Location:  Livestream & Weld Hill Research Building, 1300 Centre St., Boston

"Journeys: The Arnold Arboretum Meets the World’s Plants and Peoples" with panelists Yota Batsaki, Executive Director, Dumbarton Oaks; Michael Dosmann, Keeper of the Living Collections, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University; and Andrew Gapinski, Director of Horticulture, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. The discussion will be moderated by William (Ned) Friedman, Director, Arnold Arboretum.... Read more about Arnold Arboretum Director’s Series

June 27, 2022

A revolutionary new mechanism could unlock environmentally friendly air conditioning... Read more about Keeping Cool without Warming the Planet

June 23, 2022

Fell develops flow batteries at SEAS, presides over Harvard Energy Journal Club... Read more about Energy in all its forms

Location: Zoom

How might historical narratives and literary analyses help us better make sense of the intensive extraction of the Earth’s resources that underlies our modern era? Historian of science Victor Seow and literary scholar Elizabeth Carolyn Miller will draw upon their recently published books to reflect on this question.... Read more about History & Literature in an Extractive Age

Location: Online

Join the Environment and Natural Resources Program (ENRP) for a seminar on "Critical Materials and Battery Sustainability," featuring Predoctoral Research Fellow Xin Sun. ENRP Director Henry Lee will moderate.... Read more about Critical Materials and Battery Sustainability

June 21, 2022

Remembering Dale W. Jorgenson and his many contributions to research on energy, environment, and China's economy... Read more about In Memoriam: Dale W. Jorgenson (1933-2022)

Location: Zoom

Join the Arctic Initiative for a virtual information session to learn more about the new Permafrost Pathways project from their collaborators at Woodwell Climate Research Center, the Alaska Institute for Justice, and the Alaska Native Science Commission.... Read more about Permafrost Pathways Panel Q&A

Location: HUCE 429, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge

Working on chapters, articles, or other writing projects in the environmental humanities and social sciences this summer? Looking for a sense of community and collegiality? Join a group of fellow graduate students and postdocs in the humanities and social sciences with environmental interests for the Summer Environmental Writing Group.... Read more about Summer Environmental Writing Group

Assistant Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Faculty Fellow of the Arnold Arboretum Research Interests

Benton Taylor's research focuses on how terrestrial ecosystems respond to various global change drivers such as...

Read more about Benton Taylor https://oeb.harvard.edu/people/benton-taylorhttps://taylorlab.oeb.harvard.edu/ Weld Hill Research Building, 1300 Centre Street, Bostonbentontaylor@fas.harvard.edu

Semester: Fall

• Professor: Sarah Dimick
• Term: Fall 
• Days: T
• Time: 12:45-2:45PM
• School: Faculty of Arts and Sciences
• Course ID: 218136
• Subject Area: English

 

This graduate seminar explores core concepts, questions, and methodologies within the environmental humanities. Rather than reading environmental literature and scholarship in isolation, we will trace their entanglements in environmental history...

Read more about ENGLISH 290EH. The Environmental Humanities

Semester: Spring

• Professor: Paul Moorcroft 
• Term: Spring
• Time: 10:30-11:45AM
• School: Faculty of Arts and Sciences
• Course ID: 114316
• Subject Area: Organismic and Evolutionary Biology 

Read more about OEB 157. Global Change Biology

Working on chapters, articles, or other writing projects in the environmental humanities and social sciences this summer? Looking for a sense of community and collegiality? 

Inviting all grad students and postdocs in the humanities and social sciences with environmental...

Read more about Summer Environmental Writing Group

Location: Zoom

Join the Harvard Medical School Students for Environmental Awareness in Medicine for a panel discussion on healthcare sustainability.... Read more about The Role of Sustainability and Climate Resilience in Healthcare

Location: Zoom

Join the Technology and Public Purpose Project and the Environment and Natural Resources Program for a virtual conference featuring Ashlie Burkart, Chief Scientific Officer at Germin8 Ventures and Non-Resident Fellow, Technology and Public Purpose Project, who will lead sessions with practitioners, private, civil and policy to discuss goals, policies and opportunities for more rapid adoption of soil health/carbon farming (“regenerative agriculture”) practices.... Read more about Innovation, Investment and Policy in Regenerative Agriculture

Location: Zoom

Join the Center for Geographic Analysis for "The Uneven Georgraphy of Climate Change," a virtual forum where invited speakers and registered attendees will explore the uneven geography of climate change while surveying data and technology that can advance our understanding of these various inequities.... Read more about Center for Geographic Analysis Virtual Forum 2022

May 18, 2022

Climate Change Solutions Fund awards $1.3M in research grants to address local and global issues... Read more about 10 Teams Tackle Climate Change

Location: Livestream & Weld Hill Research Building, 1300 Centre St., Boston

"Life: The Arnold Arboretum as an Institution of Public Health" with panelists Michelle Kondo, Research Social Scientist, UDSA-Forest Service; Rev. Mariama White-Hammond, Chief of Environment, Energy, and Open Space, City of Boston; and Laurence Cotton, Consulting Producer, “Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America,” PBS. The discussion will be moderated by William (Ned) Friedman, Director, Arnold Arboretum.... Read more about Arnold Arboretum Director’s Series

Location: Online & Stubbins Room 112, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge

Join the Zofnass Program for a hybrid workshop dedicated to understanding how climate action is planned and executed at various levels, from the project, systems, networks, building stock, and companies, to the city and country levels. We attach the poster of the event.... Read more about ZPH Workshop: Sustainable Infrastructure for Climate Action

Location: Zoom

Join the Office of the Vice Provost for Climate & Sustainability for a Q&A session to learn more information about the new Climate Research Clusters program and the application process.... Read more about Climate Research Clusters Q&A Session