Energy (and Other) Events Monthly - April 2023

These kinds of events below are happening all over the world every day and most of them, now, are webcast and archived, sometimes even with accurate transcripts. Would be good to have a place that helped people access them. 

This is a more global version of the local listings I did for about a decade (what I did and why I did it at http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com/2013/11/what-i-do-and-why-i-do-it.html) until September 2020 and earlier for a few years in the 1990s (https://theworld.com/~gmoke/AList.index.html).  

A more comprehensive global listing service could be developed if there were enough people interested in doing it, if it hasn’t already been done.  

If anyone knows of such a global listing of open energy, climate, and other events is available, please put me in contact.

Thanks for reading,

Solar IS Civil Defense,
George Mokray
gmoke@world.std.com

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http://www.dailykos.com/user/gmoke/history - articles, ideas, and screeds

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Monday, April 3

The Future We Want: What have we learned since Rio+20?
Monday, April 3
9am EDT [3:00 PM in Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna]
Online
RSVP at https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RI6C8etSRlOWrWJ2_t2X_g?timezone_id=Europe%2FBerlin

In this tenth year since the Rio+20 “Future We Want” was adopted, this webinar will explore ways the 2012 outcome laid the foundations and still advances the objectives the SDG Summit will seek to reinforce. 

Social cost of carbon: What it is, why it matters, and why the Biden administration seeks to raise it
Monday, April 3
11:00 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT
Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue N.W., Falk auditorium, Washington, DC
and Online
RSVP at https://www.brookings.edu/events/social-cost-of-carbon-what-it-is-why-it-matters-and-why-the-biden-administration-seeks-to-raise-it/

A pragmatists' guide to machine learning for Earth observation imagery
Monday, April 3
11:15am to 12:15pm
Harvard, SEC LL2.224, 150 Western Avenue, Allston, MA
More information at https://crcs.seas.harvard.edu/event/valerie-pasquarella-harvard-forest-and-google

Energy Policy Seminar: Hélène Benveniste on "Climate Mobilities: Empirical Evidence & International Policy Responses"
Monday, April 3
12:00pm - 1:15pm
Rubenstein Building - David T. Ellwood Democracy Lab, Room 414AB
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ywq0WyQ5TRuFYvX1nx9IjQ

Innovations in Long-Term Care Convening 
Monday, April 3
12:30pm to 8:00pm
MIT, Samberg Conference Center, 6th Floor, 50 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8L8249ue4RwmQjckfrVhyBEdsbMmXYY7vOVRlSIvvYtaQUw/viewform

Beginning to End the Climate Crisis: A Discussion with Climate Activists
Monday, April 3
3:00PM - 4:00PM EDT
Kleinman Energy Forum, Fisher Fine Arts Library, 220 S 34th Street, Philadelphia, PA 
and Online
RSVP at https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/events/beginning-to-end-the-climate-crisis-a-discussion-with-climate-activists/

Ever Green: Saving Big Forests to Save the Planet
Monday, April 3
6:00 PM ET
Online
RSVP at https://www.harvard.com/event/virtual_event_john_reid/
Free:  $5 suggested donation

Pre-Release Screening & Discussion: NUCLEAR NOW!
Monday, April 3
6:30 – 9 p.m.
Harvard, Science Center Lecture Hall C, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://environment.harvard.edu/event/nuclear-now

Tuesday, April 4

Nature-Positive Solutions for Climate Resilience
Tuesday April 4
9:00am EDT [1:00 p.m. GMT]
Online
RSVP at https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MXGBcOukTmyFrP6rpFBmVw

Methane vs. CO2 in climate policy: The problem with global warming potentials
Tuesday, April 4
10:00am to 11:00am EDT
MIT, Building 54-915, 21 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA
Stream at https://mit.zoom.us/j/94965503582#success

Music in a Burning World
Tuesday, April 4
4 PM ET
Harvard, Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
and Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Revg0KwEQ2S-nYTWii_uQw

What Would Be A Just Energy Transition
Tuesday, April 4
4:00 PM EDT
Faculty House, Garden Room 2,64 Morningside Dr., New York, NY  
and Online
RSVP at https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SWDebEFlTgW6gvRnYxOtUw

Wednesday, April 5

Tilting on its Axis: How to Steady a Climate-Threatened World
Wednesday, April 5
12 PM ET
Penn Arts & Sciences, Weitzman School of Design, Perry World House 
and Online
RSVP at https://www.alumni.upenn.edu/s/1587/gid2/16/interior.aspx?sid=1587&gid=2&pgid=39981&cid=83335&ecid=83335&crid=0&calpgid=36358&calcid=83330

Reiki, Energy Medicine, and Post-Materialism: A Conversation with Research Scientist Dr. Natalie Dyer (T&T Gnoseologies Series)
Wednesday, April 5
1 – 2 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/3116760490511/WN_z4Rjw88jQH6vfgPXez5ZnA

The EU’s Energy Policy after Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Wednesday, April 5
2:00 pm to 3:15 pm
BU, Pardee School of Global Studies, 121 Bay State Road, Boston, MA
RSVP at https://www.bu.edu/european/2023/02/20/the-eus-energy-policy-after-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-04-05-23/

Inner Asia in the Anthropocene: Towards a Global Environmental History
Wednesday, April 5
1:15pm ET 
Harvard, CGIS-S250, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge MA
and Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwrc-ipqTgpHND68s6OAXnzOfbllUvfsup2

"Pleistocene Park" Documentary Film Screening and Panel
Wednesday, April 5
7 – 9:30 p.m.
Harvard, Carpenter Center Theater, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge

Thursday, April 6

The Multiple Impacts of Energy Efficiency: Social Indicators
Thursday, April 6
7:30 am EDT [1:30 PM in Brussels]
Online
RSVP at https://copperalliance.zoom.us/webinar/register/6716770939743/WN_3QEqUxOKQ-S8Jp_7i_xy9A

U.S. C3E Women in Clean Energy webinar series: Reliability, energy markets, and the clean energy transition
Thursday, April 6
1:00pm to 2:00pm 
Online
RSVP at https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hLJwmOIMQmWFCnJMpBG9Kg#/registration

Canary Live Boston
Thursday, April 6
5:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT
Greentown Labs 444 Somerville Ave Somerville, MA 02143
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/canary-live-boston-tickets-539295245597
Cost:  $49

Solidarity, Community and Well Being: The Surprising Rewards of Degrowth
Thursday, April 6
7:00 pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvcOiqrDgjG9c87erMjbKPjqjAz_bAL6bi

Saturday, April 8

Wilder Lecture Series: Stay Wild
Saturday, April 8
12 – 1:30 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0kc-mvrDMpG9EevFNRVy203BZU8d9aYEz8

Monday, April 10

Energy Policy Seminar: Weila Gong and Joanna Lewis on "China's Coal Transition"
Monday, April 10
12 – 1:15 p.m.
Harvard Kennedy School, Rubenstein 414AB, 1 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA
and Online
RSVP at https://www.belfercenter.org/event/energy-policy-seminar-weila-gong-and-joanna-lewis-chinas-coal-transition

Tuesday, April 11

Nature Swagger
Tuesday, April 11
12:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Online
RSVP at https://yale.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2y4F_ZWCS8quYjYkKTbmKg

Annual Edgerton Center Teams Showcase
Tuesday, April 11
4:00pm to 5:00pm
MIT, Lobby 13, 105 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 
and Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/annual-edgerton-center-teams-showcase-tickets-569775823827

Climate Justice as Racial Justice: Student Panel
Tuesday, April 11
4:30-​​5:30 pm
Harvard James Room East, Swartz Hall, 45 Francis Ave, Cambridge, MA

Wednesday, April 12

Columbia Global Energy Summit 2023
April 12
8:00 AM in Eastern Time
Online
RSVP at https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CWi_P4agQmyIjDA7CEqW3A
PLEASE NOTE: You should complete this registration form only if you plan on joining the event virtually via Zoom. For in-person registration, visit https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/events/

EBC Climate Change and Air Webinar: Let’s Do It – Actionable Climate Action Plans
Wednesday, April 12
9:00 am - 11:30 am EST
Online
RSVP at https://ebcne.org/event/ebc-climate-change-and-air-webinar-lets-do-it-actionable-climate-action-plans/
Cost:  $30 - $140

On Resilience: A Capacity to Absorb Disturbances and Shocks
Wednesday, April 12
4:00pm
Harvard, John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, Music Building

Stories Are Cages, Stories Are Wings—So What Stories Do We Tell About Climate?
Wednesday, April 12
6:30pm
Memorial Church, Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA  

Thursday, April 13

Rethinking education for a climate-resilient future
Thursday, April 13
9:30 AM EDT - 11:00 AM EDT
Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue N.W.Washington, DC
and Online
RSVP at https://www.brookings.edu/events/rethinking-education-for-a-climate-resilient-future/

The Future of Business with AI
Thursday, April 13
9am - 4pm
MIT Samberg Conference Center, Cambridge, MA
RSVP at https://www.imaginationinaction.co/the-future-of-business-with-ai

EBC Energy Resources Leadership Program: DOER Commissioner Elizabeth Mahony and DOER Leadership is:
Thursday, April 13
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST
Prince Lobel Tye LLP, One International Place, Suite 3700, Boston, MA
RSVP at https://ebcne.org/event/ebc-energy-resources-leadership-program-doer-commissioner-elizabeth-mahony-and-doer-leadership/
Cost:  $30 -$140

Climate and the Classroom:  How K-12 teachers can bring climate change into their curricula, and how schools and communities can empower them to do so.
Thursday, April 13
1 - 2pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-and-the-classroom-tickets-574630835297

Barriers to Transforming Climate Dialogue
Thursday, April 13
4:00pm 
John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, Music Building, 3 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA

Friday, April 14

Creating Pathways into Climate Adaptation and Resilience: Training Future Leaders
Friday, April 14
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP, Louis D. Brandeis Conference Center, 155 Seaport Boulevard, Boston, MA
and Online
RSVP at https://climateadaptationforum.org/event/creating-pathways-into-climate-adaptation-and-resilience-training-future-leaders/
Cost:  $15 - $45

Monday, April 17

Energy Policy Seminar: Jahi Wise on "The Outlook for the EPA's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund"
Monday, April 17
12:00pm - 1:15pm
Harvard, Wexner Building - Room 434 A-B, 19 Eliot Street, Cambridge, MA
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PQR_AaGeQv-QwK_fFcZk2Q

Tuesday, April 18

Cities Climate Action Summit 2023
Tuesday, April 18 4:00pm - Thursday, April 20 12:00 EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cities-climate-action-summit-2023-tickets-539347471807

Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing [SERC] Symposium 2023
Bringing together social scientists and humanists with engineers and computer scientists to showcase the work of the MIT community
Tuesday, April 18 
8am - 5:30pm 
MIT Campus: E14, 6th floor (Media Lab)75 Amherst Street Cambridge, MA
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/serc-symposium-2023-tickets-528561139597

Bifurcations Large and Small
Tuesday, April 18
10:00am to 11:00am
MIT, Building 54-915, 21 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA

Food Systems Transformation- Why We Are All Responsible
Tuesday, April 18
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Faculty House, 64 Morningside Dr., New York, NY 
and Online
RSVP at https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KwUoMLQ4Qqyv7g87-ATrJQ

Wednesday, April 19

Fascism in America
Wednesday, April 19
12 PM ET
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UpWkWr6wRxS9Yna522wj5Q

The Future of Climate Action: A Conversation with Gina McCarthy
Wednesday, April 19
5:00pm to 6:30pm
Harvard, Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center, 1350 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
and Online
RSVP at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWumARf88oY

Thursday, April 20

The Value of a Whale: On the Illusions of Green Capitalism
Thursday, April 20
10:00 AM
Online
RSVP at https://bostonu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HUTgMhJ8Rv2ryo7pqhmxyQ

Restorative Justice
Thursday, April 20
5-6:15PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pncZcuD1SOyOv1KkQrbWuA

Saturday, April 22

Altered Access Panel: The Body
Saturday, April 22
1:00pm to 2:30pm
MIT ACT Cube, E15-001 Lower Level, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA
RSVP at https://listart.mit.edu/calendar/altered-access-panel-body

Altered Access Panel: To Build
Saturday, April 22
1:00pm to 2:30pm
MIT ACT Cube, E15-001 Lower Level, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA
RSVP at https://listart.mit.edu/calendar/altered-access-panel-build

TEDxMIT:  Superpowers
Saturday, April 22
2:45 pm till 6:45 pm
MIT, Cambridge, MA
RSVP at https://tedx.mit.edu/resgister-april22-23

Monday, April 24

A Journey in Engineering Space Systems: From the Mars Helicopter to Project Kuiper
Monday, April 24
4 PM ET
Harvard, Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
and Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_X7YySPD-QbKH2Z9g2bmg4g

Tuesday, April 25

Amy  Westervelt on Drilling, Denial and Disinformation
Tuesday, April 25
9am EDT [12:00 PM PDT]
The Commonwealth Club of California, 110 The Embarcadero, Taube Family Auditorium, San Francisco, CA
and Online
RSVP at https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2023-04-25/amy-westervelt-drilling-denial-and-disinformation
Cost:  0 - $20

Just Transition or Just a Transition? The Importance of Power, Organizing, and Framing in Decarbonization
Tuesday, April 25
4:15pm–6:00pm 
The Heyman Center, Second Floor Common Room, Columbia University
and Online
RSVP at https://sofheyman.org/events/climate-futures-climate-justice-just-transition-or-just-a-transition-the-importance-of-power-organizing-and-framing-in-decarbonization

The economics of climate change
Tuesday, April 25
5:30 - 6:30am EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-economics-of-climate-change-tickets-574557626327

Wednesday, April 26

Postindustrial Ecology: New Values in Recovering Marine Ecosystems
Wednesday, April 26
12 PM ET
Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cq-7x3iISBaDpH3soDpXqQ

States and Nature: The Effects of Climate Change on Security
Wednesday, April 26
12:00pm to 1:30pm
MIT, E40-496, in-person limited to the MIT Community
and Online
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG5ooD8Ydk4vd83Ac8VNEoQ

Making Sustainable Design, From the Classroom to the World
Wednesday, April 26
3pm EDT
MIT Museum 314 Main Street Cambridge, MA
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/making-sustainable-design-from-the-classroom-to-the-world-tickets-596091103537

Thursday, April 27

Green Transition: Industrial Policy, Geopolitics and the Role of Business
Thursday, April 27
1:30 PM
Harvard Kennedy School, Wexner 330, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge
and Online
RSVP at https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mTAxYtGrTPK6cwd6ZD_wDw

Sustainable Finance Initiative Seminar: Henry Gonzalez, Green Climate Fund
Thursday, April 27
4pm to 5pm PT
Online
RSVP at https://events.stanford.edu/event/sfi_seminar_green_climate_fund#about_stream

Thursday, May 4

Solve at MIT: Opening Plenary
Thursday, May 4
1:00pm to 2:30pm
MIT, Building W16: Kresge Auditorium, 48 Massachusetts Avenure, Cambridge, MA
and Online
RSVP at https://solve.mit.edu/events/solve-at-mit-2023/custom/public-plenary#page-subnav

Education, Truth, and the Future of Democracy
Thursday, May 4
4:30 – 6 p.m. ET
Harvard, Askwith Hall, Longfellow Building, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge, MA