology Interest Group (ITIG)
Friday, March 13
8:30 AM to 12:30 PM (EDT)
Simmons College, Lefavour Hall, Kotzen Room, 2 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/itig-digicamp-2015-registration-15621803234
Cost $10 - $20

Join us @ DigiCamp '15! This low-cost, half-day youConference focuses on technology in libraries. How does ITIG's DigiCamp work? If you are interested in hearing about how other libraries use technology, or if you wish to share innovative or interesting things that are happening at YOUR library, just show up and share. DigiCamp will feature a community-driven format where each session is designed and delivered by you. This format fosters spontaneous sharing, therefore, no PowerPoints allowed. Even the topics chosen for each session will be chosen by you.
What is ITIG? ITIG is the Information Technology Special Interest Group of ACRL New England.
Is DigiCamp right for me? DigiCamp is designed for all technology levels, so come one, come all!
Schedule:
Registration from 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. (Coffee and energizing breakfast of muffins, bagels, fruit salad, Chobani yogurts, granola, juice and water will be served.)
Sessions run from 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

During the registration process, you will be asked to pick 3 technology topics you would be interested in discussing at DigiCamp. Need suggestions? See last year's sessions.
Registration ends on Saturday, February 28, 2015.
Have questions about ITIG DigiCamp 2015? Contact Kieran (kayton@ric.edu).

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Information & Data in the Era of Accessibility
Friday, March 13

8:30 AM to 7:30 PM (EDT)

Northeastern University, Dockser Hall, 400 Huntington Avenue, Boston

RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/information-data-in-the-era-of-accessibility-tickets-15983212218

You are cordially invited to the  Northeastern University Law Journal’s Annual Symposium "INFORMATION AND DATA IN THE ERA OF ACCESSIBILITY."  As massive data collection becomes the norm, we will focus on litigating
for individual civil liberties, legal ethics and lawyering for clients in the age of Big Data, and a comparative analysis of information and privacy on the international stage.

A light breakfast will be served at 8:30 a.m. followed by opening remarks at 9:30 a.m.

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Information technology in anthropology & stopping Ebola
Friday, March 13

9:00 AM to 11:00 AM (EDT)

MIT, Building 1-390, 33 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge

RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/mit-health-information-technology-in-anthropology-stopping-ebola-tickets-15961056951

It is our pleaseure to invite you to our open lecture day for MIT course HST.936. On Friday March 13, HST.936 course is hosting an open lecture series featuring special guests to present their work in mHealth and applications in global health. Please note that seating is limited so please RSVP if you plan to attend.

Topic: Social Anthropology and Information Technology
Speaker:  Kristin Castillo, MD, MA in medical anthropology from Harvard University

Topic: Use of mHealth in Community-based Initiative (CBI) to stop Ebola Transmissions in Liberia
Speaker:  Mosoka Fallah, PhD, MA, MPH, Visiting Assistant Professor at A. M. Dogliotti College of Medicine
To read more about Dr. Fallah and his work in Liberia, read the recent NYTimes article. 

Sana MIT HST.936 Course: Global Health Informatics to Improve Quality of Care
The 2015 iteration of our course will focus on Public Health Emergencies and Humanitarian Crises. For more information about Sana MIT please visit this website.

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New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable
Friday, March 13
9:00AM
Foley Hoag LLP, 155 Seaport Boulevard, 13th Floor, Boston
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/313-roundtable-state-of-ne-states-energyclimate-important-regional-generation-developments-tickets-15453589101?utm_campaign=3.13.15+second+notice&utm_medium=email&utm_source=3.13.15+Roundtable+Second+Announcement
Cost:  $35 -$65
Livestream:  http://signup.clickstreamtv.com/event/raab/events/

Panel I: State of the New England States (Energy/Climate) -  MA, CT, & ME
For our first panel, New England State leaders will discuss their states' major energy and climate policies, programs, and initiatives and share their evolving perspectives on potential regional infrastructure investments. The panel opens with Massachusetts' new Secretary for Energy and Environmental Affairs, Matthew Beaton. Then we will hear from Connecticut Department of Energy and Environment Protection Deputy Commissioner, Katie Dykes, who will discuss DEEP's recently-released draft integrated resource plan for the state. We will round off the panel with Maine's new Public Utilities Commission Chair, Mark Vannoy, who will provide a northern New England state perspective.

Panel II: Important Regional Generation Developments
Our second panel will provide an update on a range of important developments related to the future of power generation in New England. First, Bob Ethier, VP Market Operations at ISO New England, will discuss the results of the upcoming (2/2) Forward Capacity Market (FCM) auction and will brief us on how electric system reliability and prices have fared so far this winter. He will also update us on expected generation retirements in New England. Next, Abigail Hopper, Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, U.S. DOI, has been invited to discuss the results of the upcoming (1/29) BOEM offshore wind auction of over 700,000 acres off the NE coast. Lastly, Scott Silverstein, President and CEO of Footprint Power, will discuss Footprint's redevelopment of Salem Harbor, having recently secured the necessary financing for a quick-start combined-cycle gas turbine.

Registration and Cancellation Policies

Registration policy:
The Roundtable registration policies introduced last Fall will continue:
We are capping attendance and requiring pre-registration.
There is a fee for this Roundtable of $65 (There is a discounted fee of $35 for government or non-profit employees, students, retirees, and lower-income individuals).
Both in-person attendance and live webstreaming will continue to be free for sponsors, but sponsors will have to pre-register like everyone else.
Cancellation policy:  If you register, but can't attend, please let us know ASAP so we can allow someone from the waiting list to take your place. Refunds will be accepted up to 72 hours before the start of the Roundtable. To cancel your registration or get a refund, please reply to your confirmation email or log in to Eventbrite.
Thanks!

Contact Name:   Susan Rivo
susan@raabassociates.org
http://www.RaabAssociates.org

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Measuring Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide from Space: Early results from the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2)
Friday, March 13
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Harvard, Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge

David Crisp
Speaker Bio: https://science.jpl.nasa.gov/people/DCrisp/

Atmospheric Sciences Seminar

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Industry Research Collaborations in Germany: How the Technical University of Darmstadt works with regional partners

Friday, March 13, 2015
12:00p–1:30p
MIT, Building E40-464, 1 Amherst Street, Cambridge

RSVP required by March 11 at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1KJ3pckePMGBCASvSeUG3PHieRHnVVU7AfrhoAkXZzYw/viewform

Lunch provided.

Speaker: Dr. Nicolas Repp
Dr. Nicolas Repp is head of the Research Administration Division/Industry Liaison Office at The Technical University of Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt.)

Before working in the academic administration, Nicolas worked for an international management consulting firm in the financial services industry as a senior business consultant. Nicolas was also head of the IT architectures research group at the Multimedia Communications Lab at TU Darmstadt as well as head of the Service-oriented Architectures Competence Center at the Hessische Telemedia Technologie Kompetenz-Center in Darmstadt. Before joining TU Darmstadt as a researcher, Nicolas worked for one of the "Big Four" international accountancy and professional services firms as an IS consultant and auditor.

Further on, Nicolas was a lecturer for Information Systems / Computer Science at the University of Applied Sciences Saarbruecken as well as at the Hochschule Liechtenstein in Vaduz (Principality of Liechtenstein.)

Nicolas received a diploma in Information Systems (Diplom-Wirtschaftsinformatiker- comparable to a M.Sc.) as well as a doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (Dr.-Ing.) from TU Darmstadt.

Web site: http://goo.gl/Ka1635
Open to: the general public
Cost: free
Tickets: http://goo.gl/Ka1635
Sponsor(s): MISTI, MIT-Germany Program
For more information, contact:  Jeanne Fahey
617-324-1435
jmfahey@mit.edu 

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More Science Behind Shaping Behaviors in Online Games
Friday, March 13

12:00PM
Harvard Graduate School of Education, Larsen 106, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/more-science-behind-shaping-behavior-in-online-games-with-jeffrey-lyte-lin-tickets-15992949342

Jeffrey "Lyte" Lin
When online communities first emerged on the internet, they developed without structure--there were no consequences so users “grew up” thinking that certain behaviors (such as being racist, homophobic or sexist) were an accepted norm online. As society spends more and more of their time online, we believe that the next evolution of online society is to give the online citizen the tools to build and shape their own community--to believe in users and players and their ability to do the right thing.

To show the impact of this philosophy, we’ll start by using social network analysis to map out how player behavior (both positive and negative) spreads in League of Legends, an online game with over 67 million players a month. By combining the latest research techniques from social and cognitive psychology with machine learning and game design, you can reduce online negative behaviors by multiple factors, reset and re-create online cultural norms and create an online future that users and players can be proud of. Critically, these systems are all driven directly by feedback and contributions from the users and players of League of Legends.

Bio:  Jeffrey "Lyte" Lin is lead designer of social systems and is responsible for helping League of Legends have the most sportsmanlike community in online games. "Professor Doctor Lyte" and his team challenge the convention that online communities are and always will be toxic environments; in fact, some of the team's latest work suggests that the vast majority of online communities are positive or neutral. He runs experiments and data analyses, translating the results and learnings into viable game features that enhance engagement while amplifying the sportsmanlike behavior that already exists in the community. Before Riot, Jeffrey was an experimental psychologist at Valve Software and received his Ph.D. in cognitive neuroscience from the University of Washington with Dr. Geoffrey Boynton and Dr. Scott Murray.

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Rebuilding After Typhoon Haiyan: MIT's Response in the Philippines

Friday, March 13

1:00p–2:30p
MIT, Building 4-270, 182 Memorial Dr (Rear), Cambridge

Join us as members of the MIT community describe their efforts to aid the people of the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan.

Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Office of the President
For more information, contact:  Aaron Weinberger
617-253-5912
aweinber@mit.edu 

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The Future of Violence:  Robots and Germs, Hackers and Drones—Confronting A New Age of Threat
Friday, March 13, 2015
3:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge

Gabriella Blum?
Harvard Book Store welcomes GABRIELLA BLUM, Rita E. Hauser Professor of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law at Harvard Law School, for a discussion of her book The Future of Violence: Robots and Germs, Hackers and Drones—Confronting A New Age of Threat, co-authored with Benjamin Wittes.

From drone warfare in the Middle East to digital spying by the National Security Agency, the U.S. government has harnessed the power of cutting-edge technology to awesome effect. But what happens when ordinary people have the same tools at their fingertips? Advances in cybertechnology, biotechnology, and robotics mean that more people than ever before have access to potentially dangerous technologies—from drones to computer networks and biological agents—which could be used to attack states and private citizens alike.

In The Future of Violence, law and security experts Benjamin Wittes and Gabriella Blum detail the myriad possibilities, challenges, and enormous risks present in the modern world, and argue that if our national governments can no longer adequately protect us from harm, they will lose their legitimacy. Consequently, governments, companies, and citizens must rethink their security efforts to protect lives and liberty. In this brave new world where many little brothers are as menacing as any Big Brother, safeguarding our liberty and privacy may require strong domestic and international surveillance and regulatory controls. Maintaining security in this world where anyone can attack anyone requires a global perspective, with more multinational forces and greater action to protect (and protect against) weaker states who do not yet have the capability to police their own people. Drawing on political thinkers from Thomas Hobbes to the Founders and beyond, Wittes and Blum show that, despite recent protestations to the contrary, security and liberty are mutually supportive, and that we must embrace one to ensure the other.

The Future of Violence is at once an introduction to our emerging world—one in which students can print guns with 3-D printers and scientists’ manipulations of viruses can be recreated and unleashed by ordinary people—and an authoritative blueprint for how government must adapt in order to survive and protect us.

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Saturday, March 14
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Pi Day - 3.14 all day

http://www.piday.org

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The Intel® IoT Roadshow Hackathon 
Saturday, March 14 - Sunday, March 15
Greentown Labs, 28 Dane Street, Somerville
RSVP at https://iotroadshow.intel.com/en/home/registration/19/

Tentative Schedule

March 14th:
9:00am : Registration and Breakfast
10:00am : Kickoff & Keynote Speaker
11:00am : Workshop on Edison™ kits
12:30pm : Team formation, lunch and hacking begins
Goes through 12am

March 15th
9:00am : Hacking continues & breakfast
12:00pm : Lunch
2:00pm : Hackerleague Deadline & hacking ends
2:45pm : Demos begin
4:00pm : Demos end - Networking begins while judges deliberate
5:00pm : Winners announced

The technology
The Intel® Edison development board brings hardware projects unparalleled performance in a small, low power form factor ideal for IoT and connected devices. It is the first in a series of low-cost, product-ready, general purpose compute platforms that help lower the barriers to entry for entrepreneurs of all sizes - from pro makers to consumer electronics and companies working in the Internet of Things (IoT). The Intel Edison development platform packs a robust set of features into its small size, delivering great performance, durability, and a broad spectrum of I/O and software support. Check out some of the projects on Instructables! 

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Visualizing a Thriving, Healthy, and Innovative Boston
Saturday, March 14

8:00 am

District Hall, 75 Northern Avenue Boston

RSVP at http://hubhacks2.challengepost.com/

HubHacks 2 is a data visualization challenge managed by the City of Boston. We’re asking developers, designers, and data scientists to find new insights in urban data and show them in inviting, understandable, and thought-provoking ways.

Building on our successful open data portal, the City will provide brand new data sets that touch on important parts of life and business in Boston. HubHackers will be asked to:
Connect City data and other public data sets to create more contextualized understanding of our progress towards the goal of a thriving, healthy and innovative city.

Craft innovative visualizations that highlight trends, opportunities, and decision points, providing deeper insight for the City and better transparency to citizens.

Find valuable insights that will help business owners, residents and students who call Boston home.

Create visualizations that support a conversation between City government and the community around important topics.

We’re looking to present interesting Boston data in unique places in the City.

The challenge will kick-off on March 14th at District Hall with a full day event to help participants learn about the data sets and the prizes. The challenge will run for three weeks with winners announced on April 4th at Faneuil Hall.

To fuel this competition, we will be making available a range of new and exciting data sets.

Submissions open March 14-30, 2015

See here for more information and register!

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Sunday, March 15
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Saint Patrick's Peace Parade People's Parade for Peace, Equality, Jobs, Environmental Stewardship, Social & Economic Justice
Sunday, March 15
11:00 am - 3:30 pm
South Boston (the parade route is 4.5 miles and ends at Andrew Station)

Unite, Participate, Celebrate
Please join us for our 5th Annual Saint Patrick's Peace Parade People's Parade for Peace, Equality, Jobs, Environmental Stewardship, Social & Economic Justice

Sign Up to Attend! We Need to Know You will Be There!
http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=YA6Ysi6E5N9uRBe2pxq3JD%2BuXR55sjeS

There are several DIVISIONS marching in the parade, as well as two marching bands, Duck Boats, bagpipers, and the Bread and Puppet Theater. The DIVISIONS are: Veterans groups; Peace groups; LGBT groups; Faith groups; environmental groups; social and economic justice groups; labor groups; political groups. Please invite your group(s) to come!
Contact: Massachusetts Peace Action, Cole Harrison, info@masspeaceaction.org,
617-354-2169; Veterans for Peace, Pat Scanlon, info@massvfp.org,
978-475-1776; faith groups contact Lara Hoke, minister@uuandover.org.

Why are there two parades in South Boston on Saint Patrick's Day?   Read the essay by Pat Scanlon
http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=75FVFvpbf1fSUOhpEnG%2F%2F3D6BMTu7ha6

Vets4PeaceChapter9@gmail.com     Phone: 978-475-1776

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Monday, March 16
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MASS Seminar - Pedram Hassanzadeh (Harvard)

Monday, March 16
12:00p–1:00p
MIT, Building 54-915 (the tallest building on campus)

Speaker: Pedram Hassanzadeh
The MIT Atmospheric Science Seminar (MASS) is a student-run weekly seminar series within PAOC. Seminar topics include all research concerning the atmosphere and climate, but also talks about e.g. societal impacts of climatic processes. The seminars usually take place on Monday from 12-1pm followed by a lunch with graduate students. Besides the seminar, individual meetings with professors, post-docs, and students are arranged. The seminar series is run by graduate students and is intended mainly for students to interact with individuals outside the department, but faculty and post docs certainly participate.

MASS Seminar

Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS)
For more information, contact:  Jen Fentress
617-253-2127

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Dr. Temple Grandin: Helping Different Kinds of Minds to Succeed
Monday, March 16
4:30p–6:30p
MIT, Building E14-674, MIT Media Lab, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge

Speaker: Dr. Temple Grandin

Web site: http://www.media.mit.edu/events/2015/03/16/dr-temple-grandin-helping-different-kinds-minds-succeed
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Media Lab
For more information, contact:
wellbeing-events@media.mit.edu 

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Am I allowed? Game Live-Streaming Between Spectatorship and Regulation
Monday, March 16

7:00 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT)

Northeastern University, 120 Forsyth Street, Raytheon Amphitheatre, Egan Research Center 440, Boston

RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/am-i-allowed-game-live-streaming-between-spectatorship-and-regulation-tickets-16004815835

Listen to MIT sociologist T.L. Taylor report from the trenches of her fieldwork into twitch, e-sports, and other phenomena of game live-streaming.

Computer gaming has long been a social activity, complete with spectatorship. The growth of game live-streaming – the online broadcasting of real-time play to a remote audience – is not only extending, but deeply reworking play within a larger media ecology. Professional e-sports players and amateurs alike are broadcasting their gaming online to communities of fellow avid players. The living room sofa is getting extended out via this new form of  “networked broadcast.” While many speculate about the future of television, “second screen” experiences, or “social TV,” a dynamic, often unruly, group of gamers and companies are remaking the future of what it means to play, and watch media, right now and solely online. For many, live-streaming involves a complex mix of transforming ones private play to public entertainment. Amidst it all, large issues loom about the economics of this new form of broadcasting, intellectual property concerns, and the growing algorithmic regulation of content in online broadcasts. Game live-streaming offers a compelling look into the continued networked production of play and the future of spectatorship.

Biography
T.L. Taylor is Associate Professor of Comparative Media Studies at MIT. She is a qualitative sociologist working in the fields of internet and game studies. Her work focuses on the interrelations between culture, social practice, and technology in online leisure environments. Her most recent book, Raising the Stakes (MIT Press, 2012), explored the world of professional e-sports; she is currently at work on a book about live-streaming. For more information: http://tltaylor.com. She can also be found on Twitter: @ybika.

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proposition for reclaiming a space

Monday, March 16
7:00p–9:00p
MIT, Building E15-070, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge

LIESBETH BIK and JOS VAN DER POL
Part of the 2015 ACT Lecture Series, Civic Art: The lecture series investigates the critical spatial practices that claim manifold definitions of public art, through a diverse array of visual forms argued by key practitioners across the disciplines of art, pedagogy, architecture, and urban studies to identify the tools, tactics and consequences of actively reclaiming public space.

Web site: http://act.mit.edu/projects-and-events/lectures-series/2015-spring/mar-16-liesbeth-bik-jos-van-der-pol-proposition-reclaiming-space/
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): ACT, Department of Architecture
For more information, contact:  Amanda Moore
617-253-4415
amm@mit.edu

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Tuesday, March 17
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Boston Going for the Gold in 2024: Transportation and Infrastructure Opportunities and Hurdles
Tuesday, March 17
7:45 AM to 9:45 AM (EDT)
C. Walsh Theatre - Suffolk University, 55 Temple Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-going-for-the-gold-in-2024-transportation-and-infrastructure-opportunities-and-hurdles-tickets-13781349387

How does Boston leverage its Olympics proposal to ensure that much-needed housing, transportation, and infrastructure improvements will be addressed for lasting benefits?

Panelists:
Richard Davey, CEO, Boston 2024
Peter Zuk, Principal, Zuk International, Inc.
Jeanne DuBois, Strategic Advisor, Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation
Chris Dempsey, Co-Chair, No Boston Olympics
Alex Krieger, FAIA Principal, NBBJ, Professor of Urban Design Harvard Graduate School of Design
James Aloisi, Principal, Pemberton Square Group
Moderated by:
Peter Howe, Business Editor, NECN

This event is free and open to the public; however, RSVP is required.

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Webinar: Creating Evidence-based Healthy and Energy-Efficient Housing
Tuesday, March 17
8 am
To join this webinar, log in to Adobe Connect via this URL: https://gsd-fll.adobeconnect.com/hapi031715/ as a “Guest”.  Then enter your full first and last names to help the administers of the webinar better identify you.

Presenter:  Dr. Gary Adamkiewicz, Ph.D., MPH, Harvard School of Public Health
Description: Modern indoor environments can directly affect human health. This is partly driven by the dramatic increase in the quantity and diversity of chemical exposures from household furnishings and consumer products over the past 50 years. While some exposures are difficult to estimate in the general population, many of the dominant pathways can be understood and modified.

This webinar will present findings from a ten-city housing study in China, in order to understand the key housing-based drivers of occupant health. The China, Children, Homes, and Health (CCHH) study will provide a unique and valuable evidence base, and provides a model for future studies of the linkages between urbanization and health.

The first phase of this study, conducted from 2010 through 2012, involved the completion of a cross-sectional questionnaire survey of nearly 50,000 families with children aged 1-8 years. This session will also elaborate on best practices to reduce indoor environmental exposures in newly-constructed residences; selection of materials which minimizes exposure to key pollutants including known and suspected endocrine disruptors; and the creation of a model of future energy demands for residences in Chinese cities based on anticipated climatic change.

Instructions at http://research.gsd.harvard.edu/hapi/overview/activities-and-events/webinar-series-2015/creating-evidence-based-healthy-and-energy-efficient-housing/

More at: http://green.harvard.edu/events/webinar-creating-evidence-based-healthy-and-energy-efficient-housing#sthash.B9JpF34P.dpuf

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Media Lab Conversations Series: Dr. Temple Grandin
Tuesday, March 17
11:00a–12:00p
MIT, Building E14-3, MIT Media Lab, 3rd floor atrium, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge

Dr. Temple Grandin in Conversation with Rosalind Picard

Web site: http://www.media.mit.edu/events/2015/03/17/media-lab-conversations-series-dr-temple-grandin-conversation-rosalind-picard
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Media Lab
For more information, contact:  Laura Seretta
events-admin@media.mit.edu

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Introduction to the Living Building Challenge
Tuesday, March 17

12:00 PM
BSA Space, 290 Congress Street, Boston
RSVP at https://online.architects.org/bsassa/censsareqauth?p_url=evtssarsvp.display_page%3Fp_cust_id%3D__CUSTID__%26p_event_id%3D1542%26p_item_id%3DCTE_RSVP
Meetings are free and open to all, but rsvp's are required.

The Living Building Challenge is the built environment's most rigorous performance standard. It calls for the creation of building projects that operate as cleanly, beautifully and efficiently as nature's architecture. Participants will gain a basic understanding of the Living Building Challenge - a philosophy, advocacy tool and certification program that addresses development at all scales. To be certified under the Challenge, projects must meet a series of ambitious performance requirements, including Net Zero Energy, Waste and Water, over a minimum of 12 months of continuous occupancy. Participants will learn to describe the key components of the program and discuss the rationale for restorative design principles.

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Fertility Surveillance and the Production of Families for the Nation: Russian Demographic Science and the Search for a Liberal Biopolitics
Tuesday, March 17
4:00p–6:30p
MIT, Building E40-496, 1 Amherst Street, Cambridge

Speaker: Michele Rivkin-Fish, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapell Hill
The talk will outline how key shifts in demographic research on fertility reveal broader contestations over the scope and type of biopolitics from the Soviet to Putin eras. The systematic surveillance and analysis of demographic trends was a major preoccupation of Soviet governance and continues to be so for Russia. For both the Soviet and Russian regimes, moderate population growth was a sign of national vitality, and public policy-- a vehicle for engineering population dynamics to achieve this collective good. Thus, when steady trends of gradually declining fertility during the 1970s and 1980s became stark drops in the birth rate during the chaotic 1990s, politicians and conservative demographers urged using state resources to increase fertility.

Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies, MISTI MIT-Russia Program, Security Studies Program
For more information, contact:  Ema Kaminskaya
617 324-2793
mit-russia@mit.edu

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Sexuality and Youth Alienation in Modern Iran

Tuesday, March 17
5:00p–7:00p
MIT, Building 3-133, 33 Massachusetts Avenue (Rear), Cambridge

Speaker: Prof. Shahla Haeri
Iranian Studies Group (ISG) of MIT is pleased to host Prof. Shahla Haeri who will speak on Sexuality and Youth Alienation in Modern Iran mostly focusing on the topic of her book titled as "Law of Desire, Temporary marriage in Shi'i Iran" which recently had a new edition. There will be a book signing following the event. The talk will be held at MIT Bldg. 3, Room 133. Light refreshments will be served.

This is part of a lecture series aiming at presenting work of female Iranian scholars engaged in humanities research to the MIT community and people of greater Boston area.

Dr. Haeri is an Associate Professor at the Department of Anthropology at Boston University. She has conducted research in Iran, Pakistan, and India, and has written extensively on religion, law, and gender dynamics in the Muslim world. She is the author of No Shame for the Sun: Lives of Professional Pakistani Women, and Law of Desire: Temporary Marriage, Mut???a, in Iran. Dr. Haeri was also the director of the Women???s Studies Program from 2001-2010.

Web site: https://www.facebook.com/events/419773041516471/
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Persian Students Association, GSC Activities
For more information, contact:  Poorya Hosseini

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authors@mit - Max Tegmark - Our Mathematical Universe

Tuesday, March 17
5:30p–7:00p
MIT, Building 14E-304, 160 Memorial Drive, Cambridge

Speaker: Max Tegmark
Please join us as we welcome theoretical physicist and MIT Professor Max Tegmark to celebrate the paperback release of his bestselling book "Our Mathematical Universe," a mind-blowing mix of physics and philosophy probing the mathematical structure of our own universe, and others.

"Daring, Radical. Innovative. A game changer. If Dr. Tegmark is correct, this represents a paradigm shift in the relationship between physics and mathematics, forcing us to rewrite our textbooks. A must read for anyone deeply concerned about our universe." --Michio Kaku, author of "Physics of the Future"

authors@mit is a lecture series cosponsored by MIT Libraries and the MIT Press Bookstore.

Web site: http://web.mit.edu/bookstore/www/events/index.html
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): The MIT Press Bookstore
For more information, contact:  The MIT Press Bookstore
253-5249
books@mit.edu

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Cambridge Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Public Meeting
Tuesday, March 17
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
MIT, Bulding 32, Kirsch Auditorium, Stata Center, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge

The public meeting to present and discuss the interim results of the climate change vulnerability assessment, which was originally planned for February, has been rescheduled.  The meeting will focus on the physical and social vulnerabilities identified by the assessment based on scenarios for inland flooding and increasing temperatures. Preliminary coastal storm surge modeling results for 2030 will also be presented. Coastal storm surge modeling with sea level rise for 2070 is in progress. The vulnerability assessment for storm surge risks will be completed in the spring.

The City would like to hear responses to the interim results and draft findings to inform the vulnerability assessment report, which will provide a basis for the forthcoming Climate Change Preparedness & Resilience Plan, and discuss the community's thoughts about the direction of the plan. The meeting is open to all. Please see the draft agenda http://www.cambridgema.gov/citycalendar/~/media/BA85CC740207455B8AEC02A63F9766D6.ashx

For more information on the  Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment, please look to the project page
http://www.cambridgema.gov/CDD/Projects/Climate/climatechangeresilianceandadaptation.aspx

or contact John Bolduc, jbolduc@cambridgema.gov, or 617/349-4628.

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e4Dev Speaker Series: Qorax Energy-Renewables in Post-Conflict Regions

Tuesday, March 17
6:30p–7:30p
MIT, Building E19-319, 400 Main Street, Cambridge

Speaker: Christian Desrosiers, MIT Legatum Fellow and co-founder of Qorax Energy
Qorax Energy is a renewable energy products and services channel that works in post-conflict regions. It was founded in late 2012 to address market inefficiencies in Somaliland, the autonomous province in northwest Somalia, and is currently scaling throughout Somalia and moving into the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The three co-founders (two Americans and a Somalilander) iterated through several approaches, failing twice, before identifying an effective, scalable model. Christian will speak about the tricks of the trade in social enterprise via lessons learned from (1) honing in on the right strategy, (2) attracting funding to a startup social enterprise, and (3) the process of going from no traction and almost no budget to having an operational business. He will also speak about the role of social enterprise in the broader international development conversation.

Web site: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1rUKkGDRaI6Gyi7_Bt9NYnc5IdgsnyQBhsC-13MsJFpk/viewform
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): e4Dev, MIT Energy Initiative
For more information, contact:  e4Dev
e4dev-request@mit.edu

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Wednesday, March 18
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March Boston Sustainability Breakfast
Wednesday, March 18
7:30 AM to 8:30 AM (EDT)
Pret A Manger, 185 Franklin Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/march-boston-sustainability-breakfast-tickets-15880940320

Join us for the March Boston Sustainability breakfast, an informal breakfast meetup of sustainability professionals together for networking, discussion and moral support.  It’s important to remind ourselves that we are not the only ones out there in the business world trying to do good!
So come, get a cup of coffee or a bagel, support a sustainable business and get fired up before work so we can continue trying to change the world.

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The Critical Technologies for the 3rd Wave of Information and Communication Systems
Wednesday, March 18
12:00p–1:00p
MIT, Building 34-401, 50 Vassar Street, Cambridge

Speaker: Sam Fuller, Analog Devices

MTL Seminar Series
Light lunch at 11:30am

Web site: http://www.mtl.mit.edu/seminars/spring2015.html
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Microsystems Technology Laboratories
For more information, contact:  Valerie DiNardo
617 253-9328
valeried@mit.edu

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2015 Valerie Gordon Lecture:  "Guantanamo and the Legacy of Torture"
Wednesday, March 18
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM (EDT)
Northeastern School of Law, 65 Forsyth Street, Dockers Hall, Room 240, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/2015-valerie-gordon-lecture-tickets-15222780747

Jameel Jaffer, Deputy Legal Director of the ACLU and Director of its Human Rights Program, has for years been at the center of the national and international debate around the detainment center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In this 22nd Valerie Gordon Memorial Lecture, Jaffer discusses the ways in which the treatment of Guanatnamo prisoners is contributing to a legacy that will influence the global image of the US for decades to come. 

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"Strategic Reassurance and Resolve: US-China Relations in the 21st Century
Wednesday, March 18
12:00p–1:30p
MIT, Building E40-496, 1 Amherst Street, Cambridge

Speaker: James Steinberg (Syracuse University)

Wednesday Seminar Series, Security Studies Program

Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies
For more information, contact:  Elina Hamilton
617-253-7529
elinah@mit.edu

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Assembly of micro/nanomaterials into complex, three-dimensional architectures by compressive buckling
Wednesday, March 18
4:00p–5:00p
MIT, Building 1-131, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge

Speaker: Prof. Yonggang Huang
Complex, three dimensional (3D) structures in biology (e.g. cytoskeletal webs, neural circuits, vasculature networks) form naturally to provide essential functions in even the most basic forms of life. Compelling opportunities exist for analogous 3D architectures in man-made devices, but design options are constrained by existing capabilities in materials growth and assembly. Here we report routes to previously inaccessible classes of 3D constructs in advanced materials, including device-grade silicon. The schemes involve geometric transformation of two dimensional (2D) micro/nanostructures into extended 3D layouts by compressive buckling. Demonstrations include experimental and theoretical studies of more than forty representative geometries, from single and multiple helices, toroids and conical spirals to structures that resemble spherical baskets, cuboid cages, starbursts, flowers, scaffolds, fences and frameworks, each with single and/or multiple level configurations.
Yonggang Huang is the Joseph Cumming Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University. He is interested in mechanics research with applications to many branches of engineering science, where mechanics provides the scientific and engineering foundations and design guidelines. He is the Editor of Journal of Applied Mechanics, and was the President of the Society of Engineering Science in 2014

Mechanics and Infrastructure

Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Civil and Environmental Engineering
For more information, contact:  Markus Buehler
617 253-7101
mbuehler@mit.edu

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Assembly of micro/nanomaterials into complex, three-dimensional architectures by compressive buckling

Wednesday, March 18, 2015
4:00p–5:00p
MIT, Building 1-131, 33 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge

Speaker: Prof. Yonggang Huang
Complex, three dimensional (3D) structures in biology (e.g. cytoskeletal webs, neural circuits, vasculature networks) form naturally to provide essential functions in even the most basic forms of life. Compelling opportunities exist for analogous 3D architectures in man-made devices, but design options are constrained by existing capabilities in materials growth and assembly. Here we report routes to previously inaccessible classes of 3D constructs in advanced materials, including device-grade silicon. The schemes involve geometric transformation of two dimensional (2D) micro/nanostructures into extended 3D layouts by compressive buckling. Demonstrations include experimental and theoretical studies of more than forty representative geometries, from single and multiple helices, toroids and conical spirals to structures that resemble spherical baskets, cuboid cages, starbursts, flowers, scaffolds, fences and frameworks, each with single and/or multiple level configurations. 

Yonggang Huang is the Joseph Cumming Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University. He is interested in mechanics research with applications to many branches of engineering science, where mechanics provides the scientific and engineering foundations and design guidelines. He is the Editor of Journal of Applied Mechanics, and was the President of the Society of Engineering Science in 2014

Mechanics and Infrastructure

Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Civil and Environmental Engineering
For more information, contact:  Markus Buehler
617-253-7101
mbuehler@mit.edu

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Boston Urban Ag Visioning Steering Committee & Public Meeting
Wednesday, March 18

5:00 PM to 6:00 PM (EDT)

Boston Public Library - Commonwealth Salon, 700 Boylston Street, Boston

RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-urban-ag-visioning-steering-committee-public-meeting-tickets-16058151363

The next meeting of the Boston Urban Ag Visioning Steering Committee will be held at the Boston Public Library in the Commonwealth Salon on Wednesday March 18, 2015. This meeting is open free to the public, but RSVP is requested by 3/17/2015.

Agenda
The Steering Committee will meet from 4-5 PM and then the public is welcome to join from 5-6 PM. The focus of these meetings will be on potential metrics and goals to support the visioning process.

Background
In December 2013, the City of Boston passed Article 89, a new addition to the city’s zoning code that allows for urban agriculture. Since this time, the support for urban agriculture in the city has been tremendous, but there has been limited collaboration between the multitude of public, private, and non-profit sectors on how to create a vision for its future in Boston.

In support of a Boston Urban Ag Visioning process, the City of Boston has received a $25,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Local Food Promotion Program (LFPP). The goal of this process will be to bring diverse organizations to the table to create a vision for Boston around food production and distribution, which will enable farmer livelihoods, provide multiple access points for food, and determine how to create food access for low-income constituents. Representatives from all aspects of urban growing in the city will be engaged, including community gardeners, traditional farmers, gleaners, edible forest developers, farmers’ market reps, traditional and rooftop farmers, as well as food production folks.

Holly Fowler of Northbound Ventures will facilitate and a Steering Committee has been selected to guide and to inform the process. The Steering Committee will meet the third Wednesday of each month from January to August 2015. All meetings are open to the public. The location of each meeting will vary. The existence of this group will allow every area of urban growing in Boston to have a role in determining this vision, and to collaborate as one entity to achieve this goal.
Please visit the Boston Urban Ag Visioning blog for more information:  https://bostonurbanag.wordpress.com

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Big Data in Medicine: Potential, Challenges, Risks, and Opportunities
Wednesday, March 18

5:00 PM to 6:30 PM (EDT)

Tufts University, 145 Harrison Avenue, Sackler 216, Boston

RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/big-data-in-medicine-potential-challenges-risks-and-opportunities-registration-16026411428

Please join us for a seminar on "Big Data in Medicine: Potential, Challenges, Risks, and Opportunities". Joe Corkery, MD is a Senior Product Manager Cloud Healthcare and Life Sciences at Google. He will give a talk on the current landscape and future vision of big data in healthcare. 

Tufts Biomedical Business Club
TBBC's goal is to inspire its members, to expand their network, recognize their translational skills, build a foundation in core business principles, and clarify a career path to engagement and success.  Our membership spans the Tufts campuses, alumni and biomedical experts worldwide.

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The Art, Ethics and Technology of Documentary Co-Creation
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
5:00p–6:30p
MIT, Building 66-110, 25 Ames Street, Cambridge

Katerina Cizek, Filmmaker and MIT Visiting Artist
Andrew Lowenthal, Open Documentary Lab Research and Executive Director of EngageMedia
Mandy Rose, Director of the Digital Cultures Research Centre, University of West England, Bristol UK
Ethan Zuckerman, Director of the Center for Civic Mediaa

As new forms of media, networks and devices emerge throughout history, documentarians are always at the forefront of discovering how to tell stories with them. From the first newsreels, to the latest Virtual Reality installations, non-fiction creators are the first to introduce their audiences and users to novel ways of interacting, immersing and collaborating in new environments while interpreting reality. How can these new technologies change the documentary creator's relationship to the "people formerly known as subjects"? How can new models of co-creation redefine not just the form of the story itself but the methods by which we create them? How can documentaries be made "with" people instead of "about" them? This panel examines the history and potential for documentarians to co-create with citizens, social scientists, technologists and performing artists, with the aim to both create artful meaning and foster concrete political action.

Web site: http://arts.mit.edu/artists/katerina-cizek/
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology, Open Documentary Lab
For more information, contact:  Meg Rotzel
mrotzel@mit.edu 

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IDB Ideas: What It Means to Be a Maker in the Digital Age
Thursday, March 19

6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (EDT)

MassChallenge, 23 Drydock Avenue, 6th Floor, Boston

RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/idb-ideas-what-it-means-to-be-a-maker-in-the-digital-age-tickets-15747226378

The Innovation and Design Building
Share IDB Ideas: What It Means to Be a Maker in the Digital Age
Co-hosted by The Innovation and Design Building and MassChallenge, IDB Ideas is a new speaker series that focuses on the intersection of design, technology, and innovation in a variety of fields. The inaugural event coincides with Boston Design Week and will focus on what it means to be a maker in the digital age. Engage in thoughtful conversation with Rick Rundell, Senior Director at Autodesk; Ted Acworth, Founder and CEO of Artaic; and other innovation community leaders from in- and outside the IDB.
A reception and tours of Artaic and MADE@MassChallenge will take place immediately following the conversation.

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Thursday, March 19
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Build Smarter Digital Strategies: A Breakfast Gathering with Google, Nonprofits & City Departments
Thursday, March 19
9AM - 11:30AM
Cambridge Community Television, 438 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge

RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/build-smarter-digital-strategies-a-breakfast-gathering-with-google-nonprofits-city-departments-tickets-15875844077

Connect with the Google team. Learn how to reach new donors and volunteers, work efficiently and get supporters to take action.
Agenda
9:00-9:30am: Breakfast and Networking
9:30-11:00am: Google For Nonprofits Presentation by Curt Fennell of Google
11:00-11:30am: An Overview of CCTV’s Nonprofit Resource Center

Google for Nonprofits
This seminar, taught by Google team member Curt Fennell, will cover Google products and services that are free for nonprofit organizations, through Google for Nonprofits. Learn how to communicate your agency’s mission, impact and solicitations in the clearest and most powerful way, using these free digital tools.

Google for Nonprofits provides organizations with:
Free access to the Google Apps suite including Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Drive
Storage in the cloud: 30GB of storage across Gmail and Google Drive
The ability to stay connected from anywhere; and securely access data anywhere
24/7 support; no hardware, no updates

You will learn how to reach and engage supporters with Google Adwords. With Google Ad Grants (AdWords for nonprofits), you can:
Promote your organization’s website on Google with in-kind AdWords advertising
Raise awareness by choosing relevant keywords and creating unique ads to highlight your work
Track online donations, newsletter sign-ups, volunteer registrations and more, so you can craft more effective communications

CCTV’s Nonprofit Resource Center
Using media and technology to promote your nonprofit can be an expensive investment, and it can be a nerve wracking one if you can’t guarantee results. We know the feeling – CCTV is a nonprofit, too. Unlike many media options, we are tailored specifically to nonprofits. We will train you to produce your own content, or produce it for you, cost-effectively. CCTV’s Nonprofit Resource Center offers training and production services for Cambridge nonprofits and organizations. Learn more about how your organization can better reach and engage members of the community through CCTV.

Questions? Contact Clodagh Drummey at 617 401 4005 or clodagh@cctvcambridge.org.

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"China's Natural Gas Strategy"
Thursday, March 19
 4:00PM
Harvard, Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge

with Guy C.K. LEUNG, Postdoctoral Fellow, Geopolitics of Energy Project, Harvard Kennedy School of Government

China Project Seminar
http://chinaproject.harvard.edu/event/Leung150319
Contact Name:  Chris Nielsen
nielsen2@fas.harvard.edu
More at: http://environment.harvard.edu/events/2015-03-19-200000/china-project-seminar#sthash.h5V5LDAQ.dpuf

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Farm Share Fair 2015
Thursday, March 19
5:30-8:30 PM
First Church Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge

Support local farmers. Buy direct. Compare all the great Farm Share (CSA) programs available in the Boston area. Veggies. Fruit. Meat. Poultry. Cheese. Herbs. Flowers. Chocolate. Wine. Meet awesome local food producers with distribution spots in the Boston area.

The Farm Share Fair is the Boston area’s direct-to-consumer marketing event for food producers across Massachusetts.

FREE. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

www.farmsharefair.com

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2015 Boston Kickoff Party!  Cleantech Open Northeast
Thursday, March 19
5:30 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT)
Greentown Labs, 28 Dane Street, Somerville
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/2015-boston-kickoff-party-tickets-15543390700
Cost:  $10 - $20

Help Cleantech Open Northeast celebrate its 10th anniversary!
#KickoffCleanTech

Join us for an awesome night of cleantech community networking leading up to the Cleantech Open 2015 Accelerator program.
Entrepreneurs, students, savvy technologists, investors, professionals, and other interested parties all welcome!

At the launch party you'll be able to:
Connect with Boston's top innovators, supporters, and thought leaders in the cleantech space.
Get exposure by giving your 1 minute elevator pitch in front of judges and potential teammates (if you're ready!).
Listen to past competitors as they share their experience with Cleantech Open.
Celebrate our amazing clean tech community!

Are you a cleantech entrepreneur?
Attend this event for free! Please contact Sanah at sahmed@cleantechopen.org to receive your promo code.  In addition, come prepared to pitch your company.  We will be hosting an elevator pitch competition and the top three winners receive free applications to the Cleantech Open (worth $100+).
Learn more and submit your application!
Super Early Bird Deadline is March 1st.

Keynote Speakers  ...will be announced soon! Stay tuned.

Featured Speakers
Alicia Barton, CEO,  Mass CEC
As Chief Executive Officer of the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, Alicia Barton is responsible for leading MassCEC’s efforts to accelerate the success of the clean energy technology sector in Massachusetts. Since her appointment as CEO in August 2012, Alicia has driven MassCEC’s efforts to provide support for all aspects of the sector from early stage technology innovation, to clean energy project deployment and workforce development.  Working in close coordination with the clean energy, environmental and economic development efforts of the Commonwealth, MassCEC’s programs have helped deliver record job growth in the clean energy technology sector, while seeing rapid expansion of clean energy projects throughout Massachusetts.

Host Speakers, Emily Reichert
Executive Director, Greentown Labs
As Executive Director, Emily Reichert sets Greentown Labs’ strategic direction, focusing on increasing the organization’s impact on clean and energy efficient technology commercialization through entrepreneurship. She also directs Greentown’s efforts to engage new corporate and foundation partners, to expand recognition and education programs for clean technology entrepreneurs, to leverage the local community of entrepreneurs, investors, universities, government agencies and NGOs striving to build our clean energy future, and to maintain greater Boston’s competitiveness in clean technology nationally and internationally.
Prior to Greentown Labs, Emily was the Director of Business Operations at the Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry, where she helped grow the company from an angel-funded start-up to a sustainable contract R&D business with a mission to minimize environmental impact of chemical processes and products. She has over fifteen years of experience serving in R&D, business development and operations leadership roles. Emily holds a PhD in physical chemistry and earned an MBA from MIT.

Alumni Speaker, Ryan Wright
Founder and CEO, Sol Power LLC
Ryan attended Northeastern University, graduating with a BS in Industrial Engineering. After Northeastern, he spent 3 years in an Operations Leadership Development Program for BAE Systems, a defense contractor, in their Electronic Systems division, holding roles in Continuous Improvement, Recruiting, Sustainability, Strategy Deployment and Strategy Execution. During this time at BAE, Ryan also enrolled in an evening MBA program at Babson College, where he discovered his true passion for entrepreneurship and sustainability. It was out of this evening MBA program that the idea for a solar cell phone charging station was born. After completing his 3 year requirement at BAE Systems, Ryan took a role as Engineering Project Manager at Skyworks Solutions, a commercial semiconductor company before leaving to pursue Sol Power (now WrightGrid) full time.

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The Future of Wearable Tech & Technical Fashion
Thursday, March 19
6:00 PM
Ministry of Supply, 299 Newbury Street, Boston
RSVP at https://generalassemb.ly/education/the-future-of-wearable-tech-technical-fashion-with-ministry-of-supply/boston/11242

Curious about the future of fashion technology? That just so happens to be our favorite topic – so we're teaming up with our friends at General Assembly to host a panel session on technical clothing and how it's transforming the fashion industry as a whole. Speakers include Scott Kirshner of the Boston Globe and our very own co-founder Kit Hickey, with more panelists to be announced in the next couple of weeks. With great discussion – and great cocktails – on the agenda, it promises to be a can't-miss event.

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Design Showdown with Design New England
Friday, March 20
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT)
Boston Design Center, 1 Design Center Place, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/design-showdown-with-design-new-england-tickets-15637764976

Join us for the first ever Design Showdown where design students battle for a career jumpstart in a Shark Tank-style competition. Finalists present their interpretation of a live/work space on Newbury Street to our panel of esteemed judges. Results announced live by Steven Favreau, the Showdown Master of Ceremonies. Get up close and personal with the entries at a reception immediately following the program.

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Boston New Technology March 2015 Product Showcase #BNT51
Thursday, March 19, 2015
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Foley Hoag, 155 Seaport Bouelvard, Boston
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/Boston_New_Technology/events/220504931/

Free event! Come learn about 7 innovative and exciting technology products and network with the Boston/Cambridge startup community!  Each presenter gets 5 minutes for product demonstration and 5 minutes for Q&A.  Please follow @BostonNewTech and use the #BNT51 hashtag in social media posts: details here.

Products & Presenters:
Presenters to be announced soon!

Agenda:
6:00 to 7:00 - Networking with dinner and drinks
7:00 to 7:10 - Announcements
7:10 to 8:30 - Presentations, Q&A
8:30 to 9:00 - More Networking

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Citizen Journalism: A People's History of Ferguson
Thursday, March 19

6:30pm
Cambridge Forum, 3 Church Street, Cambridge

PEN-New England recognizes Ferguson activistis and bloggers Johnetta Elzie and DeRay McKesson with its 2015 Howard Zinn Freedom to Write award for their work as activists, organizers, and citizen journalists in the Ferguson protest movement. Their reporting and This Is the Movement newsletter engaged and unified disparate voicesa in the wake of the August 9, 2014, shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson Missouri. Jabari Asim, editor-in-chief of The Crisis, leads this discussion of the role of citizen
journalism and activism in our changing media landscape. What role did these citizen journalists expect to play in Ferguson?? How did their expectations change as their actual role evolved?? What lessons does their experience carry for other citizen journalists?

This program is organized and co-sponsored by PEN-New England.

617-495-2727
www.cambridgeforum.org

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Startup Night With MassChallenge CEO John Harthorne
Thursday, March 19
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT)
District Hall, 75 Northern Avenue, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/startup-night-with-masschallenge-ceo-john-harthorne-tickets-14939130341

Kickoff the new year right with featured speaker John Harthorne CEO of MassChallenge.  In the event John will share how he started what is now the worlds largest startup accelerator and share advise for budding entrepreneurs.

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Mapping the Universe
WHEN  Thu., Mar. 19, 2015, 7:30 p.m.
WHERE  Harvard, Phillips Auditorium, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
SPEAKER(S)  Daniel Eisenstein
COST  Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO pubaffairs@cfa.harvard.edu, 617.495.7461
DETAILS  Galaxies are not scattered randomly throughout the universe. Instead, they group into stringy filaments that span hundreds of millions of light-years. How did such structure evolve from the bland primordial soup that followed the Big Bang? New clues are coming from an ambitious mapping project, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, which has measured the distance to galaxies halfway across the observable universe. Daniel Eisenstein is director of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS-III) and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
LINK http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/publicevents

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Friday, March 20

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Scolnick Prize Lecture: Dr. Charles Gilbert on "The Dynamic Brain"

Friday, March 20
4:00p–5:00p
MIT, Building 46-3002

2015 Scolnick Prize Lecture
Speaker: Charles Gilbert, PhD of The Rockefeller University. Title: "The Dynamic Brain". 

Abstract: TBA
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): McGovern Institute for Brain Research
For more information, contact:  Julie Pryor

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Saturday, March 21
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Robot Race: Build-a-Bot Workshop
Saturday, March 21
Session 1: 9-12am
Session 2: 1-4pm
Vecna's Cambridge Research Lab, 36 Cambridge Park Drive, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/robot-race-build-a-bot-workshop-tickets-15799614071

These sessions are designed for Robot Race participants to get hands-on advice from Vecna's team of roboticists. Three stations will be set up to workshop robot hardware, software, and electrical. Race participants are encouraged to bring their robots and their questions!
About the Robot Race

The Human 5K is a family-friendly 5K race for individuals, families and teams. Dress up as a robot or bring your unique gadgets and enhancements for special prizes.

OR register a robot for the Robot Race. Must have a driver (out of line-of-sight for part of the challenge) and a chaperone for the course. Drivers will be seated at the control center. Autonomous or teleoperated robots will complete an L-shaped course as quickly as possible. Robots will be required to receive a “Dixie” cup of confetti at the corner water stop. Robot categories and waves may be established based on the qualities of the entrants.

Register for both the Human 5K and Robot Race on Active.com
Learn more at vecnacares.org.

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Libre Planet
Saturday, March 21
9am - 6:45pm
MIT, Building 32, Stata Center, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=20
Cost:  $0 - $90

LibrePlanet is an annual conference for free software enthusiasts. LibrePlanet brings together software developers, policy experts, activists and computer users to learn skills, share accomplishments and face challenges to software freedom. Newcomers are always welcome, and LibrePlanet 2015 will feature programming for all ages and experience levels.

http://libreplanet.org/2015/

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40th Annual Gardeners Gathering

Saturday, March 21

11am-4:30pm

Northeastern University, The Egan Center and Shillman Hall, 115 Forsyth Street, Boston

Gardening workshops for community and residential gardeners for both beginner and experienced gardeners. Enjoy networking, info gallery, community garden awards, door prizes, and more! All invited to join with more than 400 community gardeners to welcome spring. Free event, all welcome, walk-in registration. For more information email phoebekflemming@gmail.com or call 857.366.3498

The Gardeners Gathering is an annual citywide event for community gardeners and other garden enthusiasts. Held in the spring of each year, the event is a welcome kick-off to Boston’s upcoming gardening season. The event is filled with informative and fun activities and workshops. Gardening and green space organizations are present to provide current program information. Door prizes are awarded and pre-ordered seeds (provided by The Trustees) are distributed.

One of the typical highlights of the Gardeners Gathering is the Mayor's greeting and presentation of the annual Community Gardening Awards. The Trustees is grateful to Northeastern University for hosting the event each year and to the City of Boston for its ongoing support of community gardening.

 http://www.thetrustees.org/things-to-do/greater-boston/event-1839.html

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Sunday, March 22
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Libre Planet
Sunday, March 22
9am - 6:35pm
MIT, Building 32, Stata Center, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=20
Cost:  $0 - $90

LibrePlanet is an annual conference for free software enthusiasts. LibrePlanet brings together software developers, policy experts, activists and computer users to learn skills, share accomplishments and face challenges to software freedom. Newcomers are always welcome, and LibrePlanet 2015 will feature programming for all ages and experience levels.

http://libreplanet.org/2015/

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BeCause Water Hosts World Water Day
BeCause Water
Sunday, March 22
2:00 PM to 5:30 PM (EDT)
Impact Hub, 50 Milk Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/because-water-hosts-world-water-day-tickets-15731170354

Join us in celebrating, appreciating, and learning
about our planet’s most precious resource: WATER!

What To Expect:
Network with local non-profit organizations, businesses, and student groups who are devoted to water sustainability
Learn about local initiatives and ways that you can get involved
Share ideas regarding water sustainability
Discover a revolutionary mobile app that will change the way you access “water on-the-go”
Attend a free screening of the Boston premiere of the award-winning documentary "Divide in Concord"

Who's Invited:
Student Groups: Sign Up to be a featured student group. Present on your group's success over the past semester and notify attendees of your goals for this semester.
Non-Profit Organizations: Register as a featured organization. Showcase your organization's accomplishments and goals, while networking with potential volunteers or interns.
Students: Network with potenital employers, learn how to get involved in the water sustainability community, and meet with other engaged peers.

General Public: Discover ways to get involved in the water sustainability community. Enjoy the Boston premier of the award winning documentary that highlights the story of Concord's Bottle Ban.

Agenda:
2:00 - 2:30 Networking
2:30 - 4:00 Welcome & Presentations
4:00 - 5:30 Film Screening "Divide in Concord"

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'Of Many' Film Screening and Panel Discussion
WHEN  Sun., Mar. 22, 2015, 2:15 – 4:15 p.m.
WHERE  Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Education, Film, Humanities, Religion
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR The Pluralism Project at Harvard University
SPEAKER(S)  Diana Eck, The Pluralism Project at Harvard University
Rabbi Neal Gold, Temple Shir Tikva
Syed Razvi, Islamic Center of Boston
Usra Ghazi, Mayors Office of New Bostonians and the Memorial Church
Sarbpreet Singh, Milford Gurdwara Sahib/New England Sikh Study Circle, Inc.
COST  Free and open to the public
TICKET WEB LINK  https://www.facebook.com/events/1599077496972927/
TICKET INFO  RSVP not required by appreciated.
CONTACT INFO Whittney Barth, The Pluralism Project
staff@pluralism.org
DETAILS "Of Many" film screening with a panel discussion moderated by Dr. Diana Eck, founder and director of the Pluralism Project at Harvard University (www.pluralism.org). Set against the dramatic backdrop of violence in the Middle East and the tension between Jewish and Muslim students on college campuses, Of Many focuses on the surprising and transformative relationship between an orthodox rabbi and imam, who serve as university chaplains in New York City. Through a series of voyages to communities struck by catastrophe, we witness young religious Jews and Muslims working together and overcoming long-standing divides. Timely and humorous, this short documentary offers an inspiring and hopeful narrative in the face of a seemingly irreconcilable conflict. (www.ofmanyfilm.com/trailer/)
LINK http://www.pluralism.org/events/rr

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Workshop on Personal Divestment from Fossil Fuels
Sunday, March 22
3-5 PM
First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge

Featuring investment experts Chuck Collins, Institute for Policy Studies; Leslie Samuelrich, Green Century; David Schreiber, Progressive Asset Mgmt; and Shelley Alpern, Green Yield Asset Mgmt. This is an opportunity for people to be part of an important movement for dealing with climate change and to align their finances with their values.

RSVP to rev.reebee@gmail.com, with subject line DIVEST.

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Monday, March 23
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ReSourcing Big Data: A Symposium & Collaboration Opportunity
WHEN  Mon., Mar. 23, 2015, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
WHERE  Harvard Medical School, Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Conferences, Health Sciences, Information Technology, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Catalyst
SPEAKER(S)  Paul Avillach, Ph.D., Center for Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital
Stephen Friend, Ph.D., Sage Bionetworks
Steven E. Hyman, Harvard University and Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
Steven McCarroll, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School and Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
Sally Okun, PatientsLikeMe
Marsha A. Wilcox, Janssen Pharmaceutical R&D
COST  Free, registration required
TICKET WEB LINK  catalyst.harvard.edu…
CONTACT INFO http://catalyst.harvard.edu/programs/reactor/
DETAILS  You are cordially invited to attend ReSourcing Big Data: A Symposium & Collaboration Opportunity on March 23 & 24, 2015. Please register by March 18.
Extant data is an inexhaustible resource that is not yet very well understood and is underutilized. The focus of this symposium is to explore this area from various perspectives – privacy and security, policy, open clinical trial data, systems and disease-oriented synthetic efforts and individually-provided, aggregated crowd-sourced data. The goal is to engage our biomedical and public health research community in a more nuanced appreciation of these and similar issues.
Topics include: data aggregation, access, annotation, refocusing on novel or unanticipated questions, and recombination with diverse demographic/epidemiologic data.
Complete information, including speakers and registration, can be found on the website.
Even if you cannot attend the Symposium, you are still invited to participate in a working session on March 24.
LINK http://catalyst.harvard.edu/programs/reactor/

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"Mobilizing Mutations: New Kinds of People at the Intersection of Genetics and Patient Advocacy"
Monday, March 23
12:15 pm - 2:00 pm
Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge

Dan Navon, Harvard, Robert Wood Johnson Fellow

STS Circle at Harvard

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Computer Vision that is changing our lives
Monday, March 23
4:00p–5:30p
MIT, Building 46-3002, Singleton Auditorium

Speaker: Prof. Amnon Shashua, Hebrew University
Amnon Shashua holds the Sachs chair in computer science at the Hebrew University. He received his Ph.D. degree in 1993 from the AI lab at MIT working on computational vision where he pioneered work on multiple view geometry and the recognition of objects under variable lighting. His work on multiple view geometry received best paper awards at the ECCV 2000, the Marr prize in ICCV 2001 and the Landau award in exact sciences in 2005. His work on Graphical Models received a best paper award at the UAI 2008. Prof. Shashua was the head of the School of Engineering and Computer Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem during the term 2003???2005. He is also well known on founding startup companies in computer vision and his latest brainchild Mobileye employs today 250 people developing systems-on-chip and computer vision algorithms for detecting pedestrians, vehicles, and traffic signs for driving assistance systems. For his industrial contributions prof. Shashua received the 2004 Kaye Innovation award from the Hebrew University.

Brains, Minds & Machines Seminar Series
(This seminar series was formerly known as "Brains & Machines Seminar Series.")This seminar series is organized by the Center for Brains, Minds and Machines (CBMM) which is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), under a Science and Technology Centers (STCs): Integrative Partnerships award, Grant No. CCF-1231216.Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Web site: http://cbmm.mit.edu/
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free and Open to the Public
Sponsor(s): Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Center for Brains, Minds and Machines (CBMM), McGovern Institute for Brain Research
For more information, contact:  Elisa Pompeo
617-324-3684
CBMM-contact@mit.edu

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The Decline of Marriage: Family Systems, Economic Opportunity, and Relative Income
WHEN  Mon., Mar. 23, 2015, 4 – 5:30 p.m.
WHERE  Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, 9 Bow Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Health Sciences, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
SPEAKER(S)  Steven Ruggles, Regents Professor of History, University of Minnesota and director, Minnesota Population Center
CONTACT INFO ksmall@hsph.harvard.edu
LINK http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/population-development/events/pop-center-seminars/

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Beyond Samba: The Musical Others of Brazilian Counterculture; Raul Seixas: O Inicio, O Fim e O Meio
WHEN  Mon., Mar. 23, 2015, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
WHERE  Harvard, CGIS South S-020 (Belfer Case Study Room), 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Film, Humanities, Lecture, Music, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Department of Romance Languages & Literature, ARTS@ DRCLAS, Brazil Studies Program at DRCLAS
SPEAKER(S)  Luigi Patruno
DIRECTED BY  Walter Carvalho
CONTACT INFO patruno@fas.harvard.edu
shockskay@gmail.com
DETAILS  Part of a film series that focuses on Samba. This film focuses on Raul Seixas.
LINK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYEKXBwS9A8

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The Resilience Dividend
Monday, March 23
6PM
Harvard, Sackler Museum Lecture Hall, 485 Broadway, Cambridge

With Judith Rodin, President of The Rockefeller Foundation. In conversation with Professor Jerold S. Kayden

Judith Rodin has been president of The Rockefeller Roundation since 2005. A research psychologist by training, Dr. Rodin was the first woman to serve as president of an Ivy League institution, the University of Pennsylvania. She was the provost and dean of the graduate school at Yale University. She serves on the boards of corporations and nonprofit institutitions, has received nineteen honorary degrees, and is widely recognized as a global leader. Dr. Rodin's book, "The Resilience Divided" has recently been published (Public Affairs, 2014).

Jerold S. Kayden is the Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design

Hosted by the Harvard Graduate School of Design

Contact Name:   Caroline Newton
cnewton@gsd.harvard.edu

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Gas Leak Campaign Kickoff Meeting

Monday, March 23

6:00-8:30 pm    

6-6:30 for supper and socializing, 6:30-8:30 for campaign kickoff         

Nate Smith House, 155 Lamartine Street, Jamaica Plain (one block from Stony Brook T stop)

Boston’s century-old gas pipes are leaking methane in 3200+ places. That methane is warming our planet more than any other Boston source.

Join us to preview our ambitious 2015 campaign to replace Boston’s leaky gas pipes, stop runaway climate change, and block new gas supply pipelines across our state.

You can plug in at any level — spot a gas leak in your neighborhood, join a Gas Leaks Patrol, help coordinate, or just spread the word. See you on March 23!

Contact https://bostoncan.wordpress.com/

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China, Biodiversity, and the Global Environment
WHEN  Mon., Mar. 23, 2015, 7 – 8:15 p.m.
WHERE  Arnold Arboretum, Hunnewell Building, 125 Arborway, Jamaica Plain
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Environmental Sciences, Lecture, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
SPEAKER(S)  Peter H. Raven, president emeritus, Missouri Botanical Garden
COST  Free, but registration required
TICKET WEB LINK  https://my.arboretum.harvard.edu/Info.aspx?DayPlanner=1390&DayPlannerDate=3/23/2015
CONTACT INFO 617.384.5277
adulted@arnarb.harvard.edu
DETAILS  China boasts not only the largest percentage of the world’s population (19%) but also one of Earth’s richest and most diverse floras. Yet its economic rise as an industrial nation and its population density, with the associated environmental degradation, put this biodiversity at risk. Add in climate change and it is a recipe for disaster. Professor Peter Raven, a leading botanist, advocate for the conservation of biodiversity, and one of the co-editors of The Flora of China, a joint Chinese-American census of all the plants of China, is uniquely qualified to assess the consequences of over-population, industrial pollution, economic inequalities, and natural resource exploitation in China—consequences not limited to that country but affecting the entire global environment. In this talk, he will consider what it means for humanity to lose thousands of species to extinction, many before they are known or described by scientists. He’ll present his thoughts on reversing environmental degradation in China and around the globe and what is required to move all people toward an ethic of conservation and securing sustainability.
LINK arboretum.harvard.edu

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Tuesday, March 24
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3rd Annual Mass. Water Forum - Water:  Right or Privilege?
Tuesday, March 24
10 am-12 pm
BSA Space,  290 Congress Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/3rd-annual-massachusetts-water-forum-tickets-15614321857?ref=ebtnebregn

The 3rd Annual Massachusetts Water Forum will dig into issues concerning water in our commonwealth.  Overall, we have plenty of water in our state, however given that many parts of the US and the world are experiencing drought, the pressure for water will increase. What does that mean for the state of Massachusetts?  How do we determine right or privilege?

Keynote speaker:
Prof. Anthony Janetos, Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future
Climate Change Impact on Precipitation and Sea Level Rise

Panel Moderator:  Nancy Girard, Esq., Former Commissioner of Environment, City of Boston
Panelists:  Earl Jones, Liberation Capital;  Yvette DePeiza, MassDEP;  Daniel Moss, Our Water Commons;  Patricia Jones, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, Senior Program Leader for Human Right to Water

Info:  Call our office, 617-477-4840
Free with registration, space is limited.

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America's Complicated Relationship with Civic Duty: Understanding Everyday Americans at the Core of Civic Innovation
Tuesday, March 24

12:00 pm
Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, 23 Everett Street, Second Floor, Cambridge
RSVP required for those attending in person at https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2015/03/krontiris#RSVP
Event will be webcast live on https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2015/03/krontiris at 12:00 pm.

Kate Krontiris will discuss "America's Complicated Relationship with Civic Duty: Understanding Everyday Americans at the Core of Civic Innovation". Description forthcoming.

About Kate
Kate is a researcher, strategist, and facilitator working to transform civic life in America. In pursuit of a society where more people assert greater ownership over the decisions that govern their lives, she uses ethnographic tools to design products, policies, and services that enable a more equitable democratic future. During her fellowship with the Berkman Center, Kate will explore two topics: 21st century girlhood, and Americans' awareness of their government's presence in their lives.

With full research support from Google’s Civic Innovation portfolio, Kate just finished traveling across the United States to ascertain what motivates everyday Americans to take civic actions and what holds them back. The goal of this research is to understand how we have become a nation of interested bystanders, and what can be done to nudge everyday people to take small actions that could radically transform the fabric of civic participation. The findings are being used to inform the design of civic products and services at Google, and will be shared with the civic tech ecosystem publicly, likely later this year.

Kate is best known for her applied research on how citizens use technology. Earlier this year, Kate led a discovery and design process on behalf of Personal Democracy Media to investigate and envision a new center for civic innovation in New York City.  In spring of 2013, she led a first-of-its-kind ethnographic investigation into American elections, assessing the human motivations, technological systems, and institutional landscapes that define elections administration at the most local levels. This year, the non-profit, non-partisan civic startup TurboVote is prototyping with elections officials a series of tools whose specifications flow directly from the findings, in order to effect a wholesale re-visioning of the voter experience by 2016.  Kate also spent time in the U.S. Department of State and at Google Ideas, exploring how technology might be used to improve judicial outcomes.

Prior to her graduate education, Kate built a career in problem-solving justice and mediation. Working with the Center for Court Innovation around New York City, she shepherded a multi-stakeholder task force on prison reentry in Harlem and developed meaningful community service initiatives for the Bronx Criminal Court. She also mediated over 150 conflicts through youth court and conflict resolution programs.

Kate is a graduate of Columbia University. She holds a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and an MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Management. She serves as a member of the Harlem Justice Corps Community Advisory Board and is also an alumna of the AmeriCorps National Service Program.

http://katekrontiris.com/ || @katekrontiris

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Planning and Design Health Assessment Tools
Tuesday, March 24
1:00 PM EST
Webinar:  To join this webinar, log in to Adobe Connect via this URL: https://gsd-fll.adobeconnect.com/hapi032415/ as a “Guest”.  Then enter your full first and last names to help the administers of the webinar better identify you.

Presenters: Dr. Ann Forsyth, Professor, Emily Salomon, Research Associate, and Laura Smead, Research Associate, all of the Harvard Graduate School of Design
Description: Drawing on the research in other parts of the HAPI project, including visits to China, this webinar will present new health assessment tools and their application to testing both existing and planned neighborhoods.

Forsyth will discuss the research and development of a scoping checklist to assess whether health impacts are likely to be large enough to warrant further analysis; a workshop-based method for interactively assessing health impacts, engaging stakeholders in modifying an initial technical assessment to take account of local conditions. This is a variation of what is commonly termed the rapid assessment; a comprehensive checklist of key issues to consider and basic indicators of better health. This would be for “desktop” use on draft proposals.

*Note: the webinar is free and open to the first 100 attendees.

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Coastal Area Restoration
Tuesday, March 24
2PM
Webinar at http://www.conservationwebinars.net/webinars/coastal-area-restoration

Christopher Miller, Manager/Plant Materials Specialist, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Cape May Plant Materials Center
The three day Nor'easter storm of March 1962 devastated the Mid-Atlantic and southern New England coastline. This was the storm of record prior to Superstorm Sandy in October 2012. Coastal plant materials were not readily available in the 1960's for revegetation purposes. Consequently, the Cape May Plant Materials Center was established by the USDA Soil Conservation Service in 1965 to test, select, and release plants to the commercial marketplace for re-establishing vegetation on dunes, shorelines, streambanks and other highly disturbed sites. Participate in this training session to learn more about the selection of coastal adapted plant species, innovative uses of these plants, and opportunities for growing alternative specialty crops on marginal lands in coastal areas.

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Evolution Matters Lecture Series: Reading Earth’s Planetary History
Tuesday, March 24

6:00 PM to 7:00 PM (EDT)
Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge

RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/evolution-matters-lecture-series-reading-earths-planetary-history-tickets-15452556011

We live on a mature planet shaped by four billion years of evolution and environmental change. But what was Earth like in its youth and adolescence? To find out, Harvard Professor of Natural History, Andrew Knoll travels to remote locations in search of rocks that reveal the deep history of Earth and the life it supports. Focusing on 600–800 million-year-old rocks exposed on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, Knoll will discuss the importance of documenting and analyzing ancient sedimentary rocks, highlighting what they can tell us about the evolution of the earliest living organisms and the planet’s early environmental transitions.

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Techne, Technology, and Truth from Aristotle to Foucault
WHEN  Tue., Mar. 24, 2015, 7 – 9 p.m.
WHERE  Harvard, Room 133, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Cognitive Theory and the Arts, Mahindra Humanities Center
SPEAKER(S)  Sean Kelly, Philosophy, Harvard University
COST  Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO Anna Henchman (henchman@bu.edu)
DETAILS  Free and open to the public.
Seating is limited.
LINK http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/cognitive-theory-and-arts

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Start Up Boston

Tuesday, March 24
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

The Vault, 105 Water Street, Boston

RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/startup-institute-boston-spring-2015-open-doors-celebration-siopendoors-tickets-15869987560

We’re building a community of awesome people here in Boston. Together we are making huge contributions to the tech ecosystem and building great companies. Our seasonal Open Doors Celebration is an opportunity for us to come together to celebrate this growing community.

What’s this all about?
Well, this is sure to be a killer networking opportunity with students, alumni, partners, instructors, and friends of SI all on our invite list. It’s about celebrating community, making new connections, and enjoying time together.

Know someone interested in getting to know Boston’s startup community?
Bring them along. No pressure, just the opportunity to check out what we’re all about and meet members of the network.

Our Open Doors Party is being held at The Vault in the Financial District.

Tell your friends, connect with others, and say hello with #SIOpenDoors on Twitter.

info@startupinstitute.com
http://www.startupinstitute.com/boston

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Wednesday, March 25
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Arts Matter Advocacy Day
Wednesday, March 25
9:00AM-2:00PM
Citi Wang Theatre, 270 Tremont Street and Massachusetts State House, Boston
RSVP at http://www.mass-creative.org/amadrsvp

When the creative community comes together, it’s always a good time. And together, we always make a bigger impact.

That’s why I want to personally invite you to Arts Matter Advocacy Day on March 25, to show our state political leaders that arts matter in Massachusetts.

Join arts, cultural, and creative leaders and supporters from across the Commonwealth for the half-day event, featuring speakers, performers, connecting with colleagues, and an “Arts Matter March” to the State House to meet with our legislators.

Join us for a morning at the Citi Wang Theatre in downtown Boston and an early afternoon at the State House. After a morning of mingling, celebrating arts & culture, and sharpening our advocacy skills at the Wang, we will travel together in an “Arts Matter March” to the State House. When we arrive, we will meet with our legislators about arts and cultural issues, including the state budget. Together, let’s send the message: arts matter in Massachusetts.

Please help spread the word to your networks. Check out our Arts Matter Advocacy Day toolkit for sample materials:  http://www.mass-creative.org/amadtoolkit

Keep up the good work and see you in March,

Matt Wilson, MASSCreative
http://www.mass-creative.org/

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Critical Issues Confronting China: Challenging Myths About China's One-Child Policy
WHEN   Wed., Mar. 25, 2015, 12:30 – 1:50 p.m.
WHERE Harvard, CGIS South, S020, Japan Friends of Harvard Concourse, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Humanities, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Co-sponsored by the Harvard Asia Center and the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies
SPEAKER(S)  Martin K. Whyte, John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and Sociology, Department of Sociology, Harvard University

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"Synthetic ecology: using microalgae and bacteria for biotechnology"
Wednesday, March 25
4:00p–5:00p
MIT, Building 48-316, Parsons, 15 Vassar Street, Cambridge

Speaker: Elena Kazamia, University of Cambridge

Microbial Systems Seminar

Web site: microbialsystems.wordpress.com
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Civil and Environmental Engineering
For more information, contact:  Kathryn Kauffman
k6logc@mit.edu

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Voting on Prices vs. Voting on Quantities in a World Climate Assembly
WHEN  Wed., Mar. 25, 2015, 4:10 – 5:30 p.m.
WHERE  Harvard Kennedy School, Littauer-382, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Environmental Sciences, Lecture, Social Sciences, Sustainability
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy, Harvard Environmental Economics Program
SPEAKER(S)  Martin Weitzman, Harvard University
LINK http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k105744

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Speed Coaching: Fast Talk for Slow Money in Food

Wednesday, March 25
6:00-8:30pm.
Workbar, 45 Prospect Street,  Cambridge

RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/speed-coaching-fast-talk-about-slow-money-tickets-15375086297

Cost:  $11.54

Entrepreneurs, food enthusiasts and eaters of all kinds are welcome to join us for an evening of "Speed Coaching". This event is a great opportunity for both participating entrepreneurs, and the general public, to get expert advice and insights about the food, agriculture and sustainability sectors.

Who? You! Entrepreneurs, sector professionals, and anyone who is curious about the inside of the food, agriculture and sustainability industries.

What?
a group of mentors with a wide range of expertise, available to answer your questions in 4 rounds of "speed" coaching; 10 minutes per round

fill out this application for a “seat at the table”! Priority will be given to entrepreneurs who are actively launching or running a business and have specific questions for the mentors. - applications due March 11th!

any remaining slots will be filled first-come, first-serve via sign-up sheet the night of the event

opportunities for all (no application needed) to listen in on any session of your choice

networking opportunities before and after formal speed coaching

Why? We are aiming to create an opportunity for entrepreneurs in all phases of their venture to access expertise to help them continue to grow their Slow Money businesses. We hope that all of our community can benefit from the insights provided by our mentors.

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Steve Reich in Conversation
WHEN  Wed., Mar. 25, 2015, 6:30 – 8 p.m.
WHERE  Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Lecture, Music
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard University Graduate School of Design
SPEAKER(S)  Steve Reich, hosted by Mohsen Mostafavi
COST  Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO events@gsd.harvard.edu
DETAILS  “Greatest living composer”; “most original musical thinker of our time”; Steve Reich is normally described in superlatives such as these. From early compositions in taped speech to digital video opera, Reich has evolved a distinctive style marked by simple melodies and pronounced rhythm, repetition, and variation. Reich will speak about his work and play samples from his oeuvre, then Mohsen Mostafavi, Dean and Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor of Design, will join him in conversation.
LINK  http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/events/steve-reich-in-conversation.html

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Old North Speaker Series: Michael Greenburg - Paul Revere: Beyond the Midnight Ride
Wednesday, March 25
6:30 PM to 8:00 PM (EDT)
Old North Church, 193 Salem Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/old-north-speaker-series-michael-greenburg-paul-revere-beyond-the-midnight-ride-tickets-15504360961

Much of what we know about the iconic Paul Revere actually begins about 43 years after his death on the eve of the Civil War with the publication of Longfellow’s Paul Revere’s Ride. Written to galvanize the Union cause, the poem replaced fact with legend and immediately propelled Revere to enduring fame. Though indisputably patriotic and loyal to the Revolutionary cause, Revere, like so many others, possessed a personality far more complex than a single defining moment would suggest. Mr. Greenburg will speak about the historical record of Paul Revere, from the Midnight Ride through his lesser-known travails and ultimate trial by court-martial following the doomed Penobscot Expedition – a troubling and often ignored chapter in the life of this beloved American icon. Join us for a reception and book signing after the lecture. Greenburg’s book, The Court-Martial of Paul Revere: A Son of Liberty & America’s Forgotten Military Disaster will be available for purchase.
Michael Greenburg is a practicing attorney in suburban Boston, Massachusetts. He is a 1983 graduate of Pepperdine University School of Law. He was a member and editor of the Pepperdine Law Review and was admitted to the practice of law in June of 1984. He has been engaged in private practice since then.

Michael is the author of the following nonfiction books: Peaches and Daddy, A Story of the Roaring 20s, the Birth of Tabloid Media, and the Courtship that Captured the Heart and Imagination of the American Public; The Mad Bomber of New York, The Extraordinary True Story of the Manhunt that Paralyzed a City;and The Court-Martial of Paul Revere: A Son of Liberty and America’s Forgotten Military Disaster.  He has appeared as a guest on NPR Radio, The Bloomberg Network, The Smithsonian Channel, and The Travel Channel.

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The Future of American Superpower: Security, Politics & Markets
Wednesday, March 25

6:30 PM to 8:00 PM (EDT)

Tufts, ASEAN Auditorium, Cabot Intercultural Center, 160 Packard Avenue, Medford

RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-future-of-american-superpower-security-politics-markets-registration-15638972588

The Future of American Superpower and Its implications for Security, Politics, and Markets
Join us for an enlightened evening Ian Bremmer, President and Founder, Eurasia Group and James Stavridis, Dean of The Fletcher School, as they discuss the future of American superpower and explore its implications for global security, politics, and markets. The evening is co-sponsored by the Tufts Financial Network and The Fletcher School’s SovereigNET, housed in the Institute for Business in the Global Context (IBGC).
SCHEDULE:
6:30 pm -- Welcoming Remarks
6:45 pm -- Moderated Session
7:45 pm -- Networking Reception

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Potluck & Politics: Community Convo on 2024 Olympics
Wednesday, March 25

6:30 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT)

ArtRoxHub!, 22 Warren Street, Boston

RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/potluck-politics-community-convo-on-2024-olympics-tickets-15877855092
 

Future Boston Alliance
There are vibrant discussions taking place in our city around culture, access to space & mobility, local economics, and of course its election season. With that said, Future Boston would like to invite community members to come together around some of these discussions.
This session will be an open dialogue on the 2024 Olympic Bid.

Check Back For More Details!
 
We believe there is no better way to bring folks together than around food so we ask that everyone bring a favorite dish to share with the group. Wine & Beer is BYOB.

Where: ArtRoxHub!
22 Warren Street, Roxbury, MA 02119
When: Wednesday, March 25th 6:30pm - 9pm

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The Health of Democracy: Economic Inequality
Wednesday, March 25
7 pm
First Parish (UU), 1446 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge

Taxes!  Nobody likes taxes, but they have, famously, been called the price we pay for civilization.  Since the earliest days of the Republic, taxes have played a controversial part in our democracy and the ideal of equality that underlies it.  HistorianColin Gordon explores the growth of economic inequality in late 20th and early 21st century United States and its implications for a healthy democracy.  Michael Widmer, former president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, examines how tax policy can support or lessen economic inequality.  During previous eras of great economic inequality, government programs attempted to level the playing field.  What can citizens do to spur a more equitable distribution of wealth today?

More information at http://www.cambridgeforum.org

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Thursday, March 26
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Climate Change and the Future of Plant Life
Thursday, March 26
9:00am - 4:30pm
Microsoft New England R&D Center, Horace Mann Room, 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.newenglandwild.org/sym
Cost:  $65 - $100

Plants are the foundation of global ecosystems, creating the habitats that nurture all other living beings. How will plants respond to the predicted changes in temperature and precipitation from a warming climate?

At this symposium, hosted by New England Wild Flower Society, five noted botanists and ecologists will discuss new findings and current research on the state of New England's plants; the historical patterns and current evidence of climate-induced adaptation, migration, and loss; and strategies for conserving and managing plant species and natural communities in the face of climate change.

Symposium Presentations
Keynote: State of the World’s Plants and the Development of Global Systems for Their Conservation and Use,                                                                                                                                                   Dr. Paul Smith, newly appointed Secretary General, Botanic Gardens Conservation International.

State of the Plants: Challenges and Opportunities for Conservation of the New England Flora,
Dr. Elizabeth Farnsworth, Senior Research Ecologist, New England Wild Flower Society.

Whither New England? Scenarios for the Future and Perspectives from the Past, Dr. David R. Foster, Director of the Harvard Forest, Harvard University.

Identifying Species at Risk from Climate Change and Considering Alternative Conservation Strategies,
Dr. Dov F. Sax, Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Brown University and the Deputy Director for Education of the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society.

Options: The Key to a Resilient Future,
Andy Finton, Director of Conservation Programs for The Nature Conservancy in Massachusetts.

For more information about the symposium and to register,
go to www.newenglandwild.org/sym or contact Lana Reed, New England Wild Flower Society Public Programs Coordinator, at lreed@newenglandwild.org, 508-877-7630, ext. 3303.

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Drowning in Benefit Costs: New Jersey Case Study
Thursday, March 26
11:45-1
Harvard, Bell Hall (5th Floor Belfer Building), 79 JFK Street, Cambridge

Thomas Healey, Founder and managing partner, Healey Development

Business & Government Seminar

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection: protecting American agriculture
Thursday, March 26
12:00-1:00pm
Tufts, Lincoln Filene Center, Rabb Room, 10 Upper Campus Road, Medford

Sean D. Smith, Public Affairs/Border Community Liaison, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
It's never a dull day in the life of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Agriculture Specialist. Combining expertise in the natural sciences with the discipline of working in a fast-paced law enforcement environment, Agriculture Specialists are trained to serve as experts in the area of agricultural inspection, border intelligence, analysis, examination and enforcement activities.

PA/BCL Smith joined CBP in 2005 as a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialist and was promoted to Supervisory CBPAS in 2008. He has served CBP in the following ports of entry: San Diego, San Ysidro, Otay Mesa, and Boston Logan Airport. In 2011 and 2012, Mr. Smith was designated as the Public Affairs Liaison and Border Community Liaison, respectively, for CBP in New England, covering ME, VT, NH, MA, CT and RI. PA/BCL Smith has also participated in past domestic and international disaster recovery operations, including: Hurricane Ike (2008) and 'Operation Safe Return' (Haitian Relief Effort- 2010).

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Internet of Things Immersions
Thursday, March 26
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Hynes Convention Center, 900 Boylston Street, Boston
RSVP at http://arrow.com/iotimmersions

The IoT Immersions event is about simplifying the Design, Development, and Deployment of solutions from the “Edge to the Enterprise.” Intellectual playgrounds for thought leaders.
Arrow brings together the industry’s most comprehensive IoT building blocks and expertise. From individual components, data services, and enterprise grade solutions and application, we comfortably traverse between the micro and macro levels to enable innovations that are Five Years Out.
Solution Sessions …Come away with a comprehensive understanding of the IoT landscape. Learn about our lineup of structured educational courses and open settings for free thinking. There are also sessions for the non-technical professional to better understand the direction of this subject matter.
Innovator’s Showcase……After a day of classroom immersion on IoT, immerse yourself with the latest technology and solutions on the showcase floor. Speak and interact with like-minded innovators and leading suppliers about your IoT ideas.
Immersive Agenda……It’s hard to believe everything from health sensors to smarter city apps can be covered in a single day. See the schedule to get the most out of every minute.
The Internet of Things (IoT) is driving the next wave of innovation unlike anything the world has ever experienced. At Arrow’s IoT Immersions, you will find the latest in technology, services and business advice from industry thought-leaders to help you design, develop and deploy winning IoT solutions and systems.

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Caring for Life on Earth in the Twenty-first Century
WHEN  Thu., Mar. 26, 2015, 4 – 5:30 p.m.
WHERE  Memorial Church, Harvard Yard
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Ethics, Humanities, Lecture, Religion, Special Events, Support/Social
SPONSOR Harvard Divinity School, Harvard College Freshman Dean's Office, Robert H.M. Ho Family Foundation
CONTACT Julie Gillette
DETAILS  Harvard Divinity School is honored to host “Caring for Life on Earth in the Twenty-first Century,” a talk presented by His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje.
His Holiness the 17th Karmapa heads the 900-year-old Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. He guides millions of Buddhists around the world. At the age of 14, he made a dramatic escape from Tibet to India to be near His Holiness the Dalai Lama and his own lineage teachers. Currently 29 years old, the Karmapa created an eco-monastic movement with over 55 monasteries across the Himalayas acting as centers of green activism. He recently announced plans to establish full ordination for women, a step that will change the future of Tibetan Buddhism. His latest book, The Heart is Noble: Changing the World from the Inside Out, is based on his interactions with American university students.
The event is free, but tickets are required. Limited public tickets will be available through the Harvard Box Office beginning March 10. Limit of 2 tickets per person (pending availability). In person ticket distribution only at the Harvard Box Office location in the Smith Campus Center.

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Louis C. Elson Lecture: Laurie Anderson
WHEN  Thu., Mar. 26, 2015, 5:15 – 6:15 p.m.
WHERE  Harvard, John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, Harvard Department of Music, Behind 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Film, Humanities, Lecture, Music, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard University Department of Music
SPEAKER(S)  Laurie Anderson, "Music and Images in Performance and Film"
COST  Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO musicdpt@fas.harvard.edu
LINK http://www.music.fas.harvard.edu/calendar.html

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The Awakening of Muslim Democracy
WHEN  Thu., Mar. 26, 2015, 5:15 – 7 p.m.
WHERE  Harvard, Common Room, CSWR, 42 Francis Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Religion
SPONSOR Center for the Study of World Religions
CONTACT Lexi Gewertz, 617.495.4476
DETAILS  Professor Jocelyn Cesari will discuss her recent publication, The Awakening of Muslim Democracy, with two respondents. Cesari is Lecturer on Islamic Studies (HDS), Research Associate of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (FAS), and Director of the Islam in the West Program (FAS).
Respondents: Liah Greenfeld, Professor of Sociology, Political Science and Anthropology at Boston University, and Ousmane Kane, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor of Contemporary Islamic Religion and Society and Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard Divinity School.

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"Lively Infrastructures" with Ash Amin
WHEN  Thu., Mar. 26, 2015, 6:30 – 8 p.m.
WHERE  Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Art/Design, Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Harvard University Graduate School of Design
SPEAKER(S)  Ash Amin, 1931 chair of Geography at Cambridge University
COST  Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO events@gsd.harvard.edu
DETAILS  This lecture examines the social life and sociality of urban infrastructure. Drawing on a case study of land occupations and informal settlements in Belo Horizonte in Brazil, where the staples of life such as water, electricity, shelter and sanitation are co-constructed by the poor, Ash Amin argues that infrastructures — visible and invisible — are deeply implicated not only in the making and unmaking of individual lives but also in the experience of urban community, solidarity and struggle.
LINK www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/events/ash-amin-lively-infrastructures.html

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Friday, March 27
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The Role of Social Media + News
Friday, March 27
7:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Omni Parker House, 60 School Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-role-of-social-media-news-tickets-15847705915

Jennifer Saragosa, Tim Ragan, Brian Moore

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Friday Morning Seminar: Operating the Social Body: Cancer 'Previvorship' in Australia and the United States

Friday, March 27
10:00a–11:50a
Harvard University, 1550 William James Hall, 33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge

Speaker: Alison Witchard, Australian National University
The Friday Morning Seminar, as it is widely known, has been meeting every year since 1984, when it was launched as the foundational seminar for a postdoctoral fellowship program in culture, psychiatry, and mental health and the predoctoral program in medical anthropology. Since that time, the seminar has brought together an interdisciplinary group of social scientists and clinicians, including faculty, fellows, students, and visiting scholars from across the University and the teaching hospitals, and universities across greater Boston.

The seminar features presentations of new research and writing by faculty, fellows, and students, and by invited guests. Its perspective is global and international, with a focus on comparative and cross-cultural studies. Some seminars have led to edited books (recently, Postcolonial Disorders; Subjectivity: Ethnographic Investigations; and Shattering Culture), and special issues for journals such as Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry: An International Journal of Cross-Cultural Research.

The seminar will take place on Friday, 3/27/15, and will feature Alison Witchard who will be giving a presentation entitled, Operating the Social Body: Cancer 'Previvorship' in Australia and the United States.

We hope you will be able to join us!

Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Global Health and Medical Humanities Initiative, Anthropology Program, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Program in Medical Anthropology at Harvard University, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University
For more information, contact:  Brittany Peters
bapeters@mit.edu 

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Making: The (Hands-on) Opening of the Makers Guild at the IDB
Friday, March 27

5:30 PM to 7:30 PM (EDT)

Fort Point Cabinetmakers at the Makers Guild, 25 Drydock Avenue, 2nd floor, Boston

RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/making-the-hands-on-opening-of-the-makers-guild-at-the-idb-tickets-15676687394

Part of Boston Design Week -
Join us and become a Maker, if only for a night. No experience required, just an interest in design, execution and a willingness to open your eyes to what MIGHT be possible! 

You will leave with an appreciation of the Art of Making and, (if you wish to participate in the Hands-on), a hand-crafted and personalized item that you created.

And a much better idea of just what the high-end maker community is all about – collaborations, technology, design, history and innovation.  Discussions  on the Maker community with Miguel Gomez-Ibanez and Richard Oedel start at 6:15. followed by a reception open to all attendees.

Fort Point Cabinetmakers In collaboration with the Innovation and Design Building, the North Bennet Street School, and the IDB Makers Guild.  Spaces are limited.

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Gernot Wagner and Martin Weitzman
discuss
Climate Shock:  The Economic Consequences of a Hotter Planet
Friday, March 27
7:00 PM
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge

Harvard Book Store welcomes lead senior economist at the Environmental Defense Fund GERNOT WAGNER and professor of economics at Harvard University MARTIN WEITZMAN for a discussion of their book Climate Shock: The Economic Consequences of a Hotter Planet.
If you had a ten percent chance of having a fatal car accident, you'd take necessary precautions. If your finances had a ten percent chance of suffering a severe loss, you'd reevaluate your assets. So if we know the world is warming and there's a ten percent chance this might eventually lead to a catastrophe beyond anything we could imagine, why aren't we doing more about climate change right now? We insure our lives against an uncertain future—why not our planet?

In Climate Shock, Gernot Wagner and Martin Weitzman explore in lively, clear terms the likely repercussions of a hotter planet, drawing on and expanding from work previously unavailable to general audiences. They show that the longer we wait to act, the more likely an extreme event will happen. A city might go underwater. A rogue nation might shoot particles into the Earth's atmosphere, geoengineering cooler temperatures. Zeroing in on the unknown extreme risks that may yet dwarf all else, the authors look at how economic forces that make sensible climate policies difficult to enact, make radical would-be fixes like geoengineering all the more probable. What we know about climate change is alarming enough. What we don't know about the extreme risks could be far more dangerous. Wagner and Weitzman help readers understand that we need to think about climate change in the same way that we think about insurance—as a risk management problem, only here on a global scale.

Demonstrating that climate change can and should be dealt with—and what could happen if we don't do so—Climate Shock tackles the defining environmental and public policy issue of our time.

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Saturday, March 28
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The 3rd Annual Massachusetts Urban Farming Conference:  “Cultivating Lands, Nourishing Communities, Building Businesses”
Saturday, March 28
Worcester, Mass
8:00-5:00 pm

Hosted by:  City Growers, Urban Farming Institute, Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources

Rose Arruda
Urban Agriculture Program Coordinator
MA Dept. of Agricultural Resources
251 Causeway St., Suite 500
Boston, MA 02114
617-626-1849 (office)
617-851-3644 (cell)
Rose.Arruda@state.ma.us

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Just Food? Forum on Justice in the Food System
Saturday, March 28–29
8am - 5:20pm
Harvard Law School

Everybody eats, but do you eat just food?

A conference exploring the intersections between social, economic, and environmental justice and the food system. Featuring Ricardo Salvador, Director, UCS Food and Environment Program

Call for proposals.
Submit a proposal.
Pass the word.
http://foodbetter.squarespace.com/food-justice-conference#

More at: http://green.harvard.edu/events/just-food-forum-justice-food-system#sthash.RvVugxQM.dpuf

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Resistance to the Vietnam War – The history the Pentagon does not want you to know or remember
Saturday, March 28
10:00am - 4:30pm
MIT, Building 32, Stata Center, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge
Resistance to the Vietnam War

featuring Noam Chomsky, Louise Bruyn, Carl Davidson and other resisters

The history the Pentagon does not want you to know or remember on the 50th anniversary of the 1965 teach-ins on the Vietnam War
Voices from the Movement to End the Vietnam War – Speaking out Then and Now
A People’s History - covering Draft Resistance, Resistance within the Military, a Vietnamese Perspective, SDS, Agent Orange, Vietnam today, building a movement, persevering and working for peace, justice and social change

10 AM Panels/Discussions in 32-141
Paul Shannon, American Friends Service Committee, Carl Davidson, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), Louise Bruyn, author, She Walked For All Of Us, Nguyen Ba Cheung, Association of Vietnamese Patriots, Wayne Smith, Vietnam Veteran, Pat Hynes Traprock Peace Center
Lunch Break – 12:30 – 1:30 - Lunch places are nearby, a list will be posted and available at the event or you can bring your own, food is not provided by the organizers!
2 PM Panel on Resistance to the Vietnam War in 32-123
Professor Noam Chomsky, MIT. Noam Chomsky is one of the foremost public dissidents in the U.S. and has been for more than 50 years. His books and articles criticizing U.S. policies are read around the world.
John Bach – draft resistance. In 1967 John Bach dropped out of college to lose his student deferment which he considered racist and classist. He spent three years in federal prison which he views as three of the freest years of his life. A very committed Quaker, he has tried to be faithful to that trajectory ever since.
Susan Schnall – resistance within the military. Susan Schnall was an active duty Navy nurse during the American conflict in Vietnam. In 1969 she was tried and found guilty by general court martial for: conduct unbecoming an officer for dropping anti war flyers over military bases in the San Francisco Bay area and wearing her uniform in the GI and Veterans March for Peace demonstration in San Francisco. She has been active in the Medical Committee for Human Rights, Medical Aid for Indochina and the GI coffeehouses of the 1960s. Susan Schnall is a member of the core of the Vietnam Agent Orange Relief and Responsibility Campaign, Veterans for Peace and Vietnam Veterans Against the War.
Judy Norsigian – linking in the Women’s Movement of the era. Judy Norsigian is a co-founder of Our Bodies Ourselves – the book that revolutionized women’s health care. She is an internationally renowned speaker and author on a range of women’s health concerns, her areas of focus include women and health care reform, abortion and contraception, childbirth (especially the role of midwifery), genetics and reproductive technologies, and drug and device safety.
Anti war music of the time with Chris Nauman, a long time peace activist who lately has been leading standing room only Pete Seeger singalongs!

More information at https://www.facebook.com/events/778897638861410

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Design Carnival
Saturday, March 28
1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Harvard University- Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/design-carnival-tickets-15225966275

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Earth Hour
Saturday, March 28
8:30 PM to 9:30 PM

From 8:30-9:30pm, turn off your lights to see the stars and heal the Earth

https://www.earthhour.org/

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Sunday, March 29
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Just Food? Forum on Justice in the Food System
Sunday, March 29
8am - 4:15pm
Harvard Law School

Everybody eats, but do you eat just food?

A conference exploring the intersections between social, economic, and environmental justice and the food system. Featuring Ricardo Salvador, Director, UCS Food and Environment Program

Call for proposals.
Submit a proposal.
Pass the word.
http://foodbetter.squarespace.com/food-justice-conference#

More at: http://green.harvard.edu/events/just-food-forum-justice-food-system#sthash.RvVugxQM.dpuf

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"Made in the Future" With Matt Weiss of IDEO
Sunday, March 29
3:00 PM to 4:00 PM (EDT)
The Cyclorama, Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/made-in-the-future-with-matt-weiss-of-ideo-tickets-15837127274

Note: Complimentary Pass is only valid starting at 1:00pm on Sunday, March 29 until the program begins. Not valid for any other days or for re-admission.

Made in the Future
We may not all have flying cars or intelligent ape chauffeurs today, but so much of what we take for granted—the Internet, touchscreens, the cubicle—was once a shiny figment of the future.
Sci-fi writers and technologists make a profession of beaming this stuff up. But designers have a place in the transporter too.
Join Matt Weiss, Portfolio Director and Business Designer at IDEO Boston, as he shares IDEO's musings on what a not-so-distant tomorrow might look like. What new tools or technologies might be created? How will they change the way we behave and learn? How will they shape our world? Made in the Future will explore where design is heading with five exciting themes: Meaning Economy, Outer Skills, Making Exchanges, Raw Systems, and New Matter.

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Visionaries in the Field of Hunger Relief
Sunday, March 29
3:30 - 5 pm
The Fenn School, Ward Hall, 516 Monument Street, Concord

A multi-generational panel discussion with three Visionaries who turned hunger awareness into hunger action:
Doug Rauch, Founder, Daily Table; former President of Trader Joe's
Katie Stagliano, Founder, Katie's Krops; high school student, winner of Clinton Global Citizenship Award
Ashley Stanley, Founder of Lovin' Spoonfuls; one of Boston's most innovative leaders under 40, TEDx speaker

Come prepared to be inspired and join the discussion.
If not you, who?  If not now, when?

Please register.  Carpool if you can!
Questions: Contact Program Manager, Fan Watkinson at fan@gainingground.org
Hosted by Gaining Ground  341 Virginia Road Concord MA 01742   978 610 6086.

Backgrounds of the panelists:
Doug Rauch spent 31 years with Trader Joe's, the last 14 years as President, helping grow the business from a small, nine-store grocery chain in California to a nationally acclaimed retail success story with over 340 stores in 30 states. Doug is currently the Founder/President of Daily Table, an innovative retail concept designed to bring affordable nutrition to the food insecure in cities by utilizing the excess, wholesome food that would otherwise be wasted at growers, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers.

Katie Stagliano is the 16-year-old Founder & Chief Executive Gardener of Katie’s Krops, a nonprofit organization with the mission to create vegetable gardens of all sizes and donate the harvest to help feed people in need, as well as to assist and inspire others to do the same. Katie's Krops currently has over 80 kid-run gardens in 29 states that have produced thousands of pounds of healthy, fresh food for families in need. Katie also runs a soup kitchen in her community. She is the the youngest recipient of the Clinton Global Citizenship Award for her leadership in civil society, is featured in the award-winning documentary film "The Starfish Throwers," and is the author of "Katie's Cabbage."

Ashley Stanley is a born and bred Bostonian. Since founding Lovin’ Spoonfuls in 2010, Ashley and her team have rescued and distributed over two million pounds of fresh, healthy food into the social service stream. She has created unparalleled awareness for food rescue, with dedication to addressing the significant consequences of food waste. In 2012, Lovin’ Spoonfuls was a two-time winner of the Mass Challenge competition, the largest global startup accelerator. In 2013, Ashley was selected by Boston Business Journal as one of Boston’s most innovative business leaders under age 40. She serves on the Boston Food Policy Council and is one of Oxfam International’s Sisters of the Planet Ambassadors, as well as a TEDx community speaker.


Fan Watkinson, Program Manager
Gaining Ground, P.O. Box 374, 341 Virginia Road, Concord, MA 01742
(978) 610-6086
www.gainingground.org

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Monday, March 30
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Going Further With Ford: Info Session on Ford-MIT Alliance's Annual Request for Proposals

Monday, March 30
11:00a–12:00p
MIT, Building 32-D463, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge

Speaker: Ed Krause, Global Manager of External Alliances, Ford Motor Company
Ford's global manager of external alliances, Ed Krause, will discuss Ford's areas of interest: mobility 2025+; automated driving technology; cybersecurity; vehicle electri cation; vehicle connectivity; vehicle light-weighting; powertrain fuel e ciency technologies; business analytics and enterprise modeling; and invehicle health and wellness. Prof. Jonathan How, Ford-MIT Alliance director, and Ed Krause will be available to answer questions.

Web site: ssrc.mit.edu
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Sociotechnical Systems Research Center
For more information, contact:  Jacqueline Paris
jparis@mit.edu 

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MASS Seminar/Houghton Lecture- David Battisti (UW)
Monday, March 30
12:00p–1:00p
MIT, Building 54-915 (the tallest building on campus)

Speaker: David Battisti
The first lecture by our spring Houghton Lecturer, David Battisti.

Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Atmospheric Science Seminars (MASS)
For more information, contact:  MASS organizing committee
mass@mit.edu

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ETIP/Consortium Energy Policy Seminar

Monday, March 30

12:00PM - 1:30PM
Harvard, Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building,79 JFK Street, Cambridge

William Moomaw, Professor of International Environmental Policy, Fletcher School, Tufts University; Susan Hackley, Managing Director, Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School; HKS Student Panelist TBA

http://www.hks.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/cepr/

Contact Name:  Louisa Lund
Louisa_Lund@hks.harvard.edu

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A New Literacy for the Information Age: Children, Computers, and Citizenship
Monday, March 30
12:15PM - 2:00PM
Harvard, Room 100F, Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge

Margo Boenig-Liptsin, Harvard, STS/History of Science

STS Circle at Harvard
http://sts.hks.harvard.edu/events/sts_circle/

Sandwich lunches are provided. Please RSVP to sts@hks.harvard.edu by Wednesday at 5PM the week before.
Contact Name:  Shana Rabinowich
sts@hks.harvard.edu

More at: http://environment.harvard.edu/events/2015-03-30-161500-2015-03-30-180000/sts-circle-harvard#sthash.rcUOhGdj.dpuf

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Match Quality, Search, and the Internet Market for Used Books
Monday, March 30
2:00p–4:30p
MIT, Building E62-450, 100 Main Street, Cambridge

Speaker: Sara Ellison (MIT)
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): IO Workshop
For more information, contact:  economics calendar
econ-cal@mit.edu

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Asymmetric War: A Symposium
WHEN  Mon., Mar. 30, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
WHERE  Harvard, Yenching Auditorium, 2 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Health Sciences, Lecture, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Sponsored by the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard's Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Seminar on Violence and Non-Violence.
SPEAKER(S)  Andrew Bacevich, Boston University
Noah Feldman, chair, Harvard Law School
Moshe Halbertal, New York University School of Law
Elaine Scarry, Harvard University
Jeremy Waldron, New York University School of Law
Homi Bhabha, chair, Harvard University
Faisal Devji, Oxford University
Lital Levy, Princeton University
COST  Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO 617-495-0738; humcentr@fas.harvard.edu
DETAILS  Free and open to the public. Seating is limited.
LINK http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/asymmetric-warfare-symposium

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Future of Nature Boston Speaker Series:  The Future of the City: Can Cities be the Key to a Greener World?
Monday, March 30
Reception 5:30 pm; talk at 6:30 pm
Boston Center for the Arts, Calderwood Pavilion, Wimberley Theatre, 527 Tremont Street, Boston
RSVP at https://support.nature.org/site/Ticketing?view=Tickets&id=6781
Cost:  $25-$40

Join The Nature Conservancy and leading thinkers from Boston and beyond for a discussion about solutions to some of the most pressing environmental challenges we face.

As the world becomes increasingly urban and populations rise, living in denser cities may be part of the solution to humanity’s resource challenges. Can urban areas be environmentally sound? Where do the cities of the future exist today? How can Boston become a leader in green design?

Contact Name:   Emma Colburn
More at: http://environment.harvard.edu/events/2015-03-30-213000-2015-03-30-223000/future-nature-boston-speaker-series#sthash.IkyZAiAo.dpuf

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Science in Policy and Politics
WHEN  Mon., Mar. 30, 2015, 6 – 7 p.m.
WHERE  Harvard Museum of Natural History, 24 Oxford St, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Environmental Sciences, Lecture, Science
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard Museum of Natural History, Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
SPEAKER(S)  The Honorable Jane Lubchenco, U.S. science envoy, professor and advisor in Marine Studies, Oregon State University
COST  Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO 617-495-3045, hmnh@hmnh.harvard.edu
DETAILS  Jane Lubchenco was the first woman to be appointed under secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Drawing on her experience at the helm of NOAA from 2009 to 2013, Lubchenco will discuss how this government agency advances and utilizes scientific research on weather, climate, and oceans to guide its services and improve environmental stewardship in the United States. She will also highlight new scientific advances that are transforming attitudes, behaviors, and policies that affect ocean health and the future of humanity, and discuss her role as the Department of State’s first U.S. Science Envoy for the Ocean.
Free event parking available at 52 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA
LINK http://hmnh.harvard.edu/event/prather-lecture-series-science-policy-and-politics

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Askwith Forum - Uncovering Talent: A New Model of Inclusion
WHEN  Mon., Mar. 30, 2015, 6 – 7:30 p.m.
WHERE  Harvard, GSE, Longfellow Hall, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge
TYPE OF EVENT Discussion, Diversity & Equity, Forum, Lecture, Question & Answer Session
PROGRAM/DEPARTMENT  Alumni, AskWith Forum
BUILDING/ROOM  Askwith Hall
CONTACT NAME  Roger Falcon
CONTACT EMAIL  askwith_forums@gse.harvard.edu
CONTACT PHONE  617-384-9968
SPONSORING ORGANIZATION/DEPARTMENT Harvard Graduate School of Education
REGISTRATION REQUIRED  No
ADMISSION FEE This event is free and open to the public.
RSVP REQUIRED No
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Education
DETAILS  Speaker: Kenji Yoshino, Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law, New York University School of Law; member, Harvard University Board of Overseers; author, Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights.

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Tuesday, March 31
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Germany’s Energy Transition: Model or Disaster?
WHEN  Tue., Mar. 31, 2015, 12 – 2 p.m.
WHERE  Harvard, CGIS South Building, Room S030, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Transatlantic Relations Seminar, Weatherhead Center for International Studies.
SPEAKER(S)  R. Andreas Kraemer, founder and director Emeritus, Ecologic Institute, Berlin
COST  none
CONTACT INFO Ann Townes/atownes@wcfia.harvard.edu
DETAILS  This event is co-sponsored by the Boston Warburg Chapter of the American Council on Germany.

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Let's Talk: How Communication Affects Contract Design

Tuesday, March 31
2:30p–4:00p
MIT, Building E62-650, 100 Main Street, Cambridge

Speaker: Gary Charness, UCSB

Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Organizational Economics
For more information, contact:  economics calendar
econ-cal@mit.edu

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Sound, Music, and Ecology: Post-Katrina New Orleans
Dr. Kinh T. Vu and Dr. Marié Abe
Tuesday, March 31
3:30 PM to 5:00 PM (EDT)
BU, College of Fine Arts, 855 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 219 (tentative), Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/sound-music-and-ecology-post-katrina-new-orleans-tickets-15947372019

Dr. Matt Sakakeeny from Tulane University will host a talk regarding sound, music, and ecology in post-Katrina New Orleans. Attendees are urged to read Chapter One of Sakakeeny's book Roll With It: Brass Bands in the Streets of New Orleans (2013); it is available to students, staff, and faculty at the BU Library website as an online book. This event is sponsored by the College of Fine Arts departments of ethnomusicology and music education and the College of General Studies.

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Dreaming Europe in the Wake of the Arab Revolts: Causes and Consequences of Migration from the Middle East and North Africa to Europe

Tuesday, March 31
4:30p–6:00p
MIT, Building E40-496, 1 Amherst Street, Cambridge

Speaker: Professor Philippe Fargues, Director of the Migration Policy Centre at the European University Institute
Population movements and political movements in the Arab countries are linked in many ways. First, they share common determinants as both emigration and revolts are rooted in the radical demographic changes which peoples of the region are currently going through. Second, political unrest has generated new waves of forced but also voluntary migration. Third, migrants convey ideas that have a bearing on political developments in their homeland. At the doorstep of the Arab region, Europe is a destination for the largest number of Arab migrants. It is also a magnet for would-be migrants who do not qualify for entry documents and resort to smugglers who have made the Mediterranean one of the world's most dangerous seas. In Europe, immigration has become a highly contentious issue against the backdrop of a protracted economic crisis and rising home-grown terrorism.

A session of the Myron Weiner Seminar Series on International Migration.

Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies, Inter-University Committee on International Migration
For more information, contact:  Phiona Lovett
253-3848
phiona@mit.edu

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Reconciling Energy Security, Climate Policy and Prosperity? An Assessment of the German Energy Transition

Tuesday, March 31, 2015
5:00p–6:30p
MIT, Building E51-395, 2 Ames Street, Cambridge

Speaker: R. Andreas Kraemer and A. Denny Ellerman
Modern energy policy tends to pursue three central objectives: energy security, affordability, and sustainability. Usually these objectives are seen as competing with each other to some extent, requiring trade-offs and balancing priorities. And yet, R. Andreas Kraemer, currently a Senior Fellow with the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) and a well-known expert on German energy and climate policy, argues that the German energy transition (Energiewende) provides a case study on how these three objectives can be reconciled: evidence from Germany suggests that German energy security has improved, greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants have fallen, and overall costs incurred by the energy system have remained stable or fallen. He takes into account co-benefits such as innovation, tax revenue and balance of trade effects. A. Denny Ellerman, formerly of the European University Institute in Florence and the MIT Sloan School of Management, will serve as a discussant.

Web site: http://mitsha.re/1ExIp7e
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): Center for Energy & Environmental Policy Research, German Consulate General of Boston
For more information, contact:  MIT CEEPR
617-253-3551
ceepr@mit.edu 

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The Metaphysics of Ecology: What Makes Our Environment Worthy of Care
WHEN  Tue., Mar. 31, 2015, 5:15 – 7 p.m.
WHERE  Harvard, Common Room, CSWR, 42 Francis Avenue, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Ethics, Religion
SPONSOR Center for the Study of World Religions
CONTACT Lexi Gewertz, 617.495.4476
DETAILS  This lecture will be delivered by Caner Dagli, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the College of the Holy Cross.
This event is part of the Junior Fellowship Series "Religion and Nature."

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Was It Something I Ate?  Understanding Food Allergies
Tuesday, March 31
6pm - 7:30pm
Harvard Medical School, Joseph B Martin Conference Center, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston

Are the foods we eat making us sick?  The occurrence of allergic disease is skyrocketing and some estimate that as many as one in five Americans have an allergic condition, including reactions to foods.  This seminar aims to improve our understanding of food allergies and intolerances, and explain how our modern diet may be contributing to a rise in these kinds of autoimmune disorders.

More information:  seminar@hms.harvard.edu
http://hms.harvard.edu/minimedschool
617-423-3038

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Architecture Lecture Series: Rania Ghosn, "Geostories"
Tuesday, March 31
6:00p–8:00p
MIT, Building 7-429, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge

MIT Architecture Lecture Series
Part of the Spring 2015 Department of Architecture Lecture Series, "Experiments in Architecture".

Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): Department of Architecture
For more information, contact:  Anne Simunovic
617-253-4412
annesim@mit.edu

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Updates from Tohoku
Tuesday, March 31
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (EDT)
The Red Room @ Cafe 939, Berklee College of Music, 939 Boylston Street, Boston
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/updates-from-tohoku-tickets-2630742622

Join us for a night of remembrance and presentations by speakers on
Updates from Tohoku  ~ A Journey to New Life ~

Free and open to the public

EVENT PROGRAM:
6:00 - 6:15: Registration & Opening Remarks
6:15 - 7:15: Presentations by speakers & performance by TOMODACHI Berklee scholars
7:15 - 8:00: Reception

SPEAKERS:    
Shun Kanda, Director, MIT Japan 3/11 Initiative
Anne Nishimura Morse, William and Helen Pounds Senior Curator of Japanese Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Megumi Ishimoto, Founder, Women's Eyes

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Transnational Urbanism and Post-colonial Challenges in South-East Asia
WHEN  Tue., Mar. 31, 2015, 6:30 – 8 p.m.
WHERE  CGIS South, S050, Harvard University, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR South Asia Institute/India GSD
SPEAKER(S)  Maristella Casciato, associate director of research, Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), Montreal
Rahul Mehrotra, professor of Urban Design and Planning and chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design.
COST  Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO sainit@fas.harvard.edu
LINK http://southasiainstitute.harvard.edu/event/transnational-urbanism-and-post-colonial-challenges-planning-and-design-processes-under-the-aegis-of-transnational-organizations-case-studies-in-india-and-in-the-south-east-asia-region/

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The Boston Network for International Development (BNID) maintains a website (BNID.org) that serves as a clearing-house for information on organizations, events, and jobs related to international development in the Boston area. BNID has played an important auxiliary role in fostering international development activities in the Boston area, as witnessed by the expanding content of the site and a significant growth in the number of users.

The website contains:

A calendar of Boston area events and volunteer opportunities related to International Development
- http://www.bnid.org/events
A jobs board that includes both internships and full time positions related to International Development that is updated daily - http://www.bnid.org/jobs
A directory and descriptions of more than 250 Boston-area organizations - http://www.bnid.org/organizations

Also, please sign up for our weekly newsletter (we promise only one email per week) to get the most up-to-date information on new job and internship opportunities -www.bnid.org/sign-up

The website is completely free for students and our goal is to help connect students who are interested in international development with many of the worthwhile organizations in the area.

Please feel free to email our organization at info@bnid.org if you have any questions!

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Intern with Biodiversity for a Livable Climate!
Biodiversity for a Livable Climate (BLC) is a nonprofit based in the Cambridge, MA area. Our mission is to mobilize the biosphere to restore ecosystems and reverse global warming.
Education, public information campaigns, organizing, scientific investigation, collaboration with like-minded organizations, research and policy development are all elements of our strategy.

Background: Soils are the largest terrestrial carbon sink on the planet. Restoring the complex ecology of soils is the only way to safely and quickly remove carbon from the atmosphere and store it in the ground, where it’s desperately needed to regenerate the health of billions of acres of degraded lands. Restoring carbon to soils and regenerating ecosystems are how we can restore a healthy hydrologic cycle and cool local and planetary climates safely, naturally, and in time to ensure a livable climate now and in the future.

Our Work: immediate plans include
Organizing the First International Biodiversity, Soil Carbon and Climate Week, October 31-November 9, 2014, and a kick-off conference in the Boston area, “Mobilizing the Biosphere to Reverse Global Warming: A Biodiversity, Water, Soil Carbon and Climate Conference – and Call to Action” to expand the mainstream climate conversation to include the power of biology, and to help initiate intensive worldwide efforts to return atmospheric carbon to the soils.
Coordination of a global fund to directly assist local farmers and herders in learning and applying carbon farming approaches that not only benefit the climate, but improve the health and productivity of the land and the people who depend on it.
Collaboration with individuals and organizations on addressing eco-restoration and the regeneration of water and carbon cycles; such projects may include application of practices such as Holistic Management for restoration of billions of acres of degraded grasslands, reforestation of exploited forest areas, and restoring ocean food chains.

Please contact Helen D. Silver, helen.silver@bio4climate.org for further information.
781-316-1710
Bio4climate.org
SharedHarvestCSA.com

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Climate Stories Project
http://www.climatestoriesproject.org

What's your Climate Story?
Climate Stories Project is a forum that gives a voice to the emotional and personal impacts that climate change is having on our lives. Often, we only discuss climate change from the impersonal perspective of science or the contentious realm of politics. Today, more and more of us are feeling the effects of climate change on an personal level. Climate Stories Project allows people from around the world to share their stories and to engage with climate change in a personal, direct way.

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Where is the best yogurt on the planet made? Somerville, of course!

Join the Somerville Yogurt Making Cooperative and get a weekly quart of the most thick, creamy, rich and tart yogurt in the world. Membership in the coop costs $2.50 per quart. Members share the responsibility for making yogurt in our kitchen located just outside of Davis Sq. in FirstChurch.  No previous yogurt making experience is necessary.

For more information checkout.
https://sites.google.com/site/somervilleyogurtcoop/home

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Cambridge Residents: Free Home Thermal Images

Have you ever wanted to learn where your home is leaking heat by having an energy auditor come to your home with a thermal camera?  With that info you then know where to fix your home so it's more comfortable and less expensive to heat.  However, at $200 or so, the cost of such a thermal scan is a big chunk of change.

HEET Cambridge has now partnered with Sagewell, Inc. to offer Cambridge residents free thermal scans.

Sagewell collects the thermal images by driving through Cambridge in a hybrid vehicle equipped with thermal cameras.  They will scan every building in Cambridge (as long as it's not blocked by trees or buildings or on a private way).  Building owners can view thermal images of their property and an analysis online. The information is password protected so that only the building owner can see the results.

Homeowners, condo-owners and landlords can access the thermal images and an accompanying analysis free of charge. Commercial building owners and owners of more than one building will be able to view their images and analysis for a small fee.

The scans will be analyzed in the order they are requested.

Go to Sagewell.com.  Type in your address at the bottom where it says "Find your home or building" and press return.  Then click on "Here" to request the report.

That's it.  When the scans are done in a few weeks, your building will be one of the first to be analyzed. The accompanying report will help you understand why your living room has always been cold and what to do about it.

With knowledge, comes power (or in this case saved power and money, not to mention comfort).

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Free solar electricity analysis for MA residents
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHhwM202dDYxdUZJVGFscnY1VGZ3aXc6MQ

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HEET has partnered with NSTAR and Mass Save participating contractor Next Step Living to deliver no-cost Home Energy Assessments to Cambridge residents.

During the assessment, the energy specialist will:

Install efficient light bulbs (saving up to 7% of your electricity bill)
Install programmable thermostats (saving up to 10% of your heating bill)
Install water efficiency devices (saving up to 10% of your water bill)
Check the combustion safety of your heating and hot water equipment
Evaluate your home’s energy use to create an energy-efficiency roadmap
If you get electricity from NSTAR, National Grid or Western Mass Electric, you already pay for these assessments through a surcharge on your energy bills. You might as well use the service.

Please sign up at http://nextsteplivinginc.com/heet/?outreach=HEET or call Next Step Living at 866-867-8729.  A Next Step Living Representative will call to schedule your assessment.

HEET will help answer any questions and ensure you get all the services and rebates possible.

(The information collected will only be used to help you get a Home Energy Assessment.  We won’t keep the data or sell it.)

(If you have any questions or problems, please feel free to call HEET’s Jason Taylor at 617 441 0614.)

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Sustainable Business Network Local Green Guide

SBN is excited to announce the soft launch of its new Local Green Guide, Massachusetts' premier Green Business Directory!

To view the directory please visit: http://www.localgreenguide.org
To find out how how your business can be listed on the website or for sponsorship opportunities please contact Adritha at adritha@sbnboston.org

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Free Monthly Energy Analysis

CarbonSalon is a free service that every month can automatically track your energy use and compare it to your past energy use (while controlling for how cold the weather is). You get a short friendly email that lets you know how you’re doing in your work to save energy.

https://www.carbonsalon.com/

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Boston Food System

"The Boston Food System [listserv] provides a forum to post announcements of events, employment opportunities, internships, programs, lectures, and other activities as well as related articles or other publications of a non-commercial nature covering the area's food system - food, nutrition, farming, education, etc. - that take place or focus on or around Greater Boston (broadly delineated)."

The Boston area is one of the most active nationwide in terms of food system activities - projects, services, and events connected to food, farming, nutrition - and often connected to education, public health, environment, arts, social services and other arenas.   Hundreds of organizations and enterprises cover our area, but what is going on week-to-week is not always well publicized.
Hence, the new Boston Food System listserv, as the place to let everyone know about these activities.  Specifically:
Use of the BFS list will begin soon, once we get a decent base of subscribers.  Clarification of what is appropriate to announce and other posting guidelines will be provided as well.

It's easy to subscribe right now at https://elist.tufts.edu/wws/subscribe/bfs

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Artisan Asylum  http://artisansasylum.com/

Sprout & Co:  Community Driven Investigations  http://thesprouts.org/

Greater Boston Solidarity Economy Mapping Project  http://www.transformationcentral.org/solidarity/mapping/mapping.html
a project by Wellesley College students that invites participation, contact jmatthaei@wellesley.edu

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Bostonsmart.com's Guide to Boston  http://www.bostonsmarts.com/BostonGuide/

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Links to events at 60 colleges and universities at Hubevents   http://hubevents.blogspot.com

Thanks to

Fred Hapgood's Selected Lectures on Science and Engineering in the Boston Area:  http://www.BostonScienceLectures.com

MIT Events:  http://events.mit.edu

MIT Energy Club:  http://mitenergyclub.org/calendar

Harvard Events:  http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/harvard-events/events-calendar/

Harvard Environment:  http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/calendar/

Sustainability at Harvard:  http://green.harvard.edu/events

Mass Climate Action:  http://www.massclimateaction.net/calendar/events/index.php

Meetup:  http://www.meetup.com/

Eventbrite:  http://www.eventbrite.com/

Microsoft NERD Center:  http://microsoftcambridge.com/Events/

Startup and Entrepreneurial Events:   http://www.greenhornconnect.com/events/

Cambridge Civic Journal:  http://www.rwinters.com

Cambridge Happenings:  http://cambridgehappenings.org

Boston Area Computer User Groups:  http://www.bugc.org/

Arts and Cultural Events List:  http://aacel.blogspot.com/

Boston Events Insider:  http://bostoneventsinsider.com/boston_events/

Nerdnite:  http://boston.nerdnite.com/