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 until September 2020 and earlier for a few years in the 1990s (what I did and why I did it at http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com/2013/11/what-i-do-and-why-i-do-it.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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Index
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Astonished By Beauty: The Essential Practice of Natural History
Wednesday, June 24
6 – 7 p.m.
Harvard, Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://hmsc.harvard.edu/calendar_event/astonished-by-beauty-the-essential-practice-of-natural-history/
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Press Briefing: Europe’s Deadly Heatwave & Its Vast Implications
Thursday, June 25
10:00 AM Eastern Time
Online
RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_exJS60lRSzO7j5nb6lpVRw#/registration
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Polar Bears on the Edge: Climate, Conflict and Crisis in the Arctic
Thursday, June 25
12 PM - 1 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/polar-bears-on-the-edge-climate-conflict-and-crisis-in-the-arctic-tickets-1984221312359
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Challenging the Christian Right Part 2: Rifts & Strategies,
Thursday, June 25
1:00 - 2:30 pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lEiKsflMScSQNcS_fRONzQ#/registration
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6/26 Pro Tour: LEED Platinum-Certified, All-Electric School in Boston
Friday, June 26
1:30 PM - 5 PM
Boston, MA
RSVP at https://nesea.org/civicrm/event/register?id=574
Cost: $35 Members / $45 Non-Members
CEU Information: AIA (pending)
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Young Washington: Advance Screening and Discussion
Sunday, June 28
6 - 8:30pm
JFKennedy Library, Columbia Point, Boston MA 02125
RSVP at https://www.jfklibrary.org/events-and-awards/forums/06-28-young-washington
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The Perfect Moment
Monday, June 29
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-3820
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Second-Life Batteries: from E-Mobility to a More Affordable and Resilient Energy Future
June 30
9:00 - 10:00am EDT
Online
RSVP at https://hub.wri.org/events/2026/6/second-life-batteries-e-mobility-more-affordable-and-resilient-energy-future
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Scenario Evolution Process (SEP)
Tuesday, June 30
09:00 in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Online
RSVP at https://iiasa.zoom.us/meeting/register/_6TmIgLeRu2HT3KzvcaXFA#/registration
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Uncovering AI's Human Cost: A Non Technical Toolkit for Investigative Reporters
Tuesday, June 30
10:00 AM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Online
RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lA4lvjVyTW6MTQWD_p5Ktg#/registration
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Ford Motor Company: Building the Future of American Manufacturing
Tuesday, June 30
2 pm – 3 pm ET, 1 pm – 2 pm CT, 12 pm – 1 pm MT, 11 am – 12 pm PT
Online
RSVP at https://republicen.org/ford?link_id=1&can_id=c24e327d71079787c6f56a6ac1caa7b3
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Tour of Newmarket Farms - An Example of Rooftop Urban Farming
Tuesday, June 30
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Newmarket Farms at Boston Medical Center, 960 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA
RSVP at https://www.architects.org/events/912457/2026/06/30/tour-of-newmarket-farms-an-example-of-rooftop-urban-farming
Cost: $10 - $15
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Boston Green Drinks Happy Hour
Tuesday, June 30
6-8pm
Night Shift Esplanade, by the Hatch Shell along the Charles River, Boston, MA
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-green-drinks-happy-hour-june-30th-6-8pm-tickets-1992140765657
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Nature-based Solutions and Food Systems
Wednesday, July 1
9 am - 10 am EDT [15.00-16.00 CEST]
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/nature-based-solutions-and-food-systems-tickets-1991688461804
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Powering Energy Security and Resilience: Shared Challenges, Local Solutions
Wednesday, July 1
10 AM - 11 AM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/powering-energy-security-and-resilience-shared-challenges-local-solutions-tickets-1991381455540
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Green heat for your street
Wednesday, July 1
2 PM - 3 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/green-heat-for-your-street-tickets-1989377376285
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Boston Engineering, Energy & Transportation Networking Event
Wednesday, July 1
7 PM - 9 PM
Bar Moxy, 240 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02116
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/boston-engineering-energy-transportation-networking-event-tickets-1987842516478
Cost: from $9.85
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The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution
Thursday, July 2
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-3820
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Curated Conversations: Rethinking Global Development Through Solidarity
Monday, July 6
11 AM - 12 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/curated-conversations-rethinking-global-development-through-solidarity-tickets-1990975529404
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Freedom of Speech: A People’s History of Democracy’s Most Essential Right
Monday, July 6
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-3820
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Second-Life Batteries: Unlocking the next phase of productive energy scale
Tuesday, July 7
6 AM - 7:30 AM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/second-life-batteries-unlocking-the-next-phase-of-productive-energy-scale-tickets-1991767573429
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From Cradle to Compliance: Managing Product Lifecycles as Sustainability Scrutiny Intensifies
Tuesday, July 7
12:00 PM (EST)
Online
RSVP at https://trellis.net/webinar/product-lifecycle-compliance-sustainability-regulations/
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Investigating the Ocean: Follow the Money
Tuesday, July 7
12:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Online
RSVP at https://pulitzercenter-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6201z_bYRUK08Lx4TzDawg#/registration
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Stretch – a composition for sound-enabled aerial silks
Tuesday, July 7
8:00pm — 9:00pm ET
MIT Media Lab, E14 - E14-333, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/stretch-a-composition-for-sound-enabled-aerial-silks-tickets-1992366017391
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In Defense of Sunlight
Wednesday, July 8
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-3820
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Spotlight on Transition Plans: How energy and climate transition plans can give your organisation an edge
Tuesday, July 14
06:00 - 07:00 EDT
Online
RSVP at https://webinars.businessgreen.com/how-energy-transition-plans-can-give-your-organisation-an-edge/register
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Co-benefits of climate change interventions for public health
Tuesday, July 14
6am Eastern Tim [1.00 PM - 2.00 PM UK time]
Online
RSVP at https://www.bristol.ac.uk/cabot/events/2026/co-benefits-of-climate-change-interventions-for-public-health---cch-seminar-.html
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Be the Change with Daniel Squadron, author of The Fourth Branch
Tuesday, July 14
6:30pm
Porter Square Books, Cambridge Edition, 1815 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140-1413
RSVP at https://portersquarebooks.com/event/2026-07-14/be-change-daniel-squadron-author-fourth-branch-conversation-danielle-allen
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Politician and public support for deep and rapid decarbonisation
Wednesday, July 15
8am EDT [13:00-13:50 (UK, BST)]
Online only and will be hosted on Microsoft Teams
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/politician-and-public-support-for-deep-and-rapid-decarbonisation-tickets-1984962369882
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2026 Northeast Miniforest Summit
Root To Canopy: Growing The Miyawaki Method
July 15 – Virtual Documentary Screening: Making a Mini-Forest
July 18 – In-Person Bus Tour - Four diverse Massachusetts miniforests
July 22-23 – Virtual Summit - Presentations, Panels & Networking on Zoom
RSVP at https://miniforests.bio4climate.org/
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Climate & Global Indigenous Leadership Take 2
Friday, July 17
12 PM - 3 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-global-indigenous-leadership-take-2-tickets-1988608981997
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Swim at City Splash
Saturday, July 18
12-4pm EDT
Fiedler Field, Charles River Esplanade
RSVP at https://thecharles.org/city-splash/
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How the Internet Disrupted Science
Tuesday, July 21
7:00pm
Porter Square Books, 1815 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140-1413
RSVP at https://portersquarebooks.com/event/2026-07-21/kent-anderson-and-joy-moore-author-how-internet-disrupted-science
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Refrigerant Emissions Reduction
Wednesday, July 22
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Online
RSVP at https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3hruaZ3vQXeN3eW2CS9fMQ#/registration
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This Is The Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy
Wednesday, July 22
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ben-wikler-at-the-cambridge-public-library-tickets-1990494022203
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The Earth Said Remember Me
Thursday, July 23
7 PM
Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA 02446
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jason-dove-mark-with-julia-sklar-the-earth-said-remember-me-tickets-1989025894995
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For Louder Days: Reaching Beyond a Politics of Powerlessness
Thursday, July 23
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-3820
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Massachusetts DCR’s Priority Actions – Part Two of the Webinar Series on Climate Resiliency in Massachusetts
Wednesday, July 29
11:45 am - 1:00 pm EST
Online
RSVP at https://ebcne.org/event/massachusetts-dcrs-priority-actions-part-two-of-the-webinar-series-on-climate-resiliency-in-massachusetts/
Cost: $30 - 125
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Boston Urban Wilds Reception
Thursday, July 30
5 PM - 7 PM
Boston City Hall, 1 City Hall Square, Boston, MA 02201
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-urban-wilds-reception-tickets-1989839810438
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Ain’t Nobody’s Fool: The Life and Times of Dolly Parton
Tuesday, August 4
12 PM ET
Online
RSVP at https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2026-book-talk-with-martha-ackmann-virtual
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Your Fellow Americans: Dispatches from Across the Country We Call Home
Tuesday, August 4
6:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-3820
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/peter-santenello-book-signing-at-harvard-book-store-tickets-1988568440737
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Astonished By Beauty: The Essential Practice of Natural History
Wednesday, June 24
6 – 7 p.m.
Harvard, Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://hmsc.harvard.edu/calendar_event/astonished-by-beauty-the-essential-practice-of-natural-history/
Speaker: Thomas Lowe Fleischner, Senior Advisor and Founding Director, Natural History Institute, Prescott, Arizona; Faculty Emeritus of Environmental Studies, Prescott College
What happens when we truly pay attention to the natural world? Join us for a talk by naturalist Thomas Fleischner on his new book, Astonished by Beauty (Torrey House Press, 2026), a thoughtful and practical guide to reconnecting with nature through natural history. With a series of brief, intimate stories from the Alaskan Arctic to the Amazon, Fleischner reveals how we may easily deepen our connection with the land and its creatures. Offering simple, grounded steps to nurture this meaningful bond, Fleischner's book is part reflection, part guide, calling for a life lived with care, presence, and respect for the wild beauty that surrounds us.
Copies of Astonished by Beauty will be available for purchase after the program.
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Press Briefing: Europe’s Deadly Heatwave & Its Vast Implications
Thursday, June 25
10:00 AM Eastern Time
Online
RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_exJS60lRSzO7j5nb6lpVRw#/registration
Join Covering Climate Now for a rapid-response conversation to help you deepen your coverage of the deadly extreme heat blanketing Europe, including story ideas and expert tips
For the second month in a row, heat records across Europe are being shattered as temperatures look to surge as high as 43 degrees Celsius (109 degrees Fahrenheit). With more and more heat-related deaths being reported across the continent, some forecasters are concerned that this heatwave may rival the 2003 extreme heat event that killed more than 70,000 people.
As this deadly heat continues, join Covering Climate Now for a special webinar highlighting not only how climate change makes heatwaves hotter, longer, and more frequent, but also how this blistering heat is far more than just a weather story.
In this press briefing, meteorologists and reporters will explore the far-reaching implications of this European heat dome, from increasing drowning deaths to bans of public alcohol sales; examine how this event may influence communities’ efforts to adapt in preparation for future heatwaves; and equip journalists with a better understanding of how to make the climate connection in their own reporting during this unbearably hot summer.
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Polar Bears on the Edge: Climate, Conflict and Crisis in the Arctic
Thursday, June 25
12 PM - 1 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/polar-bears-on-the-edge-climate-conflict-and-crisis-in-the-arctic-tickets-1984221312359
Declining polar bear subpopulations, new research on ice-free survival challenges, policy threats and human-bear conflicts in the Arctic
Of the 19 recognised polar bear subpopulations, five are already in decline. New GoPro collar footage published in Nature Communications shows that land-based feeding cannot sustain bears through extended ice-free seasons. As sea ice retreats, the threats multiply: expanded offshore drilling puts marine ecosystems at risk, and the rollback of the U.S. Endangerment Finding has weakened a key climate protection measure.
At the same time, Arctic communities are facing more frequent human–bear encounters, as hungry polar bears move increasingly into settlements. This webinar explores the intersection of climate change, animal welfare and human safety in the far north. Together we will examine the latest research, consider the ethical challenges, and discuss what meaningful action can still be taken before the next decade decides the polar bear’s future.
Agenda
New GoPro collar research: polar bears on land and the survival challenge
Svalbard weight variability and why current stability may be short-lived
The legal battle to protect fragile Arctic ecosystems
Coexistence and response strategies from Nunavut communities
The case for Animal Quality-Adjusted Life Years (AQALYs)
What communities, conservationists and policymakers can do now
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Challenging the Christian Right Part 2: Rifts & Strategies,
Thursday, June 25
1:00 - 2:30 pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lEiKsflMScSQNcS_fRONzQ#/registration
Hosted by Political Research Associates it will be will be moderated by Naomi Washington-Leapheart -- a Blackqueer daughter of Detroit, a minister, professor, movement strategist and PRA’s Director of Strategic Partnerships. Naomi has worked as a faith organizer and director for POWER Interfaith, the National LGBTQ Task Force, and the Mayor’s Office of Public Engagement in the city of Philadelphia. She teaches emerging scholars of religion and theology at Villanova University, Arcadia University, and Harvard School of Divinity.
Our panelists will include:
Anthea Butler, Geraldine R. Segal Professor in American Social Thought, and chair of the department of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She is currently a visiting professor at Oxford University. A historian of African American and American religion, Professor Butler’s research and writing spans African American religion and history, Nationalism, race, politics, Evangelicalism, gender and sexuality, media, and popular culture. Butler is an opinion writer for MSNBC. Her articles have also been featured in the New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, NBC, and The Guardian. Her most recent book is White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America. (University of North Carolina Press 2024).
Frederick Clarkson is a Senior Research Analyst at Political Research Associates. He has been writing about religion and politics for more than four decades. He is the author of Eternal Hostility: The Struggle Between Theocracy and Democracy (Common Courage Press, 1997) and editor of Dispatches from the Religious Left: The ‘Future of Faith and Politics in America (IG Publishing 2009). His work on the Christian Right has appeared in many publications. He has been interviewed, or his work cited by The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, CBS Evening News, National Public Radio, Le Monde, and most recently in the Dutch newspaper, de Correspondent.
Keri Ladner is the author of American Dominion: The Rise and Radicalization of a New Christendom (Bloomsbury 2026) and End Time Politics: From Moral Majority to QAnon (Fortress Press, 2024). She earned her PhD at the University of Edinburgh, and her work centers on conspiracy theories and the radicalization of America's conservative movement. She has explored the growth of antisemitic conspiracy theories alongside white-nationalist rhetoric, promoted by leaders who claim to be advancing biblical literalism and a Christian agenda. Her work has appeared in The Christian Century, Religion Dispatches, and The Public Eye.
Peter Montgomery is the research director at People for the American Way. He has reported on the religious-right movement and its political allies for more than two decades, publishing at Right Wing Watch, the American Prospect, Religion Dispatches, and other outlets, and frequently serving as a source for national media. His article on Project 2025 appeared in the 2023/Winter 2024 issue of PRA’s The Public Eye. He contributed a chapter on the relationship between the Religious Right and Tea Party movements to Steep: The Precipitous Rise of the Tea Party, (University of California Press, 2012).
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6/26 Pro Tour: LEED Platinum-Certified, All-Electric School in Boston
Friday, June 26
1:30 PM - 5 PM
Boston, MA
RSVP at https://nesea.org/civicrm/event/register?id=574
Cost: $35 Members / $45 Non-Members
CEU Information: AIA (pending)
Join us in Boston for a Pro Tour of an innovative new school and community facility, located on a tight, one-acre site in Boston’s dense, historic Chinatown. This building is a transformative example of high-performance, sustainable, and inclusive school. Designed to serve 650 students in grades 6-12, this all-electric, LEED Platinum-certified facility replaces outdated buildings with a fully programmed middle and high school campus focused on health, equity, and climate resilience.
This school was complete in 2024, and, already, the school's inner-city enrollment sees positive changes: attendance increased to 92%, extracurricular activities are more popular, and participation in meal programs tripled due to delicious, healthy, food prepared in the all-electric kitchen reducing food insecurity. This project is a great model for how sustainable school buildings can uplift entire communities. The hosting firm, HFMF, believes that this project exemplifies what 21st-century buildings can and should be: high-performing, human-centered, and rooted in equity. Join us!
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Young Washington: Advance Screening and Discussion
Sunday, June 28
6 - 8:30pm
JFKennedy Library, Columbia Point, Boston MA 02125
RSVP at https://www.jfklibrary.org/events-and-awards/forums/06-28-young-washington
In celebration of America's 250th anniversary, join us for an exclusive advance screening and discussion of the upcoming film Young Washington. Before he was the Father of a Nation, he was a soldier fighting to survive — and this film brings to life the untold story of young George Washington, thrust into the center of a global conflict. A panel discussion with Writer, Director and Producer, Jon Erwin, Producer Chip Diggins, and International Center for Jefferson Studies historian Nicole Brown, moderated by Bill of Rights Institute President David Bobb, follows the event.
Please note: Young Washington is best suited for viewers 13+ due to intense war scenes and thematic elements.
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The Perfect Moment
Monday, June 29
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-3820
Harvard Book Store welcomes Isaac Butler—author of the National Book Critics Circle Award-winner The Method and the coauthor of The World Only Spins Forward—for a discussion of his new book, The Perfect Moment: God, Sex, Art, and the Birth of America's Culture Wars.
About The Perfect Moment
The prize-winning author of The Method reveals the forgotten origins of America’s culture wars—a story of late twentieth century art vs. censorship, brimming with intense drama and fierce moral urgency
It’s 1988, the final year of the Reagan presidency, and the curtain is closing on the Cold War. In the absence of external adversaries, the American public is on the precipice of war with itself. The religious right, newly ascendant and emboldened, is determined to seize control of America’s future. And the first battles will be fought over, of all things, contemporary art.
In The Perfect Moment, cultural historian Isaac Butler reexamines this pivotal, misunderstood American era. Archconservatives like Jesse Helms, Pat Buchanan, and Pat Robertson fixed their sights on artists including Andres Serrano, Robert Mapplethorpe, David Wojnarowicz, and Karen Finley, capitalizing on the provocative politics of their work to stir a nascent evangelical coalition into moral panic. It was at this moment, Butler argues, that the far right perfected the tactics it still uses today to whip its base into a frenzy—from banning books and sanitizing American history to spreading medical misinformation. All too relevant today, The Perfect Moment is an incisive and meticulously researched account of this crucial period and a stirring ode to the power of the creative spirit.
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Second-Life Batteries: from E-Mobility to a More Affordable and Resilient Energy Future
June 30
9:00 - 10:00am EDT
Online
RSVP at https://hub.wri.org/events/2026/6/second-life-batteries-e-mobility-more-affordable-and-resilient-energy-future
Join the WRI Polsky Center for the Global Energy Transition for a global panel exploring the key opportunities for second-life batteries, the barriers to scaling their use and the actions needed to build a cohesive and responsible market.
This event is informed by research and insights from the WRI Polsky Center for the Global Energy Transition. The Center harnesses analytical power, convening ability and global expertise to help orchestrate a transition to a clean, abundant, affordable and reliable energy future by overcoming critical barriers.
Electric vehicle (EV) adoption is accelerating globally and with it, a new wave of opportunity. EV batteries are typically replaced once they lose 20–30% of their original capacity, but at that point they still retain productive potential. Instead of becoming waste, these batteries can be repurposed for a “second life” in less demanding applications, including microgrids powering communities, charging infrastructure, electric two- and three-wheelers and grid support services.
The scale of this opportunity is rapidly approaching. The volume of retired EV batteries is projected to exceed 300 GWh by 2030, with at least half originating from China alone. An estimated 40–70% of these batteries could be suitable for second-life applications, representing a vast reserve of energy storage capacity ready to be deployed. If effectively harnessed, second-life batteries could improve energy access, lower system costs, support grid resilience, and accelerate the clean energy transition.
However, the pathway forward is far from straightforward. While early projects demonstrate technical feasibility, scaling second-life solutions raises complex questions around performance standards, safety, economic viability, ownership models, and end-of-life responsibility. Market forces alone are unlikely to deliver optimal outcomes at the pace required. Without clear frameworks, the sector risks fragmentation, underinvestment, or unintended environmental and social impacts.
This webinar will explore how stakeholders across government, industry and civil society can work together to unlock the full value of second-life batteries while managing risks. It will highlight priority areas where greater clarity, coordination, and ambition are urgently needed and begin to outline what a credible, forward-looking game plan could look like.
Speakers:
Edward Chaing, Co-Founder and CEO, Moment Energy
Deigo Escobar, Ministry of Environment, Colombia
Paul Gasper, National Lab of the Rockies; ReCell Center
Sichao He, Manager, Power Battery Business Division, Automotive Data of China Co., LTDCatarc
Chetan Jain, Senior VP, LOHUM
Rob de Jong, Head, Mobility Unit, UNEP
Yvonne Nasimiyu, Africa E-Mobility Alliance
Jigar Shah, Senior Fellow, WRI Polsky Energy Center (Moderator)
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Scenario Evolution Process (SEP)
Tuesday, June 30
09:00 in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Online
RSVP at https://iiasa.zoom.us/meeting/register/_6TmIgLeRu2HT3KzvcaXFA#/registration
The Scenario Evolution Process (SEP) launched in February 2026 and is an ongoing multi-year, community-driven initiative designed to discuss the future of the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) framework based on how it has been used by the research community and what is desired from future scenarios. The world is now very different compared to when components of the SSP framework entered the literature for the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report in 2014. Information collected through SEP activities will be used to chart a path for an appropriate evolution from the SSPs that goes beyond climate mitigation and adaptation to integrate nature, sustainable development, and social equity into the core of future narratives. If you are interested to learn more about the SEP visit: sep.du.edu. The SEP is envisaged as a re-evaluation of the architecture of the SSPs, guided by a community-based process. A number of activities are underway for 2026, and the scientific community is asked to provide critical input. This webinar will focus on the following ongoing activities and upcoming events: 1. Initial stocktake of survey results 2. Special Issue in Futures 3. Call for SEP Working Group members by July 31, 2026
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Uncovering AI's Human Cost: A Non Technical Toolkit for Investigative Reporters
Tuesday, June 30
10:00 AM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Online
RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lA4lvjVyTW6MTQWD_p5Ktg#/registration
Holding AI systems accountable can seem overwhelming due to the complexity of the technology. But not all investigations into AI require a high level of technical ability.
Countless stories about AI are first and foremost about people — those who make the technology, those who deploy it and, perhaps most importantly, those who are harmed by it. In this workshop, participants will be introduced to a framework that breaks down each development stage of AI into an area of coverage and learn about how they can find and report stories within each one. Students will walk away with methods and approaches on how to tackle their own AI accountability stories and learn from low-tech examples that yielded high impacts. In this workshop, participants will be introduced to a framework that breaks down each development stage of AI into an area of coverage and learn about how they can find and report out stories within each one. Students will walk away with methods and approaches on how to tackle their own AI accountability stories and learn from low-tech examples that yielded high impacts.
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Ford Motor Company: Building the Future of American Manufacturing
Tuesday, June 30
2 pm – 3 pm ET, 1 pm – 2 pm CT, 12 pm – 1 pm MT, 11 am – 12 pm PT
Online
RSVP at https://republicen.org/ford?link_id=1&can_id=c24e327d71079787c6f56a6ac1caa7b3
Ford is transforming how it designs and builds vehicles–this time for the electric era. What are they doing to compete with Chinese manufacturers, and what policy is needed to ensure a level playing field? Amid unprecedented competition and global energy volatility, these questions are more important than ever.
Join republicEn for a conversation with Evan Belser, Deputy General Counsel at Ford Motor Company, as we explore affordability, innovation, energy security, and what American leadership could look like in a rapidly changing world.
Evan Belser,Ford Motor Co., Deputy General Counsel
Evan manages Ford’s global portfolio of legal matters concerning litigation and regulatory affairs. Prior to joining Ford, Evan led the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s efforts to enforce our Nation’s air and climate pollution laws.
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Tour of Newmarket Farms - An Example of Rooftop Urban Farming
Tuesday, June 30
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Newmarket Farms at Boston Medical Center, 960 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA
RSVP at https://www.architects.org/events/912457/2026/06/30/tour-of-newmarket-farms-an-example-of-rooftop-urban-farming
Cost: $10 - $15
Join the BSA Green Roof and Infrastructure Team Knowledge Committee for a tour of Boston Medical Center’s second rooftop farm, boosting access to fresh foods through the hospital’s Nourishing our Communities Program. Newmarket Farm is an excellent example of a multi-functional green roof: reducing the heat island effect and promoting biodiversity, while donating approximately 10,000 pounds of produce to South End non-profits and to the benefit of the users of the hospital. We will tour the 7,500 square foot wheelchair accessible roof, designed to capture tens of thousands of gallons of rainwater, slowing stormwater runoff. We will also discuss the operations of maintaining an urban rooftop farm, and educational opportunities it brings to the surrounding community and hospital users.
Come experience a unique piece of green infrastructure in the city, urban rooftop farming, and challenging food insecurity. Join the discussion with Boston Medical Center’s Olivia Grieco as they talk about the opportunities that arise with urban farming access for the Boston community. Also joining us will be Recover Green Roof’s Mark Winterer, who will speak to the design aspects, installation methods, and any challenges faced during the project.
HEADS UP: This roof has bee habitats on site, please be prepared if you have any allergies or sensitivities.
This tour is a part of a series of tours through the GRIT Knowledge Committee. We will be hosting more green roof/green infrastructure tours this summer, to learn more about these events, follow our LinkedIn page for future events: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13009707/
Stay updated on year-round events there, where we host technical discussions, experienced guest speakers, and present emerging technologies in the fall and spring.
For those of you interested in green infrastructure and green roofs but unable to attend, NESEA is hosting a Pro Tour of the Josiah Quincy Upper School on June 26th. JQUS is located in Boston’s Chinatown neighborhood, and features an accessible green roof for students and faculty, which will be accessible as part of this tour. For more information, see the event description from NESEA: https://nesea.org/be-event/pro-tour-leed-platinum-certified-all-electric-school-boston
Presenters
Olivia Grieco, Farm Education and Community Outreach Coordinator, Boston Medical Center
Mark Winterer, Co-Founder and Owner, GRP, Recover Green Roofs
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Boston Green Drinks Happy Hour
Tuesday, June 30
6-8pm
Night Shift Esplanade, by the Hatch Shell along the Charles River, Boston, MA
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-green-drinks-happy-hour-june-30th-6-8pm-tickets-1992140765657
This month Boston Green Drinks is meeting at Night Shift Esplanade on Tuesday, June 30th! Our group will be there between 6:00-8:00pm, everyone is welcomed to stop by at any point (no need to book an eventbrite ticket!).
Find us inside near the bar, or just ask the host or bartender if you can't find us!
What kind of professionals usually are usually there? Those involved with:
sustainability
clean tech
policy at the local and national levels
organizing and NGO activists
research
design and architecture
green finance
environmental and climate justice
students
job seekers
You!
Come discuss our current environmental and climate challenges, hopes, resources, news, or just nerd out with your fellow environmentalists. To support the group by volunteering for the steering committee, chat with me, Will, to learn more, or email me at willjbelke@gmail.com.
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Nature-based Solutions and Food Systems
Wednesday, July 1
9 am - 10 am EDT [15.00-16.00 CEST]
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/nature-based-solutions-and-food-systems-tickets-1991688461804
In this session, we will be showcasing the innovative ways that projects are helping to improve agricultural and food systems in urban environments. Here’s our agenda for the day:
Agenda
Introduction (10 mins)
Presentations (35 mins):
Dr Anna Davies: CULTIVATE
Sofia Silva: Upfarming
Open Discussion (15 min)
The event is open to everyone, so please feel free to share the registration link with colleagues interested in nature-based solutions, sustainability, and environmental issues more broadly. We have increased our registration limit to 150 people to accommodate our growing network. As with previous meetings, this session will be recorded and posted on our website’s Collaboratory page (https://www.naturescapes-project.com/collaboratory). Recordings will be available on the website for ~one month after the event, before we make room for the next session’s recording.
The focus of the NATURESCAPES project is nature-based solutions from a landscape perspective. We are exploring how this is happening and adding up on the ground, and what it means for nature and society. Can we work with multiple nature-based solutions to create outcomes that address long-standing socio-economic challenges, enhance biodiversity and respond to climate change? Or do we face trade-offs between different places, people and outcomes? Working in a transdisciplinary consortium involving universities, consultants and NGOs, we hope to identify how new kinds of NATURESCAPES can generate transformative change for the future. Check out our website for more information: https://www.naturescapes-project.com/
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Powering Energy Security and Resilience: Shared Challenges, Local Solutions
Wednesday, July 1
10 AM - 11 AM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/powering-energy-security-and-resilience-shared-challenges-local-solutions-tickets-1991381455540
Join us for a discussion on how Taiwan, India, and the Philippines are addressing energy security!
The Institute for Indo-Pacific Security (IIPS) invites you to join us on July 1, 10-11AM ET for a webinar on "Powering Energy Security and Resilience: Shared Challenges, Local Solutions” with Deputy Chief of Mission Felipe F. Cariño III of the Philippine Embassy, IIPS Visiting Fellow Yu-chang Lin, Chintan Research Foundation Centre for Climate Change & Energy Transition head Dr. Debajit Palit , and moderator Jennifer Hong.
As energy insecurity, climate change, and geopolitical tensions reshape the Indo-Pacific’s energy landscape, Taiwan, India, and the Philippines are pursuing distinct yet interconnected pathways toward energy transition and resilience.
This event brings together renewable energy experts and policymakers to explore how these three democracies are responding to rising energy demand, supply chain vulnerability, fossil fuel dependence, and climate-related disruptions.
From Taiwan’s push for energy diversification and offshore wind pursued under President Lai’s New Southbound Policy, to India’s scale-up of solar and wind renewables and now nuclear power, to the Philippines’ focus on energy access, island resilience, and renewable integration, the discussion will examine how different national contexts are producing innovative approaches to renewable energy transition.
The event will also explore emerging opportunities, including technology partnerships, resilient supply chains, financing, and workforce development, that help build energy systems that are more secure, affordable, and resilient in the Indo-Pacific.
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Green heat for your street
Wednesday, July 1
2 PM - 3 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/green-heat-for-your-street-tickets-1989377376285
What is a residential heat network and how would it work for Norwich's terraced streets?
Imagine: renewable heat networks drawing heat from the air or the ground, providing heating to whole streets so we can all stop relying on expensive, climate-wrecking gas.
This could be the reality – but no one has yet come up with a plan for how to decarbonise all Norwich's Victorian terraces, many of which have limited space to house their own heat pump. With homes contributing 14% of the UK’s carbon emissions, it's time to act.
Our Power is embarking on an ambitious new project to investigate and pilot a low-carbon heat network in one of Norwich’s terraced neighbourhoods. Join us online on 1st July to hear about our plans, why we think heat networks are the solution, and how you can get involved.
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Boston Engineering, Energy & Transportation Networking Event
Wednesday, July 1
7 PM - 9 PM
Bar Moxy, 240 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02116
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/boston-engineering-energy-transportation-networking-event-tickets-1987842516478
Cost: from $9.85
SUM OF FIVE Professional Networking Events stand as the pinnacle of stylish gatherings for professionals in Engineering, Energy and Transportation. We hope to empower our attendees by facilitating meaningful connections. We have an unwavering commitment that lies in fostering genuine relationships among peers, cultivating an environment where professionals can seamlessly connect and engage in a purposeful manner. We aspire to aid participants in their journey of expanding their businesses and advancing their careers by providing a platform to engage with individuals who share similar aspirations.
Demographic
Our networking events bring together professionals from the engineering, energy, environment and transportation industries in a forward-thinking and collaborative space. These gatherings are exclusively for individuals of legal drinking age, as they take place at venues that include a bar. The average age range of attendees is typically 24–38, with most being established professionals or rising innovators in technical and infrastructure-related fields. Here are some of the individuals you may meet at our events:
Engineers & Technical Experts – Civil, mechanical, electrical, and environmental engineers working across infrastructure, utilities, and innovation projects.
Energy Professionals – Specialists in renewable energy, oil & gas, nuclear, and emerging clean technologies leading the global energy transition.
Environmental Specialists – Sustainability consultants, climate scientists, and ESG professionals promoting decarbonization, conservation, and responsible development.
Transportation & Infrastructure Leaders – Planners, transit operators, logistics professionals, and policymakers shaping the future of urban mobility.
Project Managers & Developers – Industry professionals overseeing large-scale energy, infrastructure, and construction projects.
Innovators & Entrepreneurs – Start-ups developing technologies in green energy, electric vehicles, recycling, and smart infrastructure.
Technology & Sustainability Innovators – Entrepreneurs and researchers developing smart city, EV, and green energy solutions.
Government & Policy Representatives – Officials and advisors from ministries, municipalities, and regulatory agencies focused on energy, transit, and infrastructure development.
Investors & Corporate Partners – Venture capitalists, institutional investors, and strategic partners funding the next generation of energy and engineering ventures.
Academics & Researchers – University professors, graduate students, and think-tank members focused on sustainable design and transportation innovation.
Students & Emerging Talent – Recent graduates and young professionals (Diploma, Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctorate) eager to contribute to global engineering and energy solutions.
This event offers an unparalleled opportunity to connect, collaborate, and exchange ideas with leaders and innovators driving the future of engineering, energy, and transportation.
Join Us for an Exclusive Engineering, Energy & Transportation Networking Event!
Step into a space where innovation, sustainability, and infrastructure converge — bringing together leading engineers, energy experts, environmental innovators, and transportation professionals for an evening of collaboration, insight, and opportunity.
This exclusive event is designed for engineers, project developers, renewable energy specialists, urban planners, environmental consultants, and infrastructure leaders eager to expand their networks, exchange ideas, and explore solutions driving the future of sustainable development.
Engage in thought-provoking discussions on clean energy, green engineering, sustainable mobility, and resilient infrastructure.
Connect with engineers, policymakers, environmental scientists, and industry executives to discover new partnerships and opportunities for collaboration.
Gain insights into emerging technologies in renewable energy, electric mobility, climate adaptation, and smart city design.
Whether you’re an established professional, a sustainability advocate, or an emerging engineer, this event is your gateway to high-impact connections and forward-thinking innovation in engineering, energy, environment, and transportation.
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Experience
It will be a free form social gathering where guests can mingle amongst each other. There's no pressure to talk, but be ready to be approached by new people. Having an open-minded approach is key, as it will enable you to establish new connections. Feel free to attend solo or accompany yourself with a group of friends or colleagues to broaden your network. At SUM OF FIVE, our aim is to ensure that you extract the maximum value from the event by forging both personal and professional connections in a comfortable environment.
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The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution
Thursday, July 2
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-3820
Harvard Book Store welcomes Mark Peterson—Edmund S. Morgan Professor of History at Yale University and the Faculty Director of Yale’s Lewis Walpole Library—for a discussion of his book, The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution: A Thousand-Year History. He will be joined in conversation by Emilie Connolly—Assistant Professor of History at Yale University and the award-winning author of Vested Interests.
About The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution
A provocative new history of America’s constitution and an urgent call to action for a nation confronted by challenges its founders could never have imagined.
The American Revolution occurred at a time when Britain’s constitutional order failed to adapt to the extraordinary growth of its colonies. The framers designed an American constitution to succeed where Britain’s had faltered, planning for continuous population and territorial expansion that would eventually cross the continent. Yet by the end of the nineteenth century, it was already ill-suited for an increasingly urban, industrialized society, and the transformations of the twentieth century have pushed it to a breaking point. This book charts the history and aims of the American constitution from its origins in an agrarian past to the grave crisis we face today.
Mark Peterson traces the American constitutional tradition to the control of land in medieval England, showing how the founders incorporated the aspirations of Magna Carta with the administrative principles of the Domesday Book, a meticulous survey and valuation of landed property commissioned by William the Conqueror. This framework encouraged the growth of democratic self-government in a young nation. It also institutionalized the colonization of territory and the expulsion of Indigenous peoples, establishing a legal blueprint for transforming tribal lands into revenue-yielding real estate for settlers. Peterson’s riveting narrative paints an arresting picture of a dynamic republic whose frame of government has changed enormously to meet the challenges of the modern age but whose written constitution has changed very little.
Marking the 250th anniversary of American independence, The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution reveals how this widening disconnect threatens the very existence of our democracy. It calls for a constitution that sustains the ideals developed over the past thousand years while meeting the challenges of the future.
Bios
Mark Peterson is the Edmund S. Morgan Professor of History at Yale University, and the Faculty Director of Yale’s Lewis Walpole Library. At Yale he teaches courses on the American Revolution, the US Constitution, and Climate and Environment in American History. He earned his Ph.D. in History at Harvard University, and taught previously at the University of Iowa from 1998 to 2007, and at the University of California, Berkeley, from 2007 to 2018, where he was Chair of the History Department from 2015-2018. He is the author of The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution: A Thousand-Year History (2026); The City-State of Boston: The Rise and Fall of an Atlantic Power, 1630-1865 (2019); and The Price of Redemption: The Spiritual Economy of Puritan New England (1997).
Emilie Connolly is Assistant Professor of History at Yale University. Her research focuses on the history of political economy, colonialism, and the Indigenous peoples of North America. Her first book, Vested Interests: Trusteeship and Native Dispossession in the United States (Princeton University Press, 2025) was awarded the Bancroft Prize and the James A. Rawley Prize from the Organization of American History. Her writing has also appeared in the American Historical Review, William and Mary Quarterly, Journal of the Early Republic, and International Labor and Working-Class History.
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Curated Conversations: Rethinking Global Development Through Solidarity
Monday, July 6
11 AM - 12 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/curated-conversations-rethinking-global-development-through-solidarity-tickets-1990975529404
Could, and should, global development research be framed as an act of transformational solidarity? Join an interactive dialogue.
Join us for the launch of CSGD’s Curated Conversations series—an interactive seminar designed to move beyond traditional lectures into dialogue, reflection, and co-learning.
This session is hosted by Prof. Alison Buckler and Dr Keetie Roelen and explores the question:
“Could, and should, global development research be framed as an act of transformational solidarity?”
The format combines short inputs from our guest speaker and CSGD colleagues, followed by curated discussion and open exchange—creating space for fresh perspectives and collective insight.
Rajasvini Bhansali
Rajasvini Bhansali is the Executive Director of Solidaire Network and Solidaire Action. She is a passionate advocate for participatory grassroots-led power building and a lifelong student of social movements.
In a wide-ranging career devoted to racial, economic and climate justice, she has previously led an international public foundation that funds grassroots organizing in Asia, Africa and Latin America; grown a national youth development social enterprise; managed a public telecommunications infrastructure fund addressing the digital divide in the Southern United States; and worked as a community organizer, researcher, planner, policy analyst and strategy consultant. Born and raised in India, Rajasvini earned a Master’s in Public Affairs with a focus on addressing the Rural Digital Divide from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor′s in both Astrophysics and Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities & Social Sciences from UC Berkeley. Rajasvini also spent several years working in rural Kenya with community leaders, an experience she credits as having inspired her to work to transform philanthropy and international development to be accountable to communities.
Vini co-authored Leading with Joy: Practices for Uncertain Times. She is also a published poet, essayist, popular educator, yoga instructor and leadership coach. When not engaged with community organizations, Rajasvini can be found nesting with her family, taking long naps in the garden or plotting the next dance party with friends.
Kavita Nandini Ramdas
Kavita Ramdas is a globally recognized advocate for gender equity and justice and an inspirational speaker on the challenges facing philanthropy and civil society in advancing equitable and sustainable development. As principal of KNR Sisters, she provides high level consulting advice on initiatives to defend democracy and protect human rights in the US and globally. In 2024, she was named a Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy in Berlin, and in 2023 served as Activist in Residence for the Global Fund for Women. During her tenure as Director of the Women’s Rights Program at the Open Society Foundations, the foundation made its largest ever investment in gender justice with a $100 million commitment to the Generation Equality Forum.
Kavita has served as strategic advisor to MADRE and Senior Advisor on Global Strategy at the Ford Foundation, supporting the development of an intersectional equity approach. She previously led work in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka and served as President and CEO of the Global Fund for Women, supporting activists in more than 170 countries.
She has held academic roles at Georgetown, Stanford and Princeton, and currently serves on several boards including ICAN and the Global Greengrants Fund. Kavita was educated at Delhi University, Mount Holyoke College, and Princeton University.
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Freedom of Speech: A People’s History of Democracy’s Most Essential Right
Monday, July 6
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-3820
Harvard Book Store welcomes Christopher M. Finan—former executive director of the National Coalition Against Censorship and the former president of the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression—for a discussion of his new book Freedom of Speech: A People’s History of Democracy’s Most Essential Right. He will be joined in conversation by Randall Kennedy—Michael R. Klein Professor at Harvard Law School and the author of Say It Loud!: On Race, Law, History, and Culture.
About Freedom of Speech
An essential look at how, throughout American history, the powerless have exercised their 1st Amendment right to free speech, informing how we can defend democracy today, with a forward by Randall Kennedy.
From the beginning of American history, free speech has been crucial for the pursuit of justice and expansion of democracy. Yet today, we are seeing growing attempts to roll back free speech protections in America: cultural warriors are banning books from library shelves at a level not seen in decades, and elected officials are attacking free speech principles to undermine other rights and consolidate their own power.
Uncovering vivid and engaging stories about 1st Amendment pioneers throughout American history, historian and leading censorship expert Christopher Finan highlights how free speech has been used to advocate for change. In the 19th century, abolitionists, advocates for women's rights, and leaders of the labor movement had to fight for free speech. In the 20th century, the civil rights and anti-war movements expanded free speech, creating a shield for every protest movement that we have seen since.
With sharp insight and page-turning storytelling, Finan demonstrates that the most effective antidote for the growth of hate speech, misinformation, political violence, and anti-democratic efforts by government officials is support for and cultivation of a free and robust marketplace of ideas.
Bios
Christopher M. Finan has been involved in the fight against censorship for over 40 years. He is the former executive director of the National Coalition Against Censorship and the former president of the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression. After working as a newspaper reporter, he received his Ph.D. in American History from Columbia University. He is the author of Drunks: The Story of Alcoholism and the Birth of Recovery, Alfred E. Smith: The Happy Warrior, and From the Palmer Raids to the PATRIOT Act: A History of the Fight for Free Speech in America, which won the American Library Association’s Eli M. Oboler Award for the best work on intellectual freedom published in 2006 and 2007. Photo Credit: Sandra Benevuto
Randall Kennedy is the Michael R. Klein Professor at Harvard Law School where he teaches courses on contracts, criminal law, and the regulation of race relations. He was born in Columbia, South Carolina. For his education he attended St. Albans School, Princeton University, Oxford University, and Yale Law School. He served as a law clerk for Judge J. Skelly Wright of the United States Court of Appeals and for Justice Thurgood Marshall of the United States Supreme Court. He is a member of the bar of the District of Columbia and the Supreme Court of the United States. Awarded the 1998 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for Race, Crime, and the Law, Mr Kennedy writes for a wide range of scholarly and general interest publications. His other books are For Discrimination: Race, Affirmative Action, and the Law (2013), The Persistence of the Color Line: Racial Politics and the Obama Presidency (2011), Sellout: The Politics of Racial Betrayal (2008), Interracial Intimacies: Sex, Marriage, Identity, and Adoption (2003), and Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word (2002). A member of the American Law Institute, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Association, Mr. Kennedy is also a Trustee emeritus of Princeton University.
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Second-Life Batteries: Unlocking the next phase of productive energy scale
Tuesday, July 7
6 AM - 7:30 AM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/second-life-batteries-unlocking-the-next-phase-of-productive-energy-scale-tickets-1991767573429
As productive energy markets scale, battery end-of-life is rapidly emerging as a system-level challenge.
Join us for a discussion on one of the most critical, and often overlooked, challenges shaping the future of productive use of renewable energy (PURE): what happens when batteries reach the end of their first life?
Across energy access and emerging sectors such as electric mobility, large volumes of batteries are now reaching the end of their first life, even as new systems continue to be deployed. This creates a growing pool of underutilised batteries that still have significant value.
Second-life batteries offer a critical opportunity to build more circular and affordable energy systems. By reusing and repurposing batteries, we can extend their lifespan, reduce costs, and make energy solutions more accessible for businesses and communities.
However, the systems needed to enable this, collection, testing, and reuse, have not kept pace with market growth. Without them, costs rise, reliability falls, and long-term scale is harder to achieve.
Done right, second-life batteries can play a central role in making the next phase of energy access more efficient, resilient, and sustainable.
What you’ll learn
Through insights from PREO’s latest report and perspectives from leading companies in the sector, this session will explore:
1. Why this challenge is emerging now
The shift from early-stage deployment to system-level performance
What scale means for energy access systems and why lifecycle management matters
The implications for cost, reliability and investment
2. The opportunity in second-life batteries
Why batteries at end-of-first-life are not waste, but partially utilised assets
How reuse and repurposing can retain value and reduce system costs
The role of second-life storage in improving affordability for businesses and communities
3. What the market is doing in practice
Drawing on case studies from across the PREO portfolio, Energy Catalyst and EEP Africa, including companies working across:
Battery testing and repurposing
Integrated productive-use systems
Commercial and industrial storage
New financing and service-based models
Who should attend
This webinar is designed for:
Funders and development partners working on energy access and climate programmes
Policymakers and regulators shaping circular economy and energy systems
Private sector companies across energy, e-mobility and storage
Investors exploring opportunities in distributed energy and battery value chains
Practitioners and researchers interested in sustainable energy systems
Panel speakers
You’ll hear from a panel of experts working across the second-life battery ecosystem, including:
Representatives from companies featured in the latest PREO report
Technical experts in battery repurposing and lifecycle management
Industry leaders exploring new business models for storage
(Full speaker line-up to be announced)
About PREO
PREO (Powering Renewable Energy Opportunities) is a UK-funded programme supporting the development and scale-up of productive energy solutions across sub-Saharan Africa and the Pacific. Through funding, technical assistance and research, PREO works with companies and partners to accelerate access to reliable, affordable and sustainable energy for income-generating use.
Register now to join the conversation
Be part of the discussion shaping the future of energy access and discover how second-life batteries can unlock sustainable growth.
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From Cradle to Compliance: Managing Product Lifecycles as Sustainability Scrutiny Intensifies
Tuesday, July 7
12:00 PM (EST)
Online
RSVP at https://trellis.net/webinar/product-lifecycle-compliance-sustainability-regulations/
Every product your company makes has a carbon footprint. Until recently, though, almost no one was monitoring it. That is changing, and fast.
Customers demand product-level emissions data before they sign contracts. The EU now charges a carbon price on imports through the Carbon Boarder Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws hold companies financially accountable for packaging and end-of-life disposal.
This webinar cuts through the complexity to provide a roadmap for getting product sustainability data in order before the pressure intensifies.
During this hour-long presentation, you’ll learn:
How to measure and disclose Product Carbon Footprints (PCFs)
What EPR means for your reporting obligations – and how to stay ahead of evolving rules
Why CBAM represents direct financial exposure for companies exporting into the EU – and how to calculate that risk
How to integrate product lifecycle data into your broader ESG reporting without building parallel processes from scratch
If you can’t tune in live, register anyway and we’ll send you the recording. Trouble registering? Try switching your browser and double check that cookies are enabled. If you are still having issues, please contact support@trellis.net.
Speakers
John Davies, President, Networks, Trellis Group
Rachel Delacour, CEO and Cofounder, Sweep
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Investigating the Ocean: Follow the Money
Tuesday, July 7
12:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Online
RSVP at https://pulitzercenter-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6201z_bYRUK08Lx4TzDawg#/registration
This webinar focuses on uncovering the financial actors behind ocean industries, from fishing fleets to shipping giants and offshore projects. Participants will learn how to trace corporate ownership, map complex company structures, and investigate the role of banks, insurers, and investors. The session emphasizes how financial flows connect the Global North to ocean exploitation in the Global South.
Jelter Meers, research editor of the Pulitzer Center's Environmental Investigations Unit
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Stretch – a composition for sound-enabled aerial silks
Tuesday, July 7
8:00pm — 9:00pm ET
MIT Media Lab, E14 - E14-333, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/stretch-a-composition-for-sound-enabled-aerial-silks-tickets-1992366017391
You are invited to attend a live aerial fabric act with integrated technology that translates movement into sound, designed and performed by Opera Of The Future's Research Assistant Nina Masuelli. Presented as part of her master’s thesis research, this work combines sensor technology, digital audio design, and circus arts to explore how an aerial apparatus may be transformed into an interface for sonic expression. Blending the roles of technologist, sound artist, and aerialist, this project questions what it means to “perform” research.
The performance will feature a live aerial fabric act with movement-driven sound generation, followed by a Q&A session and reception with light refreshments.
Capacity is limited due to space and safety considerations. Please RSVP to confirm your attendance.
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In Defense of Sunlight
Wednesday, July 8
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-3820
Harvard Book Store, the Harvard University Division of Science, and the Harvard Library welcome Rowan Jacobsen—acclaimed author of nine books, including A Geography of Oysters, Fruitless Fall, and Truffle Hound—for a discussion of his latest book In Defense of Sunlight: The Surprising Science of Sun Exposure.
About In Defense of Sunlight
Upending everything we thought we knew about sun exposure, this trenchant investigation into the “zero-sun policy” sounds the call on the many health benefits of the sun, and what we risk when we minimize our exposure.
A quiet revolution is transforming our understanding of sunlight’s effects on human health. For decades, a “zero-sun” policy has characterized our approach to sun protection, advising us to stay out of the sun whenever possible and apply sunscreen daily to any skin that might be exposed, rain or shine, summer or winter, indoors or out. But recent studies have proved that this policy is thoroughly mistaken and that this prolific misunderstanding is causing us to miss out on many of the health benefits of sun exposure.
In this incisive work, acclaimed journalist Rowan Jacobsen presents the growing case for the importance of modest sun exposure for our health and well-being. Aided by the most up-to-date studies on the effects of sunlight on human health, Jacobsen presents a much-needed, lucid assessment of not only what the sun can do for us, but how a lack of sun could actively be harming us.
In Defense of Sunlight sounds the call on what researchers have been sure of for years, and what health care providers and media outlets have been slow to take up: that sunlight is one of the simplest, and most equitable, treatments for a variety of health issues, from diabetes to dementia to multiple sclerosis. Laying out the new science of sunlight in a straightforward and responsible manner for mainstream readers, this book is an eye-opening story of scientific discovery, outlining not only best practices for sun exposure, but the story of how current recommendations became misguided, how a few inquisitive scientists glimpsed the truth and deciphered the mechanisms responsible, and how everyone can safely incorporate this new knowledge into their daily lives. It also exposes the implicit injustice underlying current approaches, which benefit the whitest people on earth (who are the most susceptible to skin cancer) at the expense of those with darker skin (who suffer extremely low rates of skin cancer and have the most to gain from sun exposure).
A call for a return to common sense in our relationship with our local star, In Defense of Sunlight offers its own seven words of advice: Get sun. Not too much. Go outside.
Praise for In Defense of Sunlight
"An eye-opening investigation into the health benefits of sunlight...Illuminating and accessibly written, this will make readers want to head outside."—Publishers Weekly
Bio
Rowan Jacobsen writes about science and nature and the less-explored corners of the world for Harper’s, Outside, The Atlantic, Scientific American, Smithsonian, The New York Times, The Washington Post, MIT Technology Review, Businessweek, and others, and his work has been anthologized in The Best American Science & Nature Writing and other collections. He has received awards from the James Beard Foundation, the Society of American Travel Writers, and the Overseas Press Club. He is the author of nine books, including A Geography of Oysters, Fruitless Fall, and Truffle Hound, several of which have been named to Best Book of the Year lists by The Washington Post, TheWall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, NPR, and Publishers Weekly. He has performed with Pop-Up Magazine, lectured at Harvard and Yale, and appeared on CBS, NBC, and NPR. He has been an Alicia Patterson Foundation Fellow, writing about endangered diversity on the borderlands between India, Myanmar, and China; a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT, focusing on the environmental and evolutionary impact of synthetic biology; and a Nova Media Fellow, researching the science of sun exposure.
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Spotlight on Transition Plans: How energy and climate transition plans can give your organisation an edge
Tuesday, July 14
06:00 - 07:00 EDT
Online
RSVP at https://webinars.businessgreen.com/how-energy-transition-plans-can-give-your-organisation-an-edge/register
Growing numbers of investors and regulators are calling on businesses to develop meaningful climate transition plans, but how can such plans be harnessed to deliver real business value and ensure efforts to deliver on net zero targets accelerate?
This interactive webinar will explore current regulations and guidance surrounding transition plans, changing political and economic drivers, and the interplay between the energy and climate transition. Our expert panel will ask how companies can ensure transition plans become more than box-ticking exercise and genuinely help unlock a range of opportunities.
The session will bring together leading experts to offer their insights on how the most effective transition plans work and how best practices can be embraced across the business community.
Topics covered will include:
Why are regulators and investors calling on corporates to deliver climate transition plans?
What do effective transition plans entail?
What are the common challenges in developing an effective climate transition plan and how can they be overcome?
How can an organisation ensure transition plans are actually enacted?
How can climate and energy transition plans help deliver competitive edge
How to build the business case for an ambitious transition strategy?
PANELLISTS
James Murray, Editor-in-Chief, BusinessGreen
James Rooke, Managing Director, Carbon Shift, Equans UK & Ireland
Bethany Thomas, Head of Sustainability, Allianz UK
James Vaccaro, CEO, Repattern
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Co-benefits of climate change interventions for public health
Tuesday, July 14
6am Eastern Tim [1.00 PM - 2.00 PM UK time]
Online
RSVP at https://www.bristol.ac.uk/cabot/events/2026/co-benefits-of-climate-change-interventions-for-public-health---cch-seminar-.html
Dr Patricia Albers, Dr Lucy Anderson
The Cabot Institute for the Environment and the Elizabeth Blackwell Institute for Health Research invite you to attend the next Climate Change and Health seminar.
In this seminar, Dr Patricia Albers and Dr Lucy Anderson will explore how community-led climate adaptation and local interventions can improve health and wellbeing, highlighting practical approaches to building resilience alongside the mental health co-benefits of climate action.
Dr Patricia Albers - Exploring community-led strategies for climate adaptation.
Patricia Albers is a Senior Research Associate within the Centre for Public Health at the University of Bristol, she recently completed her NIHR SPHR Post-Doctoral Launching Fellowship. She is a quantitative public health researcher with a strong research background in the environmental determinants of health. She has a particular interest in the impacts of climate change on health and well‑being, focusing on children and young people and on strategies to prepare for and adapt to these impacts.
Abstract
Climate change poses a major threat to health, largely through the growing frequency and severity of extreme weather events. Community‑led responses to climate change are often highlighted as important for improving health and reducing inequalities; however, there is limited research examining how these initiatives operate in practice, including their achievements and challenges. Here I report on a project which aimed to explore how community‑led actions addressing climate‑related extreme weather can contribute to healthier places and populations in the UK. We are working with three place‑based case studies focused on different extreme weather events—heat, flooding, and cold. All case studies have some focus on health outcomes and health inequalities.
Dr Lucy Anderson - Understanding the mental health co-benefits of local climate interventions.
Lucy Anderson is an NIHR SPHR funded Transdisciplinary Research Fellow in public health and climate change at the University of Bristol. Her research focuses on understanding the potential health co-benefits of interventions designed to adapt to climate change and improve air quality, with particular interests in mental health, health inequalities, and how evidence can inform policy and practice. She previously worked on air quality and health in the NGO sector and serves as the UKRI Regional Clean Air Champion for South West England, supporting collaboration between researchers, policymakers and practitioners.
Abstract
Climate action is often framed as a way to reduce emissions and avoid future harms, but well-designed local climate interventions such as home retrofit programmes, greener neighbourhoods and active travel initiatives have the potential to support mental health while helping communities become more resilient to the impacts of climate change. Yet, these wider health co-benefits are not yet consistently measured or routinely used in decision-making. Building this evidence base is important for designing climate adaptation and mitigation measures that maximise health gains and reduce inequalities.
This talk will present findings from an ongoing mixed-methods research project exploring the mental health co-benefits of local climate interventions in England. Drawing on local authority policy analysis, stakeholder workshops and community interviews, it will examine how mental health is currently considered in local climate action, the opportunities and barriers to capturing mental health outcomes, and how stronger evidence could help shape policies that deliver healthier, fairer and more resilient communities.
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Be the Change with Daniel Squadron, author of The Fourth Branch
Tuesday, July 14
6:30pm
Porter Square Books, Cambridge Edition, 1815 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140-1413
RSVP at https://portersquarebooks.com/event/2026-07-14/be-change-daniel-squadron-author-fourth-branch-conversation-danielle-allen
Porter Square Books is excited to welcome Daniel Squadron for the release of The Fourth Branch. Danielle Allen will join Squadron in conversation.
Porter Square Books will be donating 20% of sales from 6:30 PM-8:30 PM to The States Project.
ABOUT THE FOURTH BRANCH
This part handbook, part history, and part personal narrative will open readers’ eyes to the oft-overlooked arm of government that has done more harm and more good than any other in recent years: state legislatures.
After the 2024 election, many voters were left feeling disillusioned with America’s highest governing body. Anxious citizens point to the federal government and national elected officials with growing alarm, but the broken political system they see in Washington is merely a symptom. The site of that break—and the best opportunity to mend it—lies in the states.
In examining the power and possibility of the states—both their capacity to influence national politics and the low barriers to involvement at the state level—this book will chart a course to real, grounded hope for the future through actions that any ordinary civilian can take to make concrete and lasting change. A compelling exploration of where power really lies in our government, The Fourth Branch will be a book for anyone who cares about our country and wants to do something about where it’s headed.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR & CONVERSATION PARTNER
Daniel Squadron is a former aide to Senator Chuck Schumer, former New York State Senator, and co-founder of The States Project, The States Forum and Future Now, where he is President. He’s always lived in New York City.
Danielle Allen is a political philosopher whose current research focuses on democracy renovation. She is the publisher and founder of The Renovator Substack and a contributing columnist at The Atlantic Magazine.
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Politician and public support for deep and rapid decarbonisation
Wednesday, July 15
8am EDT [13:00-13:50 (UK, BST)]
Online only and will be hosted on Microsoft Teams
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/politician-and-public-support-for-deep-and-rapid-decarbonisation-tickets-1984962369882
An online public seminar from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research discusses public and political gaps of the necessary speed for climate action in the wider context of diverging views.
Speaker: Dr Lucas Geese, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Speaker: Dr Susie Wang, Climate Barometer
Discussant: Sam Chetan-Welsh, Green Alliance
We ask if public and politicians’ views are becoming more polarised or not – and, if so, what might be effective responses to declining support for climate action?
Join us for an online public seminar with Lucas Geese, Research Fellow at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, and Susie Wang from Climate Barometer.
The event follows studies from researchers at the University of East Anglia, including Dr Lucas Geese, that found that UK Members of Parliament (MPs) and the public overestimated the time left to meet a critical deadline for limiting global warming and that MPs representing high-emitting constituents hardly engage in parliamentary debates on decarbonisation.
Dr Susie Wang is the lead on Insights and Data systems at Climate Barometer, which tracks and makes sense of UK public and political opinion on climate change over time. Climate Barometer’s twice-yearly tracker shows that both the public and MPs consistently underestimate public support for renewables and local energy infrastructure, and while net zero support is lower than it was four years ago, this figure has plateaued rather than plummeted.
Sam Chetan-Welsh from Green Alliance will be the discussant and the event shall be chaired by Asher Minns, Executive Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research.
Please note: You will need to register in advance to attend this event. Once you have registered, you will receive an email containing the Microsoft Teams join link approximately one week before the event begins.
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2026 Northeast Miniforest Summit
Root To Canopy: Growing The Miyawaki Method
July 15 – Virtual Documentary Screening: Making a Mini-Forest
July 18 – In-Person Bus Tour - Four diverse Massachusetts miniforests
July 22-23 – Virtual Summit - Presentations, Panels & Networking on Zoom
RSVP at https://miniforests.bio4climate.org/
A multi-day gathering bringing together the people planting, studying, stewarding, teaching, measuring, and documenting miniforests across the Northeast U.S. and beyond.
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Climate & Global Indigenous Leadership Take 2
Friday, July 17
12 PM - 3 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-global-indigenous-leadership-take-2-tickets-1988608981997
Climate, Humanity, Rights & Unity: United Actions For a Just & Regenerative Future
The Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force presents: Climate & Global Indigenous Leadership Take 2
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Swim at City Splash
Saturday, July 18
12-4pm EDT
Fiedler Field, Charles River Esplanade
RSVP at https://thecharles.org/city-splash/
Who’s excited for a swimmable Charles River?? City Splash is back and better than ever! Join us for one of Boston’s most iconic summer events, where the public can enjoy a rare, fully sanctioned swim experience right in the heart of Boston.
On-land activities free and open to public throughout event (for all ages)
Swimming in 25-minute pre-registered slots (for adults 18+ and older)
Whether you’re jumping in or cheering from the Esplanade, City Splash is packed with energy, community, and joy. All are invited to this FREE celebration featuring unique vendors, lively activities, and a celebration you won’t want to miss. Swimmer spots are limited and they go fast—sign up to swim here.
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How the Internet Disrupted Science
Tuesday, July 21
7:00pm
Porter Square Books, 1815 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140-1413
RSVP at https://portersquarebooks.com/event/2026-07-21/kent-anderson-and-joy-moore-author-how-internet-disrupted-science
Porter Square Books is excited to welcome Kent Anderson and Joy Moore for the release of How the Internet Disrupted Science.
ABOUT HOW THE INTERNET DISRUPTED SCIENCE
Scientific evidence affects policies, business, health outcomes, and economies worldwide. But is that scientific claim you just read reliable? Or nonsense? More and more often, it’s unreliable. The global system managing scientific claims has been hacked by bad ideas, big money, and bad incentives, and is being flooded by sketchy papers.
How the Internet Disrupted Science reveals the untold story of how science has been corrupted by digital information, academic and professional incentives, strange political ideologies, and big money interests. In this explosive expose, Kent Anderson and Joy Moore uncover how notions from the Big Tech world such as ‘move fast and break things’ and ‘information wants to be free’ have corrupted a scientific endeavor that once prided itself on truth-seeking, accountability, and transparency. Soon after that, scientific publishers were abdicating their responsibilities to practitioners and the public, while organized crime rings and conspiracy theorists took over.
In How the Internet Disrupted Science, two experts who witnessed this shift firsthand throughout their decades of experience in scientific publishing share a sprawling, endlessly fascinating tale decades in the making— one that is more relevant with each passing day, as we face new outbreaks, uncertainty around what information we can trust, a gutted scientific infrastructure, and concerns about centralized information in Large Language Models and AI systems. There is a way out of this mess, but only if we return to the self-correcting practices and core values that made science a reliable engine of progress for more than 500 years.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Kent Anderson has worked in scholarly and scientific publishing for nearly thirty years, serving as Director of Journals at the American Academy of Pediatrics when the initial vaccine-autism link was forged in mass media; working as Publishing Director at the New England Journal of Medicine; serving as CEO of the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery; and working as Publisher at AAAS/Science. He also founded two of the most influential blogs in scholarly publishing, the Webby-nominated Scholarly Kitchen and his current paid e-newsletter, the Geyser. Through these, he has kept a near-daily pulse on activities in the space since 2007. He lives and works as a consultant outside of Boston.
Joy Moore landed her first job out of college in a scientific journal editorial office in Chapel Hill, NC in 1995, in the days of fax, on the cusp of the internet. She quickly became a key player in the discovery and adoption of technology into the workflow to produce, disseminate, and monetize scholarly and medical products. She has worked for or with nearly every major global commercial publisher, scientific society, platform vendor, technology partner, and funding body in the space. Blackwell (later Wiley), Nature, Wolters Kluwer, McGraw-Hill, The American Medical Association, Silverchair, and EBSCO, to name a few. Her current home base is Williamsburg, Virginia.
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Refrigerant Emissions Reduction
Wednesday, July 22
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Online
RSVP at https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3hruaZ3vQXeN3eW2CS9fMQ#/registration
Mass Save now offers incentives for refrigerant leak repair and swap out. Join us in this webinar to learn more about refrigerants, their environmental impact, and emissions reduction opportunities in commercial/industrial facilities.
Free training hosted by Massachusetts Energy Efficiency Partnership.
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This Is The Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy
Wednesday, July 22
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ben-wikler-at-the-cambridge-public-library-tickets-1990494022203
Harvard Book Store and the Cambridge Public Library welcome Ben Wikler—political organizer and strategist who served as the chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin from July 2019 to July 2025—for a discussion of his new book, This Is The Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy. He will be joined in conversation by Danielle Allen—James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University, acclaimed author of Our Declaration, and the forthcoming book Radical Duke, releasing June 2026.
About This Is The Plan
From the most successful Democratic operative of the last decade, a revelatory account of what you—yes, you—can do to defeat Trumpism.
If you are looking at the spiraling crisis of American politics in the Trump era and wondering how the hell we get out of this mess, This Is the Plan is the book you’ve been waiting for.
Ben Wikler led the Democratic Party of Wisconsin to a string of improbable victories in a state with a political system so rigged that it was dubbed a “democracy desert”—which is, coincidentally, Trump’s goal for the whole country.
Now, in This Is the Plan, Wikler distills lessons from the front lines in America’s most closely divided state to map out a comprehensive plan to dictator-proof American government, defeat MAGA at every level of the ballot, and build a future of democracy, opportunity, and freedom for all.
It will be a blast. The plan is to, as he writes, “have fun storming the castle—in a civil, metaphorical, and non-January-6th-y way.”
Drawing on decades of organizing, from local races (including a race for county coroner that hinged on the issue of zombification) to presidential showdowns, Wikler brings us behind the scenes to explore the hidden structures of power that shape our politics and our lives, and takes us into the art and science of winning elections. As he details a people-powered path out of the political wilderness, Wikler reveals what you personally can do to move the needle.
This Is the Plan reveals, year by year and step by step, a vision not only to end America’s collapse into authoritarianism but also to reconnect us to our neighbors—and, fighting side by side for democracy, to build meaning, community, and joy.
Bios
Ben Wikler is the author of This Is the Plan: How to End America’s Meltdown and Save Democracy, which draws on his experience leading Wisconsin’s political comeback to outline a step-by-step strategy for readers to undo Trumpian authoritarianism and make the country work for everyone. While Ben served as chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin from 2019 to 2025, Wisconsin Democrats won 10 out of 13 statewide races—including Joe Biden’s presidential win in 2020, Tony Evers’s reelection in 2022, and Tammy Baldwin’s victory in 2024, as well as three state Supreme Court landslides that flipped the majority and ended the state’s extreme partisan state legislative gerrymander. Wikler has spent over two decades at the forefront of progressive advocacy and political action. Before leading the Wisconsin Democratic Party, Wikler worked for MoveOn, where he helped spearhead campaigns to protect the Affordable Care Act and resist the Trump agenda. Growing up in Madison, Wisconsin, he was active in campaigns, advocacy, and writing headlines for The Onion. He now lives in Wisconsin with his wife Beth, three kids, and enormous dog, Pumpkin. Photo Credit: Heart Photography
Danielle Allen is the James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University and author of Justice by Means of Democracy, Cuz, and Our Declaration, winner of the Parkman Prize. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the American Academy of Sciences and Letters, she lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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The Earth Said Remember Me
Thursday, July 23
7 PM
Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA 02446
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jason-dove-mark-with-julia-sklar-the-earth-said-remember-me-tickets-1989025894995
Join us at Brookline Booksmith to celebrate the release of The Earth Said Remember Me with author Jason Dove Mark, in conversation with Julia Sklar.
The Earth Said Remember Me: How to Revive Our Memories and Restore the Planet
A rallying cry and resistance manual from one of the leaders breathing new life into the environmental movement.
As the climate emergency worsens and biodiversity shrinks, we humans get used to it—we adapt, we normalize, we forget. Scientists call this “shifting baseline syndrome” and warn that it’s why we are increasingly sleepwalking toward disaster. In this positive and inspiring manifesto, the environmental activist and longtime editor-in-chief of Sierramagazine Jason Dove Mark offers an antidote, focusing on four simple but powerful rules that everyone can use to resist environmental amnesia: Go outside. Bear witness. Make a record. Pass it on. Mark makes the case for easy, everyday practices that can help us “remember the Earth” and support environmental conservation, restoration, and rewilding. And he shares moving examples of citizen scientists, birdwatchers, mountain climbers, and fishermen across the country who are putting them into practice. The Earth Said Remember Me is a hopeful, achievable prescription for protecting the planet, one citizen at a time.
Jason Dove Mark has served as editor-in-chief of Sierra and editor of Earth Island Journal. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and the Atlantic. He lives in the Pacific Northwest.
Julia Sklar is an editor and award-winning science journalist based in Boston. She has been the story editor at Sierra Magazine, multimedia editor at MIT Technology Review, and an independent reporter for The Boston Globe, National Geographic, Undark, and others. She is also the author of two themed print issues of National Geographic, one on emerging neuroscience and the other on the science of stress.
This event is cosponsored by Long Now Boston. Long Now Boston encourages long-term awareness and responsibility on issues that shape a sustainable world for our descendants.This event is also cosponsored by the Sierra Club Massachusetts. Sierra Club Massachusetts is a volunteer-led organization that shows up every single day, working to build a stronger, more coordinated, and more deeply resilient climate justice and environmental protection movement. We are a movement of and for the people of Massachusetts.
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For Louder Days: Reaching Beyond a Politics of Powerlessness
Thursday, July 23
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-3820
Harvard Book Store welcomes Yotam Marom—leading activist, organizer, and co-founder of IfNotNow and the Wildfire Project—for a discussion of his debut book, For Louder Days: Reaching Beyond a Politics of Powerlessness. He will be joined in conversation by Marshall Ganz—Rita E. Hauser Senior Lecturer in Leadership, Organizing and Civil Society at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and the author of People, Power, Change: Organizing for Democratic Renewal.
About For Louder Days
The essential guide to establishing an effective opposition movement in the age of Trump, from the leading activist and organizer.
There is no way to stop the descent into authoritarianism, nor win a world in which all people can thrive, without massive numbers of people organizing for social, political, and economic change.
Yet experienced movement leader Yotam Marom delivers a hard truth: progressive and left movements too often get in their own way. They can be ambivalent about power, choosing insularity and purity over winning. This amounts to what Marom calls the “politics of powerlessness,” which has kept movements small, weak, and defeated.
In For Louder Days: Reaching Beyond a Politics of Powerlessness, Marom offers a brilliant, lyrical clarion cry for a more honest, more strategic, more loving approach to progressive activism and movement building. Grounded in decades of experience in movements, from leading at Occupy Wall Street and other movement moments to supporting some of the most important climate, racial justice, and democracy movements of our time, Marom dives deep into the challenges that hold movements back, and offers stories, tools, and paths toward real power and enduring change.
Published at the most perilous time in our modern political history, For Louder Days comes not a moment too soon. It is essential reading for committed activists as well as the wider public concerned about the state of our world and hoping to change it for the better.
Bios
Yotam Marom has been in movements since the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. He has played leadership roles at Occupy Wall Street and other movements before and after, and co-founded IfNotNow and the Wildfire Project. Yotam has trained and facilitated many of the leading social justice organizations of these times, from Sunrise and the Dream Defenders to Uncommitted and Hands Off NYC, and more. He lives in Brooklyn, and For Louder Days: Reaching Beyond a Politics of Powerlessness is his first book.
Marshall Ganz is Rita T. Hauser Senior Lecturer in Leadership, Organizing, and Civil Society at the Harvard Kennedy School. A long-time organizer and teacher, Ganz works with the Leading Change Network and dozens of other grassroots groups in the United States and around the world to develop critically needed organizing capacity. He is the author of People, Power, Change: Organizing for Democratic Renewal.
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Massachusetts DCR’s Priority Actions – Part Two of the Webinar Series on Climate Resiliency in Massachusetts
Wednesday, July 29
11:45 am - 1:00 pm EST
Online
RSVP at https://ebcne.org/event/massachusetts-dcrs-priority-actions-part-two-of-the-webinar-series-on-climate-resiliency-in-massachusetts/
Cost: $30 - 125
Massachusetts DCR’s Priority Actions
Climate Resiliency in Massachusetts – Turning Insights into Action
A Webinar Series with the EBC Climate Change Committee
Join the EBC Climate Change Committee for a webinar series exploring how Massachusetts state agencies are turning key insights from their past work into action in 2026 and beyond.
Through this series, leadership from MBTA, Massport, MassDCR, MEMA, and MassDOER will present their key achievements in advancing climate resiliency over the past year, showcasing impactful projects, partnerships, and measurable outcomes from 2025. Agency leadership will also provide a forward-looking perspective on upcoming initiatives, programs, and policy developments planned for 2026 and beyond, offering insight into how each agency is preparing for evolving climate challenges.
The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is charged with protecting, promoting, and enhancing Massachusetts’ natural, cultural and recreational resources. As the largest landowner in the Commonwealth, DCR is working to strengthen the resources under its care so that these sites can better face the impacts of climate change. Sarah White, DCR’s Director of Climate Resilience, will share updates on the Department’s latest efforts, highlighting both completed projects and future programs and priorities.
The webinar will conclude with a moderated Q&A session for attendee questions.General Continuing Education Certificates are awarded by the EBC for this program (1.0 training contact hours). Certificates are automatically provided via email link for registered attendees at the conclusion of the webinar.
Speaker & Moderator
Program Speaker: Sarah White, Director of Climate Resilience, Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR)
Program Moderator: Nasser Brahim, Vice Chair, EBC Climate Change Committee; Director of Climate Resilience, Mystic River Watershed Association
Climate Resiliency in Massachusetts Webinar Series
July 15, 2026 – Featuring the MBTA: Resilience Roadmap
July 29, 2026 – Featuring the Massachusetts DCR: Priority Actions
August 12, 2026 – Featuring Massport: Reflections from the Chief Climate & Resilience Officer
September 9, 2026 – Featuring MEMA: Building Hazard Preparedness into Climate Resiliency
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Boston Urban Wilds Reception
Thursday, July 30
5 PM - 7 PM
Boston City Hall, 1 City Hall Square, Boston, MA 02201
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-urban-wilds-reception-tickets-1989839810438
Join us to celebrate Lisa McCarty's solo exhibition at Boston City Hall!
Boston Urban Wilds: Celebrating 50 Years of Conservation and Community is now on view at the Mayor's Neighborhood Gallery (2nd floor) in Boston City Hall. Through photographs by Lisa McCarty, this exhibition highlights unique environments that have been protected by the Boston Urban Wilds program, as well as the people who care for and commune with these wilds.
Don't miss your chance to discover these spaces and connect with the artist!This exhibtion is organized in partnership with the City of Boston Parks and Recreation Department and the City of Boston Environment Department.
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Ain’t Nobody’s Fool: The Life and Times of Dolly Parton
Tuesday, August 4
12 PM ET
Online
RSVP at https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2026-book-talk-with-martha-ackmann-virtual
Join us for our Summer 2026 series of Virtual Radcliffe Book Talks, which explore recent publications whose subjects or authors have a connection with Harvard Radcliffe Institute.
The fourth installment in our series features Martha Ackmann RI ’09, author of Ain’t Nobody’s Fool: The Life and Times of Dolly Parton (St. Martin's Press, 2025), a chronicle of the life and impact of the country music legend and philanthropist Dolly Parton.
Ackmann is the award-winning author of Mercury 13: The True Story of Thirteen Women and the Dream of Space Flight (Penguin Random House, 2003); Curveball: The Remarkable Story of Toni Stone: First Woman to Play Professional Baseball in the Negro League (Chicago Review Press, 2010); and These Fevered Days: Ten Pivotal Moments in the Making of Emily Dickinson (W. W. Norton & Company, 2020). A theatrical adaptation of Curveball, titled Toni Stone and written by the former Radcliffe fellow Lydia Diamond, premiered Off Broadway in 2019. Ackmann’s essays have appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, Paris Review, and The Washington Post. She has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Amelia Earhart Medal for aviation research, and the Special Media Prize from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, New England Section, among others. A former faculty member at Mount Holyoke College, Ackmann received her BA from Lindenwood College, MA from Middlebury College’s Bread Loaf School of English, and PhD from the University of Massachusetts.
The event will also include an audience Q and A.
Editorial Comment: Dolly Parton is the real deal. Give her the Gershwin Prize for Songwriting as it is one award she would really enjly as she identifies as a “songteller” and has earned it several times over with her work.
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Your Fellow Americans: Dispatches from Across the Country We Call Home
Tuesday, August 4
6:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-3820
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/peter-santenello-book-signing-at-harvard-book-store-tickets-1988568440737
Harvard Book Store welcomes Peter Santenello—independent journalist and filmmaker with over four million subscribers on YouTube—for a signing of his new book, Your Fellow Americans: Dispatches from Across the Country We Call Home, a heartening journey through the very best of America, reminding us of all the reasons we've got to love this place--and one another. The signing will take place beginning at 6:00pm on Tuesday, August 4. Ticket holders should arrive between 5:45pm, when doors to the signing line open, and 6:30pm to ensure their spot in line. Please read the following ticket and signing guidelines below.Image
About Your Fellow Americans
Join an adventurous and charismatic independent journalist (perhaps you know him from YouTube) on a journey through some of the very best of America, reminding us of all the reasons we’ve got to love this place and one another.
Have you ever swapped stories on a porch with Amish snowbirds in Florida? Searched for reindeer with the Siberian Yupik in Alaska? Been a guest on a houseboat deep in the Louisiana bayou?
Peter Santenello hadn’t either, until after years spent traveling through eighty-five countries and living abroad, he realized the most unfamiliar territory was often his own American backyard. And so, with a camera in hand and an open mind, he began visiting communities across the country that most media overlooks or misrepresents, from tiny towns in Appalachia to the streets of East LA.
What began as curiosity became—one story at a time—an intimate, revealing portrait of America today. From road trips and chance encounters to dinners shared in locals’ homes, Your Fellow Americans captures what makes this country so dynamic, so resilient, and most of all, so very human. Because what Peter discovered on his travels wasn’t a nation torn in two. He found something more complex and more powerful: people who want to be seen, who are willing to listen, and who still believe we’re more alike than we are different.
With humor, exuberance, and reverence for the human spirit, Your Fellow Americans is a celebration of the United States that exists far beyond the headlines—and an invitation to sit down, open up, and rediscover the soul of this place that we call home.
Bio
Peter Santenello is an independent journalist and filmmaker with over four million subscribers on YouTube. He’s traveled to eighty-five countries and lived in five, building a global audience by letting people tell their stories in their own words. These days, Peter’s lens is focused squarely on the United States, where he explores the diverse, complex, and often misrepresented communities that make up the fabric of America.
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