Energy (and Other) Events is a weekly mailing list published most Sundays covering events around the Cambridge, MA and greater Boston area that catch the editor's eye.
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What I Do and Why I Do It: The Story of Energy (and Other) Events
http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com/2013/11/what-i-do-and-why-i-do-it.html
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Since almost all events are online now, Energy (and Other) Events is now virtual and can happen anywhere in the world. If you know of online events that are happening which may be of interest to the editor of this publication, please let me know. People are connecting all across the world and I’d be more than happy to help facilitate more of that.
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Mutual Aid Networks
National
Spreadsheet of mutual aid networks
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/1HEdNpLB5p-sieHVK-CtS8_N7SIUhlMpY6q1e8Je0ToY/htmlview
Mutual Aid Networks to Combat Coronavirus
https://itsgoingdown.org/autonomous-groups-are-mobilizing-mutual-aid-initiatives-to-combat-the-coronavirus/
Local
Boston COVID-19 Community Care
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15GYuPYEzBk9KIyH3C3419aYxIMVAsa7BL7nBl9434Mg/edit?usp=sharing
Boston + MA COVID19 Resources
(This is a different Google Doc with a similar name, compiled by the Asian
American Resource Workshop)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-x6vOZKVsla5H363mtdgcyivvLmcx7-f2s6l-O_ba8A/edit?usp=sharing
Cambridge Mutual Aid Network
https://sites.google.com/view/cambridge-nan/home
Mutual Aid Medford and Somerville (MAMAS) network
https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1RtYZ1wc8jxcSKDl555WszWhQWlOlSkNnfjIOYV0wXRA/mobilebasic
Food for Free (for Cambridge and Somerville) volunteers to provide lunches for schoolchildren, elderly, and hungry
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSed0cSIoOc7-Fvoms3VHR1Lc44fjql-vTNknz_a-7T_sKDnrw/viewform
My notes to Rebecca Solnit’s A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster, about how people faced with emergency and disaster usually move towards providing mutual aid, at least until elite panic, a term in disaster studies, kicks in, are available at http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com/2016/07/notes-on-rebecca-solnits-paradise-built.html
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Monday, July 13 - Tuesday, July 14
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Vision for a Circular Future: ReUSE Minnesota's Virtual Conference
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Monday, July 13 - Thursday, July 16
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Keeping Faith in the Climate
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Monday, July 13
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12pm No #StudentBan! No Deportations!
2pm Is Now the Time to Build a Better System? K–12 Education and Systemic Racism in the Era of COVID-19
2:30pm Patricia Espinosa UN Climate Change - Covid-19: Impact on Climate Policy
2:30pm Black Lives and the Climate Crisis
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Tuesday, July 14
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9am MetroCommon Research Release: How Diverse is MetroBoston's Municipal Workforce?
12:30pm Author Talk: Handprints by Hubble by Kathryn D. Sullivan
1pm Case Study: Investing in Nature to Build Climate-Resilient Communities
2pm Case Studies in Environmental Protection: A Presentation by Earthjustice
4pm Book Talk: Maggie Doherty
5:30pm Boston Science for the People
6pm Science by the Glass: Why Small Things Matter for Ecological Systems
6pm Harvard Summer Teach-In
6pm P&P Live! Thomas Frank on THE PEOPLE, NO with Barbara Ehrenreich
6pm Solar Austin Happy Hour, Featuring Michael Brune
7pm New Bedford Science Cafe: COVID-19. Where are we now. What can we expect going forward?
7pm Harvard Science Book Talk: Sarah Stewart Johnson and Deborah Blum, "The Sirens of Mars"
7pm CLIMATE SOLUTIONS (w/ Mark Jacobson )
7pm Is There a Connection? Climate Change and Coronavirus
8pm Conversations on the Anthropocene with Lydia Millet and Kieran Suckling
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Wednesday, July 15
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11am Creative Coping for Older Adults during COVID-19: How to Stay Safe and Sane
11am Webinar: Decarbonising the social rented sector
12pm VT Water Resiliency in a Changing Climate: Planning + Design Considerations
1pm Rethinking Readiness Amid a Pandemic and Climate Crisis
2pm Election 2020: How coronavirus is changing politics and public opinion
2pm Understanding Disaster Risk and Response with Dr. Chad Briggs
4pm Boston New Technology COVID-19 Tech Showcase #BNT114
5pm Women for Impact Now Speaker Series featuring The Lincoln Project
5pm Fed Up with Climate Injustice!
6pm Greener New York City Spotlight (Online Panel & Networking)
8pm Square One with Lauren Underwood and Desiree Tims
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Thursday, July 16
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9am Biology as Inspiration for Design and Engineering
11am How COVID-19 is Reshaping the Future of Business and Work
11am Climate Risk Platform Webinar (Americas, Europe)
11:30am How can our regions and cities achieve their Zero Carbon targets?
12pm Reproductive Rights in 2020: June Medical Services v. Russo and COVID-19
1pm The Future of Fashion
1pm Resilient Trees for a New Climate
1pm What does Climate Justice mean for your local Extinction Rebelllion [XR] group?
2pm Monthly overview of IRI's Global Seasonal Climate Forecasts and ENSO status and forecast
2pm Richard Heinberg and Helena Norberg-Hodge
2pm Hurricanes and Global Warming: Expectations vs. Observations
2pm Rapid Decarbonization Throughout the Building Lifecycle
3pm NRDC Webinar: The Deep Connection Between Healthy Communities and Racial Justice
3pm Faculty Forum Online: Beyond the Driverless Car
5pm State of Food Tech/AgTech Investor Panel + Startup Pitches (On Zoom)
6pm Intro to Extinction Rebellion’s [XR’s] Self Organizing System
7pm “… But Does My Black Life Matter?” A Conversation with Brian Corr
7pm Environmental Injustice in the Caribbean & the United States - Workshop
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Friday, July 17
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8:30am Accelerating the Transition to Climate-Smart Health Care
9am One-on-one with Nasreen Al-Amin
9:30am EBC Second Annual New England State Energy Leaders Virtual Conference
10am The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short-Term World
10am Decolonizing Ourselves Co-Learning [Extinction Rebellion]
1pm Beyond Headlines and Hashtags - LIVE Friday Review of Pandemic News
2pm Election integrity and security in the era of COVID-19
8pm Justice & Reparations for the Murder of George Floyd!
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Saturday, July 18
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10am Climate and Covid: 20 Lessons for Responding to Crisis
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Sunday, July 19
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1pm Race and Climate: A Space for BIPOC Climate Activists
5pm Extinction Rebellion [XR] Orientation
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Monday, July 20
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11am Meet Unilever: Climate Leadership from a Household Name
1pm Lift every voice: The urgency of universal civic duty voting
1pm Imagining a World Post-Covid with Rob Hopkins
6:30pm Creative Climate Conversations
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Tuesday, July 21
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11am How Social Norms and Behavioural Economics Drive Tech for Sustainability
12pm Personal and Political Power: Citizens’ Assemblies on Climate
12:30pm Author Talk: Is the future human? by Edward Ashford Lee
6pm National Geographic Presents Community Archaeology and Historical Ecology
7pm Languages of Nature
7pm Disaster Preparedness
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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
The Faces of Mountains
https://medium.com/@gmokery/the-faces-of-mounta-3c3bd5d4d03c?source=friends_link&sk=9464032862007e5b71b86e4b09816c0f
Geometry Links - July 7, 2020
http://geometrylinks.blogspot.com/2020/07/geometry-links-july-7-2020.html
City Agriculture - July 8, 2020
https://cityag.blogspot.com/2020/07/city-agriculture-july-8-2020.html
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Monday, July 13 - Tuesday, July 14
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Vision for a Circular Future: ReUSE Minnesota's Virtual Conference
Monday, July 13 - Tuesday, July 14
Online
RSVP at https://reusemn.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1386885&group=
Cost: $23 - $99
It’s impossible to say where things will be by October, but we’re shifting gears for the 2020 conference. ReUSE2020 is going virtual (!) and moving up from October to July.
Reuse, rental, and repair play an essential role in supporting and stabilizing sustainable, local economies and communities. Now more than ever, we’re seeing the limitations of our existing supply chains and the harmful impacts of our consumption patterns. We need to move away from the linear status quo to a circular, regenerative model.
While a virtual conference wasn’t the original plan, it opens the opportunity for broader connection, and access to information and speakers from around the country. ReUSE Minnesota is excited to bring an interactive and energizing experience to you, and continue efforts to grow the national reuse movement.
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Monday, July 13 - Thursday, July 16
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Keeping Faith in the Climate
Monday, July 13 - Thursday, July 16
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/keeping-faith-in-the-climate-tickets-104011832190
Common Home, Common Ground
These webinars are part of our Common Home, Common Ground series. We’ve brought together all the aspects of our public engagement to bring you a really exciting series of interactive and free to access webinars, from May to July 2020. We wanted to create a space where people can come together, or continue, to have climate conversations from home.
Webinar Series 5: Keeping Faith in the Climate
Climate change raises important moral questions about who we are in relation to the earth and in relation to others. Faith is a crucial lens through which many people seek to answer these questions. What can we learn from different faith traditions in how we approach the problem of climate change? What are faiths groups - which together account for the largest civil-society organisations globally - already doing? Join us for a week of webinars examining these questions and more.
We’ll update this page as more speakers are announced, you can also keep up to date by following us on twitter @HopeFTFuture
Monday 13th July, 4-5pm - Grief and Hope - What spiritual practices can we cultivate in response to the climate crisis?
The climate crisis is an example of ‘slow violence’, and it is incredibly difficult to both comprehend and process. Join this hour-long panellist discussion and Q&A to explore the role spiritual practices might have in our navigation of the climate crisis.
Andy Lester is Head of Conservation for the Christian environmental organisation A Rocha UK. Andy has degrees in Global Economics and Rural Ecology; and writes and broadcasts frequently on biodiversity, climate and community. He lives with his four boys and South African wife near Southampton UK.
Avnish Thakrar is a businessman and climate change activist. He volunteers with The Bhumi Project, an environmental organisation using ancient Hindu wisdom to inspire the Hindu community to tackle climate change.
Sevim Kalyoncu serves as the Executive Director of Green Muslims, a Washington, DC-based nonprofit organization working to help connect the American Muslim community with nature and climate action. She speaks at local mosques, leads nature hikes, and puts together outdoor classes through Green Muslims’ Our Deen (Faith) is Green! youth education program.
Tuesday 14th July, 4-5pm - Opportunities for Collaboration Through Faith-based Conservation and Climate Action
Faith-based conservation forges links between identity, interest and place. Join this hour-long panellist discussion and Q&A to explore examples of faith-based conservation and the opportunities it represents.
Dekila Chungyalpa - Director of the Loka Initiative, Centre for Healthy Minds and Healthy Minds Innovation
Shonil Bhagwat - Lecturer in Geography, Open University
Simon Marsh MBE is Head of Nature Protection, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). Simon is a chartered town planner and leads a team of legal, casework and policy experts. He was awarded the MBE in recognition of his work as a member of the National Planning Policy Framework practitioners’ advisory group.Simon is also a lay preacher and a member of St Neots’ Evangelical Church, Cambridgeshire. In 2012 his sabbatical project for the RSPB investigated the role of faith communities in saving nature.
Wednesday 15th July, 4-5pm - Theology of the Earth: A Discussion between the Abrahamic Faiths
How should we understand who we are?
The climate crisis has been connected to a Judeo Christian culture which is both utilitarian and materialistic. Join this hour-long panellist discussion on how theology should inform our thinking in our approach to creation and our part in it.
Hannah Malcolm is a writer and activist based in Manchester, where she set up one of Christian Climate Action's first regional groups. She is training to be a priest in the Church of England and is writing a PhD on a theological reading of climate and ecological grief.
Dr Hava Tirosh-Samuelson is a Regents Professor of History, Irving and Miriam Lowe Professor of Modern Judaism, and Director of the Center for Jewish Studies at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. A Jewish intellectual historian, Tirosh-Samuelson writes on Jewish philosophy and mysticism; religion, science and technology; and Judaism and ecology.
Shahin Ashraf MBE is the Head of the Global Advocacy Department for Islamic Relief Worldwide and has conducted a wide range of policy research projects in a number of countries, including the strategic document on the Climate Change Advocacy Framework. Shahin leads on many of the Global discussions on Gender, faith and Climate Change particularly having recently led on the strategic dialogue on Islam and Climate change initiative with several coalition organisations.
Thursday 16th July, 4-5pm - How can you journey with your MP to COP26?
The UK is set to host the UN climate talks early in 2021. This hour-long session will provide an overview of why COP26 is so critical, and act as a comprehensive guide to how you can work with your MP to help make it a success.
Rachel Mander is the Faith Outreach Officer at Hope for the Future. She is currently finishing a report on the role of democratic engagement by UK faith communities in mitigating climate change. Her concern about climate change started at university where friends at church connected environmental activism very strongly with their faith, and has continued ever since.
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Monday, July 13
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No #StudentBan! No Deportations!
Monday, July 13
12 PM – 1:30 PM
Massachusetts State House
RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/727054974760540/
Hosted by Harvard Graduate Students Union - UAWand Graduate Employees of Northeastern University - UAW
UPDATE 7/11/20: Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey will be joining us for the rally! Healey is preparing to sue the Trump administration: "Massachusetts is home to thousands of international students who should not fear deportation or be forced to put their health and safety at risk in order to advance their education. This decision from ICE is cruel, it's illegal, and we will sue to stop it."
On Monday July 6, ICE rescinded the temporary exemption and issued new guidance in which they announced their intent to bar students on F-1 (and M-1) visas to participate fully in online education for the Fall 2020 semester. There are five thousand F1 visa holders at Harvard University, and thousands more in the Boston area. Harvard, MIT and a host of other universities as well as our Attorney General Maura Healy have started legal proceedings.
The student ban must be stopped. That's why we're coming together on Monday July 13 at 12pm in front the State House to say #NoStudentBan and #NoDeportations. We will lift up the voices of allies and international students. We hope you join us. This event is being co-hosted by the International Scholars Working Group at Harvard Graduate Students Union - UAW and Graduate Employees of Northeastern University - UAW.
Are you a representative at another university in Boston?
Contact hgsu.general [AT] gmail [DOT] com to co-sponsor our rally. We will send you our signup form for speakers and volunteers.
How can you help as an ally?
You can use this form to make calls to representatives and ask them to stand up for international students.
You can donate masks, hand sanitizer, and sunscreen for our rally. Please bring them to the rally if you can make it or email us at hgsu.general [AT] gmail [DOT] com for pickup.
If you are an international student you read about your rights as a protestor here: tinyurl.com/immigrantprotestor
Please observe our COVID-19 safety guidelines if you will join us:
Stand six feet apart.
Wear a mask, wear sunscreen, and bring water. Volunteers will circulate with masks and hand sanitizer.
Please stay home if you have a fever or feel sick; if you are at high risk for COVID-19 and are unable to attend the protest, you can still support us! Please reach out for more info.
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Is Now the Time to Build a Better System? K–12 Education and Systemic Racism in the Era of COVID-19
Monday, July 13
2:00 pm
Online
RSVP at https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2020-k-12-education-systemic-racism-era-covid-19-virtual
The coronavirus crisis and demonstrations about racial injustice have illuminated long-standing inequities in US education, conditions that have been well-documented for decades but remained unrecognized by many until now.
As public schools and districts plan for the 2020–2021 school year and beyond, should their primary aim be to recover what has been lost, returning to a pre-COVID and pre-protest baseline? Or is now the time to reinvent our public education systems to establish a new, more equitable baseline? Can and should we attempt such reform during the continuing political, health, and economic crises? If not now, when? This Radcliffe webinar, cosponsored by the Harvard Graduate School of Education, will bring together experts from public school systems, foundations, and academia to explore these questions.
SPEAKERS:
Kevin Godden, Superintendent and CEO, Abbotsford School District, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Na’ilah Suad Nasir, president, Spencer Foundation
Justin Reich, assistant professor in the Comparative Media Studies/Writing and director of the Teaching Systems Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MODERATED BY: Meira Levinson, professor of education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
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Patricia Espinosa UN Climate Change - Covid-19: Impact on Climate Policy
Monday, July 13
2:30 – 3:30pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/patricia-espinosa-un-climate-change-covid-19-impact-on-climate-policy-tickets-112092032286
Patricia Espinosa Executive Secretary of UN Climate Change (UNFCCC) speaking on the impact of Covid-19 on Climate Policy
Covid-19 has sparked the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression, and has dramatically altered our way of life for the foreseeable future. Given the pressure governments are under to keep people safe and recover the economy, what will be the implications of this crisis on climate policy going forward? How will future climate negotiations be impacted? And what are the most effective climate policies which are viable in this new political climate, and could any actually facilitate economic recovery?
We are delighted to host Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to speak at this event:
Patricia Espinosa is the current Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the world's highest authority on Climate Change. The UNFCCC secretariat (UN Climate Change) is the United Nations entity tasked with supporting the global response to the threat of climate change. The UNFCCC has near universal membership (197 Parties) and is the parent treaty of the 2015 Paris Agreement and 1997 Kyoto Protocol. The UNFCCC secretariat facilitates intergovernmental climate change negotiations, organising and supporting the largest and most important negotiating session: the Conference of Parties (COP), and provides technical expertise and assists in the analysis and review of climate change information reported by Parties and in the implementation of the Kyoto mechanisms. It also maintains the registry for Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) established under the Paris Agreement, a key aspect of implementation of the Paris Agreement.
Ms. Espinosa has more than 30 years of experience at highest levels in international relations, specialising in climate change, global governance, sustainable development, gender equality and protection of human rights. As Mexico's representative on multilateral bodies and international organisations in Vienna, Geneva and New York, Ms. Espinosa has been engaged as leader in the global challenge to address climate change and its consequences, notably as Chair of the 16th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC leading to the adoption of the Cancun Agreements.
This event will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOoksFYBCHqZWwVBU9qewZg
For more information about Ms. Espinosa or the UNFCCC please see the following links:
https://unfccc.int/about-us/the-executive-secretary
https://unfccc.int/about-us/about-the-secretariat
https://unfccc.int/
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Black Lives and the Climate Crisis
Monday, July 13
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-lives-and-the-climate-crisis-tickets-112799917590
Join us for a conversation about the interwoven crises of climate and racist violence & inequality, as well as prospects for change.
In this time of deep trauma and reckoning, we also encounter the promise of the Black Lives Matter protests, the largest movement in US history. This ongoing movement is raising the prospect of systemic change, including climate justice, just as youth climate activists have pushed climate justice to the center of mainstream political discourse. These shifts culminate struggle over centuries and decades, respectively, in the streets, the courts, and everyday life. They represent qualitatively new possibilities for justice, clarity, and connection.
Climate Museum Trustee Maxine Burkett of the Institute for Climate and Peace will moderate a remarkable panel including Ana Maria Archila of the Center for Popular Democracy, Jerome Foster of OneMillionOfUs, Kate Marvel of NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and Jacqueline Patterson of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program.
With a special reading by Whiting Award Winner Aracelis Girmay of her poem You Are Who I Love.
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Tuesday, July 14
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MetroCommon Research Release: How Diverse is MetroBoston's Municipal Workforce?
Tuesday July 14
9:00 A.M.
Online
RSVP at https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYld-CqqzkrEtDKcFXSHr3nYxX3Um5e1WGd
Join us for the release of important new research about the diversity of the people who work for our cities and towns — and why it matters.
Guest Speakers:
Gordon Goodwin, GARE Director, Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE)
Brandy H. M. Brooks, Director of Strategy & Development, One Square World
Seleeke Flingai, Lead Researcher & Author
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Author Talk: Handprints by Hubble by Kathryn D. Sullivan
Tuesday, July 14
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/author-talk-handprints-by-hubble-by-kathryn-d-sullivan-tickets-107579248428
MIT Press Live! Presents an author talk with Kathryn D. Sullivan, author of Handprints by Hubble
Sullivan chronicles her early life as a “Sputnik Baby,” her path to NASA through oceanography, and her initiation into the space program as one of “thirty-five new guys.” (She was also one of the first six women to join NASA's storied astronaut corps.) She describes in vivid detail what liftoff feels like inside a spacecraft (it's like “being in an earthquake and a fighter jet at the same time”), shows us the view from a spacewalk, and recounts the temporary grounding of the shuttle program after the Challenger disaster.
About the Author
Kathryn D. Sullivan is a NASA astronaut (retired), former Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and an inductee in the Astronaut Hall of Fame.
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Case Study: Investing in Nature to Build Climate-Resilient Communities
Tuesday, July 14
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
Onine
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/case-study-investing-in-nature-to-build-climate-resilient-communities-tickets-111169318424
WWF panel event on the learnings and results from a Municipal Natural Asset Initiative project in New Brunswick
Since 2014, WWF-Canada has worked with municipalities in New Brunswick to help local leaders learn the climate risks and vulnerabilities of their infrastructure, businesses and community members.
Recently, we teamed up with the MNAI and the town of Florenceville-Bristol to understand how natural assets can help reduce or prevent flooding – at a lower cost and increased resilience than engineered infrastructure.
Join us to learn about:
How nature-based solutions help reduce flood risk and build climate resilience.
The on-the-ground process for incorporating nature-based solutions into municipal plans and bylaws.
How this approach can be replicated in communities across the country.
Featured speakers:
Simon J. Mitchell, VP Resilient Habitats, WWF-Canada
Sarah Pacey, Chief Administrative Officer, Town of Florenceville-Bristol, New Brunswick
Michelle Molnar, Technical Director, Municipal Natural Assets Initiative (MNAI)
Amy Graham, National Property Underwriting Manager, Personal Insurance, RSA Canada
This panel event is a content-driven forum for:
Canadian municipalities
Local community and watershed groups across the country
Provincial and federal agencies
Insurance and risk management professionals
Engineering and infrastructure sector leaders
Community partners and funders
WWF-Canada would like to thank RSA Canada for supporting our work with community partners along the Saint John River to build climate-resilient communities.
*A recording of the webinar will be made available to all those who register.
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Case Studies in Environmental Protection: A Presentation by Earthjustice
Tuesday, July 14
2:00 PM TO 3:00 PM
Online
RSVP at https://www.hbscny.org/events/register-virtual-case-studies-in-environmental-protection-a-presentation-by-earthjustice/
Earthjustice is the premier non-profit public interest environmental law organization. Earthjustice uses the power of law to protect people’s health, preserve our magnificent places and wildlife, advance clean energy, and combat climate change.
Their slogan, “Earthjustice: because the earth needs a good lawyer.”
Earthjustice has over 140 full time lawyers, 14 offices, and 661 active legal battles. Its success rate against the Trump Administration’s actions is 83 percent.
Sam Sankar, Senior Vice President of Programs, will provide an overview of Earthjustice’s work and mission, including a discussion of key cases.
Please note that no refunds will be issued.
SPEAKER
Sam Sankar
Senior Vice President of Program at Earthjustice
As Senior Vice President, Sam is responsible for developing and overseeing the overall strategy and effectiveness of programs and coordinating the work of the Litigation, Communication, and Policy and Legislation departments. Sam has an extensive background in environmental issues. Previous positions include the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, a senior executive at General Electric, and Deputy Chief Counsel of the Presidential Commission formed to investigate the Deep Water Horizon oil spill.
Sam received his B.S. in Civil Engineering from Cornell, an M.S. from Stanford, and a law degree from UC Berkeley. He clerked for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.
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Book Talk: Maggie Doherty
Tuesday, July 14
4:00 pm
Online
RSVP at https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2020-book-talk-maggie-doherty-virtual
Join us this summer for a series of Virtual Radcliffe Book Talks exploring recent publications whose subjects or authors have a connection with the Radcliffe Institute.
Maggie Doherty PhD ’15, author of The Equivalents: A Story of Art, Female Friendship, and Liberation in the 1960s (Knopf, 2020)
The first installment in our summer series of Virtual Radcliffe Book Talks will feature Maggie Doherty, author of The Equivalents: A Story of Art, Female Friendship, and Liberation in the 1960s, an exploration of fellowship and collaboration among five artists—Maxine Kumin, Tillie Olsen, Mariana Pineda, Anne Sexton, and Barbara Swan—who met in the 1960s at the then-Radcliffe Institute for Independent Study.
Doherty’s reading will be followed by a discussion with Tomiko Brown-Nagin, dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Daniel P.S. Paul Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School, professor of history in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and chair of the Presidential Committee on Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery at Harvard University. The event will also include an audience Q and A.
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Boston Science for the People
Tuesday July 14
5:30-7pm
Online
RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86533436999?pwd=R0hEeXU0dUoveUVBVU9nMWN1M1VUUT09
Meeting ID: 865 3343 6999
Password: 446191
We will spend most of the meeting organizing:
the OccupyPharma + #FreeTheVaccine campaigns
the Fall event about training scientists to become activists in their institutions.
We will also discuss the interesting article form the Guardian: It's time to take the 'great' white men of science off their pedestals
The full agenda for the meeting is available here
In the meantime, you are encouraged to:
sign the #FreeTheVaccine pledge: https://freethevaccine.org/why-sign-on/#ready-to-sign
sign the Sanders petition https://act.berniesanders.com/signup/coronavirus-vaccine-text/?source=txt200710-full
attend the rally (if you are healthy and able) on Monday July 13th at noon at the MA State House to protest DHS/ICE threatening to ban or deport all international students: https://www.facebook.com/events/727054974760540/
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Science by the Glass: Why Small Things Matter for Ecological Systems
Tuesday, July 14
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/science-by-the-glass-john-zak-tickets-112526902996
Speaker: Dr. John Zak - co-director of the TTU Climate Center
Descriptor: Small things impact ecological systems in a big way - no matter the location! Listen as he talks about Big Bend National Park and the effects climate change has on the ecosystems of our beloved national parks.
40 min. presentation, 20 min. Q&A!
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Harvard Summer Teach-In
Tuesday, July 14
6 – 7 p.m.
Online
RSVP at kevin_moloney@hks.harvard.edu
DETAILS The United States is currently engaged in a time of rebirth, a “great awakening.” Citizens across the world are leading the charge in critical mass against the intolerance of racial injustice. Ignited by the murder of George Floyd, champions from every class, ethnicity, religion and age, as well as leaders in activism, grassroots organizers, and private and public industries are emerging in power and growing in strength. They are bound by their purpose—to hold our country accountable to the standards of what it truly means to be a united nation of one and to demonstrate that Black lives matter.
In partnership with LaTosha Brown (co-founder, Black Voters Matter Fund and Harvard Kennedy School visiting fellow) Harvard students will lead us in a summer of community learning. We call on you to join us.
CONTACT INFO kevin_moloney@hks.harvard.edu
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P&P Live! Thomas Frank on THE PEOPLE, NO with Barbara Ehrenreich
Tuesday, July 14
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pp-live-thomas-frank-the-people-no-with-barbara-ehrenreich-tickets-111331170528
Thomas Frank discusses his new book, THE PEOPLE, NO for Politics and Prose Bookstore.
Rarely does a work of history contain startling implications for the present, but in The People, No Thomas Frank pulls off that explosive effect by showing us that everything we think we know about populism is wrong. Today "populism" is seen as a frightening thing, a term pundits use to describe the racist philosophy of Donald Trump and European extremists. But this is a mistake. The real story of populism is an account of enlightenment and liberation; it is the story of American democracy itself, of its ever-widening promise of a decent life for all. Taking us from the tumultuous 1890s, when the radical left-wing Populist Party--the biggest mass movement in American history--fought Gilded Age plutocrats to the reformers' great triumphs under Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman, Frank reminds us how much we owe to the populist ethos.
Thomas Frank is the author of Listen, Liberal, Pity the Billionaire, The Wrecking Crew, and What's the Matter with Kansas? A former columnist for The Wall Street Journal and Harper's, Frank is the founding editor of The Baffler and writes regularly for The Guardian.
A self-proclaimed "myth buster by trade," Barbara Ehrenreich has covered an extensive range of topics as a journalist and political activist. Her newest book, Had I Known has been hailed as Ehrenreich’s most impactful collection of essays from her decades’ worth of activist journalism, and highlights the brilliance, social consciousness, and wry wit of one of our country's most incisive thinkers.
Instead of a set ticket price, we ask that you contribute what you can to support Politics and Prose Bookstore and our virtual event series. We know that everyone has been affected in these trying times, and we will continue to make our programming accessible to all. That said, a suggested contribution of $5, $10, whatever you can afford, will go a long way to keep our programming—and our bookstore—afloat as we are forced to adapt to new ways of business.
The other way you can support us is always by purchasing a book from our website.
We are so grateful to be surrounded by such a loyal and engaged community and we thank you for your support, now and always.
Editoria Comment: My notes to The Populist Moment: A Short History of the Agrarian Revolt in America by Lawrence Goodwyn are at http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-populist-moment.html
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Solar Austin Happy Hour, Featuring Michael Brune
Tuesday, July 14
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/solar-austin-happy-hour-featuring-michael-brune-tickets-111677995892
Cost: $0 – $15
Solar Austin is excited to announce our July featured speaker: Michael Brune, the executive director of the Sierra Club!
An internationally acclaimed author, speaker, and environmental activist, Michael Brune will be joining Solar Austin on July 14th to talk about his work leading the nationwide movement to move beyond fossil fuels to clean energy.
Michael has served as the Sierra Club’s executive director since 2010. Under his leadership, the Sierra Club has grown to more than 3.5 million supporters, and its Beyond Coal campaign has been recognized as one of the most effective in environmental history. Prior to joining the Sierra Club, Michael led the Rainforest Action Network for seven years, during which the organization won more than a dozen key environmental commitments from America’s largest corporations.
Michael holds degrees in economics and finance from West Chester University in Pennsylvania and is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post. His critically acclaimed book, Coming Clean: Breaking America’s Addiction to Oil and Coal (2010), details a plan for a new green economy that will create good paying jobs, promote environmental justice, and bolster national security. Michael and his wife, Mary, attribute their ongoing passion for environmental activism in part to their concern that their children inherit a healthy world.
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New Bedford Science Cafe: COVID-19. Where are we now. What can we expect going forward?
Tuesday, July 14
7:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Online
RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_28wQvKTuQj-bWvvT9sojQQ
The New Bedford Science Cafe welcomes back biologist, Erin Bromage, Ph.D., associate professor at UMass Dartmouth, who will discuss "COVID-19. Where are we now. What can we expect going forward?" Since he was our guest in February, Erin's blog about how the virus spreads has gone viral (over 30 million views), and he's now a contributor to CNN and the New York Times.
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Harvard Science Book Talk: Sarah Stewart Johnson and Deborah Blum, "The Sirens of Mars"
Tuesday, July 14
7 – 8 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://www.harvard.com/event/virtual_event_sarah_stewart_johnson/
SPEAKER(S) Sarah Stewart Johnson
Deborah Blum
DETAILS Mars was once similar to Earth, but today there are no rivers, no lakes, no oceans. Coated in red dust, the terrain is bewilderingly empty. And yet multiple spacecraft are circling Mars, sweeping over Terra Sabaea, Syrtis Major, the dunes of Elysium, and Mare Sirenum—on the brink, perhaps, of a staggering find, one that would inspire humankind as much as any discovery in the history of modern science.
In her beautifully observed, deeply personal book, "The Sirens of Mars: Searching for Life on Another World," Georgetown University professor Sarah Stewart Johnson tells the story of how she and other researchers have scoured Mars for signs of life, transforming the planet from a distant point of light into a world of its own. She will discuss her book with a Pulitzer-prize winning American science journalist Deborah Blum.
LINK https://science.fas.harvard.edu/book-talks
CONTACT INFO science_lectures@fas.harvard.edu
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CLIMATE SOLUTIONS (w/ Mark Jacobson )
Tuesday, July 14
7-8:30 pm EST
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-green-future-race-gender-environment-tickets-109902820294
Dr. Mark Z. Jacobson (Professor of Civil Environmental Engineering)
SPECIAL GUEST - Webinar #2 JULY 14: 7-8:30 pm EST- CLIMATE SOLUTIONS
Mark Z. Jacobson’s career has focused on better understanding air pollution and global warming problems and developing large-scale clean, renewable energy solutions to them. Toward that end, he has developed and applied three-dimensional atmosphere-biosphere-ocean computer models and solvers to simulate air pollution, weather, climate, and renewable energy. He has also developed roadmaps to transition states and countries to 100% clean, renewable energy for all purposes and computer models to examine grid stability in the presence of high penetrations of renewable energy.
Website: https://woods.stanford.edu/people/mark-jacobson
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Is There a Connection? Climate Change and Coronavirus
Tuesday, July 14
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/is-there-a-connection-climate-change-and-coronavirus-tickets-111685654800
Panel of experts discuss the parallels between and intersections of climate change and coronavirus.
Join WJCT Public Media and Northeast Florida Regional Council for an ADAPT conversation with a panel of experts exploring the parallels between, and the intersections of, climate change and the coronavirus and how these crises are affecting our state and region.
Registrants will receive a link to the Zoom event on Monday, July 13 at 7PM.
Facilitators:
Brendan Rivers, Reporter, WJCT
Sean Lahav, Resiliency Coordinator, Northeast Florida Regional Council
Panelists:
Aaron Bernstein, Interim Director of the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Harvard C-CHANGE)
Athena Masson, Meteorologist and hurricane/extreme weather specialist, Florida Public Radio Emergency Network
Richard Weiskoff, Professor and Chairman of the International Studies Department, University of Miami
ADAPT is a production of WJCT Public Media. Financial support for ADAPT comes from our readers and listeners, with additional support from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations and the 2040 Foundation.
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Conversations on the Anthropocene with Lydia Millet and Kieran Suckling
Tuesday, July 14
8:00 PM – 9:15 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/conversations-on-the-anthropocene-with-lydia-millet-and-kieran-suckling-tickets-112270409818
Join Extinction Rebellion NYC for our third "Conversation on the Anthropocene" with Lydia Millet and Kieran Suckling.
A prolific author, Lydia Millet’s newest novel, A Children’s Bible, is a blistering tale of a group of young kids growing up on their parent’s warming planet. With her dark humor and sharp existential wit, Lydia is one of the leading pioneers of environmental fiction, exploring the stories of our changing planet and of our changing selves.
In 1989, Kieran Suckling helped found the Center for Biological Diversity, dubbed by the New Yorker as “the most important radical environmental groups in the country”. Since it’s inception, using scientific studies, litigation, and media coverage, the Center has secured protection of over 700 endangered species and 475,000,000 acres of U.S. habitat.
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Wednesday, July 15
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Creative Coping for Older Adults during COVID-19: How to Stay Safe and Sane
Wednesday, July 15
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/j/91668903870#success
SPEAKER(S) Karestan Koenen, Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Christine Ritchie, Professor of Medicine, Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and the MGH Mongan Institute
Olivia I. Okereke, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Epidemiology; Director, Geriatric Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital
Archana Basu, Research Associate, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Instructor, Harvard Medical School Massachusetts General Hospital
DETAILS The COVID-19 pandemic has had a great impact on everyone, especially "at-risk" groups, such as older adults. Sheltering in place orders and public health mandates have greatly limited the degree to which older adults can interact with their family or friends and reduced their involvement in activities within the community. These restrictions can lead to feelings of stress, sadness, and loneliness. The aim of this forum is to discuss the effects of the pandemic on older adults and to offer tips on how older adults can stay mentally and physically healthy during this unique time.
CONTACT INFO Shaili Jha
sjha@hsph.harvard.edu
Courtney White
cowhite@hsph.harvard.edu
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Webinar: Decarbonising the social rented sector
Wednesday, July 15
11:00 – 12:30 EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-decarbonising-the-social-rented-sector-tickets-110788812320
A webinar exploring IPPR's plan for the housing sector to address the climate crisis, create jobs and benefit communities.
The Committee on Climate Change estimates that we need to reduce residential buildings emissions by 82.5 per cent through a combination of low-carbon heating, heating energy efficiency and appliance efficiency.
Upgrading and greening our homes is an opportunity to create new jobs, level up the UK and secure more good quality and affordable housing. IPPR has developed a plan for the housing sector to deliver faster action to address climate change; ensure further action to transform our economic and deliver a fairer approach that will lower bills and make sure communities benefit from the change to come.
At this event, we will discuss IPPR’s recent research into decarbonising the social rented sector, as well as wider policy action to address carbon objectives, funding models and consumer perspectives.
This webinar is being held in partnership with Stonewater, who have generously supported the wider research project.
The event will take place on Wednesday 15th July from 16:00-17:30 (BST). The event will take place online using Zoom, which can be accessed via internet or phone line. A link to join the webinar will be emailed to you following registration.
Our speakers:
The Rt Hon Lord Deben, Chair of the Committee on Climate Change
Thangam Debbonaire MP, Shadow Housing Secretary
Amy Simmons, Head of Policy, National Housing Federation
Nicholas Harris, CEO, Stonewater
Luke Murphy, Head of the Environmental Justice Commission, IPPR
Places are limited. Please register for your ticket.
For further details on the event, please contact Jacana on j.bresson@ippr.org.
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VT Water Resiliency in a Changing Climate: Planning + Design Considerations
Wednesday, July 15
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vt-water-resiliency-in-a-changing-climate-planning-design-considerations-tickets-111162642456
Please join the Vermont Green Building Network (VGBN) for a special lunch-time webinar event on Wednesday, July 15th from 12-1pm.
This event will feature three inspirational speakers who will discuss water as it relates specifically to buildings and construction. Topics covered will include addressing stormwater issues, reducing water demand within buildings and the status and state of water in Vermont.
You will hear from leaders from the State of Vermont, BLUE Stormwater management program and VEIC. Q+A will follow the presentations. The topics and speakers are:
"The status and state of water in Vermont as it relates to the built environment" with Julie Moore, Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources (ANR)
"Outside the building: Stormwater solutions for new and existing buildings" with Juliana Dixon, Owner/Consultant at Salix Solutions and manager of BLUE Stormwater program
"Inside the building: Demand reduction for water and energy savings" with Brian Just, Managing Engineer at VEIC
Free for VGBN members and general public. Optional suggested donation admission for non-members.
Please RSVP /pre-register to receive the webinar call in details by July 14th at 5pm!
Agenda:
12:00-12:05: Welcome and introduction with Jenna Antonino DiMare, VGBN Executive Director
12:05-1:00pm: Presentations, followed by Q+A
Presenter Bios:
Julie Moore, Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources (ANR)
Julie Moore is the Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources (ANR), and works to shape Vermont’s environmental agenda, focusing on water quality, the forest economy, and the importance of conservation. She currently serves on the boards of the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board, Vermont Council on Rural Development, as well as ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center. Before her appointment, Moore worked as the Water Resources Group Leader at Stone Environmental. She led a variety of watershed planning and assessment projects, and has a deep understanding of water quality concerns associated with runoff from developed land and agricultural areas, as well as stream channel processes and flooding.
Prior to joining Stone in 2011, Moore spent seven years at ANR where she led the state’s efforts to reduce phosphorus pollution in Lake Champlain. During her years outside of state service, Moore volunteered her expertise for several organizations dedicated to improving Vermont’s water resources, including: Friends of Northern Lake Champlain Advisory Council (Chair); Friends of the Winooski River and Watersheds United (Board of Directors); Winooski Natural Resources Conservation District (Associate Supervisor). Moore earned a B.S. in civil engineering, cum laude, from the University at Buffalo and an M.S. in environmental science and policy from the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University.
Juliana Dixon, Owner/Consultant at Salix Solutions
Juliana Dixon has a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, and a master’s degree in Agricultural Development. She has been involved with the Klamath River conflict in Northern California and studied permaculture in Yorkshire, England. Juliana was an invited speaker at the Climate Change and Sustainable Solutions conference in Brussels and offered a natural resource management presentation at Tropentag Germany. Now working on stormwater mitigation in Vermont, Juliana is enjoying empowering citizens to make the changes they want to see in their watersheds.
Brian Just, Managing Engineer at VEIC
Brian manages a team at VEIC, where he works on a variety of energy efficiency initiatives. He is a mechanical engineer with background in machine design, biomass combustion, indoor air quality, and building science. He is passionate about socializing the linkages between efficiency and non-energy benefits such as comfort, health, and embodied energy. Brian is committed to serving Vermont’s design and construction community as its members pave the way to a future of highly efficient, healthy, durable buildings. Brian also serves as the Board President of Vermont Green Building Network.
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Rethinking Readiness Amid a Pandemic and Climate Crisis
Wednesday, July 15
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EST
Online
RSVP at https://www.earth.columbia.edu/videos/view/rethinking-readiness-amid-a-pandemic-and-climate-crisis
All the prescriptions and warnings pointing to pandemic threats and a mix of climate vulnerability and climate change have been clear for decades. Yet failures to prepare and respond have cost, and could continue to cost, societies and economies dearly.
What does readiness mean in a world where the risk landscape is a mix of interconnected potholes, trip wires land mines, where your personal situation doesn't matter if societal functions break down because others aren't prepared. What can be added to the preparedness toolkit, personal and societal?
Join host Andy Revkin in a discussion with Jeffrey Schlegelmilch, director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University and author of "Rethinking Readiness."
https://ncdp.columbia.edu/
They're joined by:
Judith Matloff, a veteran journalist, Columbia Journalism School professor and author of "How to Drag a Body."
http://judithmatloff.com
Rod Schoonover, consultant in ecology and security, adjunct professor Georgetown University, former Director of Environment and Natural Resources at the National Intelligence Council and Senior Analyst in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research at the U.S. Department of State.
http://twitter.com/rodschoonover
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Election 2020: How coronavirus is changing politics and public opinion
Wednesday, July 15
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.brookings.edu/events/election-2020-how-coronavirus-is-changing-politics-and-public-opinion/
Join the conversation on Twitter using #Election2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted everyday life, including elections and campaigning. As polls and campaign momentum shift day to day and the country reckons with racism after the killing of George Floyd, candidates are increasingly finding themselves in uncharted waters. The November election is only four months away, and if the instability, unpredictability, and tension of this year is any indication of what’s to come, the lead-up to the election will be an unprecedented time in American politics.
On July 15, Governance Studies at Brookings will host a webinar examining the 2020 election landscape. Panelists will discuss the presidential campaign post-primaries, congressional and gubernatorial races, what to look for during the upcoming Democratic and Republican National Conventions, and the unconventional campaign strategies candidates are using to reach voters during the coronavirus pandemic.
Viewers can submit questions for speakers by emailing events@brookings.edu or via Twitter at @BrookingsGov or with #Election2020.
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Understanding Disaster Risk and Response with Dr. Chad Briggs
Wednesday, July 15
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/understanding-disaster-risk-and-response-with-dr-chad-briggs-tickets-110637281086
Environmental changes are creating new hazards in the Arctic, and shifting how we understand and plan for challenges from disasters to military strategies. Traditional methods for assessing risks will often underestimate impacts, particularly when geophysical and ecological changes undermine resilience and adaptability, and when external shocks like COVID-19 stress existing systems. This webinar with co-PI Dr. Chad Briggs explores tools for developing risk scenarios in the Arctic, and illustrates initial results of security simulations of disaster response in Alaska during the current pandemic.
Dr. Chad Briggs is the Director of the Public Policy and Administration program at the University of Alaska Anchorage and author of Disaster Security: Using Intelligence and Military Planning for Energy and Environmental Risks with Miriam Matejova. He worked as Team Leader under the Energy and Environmental Security Directorate at the US Dept of Energy, and from 2008-2010 was Senior Advisor for International Security Affairs and Special Advisor on Climate Change and Strategic Assessment. He led the Abrupt Climate Change & Security team for DOE, which was tasked with developing methods to assess security risks of abrupt climate changes and communicating these to policymakers. From 2010-2012 he was Minerva Chair of Energy and Environmental Security at the Air University, United States Air Force.
Migration In Harmony is an international, cross-disciplinary network of Arctic migration researchers funded by the National Science Foundation. Learn more and sign up at https://migrationharmony.org
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Boston New Technology COVID-19 Tech Showcase #BNT114
Wednesday, July 15
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-new-technology-covid-19-tech-showcase-bnt114-registration-103046751608
Join members of BNT's 50k network to:
See 6 innovative and exciting local COVID-19 Tech demos, presented by startup founders
Network virtually with attendees from Boston, Austin and beyond
Ask the founders your questions
Please register with a valid email address and you will immediately receive an email with the link you need to join this webcast and our online group!
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Women for Impact Now Speaker Series featuring The Lincoln Project
Wednesday, July 15
5 pm ET / 2 pm PT
Online
RSVP at https://womenforimpact.app.rsvpify.com
Six months ago, former and current senior Republican political operatives joined forces to form The Lincoln Project – steadfast in the belief that Trump and Trumpism pose a unique threat to the country. These dedicated Americans are committed to holding Trump and his key enablers in the Senate accountable, stemming the tide of Trumpism and working to correct the course of this country by electing Joe Biden to The White House.
Join Women for Impact Now (WIN) for a virtual event on Wednesday, July 15th at 5 pm ET/ 2 pm PT with The Lincoln Project's Co-Founder Reed Galen and Executive Director Sarah Lenti, veteran strategists for Senators McCain and Romney and President George W. Bush. Reed and Sarah will discuss The Lincoln Project’s strategic path to victory in getting Joe Biden to The White House and how WIN can make a profound difference in November.
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Fed Up with Climate Injustice!
Wednesday, July 15
5 p.m.
Federal Reserve, 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston
RSVP at https://xrmass.org/action/tax-day-peoples-bail-out-protest/
Fed Up With Climate Injustice!
Please sign up if you plan to attend - we need to be able to anticipate the crowd size, thank you!
On Tax Day, Wednesday July 15, Extinction Rebellion Boston will lead an action demanding that our government invest our taxes in our future!
The federal government must stop giving tax breaks and subsidies to the oil, natural gas, and coal corporations that are fueling global destruction. We demand that these funds are redirected to individuals and communities on the frontline of the climate and ecological emergency and toward a rapid transition to clean, renewable sources of energy and ecological sustainability.
Our government must tell the truth about the severity of the climate crisis and establish reparations and remediation led by and for Black people, Indigenous people, People of Color and poor communities who have suffered years of environmental racism and injustice. Our current financial and political systems treat the earth as a commodity and people as disposable.
The wealthy must pay higher taxes and our government budgets must be reallocated to build cultures of care and repair to ensure an equitable and livable planet for all life and for generations to come.
We are calling on XR Rebels to participate if you feel comfortable and safe enough to do so. We will practice social distancing, wear masks and use hand sanitizer. We will not engage in civil disobedience, but we are planning a lively and vibrant day, with some special surprises.
Together we will demand power be restored to the people to set a just course of action and rebuild our relationships to one another and the earth.
Join us on Wednesday, July 15 at 5pm! The action is at the Federal Reserve, 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, MA 02210 -->Please bring your own signs. We will have banners and some signs, but since our art group isn't meeting in person at this time we are asking folks to make their own. Some possible messaging is below. We also hope to have a print-at-home sign that we can email you a few days before the event.
Messaging ideas:
FED UP WITH CLIMATE INJUSTICE
Tell the Truth
A Just Transition
Climate Justice is Social Justice
ACT NOW, NO BAILOUTS
Our Taxes, Our Future
*More to come. Note that we are focusing on XR's Fourth Demand: "We demand a just transition that prioritizes the most vulnerable people and indigenous sovereignty; establishes reparations and remediation led by and for Black people, Indigenous people, people of color and poor communities for years of environmental injustice, establishes legal rights for ecosystems to thrive and regenerate in perpetuity, and repairs the effects of ongoing ecocide to prevent extinction of human and all species, in order to maintain a livable, just planet for all."
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Greener New York City Spotlight (Online Panel & Networking)
Wednesday, July 15
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/greener-new-york-city-spotlight-online-panel-networking-tickets-101204689952
Hear from sustainability experts about how NYC is becoming a global leader in green development and environmental goals.
In 2019, New York City passed its own city-wide version of the Green New Deal. The plan includes reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030, setting new goals for new developments and existing infrastructure like power plants.
The bill has made New York City a leader in environmental action. How are companies adapting to the new laws and how is compliance progressing one year in?
Join us to hear from expert panelists about the status of called-for changes and how New Yorkers can play a vital role in making our city a leader in the movement against climate change.
Speakers:
Stephen B. Wemple, General Manager, Utility of the Future, Con Edison
Julie Raskin, Executive Director, Foundation for NY’s Strongest, NYC Department of Sanitation
Amer Jandali, Environmental Futurist and Social Designer, CEO & Founder, Future Meets Present
Marcos Salazar (Moderator ), CEO & Co-Founder, Be Social Change
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Square One with Lauren Underwood and Desiree Tims
Wednesday, July 15
8PM ET
Online
RSVP at https://secure.actblue.com/donate/sqareonejuly15
Join Square One on July 15 live in conversation with two bold, exceptional leaders ready to pave the path forward: Lauren Underwood and Desiree Tims.
Lauren Underwood is the Congresswoman from the IL-14. She became the youngest Black woman ever sworn in to Congress when she flipped her seat in 2018 by defeating a three-term Tea Party Republican incumbent.
Desiree Tims is a candidate for Congress in the OH-10. Born and raised in Dayton, Ohio, she went on to work in the Obama Administration and Capitol Hill — and she's now running to flip her district from red to blue.
This will be an intimate conversation to hear Lauren and Desiree's take on the country today, the challenges we face and where we go from here — with time for a Q&A to answer your questions.
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Thursday, July 16
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Biology as Inspiration for Design and Engineering
Thursday, July 16
9am EST
Online
RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85690377663?pwd=NDAzcDNSakFPK0Z2T2tVRDkrWGtCQT09
Dr. Michael M. Lerch and Dr. Thomas Schroeder (both - Harvard University) on how biology can inspire elegant and original solutions for the design of new materials, systems, and structures.
Biological organisms operate within boundary conditions set by the physical world -- conditions that vary incredibly widely, from the bottom of the ocean to the tops of mountains; from tropical rainforests to arid deserts.
In the 4+ billion years since life on earth began, it has colonized nearly every possible habitat on the surface of the globe.
Each of the diverse millions of species currently alive is bristling with an arsenal of incredibly specialized adaptations that evolved in response to the selective pressures faced by its ancestors.
It pays to pay attention: these adaptations often present elegant solutions to problems and tasks faced by humans, from the design of adhesives and slippery surfaces to sensing platforms and fabrication techniques.
They also present a rich showcase of the implications of natural laws; indeed, the study of biological organisms has led humanity toward many historically important insights about physical and chemical phenomena.
Dr. Michael Lerch and Dr. Thomas Schroeder will discuss turning to biology for inspiration (at varying levels of abstraction) for the design of engineered materials, systems, and structures. They will further discuss how bio-inspiration ultimately may lead to more autonomous, lifelike materials.
HOW TO JOIN:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85690377663?pwd=NDAzcDNSakFPK0Z2T2tVRDkrWGtCQT09
Meeting ID: 856 9037 7663
Password: 193
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How COVID-19 is Reshaping the Future of Business and Work
Thursday, July 16
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.hamiltonproject.org/events/how_covid_19_is_re_shaping_the_future_of_business_and_work
The unprecedented economic downturn and protracted closures to stem the COVID-19 pandemic will have long-lasting consequences for the U.S. economy. As businesses and households adapt to working during the pandemic, these consequences will ultimately reshape the future of business and work. The pandemic also presents several complex policy challenges, including widespread business failures, which will leave some sectors with greater concentration and some firms with greater market power. It will also create persistent changes in the labor force, due to stark reductions in employment and labor force participation among already underrepresented demographics.
On Thursday, July 16, The Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution will host a webcast examining how COVID-19 is reshaping the future of business and work and the near- and long-term public policy challenges that will result. The webcast will feature a roundtable discussion with David Autor of MIT, Nancy Rose of MIT, and Betsey Stevenson of the University of Michigan, moderated by Hamilton Project Director Wendy Edelberg.
The event will coincide with the release of three new Hamilton Project essays—authored by David Autor and Elisabeth B. Reynolds of MIT; Nancy Rose; and Betsey Stevenson—and a new Hamilton Project framing paper.
For updates on the event, follow @HamiltonProj on Twitter. Join the conversation on Twitter using #COVIDEconomy to ask questions or email info@hamiltonproject.org
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Climate Risk Platform Webinar (Americas, Europe)
Thursday, July 16
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-risk-platform-webinar-americas-europe-tickets-112661914820
Join us on Thursday, July 16, for a webinar on our new Climate Risk Platform.
GRESB Climate Change Specialist, Erik Landry, will introduce the Platform, provide an overview of its benefits, give an interactive demonstration of its features, and show you how you may use it to gain a better understanding of the physical climate risk exposure of your real asset portfolios.
GRESB will be joined by Munich Re, which will be able to provide greater detail on the exposure data that will be hosted on the Platform.
This webinar is designed for real estate investors, asset managers, risk professionals, and anyone else interested in the integration of physical climate risk data into investment and development decisions in the real asset industry.
Speakers:
Erik Landry, Climate Change Specialist, GRESB
Sergey Obolensky, Executive Director Corporate Sales, Risk Management Partners, Munch Re
Dr. Jürgen Schimetschek, Manager Geo Risks, Munich Re
For more information, visit the GRESB website or get in touch via our Contact Form.
Munich Re is one of the leading providers of reinsurance, primary insurance and insurance-related risk solutions. The Group consists of the reinsurance and ERGO business segments, as well as the asset manager MEAG. Munich Re is globally active and operates in all lines of the insurance business. Since it was founded in 1880, it has been known for unrivalled risk-related expertise and sound financial position. It offers customers financial protection when faced with exceptional levels of damage – from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake to the 2019 Pacific typhoon season. Munich Re possesses outstanding innovative strength and is playing a key role in driving forward the digital transformation of the insurance industry.
GRESB is an investor-led and mission-driven initiative to provide ESG data on real asset investments to investors, managers and the wider industry. Our Assessments provide a consistent framework to measure ESG performance based on self-reported data that is validated, scored and peer benchmarked. This approach allows investors to analyze their portfolios for ESG risks, opportunities and impacts and engage with managers on their performance.
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How can our regions and cities achieve their Zero Carbon targets?
Thursday, July 16
11:30 – 12:30 EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-can-our-regions-and-cities-achieve-their-zero-carbon-targets-registration-109995316954
How do we move from high-level net zero targets to programmes of real change?
Join Arup’s sustainability leader, Andy Mace, in this thought provoking webinar to find out more about the North East’s local area energy planning for the zero carbon transition and what is happening across the UK for whole city and region planning.
We will be joined by Tim Rippon, Senior Climate Change Specialist at Newcastle City Council and Dr Elizabeth Gibson, Co-Director at the Centre for Energy at Newcastle University who will be also be presenting to give their perspectives.
This will be a Teams Live event. You will be able to ask the panel questions via a live Q&A chat option.
A link will be sent to you after registration.
Editorial Comment: Arup is one of the biggest building companies in the world. They are worker-owned and have been working on sustainability for a long, long time.
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Reproductive Rights in 2020: June Medical Services v. Russo and COVID-19
Thursday, July 16
12 – 1 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/details/reproductive-rights-in-2020
SPEAKER(S) Introduction: Carmel Shachar, Executive Director, The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School
Mary Ziegler, Stearns Weaver Miller Professor of Law, Florida State University College of Law
Jamille Fields Allsbrook, Director of Women’s Health and Rights, Center for American Progress
Louise P. King, Director of Reproductive Bioethics at the Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics and Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School
Moderator: Emily Bazelon, Staff writer at The New York Times Magazine and Truman Capote Fellow for Creative Writing and Law at Yale Law School
DETAILS 2020 has been a notable year for reproductive rights. On one hand, the Supreme Court has decided June Medical Services v. Russo, its first abortion-related case following the changeover from Justices Scalia and Kennedy to Gorsuch and Kavanaugh. On the other hand, the COVID-19 pandemic has also impacted access to abortion, sexual health, and reproductive health services. For example, hospitals have been struggling with how to keep patients and providers safe from COVID-19 while respecting the autonomy of laboring parents. Some policymakers have labeled abortion services non-essential while some providers work to use telehealth to deliver reproductive services. Join us for a discussion of the Supreme Court’s decision in June Medical and a dissection of the impact that COVID-19 has had on this field.
LINK https://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/details/reproductive-rights-in-2020
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The Future of Fashion
Thursday, July 16
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-future-of-fashion-tickets-109860315160
Join us as we dive deep into the brands and leaders who show us the opportunities yet to be discovered in the future of fashion tech.
For decades fashion has been bucketed as “behind the times” in technology and innovation, but there just isn’t room for that anymore.
Between the downfall of foot traffic and the upside of direct-to-consumer brands - both brick & mortar and ecomm are striving to find ways to enhance the consumer experience. As fashion takes a pivotal role across sustainability and innovation, technology must be at the center of this conversation.
Join us as we dive deep into the brands, companies, and leaders who are doing it right and the opportunities yet to be discovered in the future of tech inside fashion.
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Resilient Trees for a New Climate
Thursday, July 16
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/resilient-trees-for-a-new-climate-tickets-111724966382
In this webinar, learn about the impending effects of climate change on Bay Area trees and which trees could be resilient long-term.
Webinar featuring:
Dr. Igor Lacan, Environmental Horticulture Advisor, University of California, San Francisco Bay Area Cooperative Extension
Dave Muffly, Former Senior Arborist, Apple
Dr. Erica Spotswood, Applied Ecologist, San Francisco Estuary Institute
Our climate is changing rapidly and diversification of tree species in our cities is not happening fast enough to keep up. How can we ensure a resilient urban forest for the long term? Planting more trees is a solution, but they must be trees that will survive. In this webinar, learn about the impending ramifications of climate change for the current palette of Bay Area trees and the advantage of turning to warmer city counterparts for species selection. Find out why a diversity of oak and native species can lead to long-term resilience and why this resilience matters for ecosystem and public health. Certified Arborists will earn 1.5 ISA CEUs upon completion.
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What does Climate Justice mean for your local Extinction Rebelllion [XR] group?
Thursday, July 16
1:00 – 3:00 EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-does-climate-justice-mean-for-your-local-xr-group-tickets-112217497556
What are these ideas, and what do they mean for you? How can you apply climate justice in your work in Extinction Rebellion day to day?
*Information about the hosts is at the bottom, the ticket link is above*
In the context of Extinction Rebellion shifting its demands to include some form of real systemic climate justice, we're organising a webinar for ordinary Extinction Rebellion activists. What are these ideas, and what do they mean for you? How can you apply climate justice in your work day to day?
Speakers TBA
The Hive - a decision-making organ within XR comprising the coordinators of regional and national groups - has started a process of peoples assemblies. These assemblies will decide whether to add climate justice into Extinction Rebellion's demands, and how to do so. Judging by a recent poll put out by GJR and the 4th Demand Network, a huge majority of people in XR support a climate justice demand. So, it's likely this process will lead to its adoption - something we all salute.
But this process is estimated to take seven weeks to complete. That means it will end only two weeks before the start of the next UK Rebellion, scheduled for September 1st. This will be too late for it to be systematically incorporated in actions and structure across the board.
So let's start that conversation now.
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Monthly overview of IRI's Global Seasonal Climate Forecasts and ENSO status and forecast
Thursday, July 16
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Online
RSVP at https://events.columbia.edu/cal/event/showEventMore.rdo;jsessionid=F7E1853F3031D23FDB4E94C0A7651126
The International Research Institute for Climate and Society (part of the Earth Institute) presents its monthly climate forecast briefing. The IRI's seasonal climate forecasts and ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation) forecasts are discussed in this briefing by IRI's chief forecaster, Tony Barnston.
In addition, the IRI climate group will present results of its experimental sub seasonal forecasts.
Event Contact Information:
IRI Seminar
Seminar@iri.columbia.edu
https://iri.columbia.edu
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Richard Heinberg and Helena Norberg-Hodge
Thursday, July 16
2pm EST
Online
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSckhprFbcwOoKACWru-bKbHUh3-lKqE0UzsMEfZetMzj9idQQ/viewform
A pre-recorded conversation between Richard Heinberg and Helena Norberg-Hodge, moderated by Matt Stinchcomb, will be premiered on YouTube. In their video, they reflect on their original talks given current political, economic, and social realities and comment on each other’s work. Registration is free. We will provide registrants with a direct link to the video immediately before it is published to YouTube.
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Hurricanes and Global Warming: Expectations vs. Observations
Thursday, July 16
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hurricanes-and-global-warming-expectations-vs-observations-tickets-110987177636
Discuss how a changing climate affects hurricane formation and intensity.
This training will be led by Dr. Christopher Landsea, the Branch Chief with the National Hurricane Center's Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch.
Dr. Landsea will discuss how a changing climate affects hurricane formation and intensity, with a focus on the Gulf of Mexico region. He will also discuss the timeline for when we could see impacts to storms. Dr. Landsea will also share tips on what we (planners, floodplain managers, emergency managers) should be thinking about and/or doing to better prepare for changing conditions.
This training is eligible for AICP and ASFPM CEUs. Please indicate during registration if you would like one or both.
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Rapid Decarbonization Throughout the Building Lifecycle
Thursday, July 16
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rapid-decarbonization-throughout-the-building-lifecycle-tickets-110018420056
To deal with increasing impacts from anthropomorphic climate change, the building industry must rapidly revolutionize standard practices for building design, construction and operation. This webinar will feature four industry professionals with diverse perspectives who are leading efforts in decarbonization of commercial buildings, from cradle to grave. They will present advanced carbon and life-cycle tools such as Tally and EC3, and also case studies including mass timber construction for new and retrofit projects. The session will include time for Q&A.
This live webinar is free and open to the public. The symposium is co-sponsored by CBE, SmithGroup, the Carbon Leadership Forum and PG&E.
This event will take place via Zoom; link will be provided upon registration.
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NRDC Webinar: The Deep Connection Between Healthy Communities and Racial Justice
Thursday, July 16
3 p.m. E.T/ 2 p.m. CT/ 1 p.m. MT/ 12 p.m. PT
Online
RSVP at https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=reg20.jsp&partnerref=membr&eventid=2460888&sessionid=1&key=2ADE5C80BBBCA40C9FDF80C638E12613®Tag=&sourcepage=register
The webinar will focus on the intersection of racial equity, public health, and the environment — particularly the public health burdens Black communities experience due to pollution, and the solutions NRDC is working to implement with partners in communities across the country.
Joining the call will be NRDC President Gina McCarthy and two experts from NRDC's Healthy People & Thriving Communities program — Kristi Pullen Fedinick, Senior Scientist and Director of Science, and Ramya Sivasubramanian, Deputy Director and Senior Attorney of Environmental Justice.
This webinar is designed as a conversation, so there will be plenty of time for discussion and questions after the briefing.
We hope you can join us for this exclusive member event!
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Faculty Forum Online: Beyond the Driverless Car
Thursday, July 16
3:00pm to 4:00pm
Online
RSVP at http://alumic.mit.edu/s/1314/17form/interior.aspx?sid=1314&pgid=53085&gid=13&cid=86203&ecid=86203&post_id=0
Autonomous vehicles cruise our city streets and highways. Now what?
Join Anthony Townsend PhD '03 and Carlo Ratti, director of the MIT Senseable City Lab, for a discussion of how cities and urban innovation are poised to change in the years ahead with the advance of driverless vehicles.
The two will discuss current projects underway in the Senseable City Lab and the research behind Townsend's new book Ghost Road, published in spring 2020 - and take questions from alumni in this interactive forum.
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State of Food Tech/AgTech Investor Panel + Startup Pitches (On Zoom)
Thursday, July 16
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://bit.ly/2XUnITA
Cost: $15
State of Food Tech/AgTech Investor Panel + Startup Pitches (On Zoom)
***ATTENTION: DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS, WE ARE MOVING TO A 100% WEBINAR FORMAT ON ZOOM. EVENT LINK WILL BE PROVIDED IN YOUR CONFIRMATION EMAIL.***
PRICE GOES UP MONDAY 7/13 11:59PM PDT/ 12:59AM MDT/ 1:59AM CDT/ 2:59AM EDT/ 7:59AM BDT
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Intro to Extinction Rebellion’s [XR’s] Self Organizing System
Thursday, July 16
6 - 8 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUtcuqhqD4qHdYEJO4XvHosnmo5jLVX6-jW
A mass movement has to unlock the leadership and creativity of far more people than a top-down structure will allow. XR's approach to governance has been vital to our growth and effectiveness, and a shared understanding of our structure and decision-making will be key to continued success!
This training covers the building blocks of SOS, including: 1) working groups and mandates 2) creating roles that empower people to get stuff done 3) making decisions and learning from them
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“… But Does My Black Life Matter?” A Conversation with Brian Corr
Thursday, July 16
7:00PM
Online
RSVP at https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe.c/10551687
Brian Corr, Central Square Theater Board Member and Executive Director of the Cambridge Peace Commission, wrote his essay on June 5, during the global Black Lives Matter protests over the killing of George Floyd and the flurry of people declaring “Black Lives Matter" with signs, t-shirts, and chalk:
“I’m not asking if you care about me, respect me, like me, or value my life and want me to live. I’m asking if you see me, if you hear me, and if you value me and my life without thinking about what it means for and about you.”
Join us as we explore this and other questions to examine how our values can inform our daily practices and how we can be conscious of choices we make in our anti-racist activism.
Please read the two linked essays below to prepare for this discussion (estimated reading time 10 to 15 minutes).
"...But does my Black Life Matter?"
by Brian Corr, June 4, 2020
https://medium.com/@bcorr/but-does-my-black-life-matter-a45e851768cc
"Making sure that #BlackLivesMatter is Not about Your Need to #DoSomething!"
By Brian Corr, June 10, 2020
https://medium.com/@bcorr/making-sure-that-blacklivesmatter-is-not-about-your-need-to-dosomething-b0fac8cc89bc
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Environmental Injustice in the Caribbean & the United States - Workshop
Thursday, July 16
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/environmental-injustice-in-the-caribbean-the-united-states-workshop-tickets-112019519398
Join us for a lesson and discussion on environmental injustice over time in United States and the Caribbean
The current systemic oppression of BIPOC communities has transformed since the eras of slavery and Jim Crow, but still remains. In addition, police brutality and racial injustices are rooted in a deep history of the simultaneous exploitation of people and of the environment. These injustices persist in the present and intensify the effects of climate change on BIPOC communities.
We are thrilled to be working with Teju Adisa-Farrar, MS, to co-host a lesson and discussion about the causes and impacts of these injustices both nationally, and in South Florida & the Caribbean. Teju's academic background is in cultural geography and sociology, and she has years of experience writing and educating about human displacement, environmental oppression, and activism, to audiences around the globe. We are honored to be bringing her expertise to the Debris Free Oceans community.
Join us on Zoom as we dive into these topics, and how they relate to Teju's experiences as a Jamaican-American, and the experiences of BIPOC communities in South Florida and throughout the US. We will go through some slides about the past, present, and future of these issues, and periodically open up the floor for questions and a discussion.
This event will be recorded and streamed to Facebook Live, so please turn off your camera and audio if you would not like to be recorded. An RSVP is required to receive the Zoom invitation, and the Live stream will be available on the Debris Free Oceans Facebook page.
As South Floridians at ground zero for climate change, our communities are staged to soon experience the exacerbation of historical environmental injustices. It is our responsibility to understand and address the roots of these problems and set an example for others to follow.
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Friday, July 17
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Accelerating the Transition to Climate-Smart Health Care
Friday, July 17
8.30 am - 9.30 am.
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/accelerating-the-transition-to-climate-smart-health-care-tickets-109707618440
Health care is on the frontlines of climate change, bearing the costs of increased diseases and more frequent, severe extreme weather events. It is critical that hospitals are able to care for people not only during and after extreme weather events, but also to address the social determinants of health to build resilient communities. Health Care Without Harm works with hospitals across the country on climate solutions in a three-pillar framework of mitigation, resilience, and leadership. Come learn about how hospitals can support the transition to climate-smart health care.
Zoom link: https://miami.zoom.us/j/91929027730?pwd=UXRkdTM1YnBCNTQ2OTlDclJMMWlhQT09
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One-on-one with Nasreen Al-Amin
Friday, July 17
9am EST
Online
RSVP at https://www.wedonthavetime.org/climate-action-news/one-on-one-with-nasreen-al-amin
Tune in to listen to Nasreen Al-Amin from Nigeria talks about the organization Surge Africa that she has founded addresses the multi-dimensional threat to Africa that climate change poses.
Climate Action News is our broadcast about action and sustainable solutions. We invite our community, climate advocacy groups, leaders, and businesses to share their knowledge and insights. You can participate actively by commenting live during and after the broadcast. Get instructions or download our app to join the discussion. Welcome!
Hosts and guests
Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson, Host, We Don't Have Time
Hosting this global broadcast is Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson, an expert moderator, lecturer, and devoted workshop-leader in facilitating sustainable development. Catarina moderates for the EU Commission, the Swedish Government, corporations, local municipalities, and universities. She lectures based on the UN Sustainable Global Development Goals internationally and has TV-skills from her background as a television program host at SVT, Swedish Public Television. She is also content director at A Sustainable Tomorrow.
Nasreen Al-Amin, Founder and Executive Director of Surge Africa
Founder and Executive Director of Surge Africa, a community-based organisation that aims to support the most vulnerable people at the local level in Northern Nigeria. Surge Africa does this by helping people understand the threats posed by the climate crisis and devising coping strategies to reduce its impact. Her recent work is focused on bridging the gap between community impact and climate news through providing content creators access to media platforms.
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EBC Second Annual New England State Energy Leaders Virtual Conference
Friday, July 17
9:30 am – 2:00 pm
Online
RSVP at https://ebcne.org/event/ebc-second-annual-new-england-state-energy-leaders-virtual-conference/
Cost: $50 - $185
Please join us for the Second Annual EBC New England Energy Leaders Conference that will bring together the energy leaders from each of the six New England state. This virtual energy conference will provide an opportunity for each state to review their respective energy plan, program priorities, and implementation strategies. Included will be a discussion regarding the various ways the states are working together on regional energy issues.
View the Attendee List
Topics include:
Energy Efficiency
Renewable Energy
Offshore Wind
Advanced Metering Infrastructure
Energy Storage
Electric Vehicles
Biodiesel
Clean Energy Jobs
Emerging Technologies
Also participating will be ISO New England, the organization that is authorized by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to perform three critical, complex, interconnected roles – grid operation, market administration, and power system planning for the region.
A robust panel discussion between the speakers and attendees will conclude the program.
General Continuing Education Certificates are awarded by the EBC for this program (3.5 training contact hours). Please select this option during registration if you wish to receive a certificate.
Conference Chair:
Catherine Finneran, Chair, EBC Board of Directors; Vice President, Sustainabiltiy & Environmental Affairs, Eversource Energy
Co-Moderator:
Marc Bergeron, Chair, EBC Energy Resources Committee; Principal, Epsilon Associates, Inc.
Speaker Agenda:
ISO New England
Eric D. Johnson, Director, External Affairs, ISO New England
New Hampshire
Matthew Mailloux, Energy Advisor and State Energy Program Associate, Office of Strategic Initiatives, State of New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Carrie A. Gill, Ph.D., Chief, Program Development, Office of Energy Resources, State of Rhode Island
Maine
Dan Burgess, Director, Governor’s Energy Office, State of Maine
Vermont
Riley Allen, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Public Service, State of Vermont
Massachusetts
Patrick Woodcock, Commissioner, Department of Energy Resources, Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Carrie A. Gill, Ph.D., Chief, Program Development, Office of Energy Resources, State of Rhode Island
Connecticut
Victoria Hackett, Deputy Commissioner for Energy, Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP), State of Connecticut
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The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short-Term World
Friday, July 17
10:00-11:30 am EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.bu.edu/pardee/2020/05/24/save-the-date-the-good-ancestor-how-to-think-long-term-in-a-short-term-world/
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre invite you to attend a book launch virtual event for The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short-Term World by Roman Krznaric.
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Decolonizing Ourselves Co-Learning [Extinction Rebellion]
Friday, July 17
10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/96536836889
Please join us for an International Support Team event about how we can learn to decolonize ourselves. This will be a co-learning session rather than a formal training or seminar. Given the vivid reminders about how pervasive racism still is in the US, this is important work for us all to do.
More information at https://xrmass.org/action/decolonizing_ourselves_200717/
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Beyond Headlines and Hashtags - LIVE Friday Review of Pandemic News
Friday, July 17
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Online
RSVP at https://events.columbia.edu/cal/event/showEventMore.rdo
View at https://www.earth.columbia.edu/videos/channel/sustain-what
Another week has passed in the first pandemic of the 21st century, with thousands of new stories posted and printed, yet questions still often outnumbering answers.
Each Friday, the Earth Institute Initiative on Communication and Sustainability hosts a lunchtime review of COVID-19 headlines and next steps featuring Pulitzer winner Laurie Garrett, NBC’s Robert Bazell, Jon Cohen of Science Magazine and Wendy Wertheimer, formerly of WHO & NIH.
Explore more Sustain What episodes on YouTube at j.mp/sustainwhatlive or subscribe on Periscope at pscp.tv/revkin.
Solutions Journalism Network: solutionsjournalism.org
The Earth Institute Initiative: sustcomm.ei.columbia.edu
Contact Andy Revkin with questions or ideas for future segments: @revkin on Twitter or andrew.revkin@columbia.edu
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Election integrity and security in the era of COVID-19
Friday, July 17
2:00 PM
Online
RSVP at https://www.brookings.edu/events/election-integrity-and-security-in-the-era-of-covid-19/
Join the conversation on Twitter using #ElectionSecurity
The threats that disinformation and foreign interference in U.S. elections pose are not new phenomena. In 2016, Russian interference exposed critical vulnerabilities in the United States’ digital election infrastructure, and its information operations sowed political divisions across America. Now, modifications to democratic processes due to the coronavirus pandemic make the task of safeguarding the integrity and security of the 2020 presidential election even more crucial.
How will inevitable adjustments to voting practices, due to COVID-19, affect the security of U.S. elections? What measures should we pursue to dissuade our adversaries from attempting to interfere? Are we adequately prepared to counter new tactics, techniques, and procedures they might employ? And what can the federal government do to ensure that every state and county has the means to conduct a fair and secure election?
On July 17, the Foreign Policy program at Brookings will host a webinar to examine aspects of election security and integrity in the era of COVID-19. Following keynote remarks from Christopher Krebs, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Brookings Senior Fellow Fiona Hill will moderate a panel discussion on how to safeguard election security. Brookings Fellow and Deputy Director of the Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology Initiative Chris Meserole will then moderate a panel discussion on how to adapt to new disinformation tactics. Questions from the audience will follow each panel.
Viewers can submit questions via email to events@brookings.edu or on Twitter using #ElectionSecurity.
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Justice & Reparations for the Murder of George Floyd!
Friday July 17
8-10:30 pm
A backyard in Somerville, MA
Register to receive location, and we will be in touch with more details: http://tinyurl.com/BackyardCinemaUSMBOS
SUGGESTED DONATION: $5-20 per event. No one turned away for lack of funds.
GUIDELINES: Bring your own lawn chair or blanket! We will be outside :) These events are a sober space and will respect social distancing. Please wear a facemask.
White people must go beyond protest and organize to support black power and reparations under the leadership of the African People?s Socialist Party. USM zoom webinar held 6/1/20 featuring Chairman Omali Yeshitela and Director Akil Anai of the APSP and Chairwoman Penny Hess of the African People's Solidarity Committee.
USM Boston presents Backyard Cinema Series: "Smash Colonial Violence!"
An 8-week series of political education documentaries & presentations about black power, reparations, colonialism and revolutionary African resistance. Hosted by the Boston branch of the Uhuru Solidarity Movement, the organization of white people under the leadership of the African People?s Socialist Party organizing in the white community for reparations to African people.
Fundraiser for the Black Power Blueprint, a black-led economic development program building community centers, housing, gardens, a food economy and the African Independence Workforce Program to train African people being released from colonial prisons into becoming skilled professionals with their own business. Visit blackpowerblueprint.org to learn more and see photos.
CONTACT: usmboston@riseup.net / 781-214-8131 / uhurusolidarity.org
FOLLOW: @uhurusolidarity on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.
Facebook event to share: https://www.facebook.com/events/699252814266328/
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Saturday, July 18
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Climate and Covid: 20 Lessons for Responding to Crisis
Saturday, July 18
10:00 AM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-and-covid-20-lessons-for-responding-to-crisis-tickets-111195659210
Join TIPL for a presentation on 20 valuable lessons learned about crisis and climate change during the current pandemic.
We are in the midst of addressing and navigating a terrible pandemic. We also face the long-term crisis of climate change. Through careful reflection we can learn some valuable lessons that will help our nation respond to both of these crises in an effective manner. We will be presenting 20 valuable lessons we have learned.
Presenters:
Daniel Joranko is the Coordinator both of Tennessee Interfaith Power and Light and of the United Methodist Tennessee Conference Creation Care Ministry. He has a PhD in Resource Development from Michigan State University and a Masters of Divinity from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary.
Matthew Groves is a nationally renowned Religion and Science Educator. He has a dual degree in Physics and Religious Studies from the College of William and Mary and a Masters of Divinity from Vanderbilt Divinity School.
Michael Black teaches sustainability and works for a more equitable and livable future as a faculty member in the Neuroscience Institute at Georgia State University, a Global Ministries United Methodist EarthKeeper, and a member of Decatur First UMC.
To attend the Climate Academy on July 18th, please RSVP and you will hear from us soon with additional information about how to join this online conversation!
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Sunday, July 19
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Race and Climate: A Space for BIPOC Climate Activists
Sunday, July 19
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/race-and-climate-a-space-for-bipoc-climate-activists-tickets-112713408840
BIPOC climate activists are invited to share and listen to stories about working in a white-dominated space.
Climate change is the great exacerbator. Systematically oppressed communities, including and especially those made up of Black people, Indigenous peoples, and people of color, continue to bear a disproportionately large share of the burdens caused by climate change. As reported in 2012 by the NAACP, 78% of Black people lived within 30 miles of a coal plant. People of color breath 40% more polluted air than white communities. That’s just the air; this doesn’t include ways people of color are disproportionately affected by heat waves, wildfires, floods, and storms.
However, the world of climate organizing does not always reflect these inequities. For many of us working in the climate organizing realm, our advocacy is taking place in predominantly White environments. We offer this workshop as a means for BIPOC climate organizers to come together and exchange ideas in a space guided by vulnerability and hope. We will share and listen to our intersectional climate stories. We will share and listen to our stories about being BIPOC in a white-dominated sphere. And, we will envision a climate movement rooted in collective liberation. Racial justice is climate justice.
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Extinction Rebellion [XR] Orientation
Sunday, July 19
5 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErd-CrqjIrH9NVHNvK_lX7poM3PN14iFYU
If you are new to Extinction Rebellion or would just like to learn more about how it works, please join us for a cool conversation.
We will cover the following:
What is XR? What is civil disobedience & direct action?
What do we want?
What are our principles and values?
How are we organized?
Learn how you can get involved!
The session will run for around 90 minutes.
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Monday, July 20
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Meet Unilever: Climate Leadership from a Household Name
Monday, July 20
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/meet-unilever-climate-leadership-from-a-household-name-tickets-113127828380
Unilever is excited to work with entrepreneurs to advance its sustainability leadership — discuss how you and your technologies fit in.
About this Event
You've probably heard of Unilever, and chances are you've enjoyed many of their products over the years. (Eaten Ben & Jerry's, used Dove soap, or had a Lipton iced tea recently?) But did you know they recently announced ambitious climate and sustainability goals, including Net Zero by 2039? One of our newest partners, Unilever has joined the Greentown community to tap into the innovation ecosystem and work with startups like you to achieve their climate targets.
Join EVP of Supply Chain, Biswaranjan Sen, to:
Learn more about Unilever's sustainability commitments
Hear an introduction of the company's journey to become the household name they are today
Discuss how climatetech innovators can get involved.
About Unilever
Unilever is one of the world's leading suppliers of Beauty & Personal Care, Home Care, and Foods & Refreshment products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2.5 billion consumers a day. It has 155,000 employees and generated sales of €52 billion in 2019. Over half of the company's footprint is in developing and emerging markets. Unilever has around 400 brands found in homes all over the world, including Dove, Knorr, Dirt Is Good, Rexona, Hellmann's, Lipton, Wall's, Lux, Magnum, Axe, Sunsilk and Surf.
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Lift every voice: The urgency of universal civic duty voting
Monday, July 20
1 – 2 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://connect.brookings.edu/register-to-watch-lift-every-voice-universal-civic-voting
SPEAKER(S) Cornell William Brooks, Harvard Kennedy School
Brenda Wright, Demos
MarÃa Teresa Kumar, Voto Latino
Janai Nelson, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
Moderator: Miles Rapoport, Harvard Kennedy School
Co-Moderator: E.J. Dionne, Jr., Brookings Institution
DETAILS Our current crisis of governance has focused unprecedented public attention on intolerable inequities and demands that Americans think boldly and consider reforms that until now seemed beyond our reach. A new report from The Brookings Institution and the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School explores the idea of requiring every eligible citizen to participate in our elections.
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Imagining a World Post-Covid with Rob Hopkins
Monday, July 20
1:00 – 2:00pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/imagining-a-world-post-covid-with-rob-hopkins-tickets-109450058070
Rob Hopkins joins us for our fifth in a series of interactive talks on the climate emergency, environmentalism and Green politics.
About this Event
We are excited to have Rob Hopkins join us for our fifth in a series of interactive talks on the climate emergency, environmentalism and Green politics in light of the global pandemic. Rob will be discussing how we can unleash the power of imagination to create the future we want post-Covid.
The format will be an introductory talk by a Rob, followed by a Q&A and finishing off in breakout rooms to have more interactive discussions in smaller groups.
Title: Imagining a World Post-Covid
Joining the Meeting
Book your place through EventBrite. At the bottom of your confirmation email, you will find a link to the Zoom room. Make sure to check your Junk / Spam folder. Please email contact@cambridge.greenparty.org.uk if you have any questions.
About the Speaker
Rob Hopkins is a cofounder of Transition Town Totnes and Transition Network, and the author of The Power of Just Doing Stuff, The Transition Handbook, and The Transition Companion. In 2012, he was voted one of the Independent’s top 100 environmentalists and was on Nesta and the Observer’s list of Britain’s 50 New Radicals. Hopkins has also appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Four Thought and A Good Read, in the French film phenomenon Demain and its sequel Apres Demain, and has spoken at TEDGlobal and three TEDx events.
An Ashoka Fellow, Hopkins also holds a doctorate degree from the University of Plymouth and has received two honorary doctorates from the University of the West of England and the University of Namur. He is a keen gardener, a founder of New Lion Brewery in Totnes, and a director of Totnes Community Development Society, the group behind Atmos Totnes, an ambitious, community-led development project.
Find out more through his blogs at transtionnetwork.org and robhopkins.net and tweets at @robintransition.
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Creative Climate Conversations
Monday, July 20
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/creative-climate-conversations-tickets-113056579272
Are you a young person between the ages of 18-30? Are you interested in art and climate change?
Join us for an evening conversation and creative session to connect with youth in the Greater Toronto Area about climate change!
Event schedule:
Opening introduction 6:30 - 6:45 PM
Workshop 1: Envisioning a new environmental reality post-COVID: Sketching as a medium 6:45 - 7:15 PM
Live Performances (Spoken Word) 7:15 - 7:30 PM
Workshop 2: Art as Activism: Graphic design for social media activism 7:30 - 8:00 PM
Closing performances (Music)/ Climate discussion 8:00 - 8:30 PM
All levels of experiences are welcome. Spaces are limited so reserve your spot today and join us on July 20th for a fantastic evening of arts and climate conversations!
WHO ARE WE?
We are the Amplify Toronto chapter, working in partnership with Apathy is Boring. Co-funded by the European Union, Amplify is a 2-year project where European and Canadian youth organizations, networks, and associations are building sustainable alliances and innovating together in order to find solutions to gender inequality, violent extremism, and climate change. As part of the Amplify Toronto youth team working with Apathy is Boring, a non-partisan and non-profit Canadian youth organization, we’ve been working together over the past year to explore how climate change impacts youth in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
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Tuesday, July 21
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How Social Norms and Behavioural Economics Drive Tech for Sustainability
Tuesday, July 21
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-social-norms-and-behavioural-economics-drive-tech-for-sustainability-tickets-111179966272
Behaviour and tech got us into this ecological mess, behaviour and tech will get us out. Behavioural Economics in tech for sustainability.
Behaviour and technology got us into this environmental and ecological mess, behaviour and technology will get us out.
Behavioural economist Yolanda Berry will share how technologies coupled with human behavioural habits will help get us out of this environmental mess.
Yolanda will share how behavioural economics and social norms are more impactful than mindful decisions, and how technology can be harnessed to influence sustainable behaviour in human beings.
She will touch on:
How the latest technologies have changed human behaviour
How behavioural trends have been evolving.
How social norms impact our independent economic decisions
How technology price points have influenced what we choose to recycle, repair or replace.
Yolanda will discuss, in as much depth as a 30 minute talk allows, how the combination of some key technologies are affected by human actions and social trends, most notably
Low earth satellite observation
Trusted distributed ledger/blockchains
Pyrolysis (decomposition brought about by high temperatures)
Trusted blue carbon sequestration
Coupled with a radical change in behaviour, how these technologies can help not only deviate the course of climate change but directly help meet many of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Yolanda will briefly outline the historical groundwork that has lead us, in the last 120 years to so radically change the way humans live. She will discuss the change in social norms that were required to make the changes that lead to our current way of life, that is so different from how humans have lived for millennia.
Yolanda Berry is Behavioural Economist for Blok Solutions and Director for Earth Sentinel. Join Yolanda for a 60 min whirlwind tour of how social norms are more impactful than mindful decisions, and how technology can be harnessed to influence sustainable behaviour in human beings
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Personal and Political Power: Citizens’ Assemblies on Climate
Tuesday July 21
12 pm ET
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/personal-and-political-power-citizens-assemblies-on-climate-registration-112687722010
Join us to learn about Citizens' Assemblies on Climate from researchers and practitioners of deliberative democracy.
A legislative package to address climate change will require a mandate from the public. This event will introduce the Citizens’ Assembly on Climate, a direct democracy tool used by the governments of France, the UK, Ireland, and Poland to gather recommendations for political action on climate change.
Join us in hearing directly from researchers and practitioners of deliberative democracy. They will discuss:
How effective Citizens’ Assemblies can be in creating momentum for policy
How different political systems absorb the impact of Citizens’ Assemblies
The potential for using this method to break through the political deadlock on climate policy in the United States.
Speakers
Moderator: Rebecca Leber - Environmental Politics and Policy Reporter, Mother Jones
Panelists:
Graham Smith - Professor of Politics and Director of the Centre for the Study of Democracy (CSD) in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Westminster and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam and Honorary Fellow at the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity
Rebecca Willis - Professor in Practice at Lancaster Environment Centre, and Expert Lead for Climate Assembly UK
Claire Mellier-Wilson - Accredited researcher observing the French Climate Change Convention and facilitator for Citizens’ Assemblies on the climate crisis and air quality in Camden and Kingston.
Linn Davis - Program Manager for Citizens’ Initiative Review program at Healthy Democracy
About Citizens’ Assemblies
Citizens’ Assemblies on Climate bring a representative group of their country’s residents together to learn about the issues, develop connections, deliberate on ways forward, and to pass on recommendations to their governments. Participants of a Citizens’ Assembly on Climate demographically reflect their country or region and undertake the work together regardless of age, race, income, education, citizenship, or political affiliation to provide their lawmakers with a public mandate for policy action to address climate change.
The Citizens’ Assembly starts with legislators requesting this input from the people, and in doing so they agree to listen to the assembly’s recommendations and consider them for concrete policy, bringing the informed will of the people directly to legislators who are listening.
Event Hosts
Citizens’ Climate Lobby - DC Chapter @ccl_dc
Citizens' Climate Lobby is an international grassroots environmental group that trains and supports volunteers to build relationships with their elected representatives in order to influence climate policy. The DC Chapter focuses on education events and advocacy that empowers people to unlock their personal and political power.
Climate Assembly US @ClimateAssembly
We are a group of advocates passionate about the opportunity to expand democratic methods to address the climate crisis. We advocate in our role as constituents who want real solutions as put forth by the people.
City Atlas @cityatlas
The mission of City Atlas is to help the public understand and prepare for the future of cities, as described in the reports of the IPCC and C40.org, and to strengthen the democratic process towards an equitable response to climate change.
Extinction Rebellion @XR_NYC
Extinction Rebellion is a global nonviolent movement to compel the world’s governments to address the climate and ecological emergency. Extinction Rebellion's third demand is for the government to move beyond politics by creating and being led by the decisions of a Citizens' Assembly on climate and ecological justice.
Need more details on CCL? Learn more here: CitizensClimateLobby.orgor sign up for our intro call cclusa.org/intro
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Author Talk: Is the future human? by Edward Ashford Lee
Tuesday, July 21
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/author-talk-is-the-future-human-by-edward-ashford-lee-tickets-109336229606
MIT Press Live! presents an author talk with Edward Ashford Lee, author of The Coevolution.
Are humans defining technology, or is technology defining humans? In this book, Edward Ashford Lee considers the case that we are less in control of the trajectory of technology than we think. It shapes us as much as we shape it, and it may be more defensible to think of technology as the result of a Darwinian coevolution than the result of top-down intelligent design.
About the Author
Edward Ashford Lee is Distinguished Professor (Emeritus) in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley, where he runs iCyPhy, a research center focused on industrial cyber-physical systems. He is the author of Plato and the Nerd (MIT Press) and other books.
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National Geographic Presents Community Archaeology and Historical Ecology
Tuesday, July 21
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/national-geographic-presents-community-archaeology-and-historical-ecology-tickets-112729346510
Lucy Gill is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Anthropology at UC Berkeley. Her research sits at the intersection of anthropological archaeology and historical ecology, focusing on indigenous stewardship of aquatic ecosystems in Central America and relations with fish and shellfish communities. She also explores the effects that natural disasters, such as volcanic events, have had on these ecosystems and the humans who lived with them in order to contemplate more sustainable ways of being in the wake of anthropogenic climate change. Her research innovates transdisciplinary methods that hold archaeology accountable to local community partnerships and braid Western scientific methods with traditional knowledge. She currently directs Darién Profundo, which takes a deep history approach to the Darién Province of Panama, a region that is often problematically portrayed as a primeval ‘gap’. This project currently partners with community members in Yaviza, El Real, MetetÃ, Mogue, La Palma, Punta Alegre, Chepigana and Garachiné, as well as a team of ecologists from the Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá, to document the archaeological and ecological history of the threatened wetland ecosystem of Matusaragatà and advocate for its protection. In her spare time, she enjoys scuba diving, caving, playing classical piano, and dance of all kinds.
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Languages of Nature
Tuesday, July 21
7-8:30 pm EST
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-green-future-race-gender-environment-tickets-109902794216
Tiokasin Ghosthorse—a member of the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation of South Dakota—is an international speaker on Peace, Indigenous and Mother Earth perspective. A survivor of the “Reign of Terror” from 1972 to 1976 on the Pine Ridge, Cheyenne River and Rosebud Lakota Reservations in South Dakota and the US Bureau of Indian Affairs Boarding and Church Missionary School systems designed to “kill the Indian and save the man,” Tiokasin has a long history of Indigenous activism and advocacy. He is a guest faculty member at Yale University’s School of Divinity, Ecology and Forestry focusing on the cosmology, diversity and perspectives on the relational/egalitarian vs. rational/hierarchal thinking processes of Western society.
Tiokasin is the Founder, Host and Executive Producer of the twenty-four-year-old “First Voices Radio” (formerly “First Voices Indigenous Radio”), a one-hour live program now syndicated to seventy radio stations in the US and Canada.
A master musician and a teacher of magical, ancient and modern sounds, Tiokasin performs worldwide and has been featured at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, Lincoln Center, Madison Square Garden, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the United Nations, as well as at many universities and concert venues. Tiokasin serves on boards of several charitable organizations dedicated to bringing non-western education to Native and non-Native children. Tiokasin describes himself as “a perfectly flawed human being” who is a Sundancer in the tradition of the Lakota Nation.
Website: https://www.humansandnature.org/tiokasin-ghosthorse
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Disaster Preparedness
Tuesday, July 21
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/disaster-preparedness-tickets-112836842032
Disaster Preparedness is a robust conversation about Climate Change and why we should be prepared for it.
Join the Authentic Caribbean Foundation, Cambridge City Councilor Quintion Zondervan, Sara Varela - Regional Preparedness Liaison Contractor for FEMA Region I, specializing in individual and community preparedness, Communities Responding to Extreme Weather (CREW) for a robust conversation about Climate Change and why we should be prepared for it. We will discuss what individual preparedness looks like, what resources are available to be individually prepared, and much more. Join us on July 21st at 7pm
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Wednesday, July 22
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Global Impact of Covid-19 on Higher Education
Wednesday, July 22
11:00am to 12:00pm
Online
RSVP at https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3sN8-UmcQ_GamV-A2XsMnw
Please join MISTI for a conversation around higher education’s response to the pandemic, and what the next 12-24 months hold for the sector globally. This panel includes leaders in higher education from various regions of the world.
Panelists:
Kirsty Williams, Welsh Minister for Education
Ravi Kumar, President and Chief Operating Officer of Infosys
Soledad Arellano, Vice President of Academics at Universidad Alfonso Ibáñez, Chile
Zeblon Vilakazi, Vice Chancellor, Wits University, South Africa
Moderated by: Christine Ortiz, MIT Professor and Former Dean, Founder of Station1
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Digital Health Apps: Evidence, Reimbursement and Outcomes
Wednesday, July 22
12:30 – 1 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://executiveeducation.hms.harvard.edu/thought-leadership/webinar-series/digital-health-apps-evidence-reimbursement-outcomes
SPEAKER Megan Jones Bell, Chief Science Officer, Headspace
DETAILS Apps for health, wellness and disease management are increasingly common across the healthcare ecosystem. Health systems, biotech and pharma, payers and pharmacy benefits managers are just a few of the industry sectors actively using digital tools to try to improve care delivery and outcomes.
This webinar will discuss emerging lessons and concepts from this space. What is the practical significance of the designation “digital therapeutic?” What are the current regulatory pathways? How does reimbursement actually work? Megan Jones Bell, MD, Chief Science Officer for Headspace, will discuss examples of how these interventions are being integrated into health care and some of the developments on the horizon for this industry.
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John McKnight and Gar Alperovitz in conversation
Wednesday, July 22
2pm
Online
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSckhprFbcwOoKACWru-bKbHUh3-lKqE0UzsMEfZetMzj9idQQ/viewform
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Extinction Rebelllion Community Meeting
Wednesday, July 22
7 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://xrmass.org/action/community-meeting-2020-07-22/
Let's check in with each other, debrief from our big Tax Day action, and have a little fun!
This meeting will be online via Zoom. We will aim to end by 8:30 pm.
Zoom info will be shared closer to the event -- please sign up below so we can keep you posted!
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Wearables in Art & Concert - Virtual in FrameVR.io
Wednesday, July 22
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.meetup.com/Wearable-technologies-in-Boston/events/271771546/
Presentation of the Next Generation of Wearables for Real & Virutal Events by the Inventors of the Wearable Technologies used in Major Concerts and Events such as the MOMA Gala to Taylor Swift. Link emailed to RSVP list.
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Thursday, July 23
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EBC Water Resources Webinar: Challenges Facing our Water Resources under a Changing Climate
Thursday, July 23
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://ebcne.org/event/ebc-water-resources-webinar-challenges-facing-our-water-resources-under-a-changing-climate/
Cost: $25 - $120
This EBC Water Resources program will explore how our drinking water and coastal water resources are being affected by climate change and some of the adaptation and resiliency measures local states and municipalities are doing to combat these challenges. We will also discuss the challenges associated with managing stormwater and wastewater under a changing climate and the unique measures being undertaken by local utilities to protect our current civil infrastructure and future planned investments.
This program will touch on the following topics:
Drinking Water Resources – drought and extreme event impacts on drinking water resources, the challenges of ensuring communities have adequate access to drinking water
Coastal Water Resources – rising tides and storm surge and the issues with losing our critical green infrastructure (e.g., marshes, beaches) and the protection it provides to inland communities
Wastewater – how to protect critical wastewater infrastructure from coastal and riverine flooding
Stormwater – how to get the water out (and keep our feet dry) under increasingly challenging storm event conditions and rising tides
Program Chairs:
Andrea Braga, PE, CPESC, Principal Water Resources Engineer, Jacobs
Michael Scipione, CEO, Weston & Sampson
Speakers:
Charlie Jewell, Director of Planning and Sustainability, Boston Water & Sewer Commission
Alexander Train, AICP, Assistant Director of Planning & Development with the City of Chelsea
Additional information to be announced shortly.
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A nation at a demographic crossroad: Rising diversity, youthful activism, and the 2020 election
Thursday, July 23
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.brookings.edu/events/a-nation-at-a-demographic-crossroad-rising-diversity-youthful-activism-and-the-2020-election/
Join the conversation on Twitter using #DiversityExplosion
Amid a global pandemic that is robbing the nation’s younger generations of career-defining education and employment opportunities, the millennial and Gen Z generations are also making their voices heard in leading protests throughout the country, demonstrating their commitment to fundamental civil rights for Black Americans. As the 2020 election concurrently approaches, the deep-seated political and cultural divide between a rising, racially diverse America and the whiter, older generation that was most responsible for Trump’s election, looms large.
On Thursday, July 23, the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program will convene a conversation examining this historic convergence of events. Demographer William H. Frey will kick off the discussion with a presentation drawing on his highly regarded book, “Diversity Explosion: How New Racial Demographics are Remaking America,” examining the realities of America’s changing racial demography and what that means for the nation’s future. A panel will follow, discussing the nation’s new demographic make-up and highlighting the activism of the country’s diverse younger generations and what it means for the 2020 election and beyond.
Viewers can submit questions for panelists by emailing events@brookings.edu or tweeting to @BrookingsMetro using the hashtag #DiversityExplosion.
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Extinction Rebellion [XR] Boston Book Club
Thursday, July 23
7:30 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://xrmass.org/action/xr-boston-book-club-jul23/
Join XR Boston's book club and learn about the intersection of climate and social justice. We are reading the first two chapters (until page 85) of "Frontlines: Stories of Global Environmental Justice" by Nick Meynen: "Every unpacked frontline is one cutting edge of an economic system and political ideology that is destroying life on earth."
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Friday, July 24
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COVID-19 and Climate Change: Health implications
Friday, July 24
2am
Online
RSVP at https://anu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PuMmyLeJTXGsvNj8KXgfTA
Speakers: Dr Aparna Lal and Dr Arnagretta Hunter
Environmental health researcher Dr Aparna Lal, and cardiologist Dr Arnagretta Hunter will discuss the health implications of COVID-19 and climate change. They’ll cover public health responses and any learnings we can apply to addressing the health impacts of climate change.
Recent months have seen the COVID-19 pandemic emerge as a global crisis requiring immediate, wide-spread and evidence-based action.
As countries have taken drastic measures to curb the spread of the virus, comparisons have arisen between the global response to COVID-19 and climate change. Despite their fundamental differences, they are both significant global challenges that require immediate action based upon scientific evidence.
So how and why have our responses differed, and what can we learn from the handling of COVID-19 to apply to our response to climate change?
Join us for this new online event series, COVID-19 and Climate Change, to discuss these questions and more with leading researchers in the area.
Environmental health researcher, Dr Aparna Lal and cardiologist Dr Arnagretta Hunter will discuss the health implications of COVID-19 and climate change. They’ll cover public health responses and any learnings we can apply to addressing the health impacts of climate change.
These events will be recorded. The recording will be made available after the event through the ANU Climate Change Institute YouTube channel.
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One-on-one with Bertrand Piccard
Friday, July 24
9am EST
Online
RSVP at https://www.wedonthavetime.org/climate-action-news/one-on-one-with-bertrand-piccard
On this episode the medical doctor and explorer Bertrand Piccard - famous for his solar flight around the world - talks about his firm believe in technology to save the environment. He explains why he will travel around the world and present 1000 solutions that protect the environment in a profitable way to decision-makers.
Climate Action News is our broadcast about action and sustainable solutions. We invite our community, climate advocacy groups, leaders, and businesses to share their knowledge and insights. You can participate actively by commenting live during and after the broadcast. Get instructions or download our app to join the discussion. Welcome!
Hosts and guests
Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson, Host, We Don't Have Time
Hosting this global broadcast is Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson, an expert moderator, lecturer, and devoted workshop-leader in facilitating sustainable development. Catarina moderates for the EU Commission, the Swedish Government, corporations, local municipalities, and universities. She lectures based on the UN Sustainable Global Development Goals internationally and has TV-skills from her background as a television program host at SVT, Swedish Public Television. She is also content director at A Sustainable Tomorrow.
Bertrand Piccard, Explorer, medical doctor and global influencer
Bertrand Piccard is the initiator and visionary behind Solar Impulse, the very first airplane capable of flying perpetually without fuel. It is in his DNA to go beyond the obvious and achieve the impossible. As part of a legendary dynasty of explorers and scientists who conquered the heights and depths of our planet, he made history by accomplishing two firsts in aviation, circumnavigating the globe in a solar-powered airplane and before that non-stop in a balloon. The ocean depths and the stratosphere attracted his father and grandfather; the challenges of our time fascinate him. With his dual identities as medical doctor and explorer, Bertrand has become an influential voice as a forward- thinking leader for progress and sustainability and a renowned inspirational speaker. Following his pioneering spirit in favour of the cause of renewable energies and clean technologies, he has now set off to select and label 1000 solutions that protect the environment in a profitable way and will then embark on a third round-the-world journey to deliver those solutions to decision-makers, encouraging them to adopt more ambitious environmental targets and energy policies.
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Beyond Headlines and Hashtags - LIVE Friday Review of Pandemic News
Friday, July 24
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Online
RSVP at https://events.columbia.edu/cal/event/showEventMore.rdo
Watch on the Sustain What video channel: https://www.earth.columbia.edu/videos/channel/sustain-what
Another week has passed in the first pandemic of the 21st century, with thousands of new stories posted and printed, yet questions still often outnumbering answers.
Each Friday, the Earth Institute Initiative on Communication and Sustainability hosts a lunchtime review of COVID-19 headlines and next steps featuring Pulitzer winner Laurie Garrett, NBC’s Robert Bazell, Jon Cohen of Science Magazine and Wendy Wertheimer, formerly of WHO & NIH.
Explore more Sustain What episodes on YouTube at http://j.mp/sustainwhatlive or subscribe on Periscope at http://pscp.tv/revkin
Solutions Journalism Network: http://solutionsjournalism.org
The Earth Institute Initiative: http://sustcomm.ei.columbia.edu
Contact Andy Revkin with questions or ideas for future segments: @revkin on Twitter or andrew.revkin@columbia.edu
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Screening of Lumumba (2001)
Friday July 24
8-10pm
A backyard in Somerville, MA
Register to receive location, and we will be in touch with more details: http://tinyurl.com/BackyardCinemaUSMBOS
SUGGESTED DONATION: $5-20 per event. No one turned away for lack of funds.
GUIDELINES: Bring your own lawn chair or blanket! We will be outside :) These events are a sober space and will respect social distancing. Please wear a facemask.
Based on the true story of Patrice Lumumba, the first Prime Minister of the newly independent Democratic Republic of Congo. An anti-colonial leader of African people to liberate Congo from the clutches of imperialist Belgium. On January 17, 1961 he was assassinated by a firing squad in execution-style by the Belgian and US military, which was covered up for decades. Directed by Raoul Peck, in French with English subtitles.
USM Boston presents Backyard Cinema Series: "Smash Colonial Violence!"
An 8-week series of political education documentaries & presentations about black power, reparations, colonialism and revolutionary African resistance. Hosted by the Boston branch of the Uhuru Solidarity Movement, the organization of white people under the leadership of the African People?s Socialist Party organizing in the white community for reparations to African people.
Fundraiser for the Black Power Blueprint, a black-led economic development program building community centers, housing, gardens, a food economy and the African Independence Workforce Program to train African people being released from colonial prisons into becoming skilled professionals with their own business. Visit blackpowerblueprint.org to learn more and see photos.
CONTACT: usmboston@riseup.net / 781-214-8131 / uhurusolidarity.org
FOLLOW: @uhurusolidarity on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.
Facebook event to share: https://www.facebook.com/events/699252814266328/
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EBC Site Remediation and Redevelopment Webinar: Climate Change and the MCP – Resilient
Tuesday, July 28
9:00 am – 11:30 am
Online
RSVP at https://ebcne.org/event/ebc-site-remediation-and-redevelopment-webinar-climate-change-and-the-mcp-resilient-cleanups-in-a-changing-world/
Cost: $25 - $120
The effects of climate change in Massachusetts will take different forms including changes in precipitation, sea level rise, rising temperatures and extreme weather. Upcoming amendments to the Massachusetts Contingency Plan include provisions intended to emphasize that these anticipated effects of climate change are relevant to site assessment, and the selection and maintenance of Permanent Solutions under Chapter 21E.
For this EBC Site Remediation and Redevelopment program, a representative of DEP’s Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup will discuss implementation of the amendments to the MCP relating to climate change, and an LSP will examine how some more commonly-recognized climate change impacts might affect decision-making under the MCP. Finally, we will be introduced to the use of models for predicting the nature and extent of climate-change impacts.
Program Chair:
Thomas G. Fiore, Of Counsel, PretiFlaherty
Speakers:
Joseph Famely, Senior Environmental Scientist, Woods Hole Group
Ken Marra, Program & Policy Development, Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
Additional information to be provided shortly.
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Book Talk: Michael Pollan
Tuesday, July 28
4:00 pm
Online
RSVP at https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2020-book-talk-michael-pollan-virtual
Join us this summer for a series of Virtual Radcliffe Book Talks exploring recent publications whose subjects or authors have a connection with the Radcliffe Institute.
Michael Pollan RI ’16, author of Caffeine: How Coffee and Tea Created the Modern World (Audible Originals, 2020)
Reading will be followed by a discussion with Dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin and an audience Q and A.
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Living With Heat - Urban Land Institute report on expected climate impact in Boston
https://boston.uli.org/about/impact/
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Solar bills on Beacon Hill: The Climate Minute Podcast
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-cs87v-b6dbac
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Envision Cambridge citywide plan
https://www.cambridgema.gov/CDD/News/2019/5/~/media/A0547DC0640E4ABD86B519CA6FEEFF38.ashx
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Climate Resilience Workbook
https://sustainablebuildingsinitiative.org/toolkits/climate-resilience-guidelines/climate-resilience-workbook
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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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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.
To subscribe to the Boston Food System list:
https://elist.tufts.edu/wws/subscribe/bfs
To be removed / unsubscribe from the Boston Food System list:
https://elist.tufts.edu/wws/signoff/bfs
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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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Boston Maker Spaces - 41 (up from 27 in 2016) and counting: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zGHnt9r2pQx8.kfw9evrHsKjA&hl=en
Solidarity Network Economy: https://ussolidarityeconomy.wordpress.com
Bostonsmart.com's Guide to Boston: http://www.bostonsmarts.com/BostonGuide/
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Links to events at over 50 colleges and universities at Hubevents: http://hubevents.blogspot.com
Thanks to
MIT Events: http://calendar.mit.edu
Harvard Events: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/harvard-events/events-calendar/
Harvard Environment: http://environment.harvard.edu/events/calendar/
Sustainability at Harvard: http://green.harvard.edu/events
Boston Science Lectures: https://sites.google.com/view/bostonsciencelectures/home
Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/
Eventbrite: http://www.eventbrite.com/
Startup and Entrepreneurial Events: http://www.greenhornconnect.com/events/
Cambridge Civic Journal: http://www.rwinters.com
Cambridge Happenings: http://cambridgehappenings.org
Cambridge Community Calendar: https://www.cctvcambridge.org/calendar
Adam Gaffin’s Universal Hub: https://www.universalhub.com/
Extinction Rebellion: https://xrmass.org/action/
Sunrise Movement: https://www.facebook.com/SunriseBoston/events/
Mission-Based Massachusetts is an online discussion group for people who are interested in nonprofit, philanthropic, educational, community-based, grassroots, and other mission-based organizations in the Bay State. This is a moderated, flame-free email list that is open to anyone who is interested in the topic and willing to adhere to the principles of civil discourse. To subscribe email
mbm-SUBSCRIBE@missionbasedmassachusetts.net
If you have an event you would like to see here, the submission deadline is 11 AM on Sundays, as Energy (and Other) Events is sent out Sunday afternoons.
Hubevents http://hubevents.blogspot.com is the web version.
If you wish to subscribe or unsubscribe to Energy (and Other) Events email gmoke@world.std.com
What I Do and Why I Do It: The Story of Energy (and Other) Events
http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com/2013/11/what-i-do-and-why-i-do-it.html
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Since almost all events are online now, Energy (and Other) Events is now virtual and can happen anywhere in the world. If you know of online events that are happening which may be of interest to the editor of this publication, please let me know. People are connecting all across the world and I’d be more than happy to help facilitate more of that.
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Mutual Aid Networks
National
Spreadsheet of mutual aid networks
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/1HEdNpLB5p-sieHVK-CtS8_N7SIUhlMpY6q1e8Je0ToY/htmlview
Mutual Aid Networks to Combat Coronavirus
https://itsgoingdown.org/autonomous-groups-are-mobilizing-mutual-aid-initiatives-to-combat-the-coronavirus/
Local
Boston COVID-19 Community Care
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15GYuPYEzBk9KIyH3C3419aYxIMVAsa7BL7nBl9434Mg/edit?usp=sharing
Boston + MA COVID19 Resources
(This is a different Google Doc with a similar name, compiled by the Asian
American Resource Workshop)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-x6vOZKVsla5H363mtdgcyivvLmcx7-f2s6l-O_ba8A/edit?usp=sharing
Cambridge Mutual Aid Network
https://sites.google.com/view/cambridge-nan/home
Mutual Aid Medford and Somerville (MAMAS) network
https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1RtYZ1wc8jxcSKDl555WszWhQWlOlSkNnfjIOYV0wXRA/mobilebasic
Food for Free (for Cambridge and Somerville) volunteers to provide lunches for schoolchildren, elderly, and hungry
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSed0cSIoOc7-Fvoms3VHR1Lc44fjql-vTNknz_a-7T_sKDnrw/viewform
My notes to Rebecca Solnit’s A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster, about how people faced with emergency and disaster usually move towards providing mutual aid, at least until elite panic, a term in disaster studies, kicks in, are available at http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com/2016/07/notes-on-rebecca-solnits-paradise-built.html
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Monday, July 13 - Tuesday, July 14
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Vision for a Circular Future: ReUSE Minnesota's Virtual Conference
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Monday, July 13 - Thursday, July 16
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Keeping Faith in the Climate
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Monday, July 13
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12pm No #StudentBan! No Deportations!
2pm Is Now the Time to Build a Better System? K–12 Education and Systemic Racism in the Era of COVID-19
2:30pm Patricia Espinosa UN Climate Change - Covid-19: Impact on Climate Policy
2:30pm Black Lives and the Climate Crisis
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Tuesday, July 14
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9am MetroCommon Research Release: How Diverse is MetroBoston's Municipal Workforce?
12:30pm Author Talk: Handprints by Hubble by Kathryn D. Sullivan
1pm Case Study: Investing in Nature to Build Climate-Resilient Communities
2pm Case Studies in Environmental Protection: A Presentation by Earthjustice
4pm Book Talk: Maggie Doherty
5:30pm Boston Science for the People
6pm Science by the Glass: Why Small Things Matter for Ecological Systems
6pm Harvard Summer Teach-In
6pm P&P Live! Thomas Frank on THE PEOPLE, NO with Barbara Ehrenreich
6pm Solar Austin Happy Hour, Featuring Michael Brune
7pm New Bedford Science Cafe: COVID-19. Where are we now. What can we expect going forward?
7pm Harvard Science Book Talk: Sarah Stewart Johnson and Deborah Blum, "The Sirens of Mars"
7pm CLIMATE SOLUTIONS (w/ Mark Jacobson )
7pm Is There a Connection? Climate Change and Coronavirus
8pm Conversations on the Anthropocene with Lydia Millet and Kieran Suckling
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Wednesday, July 15
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11am Creative Coping for Older Adults during COVID-19: How to Stay Safe and Sane
11am Webinar: Decarbonising the social rented sector
12pm VT Water Resiliency in a Changing Climate: Planning + Design Considerations
1pm Rethinking Readiness Amid a Pandemic and Climate Crisis
2pm Election 2020: How coronavirus is changing politics and public opinion
2pm Understanding Disaster Risk and Response with Dr. Chad Briggs
4pm Boston New Technology COVID-19 Tech Showcase #BNT114
5pm Women for Impact Now Speaker Series featuring The Lincoln Project
5pm Fed Up with Climate Injustice!
6pm Greener New York City Spotlight (Online Panel & Networking)
8pm Square One with Lauren Underwood and Desiree Tims
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Thursday, July 16
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9am Biology as Inspiration for Design and Engineering
11am How COVID-19 is Reshaping the Future of Business and Work
11am Climate Risk Platform Webinar (Americas, Europe)
11:30am How can our regions and cities achieve their Zero Carbon targets?
12pm Reproductive Rights in 2020: June Medical Services v. Russo and COVID-19
1pm The Future of Fashion
1pm Resilient Trees for a New Climate
1pm What does Climate Justice mean for your local Extinction Rebelllion [XR] group?
2pm Monthly overview of IRI's Global Seasonal Climate Forecasts and ENSO status and forecast
2pm Richard Heinberg and Helena Norberg-Hodge
2pm Hurricanes and Global Warming: Expectations vs. Observations
2pm Rapid Decarbonization Throughout the Building Lifecycle
3pm NRDC Webinar: The Deep Connection Between Healthy Communities and Racial Justice
3pm Faculty Forum Online: Beyond the Driverless Car
5pm State of Food Tech/AgTech Investor Panel + Startup Pitches (On Zoom)
6pm Intro to Extinction Rebellion’s [XR’s] Self Organizing System
7pm “… But Does My Black Life Matter?” A Conversation with Brian Corr
7pm Environmental Injustice in the Caribbean & the United States - Workshop
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Friday, July 17
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8:30am Accelerating the Transition to Climate-Smart Health Care
9am One-on-one with Nasreen Al-Amin
9:30am EBC Second Annual New England State Energy Leaders Virtual Conference
10am The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short-Term World
10am Decolonizing Ourselves Co-Learning [Extinction Rebellion]
1pm Beyond Headlines and Hashtags - LIVE Friday Review of Pandemic News
2pm Election integrity and security in the era of COVID-19
8pm Justice & Reparations for the Murder of George Floyd!
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Saturday, July 18
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10am Climate and Covid: 20 Lessons for Responding to Crisis
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Sunday, July 19
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1pm Race and Climate: A Space for BIPOC Climate Activists
5pm Extinction Rebellion [XR] Orientation
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Monday, July 20
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11am Meet Unilever: Climate Leadership from a Household Name
1pm Lift every voice: The urgency of universal civic duty voting
1pm Imagining a World Post-Covid with Rob Hopkins
6:30pm Creative Climate Conversations
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Tuesday, July 21
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11am How Social Norms and Behavioural Economics Drive Tech for Sustainability
12pm Personal and Political Power: Citizens’ Assemblies on Climate
12:30pm Author Talk: Is the future human? by Edward Ashford Lee
6pm National Geographic Presents Community Archaeology and Historical Ecology
7pm Languages of Nature
7pm Disaster Preparedness
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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
The Faces of Mountains
https://medium.com/@gmokery/the-faces-of-mounta-3c3bd5d4d03c?source=friends_link&sk=9464032862007e5b71b86e4b09816c0f
Geometry Links - July 7, 2020
http://geometrylinks.blogspot.com/2020/07/geometry-links-july-7-2020.html
City Agriculture - July 8, 2020
https://cityag.blogspot.com/2020/07/city-agriculture-july-8-2020.html
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Monday, July 13 - Tuesday, July 14
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Vision for a Circular Future: ReUSE Minnesota's Virtual Conference
Monday, July 13 - Tuesday, July 14
Online
RSVP at https://reusemn.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1386885&group=
Cost: $23 - $99
It’s impossible to say where things will be by October, but we’re shifting gears for the 2020 conference. ReUSE2020 is going virtual (!) and moving up from October to July.
Reuse, rental, and repair play an essential role in supporting and stabilizing sustainable, local economies and communities. Now more than ever, we’re seeing the limitations of our existing supply chains and the harmful impacts of our consumption patterns. We need to move away from the linear status quo to a circular, regenerative model.
While a virtual conference wasn’t the original plan, it opens the opportunity for broader connection, and access to information and speakers from around the country. ReUSE Minnesota is excited to bring an interactive and energizing experience to you, and continue efforts to grow the national reuse movement.
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Monday, July 13 - Thursday, July 16
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Keeping Faith in the Climate
Monday, July 13 - Thursday, July 16
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/keeping-faith-in-the-climate-tickets-104011832190
Common Home, Common Ground
These webinars are part of our Common Home, Common Ground series. We’ve brought together all the aspects of our public engagement to bring you a really exciting series of interactive and free to access webinars, from May to July 2020. We wanted to create a space where people can come together, or continue, to have climate conversations from home.
Webinar Series 5: Keeping Faith in the Climate
Climate change raises important moral questions about who we are in relation to the earth and in relation to others. Faith is a crucial lens through which many people seek to answer these questions. What can we learn from different faith traditions in how we approach the problem of climate change? What are faiths groups - which together account for the largest civil-society organisations globally - already doing? Join us for a week of webinars examining these questions and more.
We’ll update this page as more speakers are announced, you can also keep up to date by following us on twitter @HopeFTFuture
Monday 13th July, 4-5pm - Grief and Hope - What spiritual practices can we cultivate in response to the climate crisis?
The climate crisis is an example of ‘slow violence’, and it is incredibly difficult to both comprehend and process. Join this hour-long panellist discussion and Q&A to explore the role spiritual practices might have in our navigation of the climate crisis.
Andy Lester is Head of Conservation for the Christian environmental organisation A Rocha UK. Andy has degrees in Global Economics and Rural Ecology; and writes and broadcasts frequently on biodiversity, climate and community. He lives with his four boys and South African wife near Southampton UK.
Avnish Thakrar is a businessman and climate change activist. He volunteers with The Bhumi Project, an environmental organisation using ancient Hindu wisdom to inspire the Hindu community to tackle climate change.
Sevim Kalyoncu serves as the Executive Director of Green Muslims, a Washington, DC-based nonprofit organization working to help connect the American Muslim community with nature and climate action. She speaks at local mosques, leads nature hikes, and puts together outdoor classes through Green Muslims’ Our Deen (Faith) is Green! youth education program.
Tuesday 14th July, 4-5pm - Opportunities for Collaboration Through Faith-based Conservation and Climate Action
Faith-based conservation forges links between identity, interest and place. Join this hour-long panellist discussion and Q&A to explore examples of faith-based conservation and the opportunities it represents.
Dekila Chungyalpa - Director of the Loka Initiative, Centre for Healthy Minds and Healthy Minds Innovation
Shonil Bhagwat - Lecturer in Geography, Open University
Simon Marsh MBE is Head of Nature Protection, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). Simon is a chartered town planner and leads a team of legal, casework and policy experts. He was awarded the MBE in recognition of his work as a member of the National Planning Policy Framework practitioners’ advisory group.Simon is also a lay preacher and a member of St Neots’ Evangelical Church, Cambridgeshire. In 2012 his sabbatical project for the RSPB investigated the role of faith communities in saving nature.
Wednesday 15th July, 4-5pm - Theology of the Earth: A Discussion between the Abrahamic Faiths
How should we understand who we are?
The climate crisis has been connected to a Judeo Christian culture which is both utilitarian and materialistic. Join this hour-long panellist discussion on how theology should inform our thinking in our approach to creation and our part in it.
Hannah Malcolm is a writer and activist based in Manchester, where she set up one of Christian Climate Action's first regional groups. She is training to be a priest in the Church of England and is writing a PhD on a theological reading of climate and ecological grief.
Dr Hava Tirosh-Samuelson is a Regents Professor of History, Irving and Miriam Lowe Professor of Modern Judaism, and Director of the Center for Jewish Studies at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. A Jewish intellectual historian, Tirosh-Samuelson writes on Jewish philosophy and mysticism; religion, science and technology; and Judaism and ecology.
Shahin Ashraf MBE is the Head of the Global Advocacy Department for Islamic Relief Worldwide and has conducted a wide range of policy research projects in a number of countries, including the strategic document on the Climate Change Advocacy Framework. Shahin leads on many of the Global discussions on Gender, faith and Climate Change particularly having recently led on the strategic dialogue on Islam and Climate change initiative with several coalition organisations.
Thursday 16th July, 4-5pm - How can you journey with your MP to COP26?
The UK is set to host the UN climate talks early in 2021. This hour-long session will provide an overview of why COP26 is so critical, and act as a comprehensive guide to how you can work with your MP to help make it a success.
Rachel Mander is the Faith Outreach Officer at Hope for the Future. She is currently finishing a report on the role of democratic engagement by UK faith communities in mitigating climate change. Her concern about climate change started at university where friends at church connected environmental activism very strongly with their faith, and has continued ever since.
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Monday, July 13
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No #StudentBan! No Deportations!
Monday, July 13
12 PM – 1:30 PM
Massachusetts State House
RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/events/727054974760540/
Hosted by Harvard Graduate Students Union - UAWand Graduate Employees of Northeastern University - UAW
UPDATE 7/11/20: Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey will be joining us for the rally! Healey is preparing to sue the Trump administration: "Massachusetts is home to thousands of international students who should not fear deportation or be forced to put their health and safety at risk in order to advance their education. This decision from ICE is cruel, it's illegal, and we will sue to stop it."
On Monday July 6, ICE rescinded the temporary exemption and issued new guidance in which they announced their intent to bar students on F-1 (and M-1) visas to participate fully in online education for the Fall 2020 semester. There are five thousand F1 visa holders at Harvard University, and thousands more in the Boston area. Harvard, MIT and a host of other universities as well as our Attorney General Maura Healy have started legal proceedings.
The student ban must be stopped. That's why we're coming together on Monday July 13 at 12pm in front the State House to say #NoStudentBan and #NoDeportations. We will lift up the voices of allies and international students. We hope you join us. This event is being co-hosted by the International Scholars Working Group at Harvard Graduate Students Union - UAW and Graduate Employees of Northeastern University - UAW.
Are you a representative at another university in Boston?
Contact hgsu.general [AT] gmail [DOT] com to co-sponsor our rally. We will send you our signup form for speakers and volunteers.
How can you help as an ally?
You can use this form to make calls to representatives and ask them to stand up for international students.
You can donate masks, hand sanitizer, and sunscreen for our rally. Please bring them to the rally if you can make it or email us at hgsu.general [AT] gmail [DOT] com for pickup.
If you are an international student you read about your rights as a protestor here: tinyurl.com/immigrantprotestor
Please observe our COVID-19 safety guidelines if you will join us:
Stand six feet apart.
Wear a mask, wear sunscreen, and bring water. Volunteers will circulate with masks and hand sanitizer.
Please stay home if you have a fever or feel sick; if you are at high risk for COVID-19 and are unable to attend the protest, you can still support us! Please reach out for more info.
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Is Now the Time to Build a Better System? K–12 Education and Systemic Racism in the Era of COVID-19
Monday, July 13
2:00 pm
Online
RSVP at https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2020-k-12-education-systemic-racism-era-covid-19-virtual
The coronavirus crisis and demonstrations about racial injustice have illuminated long-standing inequities in US education, conditions that have been well-documented for decades but remained unrecognized by many until now.
As public schools and districts plan for the 2020–2021 school year and beyond, should their primary aim be to recover what has been lost, returning to a pre-COVID and pre-protest baseline? Or is now the time to reinvent our public education systems to establish a new, more equitable baseline? Can and should we attempt such reform during the continuing political, health, and economic crises? If not now, when? This Radcliffe webinar, cosponsored by the Harvard Graduate School of Education, will bring together experts from public school systems, foundations, and academia to explore these questions.
SPEAKERS:
Kevin Godden, Superintendent and CEO, Abbotsford School District, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Na’ilah Suad Nasir, president, Spencer Foundation
Justin Reich, assistant professor in the Comparative Media Studies/Writing and director of the Teaching Systems Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MODERATED BY: Meira Levinson, professor of education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
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Patricia Espinosa UN Climate Change - Covid-19: Impact on Climate Policy
Monday, July 13
2:30 – 3:30pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/patricia-espinosa-un-climate-change-covid-19-impact-on-climate-policy-tickets-112092032286
Patricia Espinosa Executive Secretary of UN Climate Change (UNFCCC) speaking on the impact of Covid-19 on Climate Policy
Covid-19 has sparked the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression, and has dramatically altered our way of life for the foreseeable future. Given the pressure governments are under to keep people safe and recover the economy, what will be the implications of this crisis on climate policy going forward? How will future climate negotiations be impacted? And what are the most effective climate policies which are viable in this new political climate, and could any actually facilitate economic recovery?
We are delighted to host Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to speak at this event:
Patricia Espinosa is the current Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the world's highest authority on Climate Change. The UNFCCC secretariat (UN Climate Change) is the United Nations entity tasked with supporting the global response to the threat of climate change. The UNFCCC has near universal membership (197 Parties) and is the parent treaty of the 2015 Paris Agreement and 1997 Kyoto Protocol. The UNFCCC secretariat facilitates intergovernmental climate change negotiations, organising and supporting the largest and most important negotiating session: the Conference of Parties (COP), and provides technical expertise and assists in the analysis and review of climate change information reported by Parties and in the implementation of the Kyoto mechanisms. It also maintains the registry for Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) established under the Paris Agreement, a key aspect of implementation of the Paris Agreement.
Ms. Espinosa has more than 30 years of experience at highest levels in international relations, specialising in climate change, global governance, sustainable development, gender equality and protection of human rights. As Mexico's representative on multilateral bodies and international organisations in Vienna, Geneva and New York, Ms. Espinosa has been engaged as leader in the global challenge to address climate change and its consequences, notably as Chair of the 16th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC leading to the adoption of the Cancun Agreements.
This event will be live-streamed on our YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOoksFYBCHqZWwVBU9qewZg
For more information about Ms. Espinosa or the UNFCCC please see the following links:
https://unfccc.int/about-us/the-executive-secretary
https://unfccc.int/about-us/about-the-secretariat
https://unfccc.int/
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Black Lives and the Climate Crisis
Monday, July 13
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-lives-and-the-climate-crisis-tickets-112799917590
Join us for a conversation about the interwoven crises of climate and racist violence & inequality, as well as prospects for change.
In this time of deep trauma and reckoning, we also encounter the promise of the Black Lives Matter protests, the largest movement in US history. This ongoing movement is raising the prospect of systemic change, including climate justice, just as youth climate activists have pushed climate justice to the center of mainstream political discourse. These shifts culminate struggle over centuries and decades, respectively, in the streets, the courts, and everyday life. They represent qualitatively new possibilities for justice, clarity, and connection.
Climate Museum Trustee Maxine Burkett of the Institute for Climate and Peace will moderate a remarkable panel including Ana Maria Archila of the Center for Popular Democracy, Jerome Foster of OneMillionOfUs, Kate Marvel of NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and Jacqueline Patterson of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program.
With a special reading by Whiting Award Winner Aracelis Girmay of her poem You Are Who I Love.
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Tuesday, July 14
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MetroCommon Research Release: How Diverse is MetroBoston's Municipal Workforce?
Tuesday July 14
9:00 A.M.
Online
RSVP at https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYld-CqqzkrEtDKcFXSHr3nYxX3Um5e1WGd
Join us for the release of important new research about the diversity of the people who work for our cities and towns — and why it matters.
Guest Speakers:
Gordon Goodwin, GARE Director, Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE)
Brandy H. M. Brooks, Director of Strategy & Development, One Square World
Seleeke Flingai, Lead Researcher & Author
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Author Talk: Handprints by Hubble by Kathryn D. Sullivan
Tuesday, July 14
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/author-talk-handprints-by-hubble-by-kathryn-d-sullivan-tickets-107579248428
MIT Press Live! Presents an author talk with Kathryn D. Sullivan, author of Handprints by Hubble
Sullivan chronicles her early life as a “Sputnik Baby,” her path to NASA through oceanography, and her initiation into the space program as one of “thirty-five new guys.” (She was also one of the first six women to join NASA's storied astronaut corps.) She describes in vivid detail what liftoff feels like inside a spacecraft (it's like “being in an earthquake and a fighter jet at the same time”), shows us the view from a spacewalk, and recounts the temporary grounding of the shuttle program after the Challenger disaster.
About the Author
Kathryn D. Sullivan is a NASA astronaut (retired), former Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and an inductee in the Astronaut Hall of Fame.
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Case Study: Investing in Nature to Build Climate-Resilient Communities
Tuesday, July 14
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
Onine
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/case-study-investing-in-nature-to-build-climate-resilient-communities-tickets-111169318424
WWF panel event on the learnings and results from a Municipal Natural Asset Initiative project in New Brunswick
Since 2014, WWF-Canada has worked with municipalities in New Brunswick to help local leaders learn the climate risks and vulnerabilities of their infrastructure, businesses and community members.
Recently, we teamed up with the MNAI and the town of Florenceville-Bristol to understand how natural assets can help reduce or prevent flooding – at a lower cost and increased resilience than engineered infrastructure.
Join us to learn about:
How nature-based solutions help reduce flood risk and build climate resilience.
The on-the-ground process for incorporating nature-based solutions into municipal plans and bylaws.
How this approach can be replicated in communities across the country.
Featured speakers:
Simon J. Mitchell, VP Resilient Habitats, WWF-Canada
Sarah Pacey, Chief Administrative Officer, Town of Florenceville-Bristol, New Brunswick
Michelle Molnar, Technical Director, Municipal Natural Assets Initiative (MNAI)
Amy Graham, National Property Underwriting Manager, Personal Insurance, RSA Canada
This panel event is a content-driven forum for:
Canadian municipalities
Local community and watershed groups across the country
Provincial and federal agencies
Insurance and risk management professionals
Engineering and infrastructure sector leaders
Community partners and funders
WWF-Canada would like to thank RSA Canada for supporting our work with community partners along the Saint John River to build climate-resilient communities.
*A recording of the webinar will be made available to all those who register.
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Case Studies in Environmental Protection: A Presentation by Earthjustice
Tuesday, July 14
2:00 PM TO 3:00 PM
Online
RSVP at https://www.hbscny.org/events/register-virtual-case-studies-in-environmental-protection-a-presentation-by-earthjustice/
Earthjustice is the premier non-profit public interest environmental law organization. Earthjustice uses the power of law to protect people’s health, preserve our magnificent places and wildlife, advance clean energy, and combat climate change.
Their slogan, “Earthjustice: because the earth needs a good lawyer.”
Earthjustice has over 140 full time lawyers, 14 offices, and 661 active legal battles. Its success rate against the Trump Administration’s actions is 83 percent.
Sam Sankar, Senior Vice President of Programs, will provide an overview of Earthjustice’s work and mission, including a discussion of key cases.
Please note that no refunds will be issued.
SPEAKER
Sam Sankar
Senior Vice President of Program at Earthjustice
As Senior Vice President, Sam is responsible for developing and overseeing the overall strategy and effectiveness of programs and coordinating the work of the Litigation, Communication, and Policy and Legislation departments. Sam has an extensive background in environmental issues. Previous positions include the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, a senior executive at General Electric, and Deputy Chief Counsel of the Presidential Commission formed to investigate the Deep Water Horizon oil spill.
Sam received his B.S. in Civil Engineering from Cornell, an M.S. from Stanford, and a law degree from UC Berkeley. He clerked for Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.
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Book Talk: Maggie Doherty
Tuesday, July 14
4:00 pm
Online
RSVP at https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2020-book-talk-maggie-doherty-virtual
Join us this summer for a series of Virtual Radcliffe Book Talks exploring recent publications whose subjects or authors have a connection with the Radcliffe Institute.
Maggie Doherty PhD ’15, author of The Equivalents: A Story of Art, Female Friendship, and Liberation in the 1960s (Knopf, 2020)
The first installment in our summer series of Virtual Radcliffe Book Talks will feature Maggie Doherty, author of The Equivalents: A Story of Art, Female Friendship, and Liberation in the 1960s, an exploration of fellowship and collaboration among five artists—Maxine Kumin, Tillie Olsen, Mariana Pineda, Anne Sexton, and Barbara Swan—who met in the 1960s at the then-Radcliffe Institute for Independent Study.
Doherty’s reading will be followed by a discussion with Tomiko Brown-Nagin, dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Daniel P.S. Paul Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School, professor of history in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and chair of the Presidential Committee on Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery at Harvard University. The event will also include an audience Q and A.
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Boston Science for the People
Tuesday July 14
5:30-7pm
Online
RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86533436999?pwd=R0hEeXU0dUoveUVBVU9nMWN1M1VUUT09
Meeting ID: 865 3343 6999
Password: 446191
We will spend most of the meeting organizing:
the OccupyPharma + #FreeTheVaccine campaigns
the Fall event about training scientists to become activists in their institutions.
We will also discuss the interesting article form the Guardian: It's time to take the 'great' white men of science off their pedestals
The full agenda for the meeting is available here
In the meantime, you are encouraged to:
sign the #FreeTheVaccine pledge: https://freethevaccine.org/why-sign-on/#ready-to-sign
sign the Sanders petition https://act.berniesanders.com/signup/coronavirus-vaccine-text/?source=txt200710-full
attend the rally (if you are healthy and able) on Monday July 13th at noon at the MA State House to protest DHS/ICE threatening to ban or deport all international students: https://www.facebook.com/events/727054974760540/
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Science by the Glass: Why Small Things Matter for Ecological Systems
Tuesday, July 14
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/science-by-the-glass-john-zak-tickets-112526902996
Speaker: Dr. John Zak - co-director of the TTU Climate Center
Descriptor: Small things impact ecological systems in a big way - no matter the location! Listen as he talks about Big Bend National Park and the effects climate change has on the ecosystems of our beloved national parks.
40 min. presentation, 20 min. Q&A!
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Harvard Summer Teach-In
Tuesday, July 14
6 – 7 p.m.
Online
RSVP at kevin_moloney@hks.harvard.edu
DETAILS The United States is currently engaged in a time of rebirth, a “great awakening.” Citizens across the world are leading the charge in critical mass against the intolerance of racial injustice. Ignited by the murder of George Floyd, champions from every class, ethnicity, religion and age, as well as leaders in activism, grassroots organizers, and private and public industries are emerging in power and growing in strength. They are bound by their purpose—to hold our country accountable to the standards of what it truly means to be a united nation of one and to demonstrate that Black lives matter.
In partnership with LaTosha Brown (co-founder, Black Voters Matter Fund and Harvard Kennedy School visiting fellow) Harvard students will lead us in a summer of community learning. We call on you to join us.
CONTACT INFO kevin_moloney@hks.harvard.edu
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P&P Live! Thomas Frank on THE PEOPLE, NO with Barbara Ehrenreich
Tuesday, July 14
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pp-live-thomas-frank-the-people-no-with-barbara-ehrenreich-tickets-111331170528
Thomas Frank discusses his new book, THE PEOPLE, NO for Politics and Prose Bookstore.
Rarely does a work of history contain startling implications for the present, but in The People, No Thomas Frank pulls off that explosive effect by showing us that everything we think we know about populism is wrong. Today "populism" is seen as a frightening thing, a term pundits use to describe the racist philosophy of Donald Trump and European extremists. But this is a mistake. The real story of populism is an account of enlightenment and liberation; it is the story of American democracy itself, of its ever-widening promise of a decent life for all. Taking us from the tumultuous 1890s, when the radical left-wing Populist Party--the biggest mass movement in American history--fought Gilded Age plutocrats to the reformers' great triumphs under Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman, Frank reminds us how much we owe to the populist ethos.
Thomas Frank is the author of Listen, Liberal, Pity the Billionaire, The Wrecking Crew, and What's the Matter with Kansas? A former columnist for The Wall Street Journal and Harper's, Frank is the founding editor of The Baffler and writes regularly for The Guardian.
A self-proclaimed "myth buster by trade," Barbara Ehrenreich has covered an extensive range of topics as a journalist and political activist. Her newest book, Had I Known has been hailed as Ehrenreich’s most impactful collection of essays from her decades’ worth of activist journalism, and highlights the brilliance, social consciousness, and wry wit of one of our country's most incisive thinkers.
Instead of a set ticket price, we ask that you contribute what you can to support Politics and Prose Bookstore and our virtual event series. We know that everyone has been affected in these trying times, and we will continue to make our programming accessible to all. That said, a suggested contribution of $5, $10, whatever you can afford, will go a long way to keep our programming—and our bookstore—afloat as we are forced to adapt to new ways of business.
The other way you can support us is always by purchasing a book from our website.
We are so grateful to be surrounded by such a loyal and engaged community and we thank you for your support, now and always.
Editoria Comment: My notes to The Populist Moment: A Short History of the Agrarian Revolt in America by Lawrence Goodwyn are at http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-populist-moment.html
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Solar Austin Happy Hour, Featuring Michael Brune
Tuesday, July 14
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/solar-austin-happy-hour-featuring-michael-brune-tickets-111677995892
Cost: $0 – $15
Solar Austin is excited to announce our July featured speaker: Michael Brune, the executive director of the Sierra Club!
An internationally acclaimed author, speaker, and environmental activist, Michael Brune will be joining Solar Austin on July 14th to talk about his work leading the nationwide movement to move beyond fossil fuels to clean energy.
Michael has served as the Sierra Club’s executive director since 2010. Under his leadership, the Sierra Club has grown to more than 3.5 million supporters, and its Beyond Coal campaign has been recognized as one of the most effective in environmental history. Prior to joining the Sierra Club, Michael led the Rainforest Action Network for seven years, during which the organization won more than a dozen key environmental commitments from America’s largest corporations.
Michael holds degrees in economics and finance from West Chester University in Pennsylvania and is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post. His critically acclaimed book, Coming Clean: Breaking America’s Addiction to Oil and Coal (2010), details a plan for a new green economy that will create good paying jobs, promote environmental justice, and bolster national security. Michael and his wife, Mary, attribute their ongoing passion for environmental activism in part to their concern that their children inherit a healthy world.
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New Bedford Science Cafe: COVID-19. Where are we now. What can we expect going forward?
Tuesday, July 14
7:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Online
RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_28wQvKTuQj-bWvvT9sojQQ
The New Bedford Science Cafe welcomes back biologist, Erin Bromage, Ph.D., associate professor at UMass Dartmouth, who will discuss "COVID-19. Where are we now. What can we expect going forward?" Since he was our guest in February, Erin's blog about how the virus spreads has gone viral (over 30 million views), and he's now a contributor to CNN and the New York Times.
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Harvard Science Book Talk: Sarah Stewart Johnson and Deborah Blum, "The Sirens of Mars"
Tuesday, July 14
7 – 8 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://www.harvard.com/event/virtual_event_sarah_stewart_johnson/
SPEAKER(S) Sarah Stewart Johnson
Deborah Blum
DETAILS Mars was once similar to Earth, but today there are no rivers, no lakes, no oceans. Coated in red dust, the terrain is bewilderingly empty. And yet multiple spacecraft are circling Mars, sweeping over Terra Sabaea, Syrtis Major, the dunes of Elysium, and Mare Sirenum—on the brink, perhaps, of a staggering find, one that would inspire humankind as much as any discovery in the history of modern science.
In her beautifully observed, deeply personal book, "The Sirens of Mars: Searching for Life on Another World," Georgetown University professor Sarah Stewart Johnson tells the story of how she and other researchers have scoured Mars for signs of life, transforming the planet from a distant point of light into a world of its own. She will discuss her book with a Pulitzer-prize winning American science journalist Deborah Blum.
LINK https://science.fas.harvard.edu/book-talks
CONTACT INFO science_lectures@fas.harvard.edu
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CLIMATE SOLUTIONS (w/ Mark Jacobson )
Tuesday, July 14
7-8:30 pm EST
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-green-future-race-gender-environment-tickets-109902820294
Dr. Mark Z. Jacobson (Professor of Civil Environmental Engineering)
SPECIAL GUEST - Webinar #2 JULY 14: 7-8:30 pm EST- CLIMATE SOLUTIONS
Mark Z. Jacobson’s career has focused on better understanding air pollution and global warming problems and developing large-scale clean, renewable energy solutions to them. Toward that end, he has developed and applied three-dimensional atmosphere-biosphere-ocean computer models and solvers to simulate air pollution, weather, climate, and renewable energy. He has also developed roadmaps to transition states and countries to 100% clean, renewable energy for all purposes and computer models to examine grid stability in the presence of high penetrations of renewable energy.
Website: https://woods.stanford.edu/people/mark-jacobson
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Is There a Connection? Climate Change and Coronavirus
Tuesday, July 14
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/is-there-a-connection-climate-change-and-coronavirus-tickets-111685654800
Panel of experts discuss the parallels between and intersections of climate change and coronavirus.
Join WJCT Public Media and Northeast Florida Regional Council for an ADAPT conversation with a panel of experts exploring the parallels between, and the intersections of, climate change and the coronavirus and how these crises are affecting our state and region.
Registrants will receive a link to the Zoom event on Monday, July 13 at 7PM.
Facilitators:
Brendan Rivers, Reporter, WJCT
Sean Lahav, Resiliency Coordinator, Northeast Florida Regional Council
Panelists:
Aaron Bernstein, Interim Director of the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Harvard C-CHANGE)
Athena Masson, Meteorologist and hurricane/extreme weather specialist, Florida Public Radio Emergency Network
Richard Weiskoff, Professor and Chairman of the International Studies Department, University of Miami
ADAPT is a production of WJCT Public Media. Financial support for ADAPT comes from our readers and listeners, with additional support from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations and the 2040 Foundation.
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Conversations on the Anthropocene with Lydia Millet and Kieran Suckling
Tuesday, July 14
8:00 PM – 9:15 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/conversations-on-the-anthropocene-with-lydia-millet-and-kieran-suckling-tickets-112270409818
Join Extinction Rebellion NYC for our third "Conversation on the Anthropocene" with Lydia Millet and Kieran Suckling.
A prolific author, Lydia Millet’s newest novel, A Children’s Bible, is a blistering tale of a group of young kids growing up on their parent’s warming planet. With her dark humor and sharp existential wit, Lydia is one of the leading pioneers of environmental fiction, exploring the stories of our changing planet and of our changing selves.
In 1989, Kieran Suckling helped found the Center for Biological Diversity, dubbed by the New Yorker as “the most important radical environmental groups in the country”. Since it’s inception, using scientific studies, litigation, and media coverage, the Center has secured protection of over 700 endangered species and 475,000,000 acres of U.S. habitat.
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Wednesday, July 15
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Creative Coping for Older Adults during COVID-19: How to Stay Safe and Sane
Wednesday, July 15
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/j/91668903870#success
SPEAKER(S) Karestan Koenen, Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Christine Ritchie, Professor of Medicine, Division of Palliative Care and Geriatric Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and the MGH Mongan Institute
Olivia I. Okereke, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Epidemiology; Director, Geriatric Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital
Archana Basu, Research Associate, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Instructor, Harvard Medical School Massachusetts General Hospital
DETAILS The COVID-19 pandemic has had a great impact on everyone, especially "at-risk" groups, such as older adults. Sheltering in place orders and public health mandates have greatly limited the degree to which older adults can interact with their family or friends and reduced their involvement in activities within the community. These restrictions can lead to feelings of stress, sadness, and loneliness. The aim of this forum is to discuss the effects of the pandemic on older adults and to offer tips on how older adults can stay mentally and physically healthy during this unique time.
CONTACT INFO Shaili Jha
sjha@hsph.harvard.edu
Courtney White
cowhite@hsph.harvard.edu
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Webinar: Decarbonising the social rented sector
Wednesday, July 15
11:00 – 12:30 EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-decarbonising-the-social-rented-sector-tickets-110788812320
A webinar exploring IPPR's plan for the housing sector to address the climate crisis, create jobs and benefit communities.
The Committee on Climate Change estimates that we need to reduce residential buildings emissions by 82.5 per cent through a combination of low-carbon heating, heating energy efficiency and appliance efficiency.
Upgrading and greening our homes is an opportunity to create new jobs, level up the UK and secure more good quality and affordable housing. IPPR has developed a plan for the housing sector to deliver faster action to address climate change; ensure further action to transform our economic and deliver a fairer approach that will lower bills and make sure communities benefit from the change to come.
At this event, we will discuss IPPR’s recent research into decarbonising the social rented sector, as well as wider policy action to address carbon objectives, funding models and consumer perspectives.
This webinar is being held in partnership with Stonewater, who have generously supported the wider research project.
The event will take place on Wednesday 15th July from 16:00-17:30 (BST). The event will take place online using Zoom, which can be accessed via internet or phone line. A link to join the webinar will be emailed to you following registration.
Our speakers:
The Rt Hon Lord Deben, Chair of the Committee on Climate Change
Thangam Debbonaire MP, Shadow Housing Secretary
Amy Simmons, Head of Policy, National Housing Federation
Nicholas Harris, CEO, Stonewater
Luke Murphy, Head of the Environmental Justice Commission, IPPR
Places are limited. Please register for your ticket.
For further details on the event, please contact Jacana on j.bresson@ippr.org.
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VT Water Resiliency in a Changing Climate: Planning + Design Considerations
Wednesday, July 15
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vt-water-resiliency-in-a-changing-climate-planning-design-considerations-tickets-111162642456
Please join the Vermont Green Building Network (VGBN) for a special lunch-time webinar event on Wednesday, July 15th from 12-1pm.
This event will feature three inspirational speakers who will discuss water as it relates specifically to buildings and construction. Topics covered will include addressing stormwater issues, reducing water demand within buildings and the status and state of water in Vermont.
You will hear from leaders from the State of Vermont, BLUE Stormwater management program and VEIC. Q+A will follow the presentations. The topics and speakers are:
"The status and state of water in Vermont as it relates to the built environment" with Julie Moore, Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources (ANR)
"Outside the building: Stormwater solutions for new and existing buildings" with Juliana Dixon, Owner/Consultant at Salix Solutions and manager of BLUE Stormwater program
"Inside the building: Demand reduction for water and energy savings" with Brian Just, Managing Engineer at VEIC
Free for VGBN members and general public. Optional suggested donation admission for non-members.
Please RSVP /pre-register to receive the webinar call in details by July 14th at 5pm!
Agenda:
12:00-12:05: Welcome and introduction with Jenna Antonino DiMare, VGBN Executive Director
12:05-1:00pm: Presentations, followed by Q+A
Presenter Bios:
Julie Moore, Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources (ANR)
Julie Moore is the Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources (ANR), and works to shape Vermont’s environmental agenda, focusing on water quality, the forest economy, and the importance of conservation. She currently serves on the boards of the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board, Vermont Council on Rural Development, as well as ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center. Before her appointment, Moore worked as the Water Resources Group Leader at Stone Environmental. She led a variety of watershed planning and assessment projects, and has a deep understanding of water quality concerns associated with runoff from developed land and agricultural areas, as well as stream channel processes and flooding.
Prior to joining Stone in 2011, Moore spent seven years at ANR where she led the state’s efforts to reduce phosphorus pollution in Lake Champlain. During her years outside of state service, Moore volunteered her expertise for several organizations dedicated to improving Vermont’s water resources, including: Friends of Northern Lake Champlain Advisory Council (Chair); Friends of the Winooski River and Watersheds United (Board of Directors); Winooski Natural Resources Conservation District (Associate Supervisor). Moore earned a B.S. in civil engineering, cum laude, from the University at Buffalo and an M.S. in environmental science and policy from the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University.
Juliana Dixon, Owner/Consultant at Salix Solutions
Juliana Dixon has a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, and a master’s degree in Agricultural Development. She has been involved with the Klamath River conflict in Northern California and studied permaculture in Yorkshire, England. Juliana was an invited speaker at the Climate Change and Sustainable Solutions conference in Brussels and offered a natural resource management presentation at Tropentag Germany. Now working on stormwater mitigation in Vermont, Juliana is enjoying empowering citizens to make the changes they want to see in their watersheds.
Brian Just, Managing Engineer at VEIC
Brian manages a team at VEIC, where he works on a variety of energy efficiency initiatives. He is a mechanical engineer with background in machine design, biomass combustion, indoor air quality, and building science. He is passionate about socializing the linkages between efficiency and non-energy benefits such as comfort, health, and embodied energy. Brian is committed to serving Vermont’s design and construction community as its members pave the way to a future of highly efficient, healthy, durable buildings. Brian also serves as the Board President of Vermont Green Building Network.
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Rethinking Readiness Amid a Pandemic and Climate Crisis
Wednesday, July 15
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EST
Online
RSVP at https://www.earth.columbia.edu/videos/view/rethinking-readiness-amid-a-pandemic-and-climate-crisis
All the prescriptions and warnings pointing to pandemic threats and a mix of climate vulnerability and climate change have been clear for decades. Yet failures to prepare and respond have cost, and could continue to cost, societies and economies dearly.
What does readiness mean in a world where the risk landscape is a mix of interconnected potholes, trip wires land mines, where your personal situation doesn't matter if societal functions break down because others aren't prepared. What can be added to the preparedness toolkit, personal and societal?
Join host Andy Revkin in a discussion with Jeffrey Schlegelmilch, director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University and author of "Rethinking Readiness."
https://ncdp.columbia.edu/
They're joined by:
Judith Matloff, a veteran journalist, Columbia Journalism School professor and author of "How to Drag a Body."
http://judithmatloff.com
Rod Schoonover, consultant in ecology and security, adjunct professor Georgetown University, former Director of Environment and Natural Resources at the National Intelligence Council and Senior Analyst in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research at the U.S. Department of State.
http://twitter.com/rodschoonover
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Election 2020: How coronavirus is changing politics and public opinion
Wednesday, July 15
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.brookings.edu/events/election-2020-how-coronavirus-is-changing-politics-and-public-opinion/
Join the conversation on Twitter using #Election2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted everyday life, including elections and campaigning. As polls and campaign momentum shift day to day and the country reckons with racism after the killing of George Floyd, candidates are increasingly finding themselves in uncharted waters. The November election is only four months away, and if the instability, unpredictability, and tension of this year is any indication of what’s to come, the lead-up to the election will be an unprecedented time in American politics.
On July 15, Governance Studies at Brookings will host a webinar examining the 2020 election landscape. Panelists will discuss the presidential campaign post-primaries, congressional and gubernatorial races, what to look for during the upcoming Democratic and Republican National Conventions, and the unconventional campaign strategies candidates are using to reach voters during the coronavirus pandemic.
Viewers can submit questions for speakers by emailing events@brookings.edu or via Twitter at @BrookingsGov or with #Election2020.
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Understanding Disaster Risk and Response with Dr. Chad Briggs
Wednesday, July 15
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/understanding-disaster-risk-and-response-with-dr-chad-briggs-tickets-110637281086
From COVID to tsunamis, the Arctic faces simultaneous, compounding hazards. Learn about disaster security, risk, and response in the North.
Environmental changes are creating new hazards in the Arctic, and shifting how we understand and plan for challenges from disasters to military strategies. Traditional methods for assessing risks will often underestimate impacts, particularly when geophysical and ecological changes undermine resilience and adaptability, and when external shocks like COVID-19 stress existing systems. This webinar with co-PI Dr. Chad Briggs explores tools for developing risk scenarios in the Arctic, and illustrates initial results of security simulations of disaster response in Alaska during the current pandemic.
Dr. Chad Briggs is the Director of the Public Policy and Administration program at the University of Alaska Anchorage and author of Disaster Security: Using Intelligence and Military Planning for Energy and Environmental Risks with Miriam Matejova. He worked as Team Leader under the Energy and Environmental Security Directorate at the US Dept of Energy, and from 2008-2010 was Senior Advisor for International Security Affairs and Special Advisor on Climate Change and Strategic Assessment. He led the Abrupt Climate Change & Security team for DOE, which was tasked with developing methods to assess security risks of abrupt climate changes and communicating these to policymakers. From 2010-2012 he was Minerva Chair of Energy and Environmental Security at the Air University, United States Air Force.
Migration In Harmony is an international, cross-disciplinary network of Arctic migration researchers funded by the National Science Foundation. Learn more and sign up at https://migrationharmony.org
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Boston New Technology COVID-19 Tech Showcase #BNT114
Wednesday, July 15
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-new-technology-covid-19-tech-showcase-bnt114-registration-103046751608
Join members of BNT's 50k network to:
See 6 innovative and exciting local COVID-19 Tech demos, presented by startup founders
Network virtually with attendees from Boston, Austin and beyond
Ask the founders your questions
Please register with a valid email address and you will immediately receive an email with the link you need to join this webcast and our online group!
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Women for Impact Now Speaker Series featuring The Lincoln Project
Wednesday, July 15
5 pm ET / 2 pm PT
Online
RSVP at https://womenforimpact.app.rsvpify.com
Six months ago, former and current senior Republican political operatives joined forces to form The Lincoln Project – steadfast in the belief that Trump and Trumpism pose a unique threat to the country. These dedicated Americans are committed to holding Trump and his key enablers in the Senate accountable, stemming the tide of Trumpism and working to correct the course of this country by electing Joe Biden to The White House.
Join Women for Impact Now (WIN) for a virtual event on Wednesday, July 15th at 5 pm ET/ 2 pm PT with The Lincoln Project's Co-Founder Reed Galen and Executive Director Sarah Lenti, veteran strategists for Senators McCain and Romney and President George W. Bush. Reed and Sarah will discuss The Lincoln Project’s strategic path to victory in getting Joe Biden to The White House and how WIN can make a profound difference in November.
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Fed Up with Climate Injustice!
Wednesday, July 15
5 p.m.
Federal Reserve, 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston
RSVP at https://xrmass.org/action/tax-day-peoples-bail-out-protest/
Fed Up With Climate Injustice!
Please sign up if you plan to attend - we need to be able to anticipate the crowd size, thank you!
On Tax Day, Wednesday July 15, Extinction Rebellion Boston will lead an action demanding that our government invest our taxes in our future!
The federal government must stop giving tax breaks and subsidies to the oil, natural gas, and coal corporations that are fueling global destruction. We demand that these funds are redirected to individuals and communities on the frontline of the climate and ecological emergency and toward a rapid transition to clean, renewable sources of energy and ecological sustainability.
Our government must tell the truth about the severity of the climate crisis and establish reparations and remediation led by and for Black people, Indigenous people, People of Color and poor communities who have suffered years of environmental racism and injustice. Our current financial and political systems treat the earth as a commodity and people as disposable.
The wealthy must pay higher taxes and our government budgets must be reallocated to build cultures of care and repair to ensure an equitable and livable planet for all life and for generations to come.
We are calling on XR Rebels to participate if you feel comfortable and safe enough to do so. We will practice social distancing, wear masks and use hand sanitizer. We will not engage in civil disobedience, but we are planning a lively and vibrant day, with some special surprises.
Together we will demand power be restored to the people to set a just course of action and rebuild our relationships to one another and the earth.
Join us on Wednesday, July 15 at 5pm! The action is at the Federal Reserve, 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, MA 02210 -->Please bring your own signs. We will have banners and some signs, but since our art group isn't meeting in person at this time we are asking folks to make their own. Some possible messaging is below. We also hope to have a print-at-home sign that we can email you a few days before the event.
Messaging ideas:
FED UP WITH CLIMATE INJUSTICE
Tell the Truth
A Just Transition
Climate Justice is Social Justice
ACT NOW, NO BAILOUTS
Our Taxes, Our Future
*More to come. Note that we are focusing on XR's Fourth Demand: "We demand a just transition that prioritizes the most vulnerable people and indigenous sovereignty; establishes reparations and remediation led by and for Black people, Indigenous people, people of color and poor communities for years of environmental injustice, establishes legal rights for ecosystems to thrive and regenerate in perpetuity, and repairs the effects of ongoing ecocide to prevent extinction of human and all species, in order to maintain a livable, just planet for all."
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Greener New York City Spotlight (Online Panel & Networking)
Wednesday, July 15
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/greener-new-york-city-spotlight-online-panel-networking-tickets-101204689952
Hear from sustainability experts about how NYC is becoming a global leader in green development and environmental goals.
In 2019, New York City passed its own city-wide version of the Green New Deal. The plan includes reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030, setting new goals for new developments and existing infrastructure like power plants.
The bill has made New York City a leader in environmental action. How are companies adapting to the new laws and how is compliance progressing one year in?
Join us to hear from expert panelists about the status of called-for changes and how New Yorkers can play a vital role in making our city a leader in the movement against climate change.
Speakers:
Stephen B. Wemple, General Manager, Utility of the Future, Con Edison
Julie Raskin, Executive Director, Foundation for NY’s Strongest, NYC Department of Sanitation
Amer Jandali, Environmental Futurist and Social Designer, CEO & Founder, Future Meets Present
Marcos Salazar (Moderator ), CEO & Co-Founder, Be Social Change
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Square One with Lauren Underwood and Desiree Tims
Wednesday, July 15
8PM ET
Online
RSVP at https://secure.actblue.com/donate/sqareonejuly15
Join Square One on July 15 live in conversation with two bold, exceptional leaders ready to pave the path forward: Lauren Underwood and Desiree Tims.
Lauren Underwood is the Congresswoman from the IL-14. She became the youngest Black woman ever sworn in to Congress when she flipped her seat in 2018 by defeating a three-term Tea Party Republican incumbent.
Desiree Tims is a candidate for Congress in the OH-10. Born and raised in Dayton, Ohio, she went on to work in the Obama Administration and Capitol Hill — and she's now running to flip her district from red to blue.
This will be an intimate conversation to hear Lauren and Desiree's take on the country today, the challenges we face and where we go from here — with time for a Q&A to answer your questions.
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Thursday, July 16
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Biology as Inspiration for Design and Engineering
Thursday, July 16
9am EST
Online
RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85690377663?pwd=NDAzcDNSakFPK0Z2T2tVRDkrWGtCQT09
Dr. Michael M. Lerch and Dr. Thomas Schroeder (both - Harvard University) on how biology can inspire elegant and original solutions for the design of new materials, systems, and structures.
Biological organisms operate within boundary conditions set by the physical world -- conditions that vary incredibly widely, from the bottom of the ocean to the tops of mountains; from tropical rainforests to arid deserts.
In the 4+ billion years since life on earth began, it has colonized nearly every possible habitat on the surface of the globe.
Each of the diverse millions of species currently alive is bristling with an arsenal of incredibly specialized adaptations that evolved in response to the selective pressures faced by its ancestors.
It pays to pay attention: these adaptations often present elegant solutions to problems and tasks faced by humans, from the design of adhesives and slippery surfaces to sensing platforms and fabrication techniques.
They also present a rich showcase of the implications of natural laws; indeed, the study of biological organisms has led humanity toward many historically important insights about physical and chemical phenomena.
Dr. Michael Lerch and Dr. Thomas Schroeder will discuss turning to biology for inspiration (at varying levels of abstraction) for the design of engineered materials, systems, and structures. They will further discuss how bio-inspiration ultimately may lead to more autonomous, lifelike materials.
HOW TO JOIN:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85690377663?pwd=NDAzcDNSakFPK0Z2T2tVRDkrWGtCQT09
Meeting ID: 856 9037 7663
Password: 193
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How COVID-19 is Reshaping the Future of Business and Work
Thursday, July 16
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.hamiltonproject.org/events/how_covid_19_is_re_shaping_the_future_of_business_and_work
The unprecedented economic downturn and protracted closures to stem the COVID-19 pandemic will have long-lasting consequences for the U.S. economy. As businesses and households adapt to working during the pandemic, these consequences will ultimately reshape the future of business and work. The pandemic also presents several complex policy challenges, including widespread business failures, which will leave some sectors with greater concentration and some firms with greater market power. It will also create persistent changes in the labor force, due to stark reductions in employment and labor force participation among already underrepresented demographics.
On Thursday, July 16, The Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution will host a webcast examining how COVID-19 is reshaping the future of business and work and the near- and long-term public policy challenges that will result. The webcast will feature a roundtable discussion with David Autor of MIT, Nancy Rose of MIT, and Betsey Stevenson of the University of Michigan, moderated by Hamilton Project Director Wendy Edelberg.
The event will coincide with the release of three new Hamilton Project essays—authored by David Autor and Elisabeth B. Reynolds of MIT; Nancy Rose; and Betsey Stevenson—and a new Hamilton Project framing paper.
For updates on the event, follow @HamiltonProj on Twitter. Join the conversation on Twitter using #COVIDEconomy to ask questions or email info@hamiltonproject.org
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Climate Risk Platform Webinar (Americas, Europe)
Thursday, July 16
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-risk-platform-webinar-americas-europe-tickets-112661914820
Join us on Thursday, July 16, for a webinar on our new Climate Risk Platform.
GRESB Climate Change Specialist, Erik Landry, will introduce the Platform, provide an overview of its benefits, give an interactive demonstration of its features, and show you how you may use it to gain a better understanding of the physical climate risk exposure of your real asset portfolios.
GRESB will be joined by Munich Re, which will be able to provide greater detail on the exposure data that will be hosted on the Platform.
This webinar is designed for real estate investors, asset managers, risk professionals, and anyone else interested in the integration of physical climate risk data into investment and development decisions in the real asset industry.
Speakers:
Erik Landry, Climate Change Specialist, GRESB
Sergey Obolensky, Executive Director Corporate Sales, Risk Management Partners, Munch Re
Dr. Jürgen Schimetschek, Manager Geo Risks, Munich Re
For more information, visit the GRESB website or get in touch via our Contact Form.
Munich Re is one of the leading providers of reinsurance, primary insurance and insurance-related risk solutions. The Group consists of the reinsurance and ERGO business segments, as well as the asset manager MEAG. Munich Re is globally active and operates in all lines of the insurance business. Since it was founded in 1880, it has been known for unrivalled risk-related expertise and sound financial position. It offers customers financial protection when faced with exceptional levels of damage – from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake to the 2019 Pacific typhoon season. Munich Re possesses outstanding innovative strength and is playing a key role in driving forward the digital transformation of the insurance industry.
GRESB is an investor-led and mission-driven initiative to provide ESG data on real asset investments to investors, managers and the wider industry. Our Assessments provide a consistent framework to measure ESG performance based on self-reported data that is validated, scored and peer benchmarked. This approach allows investors to analyze their portfolios for ESG risks, opportunities and impacts and engage with managers on their performance.
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How can our regions and cities achieve their Zero Carbon targets?
Thursday, July 16
11:30 – 12:30 EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-can-our-regions-and-cities-achieve-their-zero-carbon-targets-registration-109995316954
How do we move from high-level net zero targets to programmes of real change?
Join Arup’s sustainability leader, Andy Mace, in this thought provoking webinar to find out more about the North East’s local area energy planning for the zero carbon transition and what is happening across the UK for whole city and region planning.
We will be joined by Tim Rippon, Senior Climate Change Specialist at Newcastle City Council and Dr Elizabeth Gibson, Co-Director at the Centre for Energy at Newcastle University who will be also be presenting to give their perspectives.
This will be a Teams Live event. You will be able to ask the panel questions via a live Q&A chat option.
A link will be sent to you after registration.
Editorial Comment: Arup is one of the biggest building companies in the world. They are worker-owned and have been working on sustainability for a long, long time.
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Reproductive Rights in 2020: June Medical Services v. Russo and COVID-19
Thursday, July 16
12 – 1 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/details/reproductive-rights-in-2020
SPEAKER(S) Introduction: Carmel Shachar, Executive Director, The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School
Mary Ziegler, Stearns Weaver Miller Professor of Law, Florida State University College of Law
Jamille Fields Allsbrook, Director of Women’s Health and Rights, Center for American Progress
Louise P. King, Director of Reproductive Bioethics at the Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics and Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology at Harvard Medical School
Moderator: Emily Bazelon, Staff writer at The New York Times Magazine and Truman Capote Fellow for Creative Writing and Law at Yale Law School
DETAILS 2020 has been a notable year for reproductive rights. On one hand, the Supreme Court has decided June Medical Services v. Russo, its first abortion-related case following the changeover from Justices Scalia and Kennedy to Gorsuch and Kavanaugh. On the other hand, the COVID-19 pandemic has also impacted access to abortion, sexual health, and reproductive health services. For example, hospitals have been struggling with how to keep patients and providers safe from COVID-19 while respecting the autonomy of laboring parents. Some policymakers have labeled abortion services non-essential while some providers work to use telehealth to deliver reproductive services. Join us for a discussion of the Supreme Court’s decision in June Medical and a dissection of the impact that COVID-19 has had on this field.
LINK https://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/details/reproductive-rights-in-2020
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The Future of Fashion
Thursday, July 16
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-future-of-fashion-tickets-109860315160
Join us as we dive deep into the brands and leaders who show us the opportunities yet to be discovered in the future of fashion tech.
For decades fashion has been bucketed as “behind the times” in technology and innovation, but there just isn’t room for that anymore.
Between the downfall of foot traffic and the upside of direct-to-consumer brands - both brick & mortar and ecomm are striving to find ways to enhance the consumer experience. As fashion takes a pivotal role across sustainability and innovation, technology must be at the center of this conversation.
Join us as we dive deep into the brands, companies, and leaders who are doing it right and the opportunities yet to be discovered in the future of tech inside fashion.
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Resilient Trees for a New Climate
Thursday, July 16
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/resilient-trees-for-a-new-climate-tickets-111724966382
In this webinar, learn about the impending effects of climate change on Bay Area trees and which trees could be resilient long-term.
Webinar featuring:
Dr. Igor Lacan, Environmental Horticulture Advisor, University of California, San Francisco Bay Area Cooperative Extension
Dave Muffly, Former Senior Arborist, Apple
Dr. Erica Spotswood, Applied Ecologist, San Francisco Estuary Institute
Our climate is changing rapidly and diversification of tree species in our cities is not happening fast enough to keep up. How can we ensure a resilient urban forest for the long term? Planting more trees is a solution, but they must be trees that will survive. In this webinar, learn about the impending ramifications of climate change for the current palette of Bay Area trees and the advantage of turning to warmer city counterparts for species selection. Find out why a diversity of oak and native species can lead to long-term resilience and why this resilience matters for ecosystem and public health. Certified Arborists will earn 1.5 ISA CEUs upon completion.
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What does Climate Justice mean for your local Extinction Rebelllion [XR] group?
Thursday, July 16
1:00 – 3:00 EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/what-does-climate-justice-mean-for-your-local-xr-group-tickets-112217497556
What are these ideas, and what do they mean for you? How can you apply climate justice in your work in Extinction Rebellion day to day?
*Information about the hosts is at the bottom, the ticket link is above*
In the context of Extinction Rebellion shifting its demands to include some form of real systemic climate justice, we're organising a webinar for ordinary Extinction Rebellion activists. What are these ideas, and what do they mean for you? How can you apply climate justice in your work day to day?
Speakers TBA
The Hive - a decision-making organ within XR comprising the coordinators of regional and national groups - has started a process of peoples assemblies. These assemblies will decide whether to add climate justice into Extinction Rebellion's demands, and how to do so. Judging by a recent poll put out by GJR and the 4th Demand Network, a huge majority of people in XR support a climate justice demand. So, it's likely this process will lead to its adoption - something we all salute.
But this process is estimated to take seven weeks to complete. That means it will end only two weeks before the start of the next UK Rebellion, scheduled for September 1st. This will be too late for it to be systematically incorporated in actions and structure across the board.
So let's start that conversation now.
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Monthly overview of IRI's Global Seasonal Climate Forecasts and ENSO status and forecast
Thursday, July 16
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Online
RSVP at https://events.columbia.edu/cal/event/showEventMore.rdo;jsessionid=F7E1853F3031D23FDB4E94C0A7651126
The International Research Institute for Climate and Society (part of the Earth Institute) presents its monthly climate forecast briefing. The IRI's seasonal climate forecasts and ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation) forecasts are discussed in this briefing by IRI's chief forecaster, Tony Barnston.
In addition, the IRI climate group will present results of its experimental sub seasonal forecasts.
Event Contact Information:
IRI Seminar
Seminar@iri.columbia.edu
https://iri.columbia.edu
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Richard Heinberg and Helena Norberg-Hodge
Thursday, July 16
2pm EST
Online
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSckhprFbcwOoKACWru-bKbHUh3-lKqE0UzsMEfZetMzj9idQQ/viewform
A pre-recorded conversation between Richard Heinberg and Helena Norberg-Hodge, moderated by Matt Stinchcomb, will be premiered on YouTube. In their video, they reflect on their original talks given current political, economic, and social realities and comment on each other’s work. Registration is free. We will provide registrants with a direct link to the video immediately before it is published to YouTube.
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Hurricanes and Global Warming: Expectations vs. Observations
Thursday, July 16
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hurricanes-and-global-warming-expectations-vs-observations-tickets-110987177636
Discuss how a changing climate affects hurricane formation and intensity.
This training will be led by Dr. Christopher Landsea, the Branch Chief with the National Hurricane Center's Tropical Analysis and Forecast Branch.
Dr. Landsea will discuss how a changing climate affects hurricane formation and intensity, with a focus on the Gulf of Mexico region. He will also discuss the timeline for when we could see impacts to storms. Dr. Landsea will also share tips on what we (planners, floodplain managers, emergency managers) should be thinking about and/or doing to better prepare for changing conditions.
This training is eligible for AICP and ASFPM CEUs. Please indicate during registration if you would like one or both.
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Rapid Decarbonization Throughout the Building Lifecycle
Thursday, July 16
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rapid-decarbonization-throughout-the-building-lifecycle-tickets-110018420056
To deal with increasing impacts from anthropomorphic climate change, the building industry must rapidly revolutionize standard practices for building design, construction and operation. This webinar will feature four industry professionals with diverse perspectives who are leading efforts in decarbonization of commercial buildings, from cradle to grave. They will present advanced carbon and life-cycle tools such as Tally and EC3, and also case studies including mass timber construction for new and retrofit projects. The session will include time for Q&A.
This live webinar is free and open to the public. The symposium is co-sponsored by CBE, SmithGroup, the Carbon Leadership Forum and PG&E.
This event will take place via Zoom; link will be provided upon registration.
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NRDC Webinar: The Deep Connection Between Healthy Communities and Racial Justice
Thursday, July 16
3 p.m. E.T/ 2 p.m. CT/ 1 p.m. MT/ 12 p.m. PT
Online
RSVP at https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=reg20.jsp&partnerref=membr&eventid=2460888&sessionid=1&key=2ADE5C80BBBCA40C9FDF80C638E12613®Tag=&sourcepage=register
The webinar will focus on the intersection of racial equity, public health, and the environment — particularly the public health burdens Black communities experience due to pollution, and the solutions NRDC is working to implement with partners in communities across the country.
Joining the call will be NRDC President Gina McCarthy and two experts from NRDC's Healthy People & Thriving Communities program — Kristi Pullen Fedinick, Senior Scientist and Director of Science, and Ramya Sivasubramanian, Deputy Director and Senior Attorney of Environmental Justice.
This webinar is designed as a conversation, so there will be plenty of time for discussion and questions after the briefing.
We hope you can join us for this exclusive member event!
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Faculty Forum Online: Beyond the Driverless Car
Thursday, July 16
3:00pm to 4:00pm
Online
RSVP at http://alumic.mit.edu/s/1314/17form/interior.aspx?sid=1314&pgid=53085&gid=13&cid=86203&ecid=86203&post_id=0
Autonomous vehicles cruise our city streets and highways. Now what?
Join Anthony Townsend PhD '03 and Carlo Ratti, director of the MIT Senseable City Lab, for a discussion of how cities and urban innovation are poised to change in the years ahead with the advance of driverless vehicles.
The two will discuss current projects underway in the Senseable City Lab and the research behind Townsend's new book Ghost Road, published in spring 2020 - and take questions from alumni in this interactive forum.
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State of Food Tech/AgTech Investor Panel + Startup Pitches (On Zoom)
Thursday, July 16
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://bit.ly/2XUnITA
Cost: $15
State of Food Tech/AgTech Investor Panel + Startup Pitches (On Zoom)
***ATTENTION: DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS, WE ARE MOVING TO A 100% WEBINAR FORMAT ON ZOOM. EVENT LINK WILL BE PROVIDED IN YOUR CONFIRMATION EMAIL.***
PRICE GOES UP MONDAY 7/13 11:59PM PDT/ 12:59AM MDT/ 1:59AM CDT/ 2:59AM EDT/ 7:59AM BDT
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Intro to Extinction Rebellion’s [XR’s] Self Organizing System
Thursday, July 16
6 - 8 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUtcuqhqD4qHdYEJO4XvHosnmo5jLVX6-jW
A mass movement has to unlock the leadership and creativity of far more people than a top-down structure will allow. XR's approach to governance has been vital to our growth and effectiveness, and a shared understanding of our structure and decision-making will be key to continued success!
This training covers the building blocks of SOS, including: 1) working groups and mandates 2) creating roles that empower people to get stuff done 3) making decisions and learning from them
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“… But Does My Black Life Matter?” A Conversation with Brian Corr
Thursday, July 16
7:00PM
Online
RSVP at https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe.c/10551687
Brian Corr, Central Square Theater Board Member and Executive Director of the Cambridge Peace Commission, wrote his essay on June 5, during the global Black Lives Matter protests over the killing of George Floyd and the flurry of people declaring “Black Lives Matter" with signs, t-shirts, and chalk:
“I’m not asking if you care about me, respect me, like me, or value my life and want me to live. I’m asking if you see me, if you hear me, and if you value me and my life without thinking about what it means for and about you.”
Join us as we explore this and other questions to examine how our values can inform our daily practices and how we can be conscious of choices we make in our anti-racist activism.
Please read the two linked essays below to prepare for this discussion (estimated reading time 10 to 15 minutes).
"...But does my Black Life Matter?"
by Brian Corr, June 4, 2020
https://medium.com/@bcorr/but-does-my-black-life-matter-a45e851768cc
"Making sure that #BlackLivesMatter is Not about Your Need to #DoSomething!"
By Brian Corr, June 10, 2020
https://medium.com/@bcorr/making-sure-that-blacklivesmatter-is-not-about-your-need-to-dosomething-b0fac8cc89bc
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Environmental Injustice in the Caribbean & the United States - Workshop
Thursday, July 16
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/environmental-injustice-in-the-caribbean-the-united-states-workshop-tickets-112019519398
Join us for a lesson and discussion on environmental injustice over time in United States and the Caribbean
The current systemic oppression of BIPOC communities has transformed since the eras of slavery and Jim Crow, but still remains. In addition, police brutality and racial injustices are rooted in a deep history of the simultaneous exploitation of people and of the environment. These injustices persist in the present and intensify the effects of climate change on BIPOC communities.
We are thrilled to be working with Teju Adisa-Farrar, MS, to co-host a lesson and discussion about the causes and impacts of these injustices both nationally, and in South Florida & the Caribbean. Teju's academic background is in cultural geography and sociology, and she has years of experience writing and educating about human displacement, environmental oppression, and activism, to audiences around the globe. We are honored to be bringing her expertise to the Debris Free Oceans community.
Join us on Zoom as we dive into these topics, and how they relate to Teju's experiences as a Jamaican-American, and the experiences of BIPOC communities in South Florida and throughout the US. We will go through some slides about the past, present, and future of these issues, and periodically open up the floor for questions and a discussion.
This event will be recorded and streamed to Facebook Live, so please turn off your camera and audio if you would not like to be recorded. An RSVP is required to receive the Zoom invitation, and the Live stream will be available on the Debris Free Oceans Facebook page.
As South Floridians at ground zero for climate change, our communities are staged to soon experience the exacerbation of historical environmental injustices. It is our responsibility to understand and address the roots of these problems and set an example for others to follow.
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Friday, July 17
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Accelerating the Transition to Climate-Smart Health Care
Friday, July 17
8.30 am - 9.30 am.
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/accelerating-the-transition-to-climate-smart-health-care-tickets-109707618440
Health care is on the frontlines of climate change, bearing the costs of increased diseases and more frequent, severe extreme weather events. It is critical that hospitals are able to care for people not only during and after extreme weather events, but also to address the social determinants of health to build resilient communities. Health Care Without Harm works with hospitals across the country on climate solutions in a three-pillar framework of mitigation, resilience, and leadership. Come learn about how hospitals can support the transition to climate-smart health care.
Zoom link: https://miami.zoom.us/j/91929027730?pwd=UXRkdTM1YnBCNTQ2OTlDclJMMWlhQT09
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One-on-one with Nasreen Al-Amin
Friday, July 17
9am EST
Online
RSVP at https://www.wedonthavetime.org/climate-action-news/one-on-one-with-nasreen-al-amin
Tune in to listen to Nasreen Al-Amin from Nigeria talks about the organization Surge Africa that she has founded addresses the multi-dimensional threat to Africa that climate change poses.
Climate Action News is our broadcast about action and sustainable solutions. We invite our community, climate advocacy groups, leaders, and businesses to share their knowledge and insights. You can participate actively by commenting live during and after the broadcast. Get instructions or download our app to join the discussion. Welcome!
Hosts and guests
Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson, Host, We Don't Have Time
Hosting this global broadcast is Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson, an expert moderator, lecturer, and devoted workshop-leader in facilitating sustainable development. Catarina moderates for the EU Commission, the Swedish Government, corporations, local municipalities, and universities. She lectures based on the UN Sustainable Global Development Goals internationally and has TV-skills from her background as a television program host at SVT, Swedish Public Television. She is also content director at A Sustainable Tomorrow.
Nasreen Al-Amin, Founder and Executive Director of Surge Africa
Founder and Executive Director of Surge Africa, a community-based organisation that aims to support the most vulnerable people at the local level in Northern Nigeria. Surge Africa does this by helping people understand the threats posed by the climate crisis and devising coping strategies to reduce its impact. Her recent work is focused on bridging the gap between community impact and climate news through providing content creators access to media platforms.
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EBC Second Annual New England State Energy Leaders Virtual Conference
Friday, July 17
9:30 am – 2:00 pm
Online
RSVP at https://ebcne.org/event/ebc-second-annual-new-england-state-energy-leaders-virtual-conference/
Cost: $50 - $185
Please join us for the Second Annual EBC New England Energy Leaders Conference that will bring together the energy leaders from each of the six New England state. This virtual energy conference will provide an opportunity for each state to review their respective energy plan, program priorities, and implementation strategies. Included will be a discussion regarding the various ways the states are working together on regional energy issues.
View the Attendee List
Topics include:
Energy Efficiency
Renewable Energy
Offshore Wind
Advanced Metering Infrastructure
Energy Storage
Electric Vehicles
Biodiesel
Clean Energy Jobs
Emerging Technologies
Also participating will be ISO New England, the organization that is authorized by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to perform three critical, complex, interconnected roles – grid operation, market administration, and power system planning for the region.
A robust panel discussion between the speakers and attendees will conclude the program.
General Continuing Education Certificates are awarded by the EBC for this program (3.5 training contact hours). Please select this option during registration if you wish to receive a certificate.
Conference Chair:
Catherine Finneran, Chair, EBC Board of Directors; Vice President, Sustainabiltiy & Environmental Affairs, Eversource Energy
Co-Moderator:
Marc Bergeron, Chair, EBC Energy Resources Committee; Principal, Epsilon Associates, Inc.
Speaker Agenda:
ISO New England
Eric D. Johnson, Director, External Affairs, ISO New England
New Hampshire
Matthew Mailloux, Energy Advisor and State Energy Program Associate, Office of Strategic Initiatives, State of New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Carrie A. Gill, Ph.D., Chief, Program Development, Office of Energy Resources, State of Rhode Island
Maine
Dan Burgess, Director, Governor’s Energy Office, State of Maine
Vermont
Riley Allen, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Public Service, State of Vermont
Massachusetts
Patrick Woodcock, Commissioner, Department of Energy Resources, Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Carrie A. Gill, Ph.D., Chief, Program Development, Office of Energy Resources, State of Rhode Island
Connecticut
Victoria Hackett, Deputy Commissioner for Energy, Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP), State of Connecticut
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The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short-Term World
Friday, July 17
10:00-11:30 am EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.bu.edu/pardee/2020/05/24/save-the-date-the-good-ancestor-how-to-think-long-term-in-a-short-term-world/
The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre invite you to attend a book launch virtual event for The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short-Term World by Roman Krznaric.
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Decolonizing Ourselves Co-Learning [Extinction Rebellion]
Friday, July 17
10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/96536836889
Please join us for an International Support Team event about how we can learn to decolonize ourselves. This will be a co-learning session rather than a formal training or seminar. Given the vivid reminders about how pervasive racism still is in the US, this is important work for us all to do.
More information at https://xrmass.org/action/decolonizing_ourselves_200717/
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Beyond Headlines and Hashtags - LIVE Friday Review of Pandemic News
Friday, July 17
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Online
RSVP at https://events.columbia.edu/cal/event/showEventMore.rdo
View at https://www.earth.columbia.edu/videos/channel/sustain-what
Another week has passed in the first pandemic of the 21st century, with thousands of new stories posted and printed, yet questions still often outnumbering answers.
Each Friday, the Earth Institute Initiative on Communication and Sustainability hosts a lunchtime review of COVID-19 headlines and next steps featuring Pulitzer winner Laurie Garrett, NBC’s Robert Bazell, Jon Cohen of Science Magazine and Wendy Wertheimer, formerly of WHO & NIH.
Explore more Sustain What episodes on YouTube at j.mp/sustainwhatlive or subscribe on Periscope at pscp.tv/revkin.
Solutions Journalism Network: solutionsjournalism.org
The Earth Institute Initiative: sustcomm.ei.columbia.edu
Contact Andy Revkin with questions or ideas for future segments: @revkin on Twitter or andrew.revkin@columbia.edu
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Election integrity and security in the era of COVID-19
Friday, July 17
2:00 PM
Online
RSVP at https://www.brookings.edu/events/election-integrity-and-security-in-the-era-of-covid-19/
Join the conversation on Twitter using #ElectionSecurity
The threats that disinformation and foreign interference in U.S. elections pose are not new phenomena. In 2016, Russian interference exposed critical vulnerabilities in the United States’ digital election infrastructure, and its information operations sowed political divisions across America. Now, modifications to democratic processes due to the coronavirus pandemic make the task of safeguarding the integrity and security of the 2020 presidential election even more crucial.
How will inevitable adjustments to voting practices, due to COVID-19, affect the security of U.S. elections? What measures should we pursue to dissuade our adversaries from attempting to interfere? Are we adequately prepared to counter new tactics, techniques, and procedures they might employ? And what can the federal government do to ensure that every state and county has the means to conduct a fair and secure election?
On July 17, the Foreign Policy program at Brookings will host a webinar to examine aspects of election security and integrity in the era of COVID-19. Following keynote remarks from Christopher Krebs, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Brookings Senior Fellow Fiona Hill will moderate a panel discussion on how to safeguard election security. Brookings Fellow and Deputy Director of the Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology Initiative Chris Meserole will then moderate a panel discussion on how to adapt to new disinformation tactics. Questions from the audience will follow each panel.
Viewers can submit questions via email to events@brookings.edu or on Twitter using #ElectionSecurity.
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Justice & Reparations for the Murder of George Floyd!
Friday July 17
8-10:30 pm
A backyard in Somerville, MA
Register to receive location, and we will be in touch with more details: http://tinyurl.com/BackyardCinemaUSMBOS
SUGGESTED DONATION: $5-20 per event. No one turned away for lack of funds.
GUIDELINES: Bring your own lawn chair or blanket! We will be outside :) These events are a sober space and will respect social distancing. Please wear a facemask.
White people must go beyond protest and organize to support black power and reparations under the leadership of the African People?s Socialist Party. USM zoom webinar held 6/1/20 featuring Chairman Omali Yeshitela and Director Akil Anai of the APSP and Chairwoman Penny Hess of the African People's Solidarity Committee.
USM Boston presents Backyard Cinema Series: "Smash Colonial Violence!"
An 8-week series of political education documentaries & presentations about black power, reparations, colonialism and revolutionary African resistance. Hosted by the Boston branch of the Uhuru Solidarity Movement, the organization of white people under the leadership of the African People?s Socialist Party organizing in the white community for reparations to African people.
Fundraiser for the Black Power Blueprint, a black-led economic development program building community centers, housing, gardens, a food economy and the African Independence Workforce Program to train African people being released from colonial prisons into becoming skilled professionals with their own business. Visit blackpowerblueprint.org to learn more and see photos.
CONTACT: usmboston@riseup.net / 781-214-8131 / uhurusolidarity.org
FOLLOW: @uhurusolidarity on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.
Facebook event to share: https://www.facebook.com/events/699252814266328/
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Saturday, July 18
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Climate and Covid: 20 Lessons for Responding to Crisis
Saturday, July 18
10:00 AM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-and-covid-20-lessons-for-responding-to-crisis-tickets-111195659210
Join TIPL for a presentation on 20 valuable lessons learned about crisis and climate change during the current pandemic.
We are in the midst of addressing and navigating a terrible pandemic. We also face the long-term crisis of climate change. Through careful reflection we can learn some valuable lessons that will help our nation respond to both of these crises in an effective manner. We will be presenting 20 valuable lessons we have learned.
Presenters:
Daniel Joranko is the Coordinator both of Tennessee Interfaith Power and Light and of the United Methodist Tennessee Conference Creation Care Ministry. He has a PhD in Resource Development from Michigan State University and a Masters of Divinity from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary.
Matthew Groves is a nationally renowned Religion and Science Educator. He has a dual degree in Physics and Religious Studies from the College of William and Mary and a Masters of Divinity from Vanderbilt Divinity School.
Michael Black teaches sustainability and works for a more equitable and livable future as a faculty member in the Neuroscience Institute at Georgia State University, a Global Ministries United Methodist EarthKeeper, and a member of Decatur First UMC.
To attend the Climate Academy on July 18th, please RSVP and you will hear from us soon with additional information about how to join this online conversation!
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Sunday, July 19
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Race and Climate: A Space for BIPOC Climate Activists
Sunday, July 19
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/race-and-climate-a-space-for-bipoc-climate-activists-tickets-112713408840
BIPOC climate activists are invited to share and listen to stories about working in a white-dominated space.
Climate change is the great exacerbator. Systematically oppressed communities, including and especially those made up of Black people, Indigenous peoples, and people of color, continue to bear a disproportionately large share of the burdens caused by climate change. As reported in 2012 by the NAACP, 78% of Black people lived within 30 miles of a coal plant. People of color breath 40% more polluted air than white communities. That’s just the air; this doesn’t include ways people of color are disproportionately affected by heat waves, wildfires, floods, and storms.
However, the world of climate organizing does not always reflect these inequities. For many of us working in the climate organizing realm, our advocacy is taking place in predominantly White environments. We offer this workshop as a means for BIPOC climate organizers to come together and exchange ideas in a space guided by vulnerability and hope. We will share and listen to our intersectional climate stories. We will share and listen to our stories about being BIPOC in a white-dominated sphere. And, we will envision a climate movement rooted in collective liberation. Racial justice is climate justice.
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Extinction Rebellion [XR] Orientation
Sunday, July 19
5 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErd-CrqjIrH9NVHNvK_lX7poM3PN14iFYU
If you are new to Extinction Rebellion or would just like to learn more about how it works, please join us for a cool conversation.
We will cover the following:
What is XR? What is civil disobedience & direct action?
What do we want?
What are our principles and values?
How are we organized?
Learn how you can get involved!
The session will run for around 90 minutes.
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Monday, July 20
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Meet Unilever: Climate Leadership from a Household Name
Monday, July 20
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/meet-unilever-climate-leadership-from-a-household-name-tickets-113127828380
Unilever is excited to work with entrepreneurs to advance its sustainability leadership — discuss how you and your technologies fit in.
About this Event
You've probably heard of Unilever, and chances are you've enjoyed many of their products over the years. (Eaten Ben & Jerry's, used Dove soap, or had a Lipton iced tea recently?) But did you know they recently announced ambitious climate and sustainability goals, including Net Zero by 2039? One of our newest partners, Unilever has joined the Greentown community to tap into the innovation ecosystem and work with startups like you to achieve their climate targets.
Join EVP of Supply Chain, Biswaranjan Sen, to:
Learn more about Unilever's sustainability commitments
Hear an introduction of the company's journey to become the household name they are today
Discuss how climatetech innovators can get involved.
About Unilever
Unilever is one of the world's leading suppliers of Beauty & Personal Care, Home Care, and Foods & Refreshment products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2.5 billion consumers a day. It has 155,000 employees and generated sales of €52 billion in 2019. Over half of the company's footprint is in developing and emerging markets. Unilever has around 400 brands found in homes all over the world, including Dove, Knorr, Dirt Is Good, Rexona, Hellmann's, Lipton, Wall's, Lux, Magnum, Axe, Sunsilk and Surf.
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Lift every voice: The urgency of universal civic duty voting
Monday, July 20
1 – 2 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://connect.brookings.edu/register-to-watch-lift-every-voice-universal-civic-voting
SPEAKER(S) Cornell William Brooks, Harvard Kennedy School
Brenda Wright, Demos
MarÃa Teresa Kumar, Voto Latino
Janai Nelson, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
Moderator: Miles Rapoport, Harvard Kennedy School
Co-Moderator: E.J. Dionne, Jr., Brookings Institution
DETAILS Our current crisis of governance has focused unprecedented public attention on intolerable inequities and demands that Americans think boldly and consider reforms that until now seemed beyond our reach. A new report from The Brookings Institution and the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School explores the idea of requiring every eligible citizen to participate in our elections.
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Imagining a World Post-Covid with Rob Hopkins
Monday, July 20
1:00 – 2:00pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/imagining-a-world-post-covid-with-rob-hopkins-tickets-109450058070
Rob Hopkins joins us for our fifth in a series of interactive talks on the climate emergency, environmentalism and Green politics.
About this Event
We are excited to have Rob Hopkins join us for our fifth in a series of interactive talks on the climate emergency, environmentalism and Green politics in light of the global pandemic. Rob will be discussing how we can unleash the power of imagination to create the future we want post-Covid.
The format will be an introductory talk by a Rob, followed by a Q&A and finishing off in breakout rooms to have more interactive discussions in smaller groups.
Title: Imagining a World Post-Covid
Joining the Meeting
Book your place through EventBrite. At the bottom of your confirmation email, you will find a link to the Zoom room. Make sure to check your Junk / Spam folder. Please email contact@cambridge.greenparty.org.uk if you have any questions.
About the Speaker
Rob Hopkins is a cofounder of Transition Town Totnes and Transition Network, and the author of The Power of Just Doing Stuff, The Transition Handbook, and The Transition Companion. In 2012, he was voted one of the Independent’s top 100 environmentalists and was on Nesta and the Observer’s list of Britain’s 50 New Radicals. Hopkins has also appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Four Thought and A Good Read, in the French film phenomenon Demain and its sequel Apres Demain, and has spoken at TEDGlobal and three TEDx events.
An Ashoka Fellow, Hopkins also holds a doctorate degree from the University of Plymouth and has received two honorary doctorates from the University of the West of England and the University of Namur. He is a keen gardener, a founder of New Lion Brewery in Totnes, and a director of Totnes Community Development Society, the group behind Atmos Totnes, an ambitious, community-led development project.
Find out more through his blogs at transtionnetwork.org and robhopkins.net and tweets at @robintransition.
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Creative Climate Conversations
Monday, July 20
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/creative-climate-conversations-tickets-113056579272
Are you a young person between the ages of 18-30? Are you interested in art and climate change?
Join us for an evening conversation and creative session to connect with youth in the Greater Toronto Area about climate change!
Event schedule:
Opening introduction 6:30 - 6:45 PM
Workshop 1: Envisioning a new environmental reality post-COVID: Sketching as a medium 6:45 - 7:15 PM
Live Performances (Spoken Word) 7:15 - 7:30 PM
Workshop 2: Art as Activism: Graphic design for social media activism 7:30 - 8:00 PM
Closing performances (Music)/ Climate discussion 8:00 - 8:30 PM
All levels of experiences are welcome. Spaces are limited so reserve your spot today and join us on July 20th for a fantastic evening of arts and climate conversations!
WHO ARE WE?
We are the Amplify Toronto chapter, working in partnership with Apathy is Boring. Co-funded by the European Union, Amplify is a 2-year project where European and Canadian youth organizations, networks, and associations are building sustainable alliances and innovating together in order to find solutions to gender inequality, violent extremism, and climate change. As part of the Amplify Toronto youth team working with Apathy is Boring, a non-partisan and non-profit Canadian youth organization, we’ve been working together over the past year to explore how climate change impacts youth in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
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Tuesday, July 21
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How Social Norms and Behavioural Economics Drive Tech for Sustainability
Tuesday, July 21
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-social-norms-and-behavioural-economics-drive-tech-for-sustainability-tickets-111179966272
Behaviour and tech got us into this ecological mess, behaviour and tech will get us out. Behavioural Economics in tech for sustainability.
Behaviour and technology got us into this environmental and ecological mess, behaviour and technology will get us out.
Behavioural economist Yolanda Berry will share how technologies coupled with human behavioural habits will help get us out of this environmental mess.
Yolanda will share how behavioural economics and social norms are more impactful than mindful decisions, and how technology can be harnessed to influence sustainable behaviour in human beings.
She will touch on:
How the latest technologies have changed human behaviour
How behavioural trends have been evolving.
How social norms impact our independent economic decisions
How technology price points have influenced what we choose to recycle, repair or replace.
Yolanda will discuss, in as much depth as a 30 minute talk allows, how the combination of some key technologies are affected by human actions and social trends, most notably
Low earth satellite observation
Trusted distributed ledger/blockchains
Pyrolysis (decomposition brought about by high temperatures)
Trusted blue carbon sequestration
Coupled with a radical change in behaviour, how these technologies can help not only deviate the course of climate change but directly help meet many of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Yolanda will briefly outline the historical groundwork that has lead us, in the last 120 years to so radically change the way humans live. She will discuss the change in social norms that were required to make the changes that lead to our current way of life, that is so different from how humans have lived for millennia.
Yolanda Berry is Behavioural Economist for Blok Solutions and Director for Earth Sentinel. Join Yolanda for a 60 min whirlwind tour of how social norms are more impactful than mindful decisions, and how technology can be harnessed to influence sustainable behaviour in human beings
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Personal and Political Power: Citizens’ Assemblies on Climate
Tuesday July 21
12 pm ET
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/personal-and-political-power-citizens-assemblies-on-climate-registration-112687722010
Join us to learn about Citizens' Assemblies on Climate from researchers and practitioners of deliberative democracy.
A legislative package to address climate change will require a mandate from the public. This event will introduce the Citizens’ Assembly on Climate, a direct democracy tool used by the governments of France, the UK, Ireland, and Poland to gather recommendations for political action on climate change.
Join us in hearing directly from researchers and practitioners of deliberative democracy. They will discuss:
How effective Citizens’ Assemblies can be in creating momentum for policy
How different political systems absorb the impact of Citizens’ Assemblies
The potential for using this method to break through the political deadlock on climate policy in the United States.
Speakers
Moderator: Rebecca Leber - Environmental Politics and Policy Reporter, Mother Jones
Panelists:
Graham Smith - Professor of Politics and Director of the Centre for the Study of Democracy (CSD) in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Westminster and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam and Honorary Fellow at the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity
Rebecca Willis - Professor in Practice at Lancaster Environment Centre, and Expert Lead for Climate Assembly UK
Claire Mellier-Wilson - Accredited researcher observing the French Climate Change Convention and facilitator for Citizens’ Assemblies on the climate crisis and air quality in Camden and Kingston.
Linn Davis - Program Manager for Citizens’ Initiative Review program at Healthy Democracy
About Citizens’ Assemblies
Citizens’ Assemblies on Climate bring a representative group of their country’s residents together to learn about the issues, develop connections, deliberate on ways forward, and to pass on recommendations to their governments. Participants of a Citizens’ Assembly on Climate demographically reflect their country or region and undertake the work together regardless of age, race, income, education, citizenship, or political affiliation to provide their lawmakers with a public mandate for policy action to address climate change.
The Citizens’ Assembly starts with legislators requesting this input from the people, and in doing so they agree to listen to the assembly’s recommendations and consider them for concrete policy, bringing the informed will of the people directly to legislators who are listening.
Event Hosts
Citizens’ Climate Lobby - DC Chapter @ccl_dc
Citizens' Climate Lobby is an international grassroots environmental group that trains and supports volunteers to build relationships with their elected representatives in order to influence climate policy. The DC Chapter focuses on education events and advocacy that empowers people to unlock their personal and political power.
Climate Assembly US @ClimateAssembly
We are a group of advocates passionate about the opportunity to expand democratic methods to address the climate crisis. We advocate in our role as constituents who want real solutions as put forth by the people.
City Atlas @cityatlas
The mission of City Atlas is to help the public understand and prepare for the future of cities, as described in the reports of the IPCC and C40.org, and to strengthen the democratic process towards an equitable response to climate change.
Extinction Rebellion @XR_NYC
Extinction Rebellion is a global nonviolent movement to compel the world’s governments to address the climate and ecological emergency. Extinction Rebellion's third demand is for the government to move beyond politics by creating and being led by the decisions of a Citizens' Assembly on climate and ecological justice.
Need more details on CCL? Learn more here: CitizensClimateLobby.orgor sign up for our intro call cclusa.org/intro
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Author Talk: Is the future human? by Edward Ashford Lee
Tuesday, July 21
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/author-talk-is-the-future-human-by-edward-ashford-lee-tickets-109336229606
MIT Press Live! presents an author talk with Edward Ashford Lee, author of The Coevolution.
Are humans defining technology, or is technology defining humans? In this book, Edward Ashford Lee considers the case that we are less in control of the trajectory of technology than we think. It shapes us as much as we shape it, and it may be more defensible to think of technology as the result of a Darwinian coevolution than the result of top-down intelligent design.
About the Author
Edward Ashford Lee is Distinguished Professor (Emeritus) in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley, where he runs iCyPhy, a research center focused on industrial cyber-physical systems. He is the author of Plato and the Nerd (MIT Press) and other books.
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National Geographic Presents Community Archaeology and Historical Ecology
Tuesday, July 21
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/national-geographic-presents-community-archaeology-and-historical-ecology-tickets-112729346510
Lucy Gill is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Anthropology at UC Berkeley. Her research sits at the intersection of anthropological archaeology and historical ecology, focusing on indigenous stewardship of aquatic ecosystems in Central America and relations with fish and shellfish communities. She also explores the effects that natural disasters, such as volcanic events, have had on these ecosystems and the humans who lived with them in order to contemplate more sustainable ways of being in the wake of anthropogenic climate change. Her research innovates transdisciplinary methods that hold archaeology accountable to local community partnerships and braid Western scientific methods with traditional knowledge. She currently directs Darién Profundo, which takes a deep history approach to the Darién Province of Panama, a region that is often problematically portrayed as a primeval ‘gap’. This project currently partners with community members in Yaviza, El Real, MetetÃ, Mogue, La Palma, Punta Alegre, Chepigana and Garachiné, as well as a team of ecologists from the Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá, to document the archaeological and ecological history of the threatened wetland ecosystem of Matusaragatà and advocate for its protection. In her spare time, she enjoys scuba diving, caving, playing classical piano, and dance of all kinds.
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Languages of Nature
Tuesday, July 21
7-8:30 pm EST
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-green-future-race-gender-environment-tickets-109902794216
Tiokasin Ghosthorse—a member of the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation of South Dakota—is an international speaker on Peace, Indigenous and Mother Earth perspective. A survivor of the “Reign of Terror” from 1972 to 1976 on the Pine Ridge, Cheyenne River and Rosebud Lakota Reservations in South Dakota and the US Bureau of Indian Affairs Boarding and Church Missionary School systems designed to “kill the Indian and save the man,” Tiokasin has a long history of Indigenous activism and advocacy. He is a guest faculty member at Yale University’s School of Divinity, Ecology and Forestry focusing on the cosmology, diversity and perspectives on the relational/egalitarian vs. rational/hierarchal thinking processes of Western society.
Tiokasin is the Founder, Host and Executive Producer of the twenty-four-year-old “First Voices Radio” (formerly “First Voices Indigenous Radio”), a one-hour live program now syndicated to seventy radio stations in the US and Canada.
A master musician and a teacher of magical, ancient and modern sounds, Tiokasin performs worldwide and has been featured at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, Lincoln Center, Madison Square Garden, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the United Nations, as well as at many universities and concert venues. Tiokasin serves on boards of several charitable organizations dedicated to bringing non-western education to Native and non-Native children. Tiokasin describes himself as “a perfectly flawed human being” who is a Sundancer in the tradition of the Lakota Nation.
Website: https://www.humansandnature.org/tiokasin-ghosthorse
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Disaster Preparedness
Tuesday, July 21
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/disaster-preparedness-tickets-112836842032
Disaster Preparedness is a robust conversation about Climate Change and why we should be prepared for it.
Join the Authentic Caribbean Foundation, Cambridge City Councilor Quintion Zondervan, Sara Varela - Regional Preparedness Liaison Contractor for FEMA Region I, specializing in individual and community preparedness, Communities Responding to Extreme Weather (CREW) for a robust conversation about Climate Change and why we should be prepared for it. We will discuss what individual preparedness looks like, what resources are available to be individually prepared, and much more. Join us on July 21st at 7pm
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Wednesday, July 22
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Global Impact of Covid-19 on Higher Education
Wednesday, July 22
11:00am to 12:00pm
Online
RSVP at https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3sN8-UmcQ_GamV-A2XsMnw
Please join MISTI for a conversation around higher education’s response to the pandemic, and what the next 12-24 months hold for the sector globally. This panel includes leaders in higher education from various regions of the world.
Panelists:
Kirsty Williams, Welsh Minister for Education
Ravi Kumar, President and Chief Operating Officer of Infosys
Soledad Arellano, Vice President of Academics at Universidad Alfonso Ibáñez, Chile
Zeblon Vilakazi, Vice Chancellor, Wits University, South Africa
Moderated by: Christine Ortiz, MIT Professor and Former Dean, Founder of Station1
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Digital Health Apps: Evidence, Reimbursement and Outcomes
Wednesday, July 22
12:30 – 1 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://executiveeducation.hms.harvard.edu/thought-leadership/webinar-series/digital-health-apps-evidence-reimbursement-outcomes
SPEAKER Megan Jones Bell, Chief Science Officer, Headspace
DETAILS Apps for health, wellness and disease management are increasingly common across the healthcare ecosystem. Health systems, biotech and pharma, payers and pharmacy benefits managers are just a few of the industry sectors actively using digital tools to try to improve care delivery and outcomes.
This webinar will discuss emerging lessons and concepts from this space. What is the practical significance of the designation “digital therapeutic?” What are the current regulatory pathways? How does reimbursement actually work? Megan Jones Bell, MD, Chief Science Officer for Headspace, will discuss examples of how these interventions are being integrated into health care and some of the developments on the horizon for this industry.
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John McKnight and Gar Alperovitz in conversation
Wednesday, July 22
2pm
Online
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSckhprFbcwOoKACWru-bKbHUh3-lKqE0UzsMEfZetMzj9idQQ/viewform
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Extinction Rebelllion Community Meeting
Wednesday, July 22
7 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://xrmass.org/action/community-meeting-2020-07-22/
Let's check in with each other, debrief from our big Tax Day action, and have a little fun!
This meeting will be online via Zoom. We will aim to end by 8:30 pm.
Zoom info will be shared closer to the event -- please sign up below so we can keep you posted!
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Wearables in Art & Concert - Virtual in FrameVR.io
Wednesday, July 22
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.meetup.com/Wearable-technologies-in-Boston/events/271771546/
Presentation of the Next Generation of Wearables for Real & Virutal Events by the Inventors of the Wearable Technologies used in Major Concerts and Events such as the MOMA Gala to Taylor Swift. Link emailed to RSVP list.
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Thursday, July 23
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EBC Water Resources Webinar: Challenges Facing our Water Resources under a Changing Climate
Thursday, July 23
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://ebcne.org/event/ebc-water-resources-webinar-challenges-facing-our-water-resources-under-a-changing-climate/
Cost: $25 - $120
This EBC Water Resources program will explore how our drinking water and coastal water resources are being affected by climate change and some of the adaptation and resiliency measures local states and municipalities are doing to combat these challenges. We will also discuss the challenges associated with managing stormwater and wastewater under a changing climate and the unique measures being undertaken by local utilities to protect our current civil infrastructure and future planned investments.
This program will touch on the following topics:
Drinking Water Resources – drought and extreme event impacts on drinking water resources, the challenges of ensuring communities have adequate access to drinking water
Coastal Water Resources – rising tides and storm surge and the issues with losing our critical green infrastructure (e.g., marshes, beaches) and the protection it provides to inland communities
Wastewater – how to protect critical wastewater infrastructure from coastal and riverine flooding
Stormwater – how to get the water out (and keep our feet dry) under increasingly challenging storm event conditions and rising tides
Program Chairs:
Andrea Braga, PE, CPESC, Principal Water Resources Engineer, Jacobs
Michael Scipione, CEO, Weston & Sampson
Speakers:
Charlie Jewell, Director of Planning and Sustainability, Boston Water & Sewer Commission
Alexander Train, AICP, Assistant Director of Planning & Development with the City of Chelsea
Additional information to be announced shortly.
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A nation at a demographic crossroad: Rising diversity, youthful activism, and the 2020 election
Thursday, July 23
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.brookings.edu/events/a-nation-at-a-demographic-crossroad-rising-diversity-youthful-activism-and-the-2020-election/
Join the conversation on Twitter using #DiversityExplosion
Amid a global pandemic that is robbing the nation’s younger generations of career-defining education and employment opportunities, the millennial and Gen Z generations are also making their voices heard in leading protests throughout the country, demonstrating their commitment to fundamental civil rights for Black Americans. As the 2020 election concurrently approaches, the deep-seated political and cultural divide between a rising, racially diverse America and the whiter, older generation that was most responsible for Trump’s election, looms large.
On Thursday, July 23, the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program will convene a conversation examining this historic convergence of events. Demographer William H. Frey will kick off the discussion with a presentation drawing on his highly regarded book, “Diversity Explosion: How New Racial Demographics are Remaking America,” examining the realities of America’s changing racial demography and what that means for the nation’s future. A panel will follow, discussing the nation’s new demographic make-up and highlighting the activism of the country’s diverse younger generations and what it means for the 2020 election and beyond.
Viewers can submit questions for panelists by emailing events@brookings.edu or tweeting to @BrookingsMetro using the hashtag #DiversityExplosion.
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Extinction Rebellion [XR] Boston Book Club
Thursday, July 23
7:30 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://xrmass.org/action/xr-boston-book-club-jul23/
Join XR Boston's book club and learn about the intersection of climate and social justice. We are reading the first two chapters (until page 85) of "Frontlines: Stories of Global Environmental Justice" by Nick Meynen: "Every unpacked frontline is one cutting edge of an economic system and political ideology that is destroying life on earth."
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Friday, July 24
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COVID-19 and Climate Change: Health implications
Friday, July 24
2am
Online
RSVP at https://anu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PuMmyLeJTXGsvNj8KXgfTA
Speakers: Dr Aparna Lal and Dr Arnagretta Hunter
Environmental health researcher Dr Aparna Lal, and cardiologist Dr Arnagretta Hunter will discuss the health implications of COVID-19 and climate change. They’ll cover public health responses and any learnings we can apply to addressing the health impacts of climate change.
Recent months have seen the COVID-19 pandemic emerge as a global crisis requiring immediate, wide-spread and evidence-based action.
As countries have taken drastic measures to curb the spread of the virus, comparisons have arisen between the global response to COVID-19 and climate change. Despite their fundamental differences, they are both significant global challenges that require immediate action based upon scientific evidence.
So how and why have our responses differed, and what can we learn from the handling of COVID-19 to apply to our response to climate change?
Join us for this new online event series, COVID-19 and Climate Change, to discuss these questions and more with leading researchers in the area.
Environmental health researcher, Dr Aparna Lal and cardiologist Dr Arnagretta Hunter will discuss the health implications of COVID-19 and climate change. They’ll cover public health responses and any learnings we can apply to addressing the health impacts of climate change.
These events will be recorded. The recording will be made available after the event through the ANU Climate Change Institute YouTube channel.
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One-on-one with Bertrand Piccard
Friday, July 24
9am EST
Online
RSVP at https://www.wedonthavetime.org/climate-action-news/one-on-one-with-bertrand-piccard
On this episode the medical doctor and explorer Bertrand Piccard - famous for his solar flight around the world - talks about his firm believe in technology to save the environment. He explains why he will travel around the world and present 1000 solutions that protect the environment in a profitable way to decision-makers.
Climate Action News is our broadcast about action and sustainable solutions. We invite our community, climate advocacy groups, leaders, and businesses to share their knowledge and insights. You can participate actively by commenting live during and after the broadcast. Get instructions or download our app to join the discussion. Welcome!
Hosts and guests
Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson, Host, We Don't Have Time
Hosting this global broadcast is Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson, an expert moderator, lecturer, and devoted workshop-leader in facilitating sustainable development. Catarina moderates for the EU Commission, the Swedish Government, corporations, local municipalities, and universities. She lectures based on the UN Sustainable Global Development Goals internationally and has TV-skills from her background as a television program host at SVT, Swedish Public Television. She is also content director at A Sustainable Tomorrow.
Bertrand Piccard, Explorer, medical doctor and global influencer
Bertrand Piccard is the initiator and visionary behind Solar Impulse, the very first airplane capable of flying perpetually without fuel. It is in his DNA to go beyond the obvious and achieve the impossible. As part of a legendary dynasty of explorers and scientists who conquered the heights and depths of our planet, he made history by accomplishing two firsts in aviation, circumnavigating the globe in a solar-powered airplane and before that non-stop in a balloon. The ocean depths and the stratosphere attracted his father and grandfather; the challenges of our time fascinate him. With his dual identities as medical doctor and explorer, Bertrand has become an influential voice as a forward- thinking leader for progress and sustainability and a renowned inspirational speaker. Following his pioneering spirit in favour of the cause of renewable energies and clean technologies, he has now set off to select and label 1000 solutions that protect the environment in a profitable way and will then embark on a third round-the-world journey to deliver those solutions to decision-makers, encouraging them to adopt more ambitious environmental targets and energy policies.
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Beyond Headlines and Hashtags - LIVE Friday Review of Pandemic News
Friday, July 24
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Online
RSVP at https://events.columbia.edu/cal/event/showEventMore.rdo
Watch on the Sustain What video channel: https://www.earth.columbia.edu/videos/channel/sustain-what
Another week has passed in the first pandemic of the 21st century, with thousands of new stories posted and printed, yet questions still often outnumbering answers.
Each Friday, the Earth Institute Initiative on Communication and Sustainability hosts a lunchtime review of COVID-19 headlines and next steps featuring Pulitzer winner Laurie Garrett, NBC’s Robert Bazell, Jon Cohen of Science Magazine and Wendy Wertheimer, formerly of WHO & NIH.
Explore more Sustain What episodes on YouTube at http://j.mp/sustainwhatlive or subscribe on Periscope at http://pscp.tv/revkin
Solutions Journalism Network: http://solutionsjournalism.org
The Earth Institute Initiative: http://sustcomm.ei.columbia.edu
Contact Andy Revkin with questions or ideas for future segments: @revkin on Twitter or andrew.revkin@columbia.edu
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Screening of Lumumba (2001)
Friday July 24
8-10pm
A backyard in Somerville, MA
Register to receive location, and we will be in touch with more details: http://tinyurl.com/BackyardCinemaUSMBOS
SUGGESTED DONATION: $5-20 per event. No one turned away for lack of funds.
GUIDELINES: Bring your own lawn chair or blanket! We will be outside :) These events are a sober space and will respect social distancing. Please wear a facemask.
Based on the true story of Patrice Lumumba, the first Prime Minister of the newly independent Democratic Republic of Congo. An anti-colonial leader of African people to liberate Congo from the clutches of imperialist Belgium. On January 17, 1961 he was assassinated by a firing squad in execution-style by the Belgian and US military, which was covered up for decades. Directed by Raoul Peck, in French with English subtitles.
USM Boston presents Backyard Cinema Series: "Smash Colonial Violence!"
An 8-week series of political education documentaries & presentations about black power, reparations, colonialism and revolutionary African resistance. Hosted by the Boston branch of the Uhuru Solidarity Movement, the organization of white people under the leadership of the African People?s Socialist Party organizing in the white community for reparations to African people.
Fundraiser for the Black Power Blueprint, a black-led economic development program building community centers, housing, gardens, a food economy and the African Independence Workforce Program to train African people being released from colonial prisons into becoming skilled professionals with their own business. Visit blackpowerblueprint.org to learn more and see photos.
CONTACT: usmboston@riseup.net / 781-214-8131 / uhurusolidarity.org
FOLLOW: @uhurusolidarity on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.
Facebook event to share: https://www.facebook.com/events/699252814266328/
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Tuesday, July 28
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EBC Site Remediation and Redevelopment Webinar: Climate Change and the MCP – Resilient
Tuesday, July 28
9:00 am – 11:30 am
Online
RSVP at https://ebcne.org/event/ebc-site-remediation-and-redevelopment-webinar-climate-change-and-the-mcp-resilient-cleanups-in-a-changing-world/
Cost: $25 - $120
The effects of climate change in Massachusetts will take different forms including changes in precipitation, sea level rise, rising temperatures and extreme weather. Upcoming amendments to the Massachusetts Contingency Plan include provisions intended to emphasize that these anticipated effects of climate change are relevant to site assessment, and the selection and maintenance of Permanent Solutions under Chapter 21E.
For this EBC Site Remediation and Redevelopment program, a representative of DEP’s Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup will discuss implementation of the amendments to the MCP relating to climate change, and an LSP will examine how some more commonly-recognized climate change impacts might affect decision-making under the MCP. Finally, we will be introduced to the use of models for predicting the nature and extent of climate-change impacts.
Program Chair:
Thomas G. Fiore, Of Counsel, PretiFlaherty
Speakers:
Joseph Famely, Senior Environmental Scientist, Woods Hole Group
Ken Marra, Program & Policy Development, Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
Additional information to be provided shortly.
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Book Talk: Michael Pollan
Tuesday, July 28
4:00 pm
Online
RSVP at https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2020-book-talk-michael-pollan-virtual
Join us this summer for a series of Virtual Radcliffe Book Talks exploring recent publications whose subjects or authors have a connection with the Radcliffe Institute.
Michael Pollan RI ’16, author of Caffeine: How Coffee and Tea Created the Modern World (Audible Originals, 2020)
Reading will be followed by a discussion with Dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin and an audience Q and A.
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Living With Heat - Urban Land Institute report on expected climate impact in Boston
https://boston.uli.org/about/impact/
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Solar bills on Beacon Hill: The Climate Minute Podcast
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-cs87v-b6dbac
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Envision Cambridge citywide plan
https://www.cambridgema.gov/CDD/News/2019/5/~/media/A0547DC0640E4ABD86B519CA6FEEFF38.ashx
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Climate Resilience Workbook
https://sustainablebuildingsinitiative.org/toolkits/climate-resilience-guidelines/climate-resilience-workbook
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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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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.
To subscribe to the Boston Food System list:
https://elist.tufts.edu/wws/subscribe/bfs
To be removed / unsubscribe from the Boston Food System list:
https://elist.tufts.edu/wws/signoff/bfs
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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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Boston Maker Spaces - 41 (up from 27 in 2016) and counting: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zGHnt9r2pQx8.kfw9evrHsKjA&hl=en
Solidarity Network Economy: https://ussolidarityeconomy.wordpress.com
Bostonsmart.com's Guide to Boston: http://www.bostonsmarts.com/BostonGuide/
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Links to events at over 50 colleges and universities at Hubevents: http://hubevents.blogspot.com
Thanks to
MIT Events: http://calendar.mit.edu
Harvard Events: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/harvard-events/events-calendar/
Harvard Environment: http://environment.harvard.edu/events/calendar/
Sustainability at Harvard: http://green.harvard.edu/events
Boston Science Lectures: https://sites.google.com/view/bostonsciencelectures/home
Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/
Eventbrite: http://www.eventbrite.com/
Startup and Entrepreneurial Events: http://www.greenhornconnect.com/events/
Cambridge Civic Journal: http://www.rwinters.com
Cambridge Happenings: http://cambridgehappenings.org
Cambridge Community Calendar: https://www.cctvcambridge.org/calendar
Adam Gaffin’s Universal Hub: https://www.universalhub.com/
Extinction Rebellion: https://xrmass.org/action/
Sunrise Movement: https://www.facebook.com/SunriseBoston/events/
Mission-Based Massachusetts is an online discussion group for people who are interested in nonprofit, philanthropic, educational, community-based, grassroots, and other mission-based organizations in the Bay State. This is a moderated, flame-free email list that is open to anyone who is interested in the topic and willing to adhere to the principles of civil discourse. To subscribe email
mbm-SUBSCRIBE@missionbasedmassachusetts.net
If you have an event you would like to see here, the submission deadline is 11 AM on Sundays, as Energy (and Other) Events is sent out Sunday afternoons.
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