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Location: Virtual

Trained in anthropology and education, Gabrielle Oliveira works at the intersections of migration, education, family, and childhood studies. At Radcliffe, she will write her third book, which will focus on how migrant children conceptualize climate change, land loss, and mobility in schools in Venezuela and Brazil.... Read more about My Home, Our Planet: Venezuelan Migrant Children in Brazil and the Role of Education of Climate Change

Location: Bell Hall B-500, HKS, 79 JFK St, Cambridge

Join Salata Institute staff, Salata Student Ambassadors, and other climate-minded students from across Harvard's schools at the Institute's Spring 2025 Open House!
Learn about our student funding programs, professional development opportunities, and network with other students who are passionate about climate and sustainability.... Read more about Salata Institute Spring 2025 Open House

Location: Virtual

Join the Belfer Center's Environment and Natural Resources Program for an upcoming webinar, where we will present and seek input on our research that examines the intersection of climate and development finance.... Read more about Disentangling Climate and Development Finance

Location: Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St, Cambridge

This 2-day workshop (January 10 and January 13) will expose participants from all schools, departments and disciplines at Harvard to an emergent data-driven geodesign framework for designing at the largest size imaginable – global – to identify feasible strategies to substantially reduce GHG emissions, the single most important global action available for countering cataclysmic global warming.... Read more about Multidisciplinary Geodesign Workshop for Strategic Global Climate Change Mitigation

I’m planning to finish my basement and would like to understand the average costs involved. I intend to include insulation, drywall, flooring, and a small bathroom. The space is about…

Authors and stakeholders of the amended building code weigh in

in hindsight, i should've asked before doing my own thing .  i did spend   a whole 15 minutes googling how to insulate a 2' kneewall where the interior ceiling…

What’s the best way to increase the R-value of a vaulted ceiling?

My brother has a house in zone 6b, with a unheated basement, that is usually pretty damp. He began installing fiberglass insulation between the floor joists in the basement. He…

Anyone integrated ERVs with an automation system like control4 who can advise me on the approach? There will be multiple units independently controlled, just looking for a way to access…

Greetings all,We've just finished building a home along the So Cal coast, and are surprised at how cold the house is. As a longtime follower of this site and others,…

This has been asked and discussed many times over the years as regards to basements but my situation is slightly different. My 1910 house was built out of concrete blocks…

I live in a townhouse in the Northeast,  that is 1100 sq feet.  550 down, 550 up.  Kitchen, living room downstairs, 1 window kitchen, 1 slider livingroom,; a passthrough between…

Hello all.Here is an interesting holiday question, with some background first:We are in the (slow) process of building a  20’x24’ stand alone addition to our small house, which will be…

I have a question regarding a wall assembly. I am in climate zone 6a. My intended wall assembly from outside in is vinyl siding, furring for air path, 3 inches…

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Climate zone 4, the Pacific Northwest: I have a detached garage that has no insulation, other than in the roof.  We store things there and they are covered with mold…

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