Location: Zoom

Maciej Zwieniecki - Understanding Forest Ecosystems Through Seasonal Nonstructural Carbohydrates Dynamics... Read more about Harvard Forest Seminars: Understanding Forest Ecosystems Through Seasonal Nonstructural Carbohydrates Dynamics

Location: GSD, Gund Hall Piper Auditorium, 42-48 Quincy St, Cambridge

What would it mean for a city to be ecologically robust and socially just? What would such a place be like? Through what means might such a vision be accomplished? And how might change be created and sustained? These are not questions to be explored in the abstract. They call for action research, for testing ideas in practice, and engaging with real people in actual places to make discoveries from which principles can be drawn.... Read more about Frederick Law Olmsted Lecture: Anne Whiston Spirn, “Restoring Nature, Rebuilding Community”

Location: GSD, Gund Hall Piper Auditorium, 42-48 Quincy St, Cambridge

What would it mean for a city to be ecologically robust and socially just? What would such a place be like? Through what means might such a vision be accomplished? And how might change be created and sustained?... Read more about Frederick Law Olmsted Lecture: Anne Whiston Spirn, “Restoring Nature, Rebuilding Community”

Location: HUCE 429, 26 Oxford Street, 4th Floor, Cambridge

Salata Scholars Seminars are dedicated to climate, sustainability, and environmental work done by Harvard students and fellows. Its goal is to embrace the interdisciplinary nature of sustainability research that can’t be confined to a single Harvard school and help like-minded people connect with each other. Each week, there will be one or two brief talks followed by vegan dinner and discussion.... Read more about Salata Scholars Seminar Series: Confessions from a former Oil and Gas professional

Location: HUCE 429, 26 Oxford Street, 4th Floor, Cambridge

Salata Scholars Seminars are dedicated to climate, sustainability, and environmental work done by Harvard students and fellows. Its goal is to embrace the interdisciplinary nature of sustainability research that can’t be confined to a single Harvard school and help like-minded people connect with each other. Each week, there will be one or two brief talks followed by vegan dinner and discussion.... Read more about Salata Scholars Seminar Series: Confessions from a former Oil and Gas professional

Location: HUCE 429, 26 Oxford Street, 4th Floor, Cambridge

Salata Scholars Seminars are dedicated to climate, sustainability, and environmental work done by Harvard students and fellows. Its goal is to embrace the interdisciplinary nature of sustainability research that can’t be confined to a single Harvard school and help like-minded people connect with each other.... Read more about Salata Scholars Seminar Series: Inequality in Outdoor Occupational Exposure to Heat Waves in India

Location: Virtual & Knafel Center,10 Garden Street, Cambridge

The climate crisis poses ethical and political challenges of the highest magnitude—challenges that go beyond technical innovation and policy reform. In this panel discussion, speakers will address these questions, as well as the multinational and multifaceted ways that global climate change undermines conventional understandings of ethical responsibility, political community, and rational decision-making.... Read more about Catastrophic Dilemmas: Ethical and Political Dimensions of Climate Change

Location: Zoom & Geo Mus 102 (Haller Hall), 24 Oxford St, Cambridge

It is widely believed that global warming will make land surfaces drier, on average. Yet, the same climate models used to project strong aridification show no obvious signs of drastic drying in relevant land surface variables, such as soil water storage or ecosystem productivity.... Read more about EPS Colloquium: Kaighin McColl

Location: Zoom & Geo Mus 102 (Haller Hall), 24 Oxford St, Cambridge

It is widely believed that global warming will make land surfaces drier, on average. Yet, the same climate models used to project strong aridification show no obvious signs of drastic drying in relevant land surface variables, such as soil water storage or ecosystem productivity.... Read more about EPS Colloquium: Kaighin McColl

Location: Zoom & Rubenstein 414ab, 79 JFK St, Cambridge

Clean energy systems require land for solar arrays, wind turbines, transmission lines, and other infrastructure, but biofuel feedstocks occupy by far the largest area of land dedicated to energy production.... Read more about Energy Policy Seminar: Land Use and the Role of Biomass in Achieving Net Zero Greenhouse Emissions

Location: Bussey Street Gate, Arnold Arboretum, 243 Walter St, Boston

Join docent Paul Eldrenkamp for a visit to five groups of trees that each played a particularly significant role in shaping five very different civilizations: Eastern White Pine, Cedar of Lebanon, Western Red Cedar, Oaks, and the five sacred trees of the Kiso Forest in Japan.... Read more about Trees that Shaped Civilization

Location: Zoom

Join us in a group discussion of shared experiences and personal opinions (with no presentations or breakouts) on Environmental Racism: Examples and Prospects.... Read more about Harvard Diversity Discussion on Environmental Racism: Examples and Prospects

Location: Zoom

Join us in a group discussion of shared experiences and personal opinions (with no presentations or breakouts) on Environmental Racism: Examples and Prospects.... Read more about Harvard Diversity Discussion on Environmental Racism: Examples and Prospects

Location: Virtual & Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

The last five years have illuminated our growing global interconnectedness: from the pandemic to volatile food prices and shortages to global tech outages. As we enter the second quarter of the twenty-first century, the twin threats of climate change and conflict are now converging with urgent global consequences for all: destruction of food systems and livelihoods; mass displacement and migration; and fierce competition over depleting natural resources.... Read more about Cope, Adapt, Thrive: Ensuring Our Shared Future on a Hot and Hostile Planet

Location: Virtual & Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

The last five years have illuminated our growing global interconnectedness: from the pandemic to volatile food prices and shortages to global tech outages. As we enter the second quarter of the twenty-first century, the twin threats of climate change and conflict are now converging with urgent global consequences for all: destruction of food systems and livelihoods; mass displacement and migration; and fierce competition over depleting natural resources.... Read more about Cope, Adapt, Thrive: Ensuring Our Shared Future on a Hot and Hostile Planet

Location: Virtual & Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

The last five years have illuminated our growing global interconnectedness: from the pandemic to volatile food prices and shortages to global tech outages. As we enter the second quarter of the twenty-first century, the twin threats of climate change and conflict are now converging with urgent global consequences for all: destruction of food systems and livelihoods; mass displacement and migration; and fierce competition over depleting natural resources.... Read more about Cope, Adapt, Thrive: Ensuring Our Shared Future on a Hot and Hostile Planet

Location: HKS (Belfer B-322, Salata Conference Room), 79 JFK St., Cambridge

Salata Scholars Seminars are dedicated to climate, sustainability, and environmental work done by Harvard students and fellows. Its goal is to embrace the interdisciplinary nature of sustainability research that can’t be confined to a single Harvard school and help like-minded people connect with each other. Each week, there will be one or two brief talks followed by vegan dinner and discussion.... Read more about Salata Scholars Seminar Series: Promoting Climate Justice Through Greening Curriculum

Location: HKS (Belfer B-322, Salata Conference Room), 79 JFK St., Cambridge

Salata Scholars Seminars are dedicated to climate, sustainability, and environmental work done by Harvard students and fellows. Its goal is to embrace the interdisciplinary nature of sustainability research that can’t be confined to a single Harvard school and help like-minded people connect with each other. Each week, there will be one or two brief talks followed by vegan dinner and discussion.... Read more about Salata Scholars Seminar Series: Promoting Climate Justice Through Greening Curriculum

Location: HKS. Belfer B-322, Salata Conference Room, 79 JFK St, Cambridge

Salata Scholars Seminars are dedicated to climate, sustainability, and environmental work done by Harvard students and fellows. Its goal is to embrace the interdisciplinary nature of sustainability research that can’t be confined to a single Harvard school and help like-minded people connect with each other.... Read more about Salata Scholars Seminar Series: Trends in ESG Reporting

Location: Pierce Hall Room 100F, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge

A Harvard-China Project Research Seminar with Sheng Liu, Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, Southwest Jiaotong University; Visiting Scholar, Harvard-China Project... Read more about Why Climatic Uncertainty Matters to Building Energy Performance: Case Studies in a Subtropical High-Density City