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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/c19-mutual-aid/
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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Details of these events are available when you scroll past the index
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Monday, September 7 - Friday, September 11
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2pm Net Zero after Covid 19 - finding a pathway to the new normal
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Monday, September 7 - Friday, September 18
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Proof of Concept
Monday, September 7 - Friday, September 18
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Monday, September 7
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10am A Green Recovery: Accelerating innovation towards a sustainable future
10am Building back better: why we must address air pollution
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Tuesday, September 8
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6am Webinar: China's energy transition - why does it matter?
9am Why We Need More Than a Carbon Price
9:30am POPULISM’S TOXIC EMBRACE OF NATIONALISM
9:30am A Tale of Two Responses: Transatlantic Perspectives on the Pandemic
11am Region 1: CarbonPositive RESET! 1.5C Global Teach-In
12pm Playing in Extreme Environments: What space health research can teach us about adapting to life during pandemic
12pm Tuesday Seminar Series: How COVID has Changed Latin American Politics
12pm DEEPFAKERY: A Livestream Talk Series
12:30pm ERIN BROCKOVICH: SUPERMAN'S NOT COMING
1:30pm Economic Justice: Building Movements in the United States
2pm Delivering One Planet Prosperity
2:30pm The Multiple Crises of Corporations: Covid, Climate and Mental Health
2:30pm XR Engineers - Easy things I can do to take climate action
3pm Power After Carbon: Findings and Insights for State Policymakers
5:30pm Memory, Social Justice, and Mindfulness
6pm JFK Jr. Forum: A Conversation with Andrew Yang
6pm Staying Strong While Everything Falls Apart: Navigating Grief and Hope About the Environment
6pm Losing Native Nation’s Cultural Heritage due to Climate Change: More than Material Damage
7pm Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All
8pm Back to School: Racial Justice = Climate Justice
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Wednesday, September 9
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9:30am ACTIVIST CHARLES MUNGER, JR.: POLITICAL REFORMS THAT WORK
10am Climate Action 2.0: Sparking an Era of Transformational Climate Leadership
10am COVID-19, debt relief, and the climate and biodiversity crises
10am Women's Leadership in the 116th U.S. Congress: A Conversation with Congresswomen Lawrence and Brooks
12pm The Opportunity for Climate Progress with a Green Stimulus
12pm Agenda Seeding: How 1960s Black Protests Moved Media, Public Opinion and Voting
12pm Weatherhead Forum "Thinking the Future: New Perspectives on Globalization and Health under COVID-19”
12pm PlanA.earth x Cooler Future: How to spot greenwashing
12:30pm BRIAN STELTER: FOX NEWS, TRUMP AND THE DISTORTION OF TRUTH
2pm Seminar: Green Energy Development in the Post-Pandemic World
4pm Insights from Congressional and Tribal Leaders: Coronavirus Relief for American Indian Tribal Governments
4:30pm Revenue at Risk in Coal-Reliant Counties
5:30pm Standing Up, Stepping Forward, and Speaking Out: The Political Courage to take a Principled Stand
8pm Jane Fonda | WHAT CAN I DO? with Amber Valletta
9pm Faith in Action: Civic Engagement for Climate Justice
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Thursday, September 10
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5am Smart Food Online Conference & Exhibition
10am International Energy Agency [IEA] Energy Technology Perspectives 2020
12pm Getting Out the BIPOC Vote: Digital Strategies to Build Power
12pm When More is Not Better: Overcoming America's Obsession with Economic Efficiency
12pm John Adams and China: Globalizing Early America
12pm Green Streets for Sustainable Communities Symposium
1:30pm What Remains? Liberalism and Racial Justice
2pm 2020 State of Demand Side Energy Management: New York
2pm Neva Goodwin and Stewart Wallis
4pm NRDC Virtual Conversation: The Power of Litigation in our Fights for People and the Planet
6pm JFK Jr. Forum: IOP Fellows Unpack Politics
6pm Extinction Rebellion Orientation
6:15pm Green Drinks September On Zoom - Spotlight on Smart Cities
6:30pm Changing Climate: A Public Forum on Extreme Precipitation
7:30pm Linda Shi, “Green Infrastructure Beyond Flood Risk Reduction”
8:30pm Earth’s Climate Crisis and What to Do About It
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Friday, September 11
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9am Jihadism at a crossroads
10am Decolonizing Ourselves Co-Learning
11am Black Faces, White Spaces - (Re)Claiming a Green World
12pm Environmental Solutions Online Conversation
12pm Virtual Book Talk with Max Bazerman: Better, Not Perfect: A Realist’s Guide to Maximum Sustainable Goodness
12pm TOO MUCH INFORMATION - or too little substance?
12pm EBC Climate Change Leadership Webinar Series: Boston University Climate Action Plan
12pm Starr Forum: Beyond 9/11: Homeland Security for the 21st Century
12:30pm COVID-19, Public Health Ethics, and Policy for Pandemics
1:30pm IACS Seminar: What Are Useful Uncertainties in Deep Learning and How Do We Get Them?
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Saturday, September 12 – Thursday, November 19
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LEED Green Associate (GA) Training - Webinar and Online self-paced options
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Saturday September 12
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National Day of Civic Hacking
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Sunday, September 13
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6am Cli-Fi for beginners: Imagination for climate solutions
2pm 2020 Virtual Cambridge Carnival
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Monday, September 14
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8am Stories of Change: Transforming food and the things we buy
9am Beyond reopening: A leapfrog moment to transform education?
5:30pm The Boston Red Sox and WWII
7pm Connecting the Dots: Capitalism, Climate Catastrophe and the Carceral State
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Tuesday, September 15
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6am HOW RACISM ERODES MIND, BODY AND SPIRIT, AND HOW TO HEAL AND LEARN
8am Stories of Change: Transforming travel and energy
9:30am COMPROMISED: PETER STRZOK AND THE INVESTIGATION OF DONALD TRUMP
10am Outlook for global energy and climate trends post-Covid-19
11am Yamiche Alcindor
12:30pm MIT Press Live! Entanglements Author Talk
1pm Tech & Climate Change
4pm Perfecters of this Democracy: Conversation with Nikole Hannah-Jones: Radcliffe Institute 20th Anniversary Lecture
4pm Conversation on Whistleblowing, Authority, and Subversion
5pm Psilocybin and Mystical Experience: Implications for Healthy Psychological Functioning, Spirituality, and Religion
5:30pm Memory, Social Justice, and Mindfulness
6pm Designing for equity and engaging diverse communities
7pm Planetary Health with Sam Myers and Living on Earth
7pm Survival of the Friendliest
9:30pm CHINA’S RISE, THE DECLINE OF THE WEST, AND DEGLOBALIZATION
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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
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com/2020/09/charmed-lives-family-romance.html
Two Scenes from Mob Movies that Explain Trmp
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/09/04/1974955/-Two-Scenes-from-Mob-Movies-that-Explain-Trmp
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Monday, September 7 - Friday, September 11
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Net Zero after Covid 19 - finding a pathway to the new normal
Monday, September 7 - Friday, September 11
2pm – 5pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/net-zero-after-covid-19-finding-a-pathway-to-the-new-normal-tickets-117252777213
We help organisations navigate the Covid and climate challenge.
Organisations face a number of challenges as we emerge from the Covid-19 crisis:
Responding to the immediate financial ramifications of Covid-19
Considering how climate change policies and impacts will impact businesses.
This online workshop helps organisations plot a path to the new normal and create business value.
Find out more about Net Zero on our webpage.
Please note this is aimed at organisations (private and public sector) so please sign up with your orgnisation details.
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Monday, September 7 - Friday, September 18
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Proof of Concept
Monday, September 7 - Friday, September 18
MIT, Wiesner Building E15, Outside projected on the side of the building, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge
Art projection on campus for two weeks!
If you wander by the Wiesner building E15 at night in the next two weeks, you’ll come across a flickering projection of a few hundred pitchers.
Starting on September 4th, for two weeks, the North-facing facade of the Wiesner Building (E15) will display selected footage and documentation of Proof of Concept, an ongoing series of guerilla performances staged in the various halls, conference rooms, labs, and lobbies belonging to the nebulous phenomenon called design thinking. The projection will be visible at nighttime hours throughout this period, with special programming four nights a week (Thursday-Sunday), weather permitting.
Proof of Concept is conceived and performed by Stratton Coffman (M.Arch ’20) and Isadora Dannin (M.Arch ’21), with support from the Transmedia Storytelling Initiative, the NuVu Research Fund, and Lord Jim.
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Monday, September 7
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A Green Recovery: Accelerating innovation towards a sustainable future
Monday, September 7
10:00 – 11:00am EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-green-recovery-accelerating-innovation-towards-a-sustainable-future-tickets-116613864207
An innovation-led recovery will be key to re-designing a hopeful and sustainable future for our cities, communities and people.
After a short summer break, our iKEN event series returns!
iKEN’s extensive, existing network of European cities of innovation offer the opportunity to learn first-hand from the inspiring innovation happening across Europe in response to COVID-19.
On September 7th, we'll explore how cities can repair, rebuild and re-design a hopeful post-lockdown future for our cities, communities and people.
COVID-19 resulted in previously unthinkable carbon emission cuts. Going forward, experts have been calling on governments to implement a green recovery to ensure that decisions made to rebuild the economy simultaneously work towards our climate change goals.
But what is a Green Recovery and how can we achieve it? Chaired by Alison McRae, Senior Director at Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, we’ll hear from experts from two European cities who sit at the forefront of sustainable innovation; Milan and Vienna.
Speakers:
Lucia Scopelliti is Head of Unit, Economic development, Municipality of Milan Expert at UIA (Urban Innovative Actions). Lucia will speak about the Milan of the future, which is sustainable, inclusive and digitally advanced. She will discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated progress towards these goals during each stage of the management of the crisis: resilience, response, and renewal.
Milan has expanded its vision of a sustainable future to incorporate elements that are now critical components of the City’s long-term recovery including public health, digital transformation,economic prosperity, transportation, education and social services; and have accelerated progress towards these goals. The City of Milan remained committed to innovation and its goal for a sustainable and equitable future before, during, and coming out of the crisis.
Michaela Kauer represents Vienna in the Executive Committee of EUROCITIES and works closely with the Committee of the Regions. She served as coordinator of the EU Urban Partnership on Affordable Housing from 2015-2018.
A link to the event will be emailed to confirmed attendees prior to the date
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Building back better: why we must address air pollution
Monday, September 7
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/building-back-better-why-we-must-address-air-pollution-tickets-117763125679
This online webinar is part of the UN International Day of Clean Air for blue skies, and explores holistic approaches to air pollution
Air pollution is the world’s largest environmental health risk, contributing to 7 million premature deaths per year, according to the World Health Organization. The health impact of air pollution most heavily affects urban and low-income communities. It is also closely linked to climate change, due to overlapping sources of air pollutants and greenhouse gases, and because a subset of air pollutants, called Short-Lived Climate Pollutants, directly contribute to both impacts.
The global lockdown in response to COVID-19 has transformed the way we live and work. The response has significantly reduced air pollution from some sources, and people are seeing blue skies for the first time in their lives. Meanwhile, there is growing evidence to suggest that long-term exposure to air pollution can increase the severity and number of deaths caused by COVID-19. Because of this, it is more pertinent than ever to address air pollution.
As the world looks at how to recover from COVID-19, there is a unique opportunity to ‘build back better’ by addressing air pollution, alongside climate, health and development priorities. How can the world build back the economy in the most resilient way? This webinar explores integrated strategies that achieve clean air, benefit human health, contribute to addressing climate change and make progress towards multiple Sustainable Development Goals.
This webinar is part of the UN’s International Day of Clean Air for blue skies and draws on the experiences of a wide range of experts who will explore how to address the air pollution problem in a holistic way, and through multiple approaches.
The webinar will be chaired by Dr Johan C.I. Kuylenstierna, Air Pollution Research Leader, Stockholm Environment Institute.
Speakers for the event include:
Geraint Davies MP, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Air Pollution, UK Parliament
Professor Sir Andy Haines, Professor of Environmental Change and Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Helena Molin Valdés, Head of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition Secretariat
Dr Eleni Iacovidou, Lecturer in Environmental Management, Brunel University London
Dr Chris Malley, Senior Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York
Dr Luis Gerardo Ruiz Suárez, General Coordinator of Pollution and Environmental Health, National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change (INECC)
Dr Yewande Awe, Senior Environmental Engineer, World Bank
Dr Sarah West, Centre Director, Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York
Closing remarks:
Dr Patrick Büker, Air Pollution Advisor, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
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Tuesday, September 8
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Webinar: China's energy transition - why does it matter?
Tuesday, September 8
6am – 7am EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-chinas-energy-transition-why-does-it-matter-tickets-117634956321
Confucius Institute for Business London is delighted to host the Webinar "Webinar: China's energy transition - why does it matter?"
China is the world's largest consumer of energy, accounting for a quarter of global energy consumption. How that energy is produced therefore has a huge impact far beyond China's borders - whether it is on the price of a litre of gasoline in London, the cost of a solar panel in Spain, or more generally the world's efforts to combat climate change. This webinar will explore the key trends that have shaped the transformation of China's energy landscape over the past decade, how they are bound to evolve going forward, and what this all means for China and for the world.
These topics will be discussed by three leading China energy experts:
Michal Meidan (Director of the China Energy Programme at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies)
Sheng Yan (Deputy Director, China Program at Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy)
Hubert Beaumont (CEO of Azure International).
The discussion will be moderated by energy executive and LSE CLCB Alumni Matei Negrescu.
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Why We Need More Than a Carbon Price
Tuesday, September 8
9 – 10 a.m.
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rRt3i_I9Sh2KT4dVQnpmIw
SPEAKER(S) Joseph E. Stiglitz, University Professor, Columbia University
Although nearly all economists consider a carbon-pricing policy — either in the form of a carbon tax or a carbon emissions trading system — to be necessary to accomplish ambitious CO2 emissions reductions in large, complex economies, most such economists would also recognize such a carbon-pricing policy will not be sufficient. This is partly because of other market failures that get in the way of price signals, such as principal-agent problems and information spillovers of the results of research and development activities. Beyond this, there are significant political impediments to implementing carbon pricing in many jurisdictions. Professor Stiglitz will talk about this and much more in a conversation with Harvard Professor Robert Stavins.
LINK https://www.belfercenter.org/event/why-we-need-more-carbon-price
CONTACT INFO casey_billings@hks.harvard.edu
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POPULISM’S TOXIC EMBRACE OF NATIONALISM
Tuesday, September 8
9:30am
Online
RSVP at https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2020-09-08/populisms-toxic-embrace-nationalism
As America enters the final stretch of the 2020 election, many of the debates and issues that continue to dominate the campaign at the national and local levels stem from a resurgent global right-wing populism that led to the election of Donald Trump in 2016.
Four years later, this aggressive form of right-wing populism, infused with xenophobic nationalism, remains a powerful influence in the United States and around the world. Perhaps no one knows these issues better than Lawrence Rosenthal, the founder of the University of California Berkley’s Center for Right-Wing Studies. In his new book Empire of Resentment: Populism’s Toxic Embrace of Nationalism, Rosenthal paints a vivid sociological, political and psychological picture of the transnational quality of this movement, which is now in power in at least a dozen countries. In America and abroad, the current mobilization of right-wing populism has given life to long marginalized threats like white supremacy and anti-immigration fervor.
In 2016, renowned UC Berkeley professor Arlie Hochschild was among the first major sociologists to help explain Trump’s election. Her award-winning book, Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right, helped readers understand why so many American voters were attracted to Trump’s populist message and its negative undertones.
Please join us for a special conversation between two UC Berkeley stars—Rosenthal and Hochschild—as they discuss the how the transformation of the American far right made the Trump presidency possible—and what it portends for the future just two months out from the 2020 election.
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A Tale of Two Responses: Transatlantic Perspectives on the Pandemic
Tuesday, September 8
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-tale-of-two-responses-transatlantic-perspectives-on-the-pandemic-tickets-118201093653
Ezekiel Emanuel, Vice Provost for Global Initiatives, University of Pennsylvania
Lothar Wieler, President, Robert Koch Institute, Germany
The United States is grappling with one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in the world and many are looking to countries that controlled their outbreaks to understand what went wrong and where to go from here.
Organized in partnership with Perry World House and Wunderbar Together, this event will bring together leading public health experts from Germany and the United States to compare their countries’ responses.
What can the United States learn from European responses to the pandemic, and what factors affected public health outcomes the most? While many countries closed their borders and competed with one another for medical supplies, is there still hope for European and trans-Atlantic collaboration as the world works towards long-term recovery? Will the competition continue over a vaccine?
Join Penn’s Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel and Dr. Lothar H. Wieler of the Robert Koch Institute, Germany’s national public health institute, for a virtual conversation with Karen Donfried of the German Marshall Fund and Michael C. Horowitz of Perry World House.
If you have any questions, please contact Itai Barsade at ibarsade@gmfus.org.
The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) strengthens transatlantic cooperation on regional, national, and global challenges and opportunities in the spirit of the Marshall Plan.
Wunderbar Together USA 2020 is a comprehensive and collaborative initiative funded by the German Federal Foreign Office and implemented by the Goethe-Institut.
Perry World House is a center for scholarly inquiry, teaching, research, international exchange, policy engagement, and public outreach on pressing global issues at the University of Pennsylvania.
Ezekial J. Emanuel
Dr. Emanuel is the Vice Provost for Global Initiatives, the Diane v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy University Professor, and Chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania. From January 2009 to January 2011, he served as special advisor for health policy to the director of the Office of Management and Budget in the White House. From 1997 to 2011, he was chair of the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health. He is also a breast oncologist.
Lothar H. Wieler
Prof. Wieler is president of the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin, Germany’s national Public Health institute. Lothar Wieler is executive board member of the International Association of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI). He is also a member of the scientific advisory board of the Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness (GloPID-R) and the WHO Europe Advisory Committee on Health Research (EACHR). Prof. Wieler is also a member of the Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Infectious Hazards (STAG-IH) of the World Health Organization.
Karen Donfried
Dr. Donfried is president of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, a non-profit organization dedicated to strengthening transatlantic cooperation. Before assuming this position in April 2014, Donfried was special assistant to the president and senior director for European affairs on the National Security Council. Prior to that, she served on the National Intelligence Council, the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff, and at the Congressional Research Service. Donfried is a trustee of Wesleyan University, her undergraduate alma mater. She received her doctorate from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a Magister from the University of Munich.
Michael C. Horowitz
Professor Horowitz is Director of Perry World House and Richard Perry Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of The Diffusion of Military Power: Causes and Consequences for International Politics, and the co-author of Why Leaders Fight. Professor Horowitz won the 2017 Karl Deutsch Award given by the International Studies Association for early career contributions to the fields of international relations and peace research. He previously worked for the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy in the Department of Defense. Professor Horowitz received his Ph.D. in Government from Harvard University and his B.A. in political science from Emory University.
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Region 1: CarbonPositive RESET! 1.5C Global Teach-In
Tuesday, September 8
11:00 AM – 8:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/region-1-carbonpositive-reset-15c-global-teach-in-tickets-112008686998
CarbonPositive RESET! 1.5ºC Global Teach-In will show how to design, build, manufacture, and plan a CarbonPositive future to meet 1.5ºC Goal
The CarbonPositive RESET! 1.5ºC Global Teach-In will showcase the most effective building materials, construction methods, design tools, architecture and planning strategies, practices and policies for dramatically and rapidly reducing the embodied and operational carbon emissions as we RESET our targets and actions to meet the Paris Agreement.
This event is a live, free, interdisciplinary, practice-focused event for architects, planners, designers, engineers, builders, developers, manufacturers, and policymakers worldwide.
The CarbonPositive RESET! will be a free full-day event that will take place in three global regions and time zones:
September 8: North & South America
September 17: Europe, Middle East & Africa
September 22: Asia, Asia Pacific & Oceania
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Playing in Extreme Environments: What space health research can teach us about adapting to life during pandemic
Tuesday, September 8
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Online
RSVP at https://www.redbull.com/int-en/events/red-bull-discovery-lab/registration-discovery-lab
Livestream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcLsgrcBo-8
For the past few months, our lives have been upended by the pandemic: we’ve had to either close ourselves off in our homes or work in unsafe environments, putting ourselves or our loved ones at risk of contracting a disease we’re only starting to understand. We have been living and working under extreme circumstances surrounded by anxiety, risk, isolation, and fear. We can’t just live through this pandemic, we need to thrive. One way to maintain our health is to find space and time for play, and not just as a leisure activity, but in our working lives as well.
Panelists will discuss their work in designing and studying living spaces for astronauts and we’ll connect this to the stressors affecting our current living situation. Astronauts also face the challenge of living and working in extreme environments. Surrounded by danger, extreme heat or cold, poisonous gases, or a lack of oxygen, they live in small living quarters, closed off from the outside world and with only tenuous connections back to their loved ones at home. But throughout all of this, not only do they find opportunities to play, they make it an important factor in their lives.
Panelists:
Dorit Donoviel, Ph.D., Director for the Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH), leads a NASA-funded innovation research and development program that enables new health technologies to predict, protect and preserve astronaut health during deep space exploration missions. In her previous role as Deputy Chief Scientist of the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI), Dr. Donoviel led both domestic and international research programs that bridged academic, industry, and government resources to deliver fast and cost-effective tangible results. She is the recipient of multiple honors including recognition from the NASA Human Research Program and the NSBRI Pioneer Award. Dr. Donoviel is Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology and the Center for Space Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM). Before joining BCM, she led metabolism drug discovery programs at Lexicon Pharmaceuticals for eight years. Dr. Donoviel completed a Human Frontiers postdoctoral fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Canada; holds a Biochemistry doctorate from the University of Washington in Seattle, WA; and received her baccalaureate degree in Biochemistry and Cell Biology from the University of California, San Diego in La Jolla, CA.
Ariel Ekblaw is the founder and lead of the MIT Media Lab’s Space Exploration Initiative, a team of over 50 graduate students, faculty, and staff actively prototyping our sci-fi space future. For the Initiative, Ariel coordinates space research and launch opportunities across the spectrum of science, engineering, art, and design, and builds collaborations on this work with MIT and Space Industry partners. Ariel is simultaneously a graduate research assistant at the MIT Media Lab, where she is completing a PhD in aerospace structures in Dr. Joseph Paradiso’s Responsive Environments group. Her current research includes designing, testing, and deploying self-assembling space architecture for future space tourist habitats and space stations in orbit around the Earth and Mars. Ariel brings an interdisciplinary approach to her research at the Media Lab, with undergraduate degrees in physics, mathematics, and philosophy from Yale University and a master’s in blockchain research from MIT. Her past work experience includes blockchain product development, cloud computing analytics at Microsoft Azure, big data programming at the CERN Particle Physics Laboratory, microgravity flight research with NASA, and Mars2020 rover hardware systems engineering at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Ariel’s work has been featured in AIAA, IEEE, WIRED, the BBC, Ars Technica, Ars Electronica, MIT Technology Review, Harvard Business Review, the Wall Street Journal, PRI’s ScienceFriday, and more.
Moderator:
Scot Osterweil is the Creative Director of the MIT Game Lab and The Education Arcade in MIT’s Comparative Media Studies/Writing department. As a game designer he has worked in both academic and commercial environments, and his work focuses on the authentically playful aspects of challenging academic subjects. He has designed games for computers, handheld devices, and multiplayer online environments. He is the co-creator of the acclaimed Zoombinis series of math and logic games and has lead a number of projects in The Education Arcade, including the MIT/Smithsonian-curated game, Vanished (environmental science); Lure of the Labyrinth (math); Kids Survey Network (data and statistics); Caduceus (medical science); iCue (history and civics); and the Hewlett Foundation’s Open Language Learning Initiative (ESL). He is a founding member of the Learning Games Network, where among other projects he created Quandary (ethics), the 2013 Games 4 Change Festival game of the year.
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Tuesday Seminar Series: How COVID has Changed Latin American Politics
Tuesday, September 8
12 – 1:20 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-A3OpVdDTDeoa5qHAkSpsA
SPEAKER(S) John Polga-Hecimovich, Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics, U.S. Naval Academy
Maria Victoria Murillo, Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Kurt Weyland, Professor of Government, University of Texas at Austin
Moderator: Steven Levitsky, Director, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies; Professor of Government, Harvard University
LINK https://drclas.harvard.edu/event/how-covid-has-changed-latin-american-politics
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DEEPFAKERY: A Livestream Talk Series
Tuesday, September 8
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Online
RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/WITNESS/
In conversation (online) with: David France
This talk is presented by the Co-Creation Studio at MIT OpenDocLab, in collaboration with WITNESS, as part of the Deepfakery livestream talk series. Sign up for updates about the series at https://www.facebook.com/WITNESS/
Using AI-generated Face Doubles in Documentary: Welcome to Chechnya
For his new observational documentary, Welcome to Chechnya, director David France took extraordinary measures to protect his subjects: members of the LGBTQ+ community fleeing state-sanctioned persecution and violence in Chechnya. In a world-first, David turned to AI-generated face replacement tech (also used in deepfakes) to create a safe “witness protection program” for the subjects, while preserving an intensely emotional connection between the films’ audiences and subjects. To accomplish this feat, David added nearly a year to an elaborate post-production phase of the film. In this talk, David breaks down the complex technological, aesthetic, psychological and human rights protocols he and his team developed to create one of the most urgent and emotionally powerful documentaries of 2020.
DAVID FRANCE is an Oscar-nominated filmmaker, New York Times bestselling author, and award-winning investigative journalist. His directorial debut, HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE, is hailed as an innovative and influential piece of storytelling and is regularly screened in university classrooms, and by community groups and AIDS service organizations. Appearing on over 20 “Best of the Year” lists, including Time and Entertainment Weekly, the documentary earned a GLAAD Award and top honors from the Gotham Awards, the International Documentary Association, the New York Film Critics Circle, the Boston Society of Film Critics, and the Provincetown Film Festival, among many others. After a theatrical run reaching over 30 cities, HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE was aired on PBS’ Independent Lens, reaching an audience of millions and garnering Academy and Emmy nominations and a Peabody Award. His 2017 film, THE DEATH & LIFE OF MARSHA P. JOHNSON, a Netflix Original Documentary, won numerous festival prizes and was awarded the Outfest “Freedom Award” and a special jury recognition from Sheffield International Documentary Festival. Critics put it on multiple “Best of the Year” lists (and gave it a 96% ranking on Rotten Tomatoes). David’s latest book, also titled HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE (Knopf, 2016), received the Baillie Gifford Prize for best nonfiction book published in the English Language. In addition, France has seen his journalistic work inspire several films, including the Peabody-winning Showtime film SOLDIER’S GIRL, based on his New York Times Magazine story of the transgender girlfriend of a soldier killed in an anti-gay attack.
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ERIN BROCKOVICH: SUPERMAN'S NOT COMING
Tuesday, September 8
12:30pm
Online
RSVP at https://commonwealthclub.secure.force.com/ticket/#/instances/a0F3j00001CnSVFEA3
Erin Brockovich was vaulted into national recognition in 2000, after the eponymous movie starring Julia Roberts made her a water activism icon. Famous for her focus on contamination, Brockovich says there is a larger threat facing water’s very existence: climate change, and the impact it has on dwindling freshwater supplies, longer droughts, and hotter weather.
Superman isn’t coming to protect our water or environment, writes Brockovich in her latest book — and neither are corporations, politicians or the “gutted” EPA. How can individuals and communities take collective action to safeguard our environment and our resources? What are today’s leading activists doing to create change that lasts?
Join us for a conversation on speaking truth to power with Erin Brockovich, author of Superman's Not Coming: Our National Water Crisis and What We the People Can Do About It.
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Economic Justice: Building Movements in the United States
Tuesday, September 8
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://carrcenter.hks.harvard.edu/os_events/nojs/registration/1367750
SPEAKER(S) LaTosha Brown, Co-Founder, Black Voters Matter Fund
Margaret Huang, President, Southern Poverty Law Center
Priscilla Ocen, Professor of Criminal Law, Loyola Law School
Moderator: Sushma Raman, Executive Director, Carr Center
DETAILS Please join the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy for its signature weekly series this fall, The Fierce Urgency of Now, featuring Black, Indigenous, People of Color scholars, activists, and community leaders, and experts from the Global South. Hosted and facilitated by Sushma Raman and Mathias Risse, the series also aligns with a course they will co-teach this fall at the Harvard Kennedy School on Economic Justice: Theory and Practice.
This panel of distinguished change-makers will discuss economic justice concerns in the United States, particularly as they affect Black and Brown communities.
LINK https://carrcenter.hks.harvard.edu/event/fierce-urgency-now-webinar-series-economic-justice-building-movements-united-states
CONTACT INFO Laryssa Da Silveira
laryssadasilveira@hks.harvard.edu
617-998-5488
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Delivering One Planet Prosperity
Tuesday, September 8
2pm – 4pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/delivering-one-planet-prosperity-tickets-116288093819
One Planet Prosperity is SEPA's strategy for tackling the challenges of the 21st century facing Scotland's environment.
Terry A'Hearn, CEO of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency will be delivering this talk as a special Climate Cafe event.
SEPA works to Protech and improve Scotland's environment. 'One Planet Prosperity' is an ambitious strategy to tackle the challenges faced by Scotland's environment in the 21st century, with the aim to reduce the over-use of the planet's natural resources. It outlines an approach to delivering environmental protection and improvement in ways which will also create health benefits and sustainable economic growth
This an open event. The evening will consist of a presentation by Terry A'Hearn followed by a Q&A session.
Sign up to access the Zoom link.
For more information visit :
https://www.sepa.org.uk/regulations/how-we-regulate/delivering-one-planet-prosperity/#:~:text=One%20Planet%20Prosperity%20is%20our,benefits
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The Multiple Crises of Corporations: Covid, Climate and Mental Health
Tuesday, September 8
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-multiple-crises-of-corporations-covid-climate-and-mental-health-tickets-117225347169
A discussion with a Sustainability Community that explores how Covid, climate & mental health crises are shaping the future of corporations.
Join the discussion with Transformational Leadership Forum - a network that is designed to support visionary change-makers across industries working to address Environmental, Social and Governance issues within their communities.
This event will be led by Urgentem, a challenger brand and climate transition catalyst which provides transparent emissions data and climate risk analytics to the finance industry.
The event will explore the question: What corporate values and principles do we need to guide the development of sustainable products, services and organisational cultures which can make a positive impact and support teams and individuals through the multiple crises we now face?
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XR Engineers - Easy things I can do to take climate action
Tuesday, September 8
2:30pm – 4pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/xr-engineers-easy-things-i-can-do-to-take-climate-action-tickets-119718670767
A meeting open to all engineers, part of XR are just curious, on why it's more urgent than ever to take action on climate emergency and how.
This is an open meeting for all engineers who care about the climate emergency and want to know what action they can take. Whether you are just curious about XR Engineers or you are a regular attendee you will be very welome. You don't even need to be an engineer!
In this session we will cover:
An update on the climate science and why the covid economic recovery plan makes it even more urgent than ever for us to demand the Government takes action on the climate and ecological crisis.
The latest from the on-going protests around the UK.
Simple actions you can take whether part of XR are not
How to get more involved in empowering more engineers to take action.
The session will be hosted on Zoom. When you book, as an additional security precaution, we will ask you asked to register with Zoom as well for this session. You will receive instructions on the confirmation email you get from Eventbrite.
Until then stay well and see you there.
XR Engineers.
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Power After Carbon: Findings and Insights for State Policymakers
Wednesday, September 9
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET
Online
RSVP at https://register.gotowebinar.com/#register/2036453173498873102
In May 2020, Peter Fox-Penner published Power After Carbon: Building a Clean, Resilient Grid. This important book emphasizes “the indispensability of large power systems, battery storage, and scalable carbon-free power technologies, along with the grids and markets that will integrate them.” It discusses how the electricity system can decarbonize even as regulators and electric utilities “continue to deliver on other key performance objectives.” This webinar will focus on findings and recommendations from the book that are especially relevant to state policymakers who are considering strategies for moving towards 100% clean energy for their state’s electricity sector. Peter Fox-Penner directs Boston University’s Institute for Sustainable Energy and is a Professor in BU’s Questrom School of Business, Chief Strategy Officer for Energy Impact Partners, and an advisor and former chairman of The Brattle Group.
This webinar is presented by the Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) on behalf of the 100% Clean Energy Collaborative.
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Memory, Social Justice, and Mindfulness
Tuesday, September 8
5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Online
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DETAILS This 4-week series from the Harvard Ed Portal builds off of Dr. Angel Acosta's 400 Years Project, which centers contemplative practice around the history of inequality in the US.
The goal of this workshop is to engage with, acknowledge, and awaken ourselves to the dynamics of racism and oppression at all levels. Each session will have a mix of practices, including:
Mindfulness and compassion practices
Walking through the 400 Years Timeline
Guided storytelling and reflection
By understanding how history lives in each of us and the systems which surround us, we can begin to heal the wounds of historical trauma, both individually and collectively.
Please note: As this is a cumulative workshop, attendance is strongly encouraged at all four sessions, to help build a safe space for discussion and trust.
LINK https://edportal.harvard.edu/event/memory-social-justice-and-mindfulness
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JFK Jr. Forum: A Conversation with Andrew Yang
Tuesday, September 8
6 – 6:45 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdtGl_6TVUxyrLF2NUmo_g5JYISt75fT4zk-or4v0vOCY6QZA/viewform
SPEAKER(S) Andrew Yang, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate and entrepreneur
DETAILS 2020 Democratic presidential candidate and entrepreneur Andrew Yang joins the Institute of Politics. Yang was named a “Champion of Change” in 2011 and a “Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship” in 2015 by the Obama administration. Since ending his presidential campaign, Yang founded the nonprofit organization Humanity Forward, which is working during the COVID-19 pandemic to help communities affected by racism related to the pandemic. He joins us in the Forum to reflect on his experiences in the presidential primary, vision for the economy, and universal basic income.
LINK https://iop.harvard.edu/forum/upcoming
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Staying Strong While Everything Falls Apart: Navigating Grief and Hope About the Environment
Tuesday, September 8
6:00PM
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/staying-strong-while-everything-falls-apart-navigating-environmental-grief-tickets-107731311252ns
COVID has taught us in a hurry – and brought to widely publicized attention – the importance of self-care and psycho-social resilience during a crisis, even while being physically distant from our support networks. Can we distill those lessons and transfer them to other crisis situations, such as arise from climate change and other environmental crises? Can we break the taboo around the mental health challenges for those of us working to improve and save the environment?
What are some of the chronic stresses and shocks associated with sustainability challenges, such as climate change that demand our attention from a psychological perspective? What emotional experiences and mental health stresses can we expect? Which can we already observe? And to what extent is this growing problem already being recognized and addressed?
On a spectrum from healthy to pathological, people will need different kinds of support. What might that look like? Can we build up our “adaptive mind”, our capacity for psycho-social resilience even as the work gets harder?
Our Sept 8 BASG will feature Suzanne Moser, a nationally and internationally recognized independent scholar and consultant. Her work with government agencies, non-profits, foundations, and other researchers and consultants focuses on adaptation to climate change, science-policy interactions, effective climate change communication, and psycho-social resilience in the face of the traumatic and transformative challenges before us. She is a prolific writer, an inspiring speaker and has served on scientific advisory boards for Future Earth, the International Science Council, the US National Research Council and has contributed to the IPCC and US national climate assessments.
Suzanne will be joined by additional speakers, to be announced, whose work looks at building personal resilience to grief about the environment in various realms of our life so that we can keep up the good fight!
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Susanne C. Moser is a geographer (Ph.D. 1997, Clark University) who works nationally and internationally as an independent scholar and consultant from a base in western Massachusetts. Her work with government agencies, non-profits, foundations, and other researchers and consultants focuses on adaptation to climate change, science-policy interactions, effective climate change communication, and psycho-social resilience in the face of the traumatic and transformative challenges before us. She is a prolific writer, an inspiring speaker and has served on scientific advisory boards for Future Earth, the International Science Council, the US National Research Council and has contributed to the IPCC and US national climate assessments.
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Losing Native Nation’s Cultural Heritage due to Climate Change: More than Material Damage
Tuesday, September 8
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-science-by-the-glass-april-taylor-tickets-118288041717
Speaker: April Taylor, Tribal Liaison, South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center
Topic: How is climate change is impacting cultural heritage and why the tribes are concerned?
Zoom link: https://bit.ly/3b6USEr
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Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All
Tuesday, September 8
7:00 PM
Online
RSVP at https://www.harvard.com/event/virtual_event_martha_s._jones/
Free - $3 contribution suggested at registration
Harvard Book Store's virtual event series welcomes MARTHA S. JONES—Society of Black Alumni Presidential Professor and professor of history at Johns Hopkins University—for a discussion of her latest book, Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All.
About Vanguard
In the standard story, the suffrage crusade began in Seneca Falls in 1848 and ended with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. But this overwhelmingly white women's movement did not win the vote for most black women. Securing their rights required a movement of their own.
In Vanguard, acclaimed historian Martha S. Jones offers a new history of African American women's political lives in America. She recounts how they defied both racism and sexism to fight for the ballot, and how they wielded political power to secure the equality and dignity of all persons. From the earliest days of the republic to the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and beyond, Jones excavates the lives and work of black women—Maria Stewart, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Fannie Lou Hamer, and more—who were the vanguard of women's rights, calling on America to realize its best ideals.
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Back to School: Racial Justice = Climate Justice
Tuesday, September 8
8:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/back-to-school-racial-justice-climate-justice-tickets-119034047039
A virtual panel discussion on the Biden-Harris plans for climate action, environmental justice and racial equity.
Join Clean Energy for Biden (CE4B) for a panel discussion on how the recently released Biden-Harris plans for clean energy, climate action and environmental justice, and racial equity will address the interwoven challenges of racial and climate justice. The main focus will be on the commitments that VP Biden and Senator Harris have made to environmental justice and climate action, and how their platform explicitly links climate to racial justice and equity. In addition to being the most ambitious presidential platform on climate change, it also explicitly prioritizes Black, Brown and Indigenous communities. Special emphasis will be placed on how young climate activists and racial justice advocates, who will have to deal with the consequences of climate change and environmental degradation, can engage with the campaign and help the US economy build back better, while also working towards environmental and social justice.
The panelists will break down the Biden/Harris platform and discuss how progress can be made through several initiatives such as energy efficient public housing, accessible transit & transportation, and the development of critical clean water infrastructure.
Panelists:
Bill McKibben: Founder of 350.org, Author and Schumann Distinguished Professor in Residence at Middlebury College
Rhiana Gunn-Wright: Climate Policy Director at the Roosevelt Institute and Co-architect of the Green New Deal
Mondaire Jones: Democratic candidate for Congress (NY-17)
Moderated by Julian Brave NoiseCat: Vice President of Policy & Strategy at Data for Progress and Narrative Change Director at the Natural History Museum
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Wednesday, September 9
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ACTIVIST CHARLES MUNGER, JR.: POLITICAL REFORMS THAT WORK
Wednesday, September 9
9:30am
Online
RSVP at https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2020-09-09/activist-charles-munger-jr-political-reforms-work
Dr. Charles Munger advocates good government, representative politics and a strong, responsible two-party system for California and the nation. Viewed by many as a moderate Republican, Dr. Munger campaigned in 2012 for California's current open "top two" primary and was the co-author of 2010's Proposition 20 to keep elected representatives separate from the process of creating congressional districts. He believes both have worked to encourage true representative government.
Dr. Munger served as chairman of the Santa Clara County Republican Party from 2012 to 2015. He holds a Ph.D. in atomic physics from U.C. Berkeley and is one of 8 children of Charles Munger, the vice chairman of financial holding company Berkshire Hathaway. As we head toward the election, come hear his unique thoughts on the power of political reform in an era where gridlock and cynicism abound .
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Climate Action 2.0: Sparking an Era of Transformational Climate Leadership
Tuesday, September 9
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.wri.org/events/2020/09/climate-action-20-sparking-era-transformational-climate
Join the conversation: #ClimateEmergency
The world is way off track from slashing emissions fast enough to avoid catastrophic consequences from the climate crisis. Radical shifts for how we power our homes and businesses and move around are essential to correct course and embark on a just transition to a net-zero future. Obviously, the same old approaches to tackling the climate crisis are just not cutting it. What — and who — will it take to truly rise to the challenge?
Join us on September 9 for a blunt and visionary conversation on what it will take to overcome barriers to exponentially ramp up climate action. You will hear from prominent youth activists, podcasters, low-carbon futurists, elected and corporate leaders, philanthropists, and researchers... how are we falling short? What climate solutions demand more of our attention and that of our peers, and what are dangerous and costly distractions? And ultimately what are the big, breakthrough ideas that will enable society to finally come to grips with the climate crisis, despite the political headwinds?
Speakers
Christiana Figueres, Founding Partner, Global Optimism; Former UNFCCC Executive Secretary
Nigel Topping, COP26 Champion
Liz McKeon, Head of Portfolio, Climate Action, IKEA Foundation
Ambassador Valentine Rugwabiza, Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations
Vanessa Nakate, Climate justice activist
Lucas Joppa, Chief Environment Officer, Microsoft
Helen Mountford, Vice President, Climate & Economics, World Resources Institute (moderator)
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COVID-19, debt relief, and the climate and biodiversity crises
Wednesday, September 9
10:00 – 11:00 EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/covid-19-debt-relief-and-the-climate-and-biodiversity-crises-tickets-116422477765
This IIED Debates event will explore the use of debt for climate and nature programme swaps.
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, urgent debt relief is needed. For many developing countries, repayments mean that vast amounts of money are diverted away from action on the climate emergency and biodiversity loss as well as education, health and infrastructure. Millions more vulnerable people are being pushed into poverty.
Join IIED on Wednesday, 9 September for an online discussion on how debt relief can be addressed through climate and nature programme swaps.
This online event will bring together experts to discuss the use of debt for climate and nature programme swaps as a tool to address poverty, the climate crisis and biodiversity loss.
What are the opportunities and challenges of such an approach? What role can creditors from the private sector, multilateral organisations and governments play? What is the role of debtor governments ? And to what extent can such an approach support a sustainable post-COVID-19 recovery?
About the panel
Andrew Norton (chair) is director of IIED. He is an applied anthropologist working on a range of issues related to social and environmental justice.
Paul Steele is chief economist in IIED’s Shaping Sustainable Markets research group. He specialises on the linkages between environment, climate and poverty reduction.
Sonja Gibbs is the managing director and head of sustainable finance at the Institute of International Finance. Her work focuses on multi-asset investment strategy, emerging/frontier markets, capital flows and ESG investment.
Dr Shamshad Akhtar served as governor of the State Bank of Pakistan and finance minister in the last caretaker government. She has served in several multilateral institutions including the United Nations, where she served as the Under Secretary General of the Economic and Social Commission of the Asia and Pacific (UNESCAP), and senior special advisor on economics and finance of the UN Secretary General, and concurrently served for five years as UN G20 Sherpa for development and finance tracks.
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Women's Leadership in the 116th U.S. Congress: A Conversation with Congresswomen Lawrence and Brooks
Wednesday, September 9
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. EST
Online
RSVP at https://gmfus.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gCdyf0pxSf21_kOKlEMsRA
The Honorable Brenda Lawrence, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Co-Chair, Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues
The Honorable Susan Brooks, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Former Co-Chair, Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues
Moderator: Corinna Horst, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director of GMF's Brussels Office
Scene Setter: Reta Jo Lewis, Esq. , Senior Fellow and Director of Congressional Affairs, GMF
Economic growth, security concerns, human rights violations, and the coronavirus pandemic demonstrate the complexity of politics in the 21st century. A more inclusive social contract and U.S.-EU cooperation are critical to delivering sustainable progress. Building coalitions, working across party lines, and fostering networks are some of the most important and sustainable ways for lawmakers to find solutions to complex policy issues.
In this conversation, Congresswomen Brenda Lawrence, co-chair of the Bipartisan Congressional Women's Caucus, and Congresswoman Susan Brooks, former co-chair, will discuss women's leadership on critical policy areas in the 116th Congress, including post-pandemic recovery and the future of work, tech accountability, national security, and inequality in the United States.
If you have any questions, please contact Catharine Carstens at ccarstens@gmfus.org (for U.S. participants) or Eleonora del Vecchio at edvecchio@gmfus.org (for EU participants).
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The Opportunity for Climate Progress with a Green Stimulus
Wednesday, September 9
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Online
RSVP at https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LowegtWISZOo7UFt4j1Q9g
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unemployment to reach levels last experienced in the United States during the Great Depression. Given the depth and breadth of the COVID-19 recession, economic stimulus and recovery packages will be key to bringing the unemployed back into the workforce and deploying capital throughout the economy. The prospect that at least a portion of an economic stimulus plan can simultaneously accomplish climate policy priorities (a “green stimulus”) has drawn considerable interest.
Join the Center on Global Energy Policy, in partnership with the Breakthrough Institute and Data for Progress, as we discuss the opportunity for climate progress with a green stimulus in the United States following the 2020 election.
Moderator:
Kendra Pierre-Louis, Gimlet
Panelists:
Dr. Noah Kaufman, Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA
Julian Brave NoiseCat, Vice President of Policy & Strategy, Data for Progress and Narrative Change Director for the Natural History Museum
Ted Nordhaus, Founder and Executive Director, The Breakthrough Institute
Dr. Leah Stokes, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
This webinar will be hosted via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Upon registration, you will receive a confirmation email with access details. The event will be recorded and the video recording will be added to our website following the event.
This event is open to press, and registration is required to attend.
For media inquiries or requests for interviews, please contact Artealia Gilliard (ag4144@columbia.edu) or Genna Morton (gam2164@columbia.edu).
For more information about the event, please contact Caitlin Norfleet or Nicolina DueMogensen (energypolicyevents@columbia.edu).
Event Contact Information:
Center on Global Energy Policy
energypolicy@columbia.edu
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Agenda Seeding: How 1960s Black Protests Moved Media, Public Opinion and Voting
Wednesday, September 9
12 – 1:30 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/j/94408934718#success
SPEAKER(S) Omar Wasow, Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics, Princeton University
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Weatherhead Forum "Thinking the Future: New Perspectives on Globalization and Health under COVID-19”
Wednesday, September 9
12 – 2 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://wcfia.harvard.edu/event/special-event-weatherhead-forum-09-09-20
SPEAKER(S) Ann Mische, Associate Professor of Sociology and Peace Studies; Faculty Fellow, Kellogg Institute for International Affairs, University of Notre Dame
Vikram Patel, The Pershing Square Professor of Global Health and Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Professor, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Allan Brandt, Amalie Moses Kass Professor of the History of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Professor of the History of Science, Harvard University
Paul Farmer, Kolokotrones University Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine; Professor of Medicine; Chair, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Arthur Kleinman, Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University; Professor of Medical Anthropology, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine; Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Chair: Michèle Lamont, Center Director; Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies; Professor of Sociology and of African and African American Studies, Departments of Sociology and African and African American Studies, Harvard University
DETAILS
“THINKING THE FUTURE: New Perspectives on Globalization and Health under COVID-19”
This event requires registration in advance in order to secure your space and to receive the meeting link and password via email.
LINK https://wcfia.harvard.edu/event/special-event-weatherhead-forum-09-09-20
CONTACT INFO Sarah Banse
sarahbanse@wcfia.harvard.edu
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PlanA.earth x Cooler Future: How to spot greenwashing
Wednesday, September 9
12:00 – 2pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.de/e/planaearth-x-cooler-future-how-to-spot-greenwashing-tickets-116735975445
Companies claim to take climate change seriously, but how do we know if it's true? This webinar will teach you how to spot greenwashing.
In today's word of buzzwords, being able to distinguish a real mission from a mere slogan is easier said than done.
This webinar will teach you how to spot greenwashing and empower yourself with knowledge next time you want to buy from or invest in a company that claims to be "eco-friendly".
It will also give you an idea of what the distinguished aspects of a company that offers a path to a sustainable future are.
AGENDA:
INTRO: [Kezia Wright - Intertrust]
What is greenwashing? Exploring the definition.
PART 1: [Lubomila Jordanova - PlanA.Earth]:
Company footprint: What does it consist of, what does it take to be carbon neutral and why greenwashing is easily achievable given the regulatory frameworks, and how you can cut it down?
PART 2: [Elina Seppälä - Cooler Future]:
How to spot real climate activism from greenwashing in companies, what separates good ones from the ones who only try to look good.
PANEL DISCUSSION:
From ESG to Impact: Will companies that ignore the climate crisis be able to survive?
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Lubomila Jordanova
Lubomila is the founder and CEO of PlanA.Earth, a Berlin-based startup developing an algorithm which predicts where and how climate change will hit the hardest and a software that helps businesses reduce their emissions by 50% within a year and save money while doing so. She also recently founded the Greentech Alliance, a collection of 300+ startups which are connected to over 200+ advisors from VC, media and business, who help them monthly with advice and feedback. Prior to Plan A, she worked in investment banking, venture capital and fintech in Asia and Europe. She was recently announced as 30 under 30 Social Entrepreneur of 2020 by Forbes and Entrepreneur to watch in Germany.
Elina Seppälä
Elina has a mixed background with +15 years of experience from politics, consultancy and heavy industry. She has worked with taxes, supply chain management, energy sourcing, investments as well as sustainability both on strategic and operational levels. Elina has been responsible for the sustainability performance of more than 25k suppliers. She has audited Chinese coal mines, visited nuclear power plants all around the world, investigated child labour in Pakistan and helped government owned companies to improve their climate performance. During her free time, Elina loves reading, singing in the car and supporting startups.
Kezia Wright
Kezia is the Head of Climate & Sustainability at Intertrust Technologies Corp. Kezia is responsible for Intertrust’s sustainability strategy and leads Planet OS (owned by Intertrust), a data catalogue for climate and weather data. Kezia is also an Advisor to the Greentech Alliance and offers strategy advice and funding advice to early-stage sustainability technology companies. Kezia’s experience spans technology, activism, politics, and finance. Prior to working at Intertrust, Kezia worked in venture capital in the San Francisco Bay Area and prior to this, Kezia worked with the World Wildlife Fund in Washington D.C. on their Activism Team.
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BRIAN STELTER: FOX NEWS, TRUMP AND THE DISTORTION OF TRUTH
Wednesday, September 9
12:30pm
Online
RSVP at https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2020-09-09/brian-stelter-fox-news-trump-and-distortion-truth
In a world of “fake news,” President Donald Trump has labeled one network as telling his “truth”—Fox News. The president has developed a symbiotic relationship with Fox. Since the day Trump announced his candidacy, its pundits have consistently slandered Trump’s enemies and promoted his vision of America.
The president himself has also admitted to watching 6 hours of Fox News a day, even in the face of a disastrous pandemic and national economic crisis. He gets his brash personal and political actions legitimized by the network, and the network makes money off Trump-supporting viewers who willfully follow the network.
In Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth, CNN anchor and Chief Media Correspondent Brian Stelter tells the twisted story of the mutually beneficial relationship between President Trump and Fox News and dives into a relationship that he argues comes at the expense of the American people.
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Seminar: Green Energy Development in the Post-Pandemic World
Wednesday, September 9
2pm - 3:30pm
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/seminar-green-energy-development-in-the-post-pandemic-world-tickets-116680553677
Everyone’s eyes have been fixated on COVID-19 pandemic, which is one of the most serious challenges the world has faced since World War II.
Everyone’s eyes have been fixated on COVID-19 pandemic, which is one of the most serious challenges the world has faced since World War II. Countries around the globe are striving hard to restart their economy from the SARS-CoV-2 caused cliff-drop while, global warming, a deeper peril to our habitat on earth lies beneath the surface of this crisis. It is imperative that we take the road of further developing green energy to cope with the climate change.
Then, here are a few questions to ask:
Would it be a zero-sum game between the post pandemic economic recovery and the measures to counter climate change?
Would COVID-19 impede the progress of green energy development or bring in new opportunities instead?
How would the world continue on the path of green energy development while facilitating a higher quality economic recovery post the pandemic?
Centered around the above questions of particular interest, UCGEC has brought to you senior experts from Stanford University, University of California at Davis and at Berkeley to discuss electric power, clean energy transportation and energy internet from various angles and dimensions on the low-carbon path the world can take post the pandemic. Register (for free) today for this great opportunity to meet with the experts!
Speakers:
Liang Min. Managing Director for the Bits and Watts Initiative, Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University.
Yunshi Wang, Director of the China Center for Energy and Transportation, University of California at Davis.
Michael M. Hsieh, Special Faculty at UC Berkeley Extension, Vice President of US-China Green Energy Council.
Agenda:
2:00-2:20 pm Speaker Min Liang
Topic: COVID-19: A Dress Rehearsal of the Clean Electricity Future.
2:20-2:40 pm Speaker Yunshi Wang
Topic: Post pandemic development of China's auto industry, with emphasis on new energy powered vehicles.
2:40-3:00 pm Speaker Michael M. Hsieh
Topic: Utility Rate Payer's Wishes in the Post COVID-19 Era.
3:00-3:30 pm Panel discussion
** please register in advance. Zoom link to the meeting will be emailed to registrants ahead of time.
More detail: http://www.ucgec.org/events/2020-seminar
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Insights from Congressional and Tribal Leaders: Coronavirus Relief for American Indian Tribal Governments
Wednesday, September 9
4 – 5 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/8315990837877/WN_3FABgSG3T1-dtodrZK3Vhg
SPEAKER(S) Steve Daines, U.S. Senator
Sharice Davids, U.S. Representative
Shelley Buck, President, Prairie Island Indian Community
Stephen Roe Lewis, Governor, Gila River Indian Community
Alvin "A.J." Not Afraid, Jr., Chairman, Crow Tribe of Indians
Moderator: Joseph P. Kalt, Director Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development
DETAILS In March 2020, American Indian tribes celebrated their historic inclusion in the CARES Act, receiving nearly $11 billion in direct relief. The Act recognized that tribal governments are confronting extraordinary demands parallel to those faced by state and local governments. The relief dollars, however, have been slow to reach Native Americans. While tribal governments have put forth unprecedented efforts to serve their citizens in crisis, restrictions on the use and timing of federal relief monies have hindered tribes’ capacities to do all they are capable of.
Now, as Congress returns from their summer recess to debate additional coronavirus relief packages, including potential additional direct aid to tribal governments, the Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center and the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development will host a diverse panel of Congressional and tribal leaders to look ahead and discuss how Congress might come together on a bipartisan basis to enhance support for Indian Country’s pandemic recovery efforts.
Virtual Event Details
This event will be held via Zoom Webinar. Please register below to receive the login as well as an event reminder before the event.
Questions? Please contact the Ash Center event team at info@ash.harvard.edu.
LINK https://ash.harvard.edu/event/insights-congressional-and-tribal-leaders-coronavirus-relief-american-indian-tribal
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Revenue at Risk in Coal-Reliant Counties
Wednesday, September 9
4:30PM TO 5:45PM
Online
RSVP Jason Chapman, jason_chapman@hks.harvard.edu, 616-496-8054
Adele Morris and Siddhi Doshi, Brookings Institution, and Noah Kaufman, Columbia University
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/74265
Contact Name: Jason Chapman
jason_chapman@hks.harvard.edu
616-496-8054
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Standing Up, Stepping Forward, and Speaking Out: The Political Courage to take a Principled Stand
Wednesay, September 9
5:30PM - 6:30PM
Online
RSVP at https://18308a.blackbaudhosting.com/18308a/Standing-Up-Stepping-Forward-and-Speaking-Out-The-Political-Courage-to-take-a-Principled-Stand
John Dean, William Weld, and Edward Widmer
Watergate was a sea change in American politics. But even as a presidential scandal gripped the nation, there were remarkable displays of political courage, as Republicans and Democrats found ways to work together for the good of the nation, and wrote new rules to ensure transparency and integrity. What can we learn from Watergate? Specifically, what can we learn from the people who stood up, stepped forward and spoke out against wrongs that they saw within their own party and among their friends? How can this help us understand the role of collaborationists in the past and today and the need for political courage. Join us for a conversation between John Dean, former White House Counsel to President Richard Nixon who was implicated in the Watergate scandal but later testified against Nixon; William Weld, former Massachusetts Governor and US presidential candidate, who began his legal career as a counsel on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee's impeachment inquiry staff for the impeachment process against Richard Nixon in 1974; and historian Edward Widmer.
Please note, this is an online event held on the video conference platform, Zoom. Registrants will receive an email with links to join the program.
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Jane Fonda | WHAT CAN I DO? with Amber Valletta
Wednesday, September 9
8:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pp-live-jane-fonda-what-can-i-do-with-amber-valletta-tickets-115224166584
Cost: $0 – $36
Actress and activist Jane Fonda discusses her new book, WHAT CAN I DO?, a call to action regarding the looming disaster of climate change.
"This is the last possible moment in history when changing course can mean saving lives and species on an unimaginable scale. It's too late for moderation."
In the fall of 2019, frustrated with the obvious inaction of politicians and inspired by Greta Thunberg, Naomi Klein, and student climate strikers, Jane Fonda moved to Washington, D.C. to lead weekly climate change demonstrations on Capitol Hill. On October 11, she launched Fire Drill Fridays, and has since led thousands of people in nonviolent civil disobedience, risking arrest to protest for action.
In What Can I Do?, Fonda weaves her deeply personal journey as an activist alongside conversations with and speeches by leading climate scientists and inspiring community organizers, and dives deep into the issues, such as water, migration, and human rights, to emphasize what is at stake. Most significantly, Fonda equips us all with the tools we need to join her in protest, so that everyone can work to combat the climate crisis.
Fonda will be in conversation with Amber Valletta, fashion icon, actress, and humanitarian.
*100% of the author's net proceeds from What Can I Do? will go to Greenpeace.
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Faith in Action: Civic Engagement for Climate Justice
Wednesday, September 9
9:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/faith-in-action-civic-engagement-for-climate-justice-tickets-117608759967
Learn how Christians can take action on climate change amidst COVID-19.
Would you be curious how faith informs and compels Christians to pursue civic engagement? And are you ready to take action on the twin crises of climate change and COVID-19?
If you've answered 'yes' to both questions, then join us for a panel discussion on Wednesday, September 9, 6 PM PT or 9 PM ET with Christine Boyle (Vancouver City Councillor) and Karri Munn-Venn (Senior Policy Analyst for Citizens for Public Justice).
Facilitated by Earthkeepers' Monica Tang, this discussion between Christine and Karri will explore why followers of Christ should pursue civic action for justice and how to best advocate for change in our churches and local communities.
Bring your questions for the Q&A session afterwards.
Speaker Biographies
Karri Munn-Venn is a senior policy analyst with Citizens for Public Justice. Karri has led policy work and campaigns on ecological and climate justice pillar, and several years ago, Earthkeepers organized a local event to support the CPJ-led Give it Up for the Earth! Campaign.
Christine Boyle is a first term City Councillor with OneCity Vancouver. She is a community organizer, a climate justice activist, and an ordained United Church Minister. Councillor / Rev Boyle previously served as Minister of Community Life at Canadian Memorial United Church. She has done national climate justice organizing among diverse faith communities, including at COP21, and at the Vatican, and with Faith & the Common Good. Christine was born and raised on unceded Coast Salish Territories. She has a BSc in Urban Agriculture and First Nations Studies from UBC, and a Masters of Religious Leadership for Social Change from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA. Earthkeepers first connected with Christine in her previous role with Fossil Free Faith.
Additional Information and Cost
Need a refresher on the links between climate change and COVID-19, and what rebuilding towards a more just economy should involve? Visit the Earthkeepers' resources page for recordings of our previous webinars: https://www.theearthkeepers.org/resources/webinar-recordings.
This event is no charge. Donations to support Earthkeepers in our continuing mandate to provide Christian faith-oriented climate education and organize civic engagement are gratefully accepted.
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Thursday, September 10
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Smart Food Online Conference & Exhibition
Thursday, September 10
5am – 11am EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/smart-food-online-conference-exhibition-tickets-104430315886
Smart Food Conference will explore the demand for complex data channels through the entire supply chain. The introduction of Blockchain, and Industry 4.0 in the food industry will certainly accelerate accurate information supply, and businesses will need to adapt communication, and review compliances and their stricter adherence to environmental law.
Big challenges face the food industry of the future with world population forecast to reach nine-billion by 2050. Couple this with knowledge that Global warming will add pressure on world food production.
To add further pressure to food manufacturers, many people are likely to be wealthier than they are today, creating further demand for specialised foods which will need to come from closer to home, that will require new and inventive ways for producers to churn out quality food in a much shorter period of time.
Arguably however, it's the issues facing production that threaten to be the most challenging for the global food system. The effects of climate change are likely to accelerate, and competition for land and water also likely to intensify.
So the food or beverage factory of the future will have to be smart, connected and collaborative
Taking all of these market dynamics into account, manufacturers predict increasing the use of automation and robotics to bring more flexible machinery in to efficiently run production lines. Four out of five companies have more than 100 product SKUs and over half predict SKUs will continue to increase, driving the need for faster changeover.
As part of this revolution, food manufacturing is undergoing a digital transformation. Significant advances in technology, including big data and analytics, the Internet of Things (IoT), robotics and additive manufacturing, are changing manufacturing operations globally.
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International Energy Agency [IEA] Energy Technology Perspectives 2020
Thursday, September 10
10:00-11:30 a.m. EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/events-calendar/iea-energy-technology-perspectives-2020
Accelerating clean energy technologies and innovation will be central to the fight against climate change, and the International Energy Agency's Energy Technology Perspectives, a guidebook on clean energy technologies, demonstrates quantitatively that roughly half of the emissions reductions needed to swiftly reach global net-zero emissions must come from technologies that have not yet reached the market. Understanding the opportunities and challenges that come with different new and emerging clean energy technologies is central for improved energy and environmental policy making. First issued in 2006, Energy Technology Perspectives (ETP) has for more than a decade contributed to global energy and environmental policy-making. To further strengthen its relevance to decision-makers in governments and industry, the IEA has revamped the publication in this exciting 2020 release, with a focus on technology opportunities for reaching net-zero emissions from the energy sector.
The Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA (CGEP) will host Dr. Fatih Birol, Executive Director, IEA, and Dr. Timur Gül, Head of the Energy Technology Policy Division, IEA, for a presentation of key findings from Energy Technology Perspectives 2020. Following the presentation, Dr. Gül will join Dr. Cheryl Martin, Founder, Harwich Partners, and Dr. Varun Sivaram, CGEP Senior Research Scholar, for a discussion moderated by CGEP Founding Director Jason Bordoff.
This webinar will be hosted via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Upon registration, you will receive a confirmation email with access details. The event will be recorded and the video recording will be added to our website following the event.
This event is open to press, and registration is required to attend.
For media inquiries or requests for interviews, please contact Artealia Gilliard (ag4144@columbia.edu) or Genna Morton (gam2164@columbia.edu).
For more information about the event, please contact Caitlin Norfleet or Nicolina DueMogensen (energypolicyevents@columbia.edu).
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Getting Out the BIPOC Vote: Digital Strategies to Build Power
Thursday, September 10
12 – 1 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/5415982920070/WN_hLt0cI9zR2mW8PbxKWaK6g
SPEAKER(S) Arianna Genis, North Carolina State Director, Mijente
Simone Smith, Development Manager, Wisconsin Voices
Vincent Pan, Executive Director, Chinese for Affirmative Action
Eskedar Getahun, Interim CEO, PushBlack
Moderator: Nick Carter, Technology and Democracy Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
DETAILS Activists and practitioners were already preparing for a tumultuous election year before the COVID-19 pandemic hit our shores. Now, the months ahead present immense challenges — and opportunities — for redefining how civic engagement is practiced for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities.
Join us on September 10 for a timely discussion with leading practitioners who are effectively integrating digital strategies with authentic power-building while navigating a never-before-seen civic environment. All share a mission of giving real agency to vulnerable communities at the front lines of the fight against the virus.
LINK https://ash.harvard.edu/event/getting-out-bipoc-vote-digital-strategies-build-power
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When More is Not Better: Overcoming America's Obsession with Economic Efficiency
Thursday, September 10
12 – 1 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZeChn8cJSRC4fVl6fTdJRQ
SPEAKER(S) Myriam Sidibe, Author and M-RCBG research fellow
DETAILS Please join M-RCBG for a Business and Government seminar featuring Myriam Sidibe on her new book "Brands on a Mission: How to Achieve Social Impact and Business Growth Through Purpose." Registration is required.
LINK https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZeChn8cJSRC4fVl6fTdJRQ
CONTACT INFO mrcbg@hks.harvard.edu
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John Adams and China: Globalizing Early America
Thursday, September 10
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Online
RSVP at https://18308a.blackbaudhosting.com/18308a/John-Adams-and-China-Globalizing-Early-America
Yiyun Huang, The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
John Adams consumed a lot of Chinese tea. He especially appreciated the medical benefits associated with the hot beverage. In a 1757 diary entry, he wrote that "nothing but large potions of tea" could extinguish his heartburn. How did Adams know that Chinese tea cured heartburn? Why did he believe that nothing else was as effective? This talk examines the ways medical ideas transferred across the world during the eighteenth century.
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Green Streets for Sustainable Communities Symposium
Thursday, September 10
12:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/green-streets-for-sustainable-communities-symposium-tickets-88960556419
Cost: $25
An online, three-part event to discuss and learn about how to holistically harness the benefits of city streets.
Update: This event has been rescheduled to 3 on-line sessions, all from 9 am - 12 noon
Day 1 – Vision (Thursday, September 10, 2020)
Day 2 – Case Studies (Friday, September 25, 2020)
Day 3 – Funding Strategies (Thursday, October 8, 2020)
Green Streets for Sustainable Communities Symposium
In memory of Joseph "Joe" Kott, Ph.D.
Our public roads and their rights-of way are a huge public asset that must be better managed in an imaginative and integrated way. This symposium will bring together diverse stakeholders to explore how to better design, fund, build, and maintain streets to optimize performance on many dimensions.
Who Should Attend:
This symposium is for city council members and local elected officials, city staff leaders, sustainability coordinators, stormwater experts, complete street/transportation experts, citizen and environmental activists, public and private utilities, arborists and tree experts, groundwater and urban ecology experts; and sustainability and real estate leaders for companies and other institutions.
Vision: Urban areas of the Bay Area are fully integrated into a “no net impact” system with the larger natural environment. This includes an integrated water system that follows the call to “slow it, spread it, sink it” and brings together the planning for storm water drainage, drought concerns, and flood prevention. No net climate change emissions means we reduce single occupancy vehicle use and promote walking, biking, transit or other shared low- or zero emission vehicles. Human-caused emissions are offset by a rich canopy of trees, grasslands, and chaparral in our open spaces surrounding the urban area and integrated throughout our urban areas – parks and gardens but also greening our infrastructure especially our street grids. Air flows are slowed and softened by trees canopies, our soil systems are protected by and enriched with natural compost.
Desired Outcomes: Participants will (a) learn from experts and peers, (b) be empowered by a community of peers and citizens who support this vision, (c) bring this vision and set of practices to standard policies and design guidelines for their cities and organizations and, of course (d) this will lead to change “on the ground” through both plans, specifications and implementation.
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What Remains? Liberalism and Racial Justice
Thursday, September 10
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://carrcenter.hks.harvard.edu/os_events/nojs/registration/1368745
SPEAKER(S) Charles Mills, Distinguished Professor at the Graduate Center, CUNY
DETAILS Please join the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy for its signature weekly series this fall, The Fierce Urgency of Now, featuring Black, Indigenous, People of Color scholars, activists, and community leaders, and experts from the Global South. Hosted and facilitated by Sushma Raman and Mathias Risse, the series also aligns with a course they will co-teach this fall at the Harvard Kennedy School on Economic Justice: Theory and Practice.
In this discussion, Charles Mills, a Distinguished Professor at the Graduate Center, CUNY, will examine how liberal thought in recent times has come up for critical assessment for its neglect of, and perhaps even harmful effects on, racial justice.
LINK https://carrcenter.hks.harvard.edu/event/what-remains-liberalism-and-racial-justice
CONTACT INFO Laryssa Da Silveira
laryssadasilveira@hks.harvard.edu
617-998-5488
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2020 State of Demand Side Energy Management: New York
Thursday, September 10
2 p.m. - 3 p.m. ET
Online
RSVP at https://info.cpowerenergymanagement.com/WBN-NY_SOTM_2020_LP-Registration.html
Join CPower on September 10, 2020, at 2 pm ET for a one-hour webinar designed to give organizations like yours the demand-side energy management insights you need to make the most of 2020 and beyond in New York.
Topics to be covered include:
Policy and regulatory changes in New York
An update of the REV and its renewable pursuits
Opportunities to monetize storage and other energy assets
Maximizing returns on demand response in NYISO and NY utility programs
And more...
CPower’s New York energy market experts Pat McChesney and Peter Dotson-Westphalen will host this live webinar that will include a question and answer session.
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Neva Goodwin and Stewart Wallis
Thursday, September 10
2pm
Online
RSVP at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XXSvBIubSiablh4e1c3HAw
In celebration of 40 years of the Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures, and in anticipation of the October 25, 2020 Lectures with Kali Akuno and George Monbiot, we are highlighting the work of past speakers, asking for updates of their earlier remarks, and inviting them to reflect on current conditions.
On Thursday, September 10 at 2pm Eastern, Neva Goodwin and Stewart Wallis will engage in a live, virtual conversation on Zoom moderated by Alice Maggio. They will reflect on their original talks given current political, economic, and social realities and will then comment on each other’s work. Registration is free. A question and answer period with participants will follow initial presentations. If you are unable to attend, a recording of the event will be available.
Neva Goodwin
Neva Goodwin is co-founder and co-director of the Global Development And Environment Institute at Tufts University, where her projects have included editing a six-volume series, Frontier Issues in Economic Thought (published by Island Press) and a Michigan Press series, Evolving Values for a Capitalist World.
Stewart Wallis
Stewart Wallis is currently Chair of WEAll, the Wellbeing Economy Alliance (www.wellbeingeconomy.org). WEAll is the leading global collaboration of organisations, alliances, movements and individuals working together to transform the economic system into one that delivers human and ecological wellbeing.
Alice Maggio
Alice Maggio is a Brooklyn-born and Berkshire-raised advocate, educator, and organizer dedicated to building economic institutions that distribute power and create community wealth.
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NRDC Virtual Conversation: The Power of Litigation in our Fights for People and the Planet
Thursday, September 10
4 p.m. ET/
Online
RSVP at https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=reg20.jsp&partnerref=membr&eventid=2597652&sessionid=1&key=21114F9922FC7FAD6745796A39F12282®Tag=&sourcepage=register
NRDC President Gina McCarthy will be joined by Deputy Litigation Director Dimple Chaudhary, who will share insight into NRDC's crucial litigation to ensure safe drinking water for communities across the country, and NRDC Executive Director Mitch Bernard, who will share NRDC's pipeline defense strategies and provide an update on our recent efforts against the Trump administration's attack on the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
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JFK Jr. Forum: IOP Fellows Unpack Politics
Thursday, September 10
6 – 6:45 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScCVYQ93-LXs8vQi9BkYTNy4H_w6sQJdGn4Jx1A9MEVyesXhQ/viewform
SPEAKER(S) Fall 2020 Fellows:
Chasten Buttigieg
Brittany Packnett Cunningham
Carol Giacomo
Mayor Michael Nutter
Alice Stewart
Jorge Vasquez Jr.
Moderator: Mark D. Gearan, IOP Director
DETAILS The dynamic group of the Institute's Fall 2020 Fellows will join the Forum on Thursday, September 10th at 6pm ET, for a far-reaching conversation about the 2020 election as well as their own pathways to public service and politics. The six Fellows span careers in elected office, politics, activism and journalism and bring their unique perspectives to the discussion.
LINK https://iop.harvard.edu/forum/upcoming
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Extinction Rebellion Orientation
Thursday, September 10
6 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://xrmass.org/action/extinction-rebellion-orientation-2020-09-10/
If you are new to Extinction Rebellion or would just like to learn more about how it works, please join us! 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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Green Drinks September On Zoom - Spotlight on Smart Cities
Thursday, September 10
6:15 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/green-drinks-september-on-zoom-spotlight-on-smart-cities-registration-118184824993
Join us on Thursday September 10th as we spotlight Smart Cities with four industry insiders.
Please Note that with the Covid-19 Pandemic keeping us out of public spaces we continue to deliver Green Drinks in a digital environment. Please register here on Eventbrite to receive the link for the call (will be emailed on the day of the event by 3pm). We will get things going at 615pm with some digital networking and the presentation will start at 630pm sharp.
A Smart City is an urban area that uses different types of electronic IOT (Internet of Things) sensors to collect data. Insights gained from that data are used to manage assets, resources and services to ultimately improve the operations of our cities. Today 55% of the world’s population lives in urban areas, with this share expected to grow to 68% by 2050. Cities are responsible for the majority of the world’s energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. How will Smart Cities allow us to be able to combat climate change and what will these cities look like? This month on our virtual Green Drinks we will examine Smart Cities.
Join us on Thursday September 10th at 630 PM EDT as we welcome speakers from across the Smart Cities landscape to discuss what our urban centres will look like in the years to come. First off we have Evelyne Chevry who is Strategist, Futurist and Speaker on Artificial Intelligence and Smart Cities. Following Evelyne, will be Hugh O’Reilly, Executive Director at Innovative Cities. He will be discussing the work that he is doing to accelerate new technologies applied to the urban environment in a manner that protects data privacy and security. After Hugh we will hear from Tonja Leach, Executive Director at Quest Canada. She will speak on the work they are doing to accelerate the adoption of efficient and integrated community-scale energy systems in Canada by informing, inspiring, and connecting decision-makers. Finally, we welcome Alain Miguelez who is the Manager of Planning Policy and Resiliency at the City of Ottawa. Alain will speak to us from the city perspective and detail the work he is doing with the City of Ottawa to ensure that Smart Cities technologies help us speed the adoption of new technologies and curb climate change.
Speaker Bios:
Evelyne Chevry is a strategist, futurist, serial entrepreneur and impact technology advocate with a focus on helping organizations to integrate sustainable development goals in their process. Consultant in Artificial Intelligence, CTO at Neonous, and founder of Luminary AI, she helps making large amounts of data understandable by decision makers. Providing solutions for crisis management, digital transformation, business intelligence and ecosystem design; she is now working with smart city officials, policy makers, governments agencies and international organizations to design and adapt systems to 21st century challenges.
Hugh O’Reilly is the Executive Director at Innovative Cities. Innovate Cities is a not-for-profit, Canadian-led network of innovators. We bring together industry leaders and innovators to accelerate new technologies applied to the urban environment in a manner that protects data privacy and security. They are creating a CommunityHub, a cloud-based platform built on proven capabilities to accelerate the scalability of urban technologies and the creation of new Canadian intellectual property. They are also launching CommunityWorks, a series of programs aimed at building expertise and capacity for the urban innovation community. We are delighted to have Hugh with us to chat about the work that he is doing with Innovative Cities.
Tonja Leach is Executive Director of QUEST. Tonja leads the organization to convene, educate and influence governments, utilities & energy providers, the development community, and solution providers to advance QUEST’s vision of Canada as a Nation of Smart Energy Communities. Having been with QUEST since its inception in 2007, Tonja has played an instrumental role in establishing QUEST's extensive national network and ensuring QUEST is known in the industry as a leading thinker on the energy transition and implementer of Smart Energy Communities.
Alain Miguelez is the Manager of Planning Policy and Resiliency at the City of Ottawa. He oversees the preparation of the City’s Official Plan and Community plans, the city’s Climate Change Master Plan, and manages the Research & Forecasting and Energy Evolution portfolios. Alain will be taking us through how the City of Ottawa’s plans to move forward in creating a Smart City. He will be discussing changes that are happening at the City level to ensure that Smart Cities help us speed the adoption of new technologies and curb climate change.
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Changing Climate: A Public Forum on Extreme Precipitation
Thursday, September 10
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/changing-climate-a-public-forum-on-extreme-precipitation-tickets-113819790056
A participatory, dialogue-based public forum about Extreme Precipitation, resilience, and adaptation.
Now that you've listened to and learned from the experts, this public forum intends to give you a voice on your priorities regarding climate resilience strategy! Join us for a one-hour long public forum where you'll step into the role of a Resilience Planner, and make decisions with small groups about how you'd like to see municipalities, towns, and rural areas deal with the growing hazards from climate change.
Panelists:
Dr. Kathie Dello - Director, State Climate Office of North Carolina, State Climatologist of North Carolina
Dr. Jess Whitehead - Chief Resilience Officer, NC Office of Recovery and Resiliency
Max Cawley - Program Manager, Museum of Life & Science
Editorial Comment: This is happening in North Carolina but the Northeast has already experienced a significant increase in extreme precipitation and is due to experience more.
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Linda Shi, “Green Infrastructure Beyond Flood Risk Reduction”
Thursday, September 10
7:30 – 9 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bPTg8UQzQ6WU6xqHh0hgRw
SPEAKER(S) Linda Shi, Assistant Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at Cornell University
DETAILS This lecture explores whether it is possible to achieve both social justice and environmental sustainability in efforts to mitigate urban flood risk. The expanding scale of urban flooding under climate change has renewed interest in large-scale restoration projects that make room for water in metro centers. However, ecologically functioning green infrastructure – unleashed rivers, sprawling wetlands – is inconsistent with the current governance landscape of fragmented local governments seeking to maximize local land values and minimize affordable housing. Moreover, even smaller-scale urban greening projects have resulted in gentrification, suggesting that larger-scale green infrastructure projects will produce still more racist, classist, and exclusionary development. The design imagination for new ecological landscapes has far outpaced a reimagination of the institutional and governance arrangements needed to enable nature-based solutions that advance social justice and ecological sustainability under climate change. This lecture provides an introduction to U.S. development practices implicated by these transitional landscapes, suggests future directions such as urban food production and regional governance, and invites conversation about ways to bridge traditional disciplinary silos in creating racially just, ecologically sustainable, and fiscally functioning cities.
LINK https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/event/linda-shi-green-infrastructure-beyond-flood-risk-reduction/
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Earth’s Climate Crisis and What to Do About It
Thursday, September 10
8:30 PM – 10:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/earths-climate-crisis-and-what-to-do-about-it-tickets-118544593069
Dr. Calvin will explain the significance of our carbon budget and the causes of extreme weather.
This program will present key ideas from Dr. William H. Calvin's 2019 book "Extreme Weather", second edition due out in October 2020. Dr. Calvin will explain the significance of our carbon budget and the causes of extreme weather. He will describe the dramatic increase since 2000 in the destructive costs of five types of extreme weather. He will also discuss the urgency of atmospheric carbon removal that is big, quick, and surefire, in line with the IPCC's 2018 report. Dr. Calvin will call for urgent and specific action from each of us! Don’t miss this vital presentation!
There is no charge for this online event, but please register in advance. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
To Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEqduqgpzgiHNIdj8u6rTlZhrF4IU12UtGu
Following the presentation there will be a Q&A session. Questions can be submitted in advance by emailing Joe Houde at joe@ecinstitute.com. They can also be posted in the chat room during the meeting.
Our guest speaker, Dr. William H. Calvin is a neurophysiologist and professor emeritus of the University of Washington Medical School. Decades of contributing to the education of medical doctors taught him how to combine scientific inquiry with making decisions under situations of high risk and uncertainty - a skill he helps climate scientists and the climate-concerned public develop. Because of his paleo-climate study related to work on the evolution of human brain size, he was asked to write the first cover story on climate instability - "The Great Climate Flip-Flop," in 1998 in The Atlantic. His 2008 climate change primer, Global Fever (Univ. of Chicago Press) has just been reprinted in Japanese. He is the author of 17 books, translated into 17 languages, and is the co-founder and President of the CO2 Foundation.
Our moderator for the evening will be North County Climate Change Alliance board member Joe Houde. Joe has worked in over 50 countries teaching seminars and consulting with business and government leaders. He has led workshops at over a dozen universities in the US, UK, Australia, South Africa and the Middle East. He has decades of managerial business experience and has worked as a counselor for people with disabilities as well as with women and men affected by domestic violence. His educational background includes a Master’s of Science, Electronics Commerce; Bachelors in Business Administration from National University; and a Master of Arts, Counseling Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara. Joe has had long-standing interest in the environment and in 2018 completed the Climate Reality training held in Los Angeles, CA.
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Friday, September 11
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Jihadism at a crossroads
Friday, September 11
9:00 AM-10:00 AM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.brookings.edu/events/jihadism-at-a-crossroads/
Join the conversation on Twitter using #FutureOfJihadism
Almost 20 years after 9/11, jihadi groups are no longer in the spotlight. However, ISIS, al-Qaida, and al-Shabab remain active, and new groups have emerged. The movement as a whole is evolving, as is the threat it poses.
On September 11, the Center for Middle East Policy will host a virtual panel event to discuss the current status of jihadi groups. The panel will feature Thomas Hegghammer, senior research fellow at the Norwegian Defense Research Establishment and author of the new book, “The Caravan: Abdallah Azzam and the Rise of Global Jihad.”Other panelists will include Tricia Bacon, assistant professor at American University, and Bruce Riedel, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Brookings Senior Fellow Daniel Byman will moderate the discussion.
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Decolonizing Ourselves Co-Learning
Friday, September 11
10 a.m.
Online
RSVP at https://xrmass.org/action/decolonizing_ourselves_200911/
Please join us for an Extinction Rebellion International Support Team event about how we can learn to decolonize ourselves. Given the vivid reminders about how pervasive racism still is in the US, this is important work for us all to do.
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Black Faces, White Spaces - (Re)Claiming a Green World
Friday, September 11
11:00am — 12:00pm
Online
RSVP at https://www.nybg.org/event/black-faces-white-spaces-christian-cooper-john-muir-reclaiming-a-green-world/
Christian Cooper. George Floyd. Removal of Confederate statues. Renaming of institutions. Reparations. Systemic racism. What’s environment got to do with it? How do we meet this moment? Drawing from her book, Black Faces, White Spaces, her relationships “in the field,” and her lived experience, Dr. Carolyn Finney will explore the complexities and contradictions of our past as it relates to green space, race, and the power to shape the places we live in our own image. By engaging in “green” conversations with Black people from around the country, she considers the power of resistance and resilience in the emergence of creative responses to environmental and social challenges in our cities and beyond.
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Environmental Solutions Online Conversation
Friday, September 11
12:00 PM – 12:40 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/environmental-solutions-online-conversation-registration-117476125253
We create the space for 8 people creating solutions in local communities around the world to have 40 minutes to chat and collaborate.
We invite people who are excited about environmental protection to join our virtual table for a 40 minute conversation! We are organizing free online conversations for us to meet each other, learn about what is happening in our local communities, and share information.
Join us at our virtual table for a casual conversation on Friday, September 11th at 12 pm EST. Environmental protection includes regenerative agriculture, plastic pollution, ocean life, composting, reusing and fixing, soil health, and much more!
We purposefully keep these chats small so we have time to really meet each other, hear what everyone is working on, and share the information we have that may help others. We will have 40 minutes to 1. introduce ourselves and what we are working on, 2. share one thing we are needing from others, and 3. share one thing we can offer others.
Examples of things we could need or offer:
1. Who do you know that can help me accomplish my mission?
2. Who do I know that can help your mission?
3. Is there a marketing campaign we can collaborate on to reach the same audience and share the expense?
4. What are ideas for how I can increase my revenue to cover costs?
5. Are we trying to reach the same people?
6. Are we working on similar political agendas and can collaborate on meetings, interviews or lobbying?
7. Are you reaching an audience I need to, but I am having a hard time reaching?
8. Have you already figured out how to do ____?
9. Do you have experience with ______ and can share resources, books, or people I can talk to?
10. Have you already done or created _______ and can share books, articles videos or people I can talk to - to learn more ore replicate in my community?
11.Have you found investors interested in _______ and can you introduce me to them or direct me to where I can learn more about them?
12. Have you done ______ and can you recommend the first step for me to start this in my community?
Share this invite with others! Up to 8 people per chat!
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Virtual Book Talk with Max Bazerman: Better, Not Perfect: A Realist’s Guide to Maximum Sustainable Goodness
Friday, September 11
12 – 1 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aDSPzI5ZSnaDtTFfr9b5pA
SPEAKER(S) Max Bazerman, Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Executive Committee Member, Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School
DETAILS The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School is pleased to present a virtual book talk with Max Bazerman on his forthcoming book, Better, Not Perfect: A Realist’s Guide to Maximum Sustainable Goodness.
Every day, we make hundreds of decisions. They’re largely personal, but these choices have an ethical twinge as well; they value certain principles and ends over others. This book explores how we can better make principled choices. Bazerman argues that we can better balance both dimensions—and we needn’t seek perfection to make a real difference for ourselves and the world.
Please visit the PON website for more information about the book and the author: https://www.pon.harvard.edu/events/betternotperfect/
Registration is required for this event: harvard.zoom.us….
LINK https://www.pon.harvard.edu/events/betternotperfect/
CONTACT INFO Anna Chang, anchang@law.harvard.edu
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TOO MUCH INFORMATION - or too little substance?
Friday, September 11
12 pm
Online
RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0OjUHEBFQVCPABkEseGHNg
Cass R. Sunstein's latest book "Too Much Information" examines the effects of excessive information in our lives. Policymakers emphasize the public "right to know" but Sunstein takes a different tack, arguing that the focus should be on human well-being and the information that contributes to it.
Sunstein, a Harvard professor of Law, previously served in the Obama Administration in the White House Office of Information & Regulatory Affairs. He is author of several bestselling books including "Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth & Happiness."
Professor Sunstein will be interviewed by Charlie Sennott, CEO and Editor of The GroundTruth Project, which launched Report for America in 2017. An award-winning foreign correspondent and a pioneering social entrepreneur, Sennott launched GroundTruth in 2012 to support a new generation of journalists to cover the most important stories of our time. Before GroundTruth, Sennott served as an award-winning journalist and best-selling author.
Many Americans believe that we are currently experiencing a crisis in journalism due to the flood of misinformation, conspiracy theories and opinion, masquerading as fact.
What do you think?
Please join us for a lively discussion! You are invited to a Zoom webinar on September 11, 2020 12:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this webinar
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0OjUHEBFQVCPABkEseGHNg
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
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EBC Climate Change Leadership Webinar Series: Boston University Climate Action Plan
Friday, September 11
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Online
RSVP at https://ebcne.org/event/ebc-climate-change-leadership-webinar-series-boston-university-climate-action-plan/
Cost: $15 -$25
EBC is excited to present this series of webinars featuring projects and organizations leading the way in climate change adaptation and mitigation in New England. Featuring the nominated projects for the 2020 EBC Annual EBEE Awards Program, this series will focus on the forward-thinking and innovative projects being planned and implemented throughout New England.
This EBC Climate webinar will present the Boston University Climate Action Plan (CAP) and its bold goals to mitigate impact of climate change and plan for resilient campuses. The expert faculty-led CAP Task Force published a plan in 2017 to achieve net zero direct emissions by 2040, to reduce energy demand by 31% by 2032, meet 100% of its electricity needs with renewables, and address indirect emissions from transportation, waste, and sourcing. Moreover, the CAP recommends robust support for climate change education and research at BU and integrating these recommendations into the University’s Strategic Plan. BU recognizes that climate change is a global problem extending beyond its campuses and engaged the City in the CAP planning process and continues to engage the broader community to leverage what is learned. BU will continue to show leadership in addressing the challenges of climate change in its educational programs, research, and operations, and considers the CAP and its implementation a reflection of its core values of global citizenship and community.
Join us for this EBC webinar to learn more about the Boston University Climate Action Plan.
Program Chair:
Jamie Fay, AICP, CEP, President, Fort Point Associates, Inc.
Speakers:
Alison Brizius, Ph.D., Director of Climate and Environmental Planning, City of Boston
Dennis Carlberg, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Associate Vice President for Sustainability, Boston University
Madhu C. Dutta-Koehler, Ph.D., Director, Associate Professor of Practice, City Planning & Urban Affairs, Boston University
Lisa Tornatore, LEED Green Associate. Sustainability Director, Boston University
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Starr Forum: Beyond 9/11: Homeland Security for the 21st Century
Friday, September 11
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Online
RSVP at https://bit.ly/MITBeyond911
Drawing on two decades of government efforts to “secure the homeland,” experts offer crucial strategic lessons and detailed recommendations for homeland security. This talk features the findings in the recently published book, Beyond 9/11: Homeland Security for the 21st Century.
Speakers:
Alan Bersin, the Inaugural Fellow of the Homeland Security Project at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He previously served as Commissioner of US Customs and Border Protection, Assistant Secretary for Policy & International Affairs and Chief Diplomatic Officer in the US Department of Homeland Security.
Stevan E Bunnell, Partner at O’Melveny’s (Washington, DC). He was a former General Counsel of the US Department of Homeland Security.
Juliette Kayyem, Senior Lecturer in International Security at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, where she is Faculty Chair of the Homeland Security and Security and Global Health Projects. She served as President Obama’s Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs at the Department of Homeland Security.
Chappell Lawson, Associate Professor of Political Science at MIT. Lawson was a political appointee in the Obama Administration, serving as Executive Director and Senior Advisor to the Commissioner of US Customs and Border Protection.
Admiral Peter Neffenger (USCG Ret), a distinguished Senior Fellow with the Global Resilience Institute at Northeastern University. He served as the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) from July 2015 to January 20, 2017. Prior to TSA, Neffenger was the 29th Vice Commandant of the US Coast Guard, earning the rank of Vice Admiral. Previous positions include Coast Guard Deputy Commandant for Operations and Deputy National Incident Commander.
Amy Pope, Senior Non-resident Fellow of the Atlantic Council. She was a former US Deputy Homeland Security Advisor to the President of the United States.
Seth Stodder, Partner at Holland & Knight LLP. He served in the Obama Administration as Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Border, Immigration & Trade Policy and, prior to that, as Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Threat Prevention & Security Policy.
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COVID-19, Public Health Ethics, and Policy for Pandemics
Friday, September 11
12:30 – 2 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07eh5g9k17dcd65beb&oseq=&c=&ch=
SPEAKER(S) Marc Lipsitch & Matthew Wynia
Moderator: Leah Rand
DETAILS Since the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic began, scientific recommendations about the best way to reduce its impact have met wide-ranging resistance in the U.S. With two experts in infectious disease epidemiology and ethics, we will review how scientific evidence is collected in a rapidly changing public health environment, and how to translate that evidence into actionable recommendations. We will also discuss the sources of controversy that have arisen as the pandemic has evolved, including balancing individual and public health interests and how to manage different types of uncertainty.
CONTACT INFO Center for Bioethics
bioethics@hms.harvard.edu
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IACS Seminar: What Are Useful Uncertainties in Deep Learning and How Do We Get Them?
Friday, September 11
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://iacs.seas.harvard.edu/event/what-are-useful-uncertainties-deep-learning-and-how-do-we-get-them
SPEAKER(S) Weiwei Pan, Research Associate and Lecturer on Computational Science, Institute for Applied Computational Science
DETAILS While deep learning has demonstrable success on many tasks, the point estimates provided by standard deep models can lead to overfitting and provide no uncertainty quantification on predictions. However, when models are applied to critical domains such as autonomous driving, precision health care, or criminal justice, reliable measurements of a model's predictive uncertainty may be as crucial as correctness of its predictions. At the same time, increasing attention in recent literature is being paid to separating sources of predictive uncertainty, with the goal of separating types of uncertainties reducible through additional data collection from those that represent stochasticity inherent in the data generation process. In this talk, Dr. Pan will examine a number of deep (Bayesian) models that promise to capture complex forms for predictive uncertainties. She will also examine metrics commonly used to such uncertainties. Her aim is to highlight strengths and limitations of the models as well as the metrics; she will discuss potential ways to improve both in meaningful ways for downstream tasks.
The IACS seminar series is a forum for thought leaders from academia, industry, and government to share their research on innovative computational and data science topics and methodologies. Past topics include smart city design, data science for social good, data privacy and security, socially assistive robotics, big data software, machine learning for small business lending, and AI technology development, and data-driven algorithmics.
CONTACT INFO Natasha Baker
Email: nrbaker@seas.harvard.edu
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Saturday, September 12 – Thursday, November 19
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LEED Green Associate (GA) Training - Webinar and Online self-paced options:
I will be offering live webinars that can be streamed on any of the following dates:
1. September 12 2020 – 2:00PM – 6:00PM EDT
2. September 30 2020 – 5:00PM – 9:00PM EDT
3. October 17 2020 – 1:00PM – 5:00PM EDT
4. October 25 2020 – 2:00PM – 6:00PM EDT - OR -
5. November 7 2020 – 3:00PM – 7:00PM EDT
6. November 19 2020 – 5:00PM – 9:00PM EDT
The above options are all identical.
You can register here for a webinar - https://leadinggreen.com/webinars
Online – Start today - Self-paced recorded workshop
Or take the on-demand recorded course completed at your own pace here - https://leadinggreen.com/online
This course is instructed by a USGBC Faculty member and is the most effective way to pass. The USGBC charges a $100 (reduced for students) fee for the actual exam which can now be taken online from home. Save money by reserving your spot today and make a positive difference in your career!
Cost: $200 - Students can use the coupon code ‘green’ for $50 off (Discounted course price $150)
Save Your Seat by registering here - https://leadinggreen.com/webinars
Or online on-demand here - https://leadinggreen.com/online
Please contact the instructor Lorne directly with any questions at info@leadinggreen.com
Regards,
Lorne Mlotek BASc., LEED AP BD+C, O+M
Head LEED Trainer at LeadingGreen
+1-416-824-2677
B740 Sandford Fleming Building
10 King's College Road, Toronto, M5S 3G4
LEED is simply a sustainability scorecard for green buildings. Buildings can become LEED Certified as can people! The best way to break into the sustainability space is to attain the LEED Green Associate. It also shows employers and clients you have certified knowledge in the field. Since the LEED GA exam doesn’t have a stellar pass rate, the value of the extra letters behind your name will carry even more weight.
My workshops have helped nearly 10K students and professionals learn the material cold (important for interview prep) AND clear the exam with a very high passing rate.
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Saturday September 12
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National Day of Civic Hacking
Saturday September 12
RSVP at https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3845271846873188112
Registration for National Day of Civic Hacking 2020 is now open. It will be on September 12th. This year's theme is focused on the social safety net and we will have a mix of programming from both Code for America and Code for Boston. Make sure you denote you are from Code for Boston when you register at the Code for America page so that you can get information about the Boston specific opportunities.
If you want to continue to keep updated on what we're planning you should also subscribe to our weekly e-mail newsletter at https://codeforboston.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=a1147a673396b177fda395daf&id=7c62a461ac
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Sunday, September 13
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Cli-Fi for beginners: Imagination for climate solutions
Sunday, September 13
6:00 AM – 7:30 AM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cli-fi-for-beginners-imagination-for-climate-solutions-tickets-113465406084
You can’t change the future without imagining it first. Join us for a climate fiction workshop and imagination exercise
Climate Fiction and its positive sub-genre Solar Punk are emerging… And as we find ourselves in a unique moment in time, can we re-write the story?
Join a flash fiction workshop to build confidence in writing and flex your imagination. We'll be doing a warm-up exercise then have a go at writing fiction based on some climate science.
We’ll practice writing, we’ll also practice reading our words aloud in a safe and supportive group.
Every second and fourth Sunday @ 11am on Zoom.
Session 1: Deep dive.
This one follows the format of our first 3 sessions. We'll spend some time getting to know the climate solution of the week, have a quick warm-up exercise then write for 20 mins. Then we'll head into breakout groups to share an excerpt of our writing with 1 or 2 other people. (Optional extra to stay on at the end and read yours out to everybody).
Session 2: Honing your skills - details on MeetUp: https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/Cli-Fi-for-beginners/
The fiction exercises will be led by Clare Diston, short story writer, book lover and total space nerd. Find out more about Clare: https://clarediston.com/
The group will be facilitated by Sophia Cheng, who has reorientated her life around the climate crisis, she helps people find their place in the movement through workshops, mentoring and words. Find out more about Sophia: http://www.withmanyroots.com/#words
Katie is supporting with communications and logistics. Katie is a copywriter and activist. Find out more about Katie here: https://www.katherinemjones.com/ )
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2020 Virtual Cambridge Carnival
Sunday, September 13
2:00pm to 5:00pm
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-cambridge-carnival-tickets-118655468701
The Cambridge Carnival International Committee has decided to present a virtual Cambridge Carnival this year on Sunday, September 13, 2-5pm.
The show must go on! Cambridge Carnival will be virtual this year. Due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and in an effort to keep our community safe, the Cambridge Carnival International Committee has decided to present a virtual Cambridge Carnival this year on Sunday, September 13, 2-5pm. Over 6,000 of our supporters have already signed up to join us in this exciting virtual festival endeavor. RSVP for the 2020 Virtual Cambridge Carnival at https://virtualcambridgecarnival.eventbrite.com
Want to be part of the show? Sign up for our Cambridge Carnival "Don't Rush" Carnival Challenge.
To engage our Cambridge Carnival revelers and community, we are introducing a Cambridge Carnival Don't Rush Costume Video Challenge. The Virtual Cambridge Carnival will be live streamed over 3 hours on Zoom, Facebook Live and Instagram platforms. Apply here for the costume challenge: http://bit.ly/CarnivalDontRush
Highlights of the festival include:
Special guest: Calypso Monarch of Toronto Canada Joel Connector Davis-live virtual performance
Special Guest: History of Carnival by a Cambridge Carnival founding member Lynette Laveau Saxe
Performance by Tempo International Steel Orchestra
Vintage footage of Carnivals past and clips from the first Cambridge Carnival in 1993
Face-painting demo with Angela Owen of Painting as Art & Ritual
Folkloric Story telling by Marcia Fearon and Alexandria Danielle King
Ethnic folk dance performances from groups such as Samba Viva (Brazilian)
Live music performance from The Mastadonis Project Band
Live guest interviews and more
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Monday, September 14
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Stories of Change: Transforming food and the things we buy
Monday, September 14
8am – 9:30am EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stories-of-change-transforming-food-and-the-things-we-buy-tickets-113468671852
Lessons from innovative and imaginative low carbon transformation
This free online workshop will explore how successful low-carbon initiatives can lead to permanent change and meaningful action on climate breakdown on a larger scale. We are especially interested in actions that had a ripple effect – that led to changes beyond what was initially planned or expected.
Suitable for anyone working within their community, organisation, local authority or their own daily lives to respond to the climate emergency, Stories of Change will share and celebrate the insights of people and groups who have managed to share, scale up, or amplify the impact of their activities. Join us to discover and discuss inspiring good practice and come away with fresh and practical ideas of how to bring about change.
This workshop explores stories linked to food and diet, the things we buy and use, and more.
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Beyond reopening: A leapfrog moment to transform education?
Monday, September 14
9:00 AM-11:00 AM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.brookings.edu/events/beyond-reopening-a-leapfrog-moment-to-transform-education/
Join the conversation on Twitter using #TransformingEdu
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended education around the world, shuttering school doors and leaving millions of children without formal access to learning. The global closure of schools is shedding renewed light on inequities that existed prior to COVID-19 and that threaten to further widen the learning gaps within and between countries.
While much attention has focused on reopening schools, the COVID-19 crisis presents a leapfrog moment to transform key elements of education systems, putting schools at the heart of social and economic recovery. New approaches by educators, parents, and even entire school systems to use education technology and other innovations are spreading across communities and bringing learning opportunities to disadvantaged young people. Given that COVID-19 is unlikely to be the last large-scale school disruption, it is imperative to build a more resilient education ecosystem, so that learning can continue when in-person instruction might not be possible. At this critical moment, it is now more important than ever to invest in innovations such as education technology and leapfrog progress—both during COVID-19 and beyond.
On September 14, the Center for Universal Education (CUE) will host a webinar to discuss strategies, including around the effective use of education technology, for ensuring resilient schools in the long term and to launch a new education technology playbook “Realizing the promise: How can education technology improve learning for all?”
George Papandreou, former prime minister of Greece, will provide opening remarks highlighting the important role of education in the recovery. Rebecca Winthrop, co-director of CUE, will moderate a panel discussion on strategies for building resilient education systems with the current Minister of Education of Sierra Leone David Sengeh, Save the Children CEO Kevin Watkins, and NGO leader from Rajasthan, India and CUE Nonresident Scholar Urvashi Sahni.
Emiliana Vegas will share CUE’s newest ed-tech playbook, an evidence-based tool to help ministries of education realize the potential of education technology, leading into a discussion with the playbook co-authors, Alejandro Ganimian and Frederick Hess,moderated by CBS journalist Jearlyn Steele.
Viewers can submit questions via email to events@brookings.edu or via Twitter at #TransformingEdu.
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The Boston Red Sox and WWII
Monday, September 14
5:30PM - 6:30PM
Online
RSVP at https://18308a.blackbaudhosting.com/18308a/The-Boston-Red-Sox-and-WWII
A conversation led by Gorden Edes, Historian of the Boston Red Sox
In this 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, join Boston Red Sox historian Gordon Edes and a panel of distinguished authors to discuss the role of Major League Baseball players from Boston in the conduct of that historic conflict. The story touches upon Ted Williams, a Naval flight instructor who would later fly combat missions for the Marines in the Korean War, but also tells of compelling acts of sacrifice and bravery performed by other big-leaguers from Boston, including Si Rosenthal and Earl Johnson of the Red Sox and Warren Spahn of the Braves.
Please note, this is an online event held on the video conference platform, Zoom. Registrants will receive an email with links to join the program.
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Connecting the Dots: Capitalism, Climate Catastrophe and the Carceral State
Monday, September 14
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/connecting-the-dots-capitalism-climate-catastrophe-and-the-carceral-state-tickets-119712235519
A Collaboration of Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard (FFDH) and Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign (HPDC)
The first-ever publicly convened conversation with alumni organizers from Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard (FFDH) and the Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign (HPDC) is happening on Monday, September 14 at 7pm Eastern. You don't want to miss it.
No doubt you've sensed the interwovenness of the issues you care about most deeply (maybe that's why you voted for Harvard Forward; and maybe that's why you feel so restless now, perceiving injustice on too many fronts). We have too.
In this historic conversation, FFDH and HPDC alumni come together for the first time to finally address what connects our concerns, and to hold Harvard to account.
We'll expose the role of the university's $40 billion endowment in perpetuating climate crisis and mass incarceration. We'll look unflinchingly at the extractive capitalist imperatives driving these injustices. And we'll make a plan to demand better. Together.
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Tuesday, September 15
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HOW RACISM ERODES MIND, BODY AND SPIRIT, AND HOW TO HEAL AND LEARN
Tuesday, September 15
6am
Online
RSVP at https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2020-09-15/how-racism-erodes-mind-body-and-spirit-and-how-heal-and-learn
Mary-Frances Winters will discuss the ideas in her new book, Black Fatigue, How Racism Erodes Mind, Body and Spirit, which will be published by BK Publishing this fall. The book describes a phenomenon Black people know well: the multifaceted physical and psychological damage wrought by simply living, day by day in a racist society.
This is a vital resource for Black and non-Black people looking for ways to heal, learn and have productive and supportive conversations about racial injustice and trauma.
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Stories of Change: Transforming travel and energy
Tuesday, September 15
8am – 9:30am EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stories-of-change-transforming-travel-and-energy-tickets-113470571534
Lessons from innovative and imaginative low carbon transformation
This free online workshop will explore how successful low-carbon initiatives can lead to permanent change and meaningful action on climate breakdown on a larger scale. We are especially interested in actions that had a ripple effect – that led to changes beyond what was initially planned or expected.
Suitable for anyone working within their community, organisation, local authority or their own daily lives to respond to the climate emergency, Stories of Change will share and celebrate the insights of people and groups who have managed to share, scale up, or amplify the impact of their activities. Join us to discover and discuss inspiring good practice and come away with fresh and practical ideas of how to bring about change.
This workshop explores stories linked to travel, transport, energy, and more.
These events form part of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research's 20th anniversary celebrations.
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COMPROMISED: PETER STRZOK AND THE INVESTIGATION OF DONALD TRUMP
Tuesday, September 15
9:30am
Online
RSVP at https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2020-09-15/compromised-peter-strzok-and-investigation-donald-trump
On August 10, 2018, veteran FBI agent Peter Strzok was fired after personal text messages from 2016 disparaging then-candidate Donald Trump were released. President Trump celebrated, writing on Twitter “Fired FBI Agent Peter Strzok is a fraud, as is the rigged investigation he started. There was no Collusion or Obstruction with Russia, and everybody, including the Democrats, know it.”
But Strzok’s story is anything but straightforward. He led the FBI’s investigation into both Hillary Clinton’s private email server and Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, drawing the ire of conservative allies of the president. When his text messages were released, they provided ammunition for the conspiracy theory of a “deep state” out to undermine Trump’s presidency.
Join Strzok as he tells his side of one of the 21st century’s most explosive stories. He’ll draw on lessons from a long career in law enforcement and explain why he’s convinced that the commander in chief has fallen under the sway of America’s adversary in the Kremlin.
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Outlook for global energy and climate trends post-Covid-19
Tuesday, September 15
10:00am to 11:00am
Online
RSVP at https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vyjQsxFURDqNs7RLjyCW7w
IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol will discuss how the Covid-19 pandemic and current global economic turmoil are affecting global energy markets and their prospects in the years to come. His remarks will cover what can be done to accelerate the development of better, less expensive technologies to reduce carbon emissions and mitigate climate change. He will also outline the policy actions that will be necessary to deal with the evolving and multidimensional nature of energy security as global energy transitions continue to build momentum.
About the speaker
Fatih Birol has served as executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) since September 2015. Under his leadership, the IEA has undertaken its first comprehensive modernization program since its creation in 1974. This effort focuses on three pillars: opening the doors of the IEA to include major emerging countries, such as Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, and South Africa, thus increasing the IEA’s share of global energy demand from 38% to almost 75%; broadening the IEA’s security mandate to natural gas and electricity as well as oil; and making the IEA the global hub for clean energy technologies and energy efficiency.
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Yamiche Alcindor
Tuesday, September 15
11am EDT
Online
RSVP at https://umassboston.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIvce-pqj4iH9x6NWqavDzWMPA999Nx9hl-
Yamiche Alcindor is an American journalist who is the White House correspondent for the PBS NewsHour and a political contributor to NBC News and MSNBC. In the past, she has worked as a reporter for USA Today and The New York Times. Alcindor writes mainly about politics and social issues.
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MIT Press Live! Entanglements Author Talk
Tuesday, September 15
12:30pm to 1:30pm
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/entanglements-by-sheila-williams-annalee-newitz-cadwell-turnbull-tickets-118204379481
MIT Press Live! Presents an author talk with Sheila Williams, Annalee Newitz & Cadwell Turnbull
In a future world dominated by the technological, people will still be entangled in relationships—in romances, friendships, and families. This volume in the Twelve Tomorrows series considers the effects that scientific and technological discoveries will have on the emotional bonds that hold us together.
About the Editor
Sheila Williams is the multiple Hugo-award winning editor of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine and the editor or coeditor of more than two dozen anthologies.
About the Book
https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/twelve-entanglements
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Tech & Climate Change
Tuesday, September 15
1pm – 2:30pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tech-climate-change-tickets-101789033740
The impact of the tech sector on climate
There's little doubt that the tech sector has a large — and growing — impact on the environment. Data centres can be energy hogs; one study forecasts that they'll account for 33% of global electricity consumption by 2025. Another claims that in the next 10 years they will produce close to five times the CO2 emissions of air travel. Electronic waste is another issue: the United Nations reports that 50 million tons of e-waste are produced each year. And some tech-driven companies enable wasteful practices, such as fast fashion and scores of idling vehicles.
But it isn't all bad news. A new data centre study has found that while energy consumption is increasing, it's begun to level off, while computing capacity grew six-fold from 2010 to 2018. And many of the largest providers of cloud services have made commitments to become carbon neutral: Microsoft, for example, has announced that by 2050 it will remove “all of the carbon” that it has emitted since it was founded in 1975. And in February the GSMA announced that 29 mobile operator groups representing 30% of global mobile connections have committed to new Science-Based Targets that include the reduction of emissions by at least 45% by 2030.
Tech companies are also developing new solutions to climate issues: improving efficiency through the use of AI; measuring and monitoring more effectively with IoT; and creating new energy storage and transmission techniques.
Will these activities have a genuine positive impact on the planet? Or is much of this just green-washing?
WiTT is assembling a panel of experts and practitioners who will address these and other questions and review of some of the latest activities in the sector that aim to reduce its impact on climate change. WiTT board member Yasmeen Majid, Head of Global Network Change at Aviva, will lead our panel. We are delighted to announce that she will be joined by:
Kimberly Wells, Associate, Bird & Bird;
Janet Gunter, Outreach Lead, Co-founder, The Restart Project; and
Kate Rosenshine, Head of Azure Cloud Solution Architecture - Media, Telco & Professional Services at Microsoft.
Other speakers will be announced closer to the date.
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Perfecters of this Democracy: Conversation with Nikole Hannah-Jones: Radcliffe Institute 20th Anniversary Lecture
Tuesday, September 15
4:00 pm
Online
RSVP at https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2020-conversation-nikole-hannah-jones-virtual
Nikole Hannah-Jones, Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter and creator of the 1619 Project, will engage in conversation with Tomiko Brown-Nagin, dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, about pressing issues of race, civil rights, injustice, desegregation, and resegregation.
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Conversation on Whistleblowing, Authority, and Subversion
Tuesday, September 15
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://cssh.northeastern.edu/humanities/a-conversation-on-whistleblowing-authority-and-subversion/
The 2019-2020 "Authority and Subversion" Fellowship will discuss whistleblowing with the following invited speakers:
Allison Stanger, Professor of International Politics and Economics at Middlebury College
David Sanger, New York Times correspondent and author
Lida Maxwell, Associate Professor of Political Science and WGSS at Boston University
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Psilocybin and Mystical Experience: Implications for Healthy Psychological Functioning, Spirituality, and Religion
Tuesday, September 15
5 – 6 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0LhjB3smQz2Qazj6prbd9g
DETAILS This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Please register here.
Mystical-type experiences are profound and often characterized by an authoritative sense of the unity and sacredness and sometimes interpreted as an encounter with God or Ultimate Reality. Although such experiences have been described by mystics and religious figures throughout the ages, there are few experimental studies because such experiences usually occur at low rates and often unpredictably. Psilocybin in the form the Psilocybe genus of mushrooms has been used for centuries within some cultures for religious and healing purposes. This presentation will review a series of studies investigating the effects of psilocybin administered to carefully screened and psychologically prepared volunteers who were encouraged to close their eyes and direct their attention inwards. Under such conditions, psilocybin occasions profound personally and spiritually meaningful mystical-type experiences in the majority of participants.
Roland Griffiths is Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Neurosciences and Director of the Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His principal research focus is on the behavioral and subjective effects of mood-altering drugs.
CONTACT CSWR, 617.495.4476
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Memory, Social Justice, and Mindfulness
Tuesday, September 15
5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://edportal.harvard.edu/event/memory-social-justice-and-mindfulness
DETAILS This 4-week series from the Harvard Ed Portal builds off of Dr. Angel Acosta's 400 Years Project, which centers contemplative practice around the history of inequality in the US.
The goal of this workshop is to engage with, acknowledge, and awaken ourselves to the dynamics of racism and oppression at all levels. Each session will have a mix of practices, including:
Mindfulness and compassion practices
Walking through the 400 Years Timeline
Guided storytelling and reflection
By understanding how history lives in each of us and the systems which surround us, we can begin to heal the wounds of historical trauma, both individually and collectively.
Please note: As this is a cumulative workshop, attendance is strongly encouraged at all four sessions, to help build a safe space for discussion and trust.
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Designing for equity and engaging diverse communities
Tuesday, September 15
6 PM
Online
RSVP at https://buy.acmeticketing.com/orders/483/tickets?eventId=5f299477bc02c1568a9577b1&cdEventIds=5f299477bc02c1568a9577b1&date=2020-09-15T18:00:00-04:00
Hosted by The Trustees Boston Waterfront Initiative team (onewaterfront.org), this virtual panel discussion will examine real-world examples of practical, effective, and thoughtful community engagement during open space development and programming. This event is free for all, though advance registration is required (Zoom link provided upon registration). To register and to "meet" our panelists--renowned thought leaders in equity and social justice--visit: http://bit.ly/3a1htk0
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Planetary Health with Sam Myers and Living on Earth
Tuesday, September 15
7:00PM
Online
RSVP at https://umassboston.zoom.us/webinar/register/3315980251528/WN_48-ue-x6SWO_ZIBA0MICxA
or https://www.facebook.com/events/299743434461081
Join Living on Earth in conversation with Sam Myers, HSPH, as he discusses "Planetary Health: Protecting Nature to Protect Ourselves."
Human health depends on the health of the planet. Earth’s natural systems—the air, the water, the biodiversity, the climate—are our life support systems. Yet climate change, biodiversity loss, scarcity of land and freshwater, pollution and other threats are degrading these systems. The emerging field of planetary health aims to understand how these changes threaten our health and how to protect ourselves and the rest of the biosphere.
Planetary Health: Protecting Nature to Protect Ourselves provides a readable introduction to this new paradigm. With an interdisciplinary approach, the book addresses a wide range of health impacts felt in the Anthropocene, including food and nutrition, infectious disease, non-communicable disease, dislocation and conflict, and mental health. It also presents strategies to combat environmental changes and its ill-effects, such as controlling toxic exposures, investing in clean energy, improving urban design, and more.
You can join the even via Facebook or register to get the Zoom link.
Contact Name: Jay Feinstein
jfeinstein@loe.org
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Survival of the Friendliest
Tuesday, September 15
7:00 – 8:30 pm
Online
RSVP at https://www.mos.org/survival-of-the-friendliest
with Dr. Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods
Join us for a virtual celebration of the new book Survival of the Friendliest: Understanding Our Origins and Rediscovering Our Common Humanity by Dr. Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods. In this new study, from the trailblazing scientists and bestselling authors behind The Genius of Dogs, a powerful new theory about the secret to our success as a species is introduced and explored: self-domestication.
For over a century in popular culture, “survival of the fittest” has been interpreted to mean that some human lives are more valuable than others. This misunderstanding of the central pillar of biology has been used to justify eugenics and colonialism, and today continues to shape authoritarian agendas, anti-immigration sentiment, and the slow response to COVID-19. In their revolutionary new book, Dr. Hare and Woods bring forth the theory of “survival of the friendliest” at a time the world needs it most, providing actionable solutions based on the knowledge that to survive and flourish, we must expand our definition of who belongs.
Don’t miss this special live digital conversation between Dr. Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods, only with the Museum of Science!
After the conversation, stick around for a virtual book signing with the authors! If you would like an autographed copy of Survival of the Friendliest, you can purchase one directly at vanessawoods.net or brianhare.net in advance. During the online ordering process, you can submit any autograph requests (such as the name the inscription should be made out to) and let them know if you would like to see your book signed LIVE during the event.
“How can a top predator like the wolf have evolved to become ‘man’s best friend’? Finally a book that explains in the clearest of terms how friendliness and cooperation shaped dogs and humans. This book left me with a happy and optimistic view of nature.” — Isabella Rossellini, actress and activist
Please consider making a gift to support #MOSatHome and our SubSpace virtual fall season at donate.mos.org/mosathome and become a vital partner in helping us provide access to free STEM experiences online.
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CHINA’S RISE, THE DECLINE OF THE WEST, AND DEGLOBALIZATION
Tuesday, September 15
9:30pm - 10:30pm
Online
RSVP at https://bit.ly/2QR89Yz
Speaker(s): David Arase, Mark Beeson, Alejandro T Reyes
China is challenging the unipolar global order under American hegemony. Increasing nationalistic rhetoric about decoupling and deglobalization, and tit-for-tat trade and other sanctions have heated up the strategic rivalry. In this first AsiaGlobal Papers webinar, David Arase of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and Mark Beeson of the University of Western Australia discuss the weakening of US hegemony and Washington’s withdrawal from multilateral engagement, the shift in international politics from a unipolar to a bipolar or multipolar framework, and the geopolitical and economic consequences these shifts will have for the US, China and the Indo-Pacific region.
DAVID ARASE
Resident Professor of International Politics, Hopkins-Nanjing Center, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
David Arase is resident professor of International Politics at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center of the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.
MARK BEESON
Professor of International Politics, University of Western Australia
Mark Beeson is professor of international politics at the University of Western Australia.
ALEJANDRO T REYES
Director of Knowledge Dissemination, Asia Global Institute
Alejandro T Reyes is director of knowledge dissemination and a visiting associate professor at Asia Global Institute, where he manages the AsiaGlobal Online journal.
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Wednesday, September 16
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What has COVID-19 taught us? “Build Back Better” in the Era of Sustainable Development
Wednesday, September 16
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/what-has-covid-19-taught-us-build-back-better-in-the-era-of-sustainable-tickets-116146594591
The panel will discuss UNESCO’s sustainability report in the context of build-back better at the local level.
Panel organized by the Environmental and Sustainability Education Special Interest Group at the Comparative International Education Society Conference.
UNESCO recently released its Education for Sustainable Development for 2030 framework - ‘Education for Sustainable Development: Towards achieving the SDGs’ urges us to reflect on our past actions and re-focus on achieving the SDGs. The panel will take the main principles from the UNESCO report and will invite various stakeholders to reflect on their practices over the past COVID-19 period and discuss how their practices have changed over this course.
Key questions that will shape the discussion are- What have we learnt from COVID-19 and how does our learning transform into informed practices towards sustainable development? Given the ever-changing education policy due to COVID-19, the panel will focus on sustainability practices at schools and at homes that continue to be neglected. For example, food wastage, energy wastage, plastic pollution, air travel and carbon emissions. This panel will help to reflect on building back better keeping sustainability as a lens. Teachers could reflect on the curriculum in school, parents reflect on sustainability practices at home and with their children. Academics and scholars provide a critical perspective on UNESCO’s 2030 framework and suggest next steps. Practitioners narrate how this past experience has shaped-up their implementation on the ground. Policy makers reflect on the policy gaps.
The panel will highlight discussion points that will help to “Build Back Better” keeping sustainability in mind. It will provide a critical perspective as well as concrete steps forward to make this planet a more equitable place to inhabit. It will reflect on gaps and turn them into opportunities to reflect and take action on. The participants will leave the discussion with clear ideas and objectives on how they can recover from this pandemic with a concrete vision for a sustainable future.
Panelists-
William Gaudelli, Dean and Professor College of Education, Lehigh University. On- How can academia use the UNESCO sustainability report to address the research gaps that exists?
Christina Kwauk, Center for Universal Education, The Brookings Institution. On- Is sustainability a far fetched agenda as we build –back?
Alexander Leicht, Chief Section of Education for Sustainable Development, Division for Peace and Sustainable Development, Education Sector, UNESCO. On - What are some of the local applications from the UNESCO sustainability report? What are 5 main areas that need local action?
Moderators- Radhika Iyengar, Director of Education, Center for Sustainable Development, Earth Institute, Columbia University. Chair ESE SIG, CIES Carine Verschuere, Ph.D. Candidate International & Comparative Education, Teachers College, Program Chair ESE SIG, CIES
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Reset: Reclaiming the Internet for Civil Society
Wednesday, September 16
11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://carrcenter.hks.harvard.edu/os_events/nojs/registration/1367883
SPEAKER(S) Ron Deibert, Professor of Political Science, and Director of the Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto
DETAILS Towards Life 3.0: Ethics and Technology in the 21st Century is a talk series organized by the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy featuring prominent scholars, business and technology leaders, public interest technologists, and activists who address the ethical and rights implications of the impact of Artificial Intelligence on society and human life. The title of the series draws inspiration from the title of Max Tegmark’s book, Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.
LINK https://carrcenter.hks.harvard.edu/os_events/nojs/registration/1367883
CONTACT INFO Laryssa Da Silveira
laryssadasilveira@hks.harvard.edu
617-998-5488
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Understanding and Influencing Energy Transitions: The Role of Policy and Behavior
Wednesday, September 16
12:00pm — 1:00pm
Online
RSVP at https://environment.yale.edu/calendar/listing/92164
Ken Gillingham, Associate Professor, Yale School of Environment
This talk will explore insights on energy transitions drawn from energy economics, behavioral economics, and energy modeling. How do consumer decisions influence the adoption of new technologies? How can policies guide the transitions to improve welfare? What approaches can be effective for reaching underserved communities? Using evidence from field experiments, large data sets, and theory, we will delve into important influencers of consumer behavior in the current energy transition underway and the policy implications of such findings.
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Kelman Seminar Series: Do Morals Matter: Presidents and Foreign Policy from FDR to Trump
Wednesday, September 16
12 – 1 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_L89ia0P8RE-VsLDQWhIaLA
SPEAKER(S) Joseph S. Nye, Jr.
DETAILS In "Do Morals Matter?", Joseph S. Nye, Jr., one of the world’s leading scholars of international relations, provides a concise yet penetrating analysis of the role of ethics in US foreign policy during the post-1945 era. Working through each presidency from Truman to Trump, Nye scores their foreign policy on three ethical dimensions: their intentions, the means they used, and the consequences of their decisions. Alongside this, he evaluates their leadership qualities, elaborating on which approaches work and which ones do not.
Since we so often apply moral reasoning to foreign policy, Nye suggests how to do it better. Crucially, presidents must factor in both the political context and the availability of resources when deciding how to implement an ethical policy–especially in a future international system that presents not only great power competition from China and Russia, but transnational threats as borders become porous to everything from drugs, infectious diseases, terrorism, cyber criminals, and climate change.
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LINK https://www.pon.harvard.edu/events/kelman-seminar-do-morals-matter/
CONTACT INFO dlong@law.harvard.edu
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The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War
Wednesday, September 16
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Online
RSVP at https://ssp.mit.edu/events/2020/the-bomb-presidents-generals-and-the-secret-history-of-nuclear-war
SSP Wednesday seminar with speaker Fred Kaplan.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and SSP alumni Fred Kaplan discusses his book, which takes us into the White House Situation Room, the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s “Tank,” and the vast chambers of Strategic Command in Omaha to reveal the untold stories—based on exclusive interviews and previously classified documents—of how American presidents and generals have thought about, threatened, broached, and, in some cases, barely avoided nuclear war, from the dawn of the atomic age until now.
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People, Power, and Profits Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent
Wednesday, September 16
3:00pm to 4:30pm
Online
RSVP at https://cssh.northeastern.edu/economics/economic-policy-forum/
Joseph Stiglitz, University Professor at Columbia University, is the co-winner of the 2001 Nobel Memorial Prize, former chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, and former Chief Economist of the World Bank. Known for his pioneering work on asymmetric information, Stiglitz’s work focuses on income distribution, risk, corporate governance, public policy, macroeconomics and globalization.
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Boston New Technology CleanTech-GreenTech & Energy Startup Showcase #BNT116
Wednesday, September 16
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-new-technology-cleantech-greentech-energy-startup-showcase-bnt116-registration-117695878541
Learn about 6 innovative & exciting CleanTech, GreenTech & Energy products from local founders, ask your questions & network with us!
Join members of BNT's 50k network to:
See 6 innovative and exciting local CleanTech, GreenTech & Energy 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!
Please follow @BostonNewTech and support our presenters by posting on social media using our #BNT116 hashtag. We'll retweet you!
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Michele Goodwin in conversation with Caroline Light and Patricia Williams
Wednesday, September 16
5 – 6 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/michele-goodwin-in-conversation-with-caroline-light-and-patricia-williams-tickets-117049741929
SPEAKER(S) Michele Goodwin, Chancellor's Professor of Law, the University of California, Irvine
Caroline Light, Senior Lecture on Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Harvard University
Patricia Williams, University Distinguished Professor of Law and Humanities, Northeastern University
DETAILS How do structures of surveillance in the lives of women of color result in infringements on privacy, civil liberties and civil rights?
About the Series
In a moment where our collective health depends on technological innovation – including “contact tracing” through the collection and storage of cell phone data – visual, biometric, and other forms surveillance collect us as pinpoints of data. Composite Bodies takes up questions of technology, surveillance, embodiment, and power from an intersectional feminist perspective. Through critical engagements with law, philosophy, art, history, bioethics, criminology, and advocacy, this series will address how the machine measurement and tracking of bodies is reconceptualizing notions of privacy while complicating the boundaries of the body as an integrated whole, reproducing and reinforcing biases based on race, class, gender, and other historically disabling taxonomies.
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Lessons from a Pandemic: Solutions for Addressing the Climate Change Crisis
Wednesday, September 16
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/lessons-from-a-pandemic-solutions-for-addressing-the-climate-change-crisis-tickets-102705932208?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch
Trottier Symposium on Sustainable Engineering, Energy & Design Lessons from a Pandemic: Solutions for Addressing the Climate Change Crisis
The current COVID-19 pandemic has been referred to by some as the “time lapse of the climate crisis” and has highlighted the importance of heeding the warnings and recommendations of scientists and experts to make informed policy decisions in order to stave off the most dire consequences. Climate change affects the global population, but unlike the novel virus which is unfolding in “real time”, climate change is taking place in “deep time”, a multi-generational time frame.
Over the last couple of decades there has been rapid progress towards technological solutions, which can move our societies towards sustainable manufacturing, infrastructure and renewable energy, thus mitigating climate change. Yet to date, progress on implementing these have been slow. A rich body of evidence and understanding of how climate change is negatively impacting our environment and well-being has been developed. Yet actions on adaptation and mitigation to avert disastrous outcomes are sporadic and fragmented.
Given the framework of the current unprecedented situation, the 7th Annual Trottier Symposium on Sustainable Engineering, Energy and Design will focus on laying a road map to addressing the climate change crisis while keeping the following questions in mind:
What are the most promising, important, equitable and viable solutions to climate change? Which are most likely to face the biggest opposition from the public and/or special interest groups?
How can scientists and engineers communicate their work to the general public as well as policymakers to help accelerate the implementation of technological and operational solutions that mitigate the effects of climate change and support future sustainable development?
Are there lessons learned from the current COVID-19 pandemic and society’s response, which can be applied to accelerating action on the climate emergency?
How can today’s scientific and engineering community get a wider cross section of the public to trust science messengers and engage in meaningful climate action?
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Thursday, September 17
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RPP Webinar: Malcolm Sparrow on Fundamentals of Regulatory Design
Thursday, September 17
12 – 1 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_p6JEmbdmSEG6931Rn1jz5g
SPEAKER(S) Malcolm Sparrow, Professor of the Practice of Public Management at HKS
DETAILS Please join M-RCBG for a Regulatory Policy Program seminar featuring Malcolm Sparrow, Professor of the Practice of Public Management on his new book, "Fundamentals of Regulatory Design." Registration is required.
LINK https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_p6JEmbdmSEG6931Rn1jz5g
CONTACT INFO mrcbg@hks.harvard.edu
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Eat Local MA Presents: A Virtual Facility Tour of City Fresh Foods!
Thursday, September 17
12pm – 1pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/eat-local-ma-presents-a-virtual-facility-tour-of-city-fresh-foods-tickets-118452409345
Join Sustainabile Business Network [SBN] for a virtual tour of the City Fresh Foods facility in Boston as part of the Eat Local MA Campaign!
City Fresh Foods works to deliver fresh, wholesome meals to childcare centers, schools, and rehabilitation programs across Eastern Massachusetts. Additionally, they work to educate communities about the benefits of making healthier and more nutritional choices in their daily diets. They continue to push the food industry to facilitate healthy eating, environmental sustainability and community development. During the COVID-19 pandemic, City Fresh Foods has delivered thousands of nutritional meals to hard-hit neighborhoods in Boston.
Visit: https://cityfresh.com/
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COVID-19 and the Stakes for Democracy in South America
Thursday, September 17
12 – 1:30 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07eh8r2iv1962f9517&oseq=&c=&ch=
SPEAKER(S) Moderator: Alicia Ely Yamin, Senior Fellow in Global Health and Rights, The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School
Introduction: Carmel Shachar, Executive Director, The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School
Lidia Casas, Professor and Director of Human Rights Center, Universidad Diego Portales, Chile
Octávio Ferraz,Associate Professor, King's College London
Roberto Gargarella, Conicet Senior Researcher and Professor Universidad de Buenos Aires Argentina
Isabel Cristina Jaramillo Sierra, Professor, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
DETAILS The COVID-19 pandemic is not just a health crisis, or even an economic crisis, but also a critical inflection point for democracy and the rule of law. The pandemic has presented a test for the legitimacy of democratic governance, and perhaps nowhere are the stakes higher than in Latin America, which as of August 5, as a region had the world’s highest death toll per population.
Even before the pandemic, the region as a whole faced staggering levels of social inequality and political polarization. Chile had been wracked by months of massive protests against neoliberal austerity, and is now preparing for a national referendum on a constitutional reform. In Colombia, the Supreme Court ordered the house arrest of former president Alvaro Uribe, unleashing calls for judicial and constitutional reform. Brazil’s conservative populist president, Jair Bolsonaro, repeatedly dismissed the seriousness of the virus, and often found himself at odds with the judiciary. In Argentina, a new administration, which was facing a social and economic crisis before COVID-19, has now proposed sweeping judicial reform that critics see as institutionalizing impunity.
A panel of leading constitutional and human rights scholars from these four South American nations will join us to analyze these developments and discuss their expectations for the post-pandemic future of their countries.
LINK https://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/details/covid-19-and-the-stakes-for-democracy-in-south-america
CONTACT INFO P: 617-496-4662
E: petrie-flom@law.harvard.edu
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Eating Our Way Out of Climate Change; In Discussion with Sarah Bridle
Thursday, September 17
1pm – 3pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/eating-our-way-out-of-climate-change-in-discussion-with-sarah-bridle-tickets-117592300737
Sarah Bridle joins us for our eighth in a series of interactive talks on the climate emergency, environmentalism and Green politics.
We are excited to have Sarah Bridle join us for our eighth in a series of interactive talks on the climate emergency, environmentalism and Green politics in light of the global pandemic. Sarah will be discussing with us how different foods contribute to climate change and what we can do about it.
The format will be an introductory talk by Sarah, followed by a Q&A. We will then finish off in breakout rooms to have more interactive discussions in smaller groups.
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The 2020 State of Demand-Side Energy Management in California Webinar
Thursday, September 17
2 p.m. ET, 11 a.m. PT
Online
RSVP at https://info.cpowerenergymanagement.com/WBN-CA_SOTM_2020_LP-Registration.html
The Golden State’s energy market was poised to have a wild ride in 2020 before the onset of COVID-19 and the ensuing lockdown. As California now works its way through the pandemic’s maze, organizations are reexamining their energy management strategies in search of optimization for an increasingly uncertain future.
Join CPower on September 17, 2020, at 11 am PT, 2 pm ET for a one-hour webinar designed to give organizations like yours the demand-side energy management insights you need to make the most of 2020 and beyond in California.
Topics to be covered include:
Policy and regulatory changes in California
An update of the state’s renewable pursuits
Opportunities to monetize storage and other energy assets
Maximizing returns on demand response in CAISO and CA utility programs
And more...
CPower’s California energy market experts Jennifer Chamberlin and Diane Wiggins will host this live webinar that will include a question and answer session.
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Reconstructing the Polity (1870) (Online Event)
Thursday, September 17
4 – 5:15 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2020-reconstructing-polity-1870-virtual
SPEAKER(S) Amanda Cobb-Greetham , Professor of Native American studies and director of the Native Nations Center, University of Oklahoma
Brittney Cooper, Associate professor of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, and cofounder, Crunk Feminist Collective
Beth Lew-Williams, Associate professor of history and Philip and Beulah Rollins Bicentennial Preceptor, Princeton University
Moderator: Manisha Sinha, James L. and Shirley A. Draper Chair in American History, University of Connecticut
DETAILS The reconstruction of the American polity after the Civil War — in particular, the adoption of the 15th Amendment in 1870 — marked a key moment in the long history of the 19th Amendment, women’s political mobilization, and the contested boundaries of United States citizenship. This panel will use gender as a lens to understand the cross-cutting trends of enfranchisement and disenfranchisement that came together in the wake of the Civil War.
Registration is required for this Zoom webinar. Instructions can be found by visiting the event web page.
LINK https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2020-reconstructing-polity-1870-virtual
CONTACT INFO events@radcliffe.harvard.edu
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“Diseases in the District of Maine 1772-1820: Epidemics Then and Now”
Thursday, September 17
4 – 5:30 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/j/94358234620?pwd=M2pIOEh5ajc3dVczUXoyRThPdjdwUT09#success
Center for the History of Medicine, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
SPEAKER(S) Richard Kahn, M.D., M.A.C.P, Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine; Internist, Penobscot Bay Medical Center, Maine
DETAILS Colloquium on the history of psychiatry and medicine.
Open to students of history and those valuing a historical perspective on their professions.
CONTACT INFO david_satin@hms.harvard.edu
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Political Hobbyism vs. Political Power
Thursday, September 17
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Online
RSVP at https://brooklinema.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_gJPQpjAcTzWfglgLq1w1ew
More than ever, Americans are spending time thinking, talking, and reading about politics. And yet, we’re below historical averages in actual civic and political volunteerism. What’s going on? Today, most people who are interested in politics are “political hobbyists” – engaging in politics to satisfy their own intellectual interests and emotional needs. In this talk, based on his book, Politics is for Power, Tufts University professor Eitan Hersh will lead a discussion on why so many of us practice a shallow form of political hobbyism, and most importantly, what the alternative is. The alternative is told through inspiring stories of seven organizers, including three from the Boston area, who figured out how to get into the trenches and empower their values.
Registration is required.
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Feminisms Unbound: The Neoliberal University and Academic Feminis
Thursday, September 17
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Online
RSVP at https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wabDzoixQ8GYAGGELcSz6w
This panel takes its inspiration from our insistent critique of the academic corporation in which we find ourselves working today. Increasingly, our new colleagues are temporary and underpaid hires, who are nevertheless often expected to give service beyond teaching. Our senior administrators, compensated at the same levels as the corporate structure, are hired as much for their fundraising abilities as for their academic inclinations or interests. Juggling multiple jobs, our students are enmeshed in an aggregation of precarity that is not only financial: their protests of the institution’s raced, gendered, sexed and classed inequities, for instance, are repurposed into website photographs designed to advertise the institution’s openness to critique. Particularly as women, as queer, as trans, and as first-generation, the discomfort with an institution that is hostile to them is transformed into a burden to reform the institution. Does our activism and theorizing alleviate or intensify these inequities? How is the genealogy of such processes, which we often hear ourselves take for granted as deeply unethical, connected to the humanist values we espouse and teach? Some senior administrative positions, such as Diversity Officers, for instance, are the result of our successful struggles to force the administration to be ethical. What if the neoliberal university is not, in fact, antithetical to our goals or practices as feminists and principled social actors in the institution? Finally, how might we think both critically and imaginatively about the temporal implications of the neoliberal university today and our place in it: the claim now made on all of our time; our conception of “free” time; our justification of time spent away from the institution’s demands; the disproportionate burden of time placed on some students, staff and faculty?
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Queer Voices in the Climate Movement
Thursday, September 17
7 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://xrmass.org/action/queerclimate/
Join us for an online presentation and discussion about queer representation and action in the climate movement.
We'll be having a conversation about:
History of LGBT+ social movements: How has the queer community had to come together to effect change in the past?
Recent climate science: Where do we stand today? What it the reality of our current projections? How does this affect the queer community?
Climate action: What can we do about it? How do our personal choices and our activism make a difference? What is non-violent direct action (NVDA)?
Climate, Racial, and Social Justice: What is Climate Justice and how does it relate to racial and social justice? How can we support the intersectionalities of climate justice?
This event will be a queer-focused discussion on the climate crisis and climate activism, but is open to everyone. Please invite any queer or non-queer friends you think may be interested. :)
With Love and Rage
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Friday, September 18
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Social Justice Leaders Series led by Dr. Keisha N. Blain
Friday, September 18
1 – 2 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://carrcenter.hks.harvard.edu/os_events/nojs/registration/1367645
SPEAKER(S) Laura Mae Lindo, Member of Provincial Parliament for Kitchener Centre
Moderator: Keisha N. Blain, Associate Professor of History, University of Pittsburgh; Fellow, Carr Center
DETAILS This webinar series, curated by Carr Center Fellow Keisha N. Blain, will feature social justice leaders working at the local, national, and international level. The series will highlight the work of leaders of color who are actively challenging racism and advancing human rights.
LINK https://carrcenter.hks.harvard.edu/os_events/nojs/registration/1367645
CONTACT INFO Laryssa Da Silveira
laryssadasilveira@hks.harvard.edu
617-998-5488
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Jill Lepore in conversation with Fran Berman
Friday, September 18
1 – 2:30 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_N0XKwY3cRF2le9KLDAOAyQ
SPEAKER(S) Jill Lepore
Fran Berman
DETAILS Please join the HDSI for a discussion between Professors Jill Lepore and Fran Berman about Jill's new book If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future.
LINK https://datascience.harvard.edu/event/hdsi-book-talk-jill-lepore
CONTACT INFO datascience@harvard.edu
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Pioneers in Public Interest: The Battle for Voting Rights in 2020
Friday, September 18
1:00pm to 5:15pm
Online
RSVP at https://www.northeastern.edu/law/news/events/2020/voting-rights/
Join us in kicking off a new annual conference series celebrating the Public Interest Law Scholars Program Each year, we will focus on scholarship related to a pressing public interest issue.
This virtual half-day conference will cover:
Voting purges
Threats to polling locations
Voter intimidation
Gerrymandering (and mathematical attention on issues of electoral redistricting)
Russian influence (fake news/misleading voters)
Machine malfunctions/snafus
Voter suppression (including obstacles to registration, cutbacks on early voting, stricter voter identification requirements).
Same day and online voter registration
Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Supreme Court’s 2013 related ruling in Shelby Counter v. Holder
Keynote Speaker
Dale Ho, Director, Voting Rights Project, ACLU
Panelists include:
Moon Duchin, Tisch College Senior Fellow, Tufts University
Associate Justice Anita Earls, Supreme Court of North Carolina
Rahsaan Hall ’98, Director, Racial Justice Program, American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts
Michael Li, Senior Counsel, Democracy, Brennan Center
Moderator:
Alan Solomont, Pierre and Pamela Omidyar Dean of the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University
This annual event will celebrate the Public Interest Law Scholars Program and each year will focus on scholarship related to a pressing public interest issue.
In partnership with:
The Center for Public Interest Advocacy and Collaboration and NuLawLab
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Saturday, September 19
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Ig Informal Lectures
Saturday, September 19
1 PM – 3 PM
Online at http://www.improbable.com
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Monday, September 21 - Tuesday, September 29
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SENSE.nano Symposium: The Body at All Scales
Monday, September 21 - Tuesday, September 29
1pm - 5pm
Online
RSVP at https://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ohdUponeTimMKEwKVdmd3A
From the level of cells, organs, and body systems to individuals and populations, this symposium, broken into three half-day webinars, will highlight the needs for new SENSE technologies, showcase research and innovations, and present the impact of these technologies. Over a series of invited technical talks, presentations by MIT-launched startups, student videos, and panel discussions, we will provide needs context and solution perspectives in the domains of sensing for the study of biology and for the care of humans in their natural environment.
Day 1—Sensing at the level of sub-cell, cell, and organs: September 21, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
Day 2—Sensing at the level of body systems and populations: September 22, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
Day 3—Start-up exchange (STEX) and future impacts: September 29, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
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Monday, September 21
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Understanding the Role of Race in Health: A Moderated Discussion
Monday, September 21
12 – 1:30 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07eh9eny8i87a134c6&oseq=&c=&ch=
SPEAKER(S) Introduction & Co-Moderator: I. Glenn Cohen
James A. Attwood and Leslie Williams Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School
Co-Moderator: Craig Konnoth, Associate Professor of Law and Director, Health Law Certificate, University of Colorado Law School
Michele Goodwin, Chancellor’s Professor at the University of California, Irvine; Founding director of the Center for Biotechnology and Global Health Policy
Dayna Matthew, Dean and Harold H. Greene Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School
Kimani Paul-Emile, Professor of Law, Associate Director and Head of Domestic Programs and Initiatives at Fordham Law School’s Center on Race, Law & Justice, and Faculty Co-Director of the Fordham Law School Stein Center for Law & Ethics
Samuel Roberts, Associate Professor of History and of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University
DETAILS Structural racism pervades all facets of society, from education, to housing, to law enforcement. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the health disparities that result from this systemic and structural racism.
The Petrie-Flom Center has asked leading scholars in law, public health, history, sociology, and other fields to explore these issues for a digital symposium on the Bill of Health blog. The focus of the symposium is to unpack how critical race theories and other strands of racial justice scholarship can inform health care, public health, and other areas of law to improve health outcomes among minorities.
To mark the launch of the symposium and to kick off the semester, a panel of contributors will participate in a moderated discussion of some of these pressing questions, including: Which social determinants of health have the greatest effects on race hierarchies? Does the health care system itself exacerbate racial health disparities? And which legislative changes, litigation strategies, or enforcement actions by federal agencies, might work as a tool to combat health disparities?
LINK https://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/details/race-health-and-health-law-policy
CONTACT INFO petrie-flom@law.harvard.edu
617-496-4662
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Black Boston: Changing the Face of Politics
Monday, September 21
5pm–6pm ET
Online
RSVP at https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07eh9ee0fe00438443&oseq=&c=&ch=
In the last twenty years, Massachusetts has elected its first Black governor, first Black congresswoman, and Boston has had its first Black woman City Council President. How much progress have we made? What steps do we need to take to elevate new leaders, ensure equitable representation, and engage and enfranchise new voters?
Join the IOC, the Boston University Office of Diversity & Inclusion, and WBUR CitySpacefor Black Boston: Changing the Face of Politics, the third in a recurring discussion series featuring transformative Black leaders from across Greater Boston.
Speakers:
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, U.S. House of Representatives, Massachusetts 7th Congressional District; first Black woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts and the first Black Woman elected to the Boston City Council (At Large, 2010–2019)
Representative Nika Elugardo, Massachusetts House of Representatives, 15th Suffolk District; Graduate of Boston University School of Law
Andrea Campbell, Boston City Councilor, District 4; first Black woman to serve as Boston City Council President (2018–2020)
Moderated by Kimberly Atkins, Senior Opinion Writer and member of the Editorial Board, The Boston Globe; MSNBC Contributor; Graduate of Boston University School of Law and Boston University College of Communication
Register for more events in the Black Boston series at http://bu.edu/ioc/blackboston
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The Last Brahmin: Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. and the Making of the Cold War
Monday, September 21
5:30PM - 6:30PM
Online
RSVP at https://18308a.blackbaudhosting.com/18308a/The-Last-Brahmin-Henry-Cabot-Lodge-Jr-and-the-Making-of-the-Cold-War
Luke A. Nichter, Texas A&M University-Central Texas
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A key figure in American foreign policy for three decades, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. of Massachusetts, a well-heeled Eastern Establishment Republican, put duty over partisanship to serve as advisor to five presidents from Dwight Eisenhower to Gerald Ford and as United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Vietnam, West Germany, and the Vatican. Historian Luke A. Nichter gives us a compelling narrative of Lodge’s extraordinary and consequential life and his immense political influence.
Please note, this is an online event held on the video conference platform, Zoom. Registrants will receive an email with links to join the program.
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Tuesday, September 22 & Thursday, September 24
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2020 Visions: Lunch & Learn Lightning Talks
Tuesday, September 22 & Thursday, September 24
Online
Zoom links below
Join the us on September 22 & 24 for a virtual celebration of 2020 Visions, the 10th annual Image Awards exhibition now on display in the Koch Institute Public Galleries. Celebrating biological beauty and transformative technologies, this year’s winning images embrace a variety of visualization techniques to examine the inner workings of microscopic communities and human health.
Each "lunch & learn" webinar session will include five "lightning talks" by image creators, along with participant questions and conversation about the winning images. Dive into natural and engineered systems to discover how scientific exploration and technological innovation are reshaping our vision of the world around us...and the future that is yet to come.
Schedule:
Tuesday, September 22 – 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Brains & Brawn, presented by Ellen M. DeGennaro
Calling the Shots, presented by Morteza Sarmadi
Microbial Multiverse, presented by Rachel E. Szabo
Trick Or Treat, presented by Peter Bruno & Aslı Gökdemir
A Vax Seen, presented by Jacob T. Martin
Zoom link: https://mit.zoom.us/j/96481687104
Thursday, September 24 – 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
20,000 Nanoleagues Under the SEM, presented by Rameen Shakur
Cloak & Swagger, presented by Arnav Chhabra
Co-Culture Club, presented by George Eng
Ocean Plankton, presented by Keith Ellenbogen
Visualizing Vasculature, presented by Genevieve Abbruzzese
Zoom link: https://mit.zoom.us/j/96178921498
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Tuesday, September 22 - Friday, October 1
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Collective Trauma Summit 2020: The Power of Collective Healing
Tuesday, September 22 - Friday, October 1
Online
RSVP at https://collectivetraumasummit.com
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Tuesday, September 22
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Speaking Truth to Power When Power Does Not Want Truth
Tuesday, September 22
3p.m. EDT
Online
RSVP tba see https://mccormack.umb.edu/events
A conversation with Robert Draper author of New York Times Magazine article, Unwanted Truth: Inside Trump's Battles with the Intelligence Community, and Margaret Henoch, former Central Intelligence Agency Chief of Station; moderated by Dean David Cash, McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies, UMass Boston.
Robert Draper is a writer at large for the New York Times Magazine and a contributing writer to National Geographic. He is the author of several books, including the New York Times bestseller Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush. He lives in Washington, DC.
Margaret Henoch retired after 24 years in the Directorate of Operations of the CIA. She served at CIA HQS and overseas and was promoted into the Senior Intelligence Service. Before joining the CIA, Margaret worked at SRI, International, based in Menlo Park, California, analyzing the avionics and design of Soviet aircraft, and before SRI, she worked for Ralph Nader at Public Interest Research Group. Henoch is a member of The Steady State.
Event Co-Sponsored by The Steady State
The Steady State is a group of more than 200 former government officials who have served in various capacities in the U.S. National Security and Homeland Security communities. As intelligence officers, defense policy makers, diplomats, and congressional staffers, they have served the country during Democratic and Republican administrations. Some of them are lifelong Democrats; others, Republicans; some resolutely independent. In March, the group endorsed Vice President Bidenand since then have engaged in speaking and writing to educate Americans about national security issues at stake in this election.
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CLIMATE AMBITION WITH GINA MCCARTHY, ANNIE LEONARD AND TAMARA TOLES O’LAUGHLIN
Tuesday, September 22
4:00 pm
RSVP at https://commonwealthclub.secure.force.com/ticket/#/instances/a0F3j00001CY4lSEAT
SPEAKERS
Annie Leonard, Executive Director, Greenpeace USA
Gina McCarthy,CEO, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Tamara Toles O'Laughlin, North America Director, 350.org
How are the leaders of some of the nations’ biggest environmental organizations responding to a year of race and health crises?
Environmental groups like NRDC, 350.org, and Greenpeace helped move climate onto the presidential agenda last year, pushing Joe Biden and other Democrats’ stance on bold action. Now, organizers and advocates are backing recovery plans that bolster clean energy jobs, help strengthen communities, and dismantle systems that exploit people and the planet. How enthusiastic are they about Joe Biden’s $2 trillion climate plan?
Can activism finally bring America’s political ambitions in line with climate science? Join us for a conversation on the state of our climate with Annie Leonard, executive director of Greenpeace, Gina McCarthy, CEO of the Natural Resources Defence Council (NRDC), and Tamara Toles O'Laughlin, North America director of 350.org.
We invite you to register for this free online event to receive an email with links to the livestream and a reminder to tune in. If you would like to help support production costs for this event, you may make a donation when you register. There will be an opportunity to submit audience questions to panelists via our YouTube livestream chat box.
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On This Land: Reframing Public Memory Webinar
Tuesday, September 22
4:00 PM
Online
RSVP at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_61zcN9egTa-3AcHeW_3cEQ
How do monuments and memorials shape our understanding of place—and what we choose to forget? And how might we reframe public memory to address the harmful legacy of colonialism in our region?
Kim Szeto, Program Director of Public Art, New England Foundation for the Arts will moderate a panel conversation among local artists Nia Holley (Nipmuc), Jonathan Perry (Aquinnah Wampanoag), and Erin Genia (Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota) to explore how remembering and forgetting of Indigenous peoples and colonial history have shaped the landscape and collective consciousness of Greater Boston. Looking at several sites of significance for Indigenous communities in the region, they’ll unpack the meaning of these places through their personal histories and creative practices, and share their perspectives on the necessary role of Indigenous artists in shaping more just public spaces.
Speakers:
Erin Genia, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, Artist in Residence for the City of Boston
Nia Holley (Nipmuc)
Jonathan Perry (Aquinnah Wampanoag), Culture bearer, leader, historian, artist and professional speaker
Kim Szeto, Program Director of Public Art at the New England Foundation for the Arts (moderator)
This event precedes “Centering Justice: Indigenous Artists’ Perspectives on Art in Public Space,” a virtual symposium organized through a collaboration among Indigenous artists and NEFA’s Public Art team. To learn more about this initiative, visit https://www.nefa.org/CenteringJustice
“On This Land” is part of “Public Art, Public Memory.” This discussion series explores the role that planners, artists, and community leaders can play in cultivating more just and inclusive public spaces through public art and collective memory. Learn more here: https://www.mapc.org/resource-library/public-art-public-memory/
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“The Horrid Deeds of our Enemies”
Tuesday, September 22
5:15PM - 6:30PM
Online
RSVP at https://18308a.blackbaudhosting.com/18308a/The-Horrid-Deeds-of-our-Enemies
Lauren Duval, University of Oklahoma
Comment: Carolyn Eastman, Virginia Commonwealth University
The American Revolution was waged not only on the battlefield, but in the realm of culture. American homes and the wartime violence within them—particularly directed against women—were prominent subjects in novels and historical paintings. Reimagining women’s interactions with British soldiers solely as relationships of violence and deception, not volition, these narratives promoted a gendered vision of wartime domestic invasion and violation that would, in memory, come to define the war’s devastation and contribute to emergent ideas about the meaning of independence.
The Pauline Maier Early American History Seminar invites you to join the conversation. Seminars bring together a diverse group of scholars and interested members of the public to workshop a pre-circulated paper. Learn more.
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Memory, Social Justice, and Mindfulness
Tuesday, September 22
5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://edportal.harvard.edu/event/memory-social-justice-and-mindfulness
DETAILS This 4-week series from the Harvard Ed Portal builds off of Dr. Angel Acosta's 400 Years Project, which centers contemplative practice around the history of inequality in the US.
The goal of this workshop is to engage with, acknowledge, and awaken ourselves to the dynamics of racism and oppression at all levels. Each session will have a mix of practices, including:
Mindfulness and compassion practices
Walking through the 400 Years Timeline
Guided storytelling and reflection
By understanding how history lives in each of us and the systems which surround us, we can begin to heal the wounds of historical trauma, both individually and collectively.
Please note: As this is a cumulative workshop, attendance is strongly encouraged at all four sessions, to help build a safe space for discussion and trust.
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Confronting Disinformation: A Conversation with Audrey Tang
Tuesday, September 22
7:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://shorensteincenter.org/event/confronting-disinformation-conversation-audrey-tang/
SPEAKER(S) Audrey Tang, Taiwan’s Digital Minister in charge of Social Innovation
DETAILS Join us for a conversation with Audrey Tang, Taiwan’s Digital Minister in charge of Social Innovation, moderated by Joan Donovan, Research Director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy.
Audrey Tang is Taiwan’s Digital Minister in charge of Social Innovation. Audrey is known for revitalizing the computer languages Perl and Haskell, as well as building the online spreadsheet system EtherCalc in collaboration with Dan Bricklin. In the public sector, Audrey served on Taiwan national development council’s open data committee and K-12 curriculum committee; and led the country’s first e-Rulemaking project. In the private sector, Audrey worked as a consultant with Apple on computational linguistics, with Oxford University Press on crowd lexicography, and with Socialtext on social interaction design. In the social sector, Audrey actively contributes to g0v (“gov zero”), a vibrant community focusing on creating tools for the civil society, with the call to “fork the government.”
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Blacker, Brighter Futures: Afrofuturism and Apocalypse
Tuesday, September 22
8pm
Online
RSVP at https://www.crowdcast.io/e/afrofuturism-and/register
Cost: $8.50
Explore the mythic and media landscapes of the black radical imagination where afrofuturism and apocalypse meet with artist and mythologist Dr. Li Sumpter. Get familiar with key concepts of world building and contemporary mythmaking through the lens of popular media, afrofuturism and current local and global crises. From climate change and coronavirus to racial injustice and food insecurity, Dr. Sumpter will examine thematic connections between speculative fiction and historic headlines, revealing archetypal and aesthetic patterns of apocalypse.
During this talk, you'll understand Afrofuturism through art, activism and radical visions of artists and filmmakers from across the African diaspora who are imagining a brighter, blacker future into reality.
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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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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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