From connorsr at MIT.EDU Thu Apr 1 13:21:25 2004 From: connorsr at MIT.EDU (Stephen R. Connors) Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 13:21:25 -0500 Subject: [Save] Climate Change at the AMC Friday Night.... Message-ID: ... And everywhere else for that matter... Friday, 2 April 04 - 7:30p : AMC Cabot Auditorium - 3 Joy St. Boston AMC Conservation Action Network Sponored Event ---------------------------------------------- TALKING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE ...with... Jim Motavalli (ed.) and Ross Gelbspan (contributor) Feeling the Heat: Dispatches From the Frontlines of Climate Change (March04, Routledge Press) *** Free Admission *** Come here Jim and Ross talk about latest manifestations of climate change that have begun appearing across the world. Also featured will be slides by award-winning nature photographer Gary Braasch. Jim is a frequent contributor to AMC Outdoors and is the author of two books on alternative transportation. Many of you will remember Ross Gelbspan as an environmental reporter for the Boston Globe, and subsequent author of The Heat Is On several years ago. (More below). Walk, run, SWIM!, to Joy St. tomorrow and 'get nervous.' Coffee and refreshments provided. More info at... http://ga0.org/amc/notice-description.tcl?newsletter_id=2669011 Thanks, Steve Connors, Chair, Boston Chapter Conservation Committee *** First Ever South Atlantic Hurricane Hits Brazil *** http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2004-03-28-brazil-storm_x.htm *** Feeling the Heat - Book Blurb *** Did you know that climate change will probably also mean global cooling? That could indeed be one effect in western Europe and parts of New England, as melting polar ice forces changes to the Gulf Stream (which carries warm water from the Pacific, raising temperatures in what would otherwise be chilly latitudes). And these unprecedented changes--detailed in a recent chilling Pentagon report that sees global warming as potentially more dangerous than terrorism--could happen in 10-20 years, not the next century. Jim Motavalli is editor of E/The Environmental Magazine, a frequent New York Times contributor and author of two previous books, Forward Drive: The Race to Build Clean Cars for the Future, and Breaking Gridlock: Moving Toward Transportation That Works (both Sierra Club Books). Boston-based Ross Gelbspan is a veteran journalist with The Philadelphia Bulletin, The Washington Post and The Boston Globe, and is the author of The Heat Is On: The Climate Crisis, the Cover-up, the Prescription (Perseus Books, 1998). Feeling the Heat is the missing link in global warming literature; a reporter's book written not from the UN floor or the scientists' lab, but from the world's "hot spots" where this dangerous shift has already started. Instead of conjecture, it documents with vivid, on-the-spot prose the dramatic impact of rising tides, melting glaciers, disappearing beaches and intensifying storms on people's lives today. For an increasing number of people, global warming is not an academic and scientific debate, but a matter of survival. From the frozen Arctic to the tropical islands at the earth's Equator, people are being affected by dramatic changes in long-established climatic patterns and the very geography of the places they call home. As the planet warms at a rate of four degrees Fahrenheit per century, violent storms are increasing in frequency, icebergs are melting, sea level is rising, species are losing their habitats, and temperature records are being broken. Feeling The Heat is not a dry discussion, dotted with computer models and scientific back-and-forth; it's a travelogue to actual world hot spots, where people are already coping day-to-day with the consequences of climactic disruption. From China to New York, minor changes in what were fairly established weather patterns have already produced profound and permanent effects on local ecosystems. Fish species are disappearing, with ripples throughout the food chain. Birds and butterflies are moving, turning up in places they have never been seen before. Some plants are dying, others thrive. In France alone 10,000 people die from a prolonged heatwave that hit Europe in the summer of 2003. A mere few months later, the Eastern Seaboard experiences a cold front that sets records tumbling. The locations for the book were strategically chosen because each represents a separate and important global warming impact, such as rising tides, melting glaciers, evolving ecosystems and air pollution. They are: the California coast, where sea level has risen between three and eight inches; the low-lying islands of Antigua and Barbuda, members of the threatened Alliance of Small Island States, which has proposed a very modest 20 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions; New Jersey, where "the largest and costliest 'beach nourishment' project ever" is underway; Alaska, deeply impacted by warming temperatures and melting ice; western Europe, under attack both by rising seas and a loss of warming Gulf Stream waters; Australia's Great Barrier Reef, threatened by coral bleaching and rising tides; China, where rapid industrialization has pushed sharp increases in fossil fuel use; India, challenged by a vast air pollution haze; New York City, which has formed a coalition to fight climate change; the Pacific Northwest, whose mountains are slowly losing their snow cover; Fiji, threatened with total disappearance by sea level rise; and the Antarctic, where the habitat of penguins and other birds has been disrupted and polar ice is breaking up, as scientists predicted. Global warming is no longer a matter for serious debate, these authors say, it is real and it is here. (End) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/save/attachments/20040401/b17e0775/attachment.htm From ebast at MIT.EDU Thu Apr 1 23:58:10 2004 From: ebast at MIT.EDU (Elizabeth Bast) Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 23:58:10 -0500 Subject: [Save] Apply Now: Funded Summer Opportunity in Dominican Republic! Message-ID: <56F056AA-8462-11D8-B68C-000393DAFBD8@mit.edu> INTERNATIONAL SUMMER OPPORTUNITY FOR MIT STUDENTS! Deadline for applications is April 5! WHAT:? Youth and Environmental Justice Project You'd be working to build the capacity of a youth environmental justice program and working to build an environmental justice curriculum for the school. WHERE: La Puya, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic La Puya is a vibrant, very low income community in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. WHO: You! Fluent or very proficient Spanish speakers needed, and people with youth development or international development interests preferred. WHEN:?5 or 10 weeks this summer HOW:? Send an application to the Public Service Center by Monday, April 5th.? Project proposal and recommendation letter needed.? Those who apply have an excellent chance of getting funded (approximately $4K for 10 weeks and $2.2K for 5 weeks). Check out the application website at http://web.mit.edu/mitpsc/fellowships/summer/focus/current.shtml .?The project is listed under Centro Educativo Profesor Juan Bosch de la Puya (the local school). More info on the applications at http://web.mit.edu/mitpsc/fellowships/summer . You can also look at the website of the De Barrio a Playa project that James Alexander, Jean Walsh and I worked on last summer at http://web.mit.edu/ideas/www/dbp/dbp.html with the same group of kids in the same community.? Please contact James or me with any questions about the application.? 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Kendall Memorial Lecture Wednesday April 7, 2004 5:00pm, Room 10-250, MIT Dr. George Woodwell "Disruption Climatic and Political: Towards a World that Works" Dr. Woodwell is the founder of the Woods Hole Research Center, founder and former Director of the Ecosystems Center at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, a founding trustee of the World Resources Institute, and the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions for his research and conservation efforts (see http://www.whrc.org for more information on the Woods Hole Research Center and Dr. Woodwell). Refreshments will be served at 5pm, and the talk will begin at approximately 5:15pm. For more information: esinfo at mit.edu. 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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GreenMap MIT Date: Thursday, April 8, 2004 Location: MIT, Room 66-148 Time: 6:00 PM ... -- H4sICNoBwDoAA3NpZwA9jbsNwDAIRHumuC4NklvXTOD0KSJEnwU8fHz4Q8M9i3sGzkS7BBrm OkCTwsycb4S3DloZuMIYeXpLFqw5LaMhXC2ymhreVXNWMw9YGuAYdfmAbwomoPSyFJuFn2x8 Opr8bBBidccAAAA= -- MOTD on Prickle-Prickle, the 21st of Discord, in the YOLD 3170: J'en fais peu mais je le fais bien From gardner at MIT.EDU Mon Apr 5 09:53:47 2004 From: gardner at MIT.EDU (Matthew Gardner) Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 09:53:47 -0400 Subject: [Save] Henry Kendall Memorial Lecture - This Wednesday April 7, 5pm, 10-250 Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20040405095107.02a30580@po10.mit.edu> THIS WEDNESDAY! The Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Earth System Initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology present the: Fourth Annual Henry W. Kendall Memorial Lecture Wednesday April 7, 2004 5:00pm, Room 10-250, MIT Dr. George Woodwell "Disruption Climatic and Political: Towards a World that Works" Dr. Woodwell is the founder of the Woods Hole Research Center, founder and former Director of the Ecosystems Center at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, a founding trustee of the World Resources Institute, and the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions for his research and conservation efforts (see http://www.whrc.org for more information on the Woods Hole Research Center and Dr. Woodwell). Refreshments will be served at 5pm, and the talk will begin at approximately 5:15pm. For more information: esinfo at mit.edu. 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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Speakers include: Tim Wise, Deputy Director, Global Development And Environment Institute, Tufts University; Brian Rawson, Make Trade Fair Organizer, Oxfam America, and Jean Walsh, Graduate Student, Department of Urban Studies and Planning. And please show your support by buying FAIR TRADE certified coffee at the following locations. All of the below locations have agreed to serve Fair Trade this week: - Alpine Bagels in the Student Center serves Larry's Beans. All coffee at Alpine is Fair Trade! - Bosworth's in Lobby 7 serves Peet's Fair Trade Blend. - Refresher Course in Building E52 is serving Fair Trade from Java City. - LaVerde's in the Student Center is offering Fair Trade options from New England Coffee Co. - BioCaf? in Building 68... - Building 4 Caf?... - Dome Caf? in Building 7... - Lobdell Dining in the Student Center... - Walker Dining in Building 50... ....are all serving a Green Mountain Fair Trade options this week. - Baker Dining, Building W7... - Next House Dining, Building W71... - Simmons Dining, Building W79... ... are all serving Fair Trade options from Piravida this week. Come see us and learn more about Fair Trade! Students for Labor Justice http://labor.mit.edu From kgibson at MIT.EDU Mon Apr 5 17:01:06 2004 From: kgibson at MIT.EDU (Karen Gibson) Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 17:01:06 -0400 Subject: [Save] April 7-EcoStar: Advancing Sustainability at Devens Message-ID: Please join us April 7 for a talk co-sponsored by the LFEE Seminar in Environment and Sustainability series and "Practicing the Elusive: Integrating Sustainability and the Built Environment", a student-developed, interdisciplinary speaker series. "EcoStar: Advancing Sustainability at Devens" By Peter Lowitt April 7, 2004 12:00-1:30 p.m. E40-496 Peter Lowitt is a leading practitioner of eco-industrial development in North America. As Director of the Devens Enterprise Commission, Lowitt launched an initiative to develop green buildings and a by-products exchange network at Devens, a 4,400-acre former military base and Superfund site. As Director of Planning and Economic development for the town of Londonderry, New Hampshire during the 1990s, Lowitt developed the Stoneyfield Londonderry Eco-Industrial Park in conjunction with private sector partner and initiated the Sustainable Londonderry program. Lowitt currently serves as president of the American Planning Association Massachusetts Chapter, a founding board member of the Eco- Industrial Development Council, and editorial board member of the Canadian Eco- Industrial Network. Having earned degrees from Brown University and Tufts University, Peter Lowitt has lectured extensively on eco-industrial development throughout the United States, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland, Thailand, and Philippines. Peter will discuss the sustainability framework being applied at Devens, as well as thoughts about his career path and "practicing" industrial ecology in the future. The series: "Practicing the Elusive: Integrating Sustainability and the Built Environment" is a student-developed, interdisciplinary speaker series that is taking place during Spring 2004 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The series explores how to use a sustainability framework to transform the built environment and society through the vision and professional innovation of today's practitioners. Speakers will present opportunities and challenges of implementing sustainability-oriented outcomes by reflecting on professional practice in architecture, engineering, construction, real estate, planning, and community development. Purposes: - Showcase pioneering approaches to achieving sustainability through project implementation - Address how integrating sustainability may drive practices towards success in the future - Challenge students to frame their own careers around sustainable practice by providing concrete examples of what this means - Inspire entrepreneurial initiatives towards sustainability on campus and beyond 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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Program fee covers cost of solar equipment and training, travel and food during installation, and accommodations. For more information: visit www.hlf.org.np or email dawnp at hlf.org.np *The Himalayan Light Foundation is an accredited Non-Governmental Organization supported by the United Nations Development Program and Engineers Without Frontiers. Thanks! Xiaomin Mou SfGS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/save/attachments/20040406/e4b748a9/attachment.htm From kgibson at MIT.EDU Wed Apr 7 14:41:53 2004 From: kgibson at MIT.EDU (Karen Gibson) Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 14:41:53 -0400 Subject: [Save] April 13 seminar-Universal heat mining-geothermal energy for everyone Message-ID: "Universal heat mining - geothermal energy for everyone" Jefferson W. Tester H.P. Meissner Professor of Chemical Engineering, MIT April 13, 2004 (PLEASE NOTE THIS IS TUESDAY) 12:00-1:30 p.m. E40-496 Faced with the issue of providing secure and sustainable energy that is essential to maintaining our social and economic well being for the foreseeable future, many argue that the U.S. should be pursuing its options more aggressively. Renewable energy systems from solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, and hydro sources offer the potential for achieving a more sustainable path. Unfortunately, for a number of reasons, the transition to a renewable energy future has been painfully slow. This seminar will examine both the context and requirements for accelerating such a change by considering one particular option: mining geothermal heat from the earth. Field testing in the US, Japan, and Europe will be briefly reviewed to establish current technology limitations. New technology opportunities to lower both development risks and costs by employing advanced drilling and heat mining methods will be discussed. The importance of proactive policies will also be discussed in terms of their role in achieving high rates of deployment. Part of the Environment and Sustainability Seminar Series sponsored by the MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment Light refreshments will be provided. -- _________________________________ 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/20040407/d4380426/attachment.htm From jefflevy at MIT.EDU Wed Apr 7 23:28:35 2004 From: jefflevy at MIT.EDU (Jeff Levy) Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 23:28:35 -0400 Subject: [Save] Jonathan Rose to Speak at Center for Real Estate, Friday, April 9 In-Reply-To: <1080673024.4069c30045109@webmail.mit.edu> References: <1080673024.4069c30045109@webmail.mit.edu> Message-ID: <1081394915.4074c6e3bb217@webmail.mit.edu> PRACTICING THE ELUSIVE: INTEGRATING SUSTAINABILITY AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT Presents... JONATHAN ROSE, "Buidling Green Communities" Friday, April 9th Time: 12:30pm to 2:00pm Location: MIT's Center for Real Estate, Third Floor of 120 Massachusetts Avenue, Building W31 Room 301 For a map go to: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg Mr. Rose is President of Jonathan Rose Companies LLC, a network of community and land use planning and development firms that collaborate with cities, towns and not-for-profits to plan and develop environmentally responsible projects by creating vibrant, diverse cultural centers with a balance of jobs, housing, open land and mass transit. Mr. Rose is an innovator - bringing together solutions to planning, community development, finance, culture and land preservation - and a leading thinker and speaker in the Smart Growth and green building movements. His projects have consistently modeled new solutions to development, environmental and community problems. Mr. Rose's projects range from low income housing for homeless people with AIDS, seniors and first time home buyers, to state-of-the-art academic buildings, performing arts centers and libraries. His award-winning work also includes land preservation, urban infill, inner city urban industrial, wholesale, artists and telecommunications projects. In 1999 his Denver Dry Goods Building was selected by the AIA as one of the nation's 10 most environmentally responsible developments. In 2001, he received the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association's Green Building Award for the Burnham Building in Irvington, New York. In 2002, Mr. Rose received the Open Space Institute's "Land Conservation Award" and in 2003 his firm received the Clean Air Excellence Award in Community Development/Redevelopment for Highlands' Garden Village in Denver, Colorado. Mr. Rose's community development activities include serving as Chair of the Board of the Greyston Foundation, an innovative entrepreneurial community development organization that has been revitalizing Yonkers, New York. He also serves on the Board of the Enterprise Foundation. For more information on Jonathan Rose and his work visit www.rosecompanies.com. PRACTICING THE ELUSIVE: INTEGRATING SUSTAINABILITY AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT explores how to use a sustainability framework to transform the built environment and society through the vision and professional innovation of today's practitioners. Speakers will present opportunities and challenges in implementing sustainability principles in architecture, engineering, construction, real estate, planning, and community development. All lectures are free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. For all series info see http://web.mit.edu/sfgs/speakers/ or email elusive at mit.edu. From gardner at MIT.EDU Wed Apr 7 10:41:45 2004 From: gardner at MIT.EDU (Matthew Gardner) Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 10:41:45 -0400 Subject: [Save] ESI Seminar - Tuesday April 13 - 12 Noon Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20040407103505.02981100@po10.mit.edu> Earth System Initiative Seminar Tuesday April 13, 12 Noon, 68-181 "Cleaning up with Genomics: Applying Systems Biology to Bioremediation and Energy Harvesting with Geobacter" Professor Derek Lovley University of Massachusetts, Amherst Geobacter species have the ability to conserve energy to support growth by coupling the oxidation of organic compounds to the reduction of insoluble, extracellular electron acceptors such as Fe(III) oxides and electrodes. Geobacters are important natural inhabitants of many sedimentary environments, but are also useful agents for the bioremediation of subsurface environments contaminated with organic compounds or radioactive metals. They can also be used to convert waste organic matter to electricity. Sequencing of the genomes of several pure cultures of Geobacters as well as as-yet-uncultured Geobacters from the subsurface coupled with functional genomic studies and in silico modeling of Geobacter physiology is leading to a better understanding of the functioning of Geobacters in diverse environments and helping to optimize bioremediation and energy harvesting with these organisms. Lunch will be provided. 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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The report is a product of the landmark Massachusetts Ocean Management Initiative and touches on a spectrum of issues including coastal development, fisheries, off-shore construction, habitat preservation, ocean-based research, climate change, marine commerce, recreation and public education. The Secretary will also discuss the wider scope of her work at the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs and other topics of interest. Co-founder of an energy company hailed for its environmentally friendly practices, Secretary Herzfelder was a senior lecturer in entrepreneurship at the MIT Sloan School of Management before being appointed Secretary of Environmental Affairs in January 2003 by Governor Mitt Romney. Read the Waves of Change report at: http://www.state.ma.us/czm/MOMI/finalrpts.htm More info: bconlin at mit.edu, 617-452-3199 Karen K. Luxton, Administrative Assistant Education Program MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment 77 Massachusetts Ave., E40-481 Cambridge, MA 02139 phone: (617) 253-3478 fax: (617) 253-8013 e-mail: kkluxton at mit.edu http://lfee.mit.edu/education -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/save/attachments/20040408/23de5468/attachment.htm From sarahc at MIT.EDU Thu Apr 8 13:06:22 2004 From: sarahc at MIT.EDU (Sarah Connolly) Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2004 13:06:22 -0400 Subject: [Save] Got Fair Trade? Fair Trade Teach-in 4/9, 1-3 pm, 4-231 Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20040408125224.01258ed0@hesiod> Students for Labor Justice presents: GOT FAIR TRADE? FAIR TRADE COFFEE TEACH-IN Friday, April 9, 1 - 3 pm, Room 4-231 Come learn about the social and environmental impacts of free trade, the global coffee crisis, and how Fair Trade certification can make a difference! Refreshments will be served. Come try some FAIR TRADE COFFEE and CHOCOLATE! ----- Speakers: Brian Rawson Trade Campaign Organizer, Oxfam America Brian will speak about free trade policies, the global agriculture and coffee crises, and how to make trade fair. Tim Wise Deputy Director, Global Development And Environment Institute, Tufts University Tim will speak about how indigenous producers in Mexico have responded to the coffee crisis, in part by organizing to enter the fair trade and organic coffee markets in order to capture the true value of their social and ecological contributions. Jean Walsh Graduate Student, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT Jean will speak about the Fair Trade certification system, the coffee production process, and how Students for Labor Justice is working at MIT for fairer trade and social justice. ---- This event sponsored / endorsed by Students for Labor Justice, the Undergraduate Association, Students for Global Sustainability, and the Sustainable Urban Development Society. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/save/attachments/20040408/e5cc4cad/attachment.htm From mslow at MIT.EDU Thu Apr 8 22:26:51 2004 From: mslow at MIT.EDU (Manshi Low) Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2004 22:26:51 -0400 Subject: [Save] Fwd: FYI: Michael Dell responds to student organizing Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20040408222645.024ea008@po10.mit.edu> >X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.2 >X-Sender: kreevecwa at covad.net@mail.covad.net >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1.1 >Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2004 13:41:37 -0400 >To: mslow at mit.edu >From: Kara Reeve >Subject: FYI: Michael Dell responds to student organizing >Cc: jwadams at mit.edu >X-Spam-Not-Checked: Messages over 100K not checked >X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.28 (www . roaringpenguin . com / mimedefang) > >Hi, > >FYI: >Dell is certainly responding to our campaign pressure, and Michael Dell >issued an open letter to college students earlier this week (attached). > >A campaign press release is pasted below--please circulate this info. to >those who may be interested..... > >-K > > > > >FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > >April 6, 2004 > > >Michael Dell issues public reply to students take it back, make it clean, >recycle responsibly demand > >Dell and GRRN prepare April 26 national campus e-waste webcast teleconference > >Madison, WI Michael Dell, founder, Chairman and out-going CEO of Dell, >Inc. today responded to a full-page ad sponsored by GrassRoots Recycling >Network (GRRN, www.grrn.org) on behalf of over 150 >college campus groups from all 50 states, stating his company s position >on the students demand to address the growing problem of e-waste discarded >computers and consumer electronics. The GRRN-organized student ad, >published in the December 18, 2003 Austin Chronicle called on Dell to lead >his industry by taking back all old equipment, phasing out the use of >hazardous materials, and supporting environmentally superior equipment >recycling systems. > > The letter stated progress made by the company in each of the areas of > student concern, providing specific examples of policies implemented and > programs underway. Dell s emerging relationship with the environmental > community has offered his company the opportunity to make a positive > environmental impact in our global communities. The letter can be viewed > at > http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/corporate/environ/Dell%20Open%20Letter.pdf. > > > We are encouraged by Michael Dell s statements, which indicate that his > company is taking action beyond what is visible to the general public, > said Clare Cragan, UW-Madison senior and lead GRRN intern on the Computer > TakeBack Campaign. We are impressed that the CEO of a Fortune 500 company > recognizes the importance of responding directly to public concerns. On > behalf of the thousands of students from all 50 states we have organized, > I say thank you for opening a dialog. > > Moreover, and perhaps more significantly, Dell and GRRN have put in > motion plans for a national web-based video- and tele-conference for > Michael Dell to engage directly and personally with students from across > the country on their concerns and his company s plans. Scheduled for > April 26, 2004, this unprecedented event indicates the company s > willingness to be held publicly accountable and make progress toward > solutions rather than battle over the problem. Details on the event are > under development. > > This is a watershed moment in the effort to promote corporate > accountability for waste and a clear indication that organized pressure > in the market can positively influence corporations and their management, > says David Wood, Executive Director of GRRN and organizing director of > the Computer TakeBack Campaign. Michael Dell deserves recognition for his > leadership in steering his company and it resources toward meaningful change. > > Students involved with the Computer TakeBack Campaign have made > tremendous progress educating their communities about e-waste and the > producer responsibility solution, added Kara Reeve of Clean Water Fund in > New England. > > Dell s open letter acknowledged the recent meeting he held with > co-coordinators of the Computer TakeBack Campaign, GRRN Executive > Director David Wood, Ted Smith of Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, and > Robin Schneider of Texas Campaign for the Environment. > > Since early 2002, Dell has been the target of organizing by the national > Computer TakeBack Campaign > (www.computertakeback.com). Dell was > selected not only for its significant market share but also because the > company s direct-to-consumer sales model uniquely positioned it, > campaigner leaders believed, to embrace producer responsibility and > transform that into a business strategy. > > Michael Dell s recent statements about e-waste and his company s plans > indicate that our assessment was right, that for Dell the solution to > this growing environmental problem presents opportunities to grow market > share, diversify the bundle of services offered to consumers, and enhance > customer loyalty, continues GRRN s Wood. Market leaders Dell and HP will > likely enhance their relative positions by acting strategically on the > e-waste problem and creating competitive environmental pressures in the > marketplace. > > The list of campus groups participating in the December open letter to > Dell can be found on the student campaign website, > www.toxicdude.com. > > > > > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >Clean Water Action >Computer TakeBack Campaign Organizer >617.338.8131 phone >617.338.6449 fax >kreeve at cleanwater.org >www.computertakeback.com >www.dontbeDELLuded.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. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Justin From krhettn at MIT.EDU Fri Apr 9 13:49:39 2004 From: krhettn at MIT.EDU (K Rhett Nichols) Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2004 13:49:39 -0400 Subject: [Save] Sierra Student Coalition's Environmental Activist Training Message-ID: <200404091749.i39HndX4009406@biohazard-cafe.mit.edu> someone sent me this and asked me to forward it... ------- Forwarded Message Learn How to Deal Out a Serious Smackdown to Corporate Polluters and the Bush Administration in 7 Bucolic Summer Days! Attend the Sierra Student Coalition's Environmental Activist Training Program in the Poconos (Northeastern Pennsylvania) from May 17- 23. Fed up with the Bush Administration's assault on the environment? Ready to throw a wrench in Big Businesses anti-environmental agenda? Itching to join the fight for wilderness? Whether you're just getting involved or looking to hone your skills as an organizer, the SSC's summer training is for you. Organizing is a skill like any other and it can be learned. Join college activists from across the East Coast for 7 days in the Poconos, learning kick-ass organizing skills, discussing the issues, eating great veggie and vegan food, swimming, hiking, and of course spending time with some of the coolest folks on the planet. Don't wait! Register Now! Visit www.ssc.org. The program is limited to 40 participants so register online today. The deadline is May 1. The cost of the program is $78. If you're not a Sierra Club member, you'll need to join (either at the training or online). You can pay with a credit card through our secure system, or send a check to 408 C St NE, Washington, DC 20002. Checks should be made out to the Sierra Student Coalition. Please don't let money concerns be a reason not to apply. If you'd like to apply for a need based fee waiver or a travel scholarship, please call Erika Park at the SSC's national office at 1-888-JOIN- SSC. What do we cover? Organizing 101 How to start and run an effective organization. We cover everything from recruiting folks for the first meeting, to running a meeting, to developing new leaders to ensure that your organization persists from year to year. Communication Skills How to say what you mean with confidence and persuasion be it to the media, an elected official, the public and your fellow students. Campaign Organizing How to plan, implement, and run an effective environmental campaign. We teach the most essential skills needed to effect real social and environmental change. Environmental Issues Once you have the skills, we help you find an issue you would like to use them for -- public lands, global warming, trade, human rights and the environment, you name it. Of course, the program isn't all work and no play. No way. The week is filled with hikes, swimming, good veggie and vegan food, and (as we said before) some of the coolest folks on Earth. The program, May 17 - 23, will be held at the Kirkwood Retreat Center, nestled in a hidden valley in the foothills of the Poconos near Stroudburg, PA. Hiking trails wind through laurel hammocks, pine forests, and strands of hardwood. Please contact Rachel Ackoff at rachel.ackoff at ssc.org or 909.964.9547 with questions! See you in the Poconos! **Please Forward Widely** ------- End of Forwarded Message From krhettn at MIT.EDU Tue Apr 13 13:50:53 2004 From: krhettn at MIT.EDU (K Rhett Nichols) Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 13:50:53 -0400 Subject: [Save] Carl Pope talk at Harvard Message-ID: <200404131750.i3DHorlA019257@department-of-alchemy.mit.edu> Join us for a discussion of current environmental issues with _Carl Pope _ Executive Director of the Sierra Club "We were all going to recycle. We were all going to breathe clean air. Restoring the American environmental dream." 3:00 pm Friday, April 30 Harvard Hall, Room 104 Harvard Yard For details, see: [2]http://bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/Events.cfm?item_id=2153 For further information, please contact Rob Stowe at the Kennedy School: [3]robert_stowe at harvard.edu (617) 496-4265 Sponsored by the Environment and Natural Resources Program; Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program Kennedy School of Government This talk is one of a series that will examine U.S. environmental policy from a variety of perspectives. From kgibson at MIT.EDU Mon Apr 12 10:52:03 2004 From: kgibson at MIT.EDU (Karen Gibson) Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 10:52:03 -0400 Subject: [Save] April 13 seminar-Universal heat mining-geothermal energy for everyone Message-ID: "Universal Heat Mining - Geothermal Energy for Everyone" Jefferson W. Tester H.P. Meissner Professor of Chemical Engineering, MIT April 13, 2004 (PLEASE NOTE THIS IS TUESDAY) 12:00-1:30 p.m. E40-496 Faced with the issue of providing secure and sustainable energy that is essential to maintaining our social and economic well being for the foreseeable future, many argue that the U.S. should be pursuing its options more aggressively. Renewable energy systems from solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, and hydro sources offer the potential for achieving a more sustainable path. Unfortunately, for a number of reasons, the transition to a renewable energy future has been painfully slow. This seminar will examine both the context and requirements for accelerating such a change by considering one particular option: mining geothermal heat from the earth. Field testing in the US, Japan, and Europe will be briefly reviewed to establish current technology limitations. New technology opportunities to lower both development risks and costs by employing advanced drilling and heat mining methods will be discussed. The importance of proactive policies will also be discussed in terms of their role in achieving high rates of deployment. Part of the Environment and Sustainability Seminar Series sponsored by the MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment Light refreshments will be provided. -- _________________________________ 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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But, hey, what > better than a fun (and nourishing) Wednesday night out with cool and > interesting people to boost your productivity and refresh your ideas? > > Harvard is hosting this time, at the Peabody Terrace Common Room, on > Memorial Drive, across from the Business School. Dinner is from 8pm to > 11pm (we have to clean and leave the place by 11h15pm). Trip to the > local pub afterwards highly likely. > > Please remember, this is a potluck dinner so we all need to bring > yummy stuff to eat. Alcohol is allowed this time, so looking forward > for those six (or twelve) packs coming. Of course, non-alcoholic > drinks also welcome. This time, we won't have access to real dishes > and silverware, so please, please, bring your own reusable dish, fork, > cup and napkin, to contribute to a healthier and more sustainable > world. If you cannot bring it, there will be some (not many) > wasteful-use-more-than-you-need-only-once-and-throw-away paper plates, > cups and plastic silverware. > > Also, for organizing we need to know how many people is coming. If you > haven't yet, please RSVP to either: > > Miquel Munoz > Graham Bullock > > If there is stuff you want to share with the rest of E&E students in > the area, like information on conferences, leaflets from you > organizations, brochures from your programs, research papers or other, > there will be a space to display them. > > And lastly, please spread the information to as many grad students in > the field as you can, the more the merrier. > > Hope to see you all on Wednesday, > > miquel > > From xmou at MIT.EDU Mon Apr 12 23:02:03 2004 From: xmou at MIT.EDU (Xiaomin Mou) Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 23:02:03 -0400 Subject: [Save] Reminder: Talk Tues. 4/13: Renewable energy in South Asia and volunteer opportunity Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20040412225326.03cca790@po14.mit.edu> MIT Students for Global Sustainability presents: Solar Sisters - a brighter future for Himalayan communities Renewable Energy & Volunteer opportunity in South Asia A talk by Dawn Peebles, U.S. Coordinator, Himalayan Light Foundation* Time: 5:30pm, Tuesday, April 13, 2004 Location: 4-237 http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=4-237 Light refreshment provided International travelers have the opportunity to live with indigenous communities in some of the most remote and majestic sites in the world and help improve quality of life and empower residents by sponsoring the installation of a solar energy system. Programs are available in Nepal, Sri Lanka or Bhutan. Program fee covers cost of solar equipment and training, travel and food during installation, and accommodations. For more information: visit www.hlf.org.np or email dawnp at hlf.org.np *The Himalayan Light Foundation is an accredited Non-Governmental Organization supported by the United Nations Development Program and Engineers Without Frontiers. Thank you, MIT-SfGS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/save/attachments/20040412/aa2dbc5a/attachment.htm From Natalie_Palugyai at ksg05.harvard.edu Tue Apr 13 19:57:06 2004 From: Natalie_Palugyai at ksg05.harvard.edu (Natalie_Palugyai@ksg05.harvard.edu) Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 19:57:06 -0400 Subject: [Save] Register Today for the 10th Annual Harvard InternationalDevelopment Conference!! Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/save/attachments/20040413/8302f98c/attachment.htm From hclark at MIT.EDU Thu Apr 8 23:03:58 2004 From: hclark at MIT.EDU (Heather Theresa Clark) Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 23:03:58 -0400 Subject: [Save] Melinda Moulton Green List In-Reply-To: <1081394915.4074c6e3bb217@webmail.mit.edu> References: <1080673024.4069c30045109@webmail.mit.edu> <1081394915.4074c6e3bb217@webmail.mit.edu> Message-ID: <1081479838.4076129e2cc43@webmail.mit.edu> As requested during Melinda Moulton's presentation last week, attached is a list of green features and rules she followed during her project. If you were interested in Melinda's presentation, we also encourage you to attend Jonathan Rose's presentation tomorrow (Friday). > PRACTICING THE ELUSIVE: INTEGRATING SUSTAINABILITY AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT > > Presents... > > > JONATHAN ROSE, "Buidling Green Communities" > > Friday, April 9th > > Time: 12:30pm to 2:00pm > > Location: MIT's Center for Real Estate, Third Floor of 120 > Massachusetts Avenue, Building W31 Room 301 > > For a map go to: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg > > Mr. Rose is President of Jonathan Rose Companies LLC, a network of > community and land use planning and development firms that collaborate > with cities, towns and not-for-profits to plan and develop environmentally > responsible projects by creating vibrant, diverse cultural centers with a > balance of jobs, housing, open land and mass transit. Mr. Rose is an > innovator > - bringing together solutions to planning, community development, > finance, culture and land preservation - and a leading thinker and > speaker in the Smart Growth and green building movements. His projects > have consistently modeled new solutions to development, environmental > and community problems. Mr. Rose's projects range from low income > housing for homeless people with AIDS, seniors and first time home > buyers, to state-of-the-art academic buildings, performing arts centers > and libraries. His award-winning work also includes land preservation, > urban infill, inner city urban industrial, wholesale, artists and > telecommunications projects. In 1999 his Denver Dry Goods Building was > selected by the AIA as one of the nation's 10 most environmentally > responsible developments. In 2001, he received the Northeast > Sustainable Energy Association's Green Building Award for the Burnham > Building in Irvington, New York. In 2002, Mr. Rose received the Open > Space Institute's "Land Conservation Award" and in 2003 his firm > received the Clean Air Excellence Award in Community > Development/Redevelopment for Highlands' Garden Village in Denver, > Colorado. Mr. Rose's community development activities include serving > as Chair of the Board of the Greyston Foundation, an innovative > entrepreneurial community development organization that has been > revitalizing Yonkers, New York. He also serves on the Board of the > Enterprise Foundation. For more information on Jonathan Rose and his > work visit www.rosecompanies.com. > > > PRACTICING THE ELUSIVE: INTEGRATING SUSTAINABILITY AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT > explores how to use a sustainability framework to transform the built > environment and society through the vision and professional innovation of > today's practitioners. Speakers will present opportunities and challenges in > implementing sustainability principles in architecture, engineering, > construction, real estate, planning, and community development. All lectures > are free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. > > For all series info see http://web.mit.edu/sfgs/speakers/ or email > elusive at mit.edu. > > > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Main Street Landing Company Green List.doc Type: application/msword Size: 24576 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/save/attachments/20040408/ea5354cb/attachment.doc From jalee at MIT.EDU Wed Apr 14 08:43:44 2004 From: jalee at MIT.EDU (Jessica Lee) Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 08:43:44 -0400 Subject: [Save] volunteers needed for Earth Day plant handout Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20040414084007.022b7e10@po11.mit.edu> It's that time of year again! Earth Day at MIT will take place on Thursday, April 29 on Kresge Oval. In keeping with tradition, SAVE will be there, handing out free plant cuttings, to spread greenness across campus. We need you to volunteer to hand out plants! It's easy, fun, and everyone loves the person who gives out plants. If you can spare an hour or two between 9:00am and 5:00pm, please email me (jalee at mit.edu) to volunteer. Thanks! jessica From mslow at MIT.EDU Wed Apr 14 23:25:52 2004 From: mslow at MIT.EDU (Manshi Low) Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 23:25:52 -0400 Subject: [Save] Fwd: Call for Fellowship Nominations/Martin Family Society of Fellows for Sustainability Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20040414232536.00ba9c70@po10.mit.edu> >X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.2 >X-Sender: yammie at hesiod >Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 17:02:18 -0400 >To: arch-kiosk at mit.edu >From: "Karen Luxton" (by way of Renee A. Caso) >Subject: Call for Fellowship Nominations/Martin Family Society of Fellows > for Sustainability >X-Spam-Score: -10.1 >X-Spam-Flag: NO >X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.28 (www . roaringpenguin . com / mimedefang) > >Please post the attached "Call for Nominations" for the Martin Family >Society of Fellows for Sustainability. > >If you would like to receive a brochure that provides more information and >lists the current Fellows and their interests, please contact me with your >office address and I will send one to you promptly. > >Thank you for helping us to get the word out on this important opportunity >for qualified graduate students. > >Karen K. Luxton, Administrative Assistant >Education Program >MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment >77 Massachusetts Ave., E40-481 >Cambridge, MA 02139 >phone: (617) 253-3478 >fax: (617) 253-8013 >e-mail: kkluxton at mit.edu >http://lfee.mit.edu/education > > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The plan is to make it a little store like area where we have a mirror, shelves with books, clothes racks, shoe racks and everything, so people can come and try on the clothes and shoes and admire themselves in teh mirror, or browse through the books etc. As a volunteer you would have to help hang up the clothes that people bring in and maybe talk to the people who stray in. It should be a lot of fun! Let me know if you like to be a part of it - an hour or two between 9am and 5pm on the 29th of April would be perfect. Do email me (shruti at mit.edu) and let me know your best times. Cheers, Shruti On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 08:43, Jessica Lee wrote: > It's that time of year again! > > Earth Day at MIT will take place on Thursday, April 29 on Kresge Oval. In > keeping with tradition, SAVE will be there, handing out free plant > cuttings, to spread greenness across campus. > We need you to volunteer to hand out plants! It's easy, fun, and everyone > loves the person who gives out plants. > If you can spare an hour or two between 9:00am and 5:00pm, please email me > (jalee at mit.edu) to volunteer. > > Thanks! > > jessica > From kgibson at MIT.EDU Wed Apr 14 10:58:07 2004 From: kgibson at MIT.EDU (Karen Gibson) Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 10:58:07 -0400 Subject: [Save] 2 upcoming LFEE Environment and Sustainability seminars Message-ID: The Earth System Initiative at MIT: Research and Education in Environmental Science and Engineering Dr. Matthew Gardner, Program Administrator, Earth System Initiative Wednesday, April 21, 2004 12:00-1:30 pm E40-496 Abstract The Earth System Initiative is a multidisciplinary environmental research and education enterprise at MIT whose goal is to leverage MIT's expertise in fundamental environmental science and engineering in order to shed light on the chemical, biological, and geological cycles that collectively make up our planet. In it's almost two years of existence, ESI is well on its way to developing a portfolio of research and education activities that reflect these goals. This seminar will describe the Earth System Initiative in detail, will outline its research objectives, and will describe ongoing and planned research and education programs in environmental science and engineering. Clean and Efficient Fossil Fuel Power Generation, Environmental Challenges and Technology Responses J?nos M. Be?r Department of Chemical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology Wednesday, April 28, 2004 12:00-1:30 pm E40-496 Abstract More than 70% of U.S. electric power generation is based on the use of fossil fuels, mainly coal (55%) and natural gas (16%). While a shift from coal to more natural gas is a strong trend, coal is likely to remain the main energy source of electric power generation well into this century. During the last fifteen years, science based new technologies have been developed to control pollutant emission by combustion process modification, post combustion cleanup, and improved thermodynamic efficiency of the power cycle. The formation and destruction of nitric oxide in combustion, and the reduction of nitrogen oxides emission is discussed as an example of a cost effective engineering solution in which chemistry gives guidance for combustion process modifications that are accomplished by the tools of fluid dynamics. While pollutant control technologies deal with individual pollutants, improved thermodynamic cycle efficiency of power generation reduces the emissions of all pollutants and also of CO2. Successfully operating high efficiency cycles such as Natural Gas Combined Cycle and Pulverized Coal Supercritical Steam, and others, presently under development and demonstration, including Pressurized Fluidized Bed with Topping Combustion, and CO2 sequestration capable Gasification Combined Cycles, are discussed. These advanced cycles are compared for their environmental merits and costs that affect their chances of early application. Part of the Environment and Sustainability Seminar Series sponsored by the MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment Light refreshments will be provided. -- _________________________________ 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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I will end this talk with a discussion of the possible prebiotic sources of the nucleotides and the amino acids which is the problem of the primordial soup. Lunch will be served The second lecture will be Thursday April 29, 2004 at 12 Noon in 68-181. 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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Boston Action alerts: Demand EPA, FDA mercury actions re: fish & power plants. http://www.moveon.org/mercury http://www.nrdc.org/health/effects/mercury/index.asp http://action.nwf.org/campaign/mercury20040210?source=action_index Noted: Priceless: On Knowing the Price of Everything & the Value of Nothing, Ackerman & Heinzerling (GDAE, Tufts). New Press ’04. http://www.ase.tufts.edu/gdae/publications/other_books/priceless.htm Institutional Investor Summit Report on Climate Risk (CERES Conf) http://www.incr.com/summit_record.htm http://www.incr.com/summit_final_report.pdf RMI Launches Community Energy e-Tool: http://finder.rmi.org AIR WAR -- Remaking Energy Policy; How Power Lobby Won Battle of Pollution Control at E.P.A. NYT 3/6 p. A1 At Feature at left at http://www.tufts.edu/tci/Calendar.html >> Scroll Down For Full Index & Detailed Listings <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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 Please support CCC with a check payable to Commonwealth Foundation. Mail to: Michael Charney, PO Box 390554, Camb, MA 02139 Thanks! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> INDEX * = New Scroll down below this Index for Detailed List Please visit event links to confirm listing is current & accurate. APRIL 2004 Tuesdays thru May 4 Thru 5/4 Course: Human Health & Global Envir Change. Boston Tuesdays – May 25 Thru 5/25 Climate Change: Sci, Social Impact & Diplomacy. Camb April 14 & 15 4/14,15 CERES Conf: Critical Decisions for Lasting Prosperity. Boston Thursday, April 15 4/15 – Greening Community Development. Middlebury, VT 4/15 - Cost of Dirty Air on Agricultr & Health in China. Camb 4/15 - Energy from the Sea: Some Anecdotes & Issues. Camb *4/15 What Judge & Jury Didn't Know in 'A Civil Action. Waltham, MA *4/15 - Environmental Career Paths - for Students. Medford, MA *4/15 Solutns for Towns to Mesh Roads, Wildlife, & People. Groton, MA Friday, April 16 4/16 - Emerging Disinfection By-Products in Wastewater. Nw Hvn, CT *4/16 - Sustainable Development in Latin America. Medford, MA 4/16 - Early Modern Times & Creation of Rural Landscape. Camb *4/16 - Remote Sensing Land Cover Characterization. Boston 4/16 - Human Rights & Colombian Coal in Salem. Camb *4/16 - The Lorax (film) & Event. North Camb, MA April 16 & 17 4/16,17 - Harvard International Development Conf. Camb 4/16,17 - 2nd Annual Urban Agriculture Conf. Bosotn Sunday, April 18 4/18 – Cancelled: Earth Day Religious Service. Carlisle, MA April 18 - 30 4/18-30 Youth Summit on Sustainable Development. NYC Monday, April 19 4/19 - New York State Earth Day Lobby Day. Albany, 4/19 - Community-based social marketing workshp. Baltimore, MD 4/19 - Earle Williams (MIT). Topic: TBA. New Haven, CT *4/19 – Multiscale Controls, Consequences of, Aeolian Processes. Camb 4/19 - Can Global Warming induce a Permanent El Nino? Camb *4/19 - Successful, Sustainable, Lovable City? Camb April 19 - 22 4/19-22 - Nat’l Enviro Assistance Summit. Baltimore, MD Tuesday, April 20 *4/20 – Multinat’l Corp’s & Envir: Impacts of Investmts. Medford, MA 4/20 – Ecosystems & Solutns for Preserving Global Envir. Boston *4/20 - Key Global Challenges: Health, Envir & Develpmt. Camb *4/20 - Waves of Change: Report on Oceans in Mass. Camb *4/20 Arctic Oscillatn & Summer Temp for Past 600 Years. Camb 4/20 - Can Birders Change the World? Camb *4/20 - NOVA "World in the Balance". PBS WBGH Boston. April 20-23 4/20-23 Global Warming Int’l Conf & Expo (GWXV). San Francisco, CA Wednesday, April 21 4/21 - Sustainomics, Climate Change & Sustainable Develpmt. Camb 4/21 Does Hazardous Waste Matter? Housing, Superfnd Evidence. Camb *4/21 Global Develpmt & Enviro Inst - GDAE Open Hse. Smrvl, MA Thursday, April 22 4/22 - Earth Day 2004 4/22 - Clean Water Act Jurisdiction: NEWEA Seminar. Westford, MA *4/22 – Mass. DEP Organics Recycling Summit. Boxborough, MA 4/22 – Change & American Cities: Lessons from New Haven. Camb 4/22 - Litigation as Regulation in Public Health. Camb 4/22 – 20th c Climate Change in New England & NY. Middlebury, VT 4/22 - Harbor Porpoises in Boston Harbor & Mystic River. Everett, MA Friday, April 23 4/23 - Careers For Today & Tomorrow. NYC 4/23 Elevated atmospheric CO2 & forest succession. Petersham, MA 4/23 Vertical Look at Biodiversity & Ecosystem Functning. Nw Hvn, CT Saturday, April 24 *4/24 - Grantwriting Basics Workshop. Roxbury/Boston, MA *4/24 - Preservatn & Sustnblty: Synergies & Decisn Making. Boston Sunday, April 25 4/25 - Organic Landscaping. Camb Monday, April 26 *4/26 - Environmentally & Socially Conscious Investing. Newton, MA April 25 - 27 4/25-27 Eating As Moral Act: Agrarianism to Consumerism. UNH Monday, April 26 4/26 – Atmos O2 in last decade: Implicatns for C Cycle. Nw Hvn, CT Tuesday, April 27 4/27 – Solutions to Global Enviro Degradation. Boston Wednesday, April 28 4/28 - Climate Change Backpack Training for Educators. Worcester, MA 4/28 - Sustainable Urban Mobility. Camb *4/28 - Breast Cancer: Our Health & the Environment. Salem, MA Thursday, April 29 4/29 – Writing Write “The Nature Notebooks.” Middlebury, VT 4/29 Regnl climate chng frm alterd atmosph circulatn & chem. Camb 4/29 Conservatn in Asia: Protecting Last Wild Places on Earth. Camb Friday, April 30 4/30 Testing concept’l models of watershed acidificatn. Petersham, MA 4/30 - Boat Cruise to Wind Turbine in Hull, MA *4/30 - Restoring the American Environmental Dream – Carl Pope. Camb April 30 & May 1 4/30 - Pathways to Sustainable Future - Sustainable Energy Conf. ME MAY 2004 Saturday, May 1 5/1 - Parks Action Resource Ctr (PARC) Forum. Charlestown, MA 5/1 - Sustainability & Our Environment. Medford, MA Sunday, May 2 *5/2 - Mass. Interfaith Power & Light Earth Day Event. Worcester, MA May 2 - 5 5/2-5 Solid Waste/Recycling Conf & Trade Show. Bolton Landing, NY 5/2-5 Xth Ann Nat’l Clean Cities Conf (Alt Fuel Vehicles). FL Monday, May 3 5/3 - Climate Change Backpack Training for Educators. Newport, RI May 4-6 5/4-6 EnviroExpo 2004. Boston Wednesday, May 5 5/5 So. Ocean & Nutrient Resupply to the Thermocline. Camb 5/5 – Ecology, Conservation & the Human Role. Camb *5/5 - Global Water Crisis: Myth or Reality? Medford, MA 5/5 Preemptn of Regultry Takings in Endangrd Species Act. Camb May 5-7 5/5-7 GHG Registries, Climate Policy & Bottom Line Conf. CA Thursday, May 6 5/6 - Mad Cow Disease: New Challenges for US Regulatn. Camb *5/6 - Regulating Motor Vehicle Pollution in China. Camb May 6-8 5/6-8 Nat’l Congr of Pedestrian Advocates. Silver Spring, MD Saturday, May 8 5/8 – S.E. Mass.: Solutions for a Region at Risk. Bridgewater, MA Sunday, May 9 5/9 - Connecting Children with the Earth. Camb May 10-12 5/10-12 Developing Sustainable Communities Conf. Harrisburg, PA May 11-14 5/11-14 Climate Change & No. Atlantic Fish Stocks Symposm. Norway May 12 – 13 5/12-13 Annual Canadian Enviro Conf & Trade Show. Toronto, Canada Thursday, May 13 5/15 - Future of Responsible Business. Lincoln, MA Saturday, May 15 (New date) 5/15 - Teacher Energy Educatn: CONNECT Day. Willimantic, CT May 15 - 23 5/15 – 23 Mass. Bike Week & Commuter Challenge 2004. MA May 17 & 18 5/17,18 – New England Energy Conf & Expo. Boxborough, MA May 17 - 23 *5/17-23 Sierra Student Coalition's Environmental Activist Training. PA Tuesday, May 18 *5/18 – Bringing Sustainable Practices to Your Community. Medford, MA Wednesday, May 19 5/19 - Climate Change Backpack Training for Educators. Acadia, ME Thursday, May 20 5/20 – Chasing hurricanes in No. Atlantic coastal sediments. Camb Friday, May 21 5/21 - How long can a model predict? Camb For events after 5/22 see Beyond at http://www.tufts.edu/tci/Calendar.html >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> DETAILED LISTINGS: MARCH 2004 MON thru MAY 24 The Path to Sustainable Development, Robert Pojasek, PhD. Harvard Ext Schl course ENVR E-105, 5:30-7:30 pm, Sever Hall Rm 102, Harvard Yard, Camb/Internet. Info: rpojasek at sprynet.com http://courses.dce.harvard.edu/~envre105 781-641-2422 TUES, thru MAY 25 Global Climate Change: Science, Social Impact & Diplomacy of a World Enviro Crisis. 7:30 - 9:30 pm, Harvard Ext Schl Course ENVR - E-130, Harvard Yard, Camb & Internet. Profs Wm Moomaw & Timothy Weiskel. Credit or audit. Info/Syllabus/Resources: http://courses.dce.harvard.edu/~envre130 Tim at EcoEthics.Net http://www.dce.harvard.edu/extension/2003-04/courses/envr.jsp#e-130 APR 14 & 15 CERES 2004 Conf: Critical Decisions for Lasting Prosperity. Re: Sustainability, corporate mngmt & governance, & investor responsibility. Keynote: Jeremy Rifkin (auth: Hydrogen Economy). Hyatt Regency Hotel, Financial Distr., 1 Ave De Lafayette, Boston. Re: Climate & energy risk & opportunity for business, impacts & policy, corp. enviro disclosure, Global Reporting Initiative, etc. Info/Agenda: http://www.ceres.org 617-247-0700 x19, carroll at ceres.org Institutional Investor Summit Report on Climate Risk http://www.incr.com/summit_record.htm THUR, APR 15 Greening Community Development: A View from the Field, Wm Shutkin, (MIT, New Ecology, Inc). 12:15 – 1:20 pm, Bicentennial Hall Rm 216, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT Info/Dir: http://www.middlebury.edu/depts/es/events/woodin_series THUR, APR 15 Cost of Dirty Air: Using Atmospheric Modeling to Quantify the Impact of Air Pollution on Agriculture & Human Health in China Prof Denise Mauzerall (Princeton). 4 pm, Maxwell Dworkin Hall, Rm 119, 33 Oxford St, Camb Dir: http://map.harvard.edu > Law School Info: http://environment.harvard.edu/?&pw=1004 THUR, APR 15 Energy from the Sea: Some Anecdotes & Issues, Chris Garrett (U Victoria). 4 – 5 pm, MIT, Bldg 54 - Rm 915, via 21 Ames St, Camb. Info: http://web.mit.edu/elkeh/www/MASSSeminars.html Dir: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=54&Buildings=go *THUR, APR 15 What the Judge, Jury, & John Travolta Didn't Know in 'A Civil Action,’ Prof E. Scott Bair (Ohio State U). 7 pm, Brandeis U, Pollack Auditrm, 415 South St, Waltham, MA Spons: Brandeis Students for Envir Action & Thoreau Inst. Info: goldin at brandeis.edu, 781-736-3075 Map/Dir: http://my.brandeis.edu/map http://www.brandeis.edu/overview/directions.html *THUR, APR 15 Environmental Career Paths - for Students, Kevin Doyle (Environmental Careers Organization – ECO). 7-9 pm, Tufts U, Dowling Hall, Rm 745, 419 Boston Ave, Tufts U, Medford, MA Info: http://www.tufts.edu/tie/getting_involved/events.html http://www.eco.org Dir: http://www.tufts.edu/source/directions.html http://www.tufts.edu/source/mapmedford.html *THUR, APR 15 Building from Landscape Ecology to Find Solutions for Towns to Mesh Roads, Wildlife, & People, Prof Richard Forman (Landscape Ecology, Harvard). 7 pm, NRWA River Resource Center, 592 Main St, Groton, MA. Info: http://www.NashuaRiverWatershed.org FRI, APR 16 Emerging Disinfection By-Products from Chloramination of Wastewater-Derived Organic Nitrogen, Asst Prof Wm Mitch (Chem & Envir Engineering). Noon, Rm 110, Envir Sci Ctr, 21 Sachem St, Yale U, New Haven, CT Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/calendar *FRI, APR 16 Sustainable Development in Latin America, John Redwood (World Bank). 2 - 3:15 pm, Cabot Intercultural Ctr, Rm 206, Fletcher Schl, 170 Packard Ave, Tufts U, Medford MA Info: http://www.tufts.edu/tie/getting_involved/events.html Info: melissa.bailey at tufts.edu, Dir: http://www.tufts.edu/source/maps/medford FRI, APR 16 Early Modern Times & Creation of Rural Landscape, Prof John Richards (Duke). 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, APR 16 Multiscale/Multigranular Image Segmentation for Remote Sensing Land Cover Characterization, Eric Kolaczyk (Math Dept, Boston U. 4 pm, Stone Sci Bldg, 675 Commonwealth Ave, 4th flr, STO Rm 453, Boston. MBTA: Green B Line - BU East stop. Info: http://www.bu.edu/cees/resources Map: http://www.bu.edu/maps FRI, APR 16 Human Rights & Colombian Coal in Salem, Massachusetts, Prof Avi Chomsky (Salem State College) & No. Shore Colombia Solidarity Cmte. 7 pm, MIT Bldg 66 – Rm 100, 25 Ames St, Camb Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=66&Buildings=go Info: http://web.mit.edu/hemisphere/events *FRI, APR 16 "The Lorax" - film, discussion, games w. Eagle Eye Inst & Henry David Thoreau impersonator, seedlings giveaway, refreshments, fun!$5/adult; $10 family. 7 pm, 38 Cameron Ave. Suite 100, No. Camb. Info/Dir: 617-492-4091; MBTA: Red Line Davis Sq Statn, & Mass Ave busses; http://www.38cameron.com APR 16 & 17 Harvard International Development Conf. Reconstruction & Transformation: Develpmt in a Changing World. Harvard U, Kennedy Schl of Govt, 79 JFK St, Camb. Info: http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/kssgorg/HIDC/portal_hidc.html APR 16 & 17 2nd Annual Urban Agriculture Conf – Growing Possibilities: Agriculture in the City, Boston 4/16: 12 - 4 pm, Food Project's Urban Food Lot (Hands-On Training) 4/17: 8:30 am - 5:30 pm Roxbury Community College (Workshops, Keynote, Ag. Tour). Fri: $25; Sat: $50; Both $65. Registr/Info: 617-442-1322 x 15; http://www.thefoodproject.org ablaine at thefoodproject.org SUN, APR 18 - CANCELLED [CANCELLED: Earth Day Service w Roger S. Gottlieb (WPI). 10:30 am, First Religious Society in Carlisle, 27 School St, Carlisle, MA Info: http://www.uucarlisle.org 978-369-5180 http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/HUA/People/gottlieb.html rmluoma at aol.com] SUN, APR 18 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 APR 18 – 30 Youth Summit on Sustainable Development. U.N. New York City. Info: http://www.sustainus.org/youthsummit.htm MON, APR 19 Community-based social marketing workshop: to foster sustainable Behavior, Doug McKenzie-Mohr PhD. Baltimore, MD Info: http://www.p2.org/summit2004 http://www.cbsm.com MON, APR 19 New York State Earth Day Lobby Day. Albany, NY Info: http://www.eany.org/takeaction/earthday.html edld at eany.org 518-462-5526 x221 MON, APR 19 Earle Williams (MIT). Topic: TBA. 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, APR 19 Blowing in the Wind: Multiscale Controls on, & Consequences of, Aeolian Processes, Gregory S. Okin (U VA). 4 pm, Haller Hall, Geol. Museum, Rm 102, 24 Oxford St, Harv U, Camb Info: http://www.eps.harvard.edu/seminars/epscolloque.php Map: http://www.map.harvard.edu > Science Area, Univ Museum *MON, APR 19 Successful, Sustainable, Lovable City? Essayists Jane Holtz Kay, Lynda Morgenrth, Kristin Brennan & Emily Hiestand, of “Toward the Livable City ( New York Book, (2004). 7 pm, Wordsworth Books, Harvard Sq, 30 Brattle St, Camb. Info: 617-354-5201. APR 19 - 22 Nat’l Enviro Assistance Summit (Nat’l Pollutn Preventn Rndtable Spring Conf & Nat’l Compliance Assist. Providers Forum). Baltimore, MD Info: http://www.p2.org/summit2004 *TUE, APR 20 Multinational Corporations & the Envir: Impacts of Investments/ Balancing Rights & Rewards, Lyuba Zarsky (Global Development & Environment Inst). 11:20 am -12:35 pm, Cabot Intercultural Ctr, Rm 205, Fletcher Schl, 170 Packard Ave, Tufts U, Medford MA Info: http://www.tufts.edu/tie/getting_involved/events.html Dir: http://www.tufts.edu/source/maps/medford TUE, APR 20 Ecosystems & Solutns for Preserving Global Envir: What Defines Wetlands & What Services Do They Provide? Virginia Burkett, PhD, USGS; Public Policy, Carol Browner, Albright Grp; Frmr EPA Admin. 2 – 6 pm, Cannon Rm, Bldg C, Harv Med Schl, Boston. Public audit by arr. Info: http://www.med.harvard.edu/chge/course Map/Dir: http://www.hms.harvard.edu/about/mapsdir.html *TUE, APR 20 Key Global Challenges: Health, Environment & Development in an Interdependent World, Gro Harlem Brundtland (Fmr Dir-General WHO). 4 - 5:30 pm, Maxwell Dworkin Hall, Rm 115, 33 Oxford St, Camb Info adam_geremia at harvard.edu, http://www.environment.harvard.edu Dir: http://map.harvard.edu > Law School *TUE, APR 20 Waves of Change: A New Report on Oceans in Massachusetts, Ellen Roy Herzfelder (MA Sec of Environmental Affairs). MIT Bldg 4 – 5:30 pm, E25 - Rm 111, 45 Carleton St, Camb. Report incl: coastal development, fisheries, off-shore constructn, habitat preservation, ocean-based research, climate change, marine commerce, recreation & public education. Report at: http://www.state.ma.us/czm/MOMI/finalrpts.htm Info: bconlin at mit.edu, 617-452-3199 Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=E25&Buildings=go *TUE, APR 20 Arctic Oscillation and Summer Temperature Variability for the Past 600 Years, Konrad Hughen (WHOI). 4 – 5 pm, Harvard U, Hoffman Lab, 4th floor, Faculty Lounge, 20 Oxford St, Camb. Info: http://www.deas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars TUE, APR 20 Can Birders Change the World? Kenn Kaufman (conservatnist, naturalist, auth). 6 pm, Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St, Camb. Info/Dir: http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/events http://map.harvard.edu *TUE, APR 20 NOVA’s "World in the Balance.” 8 – 10 pm, WGBH Boston. Two- hour Earth Day special explores relationship between people, planet, & future of humanity. Info: http://www.pbs.org/nova/worldbalance APR 20 - 23 Global Warming Int’l Conf & Expo (GWXV). San Francisco, CA. Info: http://www.globalwarming.net/gw15-overview.asp WED, APR 21 Understanding the linkages betwn Climate Change & Sustainable Development Using the Sustainomics Framework, Prof Mohan Munasignhe (Vice Chair, IPCC). 1 – 2:30 pm, MIT Bldg 9 – Rm 151, 105 Mass Ave, Camb. Info: gsherman at mit.edu, http://ceemeng.mit.edu/CMI%20Distinguished%20Lecture%20Series.pdf Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=9&Buildings=go WED, APR 21 Does Hazardous Waste Matter? Evidence from Housing Market & Superfund Program, Michael Greenstone & Justin Gallagher (MIT). 4-5:30 pm, Rm L332, Littauer Bldg, KSG, 79 JFK St, Camb. Envir econ & policy seminar. Papers at website. Info: http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~ec2690hf 617-496-8054 *WED, APR 21 Global Development & Environment Inst (GDAE) Open House. 4 – 6 pm, GDAE, 44 Teele Ave, (Tufts Medford/Smrvl Campus), Somerville, MA RSVP/Info: 617-627-3530, http://www.tufts.edu/tie/getting_involved/events.html Dir: http://www.tufts.edu/source/maps/medford THUR, APR 22 Earth Day 2004 Info: http://www.earthday.net Register event plans: http://www.earthday.net/g&e/logOn.asp international at earthday.net THUR, APR 22 Clean Water Act Jurisdiction: In the Courtroom, In Congress, & In the Field. NE Water Environment Assn Wetlands Cmte Seminar. Westford Regency, 219 Littleton Rd, Westford, MA $85-$120. Registr/Info: http://www.newea.org *THUR, APR 22 4th Annual Organics Recycling Summit, Mass. Dept.of Environmental Protection. 8:30 am – 4 pm, Holiday Inn, Boxborough, MA Info/Registr: http://www.mass.gov/dep/recycle/compost.htm stephen.long at state.ma.us, 617-292-5734 sumner.martinson at state.ma.us, 617-292-5969 THUR, APR 22 Change & American Cities: Lessons from New Haven Douglas Rae (Yale U & auth, “City: Urbanism & Its End”) Noon, Taubman A, 5th flr, Taubman Bldg, JFK Schl Govt, 15 Eliot St, Camb Map: http://map.harvard.edu Info: http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/taubmancenter/events.html THUR, APR 22 Litigation as Regulation in Public Health, Asst Prof Michelle Mello (HSPH). Noon -1:30 pm, Bell Hall, 5th Flr, Belfer Bldg, KSG, 79 JFK St, Camb. RSVP/Info: 617-384-8319, rpp at ksg.harvard.edu, http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/cbg/rpp/seminars.htm THUR, APR 22 20th Century Climate Change in New England & New York, Rich Wolfson & Steve Trombulak. 12:15 – 1:20 pm, Bicentennial Hall Rm 216, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT Info/Dir: http://www.middlebury.edu/depts/es/events/woodin_series THUR, APR 22 Distribution, Abundance, & Life History of Harbor Porpoises in Boston Harbor & Mystic River, Jim Rice (NE Aquarium). 7 pm, Keverian Rm, Everett City Hall, 484 Broadway, Everett, MA Info: http://www.mysticriver.org/calendar/apr_04.htm FRI, APR 23 Careers For Today & Tomorrow. SustainUS Youth Summit: UN Church Ctr, 777 UN Plaza, NYC, NY Info: http://www.sustainus.org/youthsummit.htm FRI, APR 23 Implications of elevated atmospheric CO2 for forest succession & tree fitness, Jacqueline Mohan (Harvard). 11 am, Harvard Forest, Seminar rm, Shaler Hall, Petersham, MA Info/Dir: http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminarschedule.html http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu FRI, APR 23 Looking at Biodiversity & Ecosystem Functioning Vertically Rather Than Horizontally, Prof Oswald Schmitz. Noon, Rm 110, Envir Sci Ctr, 21 Sachem St, Yale U, New Haven, CT Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/calendar *SAT, APR 24 Grantwriting Basics Workshop, Muadi Dibinga (Bijimba & Assocs). 10 am – 4 pm, OrigiNation Culture Arts Center, 11 Walnut Park, Roxbury/Boston, MA. $65. Info: Bijimba at yahoo.com, 617-541-1875 *SAT, APR 24 Preservation & Sustainability: Synergies & Critical Decision Making, The Green Roundtable. Noon – 1:30 pm, Restoration & Renovation Conf, Hynes Convention Center, Boylston St, Back Bay, Boston RVSP req’d by noon, 4/23; Space limited. Info/RSVP: 617-374-3740, dakota at greenroundtable.org http://www.greenroundtable.org SUN, APR 25 Organic Landscaping, Marilyn Castriotta & Don Bishop (Gardens Are...). 3 pm, Veggie Planet/Club Passim, 47 Palmer St, Harvard Sq, Camb. Dinner after, $9:50 by pre-order. Info: 617-824-4225, http://boston.earthsave.org http://www.clubpassim.org http://www.organiclandcare.net SUN, APR 25 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 APR 25 - 27 Eating As a Moral Act: Ethics & Power from Agrarianism to Consumerism. Re: Consumptn, Consumerism, & Citizenship; Gender, Food & Culture; Power & Food Systems; Politics of Fat; Alternative Futures of Food Systems; Slow Food; Food in NE; >From Fisheries to Aquaculture; Food Safety & Food Security; Eating the Landscape; & Religion & Food. UNH, Durham, NH Info: http://www.sustainableunh.unh.edu/fas/eating_moral_act.html FYI: http://environet.policy.net MON, APR 26 Distribution of atmospheric oxygen in the last decade: Implicatns for carbon cycle, Michael Bender (Princeton). 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, APR 26 Environmentally & Socially Conscious Investing Panel: Greg Garvan (Money with a Mission); Elizabeth Glenshaw (Calvert Foundation); Eric Packer (Progressive Asset Management); Tim Smith (Walden Asset Mngmt); Barney Freiberg-Dale, moderator. 7 pm, Newton Free Library, 330 Homer St., Newton, MA. Spons: Green Decade Coalition/Newton Info: http://www.greendecade.org 617-965-1995 Dir: http://www.ci.newton.ma.us/library/directions.htm TUE, APR 27 Solutions: Modrtr Steve Curwood, Living on Earth, NPR; [Our Common Future - 17 years update Gro Harlem Brundtland, MPH, MD, fmr Dir-General, WHO]; Scientists, Media & Solutns, Cornelia Dean, Ed Sci Times, NYT; Financing Global Change: Kyoto & Beyond, Ross Gelbspan, journalist/auth, The Heat Is On. 2 – 6 pm, Cannon Rm, Bldg C, Harvard Med Schl, Boston. Public audit by arr. Info: http://www.med.harvard.edu/chge/course Map/Dir: http://www.hms.harvard.edu/about/mapsdir.html WED, APR 28 Climate Change Backpack Training – Tool Kit to help educators, science & nature center interpreters to teach about climate change. 9:30 am – 3:30 pm, Ecotarium, Worcester, MA. Free. Lunch $7. Plse RSVP by 4/21. Info: janderson at neaq.org, 617-973-0256 http://www.nescc.info/programs.php#backpack WED, APR 28 Sustainable Urban Mobility – Transport solutions for 21st C, Fred Salvucci (MIT, fmr MA Sec Transp). 1 – 2:30 pm, MIT Bldg 9 – Rm 151, 105 Mass Ave, Camb. Info: gsherman at mit.edu, http://ceemeng.mit.edu/CMI%20Distinguished%20Lecture%20Series.pdf Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=9&Buildings=go *WED, APR 28 Breast Cancer: Our Health & the Environment, Ruthann Rudel (Silent Spring Inst). 7 - 8:30 pm, First Congregational Society, 316 Essex St, Salem, MA. Spons: Mass Breast Cancer Coalition & HealthLink. Info: 781-639-8636 THUR, APR 29 How & Why I Came to Write “The Nature Notebooks”, a Novel about 'Nature Writing, Don Mitchell. 12:15 – 1:20 pm, Bicentennial Hall Rm 216, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT Info/Dir: http://www.middlebury.edu/depts/es/events/woodin_series THUR, APR 29 Regional climate change from altered atmospheric circulatn & chemistry, Drew Shindell (NASA-Goddard). 4 – 5 pm, MIT, Bldg 54 - Rm 915, via 21 Ames St, Camb Info: masahiro at mit.edu http://web.mit.edu/elkeh/www/MASSSeminars.html Dir: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=54&Buildings=go THUR, APR 29 Conservation in Central Asia: Protecting the Last Wild Places on Earth, Dr. George Schaller (mammalian conservtn biologist, world wildlife conservatnist). 6 pm, Geologcl Lecture Hall. 24 Oxford St, Camb. Info/Dir: http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/events http://map.harvard.edu FRI, APR 30 Testing conceptual models of watershed acidification: Bear Brook watershed in Maine, Ivan Fernandez (U Maine). 11 am, Harvard Forest, Seminar rm, Shaler Hall, Petersham, MA Info/Dir: http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminarschedule.html http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu FRI, APR 30 Harbor Boat Cruise to Wind Turbine in Hull, MA. 2 – 6 pm (Boarding begins at 1 pm), depart Rowes Wharf, Boston Harbor; tour Hull’s wind turbine; raffle, silent auction, food, drink. $15. Spons: Mass Energy. Info/Tix: http://www.massenergy.com 617-524-3950 x129, beth at massenergy.com *FRI, APR 30 We Were All Going to Recycle. We Were All Going to Breathe Clean Air. Restoring the American Environmental Dream, Carl Pope (Exec Dir, Sierra Club). 3 pm, Harvard Hall, Rm104, Harvard Yard, Camb Info: Robert_stowe at harvard.edu APR 30 & MAY 1 Pathways to a Sustainable Future - Sustainable Energy Conf. 4/30 – NE Middle School Student Conf, 8 am – 4 pm. Info: logan at planet-save.com http://www.chewonki.org 5/1 - Adult Conf, 8 am – 4 pm, $48/$58 Info: parnold at chewonki.org http://www.chewonki.org Chewonki Fndn’s Center for Envir Educatn, 485 Chewonki Neck Rd., Wiscasset, ME MAY 2004 SAT, MAY 1 Parks Action Resource Center (PARC) Annual Forum for Boston’s neighborhood stewards, activists, advocates for community parks, green & open spaces. 8:30 am – 2 pm, Bunker Hill Community College, Charlestown, Boston. Info: http://www.greenspacealliance.org 617-426-7980 x106, smeehl at greenspacealliance.org. SAT, MAY 1 Sustainability & Our Environment (Symposium). Noon – 6 pm, Tufts Univ, Fletcher Schl, Cabot Intercultural Ctr, 170 Packard Ave, Medford, MA. $10/$25. Info: http://www.startingbloc.org/events_main_6.html Dir: http://www.tufts.edu/source/mapmedford.html *SUN, MAY 2 Mass. Interfaith Power & Light Earth Day Event. 2 - 4 pm, Unitarian Universalist Church of Worcester, 90 Holden St, Worcester, MA Info: http://www.MIPandL.org 800-406-5374, lhoke at MIPandL.org MAY 2 - 5 Solid Waste/Recycling Conf & Trade Show. Bolton Landing, NY Info: http://www.nyfederation.org MAY 2 – 5 10th Ann Nat’l Clean Cities Conf. Fort Lauderdale, FL. Info: http://www.ccities.doe.gov/conference/lauderdale MON, MAY 3 Climate Change Backpack Training – Tool Kit to help educators, science & nature center interpreters to teach about climate change. 9:30 am – 3:30 pm, Newport, RI. Free. Lunch $7. Co-spons: Save the Bay, RI. Plse RSVP by 4/17; Info: janderson at neaq.org, 617-973-0256 http://www.nescc.info/programs.php#backpack MAY 4-6 EnviroExpo 2004. World Trade Ctr, EnviroExpo 2004. World Trade Center, 164 Northern Ave, Boston. Info: http://www.enviroexpo.com 617-489-2302 WED, MAY 5 Role of Southern Ocean in Nutrient Resupply to the Thermocline, Jorge Sarmiento (GFDL / Princeton). 12:10 - 1 pm, MIT Bldg 54 – Rm 915, via Ames St, Camb. Info: http://www.mit.edu/~phuybers/sack.html Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=54&Buildings=go WED, MAY 5 Ecology, Conservation & the Human Role, Sir Crispin Tickell (UK Gov’t Advisor on Envir). 1 – 2:30 pm, MIT Bldg 9 – Rm 151, 105 Mass Ave, Camb. Info: gsherman at mit.edu, http://ceemeng.mit.edu/CMI%20Distinguished%20Lecture%20Series.pdf Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=9&Buildings=go *WED, MAY 5 Global Water Crisis: Myth or Reality? 2nd Ann. Water Resources Leadership Lecture, Prof. Peter Rogers, Gordon McKay (Engnr & City Planning Harvard U). 4 pm, Barnum Hall Rm 008, 163 Packard Ave, Tufts Campus, Medford, MA Info: http://www.tufts.edu/tie/getting_involved/events.html Dir: http://www.tufts.edu/source/directions.html WED, MAY 5 Measuring the Preemptn of Regulatory Takings in Endangered Species Act: Evidence From a Natural Experiment, John List (U Md), Michael Margolis (Resources for Future), & Daniel Osgood (U Ariz). 4-5:30 pm, Rm L332, Littauer Bldg, KSG, 79 JFK St, Camb. Envir econ & policy seminar. Papers at website. Info: http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~ec2690hf 617-496-8054 MAY 5-7 GHG Registries, Climate Policy & Bottom Line Conf. San Diego, CA Info: http://www.climateregistry.org/EVENTS/Conference THUR, MAY 6 Mad Cow Disease: New Challenges for US Regulatn, Panel: George Gray (Risk Analyst, HSPH); Dan Glickman (fmr Sec USDA & fmr Congressman); Kathleen Merrigan (Tufts U & fmr Marketing Service Admin USDA). Noon -1:30 pm, Bell Hall, 5th Flr, Belfer Bldg, KSG, 79 JFK St, Camb. RSVP/Info: rpp at ksg.harvard.edu, 617-384-8319, http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/cbg/rpp/seminars.htm NYT Whistleblower: http://www.tufts.edu/tci/Calendar.html > Feature *THUR, MAY 6 Regulating Motor Vehicle Pollution in China: Policies & Implementatn in the Pearl River Delta, Dr. Arnold Howitt (Taubman Ctr, KSG). 4 – 6 pm, Pierce Hall, Rm 100F, 29 Oxford St, Harvard U, Camb Info: http://www.environment.harvard.edu Map: http://www.map.harvard.edu > Law Schl MAY 6-8 Nat’l Congress of Pedestrian Advocates 2004. Silver Spring, MD Info: http://americawalks.org/congress SAT, MAY 8 So. Eastern Mass.: Solutions for Region at Risk Conf. 8:30 am - 3:30 pm, Bridgewater State College, Moakley Ctr Auditrm, 100 Burrill Ave, Bridgewater, MA. $10 Re: Protecting critical environmental resources, land use planning & decision-making. Spons: SE Mass. Envir Collab. Info: http://www.SE-ass-envirosolutions.org 1-888-239-8327, info at SE-Mass-envirosolutions.org Dir: http://www.bridgew.edu/CampusMap http://www.bridgew.edu/Directions.cfm SUN, MAY 9 Connecting Children with the Earth, Jane Smillie (CitySprouts) & reps of the Food Project. 3 pm, Veggie Planet/Club Passim, 47 Palmer St, Harvard Sq, Camb. Dinner after, $9:50 by pre-order. Info: 617-824-4225, http://boston.earthsave.org http://www.clubpassim.org http://www.citysprouts.com http://www.thefoodproject.org MAY 10-12 4th Ann. Goddard Forum – Developing Sustainable Communities Conf. Harrisburg, PA Info: shortcourse at psu.edu http://www.sfr.cas.psu.edu/goddard/forum3.htm MAY 11-14 Influence of Climate Change on North Atlantic Fish Stocks Symposm. Bergen, Norway. Info: http://www.imr.no/2004symposium/index.php MAY 12 - 13 6th Ann Canadian Enviro Conf & Trade Show. Toronto, Canada Info: http://www.esemag.com/conferen/compliance.html THUR, MAY 13 Future of Responsible Business, Jeffrey Hollender (Pres & CEO, Seventh Generatn). 7 pm, Thoreau Inst, Walden Woods Project, 44 Baker Farm Rd, Lincoln, MA RSVP req/Info: 781-259-4707 http://www.walden.org/Calendar Dir: http://www.walden.org/directions SAT, MAY 15 (Rescheduled from 10/25/03) 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 ] MAY 15 - 23 Mass. Bike Week & Commuter Challenge 2004. Daily Schedule/Info: http://www.massbike.org/events/bw2004 MAY 17 & 18 11th Ann NECA & CPES New England Energy Conf & Expo. Energizing Competitive Energy Markets Keynotes: . S. Marce Fuller (Pres, CEO, Mirant Corp) & Jeff Scott, COO, US Transmission, National Grid). Sessions incl: Infrastructure Investments; Incumbent Generators; Distributed Generation; Renewable Energy; Financial Issues; LNG Projects & Fuel Diversity in NE; Mandated Pricing, CT GHG Issues & Clean Water Regs, etc. Boxborough Woods Holiday Inn, Boxborough, MA Info/Registr: http://www.necanews.org http://www.cpes.org *MAY 17- 23 Sierra Student Coalition's Environmental Activist Training. Re: Skill bldg; Lobbying; Campaign Organizing; Enviro Issues, etc. Kirkwood Retreat Ctr, Poconos region, nr Stroudburg, PA. Applic ddln 5/1. $78 for members; travel Scholarships & fee waivers available. Info: 1-888-JOIN-SSC; rachel.ackoff at ssc.org 909.964.9547 *TUE, MAY 18 How to Bring Sustainable Practices to Your Community: What We Can Learn from the Eco-municipalities of Sweden. Sarah James (Sarah James & Assocs) & Torbjörn Lahti (planner, economist Övertorneå, Sweden). Workshop for planners, practitioners, students, & activists. 9 am - 3:30 pm, Rabb Rm, Lincoln-Filene Ctr, Tufts U, Medford, MA Info: at http://ssne.org/news.htm ; Sustainable Sweden Tour: http://www.sustainablesweden.org/tours/tour_2004.shtml WED, MAY 19 Climate Change Backpack Training – Tool Kit for educators, science & nature center interpreters to teach about climate change. 9:30 am – 3:30 pm, Acadia National Park, ME. Free. Lunch $7. Plse RSVP by 5/12. Info: janderson at neaq.org, 617-973-0256, http://www.nescc.info/programs.php#backpack THUR, MAY 20 Chasing hurricanes in coastal sediments: centennial to millennial scale records of No. Atlantic tropical cyclone activity, Jeff Donnelly (WHOI). 4 pm, MIT Bldg 54 – Rm 915, via Ames St, Camb. Info: http://www.mit.edu/~elkeh/MASSSeminars.html Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=54&Buildings=go FRI, MAY 21 How long can a model predict? P. C. 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Ed Kern, Research Engineer, MIT Lab for Energy and the Environment Friday, April 23, 2004 2:00-3:30 pm E40-496 The developing world's first large scale joint photovoltaic / hydro grid-connected project is undergoing final acceptance testing in the Philippines. The Cagayan de Oro Power & Light Company (CEPALCO), a private utility based on the island of Mindanao, has installed a 1 MW on-grid field of PV modules at a cost of approximately US$5 million to maximize the efficiency of the 7 MW Bubunawan hydroelectric facility that has recently been put into service. The proposed PV installation is being designed to meet peak power needs during the daytime and allow the dam, which has insufficient water flow to run 24/7, to store capacity for evening use. The PV plant is constructed about 5 km southeast of the business district in the city of Cagayan de Oro, which is located within CEPALCO's distribution system, thus avoiding transmission and distribution losses. The project is the first significant use of grid-connected PV in a developing country. The project concept is being promoted by IFC and GEF as a demonstration of the environmental and economic benefits of the combined use of hydro and PV-based power (if PV prices eventually fall as independent experts predict). According to certain studies, there are approximately 360,000 MW of potentially suitable hydro plants in high solar insolation regions in developing countries that could benefit from combined hydro / PV projects. This seminar will also include a discussion by Mr. Abaya of developments in the evolution of the electric power sector in the Philippines and an overview on some technical details of the PV and hydro systems that form this World Bank / IFC / GEF pilot project by Dr. Kern from the Laboratory for Energy and the Environment. Mr. Ramon Abaya is chairman and CEO of Cagayan Electric Power and Light Company, Inc., and president of Mindanao Energy Systems, Inc. He is also the director of the Philippine Electric Plant Owner Association that works on energy policy and regulation. He has experience working with the Philippine government's incentives for renewable energy development projects. Mr. Abaya received his BA in history and government from Ateneo de Manila University, MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, MPA from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and MS in financial economics from the University of London. Part of the Environment and Sustainability Seminar Series sponsored by the MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment Light refreshments will be provided. -- _________________________________ 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/20040415/9ca64418/attachment.htm From mols at MIT.EDU Thu Apr 15 18:33:15 2004 From: mols at MIT.EDU (Molly McGuire) Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 18:33:15 -0400 Subject: [Save] Earth Day 2004 Bike Repair Workshop Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20040415173008.0213fb30@hesiod> Dear friends, I need some volunteer bike mechanics for Earth Day at MIT next Thursday, April 29! Do something good for Cambridge in the sunny grass of MIT Kresge oval on a Thursday afternoon-- you will probably just be staring out of your office window anyway. We need lots of volunteers for any available time slot between 10 am and 6 pm. Both amateur and expert bike mechanics are welcome - this is a chance to work on a bunch of bikes together and learn more. A few years ago we tried out a bike-repair workshop at MIT Earth Day and it was a big hit. It is a great opportunity both for bike owners to get their bikes in working order, and for volunteers to teach/learn a lot. The goals of the workshop are to help students (1) fix up their bikes (2) get more comfortable interacting with their bikes (3) think about bikes as an environmental asset to society. This year I would like to try and put an emphasis on working with students on their bikes, so that it is as much about learning as doing. Simultaneously, SfGS, SAVE and several other organizations will be, cooking, giving away bike paraphernalia, propagandizing, and discussing their love of the earth with participants. Even if you're not able to help out with the workshop, I hope you'll stop by and see what's going on. Please email me if you think you can help (with a rough indication of what time you can be there). Thanks for your help and hope to see you next Thursday! -Molly From jalee at MIT.EDU Fri Apr 16 07:54:07 2004 From: jalee at MIT.EDU (Jessica Lee) Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 07:54:07 -0400 Subject: [Save] another plant-related earth day request Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20040415073228.0248f508@po11.mit.edu> Do you have nice houseplants that take well to cuttings, or things that put out runners with baby plants (like spider plants or strawberry geranium)? The SAVE Earthday plant handout welcomes plant donations and loans (a loan meaning we use your plant for taking cuttings, and return it at the end of the day, well-trimmed). Please reply to me (jalee at mit.edu) if you can help! Thank you! jessica From m1brown at MIT.EDU Fri Apr 16 12:09:41 2004 From: m1brown at MIT.EDU (Michael Brown) Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 12:09:41 -0400 Subject: [Save] Harvard Int'l Dev Conference - this weekend! Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20040416112033.014f2da0@po9.mit.edu> [sorry for any cross-posting] *Just a last reminder* The Harvard International Development Conference (www.hidc2004.org) is this weekend, a bunch of DUSP and Architecture people have been involved with putting this together: Among the 17 panels on Saturday: -Environmental Negotiations, Conflict Prevention, and National Security -Public-Private Partnerships: Addressing the African HIV/AIDS Pandemic -Urbanization of Poverty: Mechanisms for Improving Housing Conditions in Low-income Settlements -The Millennium Project: An update on Task Force 8 on Improving the Lives of 100 Million Slum Dwellers -Sustaining Environmental and Conservation Efforts Through Development and Transition -"Do No Harm" Avoiding the Negative Effects of Development Projects *Sunday's workshops are free* -Back to Basics in Kabul -Lobbying: Effective and Ethical Influence -Development Policy Video: Issues, Techniques and Demonstrations -Empowering Youth to Address Challenges in their Communities - Creating Systematic Approaches That Foster Collaboration and Partnership -Invention, Listening and the Art of Development: Finding New Ways to Match Realization to Expectation -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If you would prefer not to receive updates electronically >>>from us, >>>you can reply to this email or contact us at 670 Centre Street, Boston, >>>MA 02130 >> >>---------- >> >>Cameron Wobus >>Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences >>Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Room 54-810 >>77 Massachusetts Avenue >>Cambridge, MA 02139 >>(617)-253-1911 >> >>http://darla.mit.edu/~cwobus >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/save/attachments/20040417/4c0e592a/attachment.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 110660.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 20587 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/save/attachments/20040417/4c0e592a/attachment.jpg -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Gloves, trash bags, and snacks will be provided, not necessarily in that order. Lunch and tee shirts will be served up afterwards at noon at Herter and Artesani Parks, located along Soldiers Field Road in Brighton. Directions, courtesy of Easter Seals. *RSVP: Volunteers are encouraged to get in touch with site coordinators before the clean-up. Ashdown House volunteers should contact Julie Wallace of MIT Graduate Student Volunteer Corps at juliewa at mit.edu. Longellow Bridge volunteers should contact Andrea Cohen of MIT Sea Grant at alcohen at mit.edu Sponsors for the MIT cleanup include MIT Sea Grant, Graduate Student Volunteer Corps and Share a Vital Earth (SAVE) . From belg4mit at MIT.EDU Tue Apr 20 19:28:24 2004 From: belg4mit at MIT.EDU (Jerrad Pierce) Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 19:28:24 -0400 Subject: [Save] GreenMap Meeting Message-ID: <200404202328.i3KNSO3r000476@biohazard-cafe.mit.edu> Learn about Cambridge and the Environment Join Jerrad Pierce of GreenMap MIT, in an information session about this new project. The meeting is on campus (just off of Ames Street) and refreshments will be provided. We''ll be discussing volunteer opportunities including: environmental advocacy, community involvement, working with children, market analysis, fundraising, map making, graphic design. To find out more, email GreenMap MIT at greenmap-request at mit.edu. GreenMap MIT Date: Monday, April 26, 2004 Location: MIT, Room 66-156 Time: 6:00 PM ... Feel free to pass this information along to others whom might be interested. RSVP -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The same file is also available at http://greenmap.mit.edu/meeting.pdf The meeting is scheduled for Monday April 26 at 6 PM in 66-156 Thanks! -- H4sICNoBwDoAA3NpZwA9jbsNwDAIRHumuC4NklvXTOD0KSJEnwU8fHz4Q8M9i3sGzkS7BBrm OkCTwsycb4S3DloZuMIYeXpLFqw5LaMhXC2ymhreVXNWMw9YGuAYdfmAbwomoPSyFJuFn2x8 Opr8bBBidccAAAA= -- MOTD on Setting Orange, the 37th of Discord, in the YOLD 3170: "Grey! Did I hear you say grey?" "Light black. From pole to pole." From kgibson at MIT.EDU Tue Apr 20 09:52:23 2004 From: kgibson at MIT.EDU (Karen Gibson) Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 09:52:23 -0400 Subject: [Save] April 21 seminar - ESI: Research & Education in Environmental Science & Engineering Message-ID: The Earth System Initiative at MIT: Research and Education in Environmental Science and Engineering Dr. Matthew Gardner, Program Administrator, Earth System Initiative Wednesday, April 21, 2004 12:00-1:30 pm E40-496 Abstract The Earth System Initiative is a multidisciplinary environmental research and education enterprise at MIT whose goal is to leverage MIT's expertise in fundamental environmental science and engineering in order to shed light on the chemical, biological, and geological cycles that collectively make up our planet. In it's almost two years of existence, ESI is well on its way to developing a portfolio of research and education activities that reflect these goals. This seminar will describe the Earth System Initiative in detail, will outline its research objectives, and will describe ongoing and planned research and education programs in environmental science and engineering. Part of the Environment and Sustainability Seminar Series sponsored by the MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment Light refreshments will be provided. -- _________________________________ 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 Cagayan de Oro Power & Light Company (CEPALCO), a private utility based on the island of Mindanao, has installed a 1 MW on-grid field of PV modules at a cost of approximately US$5 million to maximize the efficiency of the 7 MW Bubunawan hydroelectric facility that has recently been put into service. The proposed PV installation is being designed to meet peak power needs during the daytime and allow the dam, which has insufficient water flow to run 24/7, to store capacity for evening use. The PV plant is constructed about 5 km southeast of the business district in the city of Cagayan de Oro, which is located within CEPALCO's distribution system, thus avoiding transmission and distribution losses. The project is the first significant use of grid-connected PV in a developing country. The project concept is being promoted by IFC and GEF as a demonstration of the environmental and economic benefits of the combined use of hydro and PV-based power (if PV prices eventually fall as independent experts predict). According to certain studies, there are approximately 360,000 MW of potentially suitable hydro plants in high solar insolation regions in developing countries that could benefit from combined hydro / PV projects. This seminar will also include a discussion by Mr. Abaya of developments in the evolution of the electric power sector in the Philippines and an overview on some technical details of the PV and hydro systems that form this World Bank / IFC / GEF pilot project by Dr. Kern from the Laboratory for Energy and the Environment. Mr. Ramon Abaya is chairman and CEO of Cagayan Electric Power and Light Company, Inc., and president of Mindanao Energy Systems, Inc. He is also the director of the Philippine Electric Plant Owner Association that works on energy policy and regulation. He has experience working with the Philippine government's incentives for renewable energy development projects. Mr. Abaya received his BA in history and government from Ateneo de Manila University, MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, MPA from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and MS in financial economics from the University of London. Part of the Environment and Sustainability Seminar Series sponsored by the MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment Light refreshments will be provided. -- _________________________________ 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/20040420/349e0b91/attachment.htm From krhettn at MIT.EDU Wed Apr 21 02:25:51 2004 From: krhettn at MIT.EDU (K Rhett Nichols) Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 02:25:51 -0400 Subject: [Save] economist article, related to beef Message-ID: <200404210625.i3L6PpxN005370@all-night-tool.mit.edu> thought this was an interesting and relevant article for veg and save.. http://www.economist.com/world/la/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2597880 The price of success, Does Brazil have to choose between economic growth and preserving the endangered Amazon? "The main driver of deforestation, according to a new report by the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), is a recent surge in exports of beef." From jalee at MIT.EDU Thu Apr 22 12:10:55 2004 From: jalee at MIT.EDU (Jessica A Lee) Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 12:10:55 -0400 Subject: [Save] [Fwd: Happy Earth Day 2004!] Message-ID: <1082650255.23117.5.camel@m56-129-18.mit.edu> -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: Anne Wasserman Subject: Happy Earth Day 2004! Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 12:13:08 -0400 Size: 20225 Url: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/save/attachments/20040422/6160ed49/attachment.eml From krobinso at MIT.EDU Fri Apr 23 10:36:41 2004 From: krobinso at MIT.EDU (Karen E. Robinson) Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 10:36:41 -0400 Subject: [Save] Sewage Treatment - Deer Island Tour - Tuesday, May 4th Message-ID: <200404231436.i3NEafmP000879@contents-vnder-pressvre.mit.edu> All, Come see what happens after you flush a Boston toilet. Some of us have been talking about going to Deer Island -- the Boston Harbor Island where sewage treatment is done for "43 greater Boston communities"* just about forever. Now it's happening. There are public tours on Tuesdays, it turns out, and we're going Tuesday, May 4, 10am-noon. I know this tends to be a busy time of year.. Please respond to Alex if you're interested: mevay at means.mit.edu Pass this on to individuals, but please don't send this to other mailing lists. - karen * www.mwra.state.ma.us/03sewer/html/sewditp.htm ------- Forwarded Message Return-Path: To: cruftlabs at mit.edu, mattxmal at mit.edu, aleida-skippers at mit.edu, amb at mit.edu, lizd at bu.edu Subject: Deer Island Tour Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 10:54:25 -0400 From: Alex MeVay For all of you who are interested in finding out what goes on inside the dinosaur eggs, I've reserved some space on their public tour. Tuesday, May 4, 10am-noon. I'll be leaving from around MIT a little after 9 AM and can take some people. I reserved for 6 people, but that can be changed, presumably. If you want to come, tell me by this Sunday: Would you like to carpool? How many people can you drive (including you)? Driver's license state and number (or number of other specified state ID) (this is required by them for security) I'll email next week with more details. If more people reply than can be accomodated, I'll choose based on how much I like you. Three cheers to getting shitty, - -Alex ------- End of Forwarded Message From mslow at MIT.EDU Fri Apr 23 15:58:48 2004 From: mslow at MIT.EDU (Manshi Low) Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 15:58:48 -0400 Subject: [Save] Dell Webcast Q&A: Get your voice heard -- make your own questions! Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20040423155236.01e86598@po10.mit.edu> The following is with regards to the Q&A from the organizer, Kara. Feel free to give suggestions/comments. Just a note, we are also getting outside reporters for the event. Manshi ==================================================== The campaign has come up with a potential list of questions that we think it's important to ask Mr. Dell. Please look them over and see what you think. They have been compiled from speaking to students, recyclers, activists, and policy-makers. When Mr. Dell opens up the webcast for questions, we will have some campuses prioritized and in the line-up for questions---I can make sure MIT is one of these schools so you can get in an initial question.Please circulate the questions to your group. FIRST LEVEL PRIORITY * Can you describe for us what steps your company undertakes to monitor your recycling vendorscompliance with your policies of no export of waste and no use of prison labor? A friend of mine recently purchased a Dell brand printer, and the mailing label to recycle their old printer was addressed to a federal prison. Can you describe Dells actions to monitor the practices of your downstream vendors? * We have heard that Dell put a letter of support into the legislative effort in MN, but failed to do so in Maine. What can we expect from Dell re: involvement in state policy in 2005? Given that policy interests between Dell and the Computer campaign seem to be coming closer together, do you foresee collaborating with the campaign to keep things going in directions that are better for Dells business model? (Well use this as a way to measure your seriousness on these issues going forward) * Do you see your company taking an active role in promoting e-waste policy at the federal level you deem desirable, rather than reacting to proposals akin to CAs SB20 when they arise that undercut your business model and could emerge in Congress? * Would you agree that the campaign which has targeted your company not only identified important environmental concerns but also created enormous opportunities for you to re-shape your company, and perhaps through your company the consumer electronics industry as a whole? * I read somewhere recently about an IT industry CEO summit this May in Washington state; is the e-waste issue part of the agenda, or do you plan to raise the issue given the apparent strong policy differences within the industry? * Have you coordinated at all with Carly Fiorina of HP to unite the industry, or to sharpen the policy divisions between your companies and other companies, like IBM, Panasonic? * We are encouraged by this event, and would like to know what other sorts of investments Dell intends to make in students and youth, particularly as it relates to environmental concerns; would you consider establishing a fellowship program for students interested in the studying the environmental impacts of IT, materials science, etc.? SECOND LEVEL PRIORITY * Dell has embraced the RoHS requirements and worked to move on quicker timelines for many restricted materials. What other examples can you point to from the European market that are guiding your direction here in the U.S. take back systems, collection chain relations, etc.? * Your letter to students provided considerably more detail about what the company is doing in several areas. What other goals have you established, and how does your current performance rate relative to those goals? * When we started this campaign on campuses, very few of them had ever heard of Dells Asset Recovery Service. Now, when your company negotiates purchase contracts with colleges and universities, how do you market your asset recovery services? * A few of Dells recent catalogs have included information on computer recycling; when can we expect to see a catalog, newspaper ad, or TV ad from Dell that features computer recycling? * Some writers have described Dell as the WalMart of the computer industry; is that a fair characterization, if so why and if not why not? THIRD LEVEL PRIORITY * Many out-going CEOs envision a legacy to leave behind; have you thought about what your legacy will be? * Among all the items you have received in the mail from students involved in this campaign, what was your favorite? * Do you envision less product intensive future of computing, for instance rather than selling everyone a machine for their desk, selling them peripherals, storage space and services? * Who are your role models, and who are other CEOs that you look to for inspiration, direction, etc.? * What projects do you plan to prioritize after handing off the CEO duties this summer? * We were disappointed when your company eliminated Steven the Dell dude a while back; would you consider returning him to future commercials about computer recycling and a post-ToxicDude era for the company? Clean Water Action >Computer TakeBack Campaign Organizer >617.338.8131 phone >617.338.6449 fax >kreeve at cleanwater.org >www.computertakeback.com >www.dontbeDELLuded.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. From mslow at MIT.EDU Thu Apr 22 09:36:16 2004 From: mslow at MIT.EDU (Manshi Low) Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 09:36:16 -0400 Subject: [Save] National student teleconference with Michael Dell! Apr 26 Mon 3:15-5pm Rm 3-343 Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20040422092237.020f9950@po10.mit.edu> >*** please distribute *** (Apologies for cross-posting) > > > >>DELL and DELLuded users! Get involved in the National student >>teleconference with Michael Dell in support of the Computer TakeBack Campaign! >>Speech followed by Q&A session. >> >>Time : Monday April 26th, 3:15 to 5pm >>Venue : 3-343 >> >>Michael Dell has issued a public response to the Computer TakeBack >>Campaign organized by Grassroots Recycling Network (GRRN) calling on Dell >>to "take it back, make it clean, and recycle responsibly." His letter >>can be read on-line at >>http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/corporate/environ/Dell%20Open%20Letter.pdf. >>Michael Dell and GRRN are organizing a webcast and teleconference from >>3:30 -4:30 eastern for student campuses across the nation. MIT students >>could have a chance to ask him questions at the end of the conference. > > >>While other computer companies are working on recycling solutions, Dell >>has mostly put emphasis on public relations and organized a series of >>1-day only collection events in several cities earlier this year, only to >>ship them to a federal prison labor program called UNICOR to be recycled >>dangerously. Dell has since stopped the practice but should be doing >>more considering that Dell controls the largest share of US and global >>personal computer marker and yet recycles less than 1/10th of 1% of the >>computers it produces. >More information about the Computer Take Back Campaign: >http://www.computertakeback.com/ >and the Dell Campaign: www.dontbeDELLuded.com > >Organized by Sfgs for Earth Day: http://web.mit.edu/sfgs From sarahc at MIT.EDU Sun Apr 25 11:12:36 2004 From: sarahc at MIT.EDU (Sarah Connolly) Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 11:12:36 -0400 Subject: [Save] GET FAIR TRADE -- Celebrate on May 8 Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20040425110415.021cf508@hesiod> GET FAIR TRADE The 3rd Annual World FAIR TRADE DAY Celebration Saturday, May 8, 2004 --5PM to 10PM-- Doors open at 5pm....Speakers at 6pm....Live music from 7-10 pm LISTEN to brief talks by NOAM CHOMSKY, a CAFTA expert & Nicaraguan fair trade coffee producer Jorge Abarca. DANCE to an all-star line-up of local funk, jazz, hip-hop, and rock: The Bay State Love Machine / Bajuco / The Foundation / drop KNOW what to buy and where to buy it from OVER A DOZEN FT vendors. BE proud to be a part of a WORLD-WIDE movement of ethical trade. Held at the magnificent... Church of the Covenant 67 Newbury St @ Berkeley St Arlington T-Stop--Green Line Tickets: $5-10 (sliding scale) For more information, or to help us sell tickets, contact Sarah Connolly: sarahc at mit.edu http://web.mit.edu/sarahc/www/WFTD.htm ___________________ Event sponsored by Oxfam America, MIT Students for Labor Justice, Boston Students for Fair Trade, and Equal Exchange. ***PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY*** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Celebrate the Earth! * * * * * EarthDay at MIT * * * * * Thursday, April 29 - all day Kresge Oval - share - listen - learn - participate - kermit the frog was wrong . . . it is easy being GREEN! come and find out how easy it is!! ~Bring your used clothes, books, shoes, and furniture to donate and exchange ~Take home a free plant from SAVE ~Bike repair workshop: get help and learn to care for your bike ~Win a free bike in our raffle! ~Earth-friendly food from Harvest Co-op ~Found a blue jar? Bring it to Earth Day to receive a prize! ~12:30-2:00pm : free concert by the Jazz Hip-Hop Orchestra (students from Berklee College of Music) go to http://web.mit.edu/sfgs/earthday for more information sponsored by Students for Global Sustainability, Share A Vital Earth, and Large Events Funding (ASA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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During the last fifteen years, science based new technologies have been developed to control pollutant emission by combustion process modification, post combustion cleanup, and improved thermodynamic efficiency of the power cycle. The formation and destruction of nitric oxide in combustion, and the reduction of nitrogen oxides emission is discussed as an example of a cost effective engineering solution in which chemistry gives guidance for combustion process modifications that are accomplished by the tools of fluid dynamics. While pollutant control technologies deal with individual pollutants, improved thermodynamic cycle efficiency of power generation reduces the emissions of all pollutants and also of CO2. Successfully operating high efficiency cycles such as Natural Gas Combined Cycle and Pulverized Coal Supercritical Steam, and others, presently under development and demonstration, including Pressurized Fluidized Bed with Topping Combustion, and CO2 sequestration capable Gasification Combined Cycles, are discussed. These advanced cycles are compared for their environmental merits and costs that affect their chances of early application. Part of the Environment and Sustainability Seminar Series sponsored by the MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment Light refreshments will be provided. -- _________________________________ 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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Iron-rich clays dominated this inorganic replicating and evolving system. This system driven by light fixed carbon dioxide and nitrogen into what evolved into an RNA-Protein world. The origin of life thus began with the Clay world. Lunch will be served This is the second lecture in a two part series. However you do not need to have attended the first lecture. 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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The goal is to design a purchasing system that will encourage users to select less toxic and less polluting alternatives. Three students will present the results of their study to date: Jacqueline Tio will review chemicals used and volumes purchased/used; Anneloes Hesen will provide a comparison of lab operations and approaches to chemical use Kendra Bussey will discuss more benign substitutes and green chemistry approaches. This is the fourth in a series of EnviroForum events underwritten by Chancellor Phillip Clay and sponsored by the Laboratory for Energy and the Environment, the Environmental Programs Office, and the Earth Systems Initiative. They are designed to bring together MIT's diverse community of those people interested in issues of the environment, sustainability, and related issues. Refreshments are provided. Karen K. 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Everyone did an amazing job cleaning up the parks - we >had a record 1500 participants this year. Thanks for all of your hard >work! This month, we're looking forward to hosting volunteer events for >11 local companies, community groups, and schools. >Upcoming volunteer events: >Saturday, May 1, 9:00-2:00 in Watertown Square: Reseeding and erosion >control at the Watertown landing. We'll remove old hay bales, install new >ones, put down compost, give the area a thorough raking, reseed, and cover >it all with biodegradable erosion control fabric. >Saturday, May 8 - Mayfire Arts Festival- The >Mayfire Festival is a festival of art and music happening on the Esplanade >from noon - dusk on Saturday, May 8. They are looking for volunteers to >help with the festival, as well as for people to help clean the parks up >once the festival ends (shift would start at 6:00 pm). To sign up to help >out, please email the Mayfire volunteer coordinator, Patricia Walsh, at >eeyore2003_ma at msn.com. You can also learn >more by visiting the festival website, >www.mayfirearts.com. > >Save the date! The CRC is planning a celebration on the evening of >Wednesday, May 26 to honor the 1,500 people who have given their time and >energy to care for the Parklands since the Conservancy Volunteers program >began in September 2002. Details to be announced! >Saturday, June 5 is Plant Yourself in the Park Day. Bring a group or join >us as an individual, and help spruce up the the Parklands in >Allston-Brighton. Volunteers will be cutting brush, painting and planting >at the Publick Theatre, and controlling invasives in Herter Park >West. More information about this event can be found at >www.bostonparks.org. >To participate in any of these events, or to set up a service day for your >company or community group, just contact volunteer coordinator, Britt >Lundgren at bml at charlesriverconservancy.org or (617) 641-9131. > >Thanks! > > >-- >Britt Lundgren >Volunteer Coordinator >Charles River Conservancy >104 Eldredge St. >Newton, MA 02458 >617.641.9131 >fax 617.641.9304 >http://www.charlesriverconservancy.org/ >_______________________________________________ >CRCvolunteers mailing list >CRCvolunteers at charlesriverconservancy.org >http://www.actwin.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/crcvolunteers -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/save/attachments/20040427/723b133f/attachment.htm From chrisng at MIT.EDU Tue Apr 27 11:47:44 2004 From: chrisng at MIT.EDU (Christine Ng) Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 11:47:44 -0400 Subject: [Save] TPP event on 4/29 - Ehrenfeld talk Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.2.20040427114533.027924b0@hesiod> I know that most of us will be busy with Earth Day activity, but here's a heads up on a lunch talk on Thursday. Christine >April 29th, 2004 >Technology and Policy Student Society Lunch Talk >Title: Searching for Sustainability: No Quick Fix >Speaker: Dr. John Ehrenfeld >Location: E40-380 (TPP Lounge) >Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm (a light lunch will be served) > >Searching for Sustainability: No Quick Fix > >Modern, industrial societies like the US are caught in a pattern of >addictive consumption and waste production that threatens all forms of >life. Current sustainable development efforts are often little more than >attempts to reduce unsustainability by applying symptomatic, technological >"band-aids," which can distract us from working on the deeper, fundamental >solutions. > >Using a systems dynamics approach, I will show that Sustainability >requires radical transformation of the modern western mindset and dominant >cultural paradigm. I will show how the emerging field of industrial >ecology can produce more effective solutions and to the introduction of >new values into the culture. > >About Dr. Ehrenfeld: > >Dr. Ehrenfeld is Executive Director of the International Society for >Industrial Ecology. He retired in 2000 as the Director of the MIT Program >on Technology, Business, and Environment, an interdisciplinary >educational, research, and policy program. He continues to teach, do >research, and write. His current projects focus on industrial ecology and >sustainability. At MIT, from 1985 until he retired in 2000, he was Senior >Research Associate and Lecturer in the MIT Center for Technology, Policy >and Industrial Development, where he taught in the MIT Technology and >Policy Program. His research at MIT focused on how businesses manage >environmental concerns, seeking models leading to organizational and >technological changes to improve sustainable practices. > >He spent part of the 1998-1999 academic year at the Technical University >of Lisbon as a Fulbright Distinguished Scholar and was Visiting Professor >at the Technical University of Delft during the 2000-1 academic year. He >continues to work with Delft as chair of, the Scientific Advisory Board, >Design and Management of Infrastructures Programme. He also teaches each >year in the Industrial Ecology Program at the Norwegian Technical >University. In 2000-1, he was Visiting Fellow at the Yale School of >Forestry and Environmental Management. > >He serves on the faculty of the Bainbridge Island Graduate Institute and >teaches industrial ecology as part of their MBA program. He also is part >of the core team of coaches and researchers for the Society of >Organizational Learning Sustainability Consortium, a group of firms >committed to developing sustainable practices. > >In October 1999, the World Resources Institute honored him with a lifetime >achievement award for his academic accomplishments in the field of >business and environment. He received the Founders Award for Distinguished >Service from the Academy of Management's Organization and Natural >Environment Division in August 2000. He is associate editor of the Journal >of Industrial Ecology. He holds a B. S. and Sc. D. in Chemical Engineering >from MIT, and is author or co-author of over 200 papers, books, reports, >and other publications. > > > > > > > > > From jalee at MIT.EDU Wed Apr 28 21:33:17 2004 From: jalee at MIT.EDU (Jessica Lee) Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 21:33:17 -0400 Subject: [Save] EarthDay@MIT-- Tomorrow! Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20040427210324.023bf3d8@po11.mit.edu> ...please spread the word... Celebrate the Earth! * * * * * EarthDay at MIT * * * * * Thursday, April 29 - all day Kresge Oval - share - listen - learn - participate - kermit the frog was wrong . . . it is easy being GREEN! come and find out how easy it is!! ~Bring your used clothes, books, shoes, and furniture to donate and exchange ~Take home a free plant from SAVE ~Bike repair workshop: get help and learn to care for your bike ~Win a free bike in our raffle! ~Earth-friendly food from Harvest Co-op ~Found a blue jar? Bring it to Earth Day to receive a prize! ~12:15: Treewalk-- a tour and discussion of campus trees ~12:30-2:00pm : free concert by the Jazz Hip-Hop Orchestra (students from Berklee College of Music) go to http://web.mit.edu/sfgs/earthday for more information sponsored by Students for Global Sustainability, Share A Vital Earth, and Large Events Funding (ASA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/save/attachments/20040428/be0875d3/attachment.htm From jalee at MIT.EDU Fri Apr 30 08:46:42 2004 From: jalee at MIT.EDU (Jessica Lee) Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 08:46:42 -0400 Subject: [Save] Stuff-Fest! Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20040430084117.025e7798@po11.mit.edu> Thank you to everyone who participated in Earth Day! Now it's time to think about Stuff-Fest... Stuff-Fest is SAVE's annual clothing/stuff drive, centering in the dorms during Finals week and the week after. Each dorm will have a collection site, and residents will have a chance to donate stuff or exchange or pick up stuff that they like. Any and all (usable) stuff. At the end of the drive, we sort what's left and donate it to CASPAR (Cambridge and Somerville Program for Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation). Stuff-Fest can't happen in your dorm unless someone volunteers to run it! Please consider helping. It'll involve talking with your dorm student government and house manager about the program, advertising, setting up a collection site, and organizing sorting afterwards. I think we'll be able to have Facilities drive a truck around to pick up all the stuff. Don't worry; it's not at all as hard as it might seem. We'll provide plenty of help. Please respond if you'd like to organize Stuff-Fest for your dorm, or even if you're just interested in helping a little! jessica From jalee at MIT.EDU Fri Apr 30 08:47:27 2004 From: jalee at MIT.EDU (Jessica Lee) Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 08:47:27 -0400 Subject: [Save] Fwd: Stuff-Fest! Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20040430084704.0198a7b0@po11.mit.edu> Of course, fraternities and ILGs may participate as well! >Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 08:46:42 -0400 >To: SAVE at mit.edu >From: Jessica Lee >Subject: Stuff-Fest! > >Thank you to everyone who participated in Earth Day! > >Now it's time to think about Stuff-Fest... >Stuff-Fest is SAVE's annual clothing/stuff drive, centering in the dorms >during Finals week and the week after. Each dorm will have a collection >site, and residents will have a chance to donate stuff or exchange or pick >up stuff that they like. Any and all (usable) stuff. At the end of the >drive, we sort what's left and donate it to CASPAR (Cambridge and >Somerville Program for Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation). > >Stuff-Fest can't happen in your dorm unless someone volunteers to run it! >Please consider helping. It'll involve talking with your dorm student >government and house manager about the program, advertising, setting up a >collection site, and organizing sorting afterwards. I think we'll be able >to have Facilities drive a truck around to pick up all the stuff. >Don't worry; it's not at all as hard as it might seem. We'll provide >plenty of help. > >Please respond if you'd like to organize Stuff-Fest for your dorm, or even >if you're just interested in helping a little! > >jessica From jalee at MIT.EDU Fri Apr 30 12:38:47 2004 From: jalee at MIT.EDU (Jessica Lee) Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 12:38:47 -0400 Subject: [Save] Fwd: May 2-3: "Bhopal express", Bhopal Survivors at MIT Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20040430123829.02654a20@po11.mit.edu> > >Subject : May 2-3: "Bhopal express", Bhopal Survivors at MIT > >###################################################################### ># # ># Remember Bhopal--"Bhopal Express" and Bhopal Survivors at MIT # ># May 2 (Sun) 3pm, MIT room 10-250, Movie Bhopal Express # ># May 3 (Mon) 7pm, MIT room 6-120, Discussion with Rashida Bee # ># and Champa Devi Shukla (Winners of Goldman Environmental Prize) # ># # >###################################################################### > >-- >On December 3rd 1984, over 40 tons of highly poisonous gas leaked out >of the pesticide factory of Union Carbide in Bhopal, India. Thousands >died in the immediate aftermath and at least 20,000 have died >since. It is estimated that 10-15 are dying every month. It is the >worst chemical disaster known to man. > >Students for Bhopal, International Canpaign for Justice in Bhopal >(ICJB) and Association for India's Development (AID) Boston invite you >to a 2 part event remembering this disaster. > >Bhopal Express >-------------- >The film 'Bhopal Express' is a human drama set against the tragedy, >through the eyes of a newly wed couple and their friend. The film >examines the irresponsible methods of large corporations and their >effects on common people. More information on the movie at >http://www.bhopalexpress.com > >This screening is FREE and open to public, and organized by MIT >Lecture series committee ( http://lsc.mit.edu ): > http://lsc.mit.edu/schedule/current/desc-bhopalexpress.shtml > >Contact aid-boston at mit.edu if you have any questions. > > MIT Room 10-250, May 2nd (Sun), 3pm > >Map: >http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?zoom=level2¢erx=710153¢ery=495695&oldzoom=level3&map.x=300&map.y=193 > > >Discussion with Bhopal Survivors >-------------------------------- >Come Hear Survivors of the World's Worst Industrial Disaster and >Recipients of the Goldman Environmental Prize (Nobel Prize in >Environment) as They Bring Their Struggle to Boston. > >This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Union Carbide gas leak that >killed more than 20,000 people in Bhopal, India, the world?^?^?s worst >industrial disaster. Today, two generations of victims continue to >suffer the consequences. > >Ten years after the incident, most survivors had received less than $500 of >Union Carbide's $470 million compensation payout. Dow Chemical, which >merged with Union Carbide in 2001, maintains to this day that it has >no liability in the industrial disaster. > >Rashida Bee and Champa Devi Shukla, along with thousands of others, were >injured in the Bhopal disaster. They have spent the last 19 years >fighting for >justice for the victims in Bhopal and for corporate responsibility in aims of >preventing others in the future from facing a imilar tragedy. They were >recently awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for their >efforts. > >For more information about this event please contact Matt Lehrich: >MLehrich at aol.com, 781-424-5262 > >For more information about the international campaign for justice in Bhopal >please visit www.bhopal.net > > MIT Room 6-120, May 3rd (Mon), 7pm > >Map: >http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?zoom=level1&selection=10&selectlayer=Buildings&selectfield=facility¢erx=710137¢ery=495683&oldzoom=level2&map.x=464&map.y=213 > From mslow at MIT.EDU Fri Apr 30 17:33:33 2004 From: mslow at MIT.EDU (Manshi Low) Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 17:33:33 -0400 Subject: [Save] Fwd: Fish Advisory Forum Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20040430173250.0193a848@po10.mit.edu> > >New England Zero Mercury Campaign Announcement >- Please Forward - > >Protecting Consumers from Mercury in Fish: >The New England Fish Advisory Forum > >May 10, 2004 >10:00am - 4:00pm >Curry Student Center Room 346 >Northeastern University, Boston > >This region-wide forum will bring together health professionals, >researchers, students, and health-affected constituencies, along with >agency staff and policymakers from all six states New England states to >discuss strategies to protect the public from mercury exposure from fish >consumption. > >Speakers will highlight the most recent science, effective fish >consumption advisories and communication strategies, and successful models >for protecting public health. Dr. Philippe Grandjean will deliver the >keynote address. > >The forum will focus on hearing and discussing cutting edge approaches to >understanding the issues, and addressing how to best raise public >awareness and reduce methylmercury exposure from fish consumption across >New England. > >For a map and directions, see www.campusmap.neu.edu. The building is #50 >on the map. >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Registration Form >Please register by May 5, 2004. > >Name >Organization >Address >Phone/Email > >The Forum is free and open to the public. Lunch will not be provided but >will be available for purchase on site. > >For more information or to register, contact: >Sheila Dormody, NEZMC Coordinator >Clean Water Action >741 Westminster Street >Providence, RI 02903 >ph: (401) 331-6972 fax: (401) 331-7072 >sdormody at cleanwater.org > > >The New England Zero Mercury Campaign includes public interest >organizations in all six states working to eliminate mercury emissions in >the region by 2010 and to promote protective and effective health warnings >to prevent mercury exposure. Partners and the states they are active in >include Clean Water Fund of New England (CT, MA, NH, RI), Environmental >Health Strategy Center (ME and nationwide), Natural Resources Council of >Maine (ME), Mercury Policy Project (VT, nationwide, internationally), >Health Care Without Harm (MA, region wide), Sierra Club (CT, RI), Toxics >Action Center (CT), and the National Wildlife Federation (VT, >nationwide)."urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> > > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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These "challenges" are very demanding and designed to: *Involve participants in an exciting, complex system design/product development experience *Introduce participants to the organizational processes involved in a team-based endeavor *Quickly build the SDM learning community of students, faculty, staff, alumni and others *To have FUN while learning! In January 2004, DC-II addressed a major socio-technical issue: Poverty in Africa. The teams were given a little more than 2 weeks to work on this issue. They made presentations to their classmates, faculty and staff, and a separate executive presentation to Mr. Peter Bell, President of CARE USA, one of the major NGO's addressing poverty and hunger in the world. This seminar will provide an overview of the purpose and motivation for this challenge, as well as the concepts developed by the 6 teams, and lessons learned in tackling challenges such as this given the constraints of the program. 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