Sunday, April 12, 2020

Energy (and Other) Events - April 12, 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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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

Mutual Aid Networks to Combat Coronavirus

Local
Boston COVID-19 Community Care

Boston + MA COVID19 Resources
(This is a different Google Doc with a similar name, compiled by the Asian
American Resource Workshop)

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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Daily Events
Entertainment!!!

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Monday, April 13 - Tuesday, April 14
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COVID Con

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Monday, April 13
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12pm  Tankers, Tycoons, and the Making of Modern Regimes of Law, Labour, and Finance
2pm  Earth Institute Live: The Tip of the Ice Sheet: What’s Happening in Antarctica
2pm  Gardening for Health and Resilience: Yours and the Planet’s
4pm  The Integration of Renewables on the Grid: The Role of Transactive Energy Management
5pm  Virtual: How to Freak Out Skillfully, and Other Pandemic Survival Skills
5:30pm  Digital Health Launch Clinic [VIRTUAL]

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Tuesday, April 14
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9am  EBC Energy Resources Webinar: Emerging Perspectives in Energy Storage in Massachusetts
11am  After the Pandemic, What World Shall We Live In?
12pm  Echoes of 1918? COVID-19 and the Spanish Influenza Pandemic
12pm  SDM Systems Thinking Webinar: "Beyond Bias: what Happens After We Know (And Disclose) the Biases in our AI Models”
12pm  Impactful Media in the Age of COVID-19: Persuasive Entertainment and What Producers Can Learn From Social Science
12pm  Opportunities on the Other Side?
12:30pm  Virtual Book Launch: The Alchemy of Us by Ainissa Ramirez
2pm  Set Climate Goals Webinar
5:30pm  Getting Well in Europe and America: A Transatlantic Perspective
7pm  Reporter Nights at SPS: Good News From Bad News: What The COVID-19 Crisis Can Teach Us About Future Climate Change Calamities with John Schwartz

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Wednesday, April 15
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7:30am  Boston Sustainability Breakfast
9am  Site and Sustainable Water: Native and Adaptive Vegetation
11am  XR Global, Interactive DNA Training
12pm  Joy in the Virtual Workplace
12pm  Community Check-in: Surviving the Epidemic
12pm  Virtual event: National Security Challenges Posed by China's Rise
12:30pm  Acquaintances and Partners: Linkages and Networks in Energy Technology Innovation
12:30pm  VIRTUAL ONLY: Climate ******* Design | CDD Forum 2020
1pm  COVID-19 & Cities: How Are They Coping? 
1pm  Policy implications of COVID-19 on Puerto Rico’s Children, Youth, and their Families
2pm  Earth Institute Live: Rivers of Ice With Glacier Goo
7pm  XR Community Meeting

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Thursday, April 16
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12pm  The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis 
5pm  Panel Discussion of COVID19 in a Global Context
7pm  I Don't Want to Die Poor:  Essays
7pm  Sunrise Movement Member Support Crew Kickoff

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Friday, April 17
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12pm  Meet the Mystic:  Climate Change and Social Resiliency
12pm  Public Health Litigation: Possibilities and Pitfalls
12:30pm  Russia Watch: Constitutional Change in the Coronavirus Era
8pm  Extinction Regellion [XR] Open Mic

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Saturday, April 18 - Sunday April 19
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Blessed Unrest: Growing a Future for Life on Earth

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Saturday, April 18
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12pm  Climate Action During COVID-19

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Sunday, April 19
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9am  Common Roots Screening + Discussion

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Monday, April 20
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5pm  Virtual: How to Freak Out Skillfully, and Other Pandemic Survival Skills

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Tuesday, April 21
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12:30pm  Author Talk: Design Justice by Sasha Costanza-Chock
2pm  Media Manipulation in an Age of Quarantine
6pm  EARTH DAY 2020: Massachusetts Can Lead The Nation In The Climate Crisis

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

COVID19:  Food and Agriculture Resources

COVID19:  Iceland

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Daily
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Sunrise Boston Daily Breakfast Boogie! (April 13 - April 17)
8:30am
Online - Zoom link: http://zoom.us/my/brian.sunrise

Covid-19 got you feeling isolated? Lonely? Wanting to start your day off with some connection, laughs, meditation or poetry? Join us for a daily “Breakfast Boogie” hosted by the Member Support Team. 

It is so important that we remember and hold onto our connections with one another at a moment in time when we are still going all-out to build a powerful movement to stop climate change. We will be having this gathering on Zoom EVERY WEEK DAY from 8:30-9 am! We may offer different rituals, grounding practices, pair-shares, songs or poetry. Suggestions welcome! Let’s stay grounded and present in community even when we increasingly are apart physically. 
Questions: Rosie at rosiemcinnes@gmail.com

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Swing Left Boston Virtual Activism Calendar 

Daily electoral activist events with social distancing kept in mind.

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Entertainment!!!!

Stay At Home Fest - online music and performance events

Here Are All the Live Streams & Virtual Concerts to Watch During Coronavirus Crisis 

A List Of Live Virtual Concerts To Watch During The Coronavirus Shutdown

Watch These Livestreamed Concerts During Your Social Distancing

Virtual Art Project (VAP-IT!) 

Free virtual music, museums, and art round-up

300,000 ebooks to download for free from the NY Public Library

Free streaming services 

Free nonprofit webinars

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Monday, April 13 - Tuesday, April 14
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COVID Con
Monday, April 13 - Tuesday, April 14
Online

COVIDCon is a virtual Oslo Freedom Forum event presented by the Human Rights Foundation.
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This two-day event, open to global audiences, will feature presentations and panels about the current pandemic and its relationship to state censorship, disinformation, surveillance, and civil liberties. COVIDCon sessions will showcase the difference in the responses of authoritarian regimes and democratic governments to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. 

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Monday, April 13
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Aga Khan Program Lecture: Virtual Public Lecture: Laleh Khalili, “Tankers, Tycoons, and the Making of Modern Regimes of Law, Labour, and Finance”
Monday, April 13
12 – 1 p.m.
Online 

SPEAKER  Laleh Khalili
DETAILS  Excellent recent research on the politics of containerisation and the logic of logistics (Levinson; Cowen; Sekula) has shown how these new modalities of trade have transformed not only the form and extent of circulation of goods but also the processes of production. The argument about logistical forms of capital accumulation trace its begging to the 1950s when containers were invented, and especially to the period after the 1960s, when their usage was normalised during the Vietnam war. However, many of the practices we now associate with containerisation – foremost among them the automation of processes of maritime circulation, and the transformation of urban landscapes around the ports – go back at least two decades before the 1950s, to the legal, engineering, and financial innovations around petroleum tankers. By focusing on the tanker terminals of the Arabian Peninsula since the 1930s and the subsequent burgeoning of tanker-ships plying the trade between the Peninsula and the rest of the world, I will illuminate the radical changes in political economy, labour, law and production the specificities of tanker trade has wrought. This includes early instances of automated workplaces; terminals far enough from port-city centres to isolate them from public scrutiny; and disciplining of workers aboard tanker-ships. Further, the shift in ownership structures and financing of tanker trades over the last one-hundred years either foreshadows or dramatically illuminates the transformations in financial capital itself. Finally, much of lex petrolea, the legal and arbitral corpus that sets the parameter of extraction and circulation of oil, itself provides the ground on which late capitalist legal property regimes are founded.
This lecture will be ONLINE ONLY. For security reasons, virtual attendees must register.
CONTACT INFO Please visit the event webpage for more information. For questions, please contact events@gsd.harvard.edu

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Earth Institute Live: The Tip of the Ice Sheet: What’s Happening in Antarctica
Monday, April 13
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Online

Presenter: Jonny Kingslake, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Target audience: Grades 7-12
Description: In this lecture, Jonny Kingslake will take participants on an adventure traversing the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to measure the way the ice flows. He will talk about the physics behind the changing ice, his fieldwork, the data he collects and analyzes, and how his work is critical to understanding the impacts of changing ice on sea level rise. 

Earth Institute Live (EI Live) is an online video series beginning April 6, which will provide educational content to K12 students and educators. The series will feature scientific experts from across the institute in 60-minute live sessions where they will share aspects of their work through lectures, interactive activities, and/or demos.

The series will be streamed live to YouTube and will occur twice a week beginning April 6 until June 29 on Mondays and Wednesdays at 2:00pm EDT. 

All the sessions will be recorded and hosted on a site for easy accessibility. Participants will be asked to register for the events ahead of time using the Eventbrite link above. Then we will send a YouTube link to all registered participants 30 minutes prior to the start of the programming. 

Event Contact Information:  EI Events

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Gardening for Health and Resilience: Yours and the Planet’s
Monday, April 13
2pm - 3:30pm
Online

Whether it's an old-school 'Victory Garden', an urban homestead, or a community garden, growing food in living soil near one's home is healthy for both people and planet. Join climate activist and veteran restorative gardener Louise Quigley for an interactive discussion about home-grown food, how it can help put carbon back where it belongs, and how you can get started right now.

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The Integration of Renewables on the Grid: The Role of Transactive Energy Management
Monday, April 13
4:00PM TO 5:00PM
Online

George Baker, Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School and Visiting Professor at HUCE, will be speaking on “."

There will be a 20 minute Q&A at the end, which will be open to all participants. Visit huceg.org/calendar to register for the Zoom link.

Harvard Undergraduate Clean Energy Group Speaker Webinar
Contact Name:  harvarduceg@gmail.com

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Virtual: How to Freak Out Skillfully, and Other Pandemic Survival Skills
Monday, April 13 (More dates through May 25)
5:00pm to 6:00pm
Online

Even a few weeks ago, who could have imagined that the MIT community would be so abruptly disrupted and dispersed?! The new reality of physical social distancing is necessary for our society, but our need for social connection is as acute as ever—and all the more so as we confront the grief and uncertainty provoked by this pandemic. Fear, excitement, frustration, anxiety, dread, anger, despondency—these are all normal reactions to the situation, but they can be QUITE hard to manage with everything else on our plates! Join us for informal, online chats about managing these and other challenges of this new reality, with strategies to not only survive, but maybe even thrive, in the midst of the chaos.

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Digital Health Launch Clinic [VIRTUAL]
Monday, April 13
5:30pm to 8:30pm
Virtual Event

At the Digital Health Themed Launch Clinic, 2 startups present a 20-minute pitch for feedback from our panel of experts + the audience.

Launch Clinics are a great place for startups to get constructive feedback on their pitch from a board-of-directors-level panel of experts and thoughtful audience members. The focus on early stage ventures encourages a sympathetic and supportive atmosphere. Audience and panel feedback often helps presenters understand their problems and offers useful tips and solutions.

Even if you’re not quite ready to present, we encourage entrepreneurs to attend the clinics to see what our panel of experts (investors and others) are looking for in a pitch, what kind of questions they ask and their suggestions for refining the business plan.

Presenting Companies
Imaginostics - We create innovative, non-invasive diagnostic solutions using our breakthrough quantitative imaging biomarkers to provide new insight in health and disease.
Presenter: Codi Gharagouzloo, CEO

Keva Health- Asthma Advisor provides personalised reminders, tracks your health and provides suggestions & tips on managing your health
Presenter: Jyotsna Mehta, Founder

Confirmed Panelists:
Moderators:
Nikhil Pradhan, Associate, Foley & Lardner LLP
Ameeta Soni, Interim CMO, Tech/Digital Health companies

Launch Clinic Schedule
5:30-6:00 pm – Networking + Pizza
6:00 -6:15 pm – Industry Overview (Expert Presentation)
6:20-6:40 pm – Startup 1 Presents
6:40-7:00 pm – Small Breakouts: Audience + Experts
7:00-7:15 pm –  Experts Share Consolidated Feedback From Breakouts
7:15-7:30 pm – Networking Break
7:30-7:50 pm – Startup 2 Presents
7:50-8:10 pm – Small Breakouts: Audience + Experts
8:10-8:25 pm – Experts Share Consolidated Feedback From Breakouts

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Tuesday, April 14
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EBC Energy Resources Webinar: Emerging Perspectives in Energy Storage in Massachusetts
Tuesday, April 14
9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Online
Cost:  $25 - $80

Please note: Information for viewing the webinar will be emailed to all registered attendees. Please contact EBC with any questions. 

This EBC Energy Resources Program will present emerging perspectives in the future of energy storage in Massachusetts from a variety of viewpoints including; a state agency representative, an energy developer, an academic researcher, and a utility provider. 

First, DOER will provide updates relating to energy storage initiatives in their Emerging Technologies Division, as well as, provide an overview of the updated Clean Peak Standard Regulations. A representative from Solect Energy will provide a developer’s perspective relating to how they incorporate energy storage into their renewable energy projects. A representative from UMass-Lowell will discuss their recently completed report summarizing the results of their research on “The State of Grid Energy Storage in Massachusetts”, which examines the current state of utility-scale energy storage in the Commonwealth. Finally, a representative from National Grid will showcase their recently constructed Nantucket Battery Storage Project to provide an example of how energy storage may be used in the evolving electric transmission delivery system.

Program Co-Chairs:
Marc Bergeron, PWS, CWS, Chair, EBC Energy Resources Committee; Associate, Epsilon Associates, Inc.
Adam Braillard, Partner, Prince Lobel Tye, LLP

Speakers:
Maria Fonseca-Guzman, Undergraduate Student, Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Gideon Katsh, Manager, Asset Development, National Grid
Amy McGuire, Deputy Director, Emerging Technology, Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources
Matt Shortsleeve, Vice President, Development, Solect Energy

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After the Pandemic, What World Shall We Live In?
Tuesday, April 14
11am - 1pm
Online

In this online workshop, you will be able to learn the tools and practices for mobilizing our collective intelligence and wisdom. We will embark on a facilitated action research journey to help you discover your own answers and your unique gift with which you can contribute, in this fertile moment of human history.

The faculty of Campus Co-Evolve will be present and share curated news on amazing developments and perspectives of great wisdom arising from the global social field, in these challenging times. You will also have a chance to learn about the "Caring Together" program that the Campus will launch on April 20, which will be priced on a Pay-What-Feels-Right basis.

As they say, we can’t predict the future but together, we can reinvent it. Come and bring your questions and friends.

This workshop is designed as a collaborative action research. It will not answer for you the question in its title but provide you with tools, practices, and community for helping you find your own answers.

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Echoes of 1918? COVID-19 and the Spanish Influenza Pandemic
Tuesday, April 14
12:00 PM- 12:45 PM
Online 

We are pleased to invite you to participate in our webinar series. Dean Merit E. Janow will be moderating a discussion with Professors Doug Almond and Scott Barrett regarding the implications of COVID-19 on our global society. Our first webinar in the series will discuss the history lessons from the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918. 

Doug Almond, Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Professor Doug Almond's research focuses on health and environmental economics and has investigated the long-term health and human capital effects of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic. 

Scott Barrett, Lenfest-Earth Institute Professor of Natural Resource Economics, Vice Dean, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Professor Scott Barrett's research focuses on approaches for promoting global cooperation, including for the control and eradication of infectious diseases. He is a member of the World Health Organization's Strategic Advisory Group on Malaria Eradication. 

Discussion Moderated by:  Merit E. Janow, Dean, School of International and Public Affairs, Professor of Practice, International Economic Law and International Affairs, Columbia University 

Event Contact Information:  SIPA Events 

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SDM Systems Thinking Webinar: "Beyond Bias: what Happens After We Know (And Disclose) the Biases in our AI Models"
Tuesday, April 14
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual Event

Join us online on Tuesday, April 14 for a free webinar with Douglas Hague, executive director of the School of Data Science at the University of North Carolina Charlotte. Register now to join us and check out our event page for more info on the talk! 

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Opportunities on the Other Side?
Tuesday, April 14
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Online

We will get through this crisis. What will be areas of opportunity in a post-COVID-19 world?

James McQuivey is a Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester, a consumer behaviorist, and literally wrote the book on “Digital Disruption”
Jean Hammond is is an EdTech thought leader and the founder of LearnLaunch Accelerator
This event is part of the Antifragile Entrepreneurship Speaker Series, which focuses on very practical lessons from world experts, building off each other in a methodical fashion. We are extremely confident that by participating in this series you will make yourself more antifragile.

At MIT, we teach our students to be antifragile—to not only survive in such a world, but to thrive in it. Ways they can get stronger in the face of adversity, incomplete information, time urgency, and dramatic outcomes. Our students figure out how to turn a negative into a positive.

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Impactful Media in the Age of COVID-19: Persuasive Entertainment and What Producers Can Learn From Social Science
Tuesday, April 14
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Online

Virtual Open Doc Lab Talk: Adnaan Wasey
The coronavirus pandemic has created a new purpose for media creators.  But what can we do to ensure impact when the cost of failure could be countless lives?  In this context, a new mode of media is set to thrive: Persuasive Entertainment. Persuasive Entertainment builds on decades of social science research that suggests entertainment as a primary means for engaging broad audiences around complex issues.  In this talk, Adnaan outlines the potential use for entertainment in achieving many of the same ends sought by journalists and social-issue documentarians and the position of Persuasive Entertainment within the social impact entertainment movement.

Adnaan Wasey is an Emmy Award-winning producer, writer, and director with a history of championing the work of diverse creators for mainstream media and emerging platforms.  He’s produced media for platforms such as PBS, The New York Times, Snapchat, and Twitch.  And as an innovator working at the intersection of storytelling and digital media, he’s earned multiple honors from the Webby Awards, Telly Awards, Shorty Awards, and others.  Adnaan is the recipient of the first Rita Allen Fellowship for Science Communication, for which he is analyzing how popular media engages diverse audiences around complex issues.

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Virtual Book Launch: The Alchemy of Us by Ainissa Ramirez
Tuesday, April 14
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM EDT
Online

MIT Press Live! presents a virtual book launch with Ainissa Ramirez, author of The Alchemy of Us.

In a history of invention like no other, science “evangelist” Ainissa Ramirez goes behind the eureka! moments of the last three centuries to show how the materials humans have shaped have shaped us in return.

In The Alchemy of Us, Ramirez explores the little known histories of science: how our pursuit of precision in timepieces changed how we sleep; how the railroad helped commercialize Christmas; how the necessary brevity of the telegram influenced Hemingway's writing style; and how a young chemist exposed the use of Polaroid's cameras to create passbooks to track black citizens in apartheid South Africa.
Along the way, Ainissa will introduce us to the “hidden figures” of technological history—the women and minorities whose invaluable contributions time chose to forget.
About Ainissa Ramirez

Ainissa Ramirez is a materials scientist and sought-after public speaker and science communicator. A Brown and Stanford graduate, she has worked as a research scientist at Bell Labs and held academic positions at Yale University and MIT. She has written for Time, Scientific American, the American Scientist, and Forbes, and makes regular appearances on PBS's SciTech Now.

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Set Climate Goals Webinar
Tuesday, April 14
2pm
Online

Any step forward needs a goal. How far is your congregation going to go? How long should that take? Surprisingly, there is a very Jewish way to think about this. In this workshop, you will learn how to craft bold targets as a way to guide your community. Test your climate chutzpah, learn to set climate goals. Led by Fred Davis, VP pro tem of JCAN.

Editorial Comment:  Fred Davis is an old friend and one of the national experts on energy efficiency lighting.  He’s been involved in energy conservation and energy efficiency since the 1970s and is well worth listening to even if you are not a member of a religious congregation, Jewish or otherwise.

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Getting Well in Europe and America: A Transatlantic Perspective
Tuesday, April 14
5:30 to 7 PM 
Online

A book talk and discussion with Sandro Galea, Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor at the Boston University School of Public Health, and Scott Greer, Professor of Health Management and Policy, Global and Public Health, and Political Science at the University of Michigan.

The subject of discussion is Galea’s 2019 book, Well: What We Talk about When We Talk about Health. Galea shows how the country’s failing health is a product of America’s peculiar history and character, and proposes a structural rethinking of American health policies. Greer will respond to Galea’s presentation on the basis of his vast knowledge of the politics and policies of health in the EU and in several European nations.

The event will be live streamed on Tuesday, April 14, from 5:30 to 7 PM and available for viewing on our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN7xw0NKVnk

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Reporter Nights at SPS: Good News From Bad News: What The COVID-19 Crisis Can Teach Us About Future Climate Change Calamities with John Schwartz
Tuesday, April 14
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Online

The New York Times’ Donald G. McNeil, Jr. and John Schwartz — two of America’s top science reporters — will join Claudia Dreifus, SPS Lecturer in Professional Studies and contributor to the Times Science section, for virtual conversations regarding COVID-19. 

The events will explore the pandemic’s origins and policy options, issues in science communications highlighted by the crisis, and how lessons learned from the pandemic can be applied to climate change-related disasters, and more.

Given the importance and relevance of the topic, SPS welcomes you to this class-in-session. While only selected students from the course will have the opportunity to engage with the presenters, all attendees will have the opportunity to submit questions for consideration in advance.

John Schwartz, a reporter on the climate desk at The New York Times, covers disasters, natural and otherwise.
He was on the scene in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, in Houston for the devastation of Harvey, and at the Gulf of Mexico in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Mr. Schwartz will speak to how lessons learned in the COVID-19 pandemic could prove useful in mitigating the effects of climate change-related disasters.

This is an issue close to his heart. John Schwartz hails from Galveston, a vulnerable coastal city in Texas nearly leveled by intense hurricanes.

In addition to his climate beat, John Schwartz is the author of two memoirs, Oddly Normal, about family, and This Is the Year I Put My Financial Life in Order, about money. 
Please RSVP using the Eventbrite link above.

For questions, please contact Kristie Stack, Associate Director, M.S. in Sustainability Management Program, at kd2528@columbia.edu.

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Wednesday, April 15
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Boston Sustainability Breakfast
Wednesday, April 15 
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM EDT
Online

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! 

Please note: Our April sustainability breakfast will be held online - we look forward to connecting with you virtually! 

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Site and Sustainable Water: Native and Adaptive Vegetation
Wednesday, April 15
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM EDT
Online

This course will focus on understanding water use on site, its natural cycle as well as the larger context and impact of water locally.

** “Sites and Sustainable Water” will now be hosted virtually in response to the increasing spread of the novel coronavirus/COVID-19. Registered attendees will receive their Zoom meeting link a few days before April 15th. **
We realize many people have been financially impacted by COVID-19, which is why we changed the price of our webinar to a pay what you can model! Our webinars are typically $35, but you can pay however much you want (Eventbrite's minimum payment is $1.00).

This course will be an introduction to the SITES rating system, along with a deeper discussion on certain site strategies including low impact development techniques and planting with native and drought tolerant plans. It will focus on understanding water use on site, its natural cycle as well as the larger context and impact of water locally. In addition, it will cover the importance of soil and plant management, with strategies that are specific to the project site and location. 

Techniques that will be discussed will include: reducing water use for landscape irrigation, low impact development techniques, choosing native and drought tolerant plans, providing pollinator and bird habitat, restoring native plant communities, managing invasive plants, and creating soil management and pest management plans. 

Both the LEED rating system and SITES rating system will be used for this course.

Meet the Presenter
Sandy Brock has over 30 years of experience in the civil engineering field. A registered Professional Engineer in Massachusetts, a LEED Accredited Professional, and a Certified Floodplain Manager, Sandy has developed an expertise in sustainable site design.

Sandy graduated from the University of Massachusetts Lowell with a B.S. in Civil Engineering. She spent two years designing and constructing rural water supplies in Malawi, Africa for the Peace Corps. She is a member of the USGBC Sustainable Site Technical Advisory Group (TAG), and is chair of the Grafton Conservation Commission. Sandy has presented at various industry events on topics such as site development permitting and stormwater management best management practices.

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XR Global, Interactive DNA Training
Wednesday, April 15
11 a.m. - 1:30 pm
Online

Join our global support team as they conduct an interactive training session around XR's DNA

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Joy in the Virtual Workplace
Wednesday, April 15
12 – 12:45 p.m.
Online

SPEAKER(S)  Richard Sheridan, Author
DETAILS  A presentation by Richard Sheridan, author of "Chief Joy Officer," on finding joy and inspiration in the virtual workplace during this period of disruption.


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Community Check-in: Surviving the Epidemic
Wednesday, April 15 (and Wednesday, April 22; Wednesday, April 29)
12:00 PM
Online 

Join us for a community conversation about living in this time of COVID-19 disruption, share your fears and questions, community wisdom about how to respond, gratitude, wonder, and awe for the good that people are doing in response.

We'll use the format of Conversation Cafes

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Virtual event: National Security Challenges Posed by China's Rise
Wednesday, April 15
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Online

SSP Wednesday Seminar Series with speaker Charles Glaser, George Washington University.
Charles L. Glaser is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University. He was the Founding Director of the Elliott School's Institute for Security and Conflict Studies from 2009-2019. His research focuses on international relations theory, including the security dilemma, defensive realism, and arms races; and on international security policy, including U.S. policy toward China, U.S. nuclear weapons policy, and energy security. Glaser holds a Ph.D. from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, a B.S. in Physics from MIT, and an M.A. in Physics and M.P.P. from Harvard. Before joining George Washington University, Glaser was the Emmett Dedmon Professor of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. His books include Rational Theory of International Politics (2010) and Analyzing Strategic Nuclear Policy (1990). In 2018 he was award the International Studies Association, Security Studies Section, Distinguished Scholar Award for lifetime achievement in research and mentoring.

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Acquaintances and Partners: Linkages and Networks in Energy Technology Innovation
Wednesday, April 15
12:30PM TO 1:45PM
WEBINAR

Zdenka Myslikova, The Fletcher School, Tufts University

Zdenka Myslikova is a PhD candidate at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy with an interest in energy technology innovation, climate policy and regulation. In her doctoral research, she assesses energy technology innovation in the transition countries – what factors are key in motivating energy technology innovation? – and applies the adaptive leadership framework to understand why some countries are leaders in energy technology innovation while others are not. She holds a master’s degree in economics from the Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE) in Mexico, and before starting her doctorate, she served at Mexico’s Energy Regulatory Commission.

CIERP & CREATE Solutions Lunchtime Research Seminar

Contact Name:  Sara Rosales

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VIRTUAL ONLY: Climate ******* Design | CDD Forum 2020
Wednesday, April 15
12:30pm to 2:00pm
Online

Urban design tools and methods can contribute meaningfully to climate action, both in promoting decarbonization and in adapting cities to shifting landscape hazards. However, climate change is also challenging some underlying assumptions and practices of urban design and raising crucial questions, including: 
How can design interventions accommodate the deep uncertainty of climate change? 
How can designers address the enormously uneven impacts of climate change when dominant models of practice are limited by their dependence on state actors and private clients? 
How can urban designers simultaneously respond to demands for urgent action and enable the pluralistic deliberations necessary for equitable climate action?

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COVID-19 & Cities: How Are They Coping? 
Wednesday, April 15
1pm-2pm ET
Online

Please join the BU Initiative on Cities for a webinar to learn about how cities throughout the country are managing the numerous municipal crises triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Graham Wilson, Director of the Initiative on Cities, will be joined by:
Bruce Katz, Founding Director at the Nowak Metro Finance Lab at Drexel University and Distinguished Fellow at the Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation
Katherine Levine Einstein, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Boston University and a Faculty Fellow at the Initiative on Cities

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Policy implications of COVID-19 on Puerto Rico’s Children, Youth, and their Families / Las implicaciones de política pública del COVID-19 para los niños y jóvenes de Puerto Rico y sus familias
Wednesday, April 15
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Online

The National Center for Disaster Preparedness in collaboration with the Institute for Youth Development (IDJ), will host a series of discussions focused on the impacts of COVID-19 as a public health emergency and how the children of Puerto Rico may be affected by the compounding effects of poverty and prior disaster exposure. 
Please note: These events will be facilitated and presented in Spanish.

Speakers: Amanda Rivera, TBD
Registration Required: https://bit.ly/2JFQW0I
Submit your questions for the presenters here: https://bit.ly/3aHVQG8

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Earth Institute Live: Rivers of Ice With Glacier Goo
Wednesday, April 15
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Online

Presenter: Elizabeth Case, PhD Candidate, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Target audience: Grades 5-8

Description: In this demo, Elizabeth will help you explore how glaciers flow in your home kitchen! While they may look like solid blocks of ice up close, glaciers are so heavy that gravity causes the ice that makes up glaciers to ooze, like honey. Together, you’ll cook up some goo* and get a feeling for how glaciers actually move.

*To make and experiment with your own glacier goo (which is not mandatory, but suggested), here’s what you’ll need:
Part 1:
1 20 oz cup
1 stirring stick
3/4 cup warm water
1 cup Elmers white glue

Part 2:
1 8 oz cup
1/2 cup warm water
1 stirring stick (for the 8 oz cup)
2 tsp. Borax powder
1 qt plastic zip lock bag 

Earth Institute Live (EI Live) is an online video series beginning April 6, which will provide educational content to K12 students and educators. The series will feature scientific experts from across the institute in 60-minute live sessions where they will share aspects of their work through lectures, interactive activities, and/or demos.

The series will be streamed live to YouTube and will occur twice a week beginning April 6 until June 29 on Mondays and Wednesdays at 2:00pm EDT. 

All the sessions will be recorded and hosted on a site for easy accessibility. Participants will be asked to register for the events ahead of time using the Eventbrite link above. Then we will send a YouTube link to all registered participants 30 minutes prior to the start of the programming. 
Event Contact Information: 
EI Events

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XR Community Meeting
Wednesday, April 15
7 p.m.
Online

This date should have been our big Tax Day action, so it will be an important time for us to (virtually) gather. Let's check in with each other, find out what's been going on across XR Mass, and maybe even have a little fun! 

We normally share food at our Community Meetings. Please feel free to enjoy food or drink while we gather <3 span="">

Rough agenda: 
Opening song
Working Group and Affinity Group announcements
Needs and offerings
Check-ins / discussions (in smaller groups)
Read-outs
Closing
Meeting ID: 695 880 527
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Dial by your location +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 301 715 8592 US +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 720 707 2699 US (Denver) +1 253 215 8782 US Meeting ID: 695 880 527 Find your local number: https://us04web.zoom.us/u/fb0WJZVRe2

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Thursday, April 16
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The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis 
Thursday, April 16
12Noon EST
ONLINE

Dean David Cash cordially invites you to the Spring 2020 Robert C. Wood Visiting Professor of Public and Urban Affairs lecture featuring Christiana Figueres. 
Christiana Figueres is an internationally recognized leader on climate change. She served as executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change starting in 2010 and culminating her efforts in the historic Paris Agreement of 2015. Since then, she has cofounded Global Optimism Ltd., an enterprise focused on social and environmental change, which encompasses various initiatives, including the podcast Outrage and Optimism. In February, she published The Future We Choose, a guide to a carbon-free future.

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Panel Discussion of COVID19 in a Global Context
Thursday, April 16
5 - 6 pm 
Online 

Please register and we will email you the Zoom link on April 16th. Registration for the live zoom is limited, but we will also livestream the panel on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/harvardethics/

Panelists:
Paul Farmer, Kolokotrones University Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University
Govind Persad, Assistant Professor, Sturm College of Law, University of Denver
Allison Stanger, Russell J. Leng '60 Professor of International Politics and Economics, Department of Political Science, Middlebury College; Technology and Human Values Senior Fellow, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics; External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute, and Cybersecurity Fellow, New America

This panel will be chaired by Danielle Allen, Director, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics and James Bryant Conant University Professor.

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I Don't Want to Die Poor:  Essays
Thursday, April 16
7:00 PM
Online

Harvard Book Store's virtual event series welcomes celebrated essayist MICHAEL ARCENEAUX—author of I Can't Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I’ve Put My Faith in Beyoncé—for a discussion of his latest essay collection, I Don't Want to Die Poor.

About I Don't Want to Die Poor
Ever since Oprah Winfrey told the 2007 graduating class of Howard University, “Don’t be afraid,” Michael Arceneaux has been scared to death. You should never do the opposite of what Oprah instructs you to do, but when you don’t have her pocket change, how can you not be terrified of the consequences of pursuing your dreams?

Michael has never shied away from discussing his struggles with debt, but in I Don’t Want to Die Poor, he reveals the extent to which it has an impact on every facet of his life—how he dates; how he seeks medical care (or in some cases, is unable to); how he wrestles with the question of whether or not he should have chosen a more financially secure path; and finally, how he has dealt with his “dream” turning into an ongoing nightmare as he realizes one bad decision could unravel all that he’s earned. You know, actual “economic anxiety.”

I Don’t Want to Die Poor is an unforgettable and relatable examination about what it’s like leading a life that often feels out of your control. But in Michael’s voice that’s “as joyful as he is shrewd” (BuzzFeed), these razor-sharp essays will still manage to make you laugh and remind you that you’re not alone in this often intimidating journey.

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Sunrise Movement Member Support Crew Kickoff
Thursday, April 16
7 PM – 8 PM
Online

The Member Support Crew is re-inventing the way that we greet and support members of our hub. We think that this is a process that everyone should be involved with!

The new idea: Hub members sign up for a two month commitment to help us build and support our movement. Crew members will be trained to do things like reach out to new hub members, connect them with meaningful roles, and host (remote) new member events.

Want to participate in our first Member Support Crew? Great!  We’ll be having a kickoff meeting on Thursday, April 16th. Fill out this short form: https://bit.ly/2JDuIwf. We’ll reach out to loop you in!

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Friday, April 17
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Meet the Mystic:  Climate Change and Social Resiliency
Friday, April 17
12:00 PM
Online

Tune in to Patagonia grantee Mystic River Watershed Association's webinar on April 17 to learn about their local efforts to create equitable and resilient communities in the face of a changing climate.

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Public Health Litigation: Possibilities and Pitfalls
Friday, April 17
12:00pm to 3:00pm
Online

In the 1990s, lawsuits against tobacco companies focused the public’s attention on a deadly public health epidemic, unearthed critical and shocking information through discovery, and changed the political dynamics regarding regulation. Since then, we’ve seen how litigation can help change industry practices, discourage consumption and sometimes fund public health efforts. Public health advocates, as well as states and municipalities, have sued gun manufacturers, fast food restaurants, e-cigarette companies, manufacturers and distributors of prescription opioids and contributors to climate change, all with an eye to improving public health.

Nonetheless, affirmative public health litigation continues to face numerous obstacles. These include federal and state preemption, limitations on class actions, and questions about whether litigation can achieve effective public health changes. 

Leading academics, activists and policymakers will participate in a virtual paper workshop to explore the possibilities and pitfalls of litigating in the public health context as we move forward.

Due to concerns related to COVID-19, the paper workshop component of our 2020 conference will now be hosted virtually.
Join us from noon on Friday, April 17, via Zoom at https://zoom.us/j/440343447

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Russia Watch: Constitutional Change in the Coronavirus Era
Friday, April 17
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Online

SPEAKER(S)  Yevgenia Albats, Investigative Journalist, Political Scientist, Writer and Radio Host; Editor-in-Chief & CEO of The New Times Magazine
Timothy Colton, Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of Government and Russian Studies, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Davis Center
Moderator: Alexandra Vacroux, Executive Director, Davis Center; Lecturer on Government, Harvard University

DETAILS  Live on YouTube:   https://www.youtube.com/DCRESHarvard
The Russian political environment seems simultaneously predictable and uncertain. In mid-January President Putin launched a campaign to change the constitution. While the goals of this move were initially unclear, it became apparent two months later that the point was to allow him to stay in power another 12 years past 2024. When it then became clear that Russia wouldn’t escape the coronavirus pandemic, Putin retreated from public view. Now what? Will the encroaching virus force Putin to change his plans once again? Tune in to a conversation between Professor Timothy Colton, Dr. Alexandra Vacroux, and leading Russian investigative journalist Dr. Yevgenia Albats.

CONTACT INFO Kathryn W. and Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor • Cambridge, MA 02138
617.495.4037

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Extinction Regellion [XR] Open Mic
Friday, April 17
8 p.m.
Online

We are having an Extinction Rebellion Open Mic online party! Bring your instruments, your lyrics, your poems, and join your fellow rebels as we gather online to make some noise for a healthy planet. 

Please sign up below and we will send an email invitation to the zoom link the day before the event. 

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Saturday, April 18 - Sunday April 19
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Blessed Unrest: Growing a Future for Life on Earth
April 18, Saturday 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., EDT and April 19, 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., EDT
Cost:  $15 - $250

All sessions will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., EDT.  On each day at around 1 p.m. there will be an option to attend an hour-long workshop with one of the day’s speakers depending on speaker availability.

Ecological urgency remains of primary concern as we work our way through the immediate threat of the corona virus.

Let’s face it: Emissions reduction strategies to address global ecological catastrophes, including massive climate disruption, have not worked. Of course we should go to zero for many reasons, but this doesn’t offer solutions at the scale needed in the time we have left.  We have to do something else.  That something else is to invoke the power of the natural world.

Blessed Unrest offers many practical nature solutions from speakers around the world.  Collectively we can change course to a healthy and bountiful planet for all.

Join us as we move to an interactive online forum.  This promises to be an exciting, informative and hopeful event in its new form, and we look forward to having you join us!


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Saturday, April 18
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Climate Action During COVID-19
Saturday, April 18
12:00PM TO 3:00PM
Virtual Conference

Join the Student Climate Change Conference group in commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day as they discuss concrete actions towards combating climate change in the new context of the COVID-19 pandemic. In place of the Student Climate Change Conference at Harvard—which has been postponed to the 2020-21 Academic Year per the public health guidance—there will be a virtual event with keynote speakers: Bill McKibben, climate activist and Founder of 350.org, and Pat Brown, CEO of Impossible Foods. 

Register for an exciting opportunity to engage with these leaders on climate action and the lessons they can share with us, particularly in the time of COVID-19.

Contact Name:  Yuwei Dai

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Sunday, April 19
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Common Roots Screening + Discussion
Sunday, April 19
9am - 10am
Online
Meeting ID: 908 418 186

As gentrification, food insecurity, and climate change threaten the East Boston community, they find a joyful way to come together: growing food.

Join us for the virtual premiere of Common Roots, a short documentary that tells the story of Eastie Farm building community resiliency in East Boston. Check out the trailer and RSVP to the Facebook event!

In the wake of Coronavirus, this message is more important than ever. When we grow our own food, we can support each other through difficult times. Gardening is an act of hope.

Join us at this Zoom Link and we will share the Youtube Premiere link with you. Afterwards, stay on the Zoom call for a discussion about the importance of gardening in this moment. We will share resources on how to grow your own food and host a Q&A with Eastie Farm director Kannan Thiruvengadam.

Accessibility: The film will have options for English and Spanish 
Contact: If you have any questions, you can contact us at commonrootsfilm@gmail.com  

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Monday, April 20
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Virtual: How to Freak Out Skillfully, and Other Pandemic Survival Skills
Monday, April 13 (More dates through May 25)
5:00pm to 6:00pm
Online

Even a few weeks ago, who could have imagined that the MIT community would be so abruptly disrupted and dispersed?! The new reality of physical social distancing is necessary for our society, but our need for social connection is as acute as ever—and all the more so as we confront the grief and uncertainty provoked by this pandemic. Fear, excitement, frustration, anxiety, dread, anger, despondency—these are all normal reactions to the situation, but they can be QUITE hard to manage with everything else on our plates! Join us for informal, online chats about managing these and other challenges of this new reality, with strategies to not only survive, but maybe even thrive, in the midst of the chaos.

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Tuesday, April 21
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Author Talk: Design Justice by Sasha Costanza-Chock
Tuesday, April 21
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Online

MIT Press Live! presents an author talk with Sasha Costanza-Chock. Co-Sponsored by AIGA.

About this Event
Join MIT Civic Media professor and Design Justice author Sasha Costanza-Chock to explore how design might be led by marginalized communities, dismantle structural inequality, and advance collective liberation and ecological survival.

About the Book
What is the relationship between design, power, and social justice? “Design justice” is an approach to design that is led by marginalized communities and that aims expilcitly to challenge, rather than reproduce, structural inequalities. It has emerged from a growing community of designers in various fields who work closely with social movements and community-based organizations around the world.

This book explores the theory and practice of design justice, demonstrates how universalist design principles and practices erase certain groups of people—specifically, those who are intersectionally disadvantaged or multiply burdened under the matrix of domination (white supremacist heteropatriarchy, ableism, capitalism, and settler colonialism)—and invites readers to “build a better world, a world where many worlds fit; linked worlds of collective liberation and ecological sustainability.” Along the way, the book documents a multitude of real-world community-led design practices, each grounded in a particular social movement. Design Justice goes beyond recent calls for design for good, user-centered design, and employment diversity in the technology and design professions; it connects design to larger struggles for collective liberation and ecological survival.


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Media Manipulation in an Age of Quarantine
Tuesday, April 21
2pm
Online 

Joan Donovan, Research Director, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy and Director of the Technology and Social Change (TaSC) Research Project at the Shorenstein Center, will provide an overview of the issues surrounding “Media Manipulation in an Age of Quarantine,” in a conversation and discussion with COM Dean Mariette DiChristina. Bring your questions!

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EARTH DAY 2020: Massachusetts Can Lead The Nation In The Climate Crisis
Tuesday, April 21
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT
Online
Cost:  $15

April 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. To acknowledge this milestone, come join Elizabeth Turnbull Henry, the President of Massachusetts for a special Earth Week gathering with one of the state’s key climate advocates. Elizabeth leads the Environmental League of MA. Founded in 1898, ELM is the state’s oldest environmental advocacy organization.

Be inspired, be informed, and learn about the climate and environmental policy solutions we could make possible here at the state level. Elizabeth will share a timely overview of the key policies, add a dash of the politics, and share some pragmatic, proven suggestions for how individuals can help secure a brighter future.

Join us for:
History and background of 121-year-old ELM, originally formed in 1898 as The Massachusetts Forestry Association
Elizabeth's path to ELM President and her vision for building a clean and secure future for the Commonwealth
Brief outlines of ELM’s three key priorities: 1) Doubling the state’s environmental budget 2) Curbing tailpipe emissions, and 3) Growing the market for responsibly-developed offshore wind
Advice for women who may wish to get involved or play a role in combating climate change

Elizabeth took the lead of the Environmental League of Massachusetts in 2017, drawn to the ambitious goals and pragmatic strategies that have long been ELM’s hallmark. She is committed to making Massachusetts lead the nation in environmental policy and getting on a pathway to net zero emissions by 2050. She has a particular passion for pricing carbon and expanding offshore wind. Under her leadership, ELM’s Corporate Council and the ELM Action Fund have grown. Both organizations build political will to create policy solutions that match the urgency of the challenges we face as a Commonwealth and a planet. A proven sustainability leader, she previously directed climate and energy programs for Adidas. She also consulted to the US Department of Energy, worked as Sustainability Lead for a Massachusetts-based residential construction firm, and led international travel programs to over 30 countries. Elizabeth has an MBA and a Masters of Environmental Management (MEM) from Yale University and a BA in Environmental Policy and Economics from Colby College.

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Wednesday, April 22 - Friday, April 24
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Earth Day Online
Wednesday, April 22 - Friday, April 24
Online

One of the most exciting virtual events is a three-day live stream: Earth Day Live, which will take place from April 22-24.

The youth-led 72-hour live stream and online mobilization will aim to engage people around the world in collective action to protect our climate and communities, and will feature performances from artists and influencers, panels with activists who are on the front lines of the climate crisis, trainings and teach-ins with partners, and conversations with elected officials to keep people engaged, informed, and inspired during this difficult time.
  
To join Earth Day Live, you can RSVP for updates on the live stream and tune in online on April 22.
  
You can also participate in the 50th anniversary of Earth Day by striking digitally with the Friday for Future Digital Movement.
    
We hope you can join us! While we might not be physically striking together, we're proud of our community of supporters for helping to make this Earth Day bigger and bolder than ever.

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Earth Day Global Climate Strike
April 22-24
Online

the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, millions of people around the world are going online for a three-day mobilization to stop the climate emergency. Even if we’re stuck at home, we can still change the world. Join us for three days of action — from teach-ins, musical performances, divestment, and more. All you need is an internet connection.

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Wednesday, April 22
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Climate Change: How Bad Will it Be, and What Must be Done? Inter-Disciplinary Panels of Leading Experts Answer these Questions on the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day
Wednesday, April 22
9:00 AM - 1:15 PM
Online

Description:  Climate change will drastically alter many facets of our lives, including where we live, the way we build, what we eat, how we produce electricity, and how we use transportation. But as the 50th anniversary of Earth Day approaches, many people are not aware of the scope of climate change or what is being done and will be done to address it. This program aims to address that knowledge gap.  

Welcome:  J. Kevin Healy, Co-Chair of the Environmental Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association, Senior Counsel, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, LLP

Resiliency Panel:  This panel of experts will provide an overview of resiliency problems and solutions and discuss the science of extreme weather and risk management, resiliency efforts and environmental justice, and efforts to protect New York State.

Sarah Kapnick, Physical Scientist & Deputy Division Leader at NOAA’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Alice Hill, Senior Fellow for Climate Change Policy, Council on Foreign Relations, formerly with the White House and U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security and co-author of Building a Resilient Tomorrow
Tomi Vest, General Counsel, NYC Mayor’s Office on Resiliency 
Annel Hernandez, Associate Director, NYC Environmental Justice Alliance

Welcome:  Carl Howard, Counsel, U.S. EPA, Region 2, Co-Chair, Global Climate Change Committee, NYSBA, Environmental & Energy Law Section

Decarbonization Panel:  This panel of experts will provide an overview of the efforts to reduce the use of fossil fuels, and discuss topics including decarbonization in the energy, food and agriculture, and transportation sectors, decarbonization efforts and environmental justice, and New York’s roadmap to a Statewide carbon-neutral building stock by mid-century. 

Michael Gerrard, Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice, Director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School, author of Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization in the United States
Peter Lehner, Managing Attorney, Earthjustice
Kate Kurera, Deputy Director, Environmental Advocates of New York 
Greg Hale, Senior Adviser, NYSERDA
Lew Daly, Senior Policy Analyst and Senior Advisor, Policy Development, Demos

Program Chairs:  Matthew J. Sinkman, New York Attorney General’s Office, Environmental Protection Bureau
J. Kevin Healy, Co-Chair of the Environmental Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association, Senior Counsel, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, LLP
Amy E. Turner, Co-Chair of the Environmental Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association, Senior Fellow, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
Carl Howard, Counsel, U.S. EPA, Region 2, Co-Chair, Global Climate Change Committee, NYS Bar Association, Environmental & Energy Law Section 
All attendees will receive an email confirmation including a zoom invite 48 hours prior to the program with details of how to access the webinar.

Program Fees:
Free to City Bar and NYSBA members | $15 for non-member attorneys | Free to the public.
Members of the NYSBA and non-lawyers please call Customer Relations at 212.382.6663 to register. 

Please note that this event is being hosted and organized by the NYC Bar Association, and sponsored by Environmental Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association, Environmental and Energy Law Section and the Real Property Law Section of the New York State Bar Association, and the New York City Climate Action Alliance.

Event Contact Information:  Sabin Center for Climate Change 

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50 Years of Earth Day: MIT Perspectives in the Face of Radical Change
Wednesday, April 22
2:00pm to 3:00pm
Online

Join us on the 50th Earth Day to explore what the path forward may look like to the 2050 Climate Goals and a more sustainable future in the face of radical change. The session will explore ecological, political, technological, and industrial perspectives on the intersections of sustainability, climate change, and innovation, what this means now and for the future. 

In a time of great uncertainty, this session convenes experts from across MIT to discuss current realities and the path forward from 2020 to 2050. Collectively, panelists will provide an understanding of the status of key issues areas and what public and private organizations, as well as private citizens, can continue to do to drive towards a more sustainable future. 

Hosted by MIT Sustainable Supply Chains @ CTL

Speakers:
Dr. Julie Newman joined MIT as the Institute’s first Director of Sustainability in the summer of 2013. She has worked in the field of sustainable development and campus sustainability for twenty years. Her research has focused on the intersection between decision-making processes and organizational behavior in institutionalizing sustainability into higher education.

Prof. John E. Fernández ‘85 is a professor of building technology in the Department of Architecture and a practicing architect. Fernández founded and directs the MIT Urban Metabolism Group, a highly multidisciplinary research group focused on the resource intensity of cities and design and technology pathways for future urbanization. He is author of two books, numerous articles in scientific and design journals including Science, the Journal of Industrial Ecology, Building and Environment, Energy Policy and others, and author of nine book chapters. He is Chair of Sustainable Urban Systems for the International Society of Industrial Ecology and Associate Editor of the journal Sustainable Cities and Society.

Prof. Christopher Knittel is the George P. Shultz Professor and a Professor of Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Prior to MIT Sloan, Knittel taught at the University of California, Davis, and at Boston University. His research focuses on industrial organization, environmental economics, and applied econometrics. Knittel is an associate editor of The American Economic Journal— Economic Policy, The Journal of Industrial Economics, and the Journal of Energy Markets. His research has appeared in The American Economic Review, The Review of Economics and Statistics, The Journal of Industrial Economics, The Energy Journal, and other academic journals. He also is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research in the Productivity, Industrial Organization, and Energy and Environmental Economics groups.

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ONLINE EVENT: Climate, Environment, and the Politics of Public Trust
Wednesday, April 22
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Online

This online, multidisciplinary panel will focus on the politics of science, consensus, and evidence-building relating to environmental and climate debates. Panelists will discuss how public trust relating to climate change and pollution has been constituted, eroded, and subverted by corporations and environmental agencies in the U.S., and what kinds of changes to our policies, politics, and communication may help to rebuild trust in our governmental agencies and institutions of science and medicine.

Event Speakers:
Michael Gerrard, Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia Law School
Mona Hanna-Attisha, Founder and Director of the Michigan State University and Hurley Children’s Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative
Adam Sobel, Professor of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics and of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University

Moderated by David Rosner, Ronald H. Lauterstein Professor of Sociomedical Sciences at Columbia University 
Open only to Columbia University students and affiliates. Registration with a valid Columbia University email address is required via Eventbrite (link above). A Zoom link to the online event will be provided to all registered attendees.

Co-Sponsored by the Center for Science and Society and the Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

Event Contact Information:  Sabin Center for Climate Change 

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Thursday, April 23
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Green Industrial Policy: A Delicate Dance between Socio-Economic and Environmental Objectives
Thursday, April 23
12:30PM TO 1:45PM
WEBINAR

Easwaran Narassimhan, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Easwaran is a PhD candidate and a Predoctoral Fellow at the Center for International Environment and Resource Policy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University. Prior to enrolling in the doctoral program, Easwaran received a Master’s degree from The Fletcher School specializing in environmental policy and development economics. As a doctoral student, Easwaran focuses on Innovation and Industrial Policy for Clean Energy Technologies, trying to understand the role of government in transitioning to a low carbon future in developing countries. In addition to his dissertation, Easwaran is currently working on comparing carbon pricing regimes, measuring the environmental efficacy of Chinese overseas energy investments, and assessing the effectiveness of demand side policies to promote electric vehicle in the U.S.

RSVP required for zoom details.
CIERP & CREATE Solutions Research Seminar
Contact Name:  Sara Rosales

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Starr Forum: Rethinking National Security in the Age of Pandemics
Thursday, April 23
4:30pm to 5:30pm
Online

Moderator:  Jim Walsh is a senior research associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Security Studies Program (SSP). His research and writings focus on international security, and in particular, topics involving nuclear weapons, the Middle East, and East Asia. 
Panelists:  Joe Cirincione is president of Ploughshares Fund, a global security foundation. He is also the host of Press The Button, a weekly podcast from Ploughshares Fund dedicated to nuclear policy and national security. He has worked on nuclear weapons policy in Washington for over 35 years and is considered one of the top experts in the field. 

Vipin Narang is an associate professor of political science at MIT and a member of MIT’s Security Studies Program. He is an expert in nuclear proliferation, nuclear strategy, South Asia, international relations, and international security. 

Yasmeen Silva is partnerships manager at Beyond the Bomb. Her mission is to expose the intersections of the nuclear system with other oppressive systems here in the United States. Prior to joining Beyond the Bomb, Yasmeen organized across the country on issues ranging from a $15 minimum wage to reproductive rights.

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Mindfulness in a Time of Pandemic
Thursday, April 23
7:00pm to 8:00pm
Online

Guided Meditation and Talk led by Venerable Miao Guang, Fo Guang Shan Institute of Humanistic Buddhism.

What can the practice of mindfulness offer us in a time of global pandemic? Join us for a guided meditation, mindfulness talk, and open Q&A for the MIT Community.

Venerable Miao Guang is the Deputy Chancellor for International Affairs, FGS Institute of Humanistic Buddhism and the Director, Fo Guang Dictionary of Buddhism Translation Project. She is also the personal interpreter and translator to Venerable Master Hsing Yun, the founder of Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Order.                                
This event is sponsored by the T.T. and W.F. Chao Distinguished Buddhist Lecture Series:

This distinguished lecture series engages the rich history of Buddhist thought and ethical action to advance critical dialogues on ethics, humanity, and MIT’s mission “to develop in each member of the MIT community the ability and passion to work wisely, creatively, and effectively for the betterment of humankind.”

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Friday, April 24
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Startup Spotlight 2020 [VIRTUAL]
Friday, April 24 (More dates through May 29)
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Online

The Startup Spotlight, usually held in June, has traditionally been a time for us to gather together for a cocktail networking reception, peruse tables of startup demos….and vote for our favorites. While we don’t know what life will be like in June, or even next week, we do know this:

Startups and small businesses are everything for our economy and they need our support and encouragement now more than ever!

So, this year, instead of hosting a one-night, in-person affair, we’re adapting to our new reality and changing things up.

Here’s how
Every week starting April 24, we’ll highlight 4 startups in a series of 6 virtual demo days
Startups (located anywhere!) should apply online to be chosen to demo LIVE to registered attendees (applications will roll over week to week)
Startups chosen will demo LIVE to our weekly audience
The LIVE demos will be recorded and shared for the crowd to vote for their favorites

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Starr Forum: Amazon Burning: The Ghost of Climate Future?
Friday, April 24
1:00PM TO 2:30PM
WEBCAST

Carlos Nobre, Brazil’s leading expert on the Amazon and climate change, discusses the Amazon forest fires and the impact of both local and global politics in the fight to save our planet. Hosted by the MIT Center for International Studies (CIS) and MIT Brazil Program.

Bio: Carlos Nobre chairs the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) Scientific Committee, is the director of the Center for Earth System Science and Senior Scientist at the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) of Brazil, is executive secretary of the Brazilian Research Network on Global Climate Change (Rede CLIMA), and is scientific director of the National Institute for Climate Change Research. His research interests include tropical meteorology, climate modeling, global environmental change, and biosphere-atmosphere interactions in Amazonia. He received a PhD in Meteorology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Contact Name:  starrforum@mit.edu

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What Is the Cost of Lies? A Discussion with HBO Chernobyl Writer and Creator Craig Mazin
Friday, April 24
2 – 3:30 p.m.
Online

SPEAKER(S)  Craig Mazin, Creator of Chernobyl
Serhii Plokhii, Director, Ukrainian Research Institute; Professor of Ukrainian History, Harvard University; Faculty Associate, Davis Center; Author, Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe
DETAILS  Live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/huriyt
What Is the Cost of Lies? A conversation with HBO Chernobyl writer and creator Craig Mazin
Craig Mazin, Screenwriter and Film Director
Serhii Plokhii, Director, Ukrainian Research Institute, and Professor of Ukrainian History, Harvard University
This event will be streamed live on YouTube. Please join us and contribute to the conversation via the chat function.
Co-sponsored by the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and the Energy Project.
CONTACT INFO Kathryn W. and Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Harvard University
1730 Cambridge Street, 3rd Floor • Cambridge, MA 02138
617.495.4037

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Monday, April 27
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Cyber Security Program Seminar
Monday, April 27
12:00PM TO 1:00PM
WEBCAST

Join the Cyber Project in welcoming Sean Plankey, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response in the Department of Energy.  

Sean will discuss how the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) addresses the emerging threats of tomorrow while protecting the reliable flow of energy to Americans today by improving energy infrastructure security and supporting the Department of Energy’s (DOE) national security mission. CESER’s focus is preparedness and response activities to natural and man-made threats, ensuring a stronger, more prosperous, and secure future for the Nation. 

Registration required. 

Cyber Security Program Seminar

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Virtual: How to Freak Out Skillfully, and Other Pandemic Survival Skills
Monday, April 13 (More dates through May 25)
5:00pm to 6:00pm
Online

Even a few weeks ago, who could have imagined that the MIT community would be so abruptly disrupted and dispersed?! The new reality of physical social distancing is necessary for our society, but our need for social connection is as acute as ever—and all the more so as we confront the grief and uncertainty provoked by this pandemic. Fear, excitement, frustration, anxiety, dread, anger, despondency—these are all normal reactions to the situation, but they can be QUITE hard to manage with everything else on our plates! Join us for informal, online chats about managing these and other challenges of this new reality, with strategies to not only survive, but maybe even thrive, in the midst of the chaos.

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The Firsts:  The Inside Story of the Women Reshaping Congress
Monday, April 13
7:00 PM
Online

Harvard Book Store's virtual event series welcomes New York Times reporter JENNIFER STEINHAUER for a discussion of her latest book, The Firsts: The Inside Story of the Women Reshaping Congress. She will be joined in conversation by fellow Times reporter KATHARINE Q. SEELYE. This event is co-sponsored by Cambridge Women's Center.

About The Firsts
In November 2018, the greatest number of women in American history entered Congress. From Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and “the Squad” to “the Badasses” with national security backgrounds, from the first two Native Americans in Congress to the first two Muslim women, all were swept into office on a wave of grassroots support, diverse in background, age, professional experience, and ideology.

In The Firsts, New York Times reporter Jennifer Steinhauer follows these women’s first year in the 116th Congress, chronicling their transition from running trailblazing campaigns to the daily work of governance. In committee rooms, offices, and conversations on the run through the halls of the Capitol, she probed the question: Would Washington, with its hidebound traditions, change the changemakers, or would this Congress, which looked a little more like today’s America, truly be the start of something new?

Vivid and smart, The Firsts delivers fresh details, inside access, historical perspective, and expert analysis as these women—inspiring, controversial, talented, and rebellious—do something truly surprising: make Congress essential again.

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Tuesday, April 28
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Virtual event: Crossroads 2020 - The Future of Supply Chain Management
Tuesday, April 28
8:00am to 5:00pm
Online
Cost:  $0 - $250

The year 2020 was less than a month old when the coronavirus outbreak erupted in China. The crisis provides a stark reminder of the uncertainties that supply chains face today – and throughout the new decade. Crossroads 2020 one-day conference will explore these uncertainties, as well as measures that companies can take to prepare for them.

A talk on the decoupling of China and the United States will look at the broad economic and supply chain ramifications of this seismic shift in global trade patterns. 

The arrival of 5G wireless connectivity could redefine the way data is communicated and analyzed, and a leading authority on the technology from MIT will map 5G’s evolution over the next few years.

Sensing technology is another potential game-changer, and an MIT scientist who is developing innovative sensing devices will provide an overview of advances in the field. 

Sustainability is a powerful force for change in supply chains. Findings from a ground-breaking study on the impact of sustainability efforts on supply chains carried out by MIT CTL in collaboration with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals will be discussed publicly for the first time at the conference.

Full agenda coming soon.

Discover how emerging innovations intersect with supply chain management. Crossroads is a one-day annual event offering a unique learning opportunity for participants. The event connects experts from MIT, the world’s foremost center for technological innovation with the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL), the global leader in supply chain education and research, for a day of discovery and learning. 

No other event provides this blend of expertise in one day. This is one reason why the Crossroads conference series has become the SCM community's most important venue for new ideas since its inception more than 15 years ago.

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Concentration in a Time of Crisis: Concentration by Stefan Van Der Stigchel
Tuesday, April 28
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM EDT
Online

Never in recent history has the news been so distracting, or have so many of us been forced to work under unexpected stress and in unideal conditions. This talk from Stefan Van der Stigchel, Professor of Cognitive Psychology at Utrecht University, will explain what makes it hard for us to concentrate and show you how to concentrate under the most distracting of circumstances. 

About the Book
We are in the midst of an attention crisis—caused in large part by our smartphones. There's a constant stream of information that we are powerless to withstand because it shows up in our notifications. More and more of us are finding it harder and harder to concentrate. In this book, attention expert and cognitive psychologist Stefan Van der Stigchel explains how concentration works and offers advice on how to stay focused in a world of beeping smartphones, channel surfing, live-tweeting, pop-up ads, and other distractions.

The good news, Van der Stigchel reports, is that we now know more about brain and behavior than ever before, and he draws on the latest scientific findings in his account of concentration. He explains, among other things, that the battle for our attention began long before the digital era; why our phones are so addictive; the importance of working memory (responsible for executing complicated tasks) and how to increase its capacity; and why multitasking is bad for our concentration, but attention rituals help it. He describes the 2017 Oscars debacle (when the Best Picture presenter was given the wrong card) as a failure of multitasking; argues that daydreaming can be good for our concentration; and shows that the presence of a passenger in a car reduces the risk of an accident. He explains the positive effects of taking “tech breaks” (particularly in natural surroundings), meditation, and even daydreaming. We can win the battle for our attention, Van der Stigchel argues, if we have the knowledge and the tools to do it.

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Webinar: How to Win Press For Your Startup
Tuesday, April 28
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Online

Want to win media coverage for your startup but can’t afford to spend a small fortune on traditional PR agency fees?

Well, you’re definitely not alone.

The “as seen in” banner on a startup’s website is increasingly seen as the badge of legitimacy for any growing company. Being able to boast about a Tech Crunch, Venture Beat or Next Web feature can build a huge amount of trust, authority, and exposure with potential customers and investors. 

But how do you bootstrap your way to media success?

Fortunately, the process for winning media coverage can be broken down and easily executed by anyone. That’s why our PR & Marketing partners Net Positive Agency are hosting a 1-hour webinar to deconstruct the process for you.

During the webinar, Net Positive Agency will provide a step-by-step guide on how to execute the following common PR functions:
When to write a press release and who to send it to
The do's and don'ts of guest posting 
Using HARO and other journalist requests tools 
How to pitch to journalists the right way 

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Real Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition:  A 28-Day Program to Realize the Power of Meditation
Tuesday, April 28
7:00 PM
Online
Cost:  $5.00 suggested - pay what you can

Harvard Book Store's virtual events series welcomes SHARON SALZBERG—renowned author and teacher of Buddhist meditation for a discussion of the 10th anniversary edition of her New York Times bestselling book, Real Happiness: A 28-Day Program to Realize the Power of Meditation. She'll be joined in conversation by CAROLINE WELCH, CEO and co-founder of The Mindsight Institute. Her latest book, The Gift of Presence: A Mindfulness Guide for Women, is available for purchase at https://bookshop.org/books/the-gift-of-presence-a-mindfulness-guide-for-women/9780593086803

In lieu of our traditional ticketing at this time, we ask that you pay what you can to support our virtual event series and this indie bookstore. We recommend a $5 contribution, or you can support Harvard Book Store by purchasing a copy of Real Happiness from our affiliate Bookshop page at https://bookshop.org/books/real-happiness-10th-anniversary-edition-a-28-day-program-to-realize-the-power-of-meditation-second-edition-revised/9781523510122

We are so excited to be able to continue bringing authors and their books to our community, particularly during such challenging times, and your patronage and enthusiasm are what make it possible.

About Real Happiness
From Sharon Salzberg, a pioneer in the field of meditation and world-renowned teacher acclaimed for her down-to-earth style, Real Happiness is a complete guide to starting and maintaining a meditation practice. Beginning with the simplest breathing and sitting techniques, and based on three key skills—concentration, mindfulness, and lovingkindness—it’s a practice anyone can do and that can transform our lives by bringing us greater resiliency, creativity, peace, clarity, and balance.

This updated 10th anniversary edition includes exercises, journal prompts, and ten guided meditations available.

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Wednesday, April 29
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Virtual Event: Headhunters, Pirates, and Englishmen, Oh My!: Outsider Rule and Compellence in Sarawak
Wednesday, April 29
12:00pm to 1:30am
Online

An adventurous Englishman established a durable political order amid the contestation of sea and land Dayaks, ethnic Chinese, Muslims, and other peoples in Sarawak, on the island of Borneo, in the middle of the 19th century. Three generations of the Brooke family maintained personal rule over Sarawak until after World War II. After the British Crown bought the territory from the last of the so-called White Rajahs, an insurgency formed to call for the return of personalistic Brooke rule. Given the difficulties that liberal Western powers have had in creating or restoring political order in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere since World War II, how did the Brooke family succeed without creating an institutionalized state, without delivering public goods beyond security, and without creating an appealing ideology? Paradoxically, it was the Brookes’ lack of institutions and ideology that enabled their rule. The Brookes flourished without the trappings and tools of empire, using personal influence; organized violence by a small number of armed Englishmen sufficient to balance power among armed groups; and partnerships with indigenous groups to take and retain power. Their success as outsider rulers rested on their use of compellence. This fine-grained archival case has relevance for theorizing compellence, balancing, and bandwagoning. It is also useful for understanding military intervention in multiple forms, including peacekeeping, state building, and counterinsurgency.

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Compost and Soil Carbon Webinar
Wednesday, April 29
2pm
Online

With Marianda Lachman

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Thursday, April 30
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VIRTUAL EVENT: Starr Forum: Violence Against Women and Girls: The Case of Saudi Arabia 
Thursday, April 30
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Online

The speakers will also address the Covid-19 pandemic and how it exacerbates violence

This talk will explore violence against women and girls (VAWG) in Saudi Arabia as a case study to understand the interconnectedness of violence with gender inequality and women’s limited representation in power and decision-making. VAWG will be explored in the context of Saudi Arabia, while drawing parallels with neighboring countries and the Arab region as a whole. In particular, a focus on patriarchal relations, honor-related cultural norms, and social and economic policies will be presented in relation to violence perpetration and prevention. Also explored will be how the Covid-19 pandemic impacts VAWG. Finally, an overview of culturally-tailored prevention strategies will be discussed.

Speaker: Hala Aldosari is a Saudi scholar and activist whose work focuses on women’s rights in Arab societies, violence against women, and the “guardianship” system in Saudi Arabia. She joined the MIT Center for International Studies (CIS) as its 2019-20 Robert E Wilhelm Fellow.

Discussant: Rothna Begum is senior researcher for the Women's Rights Division of Human Rights Watch. Prior to joining HRW, Rothna worked for Amnesty International researching human rights in the Middle East and North Africa region.

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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
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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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