From krobinso at MIT.EDU Wed Oct 1 00:15:19 2003 From: krobinso at MIT.EDU (Karen E. Robinson) Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 00:15:19 -0400 Subject: [Save] worm composting Message-ID: <200310010415.h914FJwT017387@buzzword-bingo.mit.edu> Is anyone out there interested in splitting an order of red wiggler worms, for an indoor home composting (vermicomposting) setup? I'm planning to order one pound from www.ctvalley.com, and I'll need only 0.2 to 0.3 lbs. Karen PS if you have a yard, consider buying a compost bin from Cambridge Public Works. Lots of fun, lots of rich dirt. From kgibson at MIT.EDU Wed Oct 1 16:12:33 2003 From: kgibson at MIT.EDU (Karen Gibson) Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 16:12:33 -0400 Subject: [Save] Oct. 8 LFEE Seminar - Avoiding Fossil Power Plant Emissions with Renewables Message-ID: Environment and Sustainability Brownbag Seminar Series Sponsored by the MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment (LFEE) http://lfee.mit.edu Avoiding Fossil Power Plant Emissions with Renewables: When and Where Makes a Big Difference By Steve Connors, Mike Adams, Kate Martin, Ed Kern LFEE - Analysis Group for Regional Electricity Alternatives Wednesday, October 8 12:00-1:30 p.m. Room E40-496 ABSTRACT Researchers at the LFEE's Analysis Group for Regional Electricity Alternatives recently completed a project for the EPA looking at the avoided emissions from solar photovoltaic generation across the contiguous 48 states. To do this they compared hourly PV generation from PV systems and compared it to the emissions from fossil units in the same power grid, in the same hour. The project took the additional step of identifying, by hour, fossil units in the same power pool responding to changes in electricity demand (including self generation like PV), so called "Load Shape Following" (LSF) units. To achieve this AGREA took the EPA's "raw" generation and emissions data (1998 through 2002) and created a (fossil) unit based database. Units were then flagged as "load following," and hourly avoided emissions rates by power pool (NERC subregion) calculated. These rates were then used to calculate the emissions avoided by PV generation. Regional differences are great. Annual avoided emissions from a kW of installed PV can be larger in some power pools than other power pools with considerably more sun. Also, depending on what type of units are "on the margin" (load shape following), avoided emissions rates can be higher or lower (by region and/or time of day/year) than average fossil emissions. Preliminary "data mining" of the avoided emissions database has highlighted many interesting facets of power system operation, daily and seasonal emissions, including possible dynamics among electricity demand, renewable energy resources, demand-side management, inter-regional power flows, and electricity storage. Bring your lunch. Light refreshments will be provided. ___________________________________________________ If you would like to be added or removed from this mailing list, please contact Karen Gibson, kgibson at mit.edu -- _________________________________ Karen L. Gibson Program Assistant MIT Laboratory For Energy and the Environment 77 Massachusetts Avenue, E40-469 (1 Amherst St., E40-469 - for DHL and FedEx) Cambridge, MA 02139 USA Tel: 1 (617) 258-6368; Fax: 1 (617) 258-6590 http://lfee.mit.edu http://globalsustainability.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/save/attachments/20031001/fc99ca7b/attachment.htm From jwadams at MIT.EDU Thu Oct 2 10:15:35 2003 From: jwadams at MIT.EDU (Justin Adams) Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 10:15:35 -0400 Subject: [Save] Tuesday, October 7 Waste Sort Information Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20031002100119.02537008@hesiod> Hello Waste Audit Volunteers, Las week went great! We sorted through 7.5 cubic yards of trash to find hundreds of pounds of recyclables. The weather was beautiful and it was a lot of fun. Your first assignment as volunteers is to recruit another person to come along, even if just for part of the event. We need people power for this event. Please bring a friend or fellow colleague to sort through your neighbors trash:) The list of volunteers for the waste sort to occur next week (10/7/03) is as follows: (Attached is a list of volunteers for the other waste sort on Oct. 14) Dan Winograd, Craig Olsen, Kelly Johnson, Kevin Brulois, Churchill Yong, Rachel Valdez, Jonathan Tejada, Aron Walker, Jennifer Combs, Jeff Bernard, Matt Zedler, Jeremy Gregory, Jessica Lee * If you don't see your name and would like to volunteer please let me know via email. * If you don't see your name and aren't sure if you want to volunteer just show up, participate, or just watch. When and where will we meet? The event will officially begin at 3pm and end at 5pm at Kresge, near the steps of the student center What should you wear? Pants and boots or hikers. Coveralls, gloves, and safety glasses will be provided. What should you expect? The goal of this event is to be fun, informative, and a chance to meet other people interested in the environment. Volunteers will be sorting through bags of trash and recyclables from the Student Center, New House, and Building 17A. These materials will be carefully segregated, weighed, and cataloged. Food, beverages, and music will be provided at the event. What is this all for? Waste audit means finding out how much paper, glass, food waste, etc. is discarded in your waste stream. Waste characterization information helps in planning how to reduce waste, set up recycling programs, and conserve money and resources. What do you do if it is raining? The event will be postponed to Oct. 14 at the same time and in front of the Student Center. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/save/attachments/20031002/f469ba9b/attachment.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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This notion of "country" had little to do with national boundaries: people could travel from a "new country" to their own, all the while remaining formally within American territory. What does the frequent reference to new and different "country" tell us about environments of the early nineteenth century? To early Americans, environments were localized, they were differentiated, they were sometimes overlapping, and they were vitally important for human health and well-being. Reports of the earthquakes of 1811-12, however, challenged some of this sense of "country": earthquakes were not discretely localized, and they connected vast regions, rather than differentiating them. Looking at various descriptions of the "face of the country," at rest and in turmoil, thus gives some sense of the change in regional perception over the early nineteenth century. Sponsored by MIT's History Faculty and the Program in Science, Technology, and Society For more information or to be put on the mailing list, please contact Margo Collett at mcollett at mit.edu or log onto our websites at http://web.mit.edu/history/www/index.html and http://web.mit.edu/sts/ For location visit http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/save/attachments/20031003/33d05aa0/attachment.htm From CambClimCal-optin-conf-972951807.63153561 at topica.com Mon Oct 6 07:45:45 2003 From: CambClimCal-optin-conf-972951807.63153561 at topica.com (Michael Charney) Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 04:45:45 -0700 Subject: [Save] RESPONSE REQUIRED: Subscription to CambClimCal@topica.com offered Message-ID: <461620464-1463792638-1065440745@boing.topica.com> Hello! 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Telecast 10/17,18 - NE Drinking Water Protectn Conf. Worcester, MA 10/17-19 Bioneers NE - Sustainability Satellite Conf, Durham, NH 10/27-29 Energy Sustainability Conf. Uncasville, CT **11/16 - Grassroots Climate Action Conf. Medford, MA SCROLL DOWN for FULL INDEX & DETAILS Alerts: Save Clean Air Act: http://www.cleartheair.org Join GW Petition: http://www.environmentaldefense.org/campaign/gw Support Renewable Energy http://www.ucsaction.ctsg.com/ctt.asp?u=49240&l=5425 Legislative Watch: http://www.nrdc.org/legislation/legwatch.asp Noted: *160,000 said dying yearly from global warming. Reuters http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L30616897.htm *EPA Clean Air rules: benefits worth 5-7 times costs, Bush OMB study http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2003/09/27/epa_rules_worth_the_costs_study_says *?The Discovery of Global Warming? Spencer Weart. (HUP ?03) Info: http://www.aip.org/history/climate (Book & website). <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> MCAN?s 3rd Annual -- GRASSROOTS CLIMATE ACTION CONFERENCE Sun., Nov. 16 - Tufts U, Medford MA 9 am ? 5 pm, Cabot Center, 170 Packard Ave, Medford, MA Keynotes: I: Rhode Isld Climate Plan, Local Buy-in & Regnl Synergy Jan Reitsma, Dir., R.I. Dept. Envir. Management II: Europe Leads: Cutting Carbon Affordably Michael Northrop, Rockefeller Brothers Fund 18 Wkshps: Local climate action plans & GHG reduction strategies; Climate change sci, human & ocean impacts, solutns; Regnal climate plan & realities; Greening town & gown; Green schools & capital projects; VMT?s, fuel use & SUVs; EcoTeams; Community wind projects & Cape Wind; Global warming educatn K-12 & public; Advancing state & regional policy & action; Allied efforts; Message & Organizing skills; Media wkshp w. Globe & Herald envir reporters. Fee: $40. $30 if by 10/31 Info: see Feature at http://www.tufts.edu/tci/Calendar.html cambclimact at aol.com, http://www.massclimateaction.org 781-643-5911 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Build the E-Movement ~ Tell friends about this Calendar! Subscribe? blank email to: CambClimCal-subscribe at topica.com Link Websites to CCC: http://tufts.edu/tci/Calendar.html Submit Events: CambClimAct at aol.com See website for guidelines. Local Climate Activism: http://www.massclimateaction.org >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> INDEX: * = New SCROLL DOWN BELOW THIS INDEX for DETAILED LIST October 4, 5 10/4,5 ? Boston Harbor/ MA Marine Educators Conf. So. Boston 10/4,5 - Hands-on Installation of Solar Panels Wkshp. ME Sunday, October 5 10/5 ? Living on Earth, Enviro Radio. NPR & Web October 5 - November 5 10/5 ? 11/5 Enviro Impact of Transportation Conf: Online Monday, October 6 10/6 - Aerosols & Climate. New Haven, CT 10/6 - Nonlinear Dynamics of Vulnerability (Public Lecture). Camb 10/6 - Glacial Earthquakes. Camb 10/6 - Corals in Cold Water: rediscovery & conservatn. So Hadley, MA 10/6 - Public Hearing: City of Boston Green Bldg Program. Boston 10/6 - Incentives for Sustnblty: International Paper. Medford, MA Tuesday, October 7 10/7 - Boston Harbor Islands Science Symposium. Boston 10/7 - Int?l Politics, Norms, & Japanese Envir Movement. Camb *10/7 - Earth Dialogues New York. NYC 10/7 ? Boston Climate Action Netwk (BCAN) Mtg. Boston 10/7 - Healing the Earth/Healing Ourselves Evening Retreat. Camb 10/7 - Home Composting Wkshp. Lexington, MA 10/7 - Somerville Climate Action Mtg. Somerville, MA October 7 - 8 10/7, 8 - Enviro Monitoring, Eval & Protectn in NY. Albany, NY October 7-9 10/7-9 EPA Wkshp: ?Organizatnl Guide to Pollutn Preventn.? Boston Wednesday, October 8 10/8 - Buy Recycled & EPP Vendor Fair & Conf. Worcester, MA *10/8 - Sustainable Initiatives: Utility Programs. COTE Mtg. Boston 10/8 - Bos Soc Arch: Committee on the Envir Mtg. Boston 10/8 - Meet the Scientists: Educatn on Climate Change. Wds Hole, MA 10/8 - Renewable Energy Vermont Conf. Burlington, VT *10/8 - Avoiding Fossil Power Plant Emissns w. Renewables. Camb 10/8 - Endogenous Minimum Participatn in Int. Enviro Treaties. Camb 10/8 ? Launch of Somerville Climate Action Plan. Somerville, MA October 8-10 10/8-10 Emerging Scientific Issues for Superfund: Berkeley, CA 10/8-10 Changing our Organizatns to Change the World. October 8, 9, 29 & 30, November 4 & 5 *10/8,9,29,30; 11/4,5 Energy Star Homes Bldr/Designr Wkshps. MA, RI Thursday, October 9 10/9 - State of States on Smart Growth Conf. Burlington, VT 10/9 - Failure Diagnosis in Regulating Electricity Markets. Camb 10/9 - Sustainability & Higher Education. Telecast 10/9 - Nat?l Campus Sustnblty Day Event at Tufts. Medford, MA *10/9 - Wind Farm Renewable Energy Tour. Searsburg VT 10/9 ? 21st Century Populatn Policy Dilemmas in Europe. Camb *10/9 - Air Quality Benefits of Solar & Wind Energy. Camb October 9-10 10/9,10 People in Place: Granite State Biosphere Conf. Durham, NH Friday, October 10 10/10 - Using history for adaptive land mngmt. Petersham, MA 10/10 ?Oxidant Contributn to Organic Aerosol Formatn. Camb *10/10 - Mass Extinctn & Cambrian Radiatn of Animals. Camb 10/10 Country Matters: Understndng Early-19th C Amer Envir. Camb Saturday, October 11 10/11 - NESEA Wkshp on Photovoltaics: "PV 101.? Avon, CT Sunday, October 12 10/12 - Public Transportation Issues. Camb 10/12 ? Living on Earth, Enviro Radio. NPR & Web October 12-15 10/12-15 Int?l Greening of Industry Netwk Conf. San Francisco, CA Monday, October 13 10/13 - Holocene Climate Record of Eastern US. New Haven, CT Tuesday, October 14 10/14 - Application Service Providers: Tools for Nonprofits. Boston 10/14 - PetLink: Pet cancer mapping. Marblehead, MA *10/14 - Allagash Wilderness Waterway! Bangor, ME October 14-15 10/14,15 Empire Energy & Envir Expo (E4). Albany, NY Wednesday, October 15 10/15 - NY Race to Stop Global Warming. Central Park, NYC 10/15 - Renewable Energy Productn on Boston Harbor Islds. Boston 10/15 - Rights & Liberties in Age of Biotech. Camb October 15 - 17 10/15-17 Light Emitting Diodes in Illumination. San Diego, CA October 15, 22, & 26 10/15, 22, & 26 Yale Short Course in River Processes. New Hvn, CT Thursday, October 16 10/16 - Sources of ice-rafted sediment in Heinrich events. Boston October 16 - 18 10/16-18 Human Dimensions of Global Envir Change. Montreal 10/16-18 e.hormone 2003: Envir & Hormone Symposm New Orleans Friday, October 17 10/17 Edaphic envir?s of, effects on, tropical forests. Petersham, MA 10/17 - Improving Agricultrl Practices w GIS. Northampton, MA 10/17 - Balancing Society & Economy 2003. Tufts, Medford, MA 10/17 - Climate Detection & Attribution. Boston 10/17 - What Animals Think. Camb October 17-18 10/17,18 ? New England Drinking Water Protectn Conf. Worcester, MA October 17-19 10/17-19 Bioneers NE - Sustainability Satellite Conf, Durham, NH Saturday, October 18 *10/18 - Role of Tropical Ecology & Conservatn in NE Classroom. *10/18 - Boston Vegetarian Food Festival. Boston October 18 & 19 10/19 Envirocitizen's No?east Regnl Student Summit. Charlestown/Bos Sunday, October 19 10/19 ? Living on Earth, Enviro Radio. NPR & Web Monday, October 20 10/20 - Sea Level Rise & Coastal Impacts. New Haven, CT *10/20 - Fourteen Years after Kyoto, Where are we now? Camb October 20-23 10/20-23 Contaminated Soils, Sediments, Water Conf. Amherst, MA Tuesday, October 21 10/21 - Connectivity for Sustainability: IT for Devlpmt. NYC 10/21 Belmont Uplands: Alewife, Conservtn, Devlpmt. Belmont, MA October 21-23 10/21-23 - Northeast Recycling Council Fall Conf. Northampton, MA 10/21-23 Business & Energy Conf. NYC Wednesday, October 22 10/22 ? E. Mediterranean: lab basin for global processes. Camb 10/22 - Social Investing for Institutions. Providence, RI 10/22 - Sustainability & Higher Ed for Secure, Civil Society. Camb 10/22 - Are Management-Based Regulations Effective? Camb October 22-24 10/22-24 Guideline on Air Quality Models Conf. Mystic, CT Thursday, October 23 *10/23 - Computer TakeBack Campaign Day Targeting Dell. USA 10/23 - Electronics Recycling Educatn Program. Northampton, MA *10/23 - Coalitn for Envir Responsible Conventns General Mtg. Boston 10/23 - Predictable Surprises: On Failure of Regulators to Act. Camb *10/23 - Envir League of MA Ann. Mtg. Boston October 23 & 24 10/23,24 - New England Planning Conf. Hartford, CT 10/23,24 - Educatn for Sustainable Development Conf. Lowell, MA October 23 & November 1 *10/23 - Marine Invasives Monitoring Wkshp. Wenham, Beverly, MA Friday, October 24 10/24 - Human Health & Enviro Exposures Conf. Biddeford, ME 10/24 - Healthy Envir in Connecticut Schls Conf/Wkshp. Hartford, CT 10/24 - Climate Change High School Curriculum Wkshp. Boston 10/24 - Leaf hydraulics - bud to bust. Petersham, MA 10/24 - Evaluatn of (Air) Pollutant Outflow & CO Sources. Camb 10/24 - Challenges to sustainblty: long-term adaptatn. New Haven, CT *10/24 - The Great Blackout of 2003. Boston 10/24 - 3 Centuries of Scientific Discovery in Caribbean. Camb October 24-26 10/24-26 No?eastern US College Envir Conf. Providence, RI Saturday, October 25 10/25 - Hutchinson Mem Symposm - Ecology. New Haven, CT 10/25 - Greening an Existing Home. Warwick, RI 10/25 - Schumacher Lecture: Thomas Berry. Grt Barrington, MA 10/25 ? Teacher Energy Educatn: CONNECT Day. Willimantic, CT 10/25 - Ecological Building Workshop. Coventry, RI 10/25 - Home Composting Wkshp. Camb October 25-29 10/25-29 Society of Amer Foresters Nat?l Conventn. Buffalo, NY OCT 25-29 Soc of American Foresters Nat?l Conventn. Buffalo, NY Info: http://www.safnet.org/convention/index.cfm October 26 - 28 10/26-28 Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schls Nat?l Symposm. DC Sunday, October 26 10/5 ? Living on Earth, Enviro Radio. NPR & Web Monday, October 27 10/27 - Ice sheet-climate interactions. Camb October 27-28 10/27,28 Seeking New Policy in Chemicals Mngmt. Lowell/Bos, MA October 27-29 10/27-29 Energy Sustainability Conf. Uncasville, CT October 27-31 10/27-31 Wetlands Wkshp 2003--Hydrology: Atlantic City, NJ Tuesday, October 28 10/28 Ozone Pollutn, C Sequestratn & Climate Policy. Wds Hole, MA October 28-30 10/28-30 Nuclear Safety Research Conf. Washington, DC Wednesday, October 29 10/29 - MAPC Regional Vision & Growth Strategy Project. Boston 10/29 - NEEC Conf: Keep Lights On, Power Green. Needham, MA 10/29 - Advanced Daylighting Seminar. Boston 10/29 - Sustainable Develpmt in Climate Debate. Medford, MA 10/29 - Climate Change Policy in Mexico. Providence, RI 10/29 - Inst Investors Netwk on Climate Change Risk. Prvdnc, RI Thursday, October 30 10/30 Emergency Envir Mngmt for Collgs, U?s. Framingham, MA 10/30 - Man-Eating Predator in Jungles of History & Mind. Camb October 30-31 10/30-31 Ecosystems Conf: Restoratn & Creatn. Tampa, FL October 30 - November 2 10/30 - 11/2 Ecological Enginrg for Integrated Water Mngmt. Camb Friday, October 31 *10/31 ? 11/1 Int. Envir Moot Court Competitn. FL 10/31 - Beech bark disease, blue jays, & bears. Petersham, MA 10/31 ? NEP & Nutrient Cycling in Forest w Elevated CO2. Boston 10/31 - Boston Critical Mass! Bike Rally. Boston NOVEMBER 2003 Saturday, November 1, 2003 11/1 - Passive Solar Wkshp. Warren, VT Sunday, November 2 11/2 - Tour Energy-Related Projects at Mohegan Sun. Uncasville, CT November 2-4 *11/2-4 Investors? Circle 2003 Natl Conf & Venture Fair. Camb Monday, November 3 11/3 - Mechanisms of abrupt global climate change. Camb November 3-5 11/3-5 Green Power Marketing Conf. Chicago, IL Tuesday, November 4 11/4 - Challenges of Sustainable Bldgs at Colleges. Hartford, CT Wednesday, November 5 11/5 - Making the Cut:Fundraising for Nonprofits. Boston 11/5 ? Investors? Actions for Corporate Social Respnsblty. Prvdc, RI 11/5 - Urban Sprawl & Obesity. Camb 11/5 - Ocean Technologies for Renewable Energy. Lynn, MA 11/5 - Genes, Envir, & Epidemics: Autism. Camb November 5 - 7 11/5-7 Drivers of Techno Innovatn in Bldg, Real Estate. Camb 11/5-7 Sustainable Urban Travel Policies Wkshp. Wash, DC Thursday, November 6 11/6 - Northeast Energy & Technology Expo 2003. Worcester, MA 11/6 ? US/Canada Energy Trade & Techn Conf. Boston 11/6 - New Directions in Corporate Disclosure. Camb *11/6 ? Informal Envir Law Debate: Scarlett vs Leshy. Camb 11/6 - A Look at the Biodiversity of Fungi. Camb November 6 & 7 11/6,7 - Carbon Sequestratn Initiative Forum IV. Camb Friday, November 7 11/7 - Dunghill doctrines of early republic. Petersham, MA 11/7 - GPS Occultatns for Climate Monitoring. Camb *11/7 - Sea Ice Ecology: Life, Slime & Physics. New Haven, CT 11/7 Agricultrl Land & Transformatn of Earth System. Wds Hole, MA 11/7 - Regional Climate Change Cooperation. Boston November 7-9 11/7-9 Student Envir Action Coalitn Training. Middletown, CT 11/7-9 Net Impact Ann Conf. Austin, TX Saturday, November 8 11/8 - Earthwatch Public Day Connectns for Sustainable Envir. Camb 11/8 - Solutns for Sustainable Growth in Essex County. Andover, MA 11/8 - PV 101 Workshop. Marlboro, MA Sunday, November 9 11/9 - Vegan Nutrition & Global Anti-Hunting Coalition. Camb Monday, November 10 11/10 - Human-Climate-Envir Interactns in Yucatan. New Haven, CT 11/10 - Enviro Advocates of NY Ann Gala. NYC Wednesday, November 12 11/12 - Bos Soc Arch: Committee on the Envir Mtg. Boston 11/12 - Walk & Witness for Climate & Creation at UN. NYC 11/12 - Younger Dryas: Why did climate change so abruptly? Camb 11/12 - Matthias Schuler, Enviro Enginr Transsolar, Stuttgart. Camb November 12-14 11/12-14 GreenBuild: Int?l Conf & Expo: USGBC. Pittsburgh, PA For events after 11/5, see Beyond at http://www.tufts.edu/tci/Calendar.html (at left) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> DETAILED LISTINGS: OCTOBER 2003 *SUN, OCT 5 Ecovisionaries: Practical Climate Solutions. Video. w. Allen White, Tellus Inst; Kathy Loftus, Shaw's Supermarkets & Ted Saunders, Saunders Hotel Grp. 10 ? 11 pm, CCTV Cable Access Channel 9, Camb ecovisionaries at cctvcambridge.org SUN, OCT 5 Living on Earth, Enviro Radio. Steve Curwood. 11 pm, NPR; Boston WBUR 90.9 FM Info: http://www.loe.org Other locales: http://www.loe.org/where/where.htm OCT 5 - NOV 5 Enviro Impact of Transportation Conf: Online. Info: (52-951) 513-4714, editor at planeta.com http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/tour/transportation.html Sunday, October 5 *10/5 - Ecovisionaries: Practical Climate Solutions. CCTV/Camb MON, OCT 6 Aerosols & Climate, Dorothy Koch (Yale & Goddard Inst). 2 - 3:30 pm, Rm 102, Kline Geol Lab, 210 Whitney Ave, Yale U, New Haven, CT. Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/calendar MON, OCT 6 Nonlinear Dynamics of Vulnerability: How Systems - Whether Ecosystems, or IT Networks, or Transmissn Ntwks for Infectious Diseases - Respond to Disturbance. Robert May (U Oxford). 4 pm, Harvard U Sci Ctr, Auditrm D, 1 Oxford St, Camb, Public Lect. Spons: Harvard Ctr for Math Biolgy & Evolutnary Dynamics. Info: http://www.environment.harvard.edu Map: http://map.harvard.edu/level2/2LawSchool.shtml MON, OCT 6 Glacial Earthquakes, Goran Ekstrom (Harvard). 4 pm, Haller Hall, Geol. Museum, Rm 102, 24 Oxford St, Harv U, Camb Info: http://www.eps.harvard.edu/seminars/epscolloque.php MON, OCT 6 Corals in Cold Water: their rediscovery & conservation status. Prof Les Watling (U ME). 4:15 pm, Kendade Hall, Rm 305, Mt. Holyoke College. So Hadley, MA (btwn Carr & Clapp Labs) Info: http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/esp/events.html Dir: http://www.mtholyoke.edu/cic/map http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/resources/kendade.shtml MON, OCT 6 Public Hearing for a Green Bldg Program. 5:30 - 7:30 pm, Boston City Council Cmte on Planning & Economic Devlpmt. Iannella Chamber, 5th flr, City Hall, Govt Center, Boston Re: Docket 0983: To review Boston's guideline for high perf bldgs & sustainable devlpmt; & feasibility of a green bldg program. Info: 617-635-4000 x4220, http://www.cityofboston.gov/citycouncil click Hearing Schedule. Docket 0983 at http://www.tufts.edu/tci/Calendar.html & click Feature. MBTA: Green Line Gov?t Ctr Statn. Guidelines: http://www.cityofboston.gov/environment/pdfs/hpb_guidelines.pdf MON, OCT 6 Incentives for Sustainability, Thomas Jorling (VP Envir Affairs, Intn?l Paper Co.) 5:30 - 7:30 pm, Cabot Center, Rm 206, Fletcher Schl, 170 Packard Ave, Tufts U, Medford MA Info: http://fletcher.tufts.edu/ierp/news.shtml Dir: http://www.tufts.edu/source/maps/medford TUE, OCT 7 Boston Harbor Islands Science Symposium: Managing a Nat?l Park in Boston Harbor Ecosystem. 8:30 am ? 8 pm, Mus of Sci, 1 Science Pk, O'Brien Hwy, Boston $20/50. Info: http://www.bostonislands.com/science/index.html http://www.bostonislands.com/science/register.htm Dir: http://www.mos.org/info TUE, OCT 7 Going Global: Int?l Politics, Int?l Norms, & Japanese Envir Movement in 1990s. Kim Reimann (Georgia SU). 12:30 pm. Harvard U, (USJRP, Hauser Ctr), Rm M-11, WCFIA, 1033 Mass. Ave, Camb *TUE, OCT 7 Earth Dialogues New York. Re: Climate Change, Water Scarcity, & Global Security. w Green Cross Int Pres. Mikhail Gorbachev. 1 ? 5 pm, Graduate Ctr, CUNY, 365 5th Ave (at 34th St), NYC. $35/$15/$5. Info: http://www.globalgreen.org/events TUE, OCT 7 BCAN / Boston Climate Action Netwk Monthly Mtg. 6 - 8 pm, Clean Water Action Office, 36 Bromfield St. Rm 204, Boston. T: Downtown X-ing & Park St Stops. New members welcome. Info: 617-338-8131, http://www.massclimateaction.org THUR, OCT 7 Healing the Earth/Healing Ourselves: Evening Retreat, Rev. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas, PhD, 6 pm, - 9:15 pm, Episcopal Divinity Schl, 99 Brattle St, Camb $15/$10 Info: http://www.cleanwateraction.org/ma/healing.html TUE, OCT 7 Home Composting Wkshp. 7-9 pm Lexington Community Educ, Lexington High Schl, 251 Waltham St, Lexington, MA. Info: http://www.state.ma.us/dep/calendar.htm 781-862-8043 http://www.state.ma.us/dep/consumer/comwkshp.htm TUE, OCT 7 Somerville Climate Action Mtg. 7 ? 9 pm, Tufts Admin Bldg, 169 Holland Ave, Somerville, MA New members welcome. Info: 617-776-0503, lori.segall at state.ma.us ; Smvl Climate Action Plan pdf at What?s New at: http://www.ci.somerville.ma.us Dir: http://www.tufts.edu/source/maptab.html OCT 7-8 Enviro Monitoring, Eval & Protectn in NY. Linking Sci & Policy. Albany, NY Info: mw1 at nyserda.org, http://www.nyserda.org/events.html OCT 7-9 EPA Wkshp on ?An Organizatnl Guide to Pollution Preventn.? Re: Enviro planning approaches for orgs starting or re-evaluating pollutn preventn programs. Radisson Hotel, 200 Stuart St, Boston, MA Info: http://www.epa.gov/ttbnrmrl/p2workshop.htm WED, OCT 8 9th Ann Buy Recycled & Envir Preferable Products, Services & Vendor Fair & Conf/Wkshps. 8 am ? 3 pm, Worcester Centrum Centre, Worcester, MA. Keynote: Doug Foy. Chief Commonwlth Devlpmt; Wkshp: How to save money on utility bills. Regstr online. Info: dmitriy.nikolayev at osd.state.ma.us, 617-720-3351 http://www.state.ma.us/osd/enviro/EVENTS.HTM Dir/Pkg: http://www.centrumcentre.com/dir_park.html *WED, OCT 8 Sustainable Initiatives: Utility Programs, Mike McAteer (National Grid USA). Comte on the Envir Mtg, 8 am, Bos Soc Architects Bldg, 52 Broad St, 5th flr Conf Rm, Boston. Info: darons at tka-architects.com, http://committees.architects.org/green/newcote.htm WED, OCT 8 Meet the Scientists: Education about Climate Change. NE Sci Ctr Collab program. Talks: Ocean response to global warming/change, Bill Curry, PhD (WHOI); Land & greenhse gas managmt, Eric Davidson, PhD (WHRC); Remote sensing to understand climate change, Tom Stone, MA (WHRC). 10 am ? 3 pm, Rm TBA, Woods Hole Resrch Ctr, Woods Hole, MA. For educators, nature & museum interpreters, etc.Free. Lunch $7. RSVP requested by 10/1. Info/Regstr: http://www.nescc.info/programs.php#scientists 617-973-0256, Agenda: http://www.tufts.edu/tci/Calendar.html & click Feature. janderson at neaq.org Dir: http://www.whrc.org/who/who.htm WED, OCT 8 2nd Ann. Renewable Energy Vermont Conf: Power for New Economy. Sheraton Hotel, Burlington, VT. Spkrs: Dr. Robt Costanza, (Inst for Ecological Econ, UVM); auth Bill McKibben. $75-110. Info: http://www.revermont.org info at revermont.org, 802-229-0099 *WED, OCT 8 Avoiding Fossil Power Plant Emissions w. Renewables: When & Where Makes a Big Difference. Steve Connors, Mike Adams, Kate Martin, Ed Kern (MIT, LFEE - Analysis Grp for Regl Electricity Altrntvs). Noon -1:30 pm, MIT Bldg E40 ? Rm 496, 1 Amherst St, Camb Info: http://lfee.mit.edu/calendar Dir: http://whereis.mit.edu/bin/map?locate=bldg_e40 WED, OCT 8 Endogenous Minimum Participation in Int. Enviro Treaties, Carlo Carraro (U. Venice). 4-5:30 pm, Rm L-332, Littauer Bldg, KSG, 79 JFK St, Camb. Envir econ & policy seminar. Paper at website Info: http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~ec2690hf/ WED, OCT 8 Launch of Somerville Climate Action Plan. 7 - 8:30 pm, Michael E. Capuano Early Childhood Ctr/School, Cafetorium, 150 Glen St, Somerville, MA Keynote: Climate Change: A Community Look at a Global Problem, Prof Wm Moomaw (Int. Envir Policy, Tufts); Presentation by Somerville Commission on Energy Use & Climate Chg. Tour of new, hi perf energy efficient schl bldg. Info: ceucc at ci.somerville.ma.us, 617-292-5704 OCT 8-10 2003 Emerging Scientific Issues for Superfund: Berkeley, Calif. Re: Nontraditional pollutants. Info: superfund at ucdavis.edu http://www-sf.ucdavis.edu/conferences OCT 8-10 Changing our Organizations to Change the World. $$$$ Info: http://www.pegasuscom.com *OCT 8, 9, 29 & 30, NOV 4 & 5 Energy Star Homes Bldr & Designer's Wkshps. 8:30 am - 4 pm. Free wkshp & Field Guide for Residential New Constructn. *Wed, 10/8 - West Yarmouth, MA *Thur,10/9 - North Kingstown, RI *Wed, 10/29 - Westborough, MA *Thur, 10/30 ? Somerville, MA. *Tue, 11/4 - Northampton, MA *Wed, 11/5 - Andover, MA Info: http://www.energystarhomes.com/images/news_events/Flyer2.pdf Regstr: http://www.energystarhomes.com 800-628-8413 http://www.energystarhomes.com/estar_ma/ma_news_events/ma_builder_training.html THUR, OCT 9 State of the States on Smart Growth Conf: Progress Report on State Investments & Policies. 9 am - 4:30 pm, Radisson Hotel, 60 Battery St, Burlington, VT Info: http://www.vtsmartgrowth.org http://www.vtsprawl.org/News/events/State-of-States.pdf THUR, OCT 9 Failure Diagnosis: Blackouts & Lampposts in Regulating Electricity Markets, Prof Wm Hogan (KSG). Noon -1:30 pm, Bell Hall, 5th Flr, Belfer Bldg, KSG, 79 JFK St, Camb RSVP Req/ Info: rpp at ksg.harvard.edu http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/cbg/rpp Map: http://map.harvard.edu/level3/3KennedySchool.shtml THUR, OCT 9 Got Sustainability? Plan for it! Making Sustnblity a Foundtn of Higher Educ Learning & Practice. Noon - 2 pm ET, Interactive Telecast to campuses w. video-conferencing. For sites & downlinking Info: sunny.beach at scup.org http://www.scup.org/sustainability THUR, OCT 9 Nat?l Campus Sustainability Day at Tufts. Noon ? 2 pm: Making Sustnblty a Foundatn of Higher Ed Learning & Practice, satellite telecast panel, Soc for College& Univ Planning. 2 ? 3 pm, Tufts sustnblty initiatives discussn. Wright Ctr for Sci Educatn, Science & Tech Ctr, 4 Colby St, Tufts U, Medford, MA Info: TCI at tufts.edu http://www.scup.org/sustainability Map: http://www.tufts.edu/source/maps/medford *THUR, OCT 9 Wind Farm Renewable Energy Tour. 1-2 pm, Green Mtn Power Corp Wind Farm, Searsburg, VT Info/RSVP Reqrd: 413-445-4556, nancyn at cetonline.org http://www.cetonline.org/Events/events.htm THUR, OCT 9 Populatn Policy Dilemmas in Europe at Dawn of 21st Century, Paul Demeny (Population Counci). 4:30 - 6 pm, Harv Ctr Popul & Devel, 9 Bow St, Camb Info: suzyq at hsph.harvard.edu, 617- 495-0417, http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hcpds/calendar.html#seminar Dir: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/hcpds/directions.html *THUR, OCT 9 Real Benefits of Solar & Wind Energy for Air Quality: Cutting Edge Resrch, Stephen Connors (Analysis Grp for Regnl Electricity Alternatives, LFEE, MIT). BASEA Forum. 7:15 pm, 1st Parish Unitarian Church, 3 Church St., Harvard Sq, Camb Info: http://www.basea.org , info at basea.org OCT 9-10 People in Place: An Experience in the Granite State [Biosphere] Conf. Re: NH botanicals, biodiversity, bioregion, & biosphere. UNH Campus, Durham, NH $$$ Info: http://www.sustainableunh.unh.edu/biodiv_ed/aabgaconf.html Dir: http://www.unh.edu/admissions/visit/directions.html FRI, OCT 10 Applied History for Land Conservation & Urban Planning Land happens: using history for adaptive management, Alice Ingerson. 11 am, Seminar rm, Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA Info: aabarker at fas.harvard.edu, http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminarschedule.html FRI, OCT 10 Modeling oxidant contributn to secondary organic aerosol formatn, Bob Griffin (UNH). Noon, Pierce Hall, Rm 100F, 29 Oxford St, Camb Info: http://www-as.harvard.edu/seminars/seminars.html *FRI, OCT 10 Did Extinctn at Precambrian-Cambrian Boundary lead to Cambrian Radiation of Animals? Prof John Grotzinger (MIT, EAPS). Noon, MIT Bldg 56 - Rm 154, access via 21 Ames St, Camb Info: http://web.mit.edu/esi/html/seminars.htm Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=56&Buildings=go FRI, OCT 10 Country Matters: Understanding Early-19th C American Envir, Conevery Bolton Valencius (Wash. U). 2:30 - 4:30 pm, MIT Tang Ctr Bldg E51- Rm 095, 50 Memorial Dr, Camb. Info: http://web.mit.edu/history/www/nande/modTimes.html Dir: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=E51&Buildings=go SAT, OCT 11 NESEA Wkshp on Photovoltaics: "PV 101.? 9 am - 4 pm, Talcott Mt. Science Center, Avon, CT $120/$95. Info/Regstr: http://www.nesea.org/buildings/workshops SUN, OCT 12 Public Transportatn Issues, Jeremy Marin. 3 pm, Veggie Planet /Club Passim, 47 Palmer St, Harvard Sq, Camb. Info: http://boston.earthsave.org/events.htm http://www.clubpassim.org SUN, OCT 12, 19 & 26 Living on Earth, Enviro Radio. Steve Curwood. 11 pm, NPR; Boston WBUR 90.9 FM Info: http://www.loe.org Other locales: http://www.loe.org/where/where.htm OCT 12-15 11th Int Conf Greening of Industry Netwk. San Francisco, CA Info: http://www.greeningofindustry.org/gin2003.htm MON, OCT 13 Holocene Climate Record of Eastern US, Thomas Cronin (US Geolgcl Survey). 2 - 3:30 pm, Rm 102, Kline Geol Lab, 210 Whitney Ave, Yale U, New Haven, CT. Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/calendar TUE, OCT 14 Application Service Providers - Powerful Tools for Today's Nonprofits. 8:30-11:30 am, Assoc Grant Makers, 55 Court St, Suite 520, Boston, MA $50. Info: http://www.summitcollaborative.com/ett_info_bos.html TUE, OCT 14 PetLink: Canaries in the Coal Mine? Pet cancer mapping of Long Island NY, Dr. Rodney Page (Cornell Veterinary Schl). 7 pm, Marblehead High Schl Theater, 2 Humphrey St, Marblehead, MA Info: http://www.healthlink.org 781-639-8636 *TUE, OCT. 14 Allagash Wilderness Waterway! A Nat'l Treasure at Risk Tim Caverly (Dir. ME PEER), 7 pm, Epic Sports, 6 Central St (nr Pickering Sq) Downtown Bangor, ME Info: 207-723-4656 mepeer at peer.org, http://www.peer.org/maine OCT 14-15 3rd Ann Empire Energy & Enviro Expo (E4). Empire State Plaza, Convention Ctr, Albany, NY Info: http://www.eba-nys.org/Events/2003/E4/14Oct03Notice.htm WED, OCT 15 1st NYC Race to Stop Global Warming. Central Park, NYC Info: http://www.capcarbonnow.com http://www.eany.org/gw/race.html http://www.racetostopglobalwarming.org 866-STOP-CO2 WED, OCT 15 Renewable Energy Production on Boston Harbor Islands, Sally Wright, (RE Resrch Lab, UMa-Amherst) & Jack Wiggin (Urban Harbors Inst, UMa-Boston). 6:30-7:30 pm, NE Aquar Conf Ctr, 1st flr, Harbor Garage, Central Wharf, Boston. Spons: NEAq, UHI, Boston CAN Info/RSVP: janderson at neaq.org http://www.massclimateaction.org/boston.htm WED, OCT 15 Rights & Liberties in Age of Biotech, Paul Billings (Cncil for Responsible Genetics). 7:30 pm, First Parish, 3 Church St, Harvard Sq, Camb Info: http://www.cambridgeforum.org OCT 15-17 Light Emitting Diodes 2003 - Strategic Summit for LEDs in Illumination. San Diego, CA Info: http://www.intertechusa.com/Division_Electronics/10-03_LEDs/2a_introduction.html OCT 15, 22, & 26 2nd Ann. Yale Short Course in River Processes. Intro to river ecosystems function; human impacts/disruptns; tools for river mngmt & protectn. For watershed advocates, teachers, conservatn & wetland officials & planners. Yale Schl of Forestry & Envir Studies, New Haven, CT Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/calendar THUR, OCT 16 Sources of ice-rafted sediment in Atlantic Heinrich events, Sidney Hemming (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory). 4 pm, Boston U Earth Sci Dept, Rm B36, 675 Comm Ave, Boston. T: Green B Line BU East stop. Info: http://www.bu.edu/es/colloquia Map: http://www.bu.edu/maps OCT 16?18 Human Dimensions of Global Envir Change. Montreal. Info: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/openmeeting/info.html OCT 16-18 e.hormone 2003: 5th Envir & Hormone Sympos. Topics: Systems Biology, Fetal Patterning, & Water, Enviro Signaling: Basics of Endocrine Disruptn. Info: http://e.hormone.tulane.edu FRI, OCT 17 Edaphic environments of, & effects on, tropical forests, Ian Baillie (Bedford, England). 11 am, Seminar rm, Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA Info: aabarker at fas.harvard.edu, http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminarschedule.html FRI, OCT 17 >From Farm to Watershed, Improving Agricultural Practices: GIS Applicatns Experience, David Healy (Stone-Envir Inc). 12:15 -1:10 pm, Smith College Engineering Bldg, Rm 201, Northampton, MA Info: http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/esp/about.html FRI, OCT 17 Balancing Society & Economy 2003. Re: social, envir & econ issues; social enterprise, corp respnsblty, socially respnsbl investing, non-profit ventures. Keynote: Global Business: Zero Sum or Benefit to People? Bill Reese (Int?l Youth Fdn). 1 ? 5 pm, Cabot Intcultrl Cntr, ASEAN Audit, 170 Packard Ave, Tufts U, Medford MA. UG free regstr 10/3 Info: http://www.uccps.tufts.edu Dir: http://www.tufts.edu/source/maps/medford http://www.tufts.edu/source/directions.html FRI, OCT 17 Climate Detection & Attribution, Chris Forest (Joint Progrm Sci & Policy of Global Change). 4 pm, Bos U Stone Sci Bldg, 675 Commonwealth Ave, 4th flr, STO Rm 453, Boston Info: isw at bu.edu, http://www.bu.edu/cees/resources Map: http://www.bu.edu/maps T: Green B Line BU East stop. FRI, OCT 17 What Animals Think: Dolittle's Dream & Darwin's Theory Psychology Prof Marc Hauser. 7 pm, Harvard Museum of Nat History, Geological Lect Hall, 24 Oxford St, Camb Info: 617-495-3045, http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/events OCT 17-18 New England Drinking Water Protectn Conf. Re: Water Quality, Toxics, Watershed Protection, Sprawl; Programs, Funding & Training. Keynote: Jan Schlictmann (?A Civil Action? attny). Fri 10/17 geared to municipal & state officials; Sat 10/18 for concerned citizens. 9 am - 4 pm, Crowne Plaza Hotel, 10 Lincoln Sq, Worcester, MA. $15. Regstrtn/Info: mdavis at cleanwater.org, http://www.cleanwaterfund.org/swp 617-338-8131, http://www.cleanwaterfund.org/pdf/ne_protect.pdf OCT 17-19 2nd Ann Bioneers Northeast: Revolution from Heart of Nature. Sustainability Satellite Conf. Climate, forests, activism & enviro politics, corporate & personal sust seminars; Satellite telecast w David Orr, Maria Luisa Mendon?a, & Tom Hayden; Sustainblty Fair. UNH campus, Durham, NH. $12/25/30/day; student scholrshps; early registr discount by 9/19. Spons: UNH Office of Sustnblty Progrm Info: http://www.sustainableunh.unh.edu/bioneers_evnt.htm leighd at unh.edu, 603.862.4088, http://www.bioneers.org SAT, OCT 18 Role of Tropical Ecology & Conservatn in NE Classroom. 8 am ? 4 pm, Antioch NE Graduate Schl, 40 Avon St, Keene, NH. Re: Prof develpmt/training wkshp. Spons: CTEC Info: ctec at antiochne.edu http://eelink.net/cgi-bin/risee/noram, *SAT, OCT 18 Boston Vegetarian Food Festival, 10 am ? 6 pm, Reggie Lewis Athletic Ctr, Roxbury Comm College, 1350 Tremont St, Boston Free. Info: http://www.bostonveg.org/foodfest T: Orange Line Roxbury Crossing Statn. Dir: http://www.rltac.com/Directions/directions.html OCT 18 & 19 Pls note new location. 'Shift the Power' Summit: Students Act for Clean Energy & Climate Justice. Envirocitizen's No?east Rgnl Summit for College Students. Keynote: Ross Gelbspan, auth: The Heat Is On. Topics: Political skills for enviro & social justice change. Bunker Hill Community College, Charlestown, Boston Regstr by 10/12. Info: 617-427-3598, Envirojusticesummit at hotmail.com, http://www.envirocitizen.org/summit/ne/index.asp MON, OCT 20 Sea Level Rise & Coastal Impacts, Stephen Leatherman (Florida Int?l U). 2 - 3:30 pm, Rm 102, Kline Geol Lab, 210 Whitney Ave, Yale U, New Haven, CT. Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/calendar *MON, OCT 20 Fourteen Years after Kyoto, Where are we now? Issues, Challenges & Partnerships in Global Climate Change, UN Ass?t Sec General Joke Waller-Hunter, Exec Sec of UN Framework Conventn on Climate Change. 4:15 - 5:30 pm, Piper Auditorm, Gund Hall, Harvard Grad Schl Design, 48 Quincy St. Camb Info: bbutler at gsd.harvard.edu, http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/energyclub Map: http://map.harvard.edu/level2/2ScienceLabs.shtml OCT 20-23 Int Conf: Contaminated Soils, Sediments, Water Amherst, MA Info: dleonard at schoolph.umass.edu, http://www.UMassSoils.com TUE, OCT 21 Connectivity for Sustainability: Deploying IT & Knowledge for Developmt, Prof Nazli Choucri, PhD (MIT). 5:30 pm, Columbia U, Morningside Campus, Davis Auditrm, Schapiro Ctr (120th St/B?way & Amsterdam) Info: http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/events TUE, OCT 21 Forum: Belmont Uplands: Wildlife, Wetlands, Forests & Develpmt Adjacent to Alewife Reservatn, Peter Alden (auth: Audubon Soc Guidebook to NE); Charles Katuska (MACC); Robert France (watershed mngmt, Harvd GSD); Cynthia Jenson (bioengnrg); David Morimoto (Lesley U). 7:30 pm, All Saints Church, Common & Clark Sts, Belmont, MA Info: james.graves at verizon.net, 617-547-1944 OCT 21-23 Northeast Recycling Council Fall Conf. Hotel Northampton, Northampton, MA Expanding Recycling Markets; Impact of Recycling on Greenhouse Gas Emissns, Regional Economy & Envir. Info: http://www.nerc.org/bulletin/20030901.html OCT 21-23 Business & Energy Conf. NYC. Info: http://www.conference-board.org/pdf_free/agendas/2004225.pdf WED, OCT 22 Eastern Mediterranean: a lab basin for global processes, Paola Rizzoli (MIT). 12:10 pm, MIT Bldg 54 - Rm 915, via 21 Ames St, Camb. Info: http://www.mit.edu/~phuybers/sack.html Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=54&Buildings=go WED, OCT 22 Are Management-Based Regulations Effective? Evidence from State Pollution Prevention Programs, Lori Snyder (Harvard). 4-5:30 pm, Rm L-332, Littauer Bldg, KSG, 79 JFK St, Camb. Envir econ & policy seminar. Paper at website Info: http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~ec2690hf/ WED, OCT 22 Social Investing: Challenges & Opportunities for Institutnl Investors, Rob Bowers (investment consultant). 4 pm, Smith- Buanano Hall, Rm 106, [on Pembroke Campus North off Meeting St, btwn Thayer & Brown Sts], Providence, RI Info: ilana_friedman at brown.edu, http://www.brown.edu/Students/BEC WED, OCT 22 Sustainability & Higher Educatn for a Secure & Civil Society, Anthony Cortese ScD (Pres, Second Nature) 4-6 pm, MIT Bldg 34 ? Rm 101, 50 Vassar St, Camb. Info: http://events.mit.edu/scripts/event.pl?61545 http://www.secondnature.org/cortese/cortese.html onment/commitment/environmental_initiatives/get_involved/task_force.html Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=34&Buildings=go OCT 22-24 Guideline on Air Quality Models Conf & Courses. Hilton Mystic, 20 Coogan Blvd. Mystic, CT Mystic, CT Info: 860-572-0731 ut.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.awma.org%2Fevents%2F *THUR, OCT 23 Computer TakeBack Campaign Day to Tell Dell, Inc to Take It Back, Make It Clean, & Recycle Responsibly! Nat?l College Action. Info: http://www.dontbedelluded.com/Campus/Events.asp http://www.dontbedelluded.com ,http://www.computertakeback.com kreeve at cleanwater.org, 617-338-8131 THUR, OCT 23 Electronics Recycling Educatn Program/Courses. Northampton, MA Info: http://www.nerc.org *THUR, OCT 23 Coalitn for Envir Responsible Conventns (CERC) General Mtg. 9:45 to 11:15 am, Dwntn Boston Loc. Re: Effort to green ?04 Dem (& Rep) Nat?l Conventn. Inquiries: cambclimact at aol.com Info: http://www.cerc04.org THUR, OCT 23 Predictable Surprises: On the Failure of Regulators to Act, Prof Max Bazerman (Harvard B Schl). Noon -1:30 pm, Bell Hall, 5th Flr, Belfer Bldg, KSG, 79 JFK St, Camb. RSVP Req/ Info: rpp at ksg.harvard.edu, http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/cbg/rpp 617-384-8319, Map: http://map.harvard.edu/level3/3KennedySchool.shtml *THUR, OCT 23 Envir League of MA 105th Ann. Mtg. 6- 8 pm, Museum of Afro- Amer History, 46 Joy St, Beacon Hill, Boston. Keynote: Katherine Abbott (MACommissnr, Dept Conservatn & Recreatn); Awards. RSVP/Info: jtilton at EnvironmentalLeague.org, 617-742-2553 http://www.environmentalleague.org/03_annualmtg.html Dir: http://www.afroammuseum.org/findus.htm OCT 23 & 24 MA/RI APA?s New England Planning Conf. Hartford, CT. Call for Presentations/Proposals ddln 4/25. Info: hsamokar at mapc.org, 617-451-2770 x2050, http://www.mapc.org OCT 23 & 24 [Higher] Educatn for Sustainable Develpmnt Conf. UMass - Lowell, Lowell, MA re: Including sustainble devlpmt concepts in UG & grad progrms; univ?s geographic, social & econ role; univ?s as models for sustnblty. Spons: UMa-Lowell, Cmte on Industrl Theory & Assessmt. Info: http://www.uml.edu/com/CITA rforrant at external.umass.edu *OCT 23 & NOV 1 Marine Invasive Species Monitoring Wkshp, Robert Buchsbaum, PhD (MA Audubon Soc) & Rob Gough (Salem Sound Coastwatch) Thur, 10/23: 7:30 -8:30 pm, Lecture, MA Audubon Soc North Shore Office, 346 Grapevine Rd, Wenham MA Sat, 11/1: 10 am ? Noon, Field Training , Meet Beverly Public Pier / Old Ferry Way Public Landing, Beverly MA Free. Info/Regstr: 978-741-7900, rob.gough at salemsound.org FRI, OCT 24 Human Health & Enviro Exposures Conf: Making the Connectn, Clinical, sci & policy. U. NE College of Osteopathic Medicine, Biddeford, ME. Keynotes: Richard Jackson (Nat Ctr Envir Hlth, Ctrs for Disease Control & Preventn); Sandra Steingraber, (Biologist, auth: Living Downstream). Wkshps: Toxic Threats to Childhd Devlpmt; Hlth Hazards & Patient Populatn; Precautionary Principle; Airshed Protectn; Hlth Tracking Netwk; Chronic Diseases & Envir Exposure; Bio- Monitoring & Body Burden; Chem Policy; Persistent Toxics; Asthma & Air Quality. For hlth profsnls & public. CME credits. Info/Registr: http://www.meepi.org/files03/psrconf.htm Dir: http://www.une.edu/admissions/visit.html FRI, OCT 24 Healthy Envir in CT Schls Conf/Wkshp. All day, Hastings Hotel & Conf Ctr, Hartford, CT. $15. Spons: EPA & CT Schl Indoor Envir Resource Team, Info: CT Educatn Assn, 860-525-5641, http://www.epa.gov/region1/cal/index.html#1024 FRI, OCT 24 Climate Change in Context: Interdisciplinary Curriculum & Wkshp for High School Teachers. 8:30 am ? 3 pm, NE Aquar Educatnl Cntr, Central Wharf, 1st flr, Harbor Garage, Boston. Prof Devlpmt Pts by prior reqst. Lunch incl. Space limited. Info/RSVP: andrew_kerner at hms.harvard.edu 617-384-8530 FRI, OCT 24 Leaf hydraulics - bud to bust, N. Michele Holbrook (Harvard). 11 am, Seminar rm, Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA Info: aabarker at fas.harvard.edu, http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminarschedule.html FRI, OCT 24 Evaluation of pollutant outflow & CO sources during TRACE-P using model-calculated, aircraft-based, & MOPITT-derived CO concentrations, Dale Allen (U MD). Noon, Pierce Hall, Rm 100F, 29 Oxford St, Camb Info: http://www-as.harvard.edu/seminars/seminars.html Dir: http://www-as.harvard.edu/chemistry/trop/directions.html FRI, OCT 24 Challenges to Sustainability: Case Study in Long-Term Adaptatn, Anthropology Prof Frank Hole (Peabody Musm of Nat Hist). Noon, Rm 110, Envir Sci Ctr, 21 Sachem St, Yale U, New Haven, CT Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/calendar *FRI, OCT 24 The Great Blackout of 2003, Steve Connors (MIT Lab for Energy & Envir). 4 pm, Stone Sci Bldg, 675 Commonwealth Ave, 4th flr, STO Rm 453, Boston Info: isw at bu.edu, http://www.bu.edu/cees/resources Map: http://www.bu.edu/maps FRI, OCT 24 Harvard in the Caribbean: Three Centuries of Scientific Discovery Biol Prof Brian Farrell. 7 pm, Harvard Museum Nat History, Haller Lect Hall, 24 Oxford St, Camb Info: http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/events OCT 24 - 26 Northeastern US College Envir Conf. Brown U, Providence, RI Attndnc limited. Info: Megan_Furnari at brown.edu http://www.brown.edu/Students/BEC SAT, OCT 25 G. Evelyn Hutchinson Memorial Symposm - Ecology. (?Father of modern limnology?). New Haven, CT Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/Hutchinson.htm SAT, OCT 25 Greening an Existing Home. Veterans Memorial HS, Warwick, RI $120/ $95. Info: http://www.nesea.org/calendar SAT, OCT 25 Schumacher Lectures. Legal Conditns for Survival of Earth, Thomas Berry; Reinventing the Commons, Peter Barnes. 10 am ? 4:30 pm, Great Barrington, MA Info: http://www.smallisbeautiful.org/frameset_events.html SAT, OCT 25 Teacher Energy Educatn Conf: CONNECT Day ?03. Eastern CT State U Campus, Willimantic, CT. Spons: CONNECTicut Energy Cncil for Teachers & Inst for Sustnble Energy. Re: K-12 & college. Info: 203-238-9521, kohl at easternct.edu, http://www.sustainenergy.org http://www.easternct.edu/ecsu/map/index.html SAT, OCT 25 Ecological Bldg Workshp. 10 am - 4:30 pm, Inst for Envir Living, Apeiron Fndn, 451 Hammet Rd, Coventry, RI. $50-$75 Info/Regist: http://www.apeiron.org SAT, OCT 25 Home Composting Wkshp. 1-3 pm, Camb Ctr for Adult Educ, 42 Brattle St, Camb Info: http://www.state.ma.us/dep/calendar.htm http://www.state.ma.us/dep/consumer/comwkshp.htm 617-547-6789 OCT 25-29 Society of Amer Foresters Nat?l Conventn. Buffalo, NY Info: 301-897-8720, http://www.safnet.org/convention/index.cfm OCT 26-28 4th Ann. Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools Nat?l Symposm Wash, DC Info: http://www.epa.gov/schools MON, OCT 27 Ice sheet-climate interactions: glacial cycles, millennial climate variability & global change, Shawn Marshall (U Calgary). 4 pm, Haller Hall, Geol. Museum, Rm 102, 24 Oxford St, Harv U, Camb Info: http://www.eps.harvard.edu/seminars/epscolloque.php OCT 27-28 Integrated Chemicals Policy ? Seeking New Directns in Chemicals Managmt; Ten Touring European Experts on proposed REACH legislation: Registratn, Evaluatn, & Authorizatn of Chemicals for integrating European chemicals policy. Visit incl: public briefings, discussn mtg w. stakeholder groups. Lowell/Boston. 10/20-28 Delegatn visits DC, Chicago, S.F., Bos. Info: http://www.chemicalspolicy.org/pres.shtml http://www.chemicalspolicy.org Joel_Tickner at uml.edu OCT 27-29 Energy Sustainability Conf: On the Path to Sustainability. Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, CT Spons: Inst for Sustnbl Energy, Eastern CT State U. Info: http://www.sustainenergy.org 860-465-0252 LeahyW at easternct.edu OCT 27-31 Wetlands Wkshp 2003?Hydrology. Atlantic City, NJ Info: http://www.wetlandsworkgroup.org TUE, OCT 28 How Will Ozone Pollutn Affect Future Productivity, Carbon Sequestratn, & Climate Policy? Ben Felzer (Ecosystems Ctr, MBL). 12:15 - 1 pm, MBL, Whitman Audit, Water St, Woods Hole, MA Info: http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/WoodsHole/seminars.html Dir: http://www.mbl.edu/inside/visit/directions OCT 28-30 Nuclear Safety Research Conf. Washington, DC Info: http://www.bnl.gov/NSRC/highlights.asp susanm at bnl.gov WED, OCT 29 Boston College Citizens Seminar to Envision Future of Metro- Boston. Regional Vision & Growth Strategy Project session. 8 - 11:30 am, Hyatt Regency Boston [fmr Swiss Hotel]. Keynote: Angela Glover Blackwell, (PolicyLink) Info/RSVP: 617-451-2770 x2030, ahurwitz at mapc.org, http://www.bc.edu/schools/csom/cga/citizen/invitations http://www.mapc.org/projects_initiatives/regional_visioning.html WED, OCT 29 NEEC Ann. Conf: Keeping the Lights On & the Power Green: Energy Efficiency & Renewables in 2003. Sheraton Needham Hotel, 100 Cabot St, Needham, MA Re: green pricing, energy effic programs, renewable & distributed generatn technologies. Spons: No?east Energy Efficncy Cncl & Assn of Energy Services Profsnls. Info/Dir: http://www.neec.org/anncon/anncon.html WED, OCT 29 Advanced Daylighting Seminar. Boston $170/ $145. Info: http://www.nesea.org/buildings/workshops WED, OCT 29 Taking Sustainable Develpmt Seriously in Climate Debate. Adil Najam (Tufts U). 12:30 - 2 pm, Zamparelli Rm, Tufts U, Mayer Campus (Student) Ctr, 44 Professors Row, Medford, MA Map: http://www.tufts.edu/source/mapmedford.htm WED, OCT 29 Climate Change Policy in the Semi-Periphery: Mexico, Simone Pulver (Brown). 4 pm, Watson Inst, McKinney Conf Rm, 111 Thayer St, 111 Thayer St, Providence, RI Info: http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Watson_Institute WED, OCT 29 Institutional Investors Network on Climate Change Risk, Mindy Lubber (Exec Dir, CERES). 4 pm, Smith-Buanano Hall, Rm 106, [on Pembroke Campus North off Meeting St, btwn Thayer & Brown Sts], Providence, RI Info: ilana_friedman at brown.edu, http://www.brown.edu/Students/BEC THUR, OCT 30 Emergency Envir Management Tools Wkshp for Colleges & Univ.Sheraton Framingham Hotel, Framingham, MA $75 Info: http://www.epa.gov/ne/assistance/univ/index.html 617-918-1828, bagnoli.peggy at epa.gov THUR, OCT 30 Monster of God: Man-Eating Predator in Jungles of History & Mind, David Quammen. 6 pm, Harvard Musm Nat History, Geological Lect Hall, 24 Oxford St, Camb Info: 617-495-3045 http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/events OCT 30-31 Ecosystems Conf: Restoration & Creation. Tampa, FL. Info: pcannizzaro at hccfl.edu, http://www.hccfl.edu/depts/detp/eco-conf.html OCT 30 - NOV 2 Ecological Engineering for Integrated Water Management. Camb Designing Urban & Industrial Watersheds ? Conf. Harvard Grad Schl of Design, 48 Quincy St, Camb Info: http://www.ecological-engineering.org/home.html info at ecological-engineering.org Dir: http://map.harvard.edu/level3/3SciLabs1.shtml *OCT 31 - NOV 1 8th Ann Int. Envir Moot Court Competitn. Stetson U Gulfport, FL Info: http://www.law.stetson.edu/environmental/EnvMtCtbrochure.pdf FRI, OCT 31 Biology of beech bark disease, including relationships between the disease, blue jays, & black bears, David Houston. (Plant Pathologist, US Forest Service, Ret.) 11 am, Seminar rm, Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA Info: aabarker at fas.harvard.edu, http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminarschedule.html FRI, OCT 31 Net Ecosystem Production & Nutrient Cycling in an Aggrading Forest Under Elevated CO2, Adrien Finzi (Boston U). 4 pm, Boston U Stone Sci Bldg, 675 Commonwealth Ave, 4th flr, Rm 453, Boston Info: http://www.bu.edu/cees/resources Map: http://www.bu.edu/maps T: Green B Line BU East stop. FRI, OCT 31 Boston Critical Mass! Bike rally / ride, last Friday of each month. Free pedalling party celebrating community social space. Wear helmet, bring your light! Meet 5:30 pm, Copley Sq, Boston, MA Info: http://www.bostoncriticalmass.org NOVEMBER 2003 SAT, NOV 1 Passive Solar Wkshp, Yestermorrow Design/Build Schl, Warren, VT $120/ $95. Info: http://www.nesea.org/buildings/workshops SUN, NOV 2 PACE Tour of Energy-Related Projects, Mohegan Tribal Govt Bldg, Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, CT. Re: fuel cells, grnd source heat pumps, heat recovery system, recycling & reuse, air pollutn preventn, alt transp, CO2 offsets. $15 Reserv Req/Info: 860-693-2538, http://www.pace-cleanenergy.org/action_files/MSTour1.pdf *NOV 2 - 4 Investors? Circle 2003 Natl Conf & Venture Fair. Building Sustainable Communities: From Philanthropy to Venture Capital. Charles Hotel, 1 Bennett St.Harvard Sq, Camb Info: 617-566-2600 http://www.investorscircle.net/Conference2003.html MON, NOV 3 Mechanisms of abrupt global climate change during the last deglaciatn, Peter Clark (Oregon SU). 4 pm, Haller Hall, Geol. Museum, Rm 102, 24 Oxford St, Harv U, Camb Info: http://www.eps.harvard.edu/seminars/epscolloque.php NOV 3-5 8th Nat?l Green Power Marketing Conf. Chicago, IL Info: http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/conference http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/conference/gpmconf02.html TUE, NOV 4 Meeting the Challenges of Sustainable Bldgs at Colleges. 9 am ? 4 pm, Harry Jack Gray Conf Ctr/Wilde Auditorm, U Hartford, Hartford, CT re: LEED stds, case studies. Info: kim.trella at po.state.ct.us, http://www.ctgbc.org/events.htm Dir: http://www.hartford.edu/about/map/buildings.asp http://www.hartford.edu/about/info.asp?item=driving WED, NOV 5 Making the Cut:Fundraising for Nonprofits. 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, Boston Ctr for Adult Ed, 5 Commonwealth Ave, Boston. $125. Info/ Registrn: 617-267-4430, http://www.bcae.org info at bcae.org http://www.bcae.org/Search?&Query=fundraising WED, NOV 5 Leveraging Our Voice & Vote as Investors to Promote Corporate Social Responsibility, Tim Smith (investment mngr). 4 pm, Smith-Buanano Hall, Rm 106, [on Pembroke Campus North off Meeting St, btwn Thayer & Brown Sts], Providence, RI Info: ilana_friedman at brown.edu, http://www.brown.edu/Students/BEC WED, NOV 5 Urban Sprawl & Obesity, Andrew Plantinga & Stephanie Bernell, (OR State U.) 4-5:30 pm, Rm L-332, Littauer Bldg, KSG, 79 JFK St, Camb. Envir econ & policy seminar. Paper at website Info: http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~ec2690hf/ WED, NOV 5 Emerging Ocean Technologies: Promoting Renewable Energy, Greg Watson (MA Tech Collab); GorlovTurbine & AquaEnergy reps. 7 - 9 pm North Shore Community College, Gym, McGee Bldg 1st flr, 300 Broad St (Rte 1A), Lynn, MA. MBTA: Blue Line Wonderland Statn, take Bus #441 Info: 781-639-8636, healthlink at healthlink.org, http://www.HealthLink.org Dir: http://www.northshore.edu/directions WED, NOV 5 Genes, Envir, & Epidemics: Autism, Martha Herbert MD (Harvd Med Schl). 7:30 pm, First Parish, 3 Church St, Harvard Sq, Camb Info: http://www.cambridgeforum.org 617-495-2727 NOV 5 - 7 Drivers of Technology Innovation in the Bldg & Real Estate Industry, Design & Constructn. 6 pm 11/5 ? 2 pm 11/7. Harvard Grad Schl of Design, 48 Quincy St, Camb Spons: Ctr for Design Informatics. Info: http://www.cdi.gsd.harvard.edu/conference2003 Dir: http://map.harvard.edu/level3/3SciLabs1.shtml NOV 5 - 7 Workshop on Fostering Successful Implementatn of Sustainable Urban Travel Policies. Wash, DC Spons: US DOT & European Cncl of Ministrs of Transp. Info: http://ostpxweb.dot.gov/policy/ http://www.apta.com/conferences_calendar/calendar.cfm THUR, NOV 6 Northeast Energy & Technology EXPO & Conf. 8 ? 4 pm, Crowne Plaza Hotel, 10 Lincoln Sq, Worcester, MA Econ & Productivity; Climate Change Policy & Implementatn; Distributed generatn & Combined Heat/Power; Energy efficiency & Conservatn Progrms. Info: http://www.energyexpo2003.com 617-565-9765, http://www.ase.org/calendar_11.htm scott.hutchins at ee.doe.gov THUR, NOV 6 11th Ann US Canada Energy Trade & Technlgy Conf. Spons: NE-Canada Business Council. http://www.negc.org/upcoming.html THUR, NOV 6 New Directions in Corporate Disclosure, Robert Litan (Brookings Inst). Noon -1:30 pm, Bell Hall, 5th Flr, Belfer Bldg, KSG, 79 JFK St, Camb RSVP Req /Info: rpp at ksg.harvard.edu, http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/cbg/rpp 617-384-8319, Map: http://map.harvard.edu/level3/3KennedySchool.shtml *THUR, NOV 6 Informal Envir Law Debate: Lynn Scarlett (Asst Sec Interior for Policy, Mngmt & Budget) vs John Leshy (frmr Solicitor, Dept Interior, 1992-2000). Public Session, Harvard Law Schl Envir Conf. 4 ? 6 pm, Austin Hall North, HLS Campus, Camb. THUR, NOV 6 Beyond Mushrooms: A Look at the Biodiversity of Fungi, Botany Prof Donald Pfister. 6 pm, Harvard Musm Nat History, Geological Lect Hall, 24 Oxford St, Camb Info: 617-495-3045 http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/events NOV 6 & 7 Carbon Sequestration Initiative Forum IV 2003: Scenarios. Info: http://sequestration.mit.edu/forums/index.html marygal at mit.edu FRI, NOV 7 Dunghill doctrines of the early republic, Steven Stoll (Yale U) 11 am, Seminar rm, Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA Info: aabarker at fas.harvard.edu, http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminarschedule.html FRI, NOV 7 GPS Occultatns for Climate Monitring: ACE+ Experimnt, Gottfried Kirchengast (Univ Graz). Noon, Pierce Hall, Rm 100F, 29 Oxford St, Camb Info: http://www-as.harvard.edu/seminars/seminars.html Dir: http://www-as.harvard.edu/chemistry/trop/directions.html *FRI, NOV 7 Sea Ice Ecology: Life, Slime & Physics, Klaus Meiners (Yale Post-Doct). Noon, Rm 110, Envir Sci Ctr, 21 Sachem St, Yale U, New Haven, CT Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/calendar FRI, NOV 7 Agricultural Land & Transformatn of the Earth System, Jon Foley (U Wisc). 3 pm, Whitman Audit, Water St, Woods Hole, MA Info: http://www.mbl.edu/inside/what/news/events/events_ses.html Dir: http://www.mbl.edu/inside/visit/directions FRI, NOV 7 Regional Climate Change Cooperation, Henrik Selin (Linkoping U & MIT DUSP). 4 pm, Boston U Stone Sci Bldg, 675 Comm Ave, 4th flr, Rm 453, Boston Info: http://www.bu.edu/cees/resources Map: http://www.bu.edu/maps T: Green B Line BU East stop. NOV 7-9 NE Student Enviro Action Coalitn (SEAC) Regional Activist Training. Wesleyan Univ, Middletown, CT Info: neseac at seac.org, www.seac.org/ne/nerat.htm [New date & loc.] NOV 7-9 Net Impact Ann Conf. New Leaders for Better Business. U Texas -Austin. Info: http://www.net-impact.org SAT, NOV 8 Earthwatch Public Day 2003: Making Connectns for Sustainable Envir. Hyatt Regency, 575 Memorial Dr, Camb. Re: >100 sci field resrch expeditns worldwide. Spkrs incl: paleoanthropologist, conservtn activist Dr Richard Leakey; Dr Peter Kershaw on Climate Change at Arctic?s Edge. Info/Regstrn: http://www.earthwatch.org/conference 800-776-0188 x207 Press info: 800-776-0188 x136, bmagruder at earthwatch.org SAT, NOV 8 Shaping the Future of Essex County, MA - Practical Solutions for Sustainable Growth. 8 am - 4:30 pm, Merrimack College, Andover, MA $15 Info: 978-887-8876, l.cunningham at eccf.org SAT, NOV 8 PV 101 Workshop. 9 am - 4 pm, Evergreen Solar, Marlboro, MA Info: http://www.nesea.org/buildings/workshops SUN, NOV 9 Healthy Vegan Nutrition & Global Anti-Hunting Coalition Brenda Davis, RD & Anthony Marr. 2:30 pm, Veggie Planet/ Club Passim, 47 Palmer St, Harvard Sq, Camb. Info: http://boston.earthsave.org/events.htm MON, NOV 10 Human-Climate-Envir Interactions in Maya Lowlands (Yucatan Peninsula) Inferred from Lake Sediment Cores, David Hodell (U Florida). 2 - 3:30 pm, Rm 102, Kline Geol Lab, 210 Whitney Ave, Yale U, New Haven, CT. Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/calendar MON, NOV 10 Enviro Advocates of NY Ann Gala. Yale Club, Manhattan, NYC. Info: pkelly at eany.org, http://www.eany.org FRI, NOV 14 Tale of Two Times: Organic aerosols in atmospheres of early & current earth, Margaret Tolbert (U Co). Noon, Pierce Hall, Rm 100F, 29 Oxford St, Camb Info: http://www-as.harvard.edu/seminars/seminars.html WED, NOV 12 Bos Soc Architects: Committee on the Envir Mtg. 8-10 am, Topic, Loc TBA Info: ken_fisher at gensler.com http://committees.architects.org/green/newcote.htm WED, NOV 12 Walk & Witness for Climate & Creation; Interfaith Service of Repentance & Renewal at United Nations. Gather 11 am: Community Church of NY, 40 E. 35th St (btw Park & Madison). Noon: Procession to UN/Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 47th St (1st & 2nd Aves). 1 pm: Service of Repentance & Renewal at UN Plaza Info: nov12 at religiouswitness.org, http://www.Religiouswitness.org WED, NOV 12 Simulatn of Younger Dryas Event: why did climate change so abruptly? Suki Manabe (GFDL). 11 am - 1 pm, MIT Bldg 54 ? Rm 915, via 21 Ames St, Camb. Info: http://www.mit.edu/~phuybers/sack.html Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=54&Buildings=go WED, NOV 12 Matthias Schuler, Enviro Enginr Transsolar, Stuttgart, Germany: Gives Joseph & Etel Thomas Lecture. 6:30 - 8:30 pm, Harvard Grad Schl of Design, Piper Auditrm, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St, Camb Info: http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/public_lectures.html Dir: http://map.harvard.edu/level3/3SciLabs1.shtml NOV 12-14 GreenBuild - Intnat?l Conf & Expo: US Green Bldg Council. 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Info/Applic: http://www.thedartcenter.org *Energy Star Online Trainings & Presentations http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=business.bus_internet_presentations Position: Exec Dir, Northeast Sustainable Energy Assn Info: http://www.nesea.org/involved/jobs.html Coalition for Envir Responsible Conventions: http://www.cerc04.org Alert: Stop New Push to Open Arctic Wildlife Refuge http://www.denaction.org log in & select Action Alert #250 Costs of Preventable Childhood Illness: The Price We Pay for Pollution. R Massey & F Ackerman. 9/03 GDAE, Tufts. http://ase.tufts.edu/gdae/publications/articles_reports/Childhood_Illness.PDF http://ase.tufts.edu/gdae/highlights/massey_ackermanreport.htm New: City of Somerville Climate Action Plan posted as pdf at: http://www.ci.somerville.ma.us & click ?What?s New? Report: After the Blackout: Achieving a Cleaner, More Reliable Electric System, Dutzik & Sargent, Nat?l Assn of State PIRGS. 9/03. Papers on Blackout, Energy & Grid Policy: http://ksgwww.harvard.edu/hepg Global Envir Assessments: Informatn, Institutns, & Influence. Mitchell, R B., ed. et al, MIT Press. At: http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/gea/pubs/geavol_info.html Earthly Politics: Local & Global in Envir Governance. Jasanoff, Sheila & Marybeth Long Martello, eds. MIT Press. http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/gea/pubs/geavol_earthly.html Design of Envir Assessments: Choices for Effective Processes. Farrell, Alex & Jill J?ger, eds. Resources for the Future. At: http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/gea/pubs/geavol_design.html Defend envir, clean air & parks re: highway bill http://actionnetwork.org/campaign/safetea/explanation Rhode Island's climate action plan process Info: http://righg.raabassociates.org Early Warning from Alaska: Global Warming's Front Line Proceedings: http://www.akcf.org/gw.htm re: Ice into Water: Melting of the North; Climate Change & Tundra & Boreal Communities; Lessons from Cooper Island; Warming of the Yukon River Envir Review of FTAA: Examining US Approach, Kevin Gallagher http://ase.tufts.edu/gdae/Pubs/rp/CarnegieKGAug03.htm PEW Centre draft papers on Climate Change Policy (Aug 2003) Info: http://www.pewclimate.org/global-warming-in-depth/international/working_papers/beyondkyoto.cfm Climate Policy Paper & Slideshow: Contraction & Convergence: http://www.gci.org.uk/signon/OrigStatement2.pdf http://www.gci.org.uk/slideshow/C&CSlideshow.ppt IPPR Report http://www.gci.org.uk/news/IPPR_Report.pdf http://www.topica.com/lists/GCN at igc.topica.com/read/message.html?mid=1713932985&sort=d&start=286 Mass Electric Customers: GreenUp! ? Renewable Energy Options program allows you to purchase clean, renewable energy directly thru utility bill. Info: http://www.MIPandL.org http://www.mipandl.org/pdfs/GreenUpMIPLform.pdf Or look for Mass Electric Sept bill insert/stuffer Envir Justice & Health Union Report: Enviro Exposure & Racial Disparities: http://www.ejhu.org/disparities.html Book: "Lies & the Lying Liars Who Tell Them; A Fair & Balanced Look at the Right," Al Franken Info: http://www.alfrankenweb.com ?Socially Responsible? Courses at MIT: http://web.mit.edu/pugwash/www/PugwashSuggestedCourses.pdf Harvard Working Interdisciplinary Students for Envir (WISE) April ?03 Campus Sustainability Symposium now online: http://www.environment.harvard.edu/symp03/video/index.html Write Letters to Local Papers re Black-Out, Clean Energy See Feature at left: http://www.tufts.edu/tci/Calendar.html Black-Out/Energy Solutions Reader: http://www.tompaine.com/feature2.cfm/ID/8642 EPA Community Enviro Justice Grant Program. 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We look forward to speaking with you soon. Sincerely, Karen Mecz Lamees Aziz The Esplanade Association 10 Derne St. Boston, MA 02115 Telephone: 617.859.3088 E-mail: karenmecz at hotmail.com E-mail: laziz at wellesley.edu From support at get.topica.com Tue Oct 7 00:20:51 2003 From: support at get.topica.com (Topica Support) Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 21:20:51 -0700 Subject: [Save] Welcome to CambClimCal! Message-ID: <340857469-1463792382-1065500451@boing.topica.com> Hi, You have been successfully added to the email list "CambClimCal" at Topica. If you would like more information about this list, you can find the list's information page at: http://www.topica.com/lists/CambClimCal If you feel that someone has used your email address without your consent, please let us know by contacting abuse at get.topica.com. 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Professor John Grotzinger Department of Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT Biostratigraphic, carbon isotopic, and uranium-lead zircon geochronological data from globally distributed regions indicate an abrupt last appearance of Precambrian metazoans coincident with a large-magnitude, but short-lived negative excursion in the carbon-isotopic composition of seawater that is globally coincident with the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary. U-Pb zircon age data from an intercalated ash bed in Oman directly constrain this negative excursion to be 542.0 Ma ? <0.5 Ma, consistent with previous constraints from Siberia and Namibia. Combined with the global biostratigraphic record, these new data strengthen hypotheses invoking mass extinction within terminal Proterozoic ecosystems at or near the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary. Pick up some lunch immediately before the seminar in 16-168. Next Seminar: Thursday October 23, 12 Noon, 16-160. 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There will >also be a discussion of the "American Style Non-Profit >Organization," contrasting this model with the "European Style >Non-Governmental Organization." > >About the speaker: >Seth Kaplan is a Senior Attorney at the Conservation Law Foundation. >He serves as the Director of CLF's Clean Air and Climate Change >Project. A graduate of Wesleyan University and Northeastern >University School of Law, he worked as a real estate and >environmental attorney in private practice in New York City before >his return to CLF, where he had previously worked as a law student. >His current work focuses on fostering renewable energy, working for >climate protection, and reducing the environmental impact of fossil >fuel power plants. 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This notion of "country" had little to do with national boundaries: people could travel from a "new country" to their own, all the while remaining formally within American territory. What does the frequent reference to new and different "country" tell us about environments of the early nineteenth century? To early Americans, environments were localized, they were differentiated, they were sometimes overlapping, and they were vitally important for human health and well-being. Reports of the earthquakes of 1811-12, however, challenged some of this sense of "country": earthquakes were not discretely localized, and they connected vast regions, rather than differentiating them. Looking at various descriptions of the "face of the country," at rest and in turmoil, thus gives some sense of the change in regional perception over the early nineteenth century. Sponsored by MIT's History Faculty and the Program in Science, Technology, and Society For more information or to be put on the mailing list, please contact Margo Collett at mcollett at mit.edu or log onto our websites at http://web.mit.edu/history/www/index.html and http://web.mit.edu/sts/ For location visit http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/save/attachments/20031009/4a1e215b/attachment.htm From jwadams at MIT.EDU Tue Oct 14 08:58:51 2003 From: jwadams at MIT.EDU (Justin Adams) Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 08:58:51 -0400 Subject: [Save] TODAY! Tuesday, October 14 Waste Sort Information Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20031014085249.024dfec0@hesiod> Last week went great! We sorted through 7.5 cubic yards of trash to find hundreds of pounds of recyclables. The weather was beautiful and it was a lot of fun. Your first assignment as volunteers is to recruit another person to come along, even if just for part of the event. We need people power for this event. Please bring a friend or fellow colleague to sort through your neighbors trash:) The list of volunteers for the waste sort to occur next week (10/14/03) is as follows: Justin Adams, Amanda Graham, Dan Winograd, Marc Fournier, Kelly Johnson, Kevin Brulois, Churchill Yong, Rachel Valdez, Jonathan Tejada, Aron Walker, Jennifer Combs, Matt Zedler, Brian Foti, Zhanna Davidovitz, Blossom Hoag If you don't see your name and would like to volunteer please let me know via email. If you don't see your name and aren't sure if you want to volunteer just show up, participate, or just watch. When and where will we meet? The event will officially begin at 3pm and end at 5pm at Kresge, near the steps of the student center What should you wear? Pants and boots or hikers. Coveralls, gloves, and safety glasses will be provided. What should you expect? 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Just as individual macromolecules can serve as documents of evolutionary history, the collective genomes within natural ecosystems can provide deep perspective on environmental, evolutionary and ecological processes and interactions. Recent results demonstrate that defining microbial functional attributes, population biology, biological interactions, and ecosystem processes in complex ecosystems is now possible, using such genomics-enabled approaches. 12 Noon, Thursday October 23, 2003 MIT Building 16-160 Matthew Gardner, Ph.D. Program Administrator Earth System Initiative, 16-177 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA, 02139 617.253.6895 http://web.mit.edu/esi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Medford, MA SCROLL DOWN for FULL INDEX & DETAILS Noted: *Costs of Inaction: Delaying Action on Global Warming – Report: http://uspirg.org/uspirg.asp?id2=10915&id3=USPIRG& 160,000 said dying yearly from global warming. Reuters http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L30616897.htm EPA Clean Air rules: benefits worth 5-7 times costs, OMB study http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2003/09/27/epa_rules_worth_the_costs_study_says *Living on Earth Radio adds WUMB Sundays at 8 pm. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> MCAN’s 3rd Annual -- ** GRASSROOTS CLIMATE ACTION CONFERENCE ** Sun., Nov. 16 - Tufts U, Medford MA 9 am – 5 pm, Cabot Center, 170 Packard Ave, Medford, MA Keynotes: I: Rhode Isld Climate Plan, Local Buy-in & Regnl Synergy Jan Reitsma, Dir., R.I. Dept. Envir. Management II: Europe Leads: Cutting Carbon Affordably Michael Northrop, Rockefeller Brothers Fund 18 Wkshps: Local climate action plans & GHG reduction strategies; Climate change sci, human & ocean impacts, solutns; Regnal climate plan & realities; Greening town & gown; Green schools & capital projects; VMT’s, fuel use & SUVs; EcoTeams; Community wind projects & Cape Wind; Global warming educatn K-12 & public; Advancing state & regional policy & action; Allied efforts; Message & Organizing skills; Media wkshp w. Globe & Herald envir reporters. Fee: $40. $30 if by 10/31 Info: see http://www.massclimateaction.org or Feature at http://www.tufts.edu/tci/Calendar.html cambclimact at aol.com, 781-643-5911 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ~ Tell friends about this Calendar! Subscribe? blank email to: CambClimCal-subscribe at topica.com Link Websites to CCC: http://tufts.edu/tci/Calendar.html Submit Events: CambClimAct at aol.com See website for guidelines. Local Climate Activism: http://www.massclimateaction.org >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> INDEX: * = New SCROLL DOWN BELOW THIS INDEX for DETAILED LIST OCTOBER 2003 October 15 - 17 10/15-17 Light Emitting Diodes in Illumination. San Diego, CA October 15, 22, & 26 10/15, 22, & 26 Yale Short Course in River Processes. New Hvn, CT Thursday, October 16 10/16 - Sources of ice-rafted sediment in Heinrich events. Boston October 16 & 17 *10/16 & 17 Weather Channel Network Climate Change Series. Cable October 16 - 18 10/16-18 Human Dimensions of Global Envir Change. Montreal 10/16-18 e.hormone 2003: Envir & Hormone Symposm New Orleans Friday, October 17 *10/17 - Low Impact Develpmt Conf/Storm Water. White Plains, NY 10/17 Edaphic envir’s of, & effects on, tropical forests. Petersham, MA 10/17 - Improving Agricultrl Practices w GIS. Northampton, MA *10/17 - State Leadership on Climate Change, Envir Issues. Camb 10/17 - Balancing Society & Economy 2003. Tufts, Medford, MA 10/17 - Climate Detection & Attribution. Boston 10/17 - What Animals Think. Camb October 17-18 10/17,18 – New England Drinking Water Protectn Conf. Worcester, MA October 17-19 10/17-19 Bioneers NE - Sustainability Satellite Conf, Durham, NH Saturday, October 18 10/18 - Role of Tropical Ecology & Conservatn in NE Classroom. *10/18 - Earth Connectns Badge Day for Jr Girl Scouts. Topsfield, MA 10/18 - Boston Vegetarian Food Festival. Boston October 18 & 19 10/18,19 Envirocitizen's No’east Regnl Student Summit. Charlestown/Bos Sunday, October 19 10/19 – Living on Earth, Enviro Radio. NPR, WBUR, WUMB, Web Monday, October 20 *10/20 - Enviro Industry's State of the Industry Report. *10/20 - Toll of Asbestos Diseases from Montana Vermiculite. Boston 10/20 - Sea Level Rise & Coastal Impacts. New Haven, CT *10/20 – Atmospheric States, Ozone & Growing Epidemic. Camb 10/20 - Fourteen Years after Kyoto, Where are we now? Camb *10/20 - Sustainability Career Panel & GE Wind Presentatn. Allston, MA October 20-23 10/20-23 Contaminated Soils, Sediments, Water Conf. Amherst, MA Tuesday, October 21 *10/21 - Managing Transitn to Sustainable Devlpmt. Middlebury, VT 10/21 - Connectivity for Sustainability: IT for Devlpmt. NYC 10/21 Belmont Uplands: Alewife, Conservtn, Devlpmt. Belmont, MA October 21-23 10/21-23 - Northeast Recycling Council Fall Conf. Northampton, MA 10/21-23 Business & Energy Conf. NYC Wednesday, October 22 10/22 - AIM Breakfast Mtg w MA DEP Commissionr. Chicopee, MA *10/22 - Sustainability of Shrimp Productn-Consumptn Chains. Camb 10/22 – E. Mediterranean: lab basin for global processes. Camb 10/22 - Social Investing for Institutions. Providence, RI 10/22 - Sustainability & Higher Ed for Secure, Civil Society. Camb 10/22 - Are Management-Based Regulations Effective? Camb October 22-24 10/22-24 Guideline on Air Quality Models Conf. Mystic, CT Thursday, October 23 10/23 - Computer TakeBack Campaign Day Targeting Dell. USA 10/23 - Electronics Recycling Educatn Program. Northampton, MA 10/23 - Coalitn for Envir Responsible Conventns General Mtg. Boston 10/23 - Predictable Surprises: On Failure of Regulators to Act. Camb *10/23 - Microbial World: From Nano-systems to Ecosystems. Camb *10/23 - Global Warming: Federal & State Solutns. Middlebury, VT 10/23 - Envir League of MA Ann. Mtg. Boston *10/23 - Smart Growth in Urban Watersheds. Somerville, MA *10/23 - Forum on Populatn, Envir & Growth in NE. Durham, NH October 23 & 24 10/23,24 - New England Planning Conf. Hartford, CT 10/23,24 - Educatn for Sustainable Development Conf. Lowell, MA October 23 & November 1 10/23 - Marine Invasives Monitoring Wkshp. Wenham, Beverly, MA Friday, October 24 10/24 - Human Health & Enviro Exposures Conf. Biddeford, ME 10/24 - Healthy Envir in Connecticut Schls Conf/Wkshp. Hartford, CT 10/24 - Climate Change High School Curriculum Wkshp. Boston 10/24 - Leaf hydraulics - bud to bust. Petersham, MA *10/24 - Transforming Rural Lives in Forest Margins. Camb 10/24 - Evaluatn of (Air) Pollutant Outflow & CO Sources. Camb 10/24 - Challenges to sustainblty: long-term adaptatn. New Haven, CT *10/24 - Collaborative Approach to Ecosystems Mngmt: Cape Wind. Camb 10/24 - The Great Blackout of 2003. Boston 10/24 - 3 Centuries of Scientific Discovery in Caribbean. Camb October 24-26 10/24-26 No’eastern US College Envir Conf. Providence, RI Saturday, October 25 10/25 - Hutchinson Mem Symposm - Ecology. New Haven, CT 10/25 – Teacher Energy Educatn: CONNECT Day. Willimantic, CT 10/25 – NESEA Greening an Existing Home. Warwick, RI *10/25 - NESEA PV 101 Workshop. Warwick, RI 10/25 - Schumacher Lecture: Thomas Berry. Grt Barrington, MA 10/25 - Ecological Building Workshop. Coventry, RI 10/25 - Home Composting Wkshp. Camb *10/25 –Investigate Energy - Children’s “Course.” Boston October 25-29 10/25-29 Society of Amer Foresters Nat’l Conventn. Buffalo, NY OCT 25-29 Soc of American Foresters Nat’l Conventn. Buffalo, NY Info: http://www.safnet.org/convention/index.cfm Sunday, October 26 *10/26 - Living on Earth: Enviro Radio. NPR, WBUR, WUMB, Web October 26 - 28 10/26-28 Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schls Nat’l Symposm. DC Sunday, October 26 10/5 – Living on Earth, Enviro Radio. NPR & Web Monday, October 27 10/27 - Ice sheet-climate interactions. Camb *10/27 - MA Interfaith Power & Light, Solar & Fair Trade. Grnfld, MA *10/27 – European Advances in Toxic Chemical Policies. Boston October 27-28 10/27,28 Seeking New Policy in Chemicals Mngmt. Lowell/Bos, MA October 27-29 10/27-29 Energy Sustainability Conf. Uncasville, CT October 27-31 10/27-31 Wetlands Wkshp 2003--Hydrology: Atlantic City, NJ Tuesday, October 28 10/28 Ozone Pollutn, C Sequestratn & Climate Policy. Wds Hole, MA October 28-30 10/28-30 Nuclear Safety Research Conf. Washington, DC Wednesday, October 29 10/29 - MAPC Regional Vision & Growth Strategy Project. Boston 10/29 - NEEC Conf: Keep Lights On, Power Green. Needham, MA 10/29 - Advanced Daylighting Seminar. Boston 10/29 - Sustainable Develpmt in Climate Debate. Medford, MA 10/29 - Climate Change Policy in Mexico. Providence, RI 10/29 - Inst Investors Netwk on Climate Change Risk. Prvdnc, RI October 29 & 30, November 4 & 5 10/29,30; 11/4,5 Energy Star Homes Bldr/Designr Wkshps. MA Thursday, October 30 10/30 Emergency Envir Mngmt for Collgs, U’s. Framingham, MA *10/30 - EJAM Envir Justice Training Wkshp. Arlington, MA *10/30 – Conservatn, Ecology & Envir History. Middlebury, VT 10/30 - Man-Eating Predator in Jungles of History & Mind. Camb October 30-31 10/30-31 Ecosystems Conf: Restoratn & Creatn. Tampa, FL October 30 - November 2 10/30 - 11/2 Ecological Enginrg for Integrated Water Mngmt. Camb Friday, October 31 10/31 – 11/1 Int. Envir Moot Court Competitn. FL 10/31 - Beech bark disease, blue jays, & bears. Petersham, MA 10/31 – NEP & Nutrient Cycling in Forest w Elevated CO2. Boston 10/31 - Boston Critical Mass! Bike Rally. Boston October 31 - November 12 10/31-11/12 Peace Pagoda Walk for Global Warming. Leverett, MA - NYC NOVEMBER 2003 Saturday, November 1, 2003 *11/1 - Vermont Land Conservatn Conf. Northfield, VT 11/1 - Passive Solar Wkshp. Warren, VT *11/1 - Bats: Behavior, Observatn, & Conservatn Program. Boston Sunday, November 2 11/2 - Tour Energy-Related Projects at Mohegan Sun. Uncasville, CT *11/2 - Living on Earth: Enviro Radio. NPR, WBUR, WUMB, Web November 2-4 11/2-4 Investors’ Circle 2003 Natl Conf & Venture Fair. Camb Monday, November 3 11/3 - Mechanisms of abrupt global climate change. Camb November 3-5 11/3-5 Green Power Marketing Conf. Chicago, IL Tuesday, November 4 *11/4 - Promoting Exercise, Health by Urban Design Conf. Boston 11/4 - Challenges of Sustainable Bldgs at Colleges. Hartford, CT Wednesday, November 5 11/5 - Making the Cut:Fundraising for Nonprofits. Boston 11/5 – Investors’ Actions for Corporate Social Respnsblty. Prvdc, RI 11/5 - Urban Sprawl & Obesity. Camb 11/5 - Ocean Technologies for Renewable Energy. Lynn, MA 11/5 - Genes, Envir, & Epidemics: Autism. Camb November 5 - 7 11/5-7 Drivers of Techno Innovatn in Bldg, Real Estate. Camb 11/5-7 Sustainable Urban Travel Policies Wkshp. Wash, DC Thursday, November 6 11/6 - Northeast Energy & Technology Expo 2003. Worcester, MA 11/6 – US/Canada Energy Trade & Techn Conf. Boston *11/6 - Vermont Family Forests Wkshp. Bristol, VT 11/6 - New Directions in Corporate Disclosure. Camb *11/6 Enviro Attitudes, Motivatn, Affinities & Behavr. Middlebury, VT 11/6 – Informal Envir Law Debate: Scarlett vs Leshy. Camb *11/6 - MIT Envir Forum: Commitments, Challenges, Actions. Camb 11/6 - A Look at the Biodiversity of Fungi. Camb November 6 & 7 11/6,7 - Carbon Sequestratn Initiative Forum IV. Camb Friday, November 7 11/7 - Dunghill doctrines of early republic. Petersham, MA 11/7 - GPS Occultatns for Climate Monitoring. Camb 11/7 - Sea Ice Ecology: Life, Slime & Physics. New Haven, CT 11/7 Agricultrl Land & Transformatn of Earth System. Wds Hole, MA 11/7 - Regional Climate Change Cooperation. Boston November 7-9 11/7-9 Student Envir Action Coalitn Training. Middletown, CT 11/7-9 Net Impact Ann Conf. Austin, TX *11/7-9 AMC White Mountain Workshop. Crawford Notch, NH Saturday, November 8 *11/8 - 1st Ann.Vermont Toxics Action Conf. Randolph, VT 11/8 - Earthwatch Public Day Connectns for Sustainable Envir. Camb 11/8 - Solutns for Sustainable Growth in Essex County. Andover, MA 11/8 - PV 101 Workshop. Marlboro, MA Sunday, November 9 11/9 - Vegan Nutrition & Global Anti-Hunting Coalition. Camb *11/9 - Living on Earth: Enviro Radio. NPR, WBUR, WUMB, Web Monday, November 10 11/10 - Human-Climate-Envir Interactns in Yucatan. New Haven, CT 11/10 - Enviro Advocates of NY Ann Gala. NYC *11/10 - Global Climate Change & Cape Wind Project. Westwood, MA Wednesday, November 12 11/12 - Bos Soc Arch: Committee on the Envir Mtg. Boston 11/12 - Walk & Witness for Climate & Creation at UN. NYC 11/12 - Younger Dryas: Why did climate change so abruptly? Camb *11/12 - Love Canal, 25 years later. Boston 11/12 - Matthias Schuler, Enviro Enginr Transsolar, Stuttgart. Camb November 12-14 11/12-14 GreenBuild: Int’l Conf & Expo: USGBC. Pittsburgh, PA Thursday, November 13 11/13 Greening an Existing Facility. Albany, NY *11/13 - China's Decline in Energy Intensity. Middlebury, VT 11/13 - Future of Canada's Northern Boreal Forest. Camb 11/13 - Home Composting Wkshp. Natick, MA Friday, November 14 11/14 - Fuel Cells for Green Power Generatn Seminar. Brkline, MA 11/14 - Mercury, salamanders & watershed conditn. Petersham, MA 11/14 – Early & current atmospheric organic aerosols. Camb 11/14 - A Holistic View of Invasion. New Haven, CT 11/14 - Organic aerosols in early & current earth atmospheres. Camb 11/14 - Betwn North & South: Alternative Borderlands. Camb 11/14 Dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems & carbon cycle. Boston November 14 & 15 *11/14,15 - 3rd Ann. Soul of Agriculture Conf. Durham, NH Saturday, November 15 11/15 – Undergrad/Grad Enviro Resrch Sympos. Bridgewater, MA *11/15 - Green Homes - Build new, transform old. New Britain, CT 11/15 – ELM’s 8th Ann Earth Night. So Boston, MA Sunday, November 16 11/16 - MCAN Grassroots Climate Protection Conf. Medford, MA November 16-19 11/16-19 Young Scientists' Global Change Conf. Trieste, Italy. Monday, November 17 11/17 - Life on the Edge: Survival of Life in Ice. New Haven, CT 11/17 Ecological Design for Developing Technlgy. Medford, MA *11/17 - Mass. Interfaith Power & Light Ann Mtg. Westwood, MA November 17 - 18 11/17,18 - Financing US Power Projects. NYC November 17-20 11/17-20 Chemical & Biol Defense Research Conf. Towson, MD Tuesday, November 18 11/18 - Database Planning Basics for Non-Profits. Boston Wednesday, November 19 11/19 - Enforcement & Enviro Compliance. Camb Thursday, November 20 *11/20 - Transport & fate of organic matter in rivers. Boston *11/20 - Dams or Protection for a Mesoamerican Rvr. Middlebury, VT For events after 11/20, see Beyond at http://www.tufts.edu/tci/Calendar.html at left >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> DETAILED LISTINGS: 2003 OCTOBER 2003 OCT 15-17 Light Emitting Diodes 2003 - Strategic Summit for LEDs in Illumination. San Diego, CA Info: http://www.intertechusa.com/Division_Electronics/10-03_LEDs/2a_introduction.html OCT 15, 22, & 26 2nd Ann. Yale Short Course in River Processes. Intro to river ecosystems function; human impacts/disruptns; tools for river mngmt & protectn. For watershed advocates, teachers, conservatn & wetland officials & planners. Yale Schl of Forestry & Envir Studies, New Haven, CT Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/calendar THUR, OCT 16 Sources of ice-rafted sediment in Atlantic Heinrich events, Sidney Hemming (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory). 4 pm, Boston U Earth Sci Dept, Rm B36, 675 Comm Ave, Boston. T: Green B Line BU East stop. Info: http://www.bu.edu/es/colloquia Map: http://www.bu.edu/maps *OCT 16 & 17 The Weather Channel Network Climate Change Series. Cable TV Special during “Evening Edition 9-11 pm ET. Host: Dr. Heidi Cullen. 10/16 - I'm Getting Scared. Am I Really Part of the Problem? 10/17 - Tell Me What I Can Do to Make a Difference. OCT 16–18 Human Dimensions of Global Envir Change. Montreal. Info: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/openmeeting/info.html OCT 16-18 e.hormone 2003: 5th Envir & Hormone Sympos. Topics: Systems Biology, Fetal Patterning, & Water, Enviro Signaling: Basics of Endocrine Disruptn. Info: http://e.hormone.tulane.edu *FRI, OCT 17 Low Impact Development Conf - Let Nature Do the Work: Onsite Storm Water Mngmt. 8:45 am - 4:30 pm, Westchester County Ctr, 198 Central Ave. White Plains, NY Info: http://www.westchestergov.com/parks/pdfs/LID.pdf http://www.westchestergov.com/parks/LID/LID.htm FRI, OCT 17 Edaphic environments of, & effects on, tropical forests, Ian Baillie (Bedford, England). 11 am, Seminar rm, Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA Info: aabarker at fas.harvard.edu, http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminarschedule.html FRI, OCT 17 >From Farm to Watershed, Improving Agricultural Practices: GIS Applicatns Experience, David Healy (Stone-Envir Inc). 12:15 -1:10 pm, Smith College Engineering Bldg, Rm 201, Northampton, MA Info: http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/esp/about.html *FRI, OCT 17 State Enviro Leadership: How & Why States Are Taking the Lead to Address Climate Change & Other Envir Issues, Kenneth Colburn (Exec Dir, No’east States for Coordinated Air Use Mngmt NESCAUM). 1 - 2:30 pm, MIT, Bldg 54 - Rm 915, via 21 Ames St, Camb Info: http://www-eaps.mit.edu/megacities Reading: NH Clean Power Strategy Ch.12: http://www.des.state.nh.us/ard/pdf/NHCPS.pdf ; ICLEI: http://www.iclei.org ; Climate Change: Sci, Strategies, & Solutns, Ch. by Shaheen: http://www.brill.nl/m_catalogue_sub6_id9822.htm Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=54&Buildings=go FRI, OCT 17 Balancing Society & Economy 2003. Re: social, envir & econ issues; social enterprise, corp respnsblty, socially respnsbl investing, non-profit ventures. Keynote: Global Business: Zero Sum or Benefit to People? Bill Reese (Int’l Youth Fdn). 1 – 5 pm, Cabot Intcultrl Cntr, ASEAN Audit, 170 Packard Ave, Tufts U, Medford MA. UG free regstr 10/3 Info: http://www.uccps.tufts.edu Dir: http://www.tufts.edu/source/maps/medford http://www.tufts.edu/source/directions.html FRI, OCT 17 Climate Detection & Attribution, Chris Forest (Joint Progrm Sci & Policy of Global Change). 4 pm, Bos U Stone Sci Bldg, 675 Commonwealth Ave, 4th flr, STO Rm 453, Boston Info: isw at bu.edu, http://www.bu.edu/cees/resources Map: http://www.bu.edu/maps T: Green B Line BU East stop. FRI, OCT 17 What Animals Think: Dolittle's Dream & Darwin's Theory Psychology Prof Marc Hauser. 7 pm, Harvard Museum of Nat History, Geological Lect Hall, 24 Oxford St, Camb Info: 617-495-3045, http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/events OCT 17-18 New England Drinking Water Protectn Conf. Re: Water Quality, Toxics, Watershed Protection, Sprawl; Programs, Funding & Training. Keynote: Jan Schlictmann (“A Civil Action” attny). Fri 10/17 geared to municipal & state officials; Sat 10/18 for concerned citizens. 9 am - 4 pm, Crowne Plaza Hotel, 10 Lincoln Sq, Worcester, MA. $15. Regstrtn/Info: mdavis at cleanwater.org, http://www.cleanwaterfund.org/swp 617-338-8131, http://www.cleanwaterfund.org/pdf/ne_protect.pdf OCT 17-19 2nd Ann Bioneers Northeast: Revolution from Heart of Nature. Sustainability Satellite Conf. Climate, forests, activism & enviro politics, corporate & personal sust seminars; Satellite telecast w David Orr, Maria Luisa Mendonça, & Tom Hayden; Sustainblty Fair. UNH campus, Durham, NH. $12/25/30/day; student scholrshps; early registr discount by 9/19. Spons: UNH Office of Sustnblty Progrm Info: http://www.sustainableunh.unh.edu/bioneers_evnt.htm leighd at unh.edu, 603.862.4088, http://www.bioneers.org SAT, OCT 18 Role of Tropical Ecology & Conservatn in NE Classroom. 8 am – 4 pm, Antioch NE Graduate Schl, 40 Avon St, Keene, NH. Re: Prof develpmt/training wkshp. Spons: CTEC Info: ctec at antiochne.edu http://eelink.net/cgi-bin/risee/noram, *SAT, OCT 18 Earth Connections Badge Day for Jr Girl Scouts. 9 am – Noon or 1 - 4 pm, Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary. Topsfield, MA Adv registr reqrd. $9. Info: 978-887-9264, x7707 http://massaudubon.org/Nature_Connection/Sanctuaries/Ipswich_River SAT, OCT 18 Boston Vegetarian Food Festival, 10 am – 6 pm, Reggie Lewis Athletic Ctr, Roxbury Comm College, 1350 Tremont St, Boston Free. Info: http://www.bostonveg.org/foodfest T: Orange Line Roxbury Crossing Statn. Dir: http://www.rltac.com/Directions/directions.html OCT 18 & 19 Pls note new location. 'Shift the Power' Summit: Students Act for Clean Energy & Climate Justice. Envirocitizen's No’east Rgnl Summit for College Students. Keynote: Ross Gelbspan, auth: The Heat Is On. Topics: Political skills for enviro & social justice change. Bunker Hill Community College, Charlestown, Boston. Regstr in adv. Info: 617-427-3598, Envirojusticesummit at hotmail.com, http://www.envirocitizen.org/summit/ne/index.asp *SUN, OCT 19 Living on Earth: Enviro Radio, Steve Curwood. 8 pm: WUMB 91.9 fm Boston, Falmouth, Worcester; WUMB 91.7 fm Newburyport, & WUMB 1170 am Orleans, MA. 11 pm: WBUR 90.9 fm Boston. Web stream/Info: http://www.loe.org http://www.wumb.org Other locales: http://www.loe.org/where/where.htm *MON, OCT 20 Enviro Industry's State of the Industry Report, Grant Ferrier(Enviro Business Int Inc). Annual EBC Breakfast mtg. 7:30 – 10 am, DoubleTree Guest Suites, 550 Winter St, Waltham, MA Info: 781-890-6767 http://www.ebcne.org/meetings.htm *MON, OCT 20 Preventn Interrupted: Exploring the Continuing Toll of Asbestos Diseases from Libby Montana Vermiculite, Gregory Wagner, MD (NIOSH). 12:30-1:20 pm, HSPH, Kresge, Rm 502, 665 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA T: Green Line E, Brigham Circle Stop. Info: 617-432-3327, abackus at hohp.harvard.edu Dir: http://www.hms.harvard.edu/about/maps/lmamap.html MON, OCT 20 Sea Level Rise & Coastal Impacts, Stephen Leatherman (Florida Int’l U). 2 - 3:30 pm, Rm 102, Kline Geol Lab, 210 Whitney Ave, Yale U, New Haven, CT. Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/calendar *MON, OCT 20 Relationship between Large-Scale Atmospheric States, Static Stability & Ground-Level Ozone: Employing Classical Atmospheric Diagnostics in Pursuit of a Major & Growing Epidemic, Gidon Eshel (U Chicago). 4 pm, Haller Hall, Geol. Museum, Rm 102, 24 Oxford St, Harv U, Camb Info: truscott at eps.harvard.edu 617-496-9770 MON, OCT 20 Fourteen Years after Kyoto, Where are we now? Issues, Challenges & Partnerships in Global Climate Change, UN Ass’t Sec General Joke Waller-Hunter, Exec Sec of UN Framework Conventn on Climate Change. 4:15 - 5:30 pm, Piper Auditorm, Gund Hall, Harvard Grad Schl Design, 48 Quincy St. Camb Info: bbutler at gsd.harvard.edu, http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/energyclub Map: http://map.harvard.edu/level2/2ScienceLabs.shtml *MON, OCT 20 Sustainability Career Panel w. GE Wind, Global Environment Fund The Nature Conservancy, BP Solar, & GE Wind Presentatn. 4:30 - 6:30 pm, Harvard Business Schl, Hawes Hall, Rm 201 Allston/Boston, MA Map: http://www.map.harvard.edu OCT 20-23 Int Conf: Contaminated Soils, Sediments, Water Amherst, MA Info: dleonard at schoolph.umass.edu, http://www.UMassSoils.com *TUE, OCT 21 "Managing Transitn to Sustainable Develpmt Thomas Tietenberg (Colby). 4:30 pm, Robt A Jones Hse, Conf Rm, Rohatyn Ctr for Int Affairs, Middlebury Collg, Hillcrest Rd, Middlebury, VT Info: http://www.middlebury.edu/offices/rcfia/calendars/2003-2004.htm TUE, OCT 21 Connectivity for Sustainability: Deploying IT & Knowledge for Developmt, Prof Nazli Choucri, PhD (MIT). 5:30 pm, Columbia U, Morningside Campus, Davis Auditrm, Schapiro Ctr (120th St/B’way & Amsterdam) Info: http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/events TUE, OCT 21 Forum: Belmont Uplands: Wildlife, Wetlands, Forests & Develpmt Adjacent to Alewife Reservatn, Peter Alden (auth: Audubon Soc Guidebook to NE); Charles Katuska (MACC); Robert France (watershed mngmt, Harvd GSD); Cynthia Jenson (bioengnrg); David Morimoto (Lesley U). 7:30 pm, All Saints Church, Common & Clark Sts, Belmont, MA Info: james.graves at verizon.net, 617-547-1944 OCT 21-23 Northeast Recycling Council Fall Conf. Hotel Northampton, Northampton, MA Expanding Recycling Markets; Impact of Recycling on Greenhouse Gas Emissns, Regional Economy & Envir. Info: http://www.nerc.org/bulletin/20030901.html OCT 21-23 Business & Energy Conf. NYC. Info: http://www.conference-board.org/pdf_free/agendas/2004225.pdf *WED, OCT 22 Western MA AIM Breakfast Mtg w MA DEP Commissioner Rbt Golledge, Jr. 8 - 10 am, MassMutual Learning & Conf Ctr, 350 Memorial Dr, Chicopee, MA $$. Info: http://www.aimnet.org see "Seminars/Events" or http://www.ebcne.org/meetings.htm *WED, OCT 22 Sustnblty of Productn-Consumptn Chains: Insights from Industrializatn of Shrimp Aquaculture in Asia, Louis Lebel, Chiang Mai U, Thailand. 9:30 - 11:30 am, KSG, Perkins Rm, Eliot Bldg, 4th Flr, E-415, 1 Eliot St, Camb Info: http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/sed/sustdev_sem.htm Map: http://www.cid.harvard.edu/cidevents/map_1eliot.htm WED, OCT 22 Eastern Mediterranean: a lab basin for global processes, Paola Rizzoli (MIT). 12:10 pm, MIT Bldg 54 - Rm 915, via 21 Ames St, Camb. Info: http://www.mit.edu/~phuybers/sack.html Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=54&Buildings=go WED, OCT 22 Are Management-Based Regulations Effective? Evidence from State Pollution Prevention Programs, Lori Snyder (Harvard). 4-5:30 pm, Rm L-332, Littauer Bldg, KSG, 79 JFK St, Camb. Envir econ & policy seminar. Paper at website Info: http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~ec2690hf/ WED, OCT 22 Social Investing: Challenges & Opportunities for Institutnl Investors, Rob Bowers (investment consultant). 4 pm, Smith- Buanano Hall, Rm 106, [on Pembroke Campus North off Meeting St, btwn Thayer & Brown Sts], Providence, RI Info: ilana_friedman at brown.edu, http://www.brown.edu/Students/BEC WED, OCT 22 Sustainability & Higher Educatn for a Secure & Civil Society, Anthony Cortese ScD (Pres, Second Nature) 4-6 pm, MIT Bldg 34 – Rm 101, 50 Vassar St, Camb. Info: http://events.mit.edu/scripts/event.pl?61545 http://www.secondnature.org/cortese/cortese.html onment/commitment/environmental_initiatives/get_involved/task_force.html Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=34&Buildings=go OCT 22-24 Guideline on Air Quality Models Conf & Courses. Hilton Mystic, 20 Coogan Blvd. Mystic, CT Mystic, CT Info: 860-572-0731 ut.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.awma.org%2Fevents%2F THUR, OCT 23 Computer TakeBack Campaign Day to Tell Dell, Inc to Take It Back, Make It Clean, & Recycle Responsibly! Nat’l College Action. Info: http://www.dontbedelluded.com/Campus/Events.asp http://www.dontbedelluded.com ,http://www.computertakeback.com kreeve at cleanwater.org, 617-338-8131 THUR, OCT 23 Electronics Recycling Educatn Program/Courses. Northampton, MA Info: http://www.nerc.org THUR, OCT 23 Coalitn for Envir Responsible Conventns (CERC) General Mtg. 9:45 to 11:15 am, Dwntn Boston Loc. Re: Effort to green ‘04 Dem (& Rep) Nat’l Conventn. Inquiries: cambclimact at aol.com Info: http://www.cerc04.org THUR, OCT 23 Predictable Surprises: On the Failure of Regulators to Act, Prof Max Bazerman (Harvard B Schl). Noon -1:30 pm, Bell Hall, 5th Flr, Belfer Bldg, KSG, 79 JFK St, Camb. RSVP Req/ Info: rpp at ksg.harvard.edu, http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/cbg/rpp 617-384-8319, Map: http://map.harvard.edu/level3/3KennedySchool.shtml *THUR, OCT 23 Integrating Perspectives on the Natural Microbial World: From Nano-systems to Ecosystems, Dr. Edward DeLong (Monterey Bay Aquarm Resrch Inst). Noon, MIT Bldg 16 - Rm 160, access via 21 Ames St, Camb Info: http://web.mit.edu/esi/html/seminars.htm Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=16&Buildings=goCamb *THUR, OCT 23 Global Warming: Emerging Federal & State Solutns, Daniel Lashof (Climate Ctr, NRDC). 12:15 – 1:15 pm, Bicentennial Hall, Bicentennial Way, Rm 216, Middlebury Collg, Middlebury, VT Info: http://www.middlebury.edu/depts/es/events/eventscalendarnew.htm Map: http://community.middlebury.edu/campusmap/map/map THUR, OCT 23 Envir League of MA 105th Ann. Mtg. 6 - 8 pm, Museum of Afro- Amer History, 46 Joy St, Beacon Hill, Boston. Keynote: Katherine Abbott (MACommissnr, Dept Conservatn & Recreatn); Awards. RSVP/Info: jtilton at EnvironmentalLeague.org, 617-742-2553 http://www.environmentalleague.org/03_annualmtg.html Dir: http://www.afroammuseum.org/findus.htm *THURS, OCT 23 Smart Growth in Urban Watersheds, Historian Richard Duffy, & Marc Draisen (MAPC); Mystic River Watershed Assn Ann. Mtg. 6:30-9:30 pm, Council on Aging Sr Ctr, Tufts Admin Bldg, 167 Holland Ave, Somerville, MA T: Red Line Davis Sq Statn. Dir: http://www.tufts.edu/source/maptab.html Info: http://www.mysticriver.org/calendar/annual_meeting.html *THUR, OCT 23 Forum on Population, Envir & Growth in New England. 7:30 – 9 pm, UNH, Elliot Alumni Ctr, Durham, NH. Spkrs: David Soule (Ctr Urban & Regnl Policy, NEU), Beth Della Valle (ME State Planning's Land Use Team), & Vicky Markham (Ctr Envir & Populatn) Info: 603-431-4066, vmarkham at cepnet.org http://nhpr.org/static/programs/exchange/NHreportfinal.pdf Map: http://www.alumni.unh.edu/photos/maps/mapnh.html OCT 23 & 24 MA/RI APA’s New England Planning Conf. Hartford, CT. Call for Presentations/Proposals ddln 4/25. Info: hsamokar at mapc.org, 617-451-2770 x2050, http://www.mapc.org OCT 23 & 24 [Higher] Educatn for Sustainable Develpmnt Conf. UMass - Lowell, Wannalancit Mills Conf Rm, Lowell, MA re: sustainble devlpmt concepts in UG & grad progrms; univ’s geographic, social & econ role; univ’s as models for sustnblty. Spkr: Wm Shutkin. Info: http://www.uml.edu/com/CITA rforrant at external.umass.edu OCT 23 & NOV 1 Marine Invasive Species Monitoring Wkshp, Robert Buchsbaum, PhD (MA Audubon Soc) & Rob Gough (Salem Sound Coastwatch) Thur, 10/23: 7:30 -8:30 pm, Lecture, MA Audubon Soc North Shore Office, 346 Grapevine Rd, Wenham MA Sat, 11/1: 10 am – Noon, Field Training, Meet Beverly Public Pier / Old Ferry Way Public Landing, Beverly MA Free. Info/Regstr: 978-741-7900, rob.gough at salemsound.org FRI, OCT 24 Human Health & Enviro Exposures Conf: Making the Connectn, Clinical, sci & policy. U. NE College of Osteopathic Medicine, Biddeford, ME. Keynotes: Richard Jackson (Nat Ctr Envir Hlth, Ctrs for Disease Control & Preventn); Sandra Steingraber, (Biologist, auth: Living Downstream). Wkshps: Toxic Threats to Childhd Devlpmt; Hlth Hazards & Patient Populatn; Precautionary Principle; Airshed Protectn; Hlth Tracking Netwk; Chronic Diseases & Envir Exposure; Bio- Monitoring & Body Burden; Chem Policy; Persistent Toxics; Asthma & Air Quality. For hlth profsnls & public. CME credits. Info/Registr: http://www.meepi.org/files03/psrconf.htm Dir: http://www.une.edu/admissions/visit.html FRI, OCT 24 Healthy Envir in CT Schls Conf/Wkshp. All day, Hastings Hotel & Conf Ctr, Hartford, CT. $15. Spons: EPA & CT Schl Indoor Envir Resource Team, Info: CT Educatn Assn, 860-525-5641, http://www.epa.gov/region1/cal/index.html#1024 FRI, OCT 24 Climate Change in Context: Interdisciplinary Curriculum & Wkshp for High School Teachers. 8:30 am – 3 pm, NE Aquar Educatnl Cntr, Central Wharf, 1st flr, Harbor Garage, Boston. Prof Devlpmt Pts by prior reqst. Lunch incl. Space limited. Info/RSVP: andrew_kerner at hms.harvard.edu 617-384-8530 FRI, OCT 24 Leaf hydraulics - bud to bust, N. Michele Holbrook (Harvard). 11 am, Seminar rm, Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA Info: aabarker at fas.harvard.edu, http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminarschedule.html *FRI, OCT 24 Transforming Rural Lives: Capturing Opportunities for a Bigger Impact in Forest Margins, Dagmar Timmer (Alternatives to Slash-&-Burn Programme, Kenya). 11:45 am - 1 pm, KSG, Perkins Rm, Eliot Bldg, 4th Flr, E-415, 1 Eliot St, Camb Info: http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/sed/gradlunch.htm Map: http://www.cid.harvard.edu/cidevents/map_1eliot.htm FRI, OCT 24 Evaluation of pollutant outflow & CO sources during TRACE-P using model-calculated, aircraft-based, & MOPITT-derived CO concentrations, Dale Allen (U MD). Noon, Pierce Hall, Rm 100F, 29 Oxford St, Camb Info: http://www-as.harvard.edu/seminars/seminars.html Dir: http://www-as.harvard.edu/chemistry/trop/directions.html FRI, OCT 24 Challenges to Sustainability: Case Study in Long-Term Adaptatn, Anthropology Prof Frank Hole (Peabody Musm of Nat Hist). Noon, Rm 110, Envir Sci Ctr, 21 Sachem St, Yale U, New Haven, CT Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/calendar *FRI, OCT 24 Cape Wind & a Collaborative Process Approach to Ecosystems Mngmt, Herman Karl, PhD (USGS marine geologist) & Carl Shapiro, PhD (USGS). 12:30 pm, Consensus Bldg Inst, 131 Mt. Auburn St, Camb. Brown Bag Lunch. Info/RSVP Req: http://www.cbuilding.org, freund1 at mac.com FRI, OCT 24 The Great Blackout of 2003, Steve Connors (MIT Lab for Energy & Envir). 4 pm, Stone Sci Bldg, 675 Commonwealth Ave, 4th flr, STO Rm 453, Boston Info: isw at bu.edu, http://www.bu.edu/cees/resources Map: http://www.bu.edu/maps FRI, OCT 24 Harvard in the Caribbean: Three Centuries of Scientific Discovery Biol Prof Brian Farrell. 7 pm, Harvard Museum Nat History, Haller Lect Hall, 24 Oxford St, Camb Info: http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/events OCT 24 - 26 Northeastern US College Envir Conf. Brown U, Providence, RI Attndnc limited. Info: Megan_Furnari at brown.edu http://www.brown.edu/Students/BEC SAT, OCT 25 G. Evelyn Hutchinson Memorial Symposm - Ecology. (“Father of modern limnology”). New Haven, CT Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/Hutchinson.htm SAT, OCT 25 Teacher Energy Educatn Conf: CONNECT Day ’03. Eastern CT State U Campus, Willimantic, CT. Spons: CONNECTicut Energy Cncil for Teachers & Inst for Sustnble Energy. Re: K-12 & college. Info: 203-238-9521, kohl at easternct.edu, http://www.sustainenergy.org http://www.easternct.edu/ecsu/map/index.html SAT, OCT 25 NESEA Greening an Existing Home. Veterans Memorial H.S., Warwick, RI $120/ $95. Info: http://www.nesea.org/calendar SAT, OCT 25 NESEA PV 101 Workshop. 9 am - 4 pm, Veterans Memorial H.S., Warwick, RI. $120/ $95. Info: http://www.nesea.org/buildings/workshops SAT, OCT 25 Schumacher Lectures. Legal Conditns for Survival of Earth, Thomas Berry; Reinventing the Commons, Peter Barnes. 10 am – 4:30 pm, Great Barrington, MA Info: http://www.smallisbeautiful.org/frameset_events.html SAT, OCT 25 Ecological Bldg Workshp. 10 am - 4:30 pm, Inst for Envir Living, Apeiron Fndn, 451 Hammet Rd, Coventry, RI. $50-$75 Info/Regist: http://www.apeiron.org SAT, OCT 25 Home Composting Wkshp. 1-3 pm, Camb Ctr for Adult Educ, 42 Brattle St, Camb Info: http://www.state.ma.us/dep/calendar.htm http://www.state.ma.us/dep/consumer/comwkshp.htm 617-547-6789 *SAT, OCT 25 Investigate Energy: Fruity Pebbles, Fossil Fuels, & Solar Power (children grades 5-6 + adult), Amy Schoenfeld (MoS). 1 - 4 pm, Museum of Science, 1 Science Pk, O'Brien Hwy, Boston $$ Registr/Info: http://www.mos.org/courses 617-589-0300 OCT 25-29 Society of Amer Foresters Nat’l Conventn. Buffalo, NY Info: 301-897-8720, http://www.safnet.org/convention/index.cfm *SUN, OCT 26 Living on Earth: Enviro Radio, Steve Curwood. 8 pm: WUMB 91.9 fm Boston, Falmouth, Worcester; WUMB 91.7 fm Newburyport, & WUMB 1170 am Orleans, MA. 11 pm: WBUR 90.9 fm Boston. Web stream/Info: http://www.loe.org http://www.wumb.org Other locales: http://www.loe.org/where/where.htm OCT 26-28 4th Ann. Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools Nat’l Symposm Wash, DC Info: http://www.epa.gov/schools MON, OCT 27 Ice sheet-climate interactions: glacial cycles, millennial climate variability & global change, Shawn Marshall (U Calgary). 4 pm, Haller Hall, Geol. Museum, Rm 102, 24 Oxford St, Harv U, Camb Info: http://www.eps.harvard.edu/seminars/epscolloque.php *MON, OCT 27 MA Interfaith Power & Light, Solar Opportunities & Fair Trade: Info event for clergy & lay people in Greenfield area & Western MA. 7 pm, St. James’s Church, 8 Church St, Greenfield, MA Info/RSVP: lhoke at MIPandL.org http://www.MIPandL.org *MON, OCT 27 European Advances on Toxic Chemical & Health Protective Policies: Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow Educatnl Forum w 10 visiting European experts, advocates, business leaders. Re: Health & business/trade implicatns of draft EU legislatn REACH: Registratn, Evaluatn, & Authorizatn of Chemicals. 7:30 pm, Tufts Univ Jaharis Ctr, 150 Harrison Ave, Boston Info/RSVP: 617-338-8131, info at healthytomorrow.org http://www.chemicalspolicy.org/pres.shtml T: Orange Line or Silver Line to Chinatown or NEMC. Map: http://www.tufts.edu/source/maps/boston/mapboston_mbta.php OCT 27-28 Integrated Chemicals Policy – Seeking New Directns in Chemicals Managmt; Ten Touring European Experts on proposed REACH legislation: Registratn, Evaluatn, & Authorizatn of Chemicals for integrating European chemicals policy. Visit incl: public briefings, discussn mtg w. stakeholder groups. Lowell/Boston. Info: http://www.chemicalspolicy.org/pres.shtml http://www.chemicalspolicy.org Joel_Tickner at uml.edu OCT 27-29 Energy Sustainability Conf: On the Path to Sustainability. Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, CT Spons: Inst for Sustnbl Energy, Eastern CT State U. Info: http://www.sustainenergy.org 860-465-0252 LeahyW at easternct.edu OCT 27-31 Wetlands Wkshp 2003—Hydrology. Atlantic City, NJ Info: http://www.wetlandsworkgroup.org TUE, OCT 28 How Will Ozone Pollutn Affect Future Productivity, Carbon Sequestratn, & Climate Policy? Ben Felzer (Ecosystems Ctr, MBL). 12:15 - 1 pm, MBL, Whitman Audit, Water St, Woods Hole, MA Info: http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/WoodsHole/seminars.html Dir: http://www.mbl.edu/inside/visit/directions OCT 28-30 Nuclear Safety Research Conf. Washington, DC Info: http://www.bnl.gov/NSRC/highlights.asp susanm at bnl.gov WED, OCT 29 Boston College Citizens Seminar to Envision Future of Metro- Boston. Regional Vision & Growth Strategy Project session. 8 - 11:30 am, Hyatt Regency Boston [fmr Swiss Hotel]. Keynote: Angela Glover Blackwell, (PolicyLink) Info/RSVP: 617-451-2770 x2030, ahurwitz at mapc.org, http://www.bc.edu/schools/csom/cga/citizen/invitations http://www.mapc.org/projects_initiatives/regional_visioning.html WED, OCT 29 NEEC Ann. Conf: Keeping the Lights On & the Power Green: Energy Efficiency & Renewables in 2003. Sheraton Needham Hotel, 100 Cabot St, Needham, MA Re: green pricing, energy effic programs, renewable & distributed generatn technologies. Spons: No’east Energy Efficncy Cncl & Assn of Energy Services Profsnls. Info/Dir: http://www.neec.org/anncon/anncon.html WED, OCT 29 Advanced Daylighting Seminar. Boston $170/ $145. Info: http://www.nesea.org/buildings/workshops WED, OCT 29 Taking Sustainable Develpmt Seriously in Climate Debate. Adil Najam (Tufts U). 12:30 - 2 pm, Zamparelli Rm, Tufts U, Mayer Campus (Student) Ctr, 44 Professors Row, Medford, MA Map: http://www.tufts.edu/source/mapmedford.htm WED, OCT 29 Climate Change Policy in the Semi-Periphery: Mexico, Simone Pulver (Brown). 4 pm, Watson Inst, McKinney Conf Rm, 111 Thayer St, 111 Thayer St, Providence, RI Info: http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Watson_Institute WED, OCT 29 Institutional Investors Network on Climate Change Risk, Mindy Lubber (Exec Dir, CERES). 4 pm, Smith-Buanano Hall, Rm 106, [on Pembroke Campus North off Meeting St, btwn Thayer & Brown Sts], Providence, RI Info: ilana_friedman at brown.edu, http://www.brown.edu/Students/BEC OCT 29 & 30, NOV 4 & 5 Energy Star Homes Bldr & Designer's Wkshps. 8:30 am - 4 pm. Free wkshp & Field Guide for Residential New Constructn. Wed, 10/29 - Westborough, MA Thur, 10/30 – Somerville, MA. Tue, 11/4 - Northampton, MA Wed, 11/5 - Andover, MA Info: http://www.energystarhomes.com/images/news_events/Flyer2.pdf Regstr: http://www.energystarhomes.com 800-628-8413 http://www.energystarhomes.com/estar_ma/ma_news_events/ma_builder_training.html THUR, OCT 30 Emergency Envir Management Tools Wkshp for Colleges & Univ.Sheraton Framingham Hotel, Framingham, MA $75 Info: http://www.epa.gov/ne/assistance/univ/index.html 617-918-1828, bagnoli.peggy at epa.gov *THUR, OCT 30 EJAM Envir Justice Training Wkshp. 9 am - 4 pm, 1st Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 630 Mass. Ave, Arlington, MA Info: andrea.carlino at tufts.edu, http://www.tufts.edu/tie/EJAM *THUR, OCT 30 Conservation at Interface of Ecology & Envir History, David Foster (Harvard Forest) 12:15 – 1:15 pm, Bicentennial Hall, Rm 216, Bicentennial Way, Middlebury Collg, Middlebury, VT http://www.middlebury.edu/depts/es/events/eventscalendarnew.htm THUR, OCT 30 Monster of God: Man-Eating Predator in Jungles of History & Mind, David Quammen. 6 pm, Harvard Musm Nat History, Geological Lect Hall, 24 Oxford St, Camb Info: 617-495-3045 http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/events OCT 30-31 Ecosystems Conf: Restoration & Creation. Tampa, FL. Info: pcannizzaro at hccfl.edu, http://www.hccfl.edu/depts/detp/eco-conf.html OCT 30 - NOV 2 Ecological Engineering for Integrated Water Management. Camb Designing Urban & Industrial Watersheds – Conf. Harvard Grad Schl of Design, 48 Quincy St, Camb Info: http://www.ecological-engineering.org/home.html info at ecological-engineering.org Dir: http://map.harvard.edu/level3/3SciLabs1.shtml OCT 31 - NOV 1 8th Ann Int. Envir Moot Court Competitn. Stetson U Gulfport, FL Info: http://www.law.stetson.edu/environmental/EnvMtCtbrochure.pdf FRI, OCT 31 Biology of beech bark disease, including relationships between the disease, blue jays, & black bears, David Houston (Plant Pathologist, US Forest Service, Ret.) 11 am, Seminar rm, Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA Info: aabarker at fas.harvard.edu, http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminarschedule.html FRI, OCT 31 Net Ecosystem Production & Nutrient Cycling in an Aggrading Forest Under Elevated CO2, Adrien Finzi (Boston U). 4 pm, Boston U Stone Sci Bldg, 675 Commonwealth Ave, 4th flr, Rm 453, Boston Info: http://www.bu.edu/cees/resources Map: http://www.bu.edu/maps T: Green B Line BU East stop. FRI, OCT 31 Boston Critical Mass! Bike rally / ride, last Friday of each month. Free pedalling party celebrating community social space. Wear helmet, bring your light! Meet 5:30 pm, Copley Sq, Boston, MA Info: http://www.bostoncriticalmass.org *OCT 31 – NOV 12 Peace Pagoda Walk for Global Warming, Restore Earth's Balance. 10/31 Opening Ceremony, Leverett, MA Peace Pagoda 11/1 Northampton, MA to Springfield 11/2 Springfield > Windsor Locks, CT 11/3 Windsor Locks > Hartford 11/4 Hartford > Middletown 11/5 Middletown > Guilford 11/6 Guilford > New Haven 11/7 New Haven > Milford/Stratford 11/8 Milford/Stratford > Westport 11/9 Westport > Greenwich 11/10 Greenwich > Scarsdale, NY 11/11 Scarsdale > NYC 11/12 Walk to U.N. Plaza to join Interfaith Service of Repentance & Renewal to call for recommitment to Kyoto Protocol signed 5 yr ago. See Nov 12. Join for part or all of walk. Info: Nov12 at religiouswitness.org http://www.religiouswitness.org http://www.religiouswitness.org/files/walkinfo.pdf NOVEMBER 2003 *SAT, NOV 1 Vermont Land Conservatn Conf. Northfield Middle Schl, Northfield, VT Info: 802-434-3079, will at vlt.org http://www.middlebury.edu/depts/es/events/eventscalendarnew.htm SAT, NOV 1 Passive Solar Wkshp, Yestermorrow Design/Build Schl, Warren, VT $120/ $95. Info: http://www.nesea.org/buildings/workshops *SAT, NOV 1 Bats: Behavior, Observatn, & Conservatn Program. 4 - 6 pm, Franklin Park Zoo, 1 Franklin Park Rd, Boston, MA. Adults 15+ $25/$40 Info: 617-989-3736, mlesch at zoonewengland.com, http://www.zoonewengland.org/involve/events.shtml SUN, NOV 2 PACE Tour of Energy-Related Projects, Mohegan Tribal Govt Bldg, Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, CT. Re: fuel cells, grnd source heat pumps, heat recovery system, recycling & reuse, air pollutn preventn, alt transp, CO2 offsets. $15 Reserv Req/Info: 860-693-2538, http://www.pace-cleanenergy.org/action_files/MSTour1.pdf *SUN, NOV 2 Living on Earth: Enviro Radio, Steve Curwood. 8 pm: WUMB 91.9 fm Boston, Falmouth, Worcester; WUMB 91.7 fm Newburyport, & WUMB 1170 am Orleans, MA. 11 pm: WBUR 90.9 fm Boston. Web stream/Info: http://www.loe.org http://www.wumb.org Other locales: http://www.loe.org/where/where.htm NOV 2 - 4 Investors’ Circle 2003 Natl Conf & Venture Fair. Building Sustainable Communities: From Philanthropy to Venture Capital. Charles Hotel, 1 Bennett St.Harvard Sq, Camb Info: 617-566-2600 http://www.investorscircle.net/Conference2003.html MON, NOV 3 Mechanisms of abrupt global climate change during the last deglaciatn, Peter Clark (Oregon SU). 4 pm, Haller Hall, Geol. Museum, Rm 102, 24 Oxford St, Harv U, Camb Info: http://www.eps.harvard.edu/seminars/epscolloque.php NOV 3-5 8th Nat’l Green Power Marketing Conf. Chicago, IL Info: http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/conference http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/conference/gpmconf02.html *TUE, NOV 4 Promoting Physical Activity & Health by Urban Design Conf. 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, by So. Station, Boston. T: Redline So. Statn. Free. RSVP requested/Info: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthdesign 617-432-7076, Reading: http://policy.rutgers.edu/tpi/docs/usascii.pdf TUE, NOV 4 Meeting the Challenges of Sustainable Bldgs at Colleges. 9 am – 4 pm, Harry Jack Gray Conf Ctr/Wilde Auditorm, U Hartford, Hartford, CT re: LEED stds, case studies. Info: kim.trella at po.state.ct.us, http://www.ctgbc.org/events.htm Dir: http://www.hartford.edu/about/map/buildings.asp http://www.hartford.edu/about/info.asp?item=driving WED, NOV 5 Making the Cut:Fundraising for Nonprofits. 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, Boston Ctr for Adult Ed, 5 Commonwealth Ave, Boston. $125. Info/ Registrn: 617-267-4430, http://www.bcae.org info at bcae.org http://www.bcae.org/Search?&Query=fundraising WED, NOV 5 Leveraging Our Voice & Vote as Investors to Promote Corporate Social Responsibility, Tim Smith (investment mngr). 4 pm, Smith-Buanano Hall, Rm 106, [on Pembroke Campus North off Meeting St, btwn Thayer & Brown Sts], Providence, RI Info: ilana_friedman at brown.edu, http://www.brown.edu/Students/BEC WED, NOV 5 Urban Sprawl & Obesity, Andrew Plantinga & Stephanie Bernell, (OR State U.) 4-5:30 pm, Rm L-332, Littauer Bldg, KSG, 79 JFK St, Camb. Envir econ & policy seminar. Paper at website Info: http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~ec2690hf/ WED, NOV 5 Emerging Ocean Technologies: Promoting Renewable Energy, Greg Watson (MA Tech Collab); GorlovTurbine & AquaEnergy reps. 7 - 9 pm North Shore Community College, Gym, McGee Bldg 1st flr, 300 Broad St (Rte 1A), Lynn, MA. MBTA: Blue Line Wonderland Statn, take Bus #441 Info: 781-639-8636, healthlink at healthlink.org, http://www.HealthLink.org Dir: http://www.northshore.edu/directions WED, NOV 5 Genes, Envir, & Epidemics: Autism, Martha Herbert MD (Harvd Med Schl). 7:30 pm, First Parish, 3 Church St, Harvard Sq, Camb Info: http://www.cambridgeforum.org 617-495-2727 NOV 5 - 7 Drivers of Technology Innovation in the Bldg & Real Estate Industry, Design & Constructn. 6 pm 11/5 – 2 pm 11/7. Harvard Grad Schl of Design, 48 Quincy St, Camb Spons: Ctr for Design Informatics. Info: http://www.cdi.gsd.harvard.edu/conference2003 Dir: http://map.harvard.edu/level3/3SciLabs1.shtml NOV 5 - 7 Workshop on Fostering Successful Implementatn of Sustainable Urban Travel Policies. Wash, DC Spons: US DOT & European Cncl of Ministrs of Transp. Info: http://ostpxweb.dot.gov/policy/ http://www.apta.com/conferences_calendar/calendar.cfm THUR, NOV 6 Northeast Energy & Technology EXPO & Conf. 8 – 4 pm, Crowne Plaza Hotel, 10 Lincoln Sq, Worcester, MA Econ & Productivity; Climate Change Policy & Implementatn; Distributed generatn & Combined Heat/Power; Energy efficiency & Conservatn Progrms. Info: http://www.energyexpo2003.com 617-565-9765, http://www.ase.org/calendar_11.htm scott.hutchins at ee.doe.gov THUR, NOV 6 11th Ann US Canada Energy Trade & Technlgy Conf. Spons: NE-Canada Business Council. http://www.negc.org/upcoming.html *THUR, NOV 6 Vermont Family Forests Workshop: 9 am – Noon, Brynn Family Forest, Plank Rd, Bristol, VT $20. Info: 802-453-7728 http://www.familyforests.org/events.shtml THUR, NOV 6 New Directions in Corporate Disclosure, Robert Litan (Brookings Inst). Noon -1:30 pm, Bell Hall, 5th Flr, Belfer Bldg, KSG, 79 JFK St, Camb RSVP Req /Info: rpp at ksg.harvard.edu, http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/cbg/rpp 617-384-8319, Map: http://map.harvard.edu/level3/3KennedySchool.shtml *THUR, NOV 6 Enviro Attitudes, Motivatn, Envir Affinity Toward Nature, & Sense of Efficacy: Their Relationships to Pro-Envir Behaviors at Middlebury, Bob Osborne (Psychology).12:15 – 1:15 pm, Bicentennial Hall, Rm 216, Bicentennial Way, Middlebury Collg, Middlebury, VT Info: http://www.middlebury.edu/depts/es/events/eventscalendarnew.htm THUR, NOV 6 Informal Envir Law Debate: Lynn Scarlett (Asst Sec Interior for Policy, Mngmt & Budget) vs John Leshy (frmr Solicitor, Dept Interior, 1992-2000). Public Session, Harvard Law Schl Envir Conf. 4 – 6 pm, Austin Hall North, HLS Campus, Camb. *THUR, NOV 6 MIT Enviro Forum: Commitments, Challenges, Actions. Remarks: Commitments, Chancellor Phillip Clay; Challenges, Prof Patrick Jaillet (Civil & Envir Enginrg); Actions, Tiffany Groode (Mechcnl Enginrg. 4 - 6 pm, MIT Stratton Student Ctr, Bldg W20 - Rm 491, 84 Mass Ave, Camb. 5 - 6 pm, Networking, discussn, socializing re: envir, sustnblty, for UG/Grads, MIT & community. Info: curtisjt at mit.edu Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=W20&Buildings=go THUR, NOV 6 Beyond Mushrooms: A Look at the Biodiversity of Fungi, Botany Prof Donald Pfister. 6 pm, Harvard Musm Nat History, Geological Lect Hall, 24 Oxford St, Camb Info: 617-495-3045 http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/events NOV 6 & 7 Carbon Sequestration Initiative Forum IV 2003: Scenarios. Info: http://sequestration.mit.edu/forums/index.html marygal at mit.edu FRI, NOV 7 Dunghill doctrines of the early republic, Steven Stoll (Yale U) 11 am, Seminar rm, Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA Info: aabarker at fas.harvard.edu, http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminarschedule.html FRI, NOV 7 GPS Occultatns for Climate Monitring: ACE+ Experimnt, Gottfried Kirchengast (Univ Graz). Noon, Pierce Hall, Rm 100F, 29 Oxford St, Camb Info: http://www-as.harvard.edu/seminars/seminars.html Dir: http://www-as.harvard.edu/chemistry/trop/directions.html FRI, NOV 7 Sea Ice Ecology: Life, Slime & Physics, Klaus Meiners (Yale Post-Doct). Noon, Rm 110, Envir Sci Ctr, 21 Sachem St, Yale U, New Haven, CT Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/calendar FRI, NOV 7 Agricultural Land & Transformatn of the Earth System, Jon Foley (U Wisc). 3 pm, Whitman Audit, Water St, Woods Hole, MA Info: http://www.mbl.edu/inside/what/news/events/events_ses.html Dir: http://www.mbl.edu/inside/visit/directions FRI, NOV 7 Regional Climate Change Cooperation, Henrik Selin (Linkoping U & MIT DUSP). 4 pm, Boston U Stone Sci Bldg, 675 Comm Ave, 4th flr, Rm 453, Boston Info: http://www.bu.edu/cees/resources Map: http://www.bu.edu/maps T: Green B Line BU East stop. NOV 7-9 NE Student Enviro Action Coalitn (SEAC) Regional Activist Training. Wesleyan Univ, Middletown, CT Info: neseac at seac.org, www.seac.org/ne/nerat.htm [New date & loc.] NOV 7-9 Net Impact Ann Conf. New Leaders for Better Business. U Texas -Austin. Info: http://www.net-impact.org *NOV 7 - 9 AMC White Mountain Workshop. Highland Ctr, Crawford Notch, NH Info: http://www.outdoors.org/conservation/wmnf/whitesweekend.shtml bwentzell at amcinfo.org 617-523-0655 x386 *SAT, NOV 8 1st Ann.Vermont Toxics Action Conf. 8 am – 6 pm, Vermont Technical College, Randolph, VT. To help residents fight pollution in our communities. Spkrs: Lois Gibbs (Love Canal activist); U.S. Rep. Bernie Sanders. Info/Regstr: 802-223-8422, http://www.toxicsaction.org/VT_ConfBro1001.pdf Dir: http://www.vtc.vsc.edu/site/overview/directions.html SAT, NOV 8 Earthwatch Public Day 2003: Making Connectns for Sustainable Envir. Hyatt Regency, 575 Memorial Dr, Camb. Re: >100 sci field resrch expeditns worldwide. Spkrs incl: paleoanthropologist, conservtn activist Dr Richard Leakey; Dr Peter Kershaw on Climate Change at Arctic’s Edge. Info/Regstrn: http://www.earthwatch.org/conference 800-776-0188 x207 Press info: 800-776-0188 x136, bmagruder at earthwatch.org SAT, NOV 8 Shaping the Future of Essex County, MA - Practical Solutions for Sustainable Growth. 8 am - 4:30 pm, Merrimack College, Andover, MA $15 Info: 978-887-8876, l.cunningham at eccf.org SAT, NOV 8 PV 101 Workshop. 9 am - 4 pm, Evergreen Solar, Marlboro, MA Info: http://www.nesea.org/buildings/workshops SUN, NOV 9 Healthy Vegan Nutrition & Global Anti-Hunting Coalition Brenda Davis, RD & Anthony Marr. 2:30 pm, Veggie Planet/ Club Passim, 47 Palmer St, Harvard Sq, Camb. Info: http://boston.earthsave.org/events.htm *SUN, NOV 9 Living on Earth: Enviro Radio, Steve Curwood. 8 pm: WUMB 91.9 fm Boston, Falmouth, Worcester; WUMB 91.7 fm Newburyport, & WUMB 1170 am Orleans, MA. 11 pm: WBUR 90.9 fm Boston. Web stream/Info: http://www.loe.org http://www.wumb.org Other locales: http://www.loe.org/where/where.htm MON, NOV 10 Human-Climate-Envir Interactions in Maya Lowlands (Yucatan Peninsula) Inferred from Lake Sediment Cores, David Hodell (U Florida). 2 - 3:30 pm, Rm 102, Kline Geol Lab, 210 Whitney Ave, Yale U, New Haven, CT. Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/calendar MON, NOV 10 Enviro Advocates of NY Ann Gala. Yale Club, Manhattan, NYC. Info: pkelly at eany.org, http://www.eany.org *MON, NOV 10 Global Climate Change & Cape Wind Project - Public Forum. Spkrs: Mark Rodgers (Cape Wind) & Ross Gelbspan (auth: The Heat Is On). 7:30 pm, First Parish in Westwood, 340 Clapboard Tree St, Westwood, MA Info//RSVP: lhoke at MIPandL.org http://www.MIPandL.org WED, NOV 12 Bos Soc Architects: Committee on the Envir Mtg. 8-10 am, Topic, Loc TBA Info: ken_fisher at gensler.com http://committees.architects.org/green/newcote.htm WED, NOV 12 Walk & Witness for Climate & Creation; Interfaith Service of Repentance & Renewal at United Nations. Gather 11 am: Community Church of NY, 40 E. 35th St (btw Park & Madison). Noon: Procession to UN/Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 47th St (1st & 2nd Aves). 1 pm: Service of Repentance & Renewal at UN Plaza Info: nov12 at religiouswitness.org, http://www.Religiouswitness.org WED, NOV 12 Simulatn of Younger Dryas Event: why did climate change so abruptly? Suki Manabe (GFDL). 11 am - 1 pm, MIT Bldg 54 – Rm 915, via 21 Ames St, Camb. Info: http://www.mit.edu/~phuybers/sack.html Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=54&Buildings=go *WED, NOV 12 Public Health Forum: Love Canal, 25 years later, Lois Marie Gibbs (founder LC Parents Movement, LC Home Owners Assn, Ctr for Hlth, Envir & Justice, citizen enviro activist). Noon - 1 pm, “L”- Instructional Bldg, Rm #L-112, BU Schl of Med, 80 East Concord St, South End, Boston. Enter via commons btw Harrison Ave & Albany St. Info: 617-638-4620, http://www.bu.edu/lovecanal http://www.chej.org Map: L-Bldg = #18 at http://www.bumc.bu.edu/places/CampusMap/index.htm WED, NOV 12 Matthias Schuler, Enviro Enginr Transsolar, Stuttgart, Germany: Gives Joseph & Etel Thomas Lecture. 6:30 - 8:30 pm, Harvard Grad Schl of Design, Piper Auditrm, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St, Camb Info: http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/public_lectures.html Dir: http://map.harvard.edu/level3/3SciLabs1.shtml NOV 12-14 GreenBuild - Intnat’l Conf & Expo: US Green Bldg Council. Pittsburgh, PA Info: http://www.usgbc.org info at greenbuildexpo.com THUR, NOV 13 Greening an Existing Facility. 9 am - 4 pm, Albany, NY Info: http://www.nesea.org/buildings/workshops *THUR, NOV 13 What is Driving China's Decline in Energy Intensity? Prof Karen Fisher-Vanden, (Dartmouth). 12:15 – 1:15 pm, Bicentennial Hall, Rm 216, Bicentennial Way, Middlebury Collg, Middlebury, VT Info: http://www.middlebury.edu/depts/es/events/eventscalendarnew.htm THUR, NOV 13 Future of Canada's Northern Boreal Forest – Threats to wolverine & caribou, Justina Ray (Wildlife Conservation Soc). 6 pm, Harvard Musm Nat History, Geological Lect Hall, 24 Oxford St, Camb Info: 617-495-3045, http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/events THUR, NOV 13 Home Composting Wkshp. 7:30-9 pm, Natick Community Farm, 117 Eliot St, Natick, MA Info: http://www.state.ma.us/dep/calendar.htm 508-655-2204, http://www.state.ma.us/dep/consumer/comwkshp.htm FRI, NOV 14 Emerging Technologies & Best Industry Practices Seminar: Fuel Cells as a Means for Green Power Generation. Photonics Cntr, Colloquium Rm 9th flr, 8 St Mary St, Brookline, MA Spons: BU Dept Manufactr Engnrg. Info: 617-358-0351, esd at bu.edu, http://www.bu.edu/mfg/etseminar Dir: http://www.bu.edu/mfg/etseminar/parking.html FRI, NOV 14 Mercury, salamanders & watershed condition, Michael Bank (U Maine). 11 am, Seminar rm, Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA Info: aabarker at fas.harvard.edu, http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminarschedule.html FRI, NOV 14 A Holistic View of Invasion, Linda Puth (Yale Post-Doc) Noon, Rm 110, Envir Sci Ctr, 21 Sachem St, Yale U, New Haven, CT Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/calendar FRI, NOV 14 Tale of Two Times: Organic aerosols in atmospheres of early & current earth, Margaret Tolbert (U Co). Noon, Pierce Hall, Rm 100F, 29 Oxford St, Camb Info: http://www-as.harvard.edu/seminars/seminars.html FRI, NOV 14 Betwn North & South: Alternative Borderlands of Wm H. Ellis, Karl Jacoby (Brown U). 2:30 - 4:30 pm, MIT Tang Ctr Bldg E51 - Rm 095, 50 Memorial Dr, Camb. Info: http://web.mit.edu/history/www/nande/modTimes.html Dir: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=E51&Buildings=go FRI, NOV 14 Role of ecological processes in long-term dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems & carbon cycle, Paul Moorcroft (Harvard). 4 pm, Stone Sci Bldg, 675 Commonwealth Ave, 4th flr, Rm 453, Boston U, Boston Info: http://www.bu.edu/cees/resources Map: http://www.bu.edu/maps *NOV 14 & 15 3rd Ann. Soul of Agriculture Conf: Northeast Food System at Crossroads & NESAWG Resource Harvest, UNH, Durham, NH Info: http://www.sustainableunh.unh.edu/fas/soul_agri/index.html SAT, NOV 15 2nd Ann Undergrad & Grad Student Enviro Research Sympos. Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA. Call for Abstracts. Info: http://www.bridgew.edu/Environmental 508-531-2089, dpadgett at bridgew.edu *SAT, NOV 15 Green Homes -How to build a new one or transform an existing home. 1 – 4 pm, Central CT State U, Vance Academic Ctr, Rm 105, New Britain, CT $10. Info: http://www.CTGBC.org 860-424-3234 http://www.ctgbc.org/events/Green_homes.pdf SAT, NOV 15 8th Ann Earth Night - Envir League of MA Benefit. Black Falcon Cruise Terminal, 1 Black Falcon Ave, So. Boston $75. Dinner, Auction, Entertainment Info: http://www.earthnight.org 508-698-6810 Dir: http://www.greatports.com/boston/portinfo.htm SUN, NOV 16 3rd Ann. MA & NE Grassroots Climate Protectn Conf. 9 am – 5 pm, Fletcher Schl, Cabot Hall, 170 Packard Ave, Tufts U, Medford, MA. NE’s premier climate activist’s conf. Keynotes: I - Rhode Island Climate Plan, Local Buy-in & Regional Synergy, Jan Reitsma, R.I. DEM; II - Europe Leads: Cutting Carbon Affordably, Michael Northrop, Rockefeller Brothers Fund. 18 Wkshps: Local climate action plans & GHG reduction strategies; Climate change sci, human & ocean impacts, solutns; Regional climate plan & realities; Greening town & gown; Green schls & capital projects; Transport: VMT’s, fuel use & SUVs; Community wind projects & Cape Wind; Global warming educatn K-12 & public; Framing the Climate Message; Advancing state & regional policy & action; Allied efforts; EcoTeams; Organizing skills; Media wkshp w. Globe & Herald envir reporters. $30 by 10/31. $40 at door. Registr/Info: click on Feature at http://www.tufts.edu/tci/Calendar.html http://www.massclimateaction.org cambclimact at aol.com, 781-643-5911 Map: http://www.tufts.edu/source/maps/medford NOV 16-19 Young Scientists' Global Change Conf. Trieste, Italy. 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Management II: "Europe Leads: Cutting Carbon Affordably" Michael Northrop, Rockefeller Brothers Fund 18+ Workshops: Local climate action plans & GHG reduction strategies; Climate change science, human & ocean impacts, solutions; Regional climate plan & realities; Greening town & gown; Green schools & capital projects; VMT's, fuel use & SUVs; EcoTeams - Lifestyle Shift; Community wind projects & Cape Wind; Global warming education K-12 & public; Allied efforts: Church retrofits, Faith stewardship, Shareholder actions, Envir responsible national political conventions; Advancing state & regional policy & action; Framing the Message & Organizing skills; "Getting Ink" with Boston Globe & Herald environmental reporters. Program & Registr: http://www.massclimateaction.org or see "Feature" at http://www.tufts.edu/tci/Calendar.html Fee: $40 at door; $30 if by 10/31. 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He was one of the very few in the U.S. Congress with the courage to vote against the USA Patriot Act. Co-sponsored by PHRJ, the Center for International Studies/Starr Forum New England Japanese American Citizens League Negotiation with the Colombian Paramilitaries and Transitional Justice: Asymmetry, Symmetry or War Strategy? Dr. Mauricio Romero, Colombia Thursday November 13, 2003 5:00-6:30 p.m. E28-714 (292 Main Street, 7th floor conference room) Towards Accountability: A Conference on Human Rights and Impunity in India Saturday November 15, 2003 4:30-6:30 p.m. 10-250 The conference will focus on the human rights violations in the regions of Kashmir, Punjab and Gujarat and the subsequent impunity enjoyed by the perpetrators, including state actors. The workshops held during the conference will explore mechanisms to strengthen the linkages between regional and international human rights actors, and expanding existing regional advocacy processes internationally. This panel discussion will be open to the general public. Other human rights-related events at MIT Ballots vs. Bullets: The Prospects for Peace in Guatemala Iduvina Hernandez, independent journalist & activist Thursday, October 9, 2003 7:00 p.m. MIT Room 14E-304 Sponsored by the MIT Western Hemisphere Project and the MIT Women's Studies Program America- An Empire? Wednesday October 22, 2003 4:00 p.m. MIT Tang Center, 70 Memorial Drive *Stephen W. Bosworth, dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University *Michael Ignatieff, Carr Professor of the Practice of Human Rights and director of the Carr Center of Human Rights Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University *Arnold Kanter, principal and founding member of The Scowcroft Group *Enid C.B. Schoettle, a consultant on international organizations and global issues and special advisor to the chairman of the U.S. National Intelligence Council For more information, please contact: Susan Frick Program on Human Rights and Justice Massachusetts Institute of Technology E-38 Room 277 292 Main Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel: 617 258 7614 Fax: 617 452 3962 Email: fricks at mit.edu or phrj at mit.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/save/attachments/20031014/2bdca781/attachment.htm From jalee at MIT.EDU Sun Oct 19 21:58:08 2003 From: jalee at MIT.EDU (Jessica Lee) Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 21:58:08 -0400 Subject: [Save] Fwd: Sustainable Development Mixer, Wednesday October 29, 2003 at 6PM Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20031019215714.01ca9058@po11.mit.edu> Would anyone like to attend this with me? Please let me know by this Wednesday (the 22nd) so I can respond to Philip in time. Jessica >X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.2 >X-Sender: sheehy at hesiod >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.1 >Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 16:37:50 -0400 >To: jalee at mit.edu >From: Philip Sheehy >Subject: Sustainable Development Mixer, Wednesday October 29, 2003 at > 6PM >X-Spam-Score: -4.8 >X-Spam-Flag: NO >X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.28 (www . roaringpenguin . com / mimedefang) > >Dear Jessica Lee, > >Attached is an invitation for SAVE to the First Annual Sustainable >Development Mixer, hosted by Students for Global Sustainability. Please >review the invitation and RSVP at your earliest convenience, but no later >than Friday October 24, 2003. Please do not hesitate to contact us at >sfgs-request at mit.edu with any questions you may have. > >We look forward to hearing from you soon. > >Sincerely, > >Philip Sheehy >Students for Global Sustainability >http://web.mit.edu/sfgs >sfgs-request at mit.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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A significant challenge for understanding ecosystem processes involves the identification, quantification and modeling of microbial interactions and dynamics, and the biogeochemical processes they mediate. Just as individual macromolecules can serve as documents of evolutionary history, the collective genomes within natural ecosystems can provide deep perspective on environmental, evolutionary and ecological processes and interactions. Recent results demonstrate that defining microbial functional attributes, population biology, biological interactions, and ecosystem processes in complex ecosystems is now possible, using such genomics-enabled approaches. 12 Noon, Thursday October 23, 2003 MIT Building 16-160 Seminar will be immediately followed by lunch in 16-168 Matthew Gardner, Ph.D. Program Administrator Earth System Initiative, 16-177 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA, 02139 617.253.6895 http://web.mit.edu/esi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This talk will discuss these misconceptions and then address fundamental science that needs to be undertaken at the molecular level to meet the global future's energy needs. Light refreshments will be provided. ___________________________________________________ Part of a series of talks on issues of environment and sustainability sponsored by the MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment. If you would like to be added or removed from this mailing list, please contact Karen Gibson, kgibson at mit.edu -- _________________________________ Karen L. Gibson Program Assistant MIT Laboratory For Energy and the Environment 77 Massachusetts Avenue, E40-469 (1 Amherst St., E40-469 - for DHL and FedEx) Cambridge, MA 02139 USA Tel: 1 (617) 258-6368; Fax: 1 (617) 258-6590 http://lfee.mit.edu http://globalsustainability.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thursday November 13, 2003 5:00-6:30 p.m. E38-615 (292 Main Street) Mauricio Romero, Universidad Nacional de Bogot?, Colombia Forum on Accountability, Impunity and Governance in India Saturday November 15, 2003 3:00-6:00 p.m. 1-190 Panelists: Ram Naryan Kumar, Teesta Setalvad, Tapan Bose, Angana Chatterjee Moderated by Siddharth Vardrajan with opening remarks from Balakrishnan Rajagopal Program on Human Rights and Justice Internship Information Session Thursday November 20, 2003 5:00-6:30 p.m. E38-714 (292 Main Street) Deadline for Summer 2004 proposals: February 20, 2004. Other Upcoming Human Rights Events at MIT Friday, October 24, 2003 12:05 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Gary T. Marx, National Academy of Sciences, Carlson Visiting Distinguished Professor at West Virginia University and MIT Professor Emeritus "From Border-Busting to Ubiquitous Computing: Some Social, Cultural and Policy Implications of Recent Changes in Information Technology" Location: 3-401 Contact: Reservations required by Thursday 10/23 to Sue Delaney, sld at mit.edu Discussants: Diane Davis, Keith Hampton Grassroots International "Sow Justice, Reap Security" conference and 20th Anniversary celebration Saturday, November 15, 2003 9:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. The Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge MA. For more information, please visit: http://www.grassrootsonline.org/anniversary/twenty.html Registration is $35 until November 1; $50 after November 1. 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MIT Students for Labor Justice and Global Exchange are bringing Abel Fernandez, a cocoa farmer from the Dominican Republic, to campus this Sunday. He will explain how Fair Trade works, and how increased Fair Trade sales will help end child labor practices and poverty in farming communities. Mr. Fernandez is from Conacado, a 9,000-member co-op that sells Fair Trade, organic and shade grown cocoa. We'll also be sampling Fair Trade cocoa and chocolate. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Monday, October 27 at 7 PM Building-room 26-100 Book signing and refreshments to follow Sponsored by Terrascope, Room 16-177, 617-253-4074 Matthew Gardner, Ph.D. Program Administrator Earth System Initiative, 16-177 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA, 02139 617.253.6895 http://web.mit.edu/esi -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/save/attachments/20031022/55ee49f2/attachment.htm From cambclimact at aol.com Fri Oct 24 09:47:37 2003 From: cambclimact at aol.com (Michael Charney) Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 13:47:37 +0000 Subject: [Save] NE Climate & Enviro Calendar * 10/24 - 11/8/03 Message-ID: <585579004-1463747838-1067003271@boing.topica.com> CAMBRIDGE CLIMATE CALENDAR Oct 24 – Nov 8, 2003 Climate, Envir & Sustainability Events for MA & NE Editor’s Choice: 10/25 Schumacher Lectures:Reinventing the Commons. Stockbridge, MA 10/27 – European Advances in Toxic Chemical Policies. Boston 10/27-29 Energy Sustainability Conf. Uncasville, CT *10/29 – Emissns Trading, Markets & Climate Change. Medford, MA 10/31-11/12 Walk for Global Warming. Leverett, MA to NYC 11/6 - Northeast Energy & Technology Expo 2003. Worcester, MA *11/10 - New England Council's Climate Change Summit. Boston 11/12 - Witness for Climate & Creation at UN. NYC 11/14,15 - 3rd Ann. Soul of Agriculture Conf. Durham, NH *11/16 - Grassroots Climate Action Conf. Medford, MA SCROLL DOWN for FULL INDEX & DETAILS Noted: *If It Ain't Broke, Break It. re: Bush vs Enviro Regs http://www.tompaine.com/op_ads/opad2.cfm/ID/9199 *Enviro Defense “Undoit.org” Global Warming Campaign http://www.undoit.org http://www.actionnetwork.org *Three New Reports on Transportation Energy Issues: See “Jobs & Resources” below detailed listings. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> MCAN’s 3rd Annual -- GRASSROOTS CLIMATE ACTION CONFERENCE Sun., Nov. 16 - Tufts U, Medford MA 9 am – 5 pm, Cabot Center, 170 Packard Ave, Medford, MA Keynotes: I: Rhode Isld Climate Plan, Local Buy-in & Regnl Synergy Jan Reitsma, Dir., R.I. Dept. Envir. Management II: Europe Leads: Cutting Carbon Affordably Michael Northrop, Rockefeller Brothers Fund 18 Wkshps: Local climate action plans & GHG reduction strategies; Climate change sci, human & ocean impacts, solutns; Regnal climate plan & realities; Greening town & gown; Green schools & capital projects; VMT’s, fuel use & SUVs; EcoTeams; Community wind projects & Cape Wind; Global warming educatn K-12 & public; Advancing state & regional policy & action; Allied efforts; Message & Organizing skills; Media wkshp w. Globe & Herald envir reporters. Fee: $40. $30 if by 10/31 Info: see Feature at http://www.tufts.edu/tci/Calendar.html cambclimact at aol.com, http://www.massclimateaction.org 781-643-5911 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Build the E-Movement ~ Tell friends about this Calendar! Subscribe? blank email to: CambClimCal-subscribe at topica.com Link Websites to CCC: http://tufts.edu/tci/Calendar.html Submit Events: CambClimAct at aol.com See website for guidelines. Local Climate Activism: http://www.massclimateaction.org >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> INDEX: * = New SCROLL DOWN BELOW THIS INDEX for DETAILED LIST OCTOBER 2003 October 23 & 24 10/23,24 - Educatn for Sustainable Development Conf. Lowell, MA 10/23,24 - New England Planning Conf. Hartford, CT Friday, October 24 10/24 - Human Health & Enviro Exposures Conf. Biddeford, ME 10/24 - Healthy Envir in Connecticut Schls Conf/Wkshp. Hartford, CT 10/24 - Climate Change High School Curriculum Wkshp. Boston 10/24 - Leaf hydraulics - bud to bust. Petersham, MA 10/24 - Transforming Rural Lives in Forest Margins. Camb 10/24 - Evaluatn of (Air) Pollutant Outflow & CO Sources. Camb 10/24 - Challenges to sustainblty: long-term adaptatn. New Haven, CT *10/24 - Zipcar Technology vs America’s Car Addiction. Camb *10/24 - Enviro Pollutn & Externalities of Energy: E.U. Projt. Boston 10/24 - Collaborative Approach to Ecosystems Mngmt: Cape Wind. Camb *10/24 - Air Quality Modeling for Enviro Justice in Urban Areas. Boston 10/24 - The Great Blackout of 2003. Boston 10/24 - 3 Centuries of Scientific Discovery in Caribbean. Camb October 24-26 10/24-26 No’eastern US College Envir Conf. Providence, RI Saturday, October 25 10/25 - Hutchinson Mem Symposm - Ecology. New Haven, CT [10/25 – Postponed: Teacher Energy Educatn: CONNECT Day. Willimantic, CT] 10/25 – NESEA Greening an Existing Home. Warwick, RI 10/25 - NESEA PV 101 Workshop. Warwick, RI 10/25 Schumacher Lectures:Reinventing the Commons. Stockbridge, MA 10/25 - Ecological Building Workshop. Coventry, RI 10/25 - Home Composting Wkshp. Camb 10/25 –Investigate Energy - Children’s “Course.” Boston October 25-29 10/25-29 Society of Amer Foresters Nat’l Conventn. Buffalo, NY OCT 25-29 Soc of American Foresters Nat’l Conventn. Buffalo, NY Info: http://www.safnet.org/convention/index.cfm Sunday, October 26 10/26 - Living on Earth: Enviro Radio. NPR, WBUR, WUMB, Web October 26 - 28 10/26-28 Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schls Nat’l Symposm. DC Monday, October 27 *10/27 - Sustnbl Water Mngmt Pivotal to Sustnbl Public Hlth. Boston 10/27 - Ice sheet-climate interactions. Camb 10/27 - MA Interfaith Power & Light, Solar & Fair Trade. Greenfld, MA *10/27 - Arctic Nat’l Wildlife Refuge, Talk & slide show. Camb 10/27 – European Advances in Toxic Chemical Policies. Boston October 27-28 10/27,28 Seeking New Policy in Chemicals Mngmt. Lowell/Bos, MA October 27-29 10/27-29 Energy Sustainability Conf. Uncasville, CT October 27-31 10/27-31 Wetlands Wkshp 2003--Hydrology: Atlantic City, NJ Tuesday, October 28 10/28 Ozone Pollutn, C Sequestratn & Climate Policy. Wds Hole, MA *10/28 - Resource Wars: New Landscape of Global Conflict. Camb *10/28 – Gtr Boston Enviro Justice Netwk Mtg. Dorchester, MA October 28-30 10/28-30 Nuclear Safety Research Conf. Washington, DC Wednesday, October 29 10/29 - MAPC Regional Vision & Growth Strategy Project. Boston 10/29 - NEEC Conf: Keep Lights On, Power Green. Needham, MA 10/29 - Advanced Daylighting Seminar. Boston *10/29 – Corps Public Info Mtg on Cape Wind EIS. N. Falmouth, MA *10/29 - Molecular Chemistry of Renewable Energy. Camb 10/29 - Sustainable Develpmt in Climate Debate. Medford, MA 10/29 - Climate Change Policy in Mexico. Providence, RI 10/29 - Inst Investors Netwk on Climate Change Risk. Prvdnc, RI *10/29 – Emissns Trading, Markets & Climate Change. Medford, MA October 29 & 30 *10/29, 30 - Partnership of Cities on Biosphere & Society. NYC October 29 & 30, November 4 & 5 10/29,30; 11/4,5 Energy Star Homes Bldr/Designr Wkshps. MA Thursday, October 30 10/30 Emergency Envir Mngmt for Collgs, U’s. Framingham, MA 10/30 - EJAM Envir Justice Training Wkshp. Arlington, MA 10/30 – Conservatn, Ecology & Envir History. Middlebury, VT 10/30 - Man-Eating Predator in Jungles of History & Mind. Camb October 30-31 10/30-31 Ecosystems Conf: Restoratn & Creatn. Tampa, FL October 30 - November 2 10/30 - 11/2 Ecological Enginrg for Integrated Water Mngmt. Camb Friday, October 31 10/31 – 11/1 Int. Envir Moot Court Competitn. FL 10/31 - Beech bark disease, blue jays, & bears. Petersham, MA *10/31 - Patriots Gillette Stadium’s Enviro Features. Camb 10/31 – NEP & Nutrient Cycling in Forest w Elevated CO2. Boston 10/31 - Boston Critical Mass! Bike Rally. Boston October 31 - November 12 10/31-11/12 Peace Pagoda Walk for Global Warming. Leverett, MA - NYC NOVEMBER 2003 Saturday, November 1, 2003 11/1 - Vermont Land Conservatn Conf. Northfield, VT 11/1 - Passive Solar Wkshp. Warren, VT 11/1 - Bats: Behavior, Observatn, & Conservatn Program. Boston November 1-5 *11/1-5 7th Ann Community Food Security Coalitn Conf. Boston Sunday, November 2 11/2 - Tour Energy-Related Projects at Mohegan Sun. Uncasville, CT *11/2 – Faith-based & Secular Food Systems Tour & Wkshp. Lv Boston 11/2 - Living on Earth: Enviro Radio. NPR, WBUR, WUMB, Web November 2-4 11/2-4 Investors’ Circle 2003 Natl Conf & Venture Fair. Camb Monday, November 3 11/3 - Mechanisms of abrupt global climate change. Camb November 3-5 11/3-5 Green Power Marketing Conf. Chicago, IL Tuesday, November 4 11/4 - Promoting Exercise, Health by Urban Design Conf. Boston *11/4 - Future of NE States Enviro Programs. Worcester, MA 11/4 - Challenges of Sustainable Bldgs at Colleges. Hartford, CT Wednesday, November 5 11/5 - Making the Cut:Fundraising for Nonprofits. Boston 11/5 – Investors’ Actions for Corporate Social Respnsblty. Prvdc, RI 11/5 - Urban Sprawl & Obesity. Camb 11/5 Emerging Energy Technlgs: Harnessing Ocean Power. Lynn, MA 11/5 - Genes, Envir, & Epidemics: Autism. Camb November 5 - 7 11/5-7 Drivers of Techno Innovatn in Bldg, Real Estate. Camb 11/5-7 Sustainable Urban Travel Policies Wkshp. Wash, DC Thursday, November 6 11/6 - Northeast Energy & Technology Expo 2003. Worcester, MA 11/6 – US/Canada Energy Trade & Techn Conf. Boston 11/6 - Vermont Family Forests Wkshp. Bristol, VT 11/6 - New Directions in Corporate Disclosure. Camb 11/6 Enviro Attitudes, Motivatn, Affinities & Behavr. Middlebury, VT 11/6 – Informal Envir Law Debate: Scarlett vs Leshy. Camb 11/6 - MIT Envir Forum: Commitments, Challenges, Actions. Camb 11/6 - A Look at the Biodiversity of Fungi. Camb November 6 & 7 11/6,7 - Carbon Sequestratn Initiative Forum IV. Camb Friday, November 7 *11/7 Green Bldg Design/Constructn Grant Bid Q&A. Westboro, MA 11/7 - Dunghill doctrines of early republic. Petersham, MA 11/7 - GPS Occultatns for Climate Monitoring. Camb 11/7 - Sea Ice Ecology: Life, Slime & Physics. New Haven, CT 11/7 Agricultrl Land & Transformatn of Earth System. Wds Hole, MA 11/7 - Regional Climate Change Cooperation. Boston *11/7 - Wellesley College Campus Greening Symposm. Wellesley, MA November 7-9 11/7-9 Student Envir Action Coalitn Training. Middletown, CT 11/7-9 Net Impact Ann Conf. Austin, TX 11/7-9 AMC White Mountain Workshop. Crawford Notch, NH Saturday, November 8 11/8 - 1st Ann.Vermont Toxics Action Conf. Randolph, VT 11/8 - Earthwatch Public Day Connectns for Sustainable Envir. Camb 11/8 - Solutns for Sustainable Growth in Essex County. Andover, MA 11/8 - PV 101 Workshop. Marlboro, MA Sunday, November 9 11/9 - Vegan Nutrition & Global Anti-Hunting Coalition. Camb 11/9 - Living on Earth: Enviro Radio. NPR, WBUR, WUMB, Web Monday, November 10 *11/10 - New England Council's Climate Change Summit. Boston 11/10 - Human-Climate-Envir Interactns in Yucatan. New Haven, CT 11/10 - Enviro Advocates of NY Ann Gala. NYC 11/10 - Global Climate Change & Cape Wind Project. Westwood, MA *11/10 The Sacred Balance I & II: w. David Suzuki. WGBH 44 Wednesday, November 12 11/12 - Bos Soc Arch: Committee on the Envir Mtg. Boston 11/12 - Walk & Witness for Climate & Creation at UN. NYC 11/12 - Younger Dryas: Why did climate change so abruptly? Camb 11/12 - Love Canal, 25 years later. Boston *11/12 - Energy & Technology. Camb 11/12 - Matthias Schuler, Enviro Enginr Transsolar, Stuttgart. Camb November 12-14 11/12-14 GreenBuild: Int’l Conf & Expo: USGBC. Pittsburgh, PA Thursday, November 13 *11/13 - Youth Power Shift Nat’l Day of Action! USA/Campuses 11/13 Greening an Existing Facility. Albany, NY 11/13 - China's Decline in Energy Intensity. Middlebury, VT 11/13 - Future of Canada's Northern Boreal Forest. Camb *11/13 Sun, Air & You: Perspectives on Climate Chng. Franklin, MA 11/13 - Home Composting Wkshp. Natick, MA Friday, November 14 [[11/14 – Posting error: Fuel Cells for Green Power Generatn. MA]] 11/14 - Mercury, salamanders & watershed conditn. Petersham, MA 11/14 – Early & current atmospheric organic aerosols. Camb 11/14 - A Holistic View of Invasion. New Haven, CT 11/14 - Organic aerosols in early & current earth atmospheres. Camb 11/14 - Betwn North & South: Alternative Borderlands. Camb 11/14 Dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems & carbon cycle. Boston November 14 & 15 11/14,15 - 3rd Ann. Soul of Agriculture Conf. Durham, NH Saturday, November 15 11/15 – Undergrad/Grad Enviro Resrch Sympos. Bridgewater, MA 11/15 - Green Homes - Build new, transform old. New Britain, CT 11/15 – ELM’s 8th Ann Earth Night. So Boston, MA Sunday, November 16 11/16 - MCAN Grassroots Climate Protection Conf. Medford, MA November 16-19 11/16-19 Young Scientists' Global Change Conf. Trieste, Italy. Monday, November 17 11/17 - Life on the Edge: Survival of Life in Ice. New Haven, CT 11/17 Ecological Design for Developing Technlgy. Medford, MA 11/17 - Mass. Interfaith Power & Light Ann Mtg. Westwood, MA *11/17 - The Sacred Balance III, IV: w. David Suzuki. WGBH 44 November 17 - 18 11/17,18 - Financing US Power Projects. NYC November 17-20 11/17-20 Chemical & Biol Defense Research Conf. Towson, MD Tuesday, November 18 11/18 - Database Planning Basics for Non-Profits. Boston Wednesday, November 19 11/19 - Enforcement & Enviro Compliance. Camb Thursday, November 20 *11/20 - Wholesale Power Markets in NE After LMP & Blackout. Boston 11/20 - Transport & fate of organic matter in rivers. Boston 11/20 - Dams or Protection for a Mesoamerican Rvr. Middlebury, VT Friday, November 21 11/21 – Conservatn of Atlantic salmon in Maine. Petersham, MA 11/21 - Monsoon Variability & Atmospheric Aerosols. Camb 11/21 - Abating threat of invasive species: sci & policy. Wds Hole, MA 11/21 - Clean Air Act: Policy & abatement technique choice. Bos Saturday, November 22 11/22 4th Ann. Toxics Action Conf. Waterville, ME Monday, November 24 11/24 - Rivers, rocks & rain: Climate, tectonics & erosion. Camb Friday, November 28 11/28 - Buy Nothing Day. USA DECEMBER Monday, December 1 12/1 Governing Global Envir: Policy Failure/What Next? Nw Hvn, CT After 12/1, see Beyond at left, http://www.tufts.edu/tci/Calendar.html >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> DETAILED LISTINGS: OCTOBER 2003 OCT 23 & 24 [Higher] Educatn for Sustainable Develpmnt Conf. UMass - Lowell, Wannalancit Mills Conf Rm, Lowell, MA re: sustainble devlpmt concepts in UG & grad progrms; univ’s geographic, social & econ role; univ’s as models for sustnblty. Spkr: Wm Shutkin. Info: http://www.uml.edu/com/CITA rforrant at external.umass.edu OCT 23 & 24 MA/RI APA’s New England Planning Conf. Hartford, CT Info: hsamokar at mapc.org, 617-451-2770 x2050, http://www.mapc.org FRI, OCT 24 Human Health & Enviro Exposures Conf: Making the Connectn, Clinical, sci & policy. U. NE College of Osteopathic Medicine, Biddeford, ME. Keynotes: Richard Jackson (Nat Ctr Envir Hlth, Ctrs for Disease Control & Preventn); Sandra Steingraber, (Biologist, auth: Living Downstream). Wkshps: Toxic Threats to Childhd Devlpmt; Hlth Hazards & Patient Populatn; Precautionary Principle; Airshed Protectn; Hlth Tracking Netwk; Chronic Diseases & Envir Exposure; Bio- Monitoring & Body Burden; Chem Policy; Persistent Toxics; Asthma & Air Quality. For hlth profsnls & public. CME credits. Info/Registr: http://www.meepi.org/files03/psrconf.htm Dir: http://www.une.edu/admissions/visit.html FRI, OCT 24 Healthy Envir in CT Schls Conf/Wkshp. All day, Hastings Hotel & Conf Ctr, Hartford, CT. $15. Spons: EPA & CT Schl Indoor Envir Resource Team, Info: CT Educatn Assn, 860-525-5641, http://www.epa.gov/region1/cal/index.html#1024 FRI, OCT 24 Climate Change in Context: Interdisciplinary Curriculum & Wkshp for High School Teachers. 8:30 am – 3 pm, NE Aquar Educatnl Cntr, Central Wharf, 1st flr, Harbor Garage, Boston. Prof Devlpmt Pts by prior reqst. Lunch incl. Space limited. Info/RSVP: andrew_kerner at hms.harvard.edu 617-384-8530 FRI, OCT 24 Leaf hydraulics - bud to bust, N. Michele Holbrook (Harvard). 11 am, Seminar rm, Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA Info: aabarker at fas.harvard.edu, http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminarschedule.html FRI, OCT 24 Transforming Rural Lives: Capturing Opportunities for a Bigger Impact in Forest Margins, Dagmar Timmer (Alternatives to Slash-&-Burn Programme, Kenya). 11:45 am - 1 pm, KSG, Perkins Rm, Eliot Bldg, 4th Flr, E-415, 1 Eliot St, Camb Info: http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/sed/gradlunch.htm Map: http://www.cid.harvard.edu/cidevents/map_1eliot.htm FRI, OCT 24 Evaluation of pollutant outflow & CO sources during TRACE-P using model-calculated, aircraft-based, & MOPITT-derived CO concentrations, Dale Allen (U MD). Noon, Pierce Hall, Rm 100F, 29 Oxford St, Camb Info: http://www-as.harvard.edu/seminars/seminars.html Dir: http://www-as.harvard.edu/chemistry/trop/directions.html FRI, OCT 24 Challenges to Sustainability: Case Study in Long-Term Adaptatn, Anthropology Prof Frank Hole (Peabody Musm of Nat Hist). Noon, Rm 110, Envir Sci Ctr, 21 Sachem St, Yale U, New Haven, CT Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/calendar *FRI, OCT 24 Zipcar Technology or what does it take to get Americans out of their cars? Roy Russell (VP, Technlgy, Zipcar). Noon – 1 pm, MIT Bldg 1 - Rm 390, 33 Mass. Ave, Camb. Info: http://ceemeng.mit.edu/current_seminar.html 617-253-6595 Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=1&Buildings=go *FRI, OCT 24 Enviro Pollution & Externalities of Energy: The ExternE Project of European Union, Joe Spadaro, PhD (Ctr d'Energetique, Ecole des Mines de Paris). 12:30 - 2 pm, Harv’d Schl Public Hlth, François- Xavier Bagnoud Bldg (FXB) Rm G12, 665 Huntington Ave, Boston Spons: Risk & Decision Sciences Seminar. Map: http://www.hms.harvard.edu/about/maps/lmamap.html FRI, OCT 24 Cape Wind & a Collaborative Process Approach to Ecosystems Mngmt, Herman Karl, PhD (USGS marine geologist) & Carl Shapiro, PhD (USGS). 12:30 pm, Consensus Bldg Inst, 131 Mt. Auburn St, Camb. Brown Bag Lunch. Info/RSVP Req: http://www.cbuilding.org, freund1 at mac.com *FRI, OCT 24 Air Quality Modeling for Enviro Justice Applicatns in Urban Areas [Calif], Prof Akula Venkatram (Collg Engrng, UCal-Riverside). 3 - 4 pm, HSPH, Landmark Ctr, Rm 414A, 401 Park Dr, 4th Flr, Boston. Info: jilevy at hsph.harvard.edu T: Fenway Stop, Riverside D Green Line. Dir: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/maps FRI, OCT 24 The Great Blackout of 2003, Steve Connors (MIT Lab for Energy & Envir). 4 pm, Stone Sci Bldg, 675 Commonwealth Ave, 4th flr, STO Rm 453, Boston Info: isw at bu.edu, http://www.bu.edu/cees/resources Map: http://www.bu.edu/maps FRI, OCT 24 Harvard in the Caribbean: Three Centuries of Scientific Discovery Biol Prof Brian Farrell. 7 pm, Harvard Museum Nat History, Haller Lect Hall, 24 Oxford St, Camb Info: http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/events OCT 24 - 26 Northeastern US College Envir Conf. Brown U, Providence, RI Attndnc limited. Info: Megan_Furnari at brown.edu http://www.brown.edu/Students/BEC SAT, OCT 25 G. Evelyn Hutchinson Memorial Symposm - Ecology. (“Father of modern limnology”). New Haven, CT Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/Hutchinson.htm [SAT, OCT 25 POSTPONED to May 15, 2004] [Teacher Energy Educatn Conf: CONNECT Day ’03. Eastern CT State U Campus, Willimantic, CT. Spons: CONNECTicut Energy Cncil for Teachers & Inst for Sustnble Energy. Re: K-12 & college. Info: 203-238-9521, kohl at easternct.edu, http://www.sustainenergy.org http://www.easternct.edu/ecsu/map/index.html ] SAT, OCT 25 NESEA Greening an Existing Home. Veterans Memorial H.S., Warwick, RI $120/ $95. Info: http://www.nesea.org/calendar SAT, OCT 25 NESEA PV 101 Workshop. 9 am - 4 pm, Veterans Memorial H.S., Warwick, RI. $120/ $95. Info: http://www.nesea.org/buildings/workshops SAT, OCT 25 [New Location] 23rd Ann. Schumacher Lectures. Legal Conditns for Survival of Earth, Reinventing the Commons. Spkrs: Thomas Berry, Peter Barnes, & Andrew Kimbrell (Intn’t Ctr for Techn Assessment). 9:30 am – 4:30 pm, First Congregational Church, West Main St, Stockbridge, MA (by Town Hall). $20/$15. Lunch $12 in adv. Info: http://www.smallisbeautiful.org/frameset_events.html http://www.icta.org State of The Commons 2003/04: Report to Owners: http://www.friendsofthecommons.org SAT, OCT 25 Ecological Bldg Workshp. 10 am - 4:30 pm, Inst for Envir Living, Apeiron Fndn, 451 Hammet Rd, Coventry, RI. $50-$75 Info/Regist: http://www.apeiron.org SAT, OCT 25 Home Composting Wkshp. 1-3 pm, Camb Ctr for Adult Educ, 42 Brattle St, Camb Info: http://www.state.ma.us/dep/calendar.htm http://www.state.ma.us/dep/consumer/comwkshp.htm 617-547-6789 SAT, OCT 25 Investigate Energy: Fruity Pebbles, Fossil Fuels, & Solar Power (children grades 5-6 + adult), Amy Schoenfeld (MoS). 1 - 4 pm, Museum of Science, 1 Science Pk, O'Brien Hwy, Boston $$ Registr/Info: http://www.mos.org/courses 617-589-0300 OCT 25-29 Society of Amer Foresters Nat’l Conventn. Buffalo, NY Info: 301-897-8720, http://www.safnet.org/convention/index.cfm SUN, OCT 26 Living on Earth: Enviro Radio, Steve Curwood. 8 pm: WUMB 91.9 fm Boston, Falmouth, Worcester; WUMB 91.7 fm Newburyport, & WUMB 1170 am Orleans, MA. 11 pm: WBUR 90.9 fm Boston. Web stream/Info: http://www.loe.org http://www.wumb.org Other locales: http://www.loe.org/where/where.htm OCT 26-28 4th Ann. Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools Nat’l Symposm Wash, DC Info: http://www.epa.gov/schools *MON, OCT 27 Sustainable Water Mngmt Pivotal to Sustainable Public Health, Richard Fox, PE, DEE (Pres., CDM [global engnrg & constrctn co]). 12:30 pm, HSPH, Landmark Ctr West, Rm 414A, 401 Park Dr, 4th Flr, Boston, Spons: Exposure, Epidemlgy, & Risk Progrm Info: dsenn at hsph.harvard.edu T: Fenway Stop Riverside D Green Line. Dir: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/maps MON, OCT 27 Ice sheet-climate interactions: glacial cycles, millennial climate variability & global change, Shawn Marshall (U Calgary). 4 pm, Haller Hall, Geol. Museum, Rm 102, 24 Oxford St, Harv U, Camb Info: http://www.eps.harvard.edu/seminars/epscolloque.php MON, OCT 27 MA Interfaith Power & Light, Solar Opportunities & Fair Trade: Info event for clergy & lay people in Greenfield area & Western MA. 7 pm, St. James’s Church, 8 Church St, Greenfield, MA Info/RSVP: lhoke at MIPandL.org http://www.MIPandL.org *MON, OCT 27 Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Talk & slide show. Seasons of Life & Land, Photographic Journey, Subhankar Banerjee. 7 pm, MIT Bldg 26 – Rm 100, access via 60 Vassar St, Camb Info: 617-253-4074 Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=26&Buildings=go MON, OCT 27 European Advances on Toxic Chemical & Health Protective Policies: Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow Educatnl Forum w 10 visiting European experts, advocates, business leaders. Re: Health & business/trade implicatns of draft EU legislatn REACH: Registratn, Evaluatn, & Authorizatn of Chemicals. 7:30 pm, Tufts Univ Jaharis Ctr, 150 Harrison Ave, Boston Info/RSVP: 617-338-8131, info at healthytomorrow.org http://www.chemicalspolicy.org/pres.shtml T: Orange Line or Silver Line to Chinatown or NEMC. Map: http://www.tufts.edu/source/maps/boston/mapboston_mbta.php OCT 27-28 Integrated Chemicals Policy – Seeking New Directns in Chemicals Managmt; Ten Touring European Experts on proposed REACH legislation: Registratn, Evaluatn, & Authorizatn of Chemicals for integrating European chemicals policy. Visit incl: public briefings, discussn mtg w. stakeholder groups. Lowell/Boston. Info: http://www.chemicalspolicy.org/pres.shtml http://www.chemicalspolicy.org Joel_Tickner at uml.edu OCT 27-29 Energy Sustainability Conf: On the Path to Sustainability. Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, CT Spons: Inst for Sustnbl Energy, Eastern CT State U. Info: http://www.sustainenergy.org 860-465-0252 LeahyW at easternct.edu OCT 27-31 Wetlands Wkshp 2003—Hydrology. Atlantic City, NJ Info: http://www.wetlandsworkgroup.org TUE, OCT 28 How Will Ozone Pollutn Affect Future Productivity, Carbon Sequestratn, & Climate Policy? Ben Felzer (Ecosystems Ctr, MBL). 12:15 - 1 pm, MBL, Whitman Audit, Water St, Woods Hole, MA Info: http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/WoodsHole/seminars.html Dir: http://www.mbl.edu/inside/visit/directions *TUE, OCT 28 Resource Wars: New Landscape of Global Conflict, Prof Michael Klare (Peace & World Security Studies, Hampshire Collg). 5:30 pm, Tang Ctr. Bldg E51 - Rm 149, 2 Amherst St, Camb, MA Info: http://web.mit.edu/tac/www/upforums.html 617-253-0108 Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=E51&Buildings=go *TUE, OCT 28 Gtr Boston Enviro Justice Netwk (GBEJN) Mtg. 6 - 8 pm, Dorchester House, 1353 Dorchester Ave, Dorchester/Boston. Re: Dorchstr Enviro Health Survey; EJ Policy/EJ Bill Update; Bioterrorism Lab siting; Boston Redistricting Lawsuit; Money for Enviro Justice Work: NEGEF. Info: quita at ace-ej.org http://www.ace-ej.org T: Red Line Fields Corner Statn. OCT 28-30 Nuclear Safety Research Conf. Washington, DC Info: http://www.bnl.gov/NSRC/highlights.asp susanm at bnl.gov WED, OCT 29 Boston College Citizens Seminar to Envision Future of Metro- Boston. Regional Vision & Growth Strategy Project session. 8 - 11:30 am, Hyatt Regency Boston [fmr Swiss Hotel]. Keynote: Angela Glover Blackwell, (PolicyLink) Info/RSVP: 617-451-2770 x2030, ahurwitz at mapc.org, http://www.bc.edu/schools/csom/cga/citizen/invitations http://www.mapc.org/projects_initiatives/regional_visioning.html WED, OCT 29 NEEC Ann. Conf: Keeping the Lights On & the Power Green: Energy Efficiency & Renewables in 2003. Sheraton Needham Hotel, 100 Cabot St, Needham, MA Re: green pricing, energy effic programs, renewable & distributed generatn technologies. Spons: No’east Energy Efficncy Cncl & Assn of Energy Services Profsnls. Info/Dir: http://www.neec.org/anncon/anncon.html WED, OCT 29 Advanced Daylighting Seminar. HMFH Architects, Inc. 130 Bishop Allen Dr, Camb $170/ $145. Info: http://www.nesea.org/buildings/workshops WED, OCT 29 Army Corps of Engineers public info mtg on Cape Wind farm Envir Impact Statement (EIS) status. 10 am – Noon, Sea Crest Oceanfront Resort & Conf Ctr, 350 Quaker Rd, No. Falmouth, MA re: Release 2003-115. Info: timothy.j.dugan at usace.army.mil 978-318-8264 Dir/Map: http://www.seacrest-resort.com/directions.shtml *WED, OCT 29 Molecular Chemistry of Renewable Energy, Prof Daniel Nocera (MIT). Noon – 1:30 pm,MIT Bldg E40 - Rm 496, 1 Amherst St, Camb Info: http://web.mit.edu/chemistry/dgn/www http://lfee.mit.edu/calendar Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=E40&Buildings=go WED, OCT 29 Taking Sustainable Develpmt Seriously in Climate Debate. Adil Najam (Tufts U). 12:30 - 2 pm, Zamparelli Rm, Tufts U, Mayer Campus (Student) Ctr, 44 Professors Row, Medford, MA Map: http://www.tufts.edu/source/mapmedford.htm WED, OCT 29 Climate Change Policy in the Semi-Periphery: Mexico, Simone Pulver (Brown). 4 pm, Watson Inst, McKinney Conf Rm, 111 Thayer St, 111 Thayer St, Providence, RI Info: http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Watson_Institute WED, OCT 29 Institutional Investors Network on Climate Change Risk, Mindy Lubber (Exec Dir, CERES). 4 pm, Smith-Buanano Hall, Rm 106, [on Pembroke Campus North off Meeting St, btwn Thayer & Brown Sts], Providence, RI Info: ilana_friedman at brown.edu, http://www.brown.edu/Students/BEC *WED, OCT 29 Emission Trading: The Role of Markets in Addressing Climate Change & Air Pollution, Panel: Richard Sandor (CEO, Chicago Climate Exchange), Lawrence Bacow (Pres, Tufts U) & Econ Prof Randall Korszner (U Chicago). 5:30 pm, Tufts U Fletcher Schl, ASEAN Auditrm, 160 Packard Ave, Medford, MA. To celebrate Tuft’s commitment to Reduce GHGs: Chicago Climate Exchange Kickoff. Info: 617-627-3645, tie at tufts.edu *OCT 29 – 30 Partnership of Cities on Biosphere & Society – CUBES. NYC Info: http://www.unesco.org/mab/urban/urbconfannounce2.pdf OCT 29 & 30, NOV 4 & 5 Energy Star Homes Bldr & Designer's Wkshps. 8:30 am - 4 pm. Free wkshp & Field Guide for Residential New Constructn. Wed, 10/29 - Westborough, MA Thur, 10/30 – Somerville, MA. Tue, 11/4 - Northampton, MA Wed, 11/5 - Andover, MA Info: http://www.energystarhomes.com/images/news_events/Flyer2.pdf Regstr: http://www.energystarhomes.com 800-628-8413 http://www.energystarhomes.com/estar_ma/ma_news_events/ma_builder_training.html THUR, OCT 30 Emergency Envir Management Tools Wkshp for Colleges & Univ.Sheraton Framingham Hotel, Framingham, MA $75 Info: http://www.epa.gov/ne/assistance/univ/index.html 617-918-1828, bagnoli.peggy at epa.gov THUR, OCT 30 EJAM Envir Justice Training Wkshp. 9 am - 4 pm, 1st Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 630 Mass. Ave, Arlington, MA Info: andrea.carlino at tufts.edu, http://www.tufts.edu/tie/EJAM THUR, OCT 30 Conservation at Interface of Ecology & Envir History, David Foster (Harvard Forest) 12:15 – 1:15 pm, Bicentennial Hall, Rm 216, Bicentennial Way, Middlebury Collg, Middlebury, VT http://www.middlebury.edu/depts/es/events/eventscalendarnew.htm THUR, OCT 30 Monster of God: Man-Eating Predator in Jungles of History & Mind, David Quammen. 6 pm, Harvard Musm Nat History, Geological Lect Hall, 24 Oxford St, Camb Info: 617-495-3045 http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/events OCT 30-31 Ecosystems Conf: Restoration & Creation. Tampa, FL. Info: pcannizzaro at hccfl.edu, http://www.hccfl.edu/depts/detp/eco-conf.html OCT 30 - NOV 2 Ecological Engineering for Integrated Water Mngmt Conf. Designing Urban & Industrl Watershds. Harv’d Grad Schl Design, 48 Quincy St, Camb. Includes session on earning LEED & CHPs pts for water features Info: info at ecological-engineering.org http://www.ecological-engineering.org/home.html Dir: http://map.harvard.edu/level3/3SciLabs1.shtml OCT 31 - NOV 1 8th Ann Int. Envir Moot Court Competitn. Stetson U Gulfport, FL Info: http://www.law.stetson.edu/environmental/EnvMtCtbrochure.pdf FRI, OCT 31 Biology of beech bark disease, including relationships between the disease, blue jays, & black bears, David Houston. (Plant Pathologist, US Forest Service, Ret.) 11 am, Seminar rm, Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA Info: aabarker at fas.harvard.edu, http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminarschedule.html *FRI, OCT 31 Patriots Gillette Stadium’s Enviro Features, Rick Moore (Rizzo Assocs). Noon - 1 pm, MIT Bldg 1 - Rm 390, 33 Mass. Ave, Camb Info: http://ceemeng.mit.edu/current_seminar.html 617-253-6595 Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=1&Buildings=go FRI, OCT 31 Net Ecosystem Production & Nutrient Cycling in an Aggrading Forest Under Elevated CO2, Adrien Finzi (Boston U). 4 pm, Boston U Stone Sci Bldg, 675 Commonwealth Ave, 4th flr, Rm 453, Boston Info: http://www.bu.edu/cees/resources Map: http://www.bu.edu/maps T: Green B Line BU East stop. FRI, OCT 31 Boston Critical Mass! Bike rally / ride, last Friday of each month. Free pedalling party celebrating community social space. Wear helmet, bring your light! Meet 5:30 pm, Copley Sq, Boston, MA Info: http://www.bostoncriticalmass.org OCT 31 – NOV 12 Peace Pagoda Walk for Global Warming, Restore Earth's Balance. 10/31 Opening Ceremony, Leverett, MA Peace Pagoda 11/1 Northampton, MA to Springfield 11/2 Springfield > Windsor Locks, CT 11/3 Windsor Locks > Hartford 11/4 Hartford > Middletown 11/5 Middletown > Guilford 11/6 Guilford > New Haven 11/7 New Haven > Milford/Stratford 11/8 Milford/Stratford > Westport 11/9 Westport > Greenwich 11/10 Greenwich > Scarsdale, NY 11/11 Scarsdale > NYC 11/12 Walk to U.N. Plaza to join Interfaith Service of Repentance & Renewal to call for recommitment to Kyoto Protocol signed 5 yr ago. See Nov 12. Join for part or all of walk. Info: Nov12 at religiouswitness.org http://www.religiouswitness.org http://www.religiouswitness.org/files/walkinfo.pdf NOVEMBER 2003 SAT, NOV 1 Vermont Land Conservatn Conf. Northfield Middle Schl, Northfield, VT Info: 802-434-3079, will at vlt.org http://www.middlebury.edu/depts/es/events/eventscalendarnew.htm SAT, NOV 1 Passive Solar Wkshp, Yestermorrow Design/Build Schl, Warren, VT $120/ $95. Info: http://www.nesea.org/buildings/workshops SAT, NOV 1 Bats: Behavior, Observatn, & Conservatn Program. 4 - 6 pm, Franklin Park Zoo, 1 Franklin Park Rd, Boston, MA. Adults 15+ $25/$40 Info: 617-989-3736, mlesch at zoonewengland.com, http://www.zoonewengland.org/involve/events.shtml *NOV 1 - 5 7th Ann Community Food Security Coalitn Conf. Boston Park Plaza, Boston Info: http://www.foodsecurity.org/events.html SUN, NOV 2 PACE Tour of Energy-Related Projects, Mohegan Tribal Govt Bldg, Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, CT. Re: fuel cells, grnd source heat pumps, heat recovery system, recycling & reuse, air pollutn preventn, alt transp, CO2 offsets. $15 Reserv Req/Info: 860-693-2538, http://www.pace-cleanenergy.org/action_files/MSTour1.pdf *SUN, NOV 2 Visions that Guide Us: From Concord to Crystal Spring. Faith-based & Secular Food Systems Tour & Wkshp. 8 am – 4:30 pm, Leaves & returns to Boston Park Plaza Hotel. Tour sites: Gaining Ground, Concord; Red Tomato (at Equal Exchange), Canton; Crystal Spring (farm of Kentucky Dominican sisters, Plainville); & Mt Calvary Holy Church, Dorchester. Spons: Community Food Security Coalitn, Food & Faith Cmte; Enviro Partnerships. Info: http://www.foodsecurity.org Eosystems at aol.com SUN, NOV 2 Living on Earth: Enviro Radio, Steve Curwood. 8 pm: WUMB 91.9 fm Boston, Falmouth, Worcester; WUMB 91.7 fm Newburyport, & WUMB 1170 am Orleans, MA. 11 pm: WBUR 90.9 fm Boston. Web stream/Info: http://www.loe.org http://www.wumb.org Other locales: http://www.loe.org/where/where.htm NOV 2 - 4 Investors’ Circle 2003 Natl Conf & Venture Fair. Building Sustainable Communities: From Philanthropy to Venture Capital. Charles Hotel, 1 Bennett St.Harvard Sq, Camb Info: 617-566-2600 http://www.investorscircle.net/Conference2003.html MON, NOV 3 Mechanisms of abrupt global climate change during the last deglaciatn, Peter Clark (Oregon SU). 4 pm, Haller Hall, Geol. Museum, Rm 102, 24 Oxford St, Harv U, Camb Info: http://www.eps.harvard.edu/seminars/epscolloque.php NOV 3-5 8th Nat’l Green Power Marketing Conf. Chicago, IL Info: http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/conference http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/conference/gpmconf02.html TUE, NOV 4 Promoting Physical Activity & Health by Urban Design Conf. 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, by So. Station, Boston. T: Redline So. Statn. Free. RSVP requested/Info: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthdesign 617-432-7076, Reading: http://policy.rutgers.edu/tpi/docs/usascii.pdf *TUE, NOV 4 Future of NE States Enviro Programs: Emerging Regulatory Changes. Holiday Inn Worcester, MA Info: http://www.awma-nes.org/Documents/Events/2003%20conference%20flyer%20final.doc TUE, NOV 4 Meeting the Challenges of Sustainable Bldgs at Colleges. 9 am – 4 pm, Harry Jack Gray Conf Ctr/Wilde Auditorm, U Hartford, Hartford, CT re: LEED stds, case studies. Info: kim.trella at po.state.ct.us, http://www.ctgbc.org/events.htm Dir: http://www.hartford.edu/about/map/buildings.asp http://www.hartford.edu/about/info.asp?item=driving WED, NOV 5 Making the Cut:Fundraising for Nonprofits. 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, Boston Ctr for Adult Ed, 5 Commonwealth Ave, Boston. $125. Info/ Registrn: 617-267-4430, http://www.bcae.org info at bcae.org http://www.bcae.org/Search?&Query=fundraising WED, NOV 5 Leveraging Our Voice & Vote as Investors to Promote Corporate Social Responsibility, Tim Smith (investment mngr). 4 pm, Smith-Buanano Hall, Rm 106, [on Pembroke Campus North off Meeting St, btwn Thayer & Brown Sts], Providence, RI Info: ilana_friedman at brown.edu, http://www.brown.edu/Students/BEC WED, NOV 5 Urban Sprawl & Obesity, Andrew Plantinga & Stephanie Bernell, (OR State U.) 4-5:30 pm, Rm L-332, Littauer Bldg, KSG, 79 JFK St, Camb. Envir econ & policy seminar. Paper at website Info: http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~ec2690hf/ WED, NOV 5 Emerging Energy Technologies: Harnessing Ocean Power, Greg Watson (MA Tech Collab); GorlovTurbine & AquaEnergy reps. 7 - 9 pm North Shore Community College, Gym, McGee Bldg 1st flr, 300 Broad St (Rte 1A), Lynn, MA. MBTA: Blue Line Wonderland Statn, take Bus #441 Info: 781-639-8636, healthlink at healthlink.org, http://www.HealthLink.org Dir: http://www.northshore.edu/directions WED, NOV 5 Genes, Envir, & Epidemics: Autism, Martha Herbert MD (Harvd Med Schl). 7:30 pm, First Parish, 3 Church St, Harvard Sq, Camb Info: http://www.cambridgeforum.org 617-495-2727 NOV 5 - 7 Drivers of Technology Innovation in the Bldg & Real Estate Industry, Design & Constructn. 6 pm 11/5 – 2 pm 11/7. Harvard Grad Schl of Design, 48 Quincy St, Camb Spons: Ctr for Design Informatics. Info: http://www.cdi.gsd.harvard.edu/conference2003 Dir: http://map.harvard.edu/level3/3SciLabs1.shtml NOV 5 - 7 Workshop on Fostering Successful Implementatn of Sustainable Urban Travel Policies. Wash, DC Spons: US DOT & European Cncl of Ministrs of Transp. Info: http://ostpxweb.dot.gov/policy/ http://www.apta.com/conferences_calendar/calendar.cfm THUR, NOV 6 Northeast Energy & Technology EXPO & Conf. 8 – 4 pm, Crowne Plaza Hotel, 10 Lincoln Sq, Worcester, MA Econ & Productivity; Climate Change Policy & Implementatn; Distributed generatn & Combined Heat/Power; Energy efficiency & Conservatn Progrms. Info: http://www.energyexpo2003.com 617-565-9765, http://www.ase.org/calendar_11.htm scott.hutchins at ee.doe.gov THUR, NOV 6 11th Ann US Canada Energy Trade & Technlgy Conf. Spons: NE-Canada Business Council. http://www.negc.org/upcoming.html THUR, NOV 6 Vermont Family Forests Workshop: 9 am – Noon, Brynn Family Forest, Plank Rd, Bristol, VT $20. Info: 802-453-7728 http://www.familyforests.org/events.shtml THUR, NOV 6 New Directions in Corporate Disclosure, Robert Litan (Brookings Inst). Noon -1:30 pm, Bell Hall, 5th Flr, Belfer Bldg, KSG, 79 JFK St, Camb RSVP Req /Info: rpp at ksg.harvard.edu, http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/cbg/rpp 617-384-8319, Map: http://map.harvard.edu/level3/3KennedySchool.shtml THUR, NOV 6 Enviro Attitudes, Motivatn, Envir Affinity Toward Nature, & Sense of Efficacy: Their Relationships to Pro-Envir Behaviors at Middlebury, Bob Osborne (Psychology).12:15 – 1:15 pm, Bicentennial Hall, Rm 216, Bicentennial Way, Middlebury Collg, Middlebury, VT Info: http://www.middlebury.edu/depts/es/events/eventscalendarnew.htm THUR, NOV 6 Informal Envir Law Debate: Lynn Scarlett (Asst Sec Interior for Policy, Mngmt & Budget) vs John Leshy (frmr Solicitor, Dept Interior, 1992-2000). Public Session, Harvard Law Schl Envir Conf. 4 – 6 pm, Austin Hall North, HLS Campus, Camb. THUR, NOV 6 MIT Enviro Forum: Commitments, Challenges, Actions. Remarks: Commitments, Chancellor Phillip Clay; Challenges, Prof Patrick Jaillet (Civil & Envir Enginrg); Actions, Tiffany Groode (Mechcnl Enginrg) 4 - 6 pm, MIT Stratton Student Ctr, Bldg W20 - Rm 491, 84 Mass Ave, Camb. 5 - 6 pm, Networking, discussn, socializing re: envir, sustnblty, for UG/Grads, MIT & community. Info: curtisjt at mit.edu Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=W20&Buildings=go THUR, NOV 6 Beyond Mushrooms: A Look at the Biodiversity of Fungi, Botany Prof Donald Pfister. 6 pm, Harvard Musm Nat History, Geological Lect Hall, 24 Oxford St, Camb Info: 617-495-3045 http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/events NOV 6 & 7 Carbon Sequestration Initiative Forum IV 2003: Scenarios. Info: http://sequestration.mit.edu/forums/index.html marygal at mit.edu *FRI, NOV 7 MA Tech Collab Green Bldg Design & Constructn Grant Bidders Q&A Conf. 10 am – Noon, MTC, 75 North Dr, Classrm 102, Weiss Conf Ctr, Westborough, MA Info: tinsman at masstech.org re: MTC Green Bldgs Initiative Design & Constructn Solicitatn 2002-GB-02 (rev.): http://www.masstech.org/Grants_and_Awards/GBP/02GB02Info.htm FRI, NOV 7 Dunghill doctrines of the early republic, Steven Stoll (Yale U) 11 am, Seminar rm, Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA Info: aabarker at fas.harvard.edu, http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminarschedule.html FRI, NOV 7 GPS Occultatns for Climate Monitring: ACE+ Experimnt, Gottfried Kirchengast (Univ Graz). Noon, Pierce Hall, Rm 100F, 29 Oxford St, Camb Info: http://www-as.harvard.edu/seminars/seminars.html Dir: http://www-as.harvard.edu/chemistry/trop/directions.html FRI, NOV 7 Sea Ice Ecology: Life, Slime & Physics, Klaus Meiners (Yale Post-Doct). Noon, Rm 110, Envir Sci Ctr, 21 Sachem St, Yale U, New Haven, CT Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/calendar FRI, NOV 7 Agricultural Land & Transformatn of the Earth System, Jon Foley (U Wisc). 3 pm, Whitman Audit, Water St, Woods Hole, MA Info: http://www.mbl.edu/inside/what/news/events/events_ses.html Dir: http://www.mbl.edu/inside/visit/directions FRI, NOV 7 Regional Climate Change Cooperation, Henrik Selin (Linkoping U & MIT DUSP). 4 pm, Boston U Stone Sci Bldg, 675 Comm Ave, 4th flr, Rm 453, Boston Info: http://www.bu.edu/cees/resources Map: http://www.bu.edu/maps T: Green B Line BU East stop. *FRI, NOV 7 Wellesley College Campus Greening Symposm re: Green academic bldgs, envir responsible purchasing, campus recycling, energy & climate change. Keynote: Sarah Hammond Creighton [Tufts Climate Initiative, & auth: “Greening the Ivory Tower” (MIT Press)]. 4:15 - 9 pm, Pendleton East, Atrium, College Rd, Wellesley College, Rte 135, Wellesley, MA Info/RSVP: cleamy at wellesley.edu 781-283-4756 Dir/Map: http://www.wellesley.edu/Admission/admission/visiting.html NOV 7-9 NE Student Enviro Action Coalitn (SEAC) Regional Activist Training. Wesleyan Univ, Middletown, CT Info: neseac at seac.org, www.seac.org/ne/nerat.htm [New date & loc.] NOV 7-9 Net Impact Ann Conf. New Leaders for Better Business. U Texas -Austin. Info: http://www.net-impact.org NOV 7 - 9 AMC White Mountain Workshop. Highland Ctr, Crawford Notch, NH Info: http://www.outdoors.org/conservation/wmnf/whitesweekend.shtml bwentzell at amcinfo.org 617-523-0655 x386 SAT, NOV 8 1st Ann.Vermont Toxics Action Conf. 8 am – 6 pm, Vermont Technical College, Randolph, VT. To help residents fight pollution in our communities. Spkrs: Lois Gibbs (Love Canal activist); U.S. Rep. Bernie Sanders. Info/Regstr: 802-223-8422, http://www.toxicsaction.org/VT_ConfBro1001.pdf Dir: http://www.vtc.vsc.edu/site/overview/directions.html SAT, NOV 8 Earthwatch Public Day 2003: Making Connectns for Sustainable Envir. Hyatt Regency, 575 Memorial Dr, Camb. Re: >100 sci field resrch expeditns worldwide. Spkrs incl: paleoanthropologist, conservtn activist Dr Richard Leakey; Dr Peter Kershaw on Climate Change at Arctic’s Edge. Info/Regstrn: http://www.earthwatch.org/conference 800-776-0188 x207 Press info: 800-776-0188 x136, bmagruder at earthwatch.org SAT, NOV 8 Shaping the Future of Essex County, MA - Practical Solutions for Sustainable Growth. 8 am - 4:30 pm, Merrimack College, Andover, MA $15 Info: 978-887-8876, l.cunningham at eccf.org SAT, NOV 8 PV 101 Workshop. 9 am - 4 pm, Evergreen Solar, Marlboro, MA Info: http://www.nesea.org/buildings/workshops SUN, NOV 9 Healthy Vegan Nutrition & Global Anti-Hunting Coalition Brenda Davis, RD & Anthony Marr. 2:30 pm, Veggie Planet/ Club Passim, 47 Palmer St, Harvard Sq, Camb. Info: http://boston.earthsave.org/events.htm SUN, NOV 9 Living on Earth: Enviro Radio, Steve Curwood. 8 pm: WUMB 91.9 fm Boston, Falmouth, Worcester; WUMB 91.7 fm Newburyport, & WUMB 1170 am Orleans, MA. 11 pm: WBUR 90.9 fm Boston. Web stream/Info: http://www.loe.org http://www.wumb.org Other locales: http://www.loe.org/where/where.htm *MON, NOV 10 New England Council's Climate Change Summit. Panel, & Spkr Ken Meade. 8 am - 2 pm, Boston Marriott Copley Place, 110 Huntington Ave, Boston. Panelists: Jim Brett (NEC); Eileen Claussen(Pew Ctr on Global Climate Chnge); Helen Sahi (FleetBoston Financial); David Conover/US Climate Chg Techn Prgrm; Joseph Goffman (Envir Defense); Ken Colburn (NESCAUM); Doug Foy (Chief- Comm Devlpmt, Comm MA); Brad Campbell (NJ DEP); Michael Stoddard (Envir Northeast); Herb Nock (Fuel Cell Energy); Michael Bradley (M.J. Bradley & Assocs). RSVP by 10/31/Info: newenglandcouncil2 at msn.com http://www.newenglandcouncil.com Map: http://www.marriott.com/epp/map.asp?MarshaCode=BOSCO MON, NOV 10 Human-Climate-Envir Interactions in Maya Lowlands (Yucatan Peninsula) Inferred from Lake Sediment Cores, David Hodell (U Florida). 2 - 3:30 pm, Rm 102, Kline Geol Lab, 210 Whitney Ave, Yale U, New Haven, CT. Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/calendar MON, NOV 10 Enviro Advocates of NY Ann Gala. Yale Club, Manhattan, NYC. Info: pkelly at eany.org, http://www.eany.org *11/7 Green Bldg Design/Constructn Grant Bid Q&A. Westboro, MA *FRI, NOV 7 MA Tech Collab Green Bldg Design & Constructn Grant Bidders Q&A Conf. 10 am – Noon, MTC, 75 North Dr, Classrm 102, Weiss Conf Ctr, Westborough, MA Info: tinsman at masstech.org re: MTC Green Bldgs Initiative Design & Constructn Solicitatn 2002-GB-02 (rev.): http://www.masstech.org/Grants_and_Awards/GBP/02GB02Info.htm MON, NOV 10 Global Climate Change & Cape Wind Project - Public Forum. Spkrs: Mark Rodgers (Cape Wind) & Ross Gelbspan (auth: The Heat Is On). 7:30 pm, First Parish in Westwood, 340 Clapboard Tree St, Westwood, MA Info//RSVP: lhoke at MIPandL.org http://www.MIPandL.org *MON, NOV 10 The Sacred Balance I & II: w. David Suzuki. WGBH 44. 11/10 - 9 pm, Journey into New Worlds, 11/10 – 10 pm, The Matrix of Life. Info: http://www.wgbh.org/program-info?episode_id=1029842&parent_id=1029736 WED, NOV 12 Bos Soc Architects: Committee on the Envir Mtg. 8-10 am, Topic, Loc TBA Info: ken_fisher at gensler.com http://committees.architects.org/green/newcote.htm WED, NOV 12 Walk & Witness for Climate & Creation; Interfaith Service of Repentance & Renewal at United Nations. Gather 11 am: Community Church of NY, 40 E. 35th St (btw Park & Madison). Noon: Procession to UN/Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 47th St (1st & 2nd Aves). 1 pm: Service of Repentance & Renewal at UN Plaza Info: nov12 at religiouswitness.org, http://www.Religiouswitness.org WED, NOV 12 Simulatn of Younger Dryas Event: why did climate change so abruptly? Suki Manabe (GFDL). 11 am - 1 pm, MIT Bldg 54 – Rm 915, via 21 Ames St, Camb. Info: http://www.mit.edu/~phuybers/sack.html Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=54&Buildings=go WED, NOV 12 Public Health Forum: Love Canal, 25 years later, Lois Marie Gibbs (founder LC Parents Movement, LC Home Owners Assn, Ctr for Hlth, Envir & Justice, citizen enviro activist). Noon - 1 pm, “L”- Instructional Bldg, Rm #L-112, BU Schl of Med, 80 East Concord St, South End, Boston. Enter via commons btw Harrison Ave & Albany St. Info: 617-638-4620, http://www.bu.edu/lovecanal http://www.chej.org Map: L-Bldg = #18 at http://www.bumc.bu.edu/places/CampusMap/index.htm *WED, NOV 12 Energy & Technology, Donald Paul (VP, Chief Techno Officer, ChevronTexaco). MIT Techn Executive Lecture. 5 pm, Wong Auditrm, Tang Cntr Bldg E51 - Rm 115, 2 Amherst St, Camb Info: 617-253-0414, vrattos at ocr.mit.edu Dir: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=E51&Buildings=go WED, NOV 12 Matthias Schuler, Enviro Enginr Transsolar, Stuttgart, Germany: Gives Joseph & Etel Thomas Lecture. 6:30 - 8:30 pm, Harvard Grad Schl of Design, Piper Auditrm, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St, Camb Info: http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/public_lectures.html Dir: http://map.harvard.edu/level3/3SciLabs1.shtml NOV 12-14 GreenBuild - Intnat’l Conf & Expo: US Green Bldg Council. Pittsburgh, PA Info: http://www.usgbc.org info at greenbuildexpo.com *THURS, NOV 13 Youth Power Shift National Day of Action! Campus’s & Communities. Take action to Shift the Energy Systems & build collective power for Clean Energy Revolutn! Suggested actns: Teach-in or forums, referenda for clean energy, “Dorm war” competition to cut energy use, Meet w. school president/ administrators, Publicity in local & school papers, clean vs dirty energy exhibits, Street theater,Tabling & leafleting, etc. Info: youthpowershift at seac.org http://www.youthpowershift.org http://www.seac.org/energy/ndoa.shtml THUR, NOV 13 Greening an Existing Facility. 9 am - 4 pm, Albany, NY Info: http://www.nesea.org/buildings/workshops THUR, NOV 13 What is Driving China's Decline in Energy Intensity? Prof Karen Fisher-Vanden, (Dartmouth). 12:15 – 1:15 pm, Bicentennial Hall, Rm 216, Bicentennial Way, Middlebury Collg, Middlebury, VT Info: http://www.middlebury.edu/depts/es/events/eventscalendarnew.htm THUR, NOV 13 Future of Canada's Northern Boreal Forest – Threats to wolverine & caribou, Justina Ray (Wildlife Conservation Soc). 6 pm, Harvard Musm Nat History, Geological Lect Hall, 24 Oxford St, Camb Info: 617-495-3045, http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/events *THURS, NOV 13 Sun, Air & You: Perspectives on Climate Change, Ted McIntyre. 7 pm, Franklin Public Library, 118 Main St, Franklin MA. On causes of global warming, what it means for us, & what we can do. Spons: Franklin Climate Actn Ntwk Info: EMcIntyre1 at comcast.net, Dir: http://www.franklin.ma.us/auto/town/library/default.htm# THUR, NOV 13 Home Composting Wkshp. 7:30-9 pm, Natick Community Farm, 117 Eliot St, Natick, MA Info: http://www.state.ma.us/dep/calendar.htm 508-655-2204, http://www.state.ma.us/dep/consumer/comwkshp.htm [[FRI, NOV 14 - Erroneously posted; out of date listing] [ 2002: Emerging Technologies & Best Industry Practices Seminar: Fuel Cells as a Means for Green Power Generation. Photonics Cntr, Colloquium Info: 617-358-0351, esd at bu.edu, http://www.bu.edu/mfg/etseminar ] FRI, NOV 14 Mercury, salamanders & watershed condition, Michael Bank (U Maine). 11 am, Seminar rm, Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA Info: aabarker at fas.harvard.edu, http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminarschedule.html FRI, NOV 14 A Holistic View of Invasion, Linda Puth (Yale Post-Doc) Noon, Rm 110, Envir Sci Ctr, 21 Sachem St, Yale U, New Haven, CT Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/calendar FRI, NOV 14 Tale of Two Times: Organic aerosols in atmospheres of early & current earth, Margaret Tolbert (U Co). Noon, Pierce Hall, Rm 100F, 29 Oxford St, Camb Info: http://www-as.harvard.edu/seminars/seminars.html FRI, NOV 14 Betwn North & South: Alternative Borderlands of Wm H. Ellis, Karl Jacoby (Brown U). 2:30 - 4:30 pm, MIT Tang Ctr Bldg E51 - Rm 095, 50 Memorial Dr, Camb. Info: http://web.mit.edu/history/www/nande/modTimes.html Dir: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=E51&Buildings=go FRI, NOV 14 Role of ecological processes in long-term dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems & carbon cycle, Paul Moorcroft (Harvard). 4 pm, Stone Sci Bldg, 675 Commonwealth Ave, 4th flr, Rm 453, Boston U, Boston Info: http://www.bu.edu/cees/resources Map: http://www.bu.edu/maps NOV 14 & 15 3rd Ann. Soul of Agriculture Conf: Northeast Food System at Crossroads & NESAWG Resource Harvest, UNH, Durham, NH Info: http://www.sustainableunh.unh.edu/fas/soul_agri/index.html SAT, NOV 15 2nd Ann Undergrad & Grad Student Enviro Research Sympos. Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA. Call for Abstracts. Info: http://www.bridgew.edu/Environmental 508-531-2089, dpadgett at bridgew.edu SAT, NOV 15 Green Homes -How to build a new one or transform an existing home. 1 – 4 pm, Central CT State U, Vance Academic Ctr, Rm 105, New Britain, CT $10. Info: http://www.CTGBC.org 860-424-3234 http://www.ctgbc.org/events/Green_homes.pdf SAT, NOV 15 8th Ann Earth Night - Envir League of MA Benefit. Black Falcon Cruise Terminal, 1 Black Falcon Ave, So. Boston $75. Dinner, Auction, Entertainment Info: http://www.earthnight.org 508-698-6810 Dir: http://www.greatports.com/boston/portinfo.htm SUN, NOV 16 3rd Ann. MA & NE Grassroots Climate Protectn Conf. 9 am – 5 pm, Fletcher Schl, Cabot Hall, 170 Packard Ave, Tufts U, Medford, MA. NE’s premier climate activist’s conf. Keynotes: I - Rhode Island Climate Plan, Local Buy-in & Regional Synergy, Jan Reitsma, R.I. DEM; II - Europe Leads: Cutting Carbon Affordably, Michael Northrop, Rockefeller Brothers Fund. 18 Wkshps: Local climate action plans & GHG reduction strategies; Climate change sci, human & ocean impacts, solutns; Regional climate plan & realities; Greening town & gown; Green schls & capital projects; Transport: VMT’s, fuel use & SUVs; Community wind projects & Cape Wind; Global warming educatn K-12 & public; Framing the Climate Message; Advancing state & regional policy & action; Allied efforts; EcoTeams; Organizing skills; Media wkshp w. Globe & Herald envir reporters. $30 by 10/31. $40 at door. Registr/Info: click on Feature at http://www.tufts.edu/tci/Calendar.html http://www.massclimateaction.org cambclimact at aol.com, 781-643-5911 Map: http://www.tufts.edu/source/maps/medford NOV 16-19 Young Scientists' Global Change Conf. Trieste, Italy. Info: http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~twas/YS_START_2003_announce.html MON, NOV 17 Life on the Edge: Interfaces, Melting, & Survival of Life in Ice, John Wettlaufer (Yale). 2 - 3:30 pm, Rm 102, Kline Geol Lab, 210 Whitney Ave, Yale U, New Haven, CT. Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/calendar MON, NOV 17 Ecological Design & Engineering: Emergence of New Paradigm Developing Technology, Resrch Prof John Todd (U Vt; Ocean Arks Int’l). Tufts U, Medford, MA Loc & Time TBA, see: http://fletcher.tufts.edu/ierp/news.shtml MON, NOV 17 Mass. Interfaith Power & Light Ann Mtg. Spkr: Robert Pratt, (Dir, MA Renewable Energy Trust). 7 pm, First Parish in Westwood, 340 Clapboard Tree St, Westwood, MA Info//RSVP: lhoke at MIPandL.org http://www.MIPandL.org *MON, NOV 17 The Sacred Balance: w. David Suzuki. WGBH 44. 11/17 – 9 pm, The Fire of Creation (SB III) 11/17 - 10 pm, Coming Home: (SB IV) Info: http://www.wgbh.org/program-info?episode_id=1029842&parent_id=1029736 NOV 17 - 18 5th Ann. Financing US Power Projects. NYC Info: register at cbinet.com, http://www.cbinet.com NOV 17-20 Joint Sci Conf on Chemical & Biological Defense Resch: Towson, MD Info: cbdefense at battelle.com, http://www.cbdefense.com TUE, NOV 18 Database Planning Basics for Non-Profits. 8:30-11:30 am, Assoc Grant Makers, 55 Court St, Suite 520, Boston, MA $50. Info: http://www.summitcollaborative.com/ett_info_bos.html WED, NOV 19 Enforcement & Enviro Compliance, Jay Shimshack, (Tufts U) & Michael Ward (U CA). 4-5:30 pm, Rm L-332, Littauer Bldg, KSG, 79 JFK St, Camb. Envir econ & policy seminar. Paper at website Info: http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~ec2690hf/ *THUR, NOV 20 Wholesale Power Markets in NE After LMP & Blackout. NECA Conf. Doubletree Guest Suites Hotel, 400 Soldiers Field Rd, Allston/ Boston $$$ Info: http://www.necanews.org 781-449-5959 THUR, NOV 20 Getting Green in Mesoamerica: Dams or Protection for Usumacinta River, Chris Shaw (Nature Writer). 12:15 – 1:15 pm, Bicentennial Hall, Rm 216, Bicentennial Way, Middlebury Collg, Middlebury, VT Info: http://www.middlebury.edu/depts/es/events/eventscalendarnew.htm THUR, NOV 20 Controls on transport & fate of organic matter in river- Dominated continental margins, Miguel Goni (U So Carolina). 4 pm, Boston U Earth Sci Dept, Rm B36, 675 Comm Ave, Boston. T: Green B Line BU East stop. Info: http://www.bu.edu/es/colloquia Map: http://www.bu.edu/maps FRI, NOV 21 Conservation of Atlantic salmon in Maine, Paul Barten (UMass). 11 am, Seminar rm, Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA Info: aabarker at fas.harvard.edu, http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminarschedule.html FRI, NOV 21 Inter-decadal Variability of Asian Monsoon & Possible Link to Climate Consequences of Atmospheric Aerosols, Ding Yihui. Noon, Pierce Hall, Rm 100F, 29 Oxford St, Camb Info: http://www-as.harvard.edu/seminars/seminars.html FRI, NOV 21 Abating threat of invasive species: putting sci to work in public policy, Ann Bartuska (Nature Consrvncy). 3 pm, Whitman Audit, Water St, Wds Hole, MA Dir: http://www.mbl.edu/inside/visit/directions Info: http://www.mbl.edu/inside/what/news/events/events_ses.html FRI, NOV 21 Envir policy & abatement technique choice: Evidence from 1990 Clean Air Act, Nat Keohane (Yale Schl of Mngmt). 4 pm, Bos U Stone Sci Bldg, 675 Comm. Ave, 4th flr, Rm 453, Boston Map: http://www.bu.edu/maps Info: http://www.bu.edu/cees/resources/index.html SAT, NOV 22 4th Ann. Toxics Action Conf. Colby College, Waterville, ME To help residents fight pollution in our communities. Spkrs: US Rep Tom Allen & Barbara Brenner (Breast Cancer Action). Info: http://www.toxicsaction.org/events.htm Dir: http://www.colby.edu/about/directions.shtml MON, NOV 24 Rivers, rocks & rain: interplay between climate, tectonics & erosion, Gerard Roe (U Wash). 4 pm, Haller Hall, Geol. Museum, Rm 102, 24 Oxford St, Harv U, Camb Info: http://www.eps.harvard.edu/seminars/epscolloque.php FRI, NOV 28 Buy Nothing Day. USA Info: http://adbusters.org/campaigns DECEMBER 2003 MON, DEC 1 Governing the Global Envir: Anatomy of a Policy Failure - & Where Do We Go From Here, Gus Speth (Yale). 2 - 3:30 pm, Rm 102, Kline Geol Lab, 210 Whitney Ave, Yale U, New Haven, CT. 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It's time once again to begin planning SAVE's annual Free Plant Handout in honor of Massachusetts Recycles Day. The day is actually the 15th, a Saturday, so we'll have a booth in Lobby 10 on November 14. Here's how it works: We bring houseplants, seeds, small pots, soil, and rooting hormone. For a passerby who wants a plant, we fill a pot with soil, then plant seeds in it, or take a cutting from one of the mother plants and stick it in the pot. It's incredibly easy, and very enjoyable-- it's always amazing how happy people are to get free plants. --We will need to go on a shopping trip to purchase soil, pots, and maybe seeds and another plant or two. Probably the weekend before the 14th; probably to Mahoney's (on Memorial Dr, about 30 minutes to walk). Please, if you can, reply to me. It takes lots of hands to carry lots of soil and bulky pots. --We need volunteers to man the booth on Friday, November 14 between 10:00 am and 4:00 or 5:00 pm. If you can, please sign up for an hour or a few, and/or to help with setup or cleanup; if you don't know what you're doing, never fear-- we'll show you how. Technically, we only need one person at a time, but it's much more fun if we have a couple people handing out plants, and sometimes the booth gets so busy that two are actually necessary to keep up with demand. I can do setup, cleanup, and an hour or two any time except 12-2. Reply to me (jalee at mit.edu) to tell me what times you can do; I'll organize a list. Thanks! Jessica From gmoke at world.std.com Mon Oct 27 22:42:19 2003 From: gmoke at world.std.com (George Mokray) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 22:42:19 -0500 Subject: [Save] First US College in Kyoto Compliance Message-ID: How close is MIT? To: urban-ecology at yahoogroups.com, tree at listserv.vt.edu, Aubrey Nease , Climate Watch listserv From: "Richard.Rich" Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 08:41:25 -0500 Subject: [urb-eco] Kyoto Compliance is Cheap, NW College Shows Lewis & Clark College is first to achieve Kyoto Protocol compliance (Portland, Ore.)-For the cost of a movie and popcorn for each student, Lewis & Clark College has become the first campus in the nation to comply with the greenhouse gas emissions targets called for in the Kyoto Protocol. The achievement means that the campus has reduced emissions of the gases that contribute to global warming to 7 percent below what it produced in 1990. The reduction was achieved through the purchase of carbon dioxide offsets. Offset projects reduce greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere and help mitigate climate change by funding efforts such as reforestation, green building practices or wind farms. The result is a cost-effective method that enabled Lewis & Clark College to minimize its net carbon impact. Students at the private liberal arts college spearheaded the effort. The cost to achieve compliance is estimated at $10 per student. "Our goal was to demonstrate that individuals can make a difference in fighting global warming," said Laura Matson '05, an economics major from St. Louis Park, Minn. Students raised $16,400 to purchase carbon offsets through the Climate Trust, a Portland-based nonprofit organization that promotes climate change solutions by providing greenhouse gas offset projects and advancing offset policy. "Offsets are an important tool in reducing our impact on the global climate," said Michael Ashford, deputy director of the Climate Trust. "Offsets enable more reductions to occur with already limited resources." The College's achievement comes as a Senate vote is expected October 29 on the McCain-Lieberman Climate Stewardship Act. The bill would cap emissions of the gases that cause global warming, but at a level below the Kyoto Protocol targets. Matson, along with Brian Erickson '06, a biology major from Kirkwood, Mo., and Julian Dautremont-Smith, from Allentown, Pa., an environmental studies major who graduated last May, inventoried the amount of campus emissions, suggested methods of reduction, lobbied for funding to purchase offsets, and launched an educational campaign to explain the protocol's relevance to the campus community. Students from the campus group Students Engaged in Eco-Defense helped organize the campaign. "This achievement is the result of students being engaged at a very high level in environmental policy," said Eban Goodstein, professor of economics at Lewis & Clark. "The students engaged the science, economics and politics of global warming. Kyoto Protocol compliance through offset purchases appears to be quite affordable. The example of Lewis & Clark College indicates that colleges and universities are the perfect laboratory in which to examine the larger implications of emissions reduction efforts." The college will receive a certificate honoring the protocol compliance effort in November from College Climate Response, an organization of faculty members from across the country who are engaged in analyzing greenhouse gas inventories. The campus plans to mark receipt of the certificate with a lecture about global warming issues. The Climate Trust is a nonprofit organization formed in 1997 in response to landmark Oregon legislation requiring new power plants to counter their global warming impact. This innovative legislation allows power plant developers to meet this carbon dioxide emission standard by making a payment to the Climate Trust. These funds and the funds provided by participants in the Greenhouse Gas Partnership Program are used to stimulate projects that avoid, displace or sequester CO2 emissions. These projects are called offsets because they offset the production of CO2 and other greenhouse gases. For more information, visit www.lclark.edu/~seed/kyoto.html or the Climate Trust Web site at www.climatetrust.org. ### NOTE TO EDITORS: Contact: Tania Thompson, Senior Communications Officer, Lewis & Clark College 503-768-7961 or taniat at lclark.edu -- Prof. Richard C. Rich, Director Center for Environmental and Energy Studies 531 Major Williams Hall Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061-0130 Office line: (540) 231-6571 FAX line: (540) 231-6078 Email: urban at vt.edu From sheehy at MIT.EDU Mon Oct 27 11:20:54 2003 From: sheehy at MIT.EDU (Philip Sheehy) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 11:20:54 -0500 Subject: [Save] DATE CHANGE: Sustainable Development Seminar Series Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20031027110954.009f1e90@po12.mit.edu> All, Our apologies for the late notice; however, the presentation by Professor Deborah Fitzgerald scheduled today for 12noon has been moved to Thursday. The location will be announced shortly. We hope that you will all join us for Jack Kittredge's presentation on Wednesday - Feeding Ourselves - The Organic Alternative. Jack owns and operates the Many Hands Organic Farm in Barre, Massachusetts and works with the Northeast Organic Farming Association. He will compare and contrast organic techniques with conventional ones, discuss the market for organic food, the realities of growing in the northeast, and some of the issues facing the organic movement as it grows and becomes more mainstream. The talk will be at 11:30AM on Wednesday October 29 in room 6-321. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/save/attachments/20031027/70dde628/attachment.htm From kgibson at MIT.EDU Mon Oct 27 12:34:55 2003 From: kgibson at MIT.EDU (Karen Gibson) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 12:34:55 -0500 Subject: [Save] Oct. 29 E&S Seminar: The Molecular Chemistry of Renewable Energy Message-ID: Environment and Sustainability Seminar Series Sponsored by the MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment The Molecular Chemistry of Renewable Energy Daniel G. Nocera W. M. Keck Professor of Energy and Professor of Chemistry http://web.mit.edu/chemistry/dgn/www/ Wednesday, October 29 12:00-1:30 p.m. Room E40-496 ABSTRACT The greatest challenge facing our global future is energy currency. Within our lifetimes, energy consumption will increase by at least two-fold. This enormous increase gives rise to many misconceptions of what energy source will fuel our future. This talk will discuss these misconceptions and address fundamental science that needs to be undertaken at the molecular level to meet the global future's energy needs. Light refreshments will be provided. ___________________________________________________ If you would like to be added or removed from this mailing list, please contact Karen Gibson, kgibson at mit.edu -- _________________________________ Karen L. Gibson Program Assistant MIT Laboratory For Energy and the Environment 77 Massachusetts Avenue, E40-469 (1 Amherst St., E40-469 - for DHL and FedEx) Cambridge, MA 02139 USA Tel: 1 (617) 258-6368; Fax: 1 (617) 258-6590 http://lfee.mit.edu http://globalsustainability.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/save/attachments/20031027/ffd39cdb/attachment.htm From hildebra at MIT.EDU Thu Oct 30 11:15:22 2003 From: hildebra at MIT.EDU (Anke Hildebrandt) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 11:15:22 -0500 (EST) Subject: [Save] Award winning documentary 'Drowned Out' with filmmaker Saturday, November 1st, 1:00 PM Message-ID: ******************************************************************** 'Drowned Out' ******************************************************************** A Documentary about the struggle against the damming of the Narmada River in India. A moving film that documents the peoples' fight to save their land, livelihood, and dignity. Award winning director Franny Armstrong will be there to answer questions. There will also be an update on the situation on the ground. ----------------------------------------------------------- When: Saturday, November 1st, 1:00 PM Duration : 75 minutes (English & parts with English subtitles) Where: MIT Room number 54-100 http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=54-100&mapsearch=go street address: Access Via 21 Ames Street , Cambridge Suggested donation: $5 (or more if you want, money raised will go to spanner films) ----------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: AID Boston Amnesty International group 133 Alliance for Secular and Democracatic South Asia ----------------------------------------------------------- "We will drown, but we will not move" - Luhariya Sonkariya An Indian family decide to stay at home and drown rather than make way for the Narmada dam. "This is the heart of politics, this is the story of modern India" - Arundhati Roy Three choices. Move to the slums in the city, accept a place at a resettlement site or stay at home and drown. The people of Jalsindhi in central India must make a decision fast. In the next few weeks, their village will disappear underwater as the giant Narmada Dam fills. Bestselling author Arundhati Roy joins the fight against the dam and asks the difficult questions. Will the water go to poor farmers or to rich industrialists? What happened to the 16 million people displaced by fifty years of dam building? Why should I care? Drowned Out follows the Jalsindhi villagers through hunger strikes, rallies, police brutality and a six-year Supreme Court case. It stays with them as the dam fills and the river starts to rise... For Information on Narmada Struggle visit: http://www.narmada.org/ For more information about the documentary and Franny Armstrong, visit www.spannerfilms.net http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/dout.html About Amnesty International ====================== Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide campaigning movement that works to promote internationally recognized human rights. www.amnesty133.org/ai/actions/hre/ About AID Boston ================== Association for India's Development (AID) is a 501(C) (3) (Federal Tax-ID 52-1863480) non-profit charitable organization. Started in 1991 by graduate students at the University of Maryland, AID has been raising awareness on development issues and supporting many community development efforts in India. www.aidboston.org www.aidindia.org About Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia ======================================= The Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia was formed in 1993 to combat rising religious intolerance in South Asia and to campaign for peace and justice in the region. We are committed to working towards a just, non-violent resolution of the crisis we are currently living through. http://www.alliancesouthasia.org ***** From mslow at MIT.EDU Thu Oct 30 13:12:18 2003 From: mslow at MIT.EDU (mslow@MIT.EDU) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 13:12:18 -0500 Subject: [Save] Fwd: ACTION ALERT: DELL @ BC Message-ID: <1067537538.3fa1548294e92@webmail.mit.edu> ----- Forwarded message from Kara Reeve ----- Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 12:03:52 -0500 From: Kara Reeve Reply-To: Kara Reeve Subject: ACTION ALERT: DELL @ BC To: shekinah02 at yahoo.com ************************************************************************ ACTION ALERT ************************************************************************ Major bird-dogging event: DELL President speaks at Boston College on November 3rd! Toxic computer waste is threatening our health and the environment, and taking action on the Dell campaign this semester is really important! Dell Inc. purposefully sends mixed messages to the public regarding their commitment to an e-waste (electronic waste) solution, distracting our attention away from the human and environmental impacts their products create. They recycle just a drop in the bucket of computer waste that exists, but engage in public relations tactics, like one-day collection events and small recycling efforts to bolster their 'green' image in the public eye. Dell Inc. has yet to make a firm commitment to comprehensive take back programs and clean design. Dell will be on our turf, and we'll use this opportunity to combat the "green" image that Dell's public relations firm is sending out to the media and the public. When: Monday, Nov. 3r 2 pm Where: Boston College Fulton (building), room 511 Who: Kevin Rollins, President and Chief Operating Officer at for Dell Inc., will be addressing the business school What: Activists from the Computer Take Back Campaign (www.dontbeDELLuded.com) will be there to " greet" Mr. Rollins, question his company's environmental policy, pass out information about the campaign, and let him know that we know and care about this issue Contact: Kara @ Clean Water Action if you would like to help out: 617-338-8131 or kreeve at cleanwater.org We need lots of people there to make this really effective! Can't come on Nov. 3rd, but still want to get involved? E-mail kreeve at cleanwater.org Clean Water Action Computer TakeBack Campaign Organizer 617.338.8131 phone 617.338.6449 fax kreeve at cleanwater.org www.computertakeback.com www.toxicdude.com this message (including any attachments) is intended only for the use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. if you receive this communication in error, please notify me immediately by e-mail, telephone or fax and delete the original message from your records. thank you. ----- End forwarded message ----- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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A reception will follow the Forum. * MIT Medical Building Auditorium E 25 (Whitaker Building) / Room 111 / 45 Carleton Street (half a block from the Kendall T Stop in Cambridge) online map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=E25&mapsearch=go * Co-sponsored by: The Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee, Coalition for Asian Pacific American Youth, The Harry H. Dow Memorial Legal Assistance Fund, The Institute for Asian American Studies at UMass Boston, Organization of Chinese Americans/New England Chapter In cooperation with: Asian American Resource Workshop, Asian American Journalists Association/New England, Asian Pacific American Agenda Coalition, and others * CONTACT: starrforum at mit.edu Sarah Anderson Administrative Assistant Center for International Studies Massachusetts Institute of Technology 292 Main Street (E38-600) Cambridge MA 02139 phone 617-253-8306 fax 617-253-9330 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In the recent years >lot of policy interventions are being under taken to address the >urban air pollution problem. However many unanswered questions about >the major sources of air pollution still exist. The presentation >would cover the analysis of past and recent work on urban air >pollution carried out in India that can be used to assess the >contribution of different sources of air pollution. Based on the >review, summary of state of the art knowledge, gaps in data and >analysis and future needs will be addressed. > > >About the Speaker: >Ms Uma Rajarantham is a Fellow from TERI (The Energy and Resources >Institute), New Delhi, India. She has more than a decade experience >on air quality issues in India. Currently she is on her Fulbright >Indo American Environmental Leadership Program fellowship, and >associated with Health Effects Institute for a period of 5 weeks, >for learning more about "Estimation of health impacts of air >pollution in India" focusing specially on extrapolating the research >conducted in developed countries to Indian situation. > > >About TERI >A unique developing-country institution, TERI is deeply committed to >every aspect of sustainable development. From providing >environment-friendly solutions to rural energy problems to helping >shape the development of the Indian oil and gas sector; from >tackling global climate change issues across many continents to >enhancing forest conservation efforts among local communities; from >advancing solutions to growing urban transport and air pollution >problems to promoting energy efficiency in the Indian industry, the >emphasis has always been on finding innovative solutions to make the >world a better place to live in. However, while TERI?s vision is >global, its roots are firmly entrenched in Indian soil. All >activities in TERI move from formulating local- and national-level >strategies to suggesting global solutions to critical energy and >environment-related issues. > > >Suggested Reading List: > >Please visit the following web site for more details: www.teriin.org > >TERI web site on indoor air quality: http://www.teriin.org/indoor/indoor.htm > >Report prepared for the World Bank: Review of past and on-going >work on urban air quality in India >(http://www.teriin.org/reports/rep12/rep12.htm) > -- _________________________________ Karen L. Gibson Program Assistant MIT Laboratory For Energy and the Environment 77 Massachusetts Avenue, E40-469 (1 Amherst St., E40-469 - for DHL and FedEx) Cambridge, MA 02139 USA Tel: 1 (617) 258-6368; Fax: 1 (617) 258-6590 http://lfee.mit.edu http://globalsustainability.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The significance of >engaging institutions, businesses and community members will be >discussed. > >Prof. Moomaw was a coordinating author for the IPCC Third Assessment >Report on Mitigation and is Co-Director of the Tufts Climate Initiative. >He was the first director of the Climate Energy and Pollution program at >the World Resources Institute, and directed the Center for Environmental >Studies at Williams College. > >November 5 >4:00 PM >Building 4 Room 163 >http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=4&Buildings=go >Refreshments will be served > > >Second of three events in the Climate Policy Speaker Series >Sponsored by the MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment >More info: bconlin at mit.edu > >ALSO - the Third and Final Event... > >December 4 4PM - MIT & City of Cambridge: Collaborating on Climate >Protection - Building 66-110 > >A panel of leaders at MIT and City of Cambridge will briefly present how >they are taking action separately and together on the issue of climate, >and will interact with the audience on where the future should lead. >Panelists include: > >Henrietta Davis, Vice-Mayor of the City of Cambridge, Chair of City >Council Committee on Health and Environment >Jamie Lewis Keith, Managing Director, MIT Environmental Programs Office >and Risk Management, and MIT Senior Counsel > > >**** MIT Students Please Note - IAP Seminar - "Implementing the >Cambridge Climate Protection Plan", in cooperation with the City of >Cambridge - to be posted > > > >Beth Conlin >Education Program Coordinator >Laboratory for Energy and the Environment >Massachusetts Institute of Technology >E40-481, 1 Amherst St. >Cambridge, MA 02139 >617-452-3199 >bconlin at mit.edu -- _________________________________ Karen L. Gibson Program Assistant MIT Laboratory For Energy and the Environment 77 Massachusetts Avenue, E40-469 (1 Amherst St., E40-469 - for DHL and FedEx) Cambridge, MA 02139 USA Tel: 1 (617) 258-6368; Fax: 1 (617) 258-6590 http://lfee.mit.edu http://globalsustainability.org From sarahwa at MIT.EDU Thu Oct 30 09:59:29 2003 From: sarahwa at MIT.EDU (sarah anderson) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 09:59:29 -0500 Subject: [Save] Mellon-MIT Inter-Univ. Grants Program on NGOs and Forced Migration Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20031030094702.0178b350@hesiod> Announcing: THE MELLON-MIT INTER-UNIVERSITY PROGRAM ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOs) AND FORCED MIGRATION Purpose: To stimulate applied research and training on policy issues that concern NGOs working with refugees and the internally displaced; to promote dialogue between NGOs and researchers at qualified institutions: Boston University, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Harvard University, MIT, Tufts University, and Wellesley College. Approach: Applicants are encouraged to develop their proposals in collaboration with one or more NGOs actively interested in a proposed research topic. Oxfam America, CARE, Catholic Relief Services, Grassroots International, The International Rescue Committee, Save the Children, World Education, and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) are amongst the organizations that have worked with grantees on research topics of mutual concern. Awards range from $4,000 to $6,000 for graduate student research projects and up to $10,000 for faculty or senior researchers. Grants may be used alone or in conjunction with other funding sources for purposes such as travel, materials, research expenses, student "research internships" in NGO/UNHCR settings, or the organization of workshops on topics related to the overall objectives of the Program. 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Friends and family began to ostracize him for bringing up topics like the myth of hydrocarbon scarcity at dinner parties. Colleagues questioned his sanity when, five years ago, he turned down a posting in sunny Brazil for the energy job in London. Even Vijay himself, on more than one rainy London day, has wondered why. So he did the only thing he could do: he wrote a book about the future of energy. Please come and hear his tales of misadventure as he set about writing POWER TO THE PEOPLE. Cameo appearances by cow dung, the most powerful oilman in the world, and Cindy Crawford are all promised. Along the way, he'll reveal his insights into communicating complex information successfully to a general (and generally uninterested!) non-technical audience. He'll describe the travels, investigations, and analysis required to tackle a scientifically complex and politically charged topic. He'll explain some of the obstacles he overcame to write the book, not least the skepticism of those around him. And he'll even let you in on the secrets of writing for, and pitching your ideas to, The Economist. Light refreshments will be provided. ___________________________________________________ If you would like to be added or removed from this mailing list, please contact Karen Gibson, kgibson at mit.edu -- _________________________________ Karen L. Gibson Program Assistant MIT Laboratory For Energy and the Environment 77 Massachusetts Avenue, E40-469 (1 Amherst St., E40-469 - for DHL and FedEx) Cambridge, MA 02139 USA Tel: 1 (617) 258-6368; Fax: 1 (617) 258-6590 http://lfee.mit.edu http://globalsustainability.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We are all aware of the serious problems that cities of the developing and developed world; the annual meeting will allow students to understand and explore opportunities for their involvement in sustainable development within the context of urbanization and urban development. The guidelines for papers can be found at http://www.wscsd.org/article.php3?id_article=1. Papers must be submitted by midnight (Greenwich Mean Time) on Monday November 10, 2003. Please submit all papers electronically to Hadi Mozzafari at mozaffari at buildphys.chalmers.se Please contact sfgs-request at mit.edu with any questions. We look forward to many exceptional submissions. Have a good day, Philip Sheehy Students for Global Sustainability web.mit.edu/sfgs sfgs-request at mit.edu Please forward to any interested parties. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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RSVP -- H4sICNoBwDoAA3NpZwA9jbsNwDAIRHumuC4NklvXTOD0KSJEnwU8fHz4Q8M9i3sGzkS7BBrm OkCTwsycb4S3DloZuMIYeXpLFqw5LaMhXC2ymhreVXNWMw9YGuAYdfmAbwomoPSyFJuFn2x8 Opr8bBBidccAAAA= -- MOTD on Prickle-Prickle, the 12nd of The Aftermath, in the YOLD 3169: chocolate bean sprouts: not just a good idea, they're good for you! --JP From sarahwa at MIT.EDU Fri Oct 31 11:46:43 2003 From: sarahwa at MIT.EDU (sarah anderson) Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 11:46:43 -0500 Subject: [Save] Reminder: CIS Starr Forum/Natl Security & Civil Liberties/SUNDAY Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20031031113847.016c80c8@hesiod> Please join us this Sunday: THE CIS STARR FORUM M I T C E N T E R F O R I N T E R N A T I O N A L S T U D I E S and The New England Japanese American Citizens League ______________________________________________________ Congressman Mike Honda (D-CA) on "National Security & Civil Liberties" Followed by a roundtable discussion with Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) MIT Political Science Professor Kenneth Oye, Merrie Najimi of the Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee, and Margie Yamamoto of the Japanese American Citizens League SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2003 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. The panel will discuss the USA Patriot Act and other post-9/11 civil liberties issues. A reception will follow the Forum. * MIT Medical Building Auditorium E 25 (Whitaker Building) / Room 111 / 45 Carleton Street (half a block from the Kendall T Stop in Cambridge) online map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=E25&mapsearch=go * Co-sponsored by: The Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee, Coalition for Asian Pacific American Youth, The Harry H. Dow Memorial Legal Assistance Fund, The Institute for Asian American Studies at UMass Boston, Organization of Chinese Americans/New England Chapter In cooperation with: Asian American Resource Workshop, Asian American Journalists Association/New England, Asian Pacific American Agenda Coalition, and others * CONTACT: starrforum at mit.edu Sarah Anderson Administrative Assistant Center for International Studies Massachusetts Institute of Technology 292 Main Street (E38-600) Cambridge MA 02139 phone 617-253-8306 fax 617-253-9330 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Join students from universities and high schools throughout Boston and Cambridge as we demand that the candidates take a stand on this issue. E-mail labor at mit.edu for more information.