Sunday, March 15, 2020

Energy (and Other) Events - March 15, 2020

Energy (and Other) Events - March 15, 2020

Energy (and Other) Events is a weekly mailing list published most Sundays covering events around the Cambridge, MA and greater Boston area that catch the editor's eye.

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Because of Covid-19, coronavirus, events are being cancelled or transferred to virtual spaces.  Please check with the events contacts listed to see whether the event you are interested in is still going on.

These are scary times we are living through.  Be well, be safe, and wash your hands.  Take care of each other, please.

Here are some local Mutual Aid Networks that are developing:
Cambridge Mutual Aid Network

Mutual Aid Medford and Somerville (MAMAS) network

Food for Free (for Cambridge and Somerville) volunteers to provide lunches for schoolchildren, elderly, and hungry

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, March 16
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5:30pm  Movie Night with Speak for the Trees, Boston: City of Trees
&:30pm  Jewish Climate Action Network - Coronavirus and climate activism

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Tuesday, March 17
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7:30am  EBC Energy Resources Briefing from Massachusetts DOER Commissioner Patrick Woodcock and the DOER Division Directors
1pm  Bird Safe Design: Strategies for Designing Bird-Friendly Buildings
6:30pm  How to Become a Digital Nomad
7pm  Extinction Resilience: Gathering for Strength

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Wednesday, March 18
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7:30am  Boston Sustainability Breakfast
12pm  Extinction Rebellion Welcome Call (online)
12pm  Jewish Climate Action Network - Coronavirus and climate activism
5pm  Defunding Climate Destruction
7pm  Sierra Club Massachusetts Chapter's Plant-based Planet Team Meeting

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Thursday, March 19
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12:15pm  Failed Assumptions and Missed Opportunities: The American Way of War and Its Implications in Afghanistan
3:30pm  American Extremes: How the News Media Defines the Political Mainstream
6pm  Primary Post-Mortem:  Manchester Divided Recap—a live podcast taping and debriefing

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Friday, March 20
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8:30am  Design Museum Mornings: The Sustainability of an Evolving Skyline

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Saturday, March 21
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10am  Chase Earns While Earth Burns
12pm  Equinox Workshop: Climate Despair, Climate Hope: Strategies for Resilience and Engagement

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Monday, March 23
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4:30pm  Summit 2020: brands & the disinformation reality

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Tuesday, March 24
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3pm  Insurance, Incident Management Technology and Innovation 

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My rough notes on some of the events I go to and notes on books I’ve read are at:


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Monday, March 16
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Movie Night with Speak for the Trees, Boston: City of Trees
Monday, March 16
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM EDT

This film provides a critical view into issues of urban forestry & social equity. Join us in learning more about why urban trees matter.

Since 1990, nonprofit Washington Parks & People has tried to reduce poverty and violence in Washington, D.C. neighborhoods by improving parks. At the height of the recession, the organization received a stimulus grant to create a "green" job-training program in communities hardest hit. They had two years to help unemployed people find jobs and care for parks in their neighborhoods.
Steve Coleman, a grassroots environmental activist who directs the organization, must hire 150 unemployed residents to plant several thousand trees and provide training in the soft skills required to get a job. For Charles Holcomb, the paycheck offers a chance to give his newborn daughter the life he never had. For Michael Samuels, the job training is a first step forward after a drug conviction marred his employment record. For James Magruder, the program offers a chance to prove that his neighborhood roots position him as an unsung leader. 
What sounds like a simple goal — putting people back to work by planting trees — becomes complicated by community tensions and a fast-approaching deadline before the grant money runs out. Filmed in an unflinching and compelling verité approach over the course of more than two years, CITY OF TREES thrusts viewers into the inspiring but messy world of job training and the paradoxes changemakers face in urban communities everyday.


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Jewish Climate Action Network - Coronavirus and climate activism
Monday, March 16
7:30 PM
Online
RSVP by emailing to jcan.intern@gmail.com with the header "I Want to talk about the coronavirus and climate on Monday at 7:30”

We have entered uncharted territory.

As climate activists, with the amount of carbon in the atmosphere still rising and the threats of climate disruption ever-present, we knew we were already there. But Covid-19 has turned our world upside-down in a matter of days.

We fervently wish the dangers from changing climate could make both public and private leaders reverse business as usual as quickly. And as climate activists, we intuitively recognize the likelihood of a connection between climate change and the appearance of the coronavirus in humans. We understand our current situation as just a taste of what our future could be.

Unless we act.

COVID-19 is scary. The economic impact is frightening. Our lives are disrupted. But our mandate to continue our climate activism is stronger than ever.

We need to feel the fear – of both CV and climate change, but we also need to let the fear flow through us and out into the world. We need to give ourselves time and space to care for both our bodies and our souls. And then we need to keep on working, keep on turning toward a more beautiful world.

Rabbi Katy Allen invites you to join one of two JCAN-MA online discussions about coronavirus and climate activism. These forums will be an opportunity to connect with other activists, to share your concerns and fears, to discuss ways to remain active as things are shutting down, and to support each other.

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Tuesday, March 17
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EBC Energy Resources Briefing from Massachusetts DOER Commissioner Patrick Woodcock and the DOER Division Directors
Tuesday, March 17
7:30 am – 10:30 am
Webinar
Cost:  Government/Non-Profit: $25 - $120

This popular EBC Energy Resources Program is back for 2020, featuring Patrick Woodcock, newly appointed Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER). The Commissioner will provide an update on the innovative programs and ongoing challenges facing DOER. Joining the Commissioner will be several DOER Division Directors who will dive into the details of the various Division programs.

Join EBC for an informative and lively discussion with key DOER policy makers as they discuss ongoing and future programs, including pilot programs on storage and metering, technical assistance, and financial support.

About DOER: The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) is the Commonwealth’s energy office, responsible for developing and implementing policies and programs aimed at ensuring the adequacy, security, diversity, and cost-effectiveness of the Commonwealth’s energy supply to create a clean, affordable and resilient energy future. DOER is an agency of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA).

Program Chair:  Julie Barry, Partner, Prince Lobel Tye LLP
Speaker Agenda:
Keynote Presentation
Patrick Woodcock, Commissioner, Department of Energy Resources, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Presentations and Panel Discussion from the DOER Directors
Eric Friedman, Leading By Example Director
Maggie McCarey, Energy Efficiency Division Director
Eric Steltzer, Renewable Energy Division Director
Brian Sullivan, Green Communities Division Director
Program Details
Registration, Continental Breakfast: 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Program: 8:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Contact:
617-505-1818

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Bird Safe Design: Strategies for Designing Bird-Friendly Buildings
Tuesday, March 17
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
Room Edison, 16th Floor, 50 Milk Street, Boston
Cost:  $35

This course will explore strategies for designing bird-friendly buildings through the use of case studies and current regulations.

This class reviews the science that explains bird collisions, how to recognize hazards present in the built environment, and a range of building designs that illustrate solutions. These case studies will explore many of the available strategies for reducing bird mortality; these bird-friendly strategies oftentimes bring additional value to design decisions for heat, light, and security. We will review regulations connected to bird-friendly design, including the use of the LEED credit as well as current legislation that mandates safer design for birds. Techniques now in use for evaluating the relative threat level to birds of different materials are also described in this course, along with typical results.

Course objectives:
Identify and apply current best practices in reducing bird collisions in new design 
Integrate bird-friendly architecture with other aspects of green design 
Understand existing and potential legislation mandating bird-friendly design 
Use LEED Pilot Credit #55: Reducing Bird Collisions 

Editorial Comment:  Up to nearly a billion birds a year in the USA die from hitting buildings and windows it is estimated, the second largest killer of birds after cats. About a third of a billion birds are killed by wind turbines.  We should learn how to reduce that damage.

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How to Become a Digital Nomad
Tuesday, March 17
6:30 – 8:30 pm EDT
Online

Keen to dip your toe into the increasingly attractive Digital Nomad lifestyle? Join us for a panel that will teach you how to work anywhere, all while earning a solid income. If you're dreaming about a different lifestyle from the 9-5, unlimited annual leave or being your own boss, you'll definitely need to attend this session!
You'll walk away with vital information, key insights, tips, tricks, and strategies that will help you work on what you’re passionate about and live wherever you want, all while earning money and building wealth as you go.

Takeaways
Learn how to get started, hear from Fiverr doers working for themselves
Hear about the different types of opportunities available and how you can translate your skills into one that you can take anywhere
Leave with inspiration and an idea on how to get started for yourself

Fiverr
Fiverr's mission is to change how the world works together. The Fiverr platform connects businesses of all sizes with freelancers offering digital services in more than 250 categories, across 8 verticals including graphic design, digital marketing, programming, video and animation. Since inception, the platform has served over 5.5 million businesses and has facilitated over 50 million transactions. Fiverr's global community of freelancers spans across more than 160 countries.

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Extinction Resilience: Gathering for Strength
Tuesday, March 17
7 p.m.
Online at Zoom: xrr.nyc/zoom

How do we transform our despair into hope and our anger into compassion? How do we co-create a new world while witnessing systemic collapse? Can we write a new narrative by asking ourselves: what is truly life-giving and sustaining? 

The climate crisis is a collective trauma on a scale never before seen. To experience grief, confusion, rage, and despair is not only normal, it is also a sign of our capacity to love. Unfortunately, in a culture that so often denies our humanity, we are often left to feel our pain in isolation. Or, we are urged to jump into relentless action, often bypassing the opportunity to tap into the joys and pleasures of being alive - the very things that will help us stay nourished, grounded, and connected for the long haul.

Whether you’re already a climate activist or just getting introduced to the movement, Extinction Resilience is a monthly space to be present with the reality of our times. Through listening, reflective discussion, and dynamic and thought-provoking exercises, we will discover how to cultivate radical hope in the face of uncertainty, together. 

Please note that this is a time to put aside the organizing tasks and to simply be with each other in this tumultuous time. 

Interested but can't attend? See other events listed on http://ClimateGriefBoston.org

Facilitated by Chelsea MacMillan from XR-NYC. Chelsea is a spiritual director, writer, facilitator, and co-coordinator of the XR NYC regenerative culture working group, where she co-leads monthly Extinction Resilience sessions. She’s cofounder of Brooklyn Center for Sacred Activism, cohost of The Rising: Spirituality for Revolution podcast, and her writing has appeared previously in Anchor Magazine, Anatomy of Silence, and Matthew Fox’s Order of the Sacred Earth. www.chelseamacmillan.com

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Wednesday, March 18
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Boston Sustainability Breakfast
Wednesday, March 18
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM EST
Virtual (dial-in details to follow)

Join us every month for Net Impact Boston's informal breakfast meetup of sustainability professionals for networking, discussion, and moral support. It's important to remind ourselves that we are not the only ones out there in the business world trying to do good! Feel free to drop by Pret a Manger any time between 7:30 and 8:30 AM.

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Extinction Rebellion Welcome Call (online)
Wednesday, March 18
12pm

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?
Please join us for an online session to learn how to join the rebellion.

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Jewish Climate Action Network - Coronavirus and climate activism
Wednesday, March 18
12 PM
Online
RSVP by emailing to jcan.intern@gmail.com with the header "I Want to talk about the coronavirus and climate on Wednesday at Noon”

We have entered uncharted territory.

As climate activists, with the amount of carbon in the atmosphere still rising and the threats of climate disruption ever-present, we knew we were already there. But Covid-19 has turned our world upside-down in a matter of days.

We fervently wish the dangers from changing climate could make both public and private leaders reverse business as usual as quickly. And as climate activists, we intuitively recognize the likelihood of a connection between climate change and the appearance of the coronavirus in humans. We understand our current situation as just a taste of what our future could be.

Unless we act.

COVID-19 is scary. The economic impact is frightening. Our lives are disrupted. But our mandate to continue our climate activism is stronger than ever.

We need to feel the fear – of both CV and climate change, but we also need to let the fear flow through us and out into the world. We need to give ourselves time and space to care for both our bodies and our souls. And then we need to keep on working, keep on turning toward a more beautiful world.

Rabbi Katy Allen invites you to join one of two JCAN-MA online discussions about coronavirus and climate activism. These forums will be an opportunity to connect with other activists, to share your concerns and fears, to discuss ways to remain active as things are shutting down, and to support each other.

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Defunding Climate Destruction
Wednesday, March 18
5:00 pm ET
Webinar

Our goal is as simple as it is big: stop the financing of climate destruction. Banks, insurance companies, and asset managers need to stop funding fossil fuels and deforestation, and start respecting human rights and Indigenous sovereignty. 

Please join us on Wednesday, March 18 for a forum hosted by Lena Moffit of Our Wild America, in conversation with Sierra Club Foundation's Dan Chu, Beyond Dirty Fuels Representative Ben Cushing, and Matt Remle, co-founder of Mazaska Talks, an organization of Indigenous activists moving cities and people away from big banks that finance the Dakota Access, Keystone XL, and Line 3 pipelines, and human rights violators. Join us and learn how you can take action!  

We’d love to hear from you ahead of the forum, and welcome you to submit your questions in advance. Note, you can also dial into the webinar via phone; instructions will be sent once you RSVP.

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Sierra Club Massachusetts Chapter's Plant-based Planet Team Meeting
Wednesday, March 18
7:00pm-8:30pm
Virtual (details to follow)

The Sierra Club Massachusetts Chapter's Plant-based Planet Team does outreach on the environmental impact of meat, fish, dairy, and egg production.  We encourage people to reduce or eliminate their consumption of animal foods by eating a healthy, plant-based diet.  We are working on several projects, including a vegan cooking show, lectures, and plant-based potluck dinners.  If you would like to volunteer with us, please come to our next meeting

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Thursday, March 19
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Failed Assumptions and Missed Opportunities: The American Way of War and Its Implications in Afghanistan
Thursday, March 19
12:15 – 2 p.m.
Webinar

SPEAKER(S)  Lt. Col. Patrick Kolesiak, Research Fellow, International Security Program
DETAILS  Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.

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American Extremes: How the News Media Defines the Political Mainstream
Thursday, March 19
3:30-4:30 pm
BU Morse Auditorium, 602 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston

Dr. Deen Freelon, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
school of media and journalism
Extreme views and the people and organizations that espouse them have become increasingly visible in American politics recently. On the right, the so-called alt-right and other ultraconservative voices have succeeded in spreading their messages via their own outlets, traditional media, and occasionally the President’s Twitter account. On the left, we see a growing number of prominent politicians who unapologetically identify as socialist, from Bernie Sanders to Cynthia Nixon to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. For better or worse, these two factions have both traveled long journeys from the political fringes toward a degree of heightened legitimacy. Currently, very little research has explored how this process occurs and what factors influence its speed and magnitude.

Dr. Deen Freelon‘s research seeks to answer these questions. His overarching thesis is that the mainstream news media tells the rest of us which individuals, groups, and ideas are politically “legitimate” (meaning holding views worthy of consideration and discussion) and “deviant” (the opposite). Building upon the theoretical work of communication scholar Daniel Hallin and others, Dr. Freelon will present preliminary findings from a computational analysis of the changing journalistic portrayals of three extreme ideologies: white nationalism, anti-capitalism, and Islamic fundamentalism. The goal of this analysis is to better understand the extent to which the news media has portrayed these ideologies as acceptable or unacceptable, and how these portrayals have changed over the past 25 years.

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Primary Post-Mortem:  Manchester Divided Recap—a live podcast taping and debriefing
Thursday, March 19
6-8pm
Podcast

Join reporters and editors from the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism (BINJ), in collaboration with the Society of Professional Journalists New England chapter and Emerson College Department of Journalism, for a discussion about national political coverage in 2020 and a postmortem on their team’s attempt to provide more than just run-of-the-mill horse race reporting leading up to the New Hampshire primary last month.

In early February, the team from BINJ traveled to the Granite State with a single question guiding our coverage: What do you want candidates to be talking about as they compete for votes? In response, more than 200 readers and members of the public helped us build a Citizens Agenda, which we used to inform 40 articles that were distributed to outlets nationwide.

As BINJ Editorial Director Chris Faraone recently told Bridget Thoreson of Hearken, which put together a helpful guide for implementing the Citizens Agenda, “We already had the idea that we wanted to cover things that weren’t being covered. I feel like this is just some of the most cringeworthy coverage we have ever seen. So especially this election cycle I felt like there just needed to be more substance.”

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Friday, March 20
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Design Museum Mornings: The Sustainability of an Evolving Skyline
Friday, March 20
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM ED
Online
Cost:  $0 – $20

Design Museum Mornings with Mark Winslow, Project Executive of Environmental Solutions at Gilbane ConstructionAs our cities change and evolve it will become increasingly important to hold ourselves accountable to ensure the sustainability of our spaces not only after they have been built, but during the construction process as well. Studies are showing that the carbon footprint of a high rise building is equal throughout its lifetime to the emissions created during the building process. Mark Winslow, Project Executive, Environmental Solutions at Gilbane Construction, has over 30 years of industry experience and is responsible for addressing a variety of environmental, industrial hygiene and sustainable issues as they relate to the construction industry.Join us in February for Design Museum Mornings at EYP for a conversation about sustainability and the path to attain net-zero carbon.
Doors Open • 8:30 – 9:00amProgram & Q&A • 9:00 – 10:00amBecome a member to attend this event for free • Membership starts at just $5/month

The Speaker
Mark Winslow is a Project Executive within Gilbane’s Environmental Center of Excellence with over 30 years of industry experience and is responsible for addressing a variety of environmental, industrial hygiene and sustainable issues as they relate to the construction industry. In addition, he is the Leader of Gilbane’s Corporate Sustainability Council which is responsible for ensuring Gilbane’s continued commitment to sustainability excellence within the community. Winslow was a founding Board Member of the RI Chapter of the USGBC and was responsible for coordinating education activities; with a special emphasis on assisting the LEED AP community with meeting their LEED credential maintenance requirements. Lastly, Winslow is a member of the Rhode Island Green Buildings Advisory Committee which works with the Rhode Island Building Code Commission and Department of Administration to help ensure compliance with the state Green Buildings Act and to provide education on green building practices for Rhode Islanders.

Gilbane’s Environmental Center of Excellence provides a variety of services to clients in such areas as Sustainable Design and Construction Methods Integration, Life Cycle Cost Assessments, Regulatory Compliance Solutions, Program Efficiency Modeling, Site Selection, and Site Closures. We assist owners to define and achieve their operational or project sustainability goals and can serve as the LEED consultant to define requirements and coordinate efforts toward project certification. This combination of practical project experience provides Winslow with a unique insight into the needs and challenges faced in the sustainable building environment while also forming a solid base for creative, proactive solution planning.

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Saturday, March 21
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Chase Earns While Earth Burns
Saturday, March 21
10 a.m.
Chase Bank, Jamaica Plain Branch, 701 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain

Join us for our second "Chase Earns while Earth Burns" Protest as part of the 350.org campaign against Chase bank. We will be standing in solidarity with Climate Courage, the NVDA wing of 350 Mass. 

JP Morgan Chase is the #1 Worst Bank in the World for funding the fossil fuel projects that are creating global heating, destroying natural habitats, and perpetuating the sixth mass extinction. Science tells us that there is no more room for fossil fuels in our carbon budget if we are to limit climate change to a survivable degree, yet Chase continues to pour money into fossil fuels.

Learn more about how major U.S. banks are funding the fossil fuel industry and polluting the planet: RAN report card

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Equinox Workshop: Climate Despair, Climate Hope: Strategies for Resilience and Engagement
Saturday, March 21
noon
Online

Join Tallessyn Zawn Grenfel-Lee as she leads Extinction Rebellion, BU and members of the public in a three-part workshop. Welcome to all and free of charge! The event will be at Boston University campus at about noon; exact room and start time are TBD. Updates coming soon!

The focus of the three-hour workshop is to teach and explore strategies with climate despair and resilience as a globe, nation, community and as individuals.

Part 1: Defining Resilient Hope and Barriers to Resilient Hope What are the barriers to hope (e.g., overwhelm, depression, attachment) and what are the strategies to process these barriers? What are Resilient kinds of hope?

Part 2: Activism, Preparation, Sabbath How to dive deeper into the 3 areas of Resilience — Activism, Preparation, and Sabbath, — offering the opportunity for each person to create a Resilience Map to navigate their own engaged response to the climate/ecological crisis.

Part 3: Non-Attached Eco-vangelism Strategies Learn to engage with people who approach the climate/ecological crisis from diverse starting points, by understanding the 6 mindsets through which people navigate climate/ecological care, from the research "Heartwired to Love the Ocean." This segment of the workshop will offer opportunities for people to group themselves into pairs and to practice using the 6 messaging strategies.

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Monday, March 23
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Summit 2020: brands & the disinformation reality
Monday, March 23
4:30 - 6:30 pm
Webinar

"Is this even true?"
Disinformation is a very real issue facing brands in 2020. Information has never been more quickly or broadly, spread with the chance to go viral at everyone’s fingertips — whatever the content. 
Today, disinformation can disrupt and distort the conversation between customer and brand, influencing what consumers believe and what they’re willing to buy. How brands decide to respond, from fighting back to promoting the disinformation, will set norms for how others react. Brands today are in a powerful position to put a stake in the ground that may just change the role disinformation plays in our world. 
At Summit 2020 we’ll investigate how brands and disinformation shape one another from multiple perspectives: 
Ezra Englebardt, expert in brand strategy, planning, and execution
Renée DiResta, trust and technical research manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory at Stanford University
James Mickens, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
The event will be moderated by Jill Avery, senior lecturer of marketing at Harvard Business School.

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Tuesday, March 24
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Insurance, Incident Management Technology and Innovation 
Tuesday, March 24
3pm - 5pm
Online

Join insurance and emergency management professionals and startups focused on driving innovation in how individuals, enterprises and communities prepare for emergencies. The programming will focus on connecting professionals across traditional boundaries and exploring how the insurance industry can more effectively support innovation in preparedness and emergency management practice.

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Living With Heat - Urban Land Institute report on expected climate impact in Boston

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Solar bills on Beacon Hill: The Climate Minute Podcast

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Envision Cambridge citywide plan

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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.  Specifically:
Use of the BFS list will begin soon, once we get a decent base of subscribers.  Clarification of what is appropriate to announce and other posting guidelines will be provided as well.
It's easy to subscribe right now at https://elist.tufts.edu/wws/subscribe/bfs

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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
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/

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