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So far that’s my plan. It seems like a no brainer. Urinals use massively less water than even Watersense toilets, and keep toilets a lot cleaner. It seems like it…

Location: Virtual

In recent years, the cost of residential property insurance has risen dramatically, driven by losses from environmental hazards. Steven Koller, a Postdoctoral Fellow in Climate and Housing at the Center, will explain how climate change is affecting both private and public entities that provide property insurance. Carlos Martín will join to discuss some of the challenges and opportunities facing residents, real estate investors, insurers, regulators, and policymakers.

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Read more about Public and Private Residential Insurance in a Changing Climate

Location: CGIS South, Doris and Ted Lee Gathering Room (S030), 1730 Cambridge Street

"A Visual Narrative of Labour Migration and the Environment"
In conversation with:
Kate Beaton, Cartoonist; Writer; Illustrator; Author, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands.

Katie Mazer, Assistant Professor, Women and Gender Studies and Environmental and Sustainability Studies, Acadia University.
Jean-Christophe Cloutier, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature, University of Pennsylvania.

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Read more about Canada Program Special Event: A Visual Narrative of Labour Migration and the Environment

Location: Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

The Climate Leadership Conference 2025, presented by the students at Harvard University, unites leaders, scholars, and innovators worldwide to address climate challenges. Through discussions and initiatives, it aims to drive solutions and inspire commitment to environmental stewardship. Join for impactful conversations and contribute to building a resilient, sustainable future at this influential conference.

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In a legally-dubious move, an attempt to roll back the IRA’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and reclaim $20 billion in congressionally-approved grants

Location: CGIS South, S153, 1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge

 

Join The Mittall Institue for another session of the popular State of Architecture in South Asia series that will discuss urbanization in Bangladesh with a focus on population density.

Speaker: Adnan Z Morshed, Professor at the School of Architecture and Planning, Catholic University of America
Moderator: Rahul Mehrotra, John T. Dunlop Professor in Housing and Urbanization, Harvard Graduate School of Design

 

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Read more about Good Density as Urban Justice – The State of Architecture in South Asia

Location: HUCE 440, 26 Oxford St, Cambridge MA

NOTE: Special Thursday seminar. The Energy Seminar at Harvard series features weekly conversations with leading practitioners in climate and energy. Join 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 THURSDAY 3/27, the Energy Seminar welcomes Dr. Tomás Villalon, CTO of Phoenix Tailings.

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Hello All,I'm in the process of designing a 2,200 sqft ranch with basement in Zone 5 - Putnam County, New York.  House will be ICF walls with SIP roof.  All…

Location: B-400 Land Lecture Hall, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

Join The Building Caucus at HKS & The Infrastructure & Housing Club at the GSD for a timely and thought-provoking talk with Heather Clark, former White House Senior Director for Building Sector Climate Policy (2022–2025), as she makes the case for uniting two of today’s most urgent movements: housing abundance and climate action.

In this session, Heather will explore how pro-housing policy and climate goals can align to create a clean, affordable, and equitable built environment. Drawing from her experience shaping national building sector climate policy in the Biden-...

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Location: WCC B015, 1585 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge

Alfred Brownell, founder and executive director of Green Advocates, a Liberian NGO, will discuss his work as an environmental lawyer and activist fighting against the exploitation and destruction of Liberian tropical forests. Brownell is currently living in the United States in temporary exile for his work to prevent the clearing of 500,000 acres of forest. Brownell is a distinguished scholar and associate professor of Law at Northeastern University and a Visiting Human Rights Fellow at Yale Law School.

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OPEN TO ALL PROS, PROJECT MANAGERS, CONTRACTORS, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN THE KNOW, WHO ARE INFORMED ABOUT MCS AND WILLING TO WORK WITH NATURAL, NON OR LOW TOXICITY BUILDING MATERIALS,…

How a Zehnder ERV works to improve the quality of the indoor environment

We got our TimberHP batt insulation delivered. I’ve never installed any kind of batt insulation, but I’m wondering is it normal to have to force the batts into the stud…

Hi Everyone,Long time reader but first time posting. I am currently working on a new house for myself in an area near Edmonton Alberta Canada. For simplicity for my framer…

Location: Littauer Building, Malkin Penthouse, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

How can we reduce the impacts of the most toxic chemicals in today's supply chains?... Read more about Collaborative Initiatives to Reduce Chemical Hazards: A Path Forward

Are all closed cell foam backer rods essentially the same for air sealing windows? Or are there some that are higher quality than others?

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

We have a 1-1/2 story Victorian with sloping ceilings on the second floor that lead to a flat ceiling with small attic above. We live in climate zone 4C. I…

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