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Location: Virtual

A presentation from 2024–2025 Maury Green Fellow Gabrielle Oliveira

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.

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Location: Meadow Mist Farm, 12 Bacon St, LexingtonGet your hands dirty and learn more about regenerative agriculture with Phillips Brooks House Association, Harvard Undergraduates for Environmental Justice, and Council of Student Sustainability Leaders at Meadow Mist Farm on Saturday, May 3, 10 AM—3 PM! The trip will consist of a tour of the farm, a Q&A with a staff member, and opportunities to interact with farm animals and do farm work (e.g., planting, hoeing, transplanting plants, etc).

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Location: Maxwell Dworkin G115, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge

Join us for a conversation with Harvard faculty to share perspectives, ask questions, and reflect on the shifting landscape of climate and sustainability. Speakers to be announced. Open to Harvard students only.

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Location: Virtual

Leonard Adler (HKS MPP ‘91), CEO of Green Jobs Network, will present a webinar featuring practical tips & resources for finding jobs in sustainability, conservation, clean energy, and related fields. Green Jobs Network is a leading online career platform that has been serving job seekers and employers since 2008. This Zoom event starts at 6:00 PM ET.

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Location: Pierce Hall, Room 301, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge

A Global Energy Transition Talk Series Panel Discussion
The transition to a low-carbon economy relies on the large-scale deployment of new energy technologies, yet financial and operational risks often hinder progress. Insurance companies are crucial in overcoming these challenges by providing risk mitigation solutions that enhance investor confidence and project viability. This panel will explore how insurers can support the deployment of innovative technologies at scale, the challenges of underwriting new projects, and opportunities for collaboration to accelerate the shift to...

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Location: Mission Dupont Circle, 1606 20th St NW, Washington, DC

​Join fellow Harvard alumni for a Climate Happy Hour during DC Climate Week! Co-hosted by Harvard Alumni for Climate and the Environment SIG, the Harvard Club of DC, the HBS Club of DC, and the HKS DC Alumni Council, this gathering is a great opportunity to reconnect, network, and share ideas with alumni from across Harvard schools and graduation years.

​Whether you're deeply involved in climate and environmental issues or simply curious to learn more, come enjoy good conversation and great company in an informal setting. This is a no-host event, so feel free to grab your favorite...

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Location: Virtual & Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Building 2, Room 102Learn about Harvard’s “Museum of Trees” and what it takes to keep North America’s first public arboretum open to all. Presented by Danny Schissler, Head of Operations and Project Management at the Harvard University Arnold Arboretum.

RSVP to susan_bottino@harvard.edu or join the Zoom here.

Sponsored by EcoOpportunity, working together to advance sustainability efforts and build community at the Harvard University Longwood Campus, and Harvard University T.H... Read more about Springtime & Sustainability at the Arnold Arboretum

Location: Geological Lecture Hall, Room 300, 24 Oxford St., CambridgePlease consider joining for a discussion on "The Future of U.S. Climate and Environmental Science Funding". This discussion will take place on April 30th from 12-1p in Harvard's Geology Lecture Hall (room 100).

In light of recent executive actions and proposed budget cuts by the Trump administration—particularly targeting climate and environmental science programs at agencies like NOAA, NSF, NASA, EPA, and DOE—this discussion will bring together two prominent science policy experts to provide context regarding the history and future of federal science funding. John Holdren, former... Read more about The Future of the U.S Climate and Environmental Science Funding

Location: Geological Lecture Hall, Room 300, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge

Please consider joining for a discussion on "The Future of U.S. Climate and Environmental Science Funding". This discussion will take place on April 30th from 12-1p in Harvard's Geology Lecture Hall (room 100).

In light of recent executive actions and proposed budget cuts by the Trump administration—particularly targeting climate and environmental science programs at agencies like NOAA, NSF, NASA, EPA, and DOE—this discussion will bring together two prominent science policy experts to provide context regarding the history and future of federal science funding. John Holdren, former...

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Location: Geological Lecture Hall, Room 300, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge

Please consider joining for a discussion on "The Future of U.S. Climate and Environmental Science Funding".  This discussion will take place on April 30th from 12-1p in Harvard's Geology Lecture Hall (room 100).

In light of recent executive actions and proposed budget cuts by the Trump administration—particularly targeting climate and environmental science programs at agencies like NOAA, NSF, NASA, EPA, and DOE—this discussion will bring together two prominent science policy experts to provide context regarding the history and future of federal science funding.  John...

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Location: HUCE 440, 26 Oxford St, Cambridge MA

The Energy Seminar at Harvard series features weekly conversations with leading practitioners in climate and energy. Join on Monday evenings from 6:30-7:15pm at the Harvard University Center for the Environment to meet the CEOs, researchers, investors, and engineers who are driving decarbonization. On Monday 4/28, the Energy Seminar welcomes Dr. Chad Vecitis, Chief Scientist at Nth Cycle.

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Location: Virtual & Gutman Conference Center E4, 6 Appian Way, Cambridge

Laura A. Schifter and Jonathan Klein highlight the many ways in which K-12 schools and students have tremendous potential to advance solutions on environmental issues, and they provide frameworks for enacting change, in Students, Schools, and Our Climate Moment. Schifter and Klein demonstrate how the effects of climate change intersect with US public schools on multiple levels—for example, schools must prepare students to face the challenges of an uncertain future, accommodate disruptions brought about by extreme weather conditions, and evaluate their systems’ energy...

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Location: Harvard Graduate School of Design, Piper Auditorium

As the keynote speaker for the Center for Green Buildings and Cities symposium, “Environmental Adaptions/Adaptive Environments,” Kjetil Trædal Thorsen, the co-founder of Snøhetta, will provide insights into the firm’s work, highlighting the relationship between people, nature, and built environments. Established in Oslo, Norway, in 1989, Snøhetta was inspired by the Brundtland Commission’s report on sustainability, Our Common Future, published by the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) two years earlier. Today, Snøhetta is a transdisciplinary practice with studios in...

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Location: CGIS South S020, Belfer Case Study Room, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

2025 Surin Pitsuwan Lecture in Thai Politics and Society

In Thailand today, there are tens of thousands of disputes over forests in the courts. Most are between local communities and state agencies. Many have lingered for decades. Occasionally some break out in violence of burning and killing. This situation is not good for either people or trees. Climate change has lent new importance to Thailand’s forests for the ecosphere, for the economy, and for the world. Urban residents, bothered by haze and floods, have become interested in how the forests are managed. New technologies are...

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Location: Harvard Graduate School of Design, Piper Auditorium

How do we design spaces that evolve with us—shaping, shifting, and adapting to the conditions, behaviors, and needs of those who inhabit them? Adaptive Environments explores how architecture can move beyond the static, making adaptability a core principle in creating resilient, future-ready environments that respond dynamically to their users and surroundings.

This symposium, bringing together leading voices in architecture and design—including keynote speaker Kjetil Thorsen, Founding Partner of Snøhetta—delves into the dynamic interplay between people, nature, and built...

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Understanding setbacks and thermostat setting will keep you comfortable and allow you to use your heating and cooling system efficiently

I'm working on a barn-style outbuilding with three large connected garage bays, with living quarters above and a kitchen/living area behind. My question is: Knowing that the connected garage bays…

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Location: University Club of San Francisco, 800 Powell Street, San Francisco, CA

The Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, HBS’s Business and Environment Initiative, and HLS's Environmental & Energy Law Program invite you to join us for a panel discussion on how businesses, policymakers, and communities can better prepare for, respond to, and recover from climate-driven disasters. Hosted during San Francisco Climate Week, this event will bring together Harvard alumni experts from across schools and disciplines to discuss interdisciplinary approaches to enhancing resilience and adaptation in the face of extreme weather events such as the recent LA...

Read more about Alumni in Climate Networking Series: Addressing Extreme Weather, Climate Risk, and Resilience + Networking Reception

We are building on a block wall crawlspace foundation.  We hired out the block wall work, and specified exactly where we wanted the cast in bolts placed into the concrete…