[Save] NE Climate & Enviro Calendar * 10/16 - 11/20/03
Michael Charney
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Thu Oct 16 02:35:15 EDT 2003
CAMBRIDGE CLIMATE CALENDAR Oct 16 – Nov 20, 2003
Climate, Envir & Sustainability Events for MA & NE
Editor’s Choice:
10/17-19 Bioneers NE - Sustainability Satellite Conf, Durham, NH
10/18,19 Envirocitizen No’east Regnl Student Summit. Charlestown/Bos
10/24 - Human Health & Enviro Exposures Conf. Biddeford, ME
10/24 - Climate Change High School Curriculum Wkshp. Boston
*10/25 - Teacher Energy Educatn Conf. Willimantic, CT
10/27-29 Energy Sustainability Conf. Uncasville, CT
*10/31-11/12 Walk for Global Warming. Leverett, MA to NYC
11/12 - Witness for Climate & Creation at UN. NYC
11/16 - Grassroots Climate Action Conf. Medford, MA
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Noted:
*Costs of Inaction: Delaying Action on Global Warming –
Report: http://uspirg.org/uspirg.asp?id2=10915&id3=USPIRG&
160,000 said dying yearly from global warming. Reuters
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L30616897.htm
EPA Clean Air rules: benefits worth 5-7 times costs, OMB study
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2003/09/27/epa_rules_worth_the_costs_study_says
*Living on Earth Radio adds WUMB Sundays at 8 pm.
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MCAN’s 3rd Annual --
** GRASSROOTS CLIMATE ACTION CONFERENCE **
Sun., Nov. 16 - Tufts U, Medford MA
9 am – 5 pm, Cabot Center, 170 Packard Ave, Medford, MA
Keynotes:
I: Rhode Isld Climate Plan, Local Buy-in & Regnl Synergy
Jan Reitsma, Dir., R.I. Dept. Envir. Management
II: Europe Leads: Cutting Carbon Affordably
Michael Northrop, Rockefeller Brothers Fund
18 Wkshps: Local climate action plans & GHG reduction strategies;
Climate change sci, human & ocean impacts, solutns; Regnal climate
plan & realities; Greening town & gown; Green schools & capital
projects; VMT’s, fuel use & SUVs; EcoTeams; Community wind
projects & Cape Wind; Global warming educatn K-12 & public;
Advancing state & regional policy & action; Allied efforts; Message
& Organizing skills; Media wkshp w. Globe & Herald envir reporters.
Fee: $40. $30 if by 10/31
Info: see http://www.massclimateaction.org
or Feature at http://www.tufts.edu/tci/Calendar.html
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OCTOBER 2003
October 15 - 17
10/15-17 Light Emitting Diodes in Illumination. San Diego, CA
October 15, 22, & 26
10/15, 22, & 26 Yale Short Course in River Processes. New Hvn, CT
Thursday, October 16
10/16 - Sources of ice-rafted sediment in Heinrich events. Boston
October 16 & 17
*10/16 & 17 Weather Channel Network Climate Change Series. Cable
October 16 - 18
10/16-18 Human Dimensions of Global Envir Change. Montreal
10/16-18 e.hormone 2003: Envir & Hormone Symposm New Orleans
Friday, October 17
*10/17 - Low Impact Develpmt Conf/Storm Water. White Plains, NY
10/17 Edaphic envir’s of, & effects on, tropical forests. Petersham, MA
10/17 - Improving Agricultrl Practices w GIS. Northampton, MA
*10/17 - State Leadership on Climate Change, Envir Issues. Camb
10/17 - Balancing Society & Economy 2003. Tufts, Medford, MA
10/17 - Climate Detection & Attribution. Boston
10/17 - What Animals Think. Camb
October 17-18
10/17,18 – New England Drinking Water Protectn Conf. Worcester, MA
October 17-19
10/17-19 Bioneers NE - Sustainability Satellite Conf, Durham, NH
Saturday, October 18
10/18 - Role of Tropical Ecology & Conservatn in NE Classroom.
*10/18 - Earth Connectns Badge Day for Jr Girl Scouts. Topsfield, MA
10/18 - Boston Vegetarian Food Festival. Boston
October 18 & 19
10/18,19 Envirocitizen's No’east Regnl Student Summit. Charlestown/Bos
Sunday, October 19
10/19 – Living on Earth, Enviro Radio. NPR, WBUR, WUMB, Web
Monday, October 20
*10/20 - Enviro Industry's State of the Industry Report.
*10/20 - Toll of Asbestos Diseases from Montana Vermiculite. Boston
10/20 - Sea Level Rise & Coastal Impacts. New Haven, CT
*10/20 – Atmospheric States, Ozone & Growing Epidemic. Camb
10/20 - Fourteen Years after Kyoto, Where are we now? Camb
*10/20 - Sustainability Career Panel & GE Wind Presentatn. Allston, MA
October 20-23
10/20-23 Contaminated Soils, Sediments, Water Conf. Amherst, MA
Tuesday, October 21
*10/21 - Managing Transitn to Sustainable Devlpmt. Middlebury, VT
10/21 - Connectivity for Sustainability: IT for Devlpmt. NYC
10/21 Belmont Uplands: Alewife, Conservtn, Devlpmt. Belmont, MA
October 21-23
10/21-23 - Northeast Recycling Council Fall Conf. Northampton, MA
10/21-23 Business & Energy Conf. NYC
Wednesday, October 22
10/22 - AIM Breakfast Mtg w MA DEP Commissionr. Chicopee, MA
*10/22 - Sustainability of Shrimp Productn-Consumptn Chains. Camb
10/22 – E. Mediterranean: lab basin for global processes. Camb
10/22 - Social Investing for Institutions. Providence, RI
10/22 - Sustainability & Higher Ed for Secure, Civil Society. Camb
10/22 - Are Management-Based Regulations Effective? Camb
October 22-24
10/22-24 Guideline on Air Quality Models Conf. Mystic, CT
Thursday, October 23
10/23 - Computer TakeBack Campaign Day Targeting Dell. USA
10/23 - Electronics Recycling Educatn Program. Northampton, MA
10/23 - Coalitn for Envir Responsible Conventns General Mtg. Boston
10/23 - Predictable Surprises: On Failure of Regulators to Act. Camb
*10/23 - Microbial World: From Nano-systems to Ecosystems. Camb
*10/23 - Global Warming: Federal & State Solutns. Middlebury, VT
10/23 - Envir League of MA Ann. Mtg. Boston
*10/23 - Smart Growth in Urban Watersheds. Somerville, MA
*10/23 - Forum on Populatn, Envir & Growth in NE. Durham, NH
October 23 & 24
10/23,24 - New England Planning Conf. Hartford, CT
10/23,24 - Educatn for Sustainable Development Conf. Lowell, MA
October 23 & November 1
10/23 - Marine Invasives Monitoring Wkshp. Wenham, Beverly, MA
Friday, October 24
10/24 - Human Health & Enviro Exposures Conf. Biddeford, ME
10/24 - Healthy Envir in Connecticut Schls Conf/Wkshp. Hartford, CT
10/24 - Climate Change High School Curriculum Wkshp. Boston
10/24 - Leaf hydraulics - bud to bust. Petersham, MA
*10/24 - Transforming Rural Lives in Forest Margins. Camb
10/24 - Evaluatn of (Air) Pollutant Outflow & CO Sources. Camb
10/24 - Challenges to sustainblty: long-term adaptatn. New Haven, CT
*10/24 - Collaborative Approach to Ecosystems Mngmt: Cape Wind. Camb
10/24 - The Great Blackout of 2003. Boston
10/24 - 3 Centuries of Scientific Discovery in Caribbean. Camb
October 24-26
10/24-26 No’eastern US College Envir Conf. Providence, RI
Saturday, October 25
10/25 - Hutchinson Mem Symposm - Ecology. New Haven, CT
10/25 – Teacher Energy Educatn: CONNECT Day. Willimantic, CT
10/25 – NESEA Greening an Existing Home. Warwick, RI
*10/25 - NESEA PV 101 Workshop. Warwick, RI
10/25 - Schumacher Lecture: Thomas Berry. Grt Barrington, MA
10/25 - Ecological Building Workshop. Coventry, RI
10/25 - Home Composting Wkshp. Camb
*10/25 –Investigate Energy - Children’s “Course.” Boston
October 25-29
10/25-29 Society of Amer Foresters Nat’l Conventn. Buffalo, NY
OCT 25-29
Soc of American Foresters Nat’l Conventn. Buffalo, NY
Info: http://www.safnet.org/convention/index.cfm
Sunday, October 26
*10/26 - Living on Earth: Enviro Radio. NPR, WBUR, WUMB, Web
October 26 - 28
10/26-28 Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schls Nat’l Symposm. DC
Sunday, October 26
10/5 – Living on Earth, Enviro Radio. NPR & Web
Monday, October 27
10/27 - Ice sheet-climate interactions. Camb
*10/27 - MA Interfaith Power & Light, Solar & Fair Trade. Grnfld, MA
*10/27 – European Advances in Toxic Chemical Policies. Boston
October 27-28
10/27,28 Seeking New Policy in Chemicals Mngmt. Lowell/Bos, MA
October 27-29
10/27-29 Energy Sustainability Conf. Uncasville, CT
October 27-31
10/27-31 Wetlands Wkshp 2003--Hydrology: Atlantic City, NJ
Tuesday, October 28
10/28 Ozone Pollutn, C Sequestratn & Climate Policy. Wds Hole, MA
October 28-30
10/28-30 Nuclear Safety Research Conf. Washington, DC
Wednesday, October 29
10/29 - MAPC Regional Vision & Growth Strategy Project. Boston
10/29 - NEEC Conf: Keep Lights On, Power Green. Needham, MA
10/29 - Advanced Daylighting Seminar. Boston
10/29 - Sustainable Develpmt in Climate Debate. Medford, MA
10/29 - Climate Change Policy in Mexico. Providence, RI
10/29 - Inst Investors Netwk on Climate Change Risk. Prvdnc, RI
October 29 & 30, November 4 & 5
10/29,30; 11/4,5 Energy Star Homes Bldr/Designr Wkshps. MA
Thursday, October 30
10/30 Emergency Envir Mngmt for Collgs, U’s. Framingham, MA
*10/30 - EJAM Envir Justice Training Wkshp. Arlington, MA
*10/30 – Conservatn, Ecology & Envir History. Middlebury, VT
10/30 - Man-Eating Predator in Jungles of History & Mind. Camb
October 30-31
10/30-31 Ecosystems Conf: Restoratn & Creatn. Tampa, FL
October 30 - November 2
10/30 - 11/2 Ecological Enginrg for Integrated Water Mngmt. Camb
Friday, October 31
10/31 – 11/1 Int. Envir Moot Court Competitn. FL
10/31 - Beech bark disease, blue jays, & bears. Petersham, MA
10/31 – NEP & Nutrient Cycling in Forest w Elevated CO2. Boston
10/31 - Boston Critical Mass! Bike Rally. Boston
October 31 - November 12
10/31-11/12 Peace Pagoda Walk for Global Warming. Leverett, MA - NYC
NOVEMBER 2003
Saturday, November 1, 2003
*11/1 - Vermont Land Conservatn Conf. Northfield, VT
11/1 - Passive Solar Wkshp. Warren, VT
*11/1 - Bats: Behavior, Observatn, & Conservatn Program. Boston
Sunday, November 2
11/2 - Tour Energy-Related Projects at Mohegan Sun. Uncasville, CT
*11/2 - Living on Earth: Enviro Radio. NPR, WBUR, WUMB, Web
November 2-4
11/2-4 Investors’ Circle 2003 Natl Conf & Venture Fair. Camb
Monday, November 3
11/3 - Mechanisms of abrupt global climate change. Camb
November 3-5
11/3-5 Green Power Marketing Conf. Chicago, IL
Tuesday, November 4
*11/4 - Promoting Exercise, Health by Urban Design Conf. Boston
11/4 - Challenges of Sustainable Bldgs at Colleges. Hartford, CT
Wednesday, November 5
11/5 - Making the Cut:Fundraising for Nonprofits. Boston
11/5 – Investors’ Actions for Corporate Social Respnsblty. Prvdc, RI
11/5 - Urban Sprawl & Obesity. Camb
11/5 - Ocean Technologies for Renewable Energy. Lynn, MA
11/5 - Genes, Envir, & Epidemics: Autism. Camb
November 5 - 7
11/5-7 Drivers of Techno Innovatn in Bldg, Real Estate. Camb
11/5-7 Sustainable Urban Travel Policies Wkshp. Wash, DC
Thursday, November 6
11/6 - Northeast Energy & Technology Expo 2003. Worcester, MA
11/6 – US/Canada Energy Trade & Techn Conf. Boston
*11/6 - Vermont Family Forests Wkshp. Bristol, VT
11/6 - New Directions in Corporate Disclosure. Camb
*11/6 Enviro Attitudes, Motivatn, Affinities & Behavr. Middlebury, VT
11/6 – Informal Envir Law Debate: Scarlett vs Leshy. Camb
*11/6 - MIT Envir Forum: Commitments, Challenges, Actions. Camb
11/6 - A Look at the Biodiversity of Fungi. Camb
November 6 & 7
11/6,7 - Carbon Sequestratn Initiative Forum IV. Camb
Friday, November 7
11/7 - Dunghill doctrines of early republic. Petersham, MA
11/7 - GPS Occultatns for Climate Monitoring. Camb
11/7 - Sea Ice Ecology: Life, Slime & Physics. New Haven, CT
11/7 Agricultrl Land & Transformatn of Earth System. Wds Hole, MA
11/7 - Regional Climate Change Cooperation. Boston
November 7-9
11/7-9 Student Envir Action Coalitn Training. Middletown, CT
11/7-9 Net Impact Ann Conf. Austin, TX
*11/7-9 AMC White Mountain Workshop. Crawford Notch, NH
Saturday, November 8
*11/8 - 1st Ann.Vermont Toxics Action Conf. Randolph, VT
11/8 - Earthwatch Public Day Connectns for Sustainable Envir. Camb
11/8 - Solutns for Sustainable Growth in Essex County. Andover, MA
11/8 - PV 101 Workshop. Marlboro, MA
Sunday, November 9
11/9 - Vegan Nutrition & Global Anti-Hunting Coalition. Camb
*11/9 - Living on Earth: Enviro Radio. NPR, WBUR, WUMB, Web
Monday, November 10
11/10 - Human-Climate-Envir Interactns in Yucatan. New Haven, CT
11/10 - Enviro Advocates of NY Ann Gala. NYC
*11/10 - Global Climate Change & Cape Wind Project. Westwood, MA
Wednesday, November 12
11/12 - Bos Soc Arch: Committee on the Envir Mtg. Boston
11/12 - Walk & Witness for Climate & Creation at UN. NYC
11/12 - Younger Dryas: Why did climate change so abruptly? Camb
*11/12 - Love Canal, 25 years later. Boston
11/12 - Matthias Schuler, Enviro Enginr Transsolar, Stuttgart. Camb
November 12-14
11/12-14 GreenBuild: Int’l Conf & Expo: USGBC. Pittsburgh, PA
Thursday, November 13
11/13 Greening an Existing Facility. Albany, NY
*11/13 - China's Decline in Energy Intensity. Middlebury, VT
11/13 - Future of Canada's Northern Boreal Forest. Camb
11/13 - Home Composting Wkshp. Natick, MA
Friday, November 14
11/14 - Fuel Cells for Green Power Generatn Seminar. Brkline, MA
11/14 - Mercury, salamanders & watershed conditn. Petersham, MA
11/14 – Early & current atmospheric organic aerosols. Camb
11/14 - A Holistic View of Invasion. New Haven, CT
11/14 - Organic aerosols in early & current earth atmospheres. Camb
11/14 - Betwn North & South: Alternative Borderlands. Camb
11/14 Dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems & carbon cycle. Boston
November 14 & 15
*11/14,15 - 3rd Ann. Soul of Agriculture Conf. Durham, NH
Saturday, November 15
11/15 – Undergrad/Grad Enviro Resrch Sympos. Bridgewater, MA
*11/15 - Green Homes - Build new, transform old. New Britain, CT
11/15 – ELM’s 8th Ann Earth Night. So Boston, MA
Sunday, November 16
11/16 - MCAN Grassroots Climate Protection Conf. Medford, MA
November 16-19
11/16-19 Young Scientists' Global Change Conf. Trieste, Italy.
Monday, November 17
11/17 - Life on the Edge: Survival of Life in Ice. New Haven, CT
11/17 Ecological Design for Developing Technlgy. Medford, MA
*11/17 - Mass. Interfaith Power & Light Ann Mtg. Westwood, MA
November 17 - 18
11/17,18 - Financing US Power Projects. NYC
November 17-20
11/17-20 Chemical & Biol Defense Research Conf. Towson, MD
Tuesday, November 18
11/18 - Database Planning Basics for Non-Profits. Boston
Wednesday, November 19
11/19 - Enforcement & Enviro Compliance. Camb
Thursday, November 20
*11/20 - Transport & fate of organic matter in rivers. Boston
*11/20 - Dams or Protection for a Mesoamerican Rvr. Middlebury, VT
For events after 11/20, see Beyond
at http://www.tufts.edu/tci/Calendar.html at left
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DETAILED LISTINGS:
2003
OCTOBER 2003
OCT 15-17
Light Emitting Diodes 2003 - Strategic Summit for LEDs
in Illumination. San Diego, CA Info:
http://www.intertechusa.com/Division_Electronics/10-03_LEDs/2a_introduction.html
OCT 15, 22, & 26
2nd Ann. Yale Short Course in River Processes. Intro to river
ecosystems function; human impacts/disruptns; tools for river
mngmt & protectn. For watershed advocates, teachers, conservatn
& wetland officials & planners. Yale Schl of Forestry & Envir
Studies, New Haven, CT Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/calendar
THUR, OCT 16
Sources of ice-rafted sediment in Atlantic Heinrich events, Sidney
Hemming (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory). 4 pm, Boston U
Earth Sci Dept, Rm B36, 675 Comm Ave, Boston. T: Green B
Line BU East stop. Info: http://www.bu.edu/es/colloquia
Map: http://www.bu.edu/maps
*OCT 16 & 17
The Weather Channel Network Climate Change Series. Cable TV
Special during “Evening Edition 9-11 pm ET. Host: Dr. Heidi Cullen.
10/16 - I'm Getting Scared. Am I Really Part of the Problem?
10/17 - Tell Me What I Can Do to Make a Difference.
OCT 16–18
Human Dimensions of Global Envir Change. Montreal.
Info: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/openmeeting/info.html
OCT 16-18
e.hormone 2003: 5th Envir & Hormone Sympos. Topics: Systems
Biology, Fetal Patterning, & Water, Enviro Signaling: Basics
of Endocrine Disruptn. Info: http://e.hormone.tulane.edu
*FRI, OCT 17
Low Impact Development Conf - Let Nature Do the Work:
Onsite Storm Water Mngmt. 8:45 am - 4:30 pm, Westchester
County Ctr, 198 Central Ave. White Plains, NY
Info: http://www.westchestergov.com/parks/pdfs/LID.pdf
http://www.westchestergov.com/parks/LID/LID.htm
FRI, OCT 17
Edaphic environments of, & effects on, tropical forests, Ian Baillie
(Bedford, England). 11 am, Seminar rm, Shaler Hall, Harvard
Forest, Petersham, MA Info: aabarker at fas.harvard.edu,
http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminarschedule.html
FRI, OCT 17
>From Farm to Watershed, Improving Agricultural Practices: GIS
Applicatns Experience, David Healy (Stone-Envir Inc).
12:15 -1:10 pm, Smith College Engineering Bldg, Rm 201,
Northampton, MA Info:
http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/esp/about.html
*FRI, OCT 17
State Enviro Leadership: How & Why States Are Taking the Lead
to Address Climate Change & Other Envir Issues, Kenneth Colburn
(Exec Dir, No’east States for Coordinated Air Use Mngmt
NESCAUM). 1 - 2:30 pm, MIT, Bldg 54 - Rm 915, via 21 Ames St,
Camb Info: http://www-eaps.mit.edu/megacities Reading: NH Clean
Power Strategy Ch.12: http://www.des.state.nh.us/ard/pdf/NHCPS.pdf ;
ICLEI: http://www.iclei.org ; Climate Change: Sci, Strategies,
& Solutns, Ch. by Shaheen:
http://www.brill.nl/m_catalogue_sub6_id9822.htm
Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=54&Buildings=go
FRI, OCT 17
Balancing Society & Economy 2003. Re: social, envir & econ issues;
social enterprise, corp respnsblty, socially respnsbl investing,
non-profit ventures. Keynote: Global Business: Zero Sum or Benefit to
People? Bill Reese (Int’l Youth Fdn). 1 – 5 pm, Cabot Intcultrl Cntr,
ASEAN Audit, 170 Packard Ave, Tufts U, Medford MA.
UG free regstr 10/3
Info: http://www.uccps.tufts.edu
Dir: http://www.tufts.edu/source/maps/medford
http://www.tufts.edu/source/directions.html
FRI, OCT 17
Climate Detection & Attribution, Chris Forest (Joint Progrm
Sci & Policy of Global Change). 4 pm, Bos U Stone Sci Bldg,
675 Commonwealth Ave, 4th flr, STO Rm 453, Boston
Info: isw at bu.edu, http://www.bu.edu/cees/resources
Map: http://www.bu.edu/maps T: Green B Line BU East stop.
FRI, OCT 17
What Animals Think: Dolittle's Dream & Darwin's Theory
Psychology Prof Marc Hauser. 7 pm, Harvard Museum of Nat
History, Geological Lect Hall, 24 Oxford St, Camb
Info: 617-495-3045, http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/events
OCT 17-18
New England Drinking Water Protectn Conf. Re: Water Quality,
Toxics, Watershed Protection, Sprawl; Programs, Funding &
Training. Keynote: Jan Schlictmann (“A Civil Action” attny).
Fri 10/17 geared to municipal & state officials; Sat 10/18 for
concerned citizens. 9 am - 4 pm, Crowne Plaza Hotel, 10 Lincoln
Sq, Worcester, MA. $15. Regstrtn/Info: mdavis at cleanwater.org,
http://www.cleanwaterfund.org/swp 617-338-8131,
http://www.cleanwaterfund.org/pdf/ne_protect.pdf
OCT 17-19
2nd Ann Bioneers Northeast: Revolution from Heart of Nature.
Sustainability Satellite Conf. Climate, forests, activism & enviro
politics, corporate & personal sust seminars; Satellite telecast w
David Orr, Maria Luisa Mendonça, & Tom Hayden; Sustainblty Fair.
UNH campus, Durham, NH. $12/25/30/day; student scholrshps;
early registr discount by 9/19. Spons: UNH Office of Sustnblty
Progrm Info: http://www.sustainableunh.unh.edu/bioneers_evnt.htm
leighd at unh.edu, 603.862.4088, http://www.bioneers.org
SAT, OCT 18
Role of Tropical Ecology & Conservatn in NE Classroom.
8 am – 4 pm, Antioch NE Graduate Schl, 40 Avon St,
Keene, NH. Re: Prof develpmt/training wkshp. Spons: CTEC
Info: ctec at antiochne.edu http://eelink.net/cgi-bin/risee/noram,
*SAT, OCT 18
Earth Connections Badge Day for Jr Girl Scouts. 9 am – Noon or
1 - 4 pm, Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary. Topsfield, MA
Adv registr reqrd. $9. Info: 978-887-9264, x7707
http://massaudubon.org/Nature_Connection/Sanctuaries/Ipswich_River
SAT, OCT 18
Boston Vegetarian Food Festival, 10 am – 6 pm, Reggie Lewis
Athletic Ctr, Roxbury Comm College, 1350 Tremont St, Boston
Free. Info: http://www.bostonveg.org/foodfest T: Orange Line
Roxbury Crossing Statn. Dir:
http://www.rltac.com/Directions/directions.html
OCT 18 & 19 Pls note new location.
'Shift the Power' Summit: Students Act for Clean Energy &
Climate Justice. Envirocitizen's No’east Rgnl Summit for College
Students. Keynote: Ross Gelbspan, auth: The Heat Is On. Topics:
Political skills for enviro & social justice change. Bunker Hill
Community College, Charlestown, Boston. Regstr in adv.
Info: 617-427-3598, Envirojusticesummit at hotmail.com,
http://www.envirocitizen.org/summit/ne/index.asp
*SUN, OCT 19
Living on Earth: Enviro Radio, Steve Curwood. 8 pm: WUMB 91.9
fm Boston, Falmouth, Worcester; WUMB 91.7 fm Newburyport, &
WUMB 1170 am Orleans, MA. 11 pm: WBUR 90.9 fm Boston.
Web stream/Info: http://www.loe.org http://www.wumb.org
Other locales: http://www.loe.org/where/where.htm
*MON, OCT 20
Enviro Industry's State of the Industry Report, Grant Ferrier(Enviro
Business Int Inc). Annual EBC Breakfast mtg. 7:30 – 10 am,
DoubleTree Guest Suites, 550 Winter St, Waltham, MA
Info: 781-890-6767 http://www.ebcne.org/meetings.htm
*MON, OCT 20
Preventn Interrupted: Exploring the Continuing Toll of Asbestos
Diseases from Libby Montana Vermiculite, Gregory Wagner, MD
(NIOSH). 12:30-1:20 pm, HSPH, Kresge, Rm 502, 665 Huntington
Ave, Boston, MA T: Green Line E, Brigham Circle Stop.
Info: 617-432-3327, abackus at hohp.harvard.edu
Dir: http://www.hms.harvard.edu/about/maps/lmamap.html
MON, OCT 20
Sea Level Rise & Coastal Impacts, Stephen Leatherman (Florida
Int’l U). 2 - 3:30 pm, Rm 102, Kline Geol Lab, 210 Whitney Ave,
Yale U, New Haven, CT. Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/calendar
*MON, OCT 20
Relationship between Large-Scale Atmospheric States, Static
Stability & Ground-Level Ozone: Employing Classical
Atmospheric Diagnostics in Pursuit of a Major & Growing
Epidemic, Gidon Eshel (U Chicago). 4 pm, Haller Hall,
Geol. Museum, Rm 102, 24 Oxford St, Harv U, Camb
Info: truscott at eps.harvard.edu 617-496-9770
MON, OCT 20
Fourteen Years after Kyoto, Where are we now? Issues, Challenges
& Partnerships in Global Climate Change, UN Ass’t Sec General
Joke Waller-Hunter, Exec Sec of UN Framework Conventn on
Climate Change. 4:15 - 5:30 pm, Piper Auditorm, Gund Hall,
Harvard Grad Schl Design, 48 Quincy St. Camb Info:
bbutler at gsd.harvard.edu, http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/energyclub
Map: http://map.harvard.edu/level2/2ScienceLabs.shtml
*MON, OCT 20
Sustainability Career Panel w. GE Wind, Global Environment Fund
The Nature Conservancy, BP Solar, & GE Wind Presentatn.
4:30 - 6:30 pm, Harvard Business Schl, Hawes Hall, Rm 201
Allston/Boston, MA Map: http://www.map.harvard.edu
OCT 20-23
Int Conf: Contaminated Soils, Sediments, Water Amherst, MA
Info: dleonard at schoolph.umass.edu, http://www.UMassSoils.com
*TUE, OCT 21
"Managing Transitn to Sustainable Develpmt Thomas Tietenberg
(Colby). 4:30 pm, Robt A Jones Hse, Conf Rm, Rohatyn Ctr for
Int Affairs, Middlebury Collg, Hillcrest Rd, Middlebury, VT Info:
http://www.middlebury.edu/offices/rcfia/calendars/2003-2004.htm
TUE, OCT 21
Connectivity for Sustainability: Deploying IT & Knowledge for
Developmt, Prof Nazli Choucri, PhD (MIT). 5:30 pm, Columbia U,
Morningside Campus, Davis Auditrm, Schapiro Ctr (120th St/B’way
& Amsterdam) Info: http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/events
TUE, OCT 21
Forum: Belmont Uplands: Wildlife, Wetlands, Forests & Develpmt
Adjacent to Alewife Reservatn, Peter Alden (auth: Audubon Soc
Guidebook to NE); Charles Katuska (MACC); Robert France
(watershed mngmt, Harvd GSD); Cynthia Jenson (bioengnrg);
David Morimoto (Lesley U). 7:30 pm, All Saints Church,
Common & Clark Sts, Belmont, MA
Info: james.graves at verizon.net, 617-547-1944
OCT 21-23
Northeast Recycling Council Fall Conf. Hotel Northampton,
Northampton, MA Expanding Recycling Markets; Impact of
Recycling on Greenhouse Gas Emissns, Regional Economy & Envir.
Info: http://www.nerc.org/bulletin/20030901.html
OCT 21-23
Business & Energy Conf. NYC. Info:
http://www.conference-board.org/pdf_free/agendas/2004225.pdf
*WED, OCT 22
Western MA AIM Breakfast Mtg w MA DEP Commissioner
Rbt Golledge, Jr. 8 - 10 am, MassMutual Learning & Conf Ctr,
350 Memorial Dr, Chicopee, MA $$. Info: http://www.aimnet.org
see "Seminars/Events" or http://www.ebcne.org/meetings.htm
*WED, OCT 22
Sustnblty of Productn-Consumptn Chains: Insights from Industrializatn
of Shrimp Aquaculture in Asia, Louis Lebel, Chiang Mai U, Thailand.
9:30 - 11:30 am, KSG, Perkins Rm, Eliot Bldg, 4th Flr, E-415, 1 Eliot
St, Camb Info: http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/sed/sustdev_sem.htm
Map: http://www.cid.harvard.edu/cidevents/map_1eliot.htm
WED, OCT 22
Eastern Mediterranean: a lab basin for global processes, Paola
Rizzoli (MIT). 12:10 pm, MIT Bldg 54 - Rm 915, via 21 Ames St,
Camb. Info: http://www.mit.edu/~phuybers/sack.html Map:
http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=54&Buildings=go
WED, OCT 22
Are Management-Based Regulations Effective? Evidence from
State Pollution Prevention Programs, Lori Snyder (Harvard).
4-5:30 pm, Rm L-332, Littauer Bldg, KSG, 79 JFK St, Camb.
Envir econ & policy seminar. Paper at website
Info: http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~ec2690hf/
WED, OCT 22
Social Investing: Challenges & Opportunities for Institutnl
Investors, Rob Bowers (investment consultant). 4 pm, Smith-
Buanano Hall, Rm 106, [on Pembroke Campus North off
Meeting St, btwn Thayer & Brown Sts], Providence, RI Info:
ilana_friedman at brown.edu, http://www.brown.edu/Students/BEC
WED, OCT 22
Sustainability & Higher Educatn for a Secure & Civil Society,
Anthony Cortese ScD (Pres, Second Nature) 4-6 pm,
MIT Bldg 34 – Rm 101, 50 Vassar St, Camb.
Info: http://events.mit.edu/scripts/event.pl?61545
http://www.secondnature.org/cortese/cortese.html
onment/commitment/environmental_initiatives/get_involved/task_force.html
Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=34&Buildings=go
OCT 22-24
Guideline on Air Quality Models Conf & Courses. Hilton Mystic,
20 Coogan Blvd. Mystic, CT Mystic, CT Info: 860-572-0731
ut.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.awma.org%2Fevents%2F
THUR, OCT 23
Computer TakeBack Campaign Day to Tell Dell, Inc to Take It
Back, Make It Clean, & Recycle Responsibly! Nat’l College
Action. Info: http://www.dontbedelluded.com/Campus/Events.asp
http://www.dontbedelluded.com ,http://www.computertakeback.com
kreeve at cleanwater.org, 617-338-8131
THUR, OCT 23
Electronics Recycling Educatn Program/Courses.
Northampton, MA Info: http://www.nerc.org
THUR, OCT 23
Coalitn for Envir Responsible Conventns (CERC) General Mtg.
9:45 to 11:15 am, Dwntn Boston Loc. Re: Effort to green ‘04 Dem
(& Rep) Nat’l Conventn. Inquiries: cambclimact at aol.com
Info: http://www.cerc04.org
THUR, OCT 23
Predictable Surprises: On the Failure of Regulators to Act,
Prof Max Bazerman (Harvard B Schl). Noon -1:30 pm,
Bell Hall, 5th Flr, Belfer Bldg, KSG, 79 JFK St,
Camb. RSVP Req/ Info: rpp at ksg.harvard.edu,
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/cbg/rpp 617-384-8319,
Map: http://map.harvard.edu/level3/3KennedySchool.shtml
*THUR, OCT 23
Integrating Perspectives on the Natural Microbial World: From
Nano-systems to Ecosystems, Dr. Edward DeLong (Monterey Bay
Aquarm Resrch Inst). Noon, MIT Bldg 16 - Rm 160, access via
21 Ames St, Camb Info: http://web.mit.edu/esi/html/seminars.htm
Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=16&Buildings=goCamb
*THUR, OCT 23
Global Warming: Emerging Federal & State Solutns, Daniel Lashof
(Climate Ctr, NRDC). 12:15 – 1:15 pm, Bicentennial Hall,
Bicentennial Way, Rm 216, Middlebury Collg, Middlebury, VT Info:
http://www.middlebury.edu/depts/es/events/eventscalendarnew.htm
Map: http://community.middlebury.edu/campusmap/map/map
THUR, OCT 23
Envir League of MA 105th Ann. Mtg. 6 - 8 pm, Museum of Afro-
Amer History, 46 Joy St, Beacon Hill, Boston. Keynote: Katherine
Abbott (MACommissnr, Dept Conservatn & Recreatn); Awards.
RSVP/Info: jtilton at EnvironmentalLeague.org, 617-742-2553
http://www.environmentalleague.org/03_annualmtg.html
Dir: http://www.afroammuseum.org/findus.htm
*THURS, OCT 23
Smart Growth in Urban Watersheds, Historian Richard Duffy,
& Marc Draisen (MAPC); Mystic River Watershed Assn Ann.
Mtg. 6:30-9:30 pm, Council on Aging Sr Ctr, Tufts Admin
Bldg, 167 Holland Ave, Somerville, MA T: Red Line
Davis Sq Statn. Dir: http://www.tufts.edu/source/maptab.html
Info: http://www.mysticriver.org/calendar/annual_meeting.html
*THUR, OCT 23
Forum on Population, Envir & Growth in New England.
7:30 – 9 pm, UNH, Elliot Alumni Ctr, Durham, NH. Spkrs: David
Soule (Ctr Urban & Regnl Policy, NEU), Beth Della Valle (ME
State Planning's Land Use Team), & Vicky Markham (Ctr Envir
& Populatn) Info: 603-431-4066, vmarkham at cepnet.org
http://nhpr.org/static/programs/exchange/NHreportfinal.pdf
Map: http://www.alumni.unh.edu/photos/maps/mapnh.html
OCT 23 & 24
MA/RI APA’s New England Planning Conf. Hartford, CT. Call for
Presentations/Proposals ddln 4/25. Info: hsamokar at mapc.org,
617-451-2770 x2050, http://www.mapc.org
OCT 23 & 24
[Higher] Educatn for Sustainable Develpmnt Conf. UMass - Lowell,
Wannalancit Mills Conf Rm, Lowell, MA re: sustainble devlpmt
concepts in UG & grad progrms; univ’s geographic, social & econ
role; univ’s as models for sustnblty. Spkr: Wm Shutkin. Info:
http://www.uml.edu/com/CITA rforrant at external.umass.edu
OCT 23 & NOV 1
Marine Invasive Species Monitoring Wkshp, Robert Buchsbaum,
PhD (MA Audubon Soc) & Rob Gough (Salem Sound Coastwatch)
Thur, 10/23: 7:30 -8:30 pm, Lecture, MA Audubon Soc North Shore
Office, 346 Grapevine Rd, Wenham MA
Sat, 11/1: 10 am – Noon, Field Training, Meet Beverly Public Pier /
Old Ferry Way Public Landing, Beverly MA
Free. Info/Regstr: 978-741-7900, rob.gough at salemsound.org
FRI, OCT 24
Human Health & Enviro Exposures Conf: Making the Connectn,
Clinical, sci & policy. U. NE College of Osteopathic Medicine,
Biddeford, ME. Keynotes: Richard Jackson (Nat Ctr Envir Hlth,
Ctrs for Disease Control & Preventn); Sandra Steingraber,
(Biologist, auth: Living Downstream). Wkshps:
Toxic Threats to Childhd Devlpmt; Hlth Hazards & Patient
Populatn; Precautionary Principle; Airshed Protectn; Hlth
Tracking Netwk; Chronic Diseases & Envir Exposure; Bio-
Monitoring & Body Burden; Chem Policy; Persistent Toxics;
Asthma & Air Quality. For hlth profsnls & public. CME credits.
Info/Registr: http://www.meepi.org/files03/psrconf.htm
Dir: http://www.une.edu/admissions/visit.html
FRI, OCT 24
Healthy Envir in CT Schls Conf/Wkshp. All day, Hastings Hotel
& Conf Ctr, Hartford, CT. $15. Spons: EPA & CT Schl Indoor
Envir Resource Team, Info: CT Educatn Assn, 860-525-5641,
http://www.epa.gov/region1/cal/index.html#1024
FRI, OCT 24
Climate Change in Context: Interdisciplinary Curriculum &
Wkshp for High School Teachers. 8:30 am – 3 pm, NE Aquar
Educatnl Cntr, Central Wharf, 1st flr, Harbor Garage, Boston.
Prof Devlpmt Pts by prior reqst. Lunch incl. Space limited.
Info/RSVP: andrew_kerner at hms.harvard.edu 617-384-8530
FRI, OCT 24
Leaf hydraulics - bud to bust, N. Michele Holbrook
(Harvard). 11 am, Seminar rm, Shaler Hall, Harvard
Forest, Petersham, MA Info: aabarker at fas.harvard.edu,
http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminarschedule.html
*FRI, OCT 24
Transforming Rural Lives: Capturing Opportunities for a Bigger
Impact in Forest Margins, Dagmar Timmer (Alternatives to
Slash-&-Burn Programme, Kenya). 11:45 am - 1 pm,
KSG, Perkins Rm, Eliot Bldg, 4th Flr, E-415, 1 Eliot
St, Camb Info: http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/sed/gradlunch.htm
Map: http://www.cid.harvard.edu/cidevents/map_1eliot.htm
FRI, OCT 24
Evaluation of pollutant outflow & CO sources during TRACE-P
using model-calculated, aircraft-based, & MOPITT-derived CO
concentrations, Dale Allen (U MD). Noon, Pierce Hall, Rm 100F,
29 Oxford St, Camb Info:
http://www-as.harvard.edu/seminars/seminars.html
Dir: http://www-as.harvard.edu/chemistry/trop/directions.html
FRI, OCT 24
Challenges to Sustainability: Case Study in Long-Term Adaptatn,
Anthropology Prof Frank Hole (Peabody Musm of Nat Hist).
Noon, Rm 110, Envir Sci Ctr, 21 Sachem St, Yale U, New
Haven, CT Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/calendar
*FRI, OCT 24
Cape Wind & a Collaborative Process Approach to Ecosystems Mngmt,
Herman Karl, PhD (USGS marine geologist) & Carl Shapiro, PhD (USGS).
12:30 pm, Consensus Bldg Inst, 131 Mt. Auburn St, Camb. Brown Bag
Lunch. Info/RSVP Req: http://www.cbuilding.org, freund1 at mac.com
FRI, OCT 24
The Great Blackout of 2003, Steve Connors (MIT Lab for
Energy & Envir). 4 pm, Stone Sci Bldg, 675 Commonwealth
Ave, 4th flr, STO Rm 453, Boston Info: isw at bu.edu,
http://www.bu.edu/cees/resources Map: http://www.bu.edu/maps
FRI, OCT 24
Harvard in the Caribbean: Three Centuries of Scientific
Discovery Biol Prof Brian Farrell. 7 pm, Harvard Museum
Nat History, Haller Lect Hall, 24 Oxford St, Camb
Info: http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/events
OCT 24 - 26
Northeastern US College Envir Conf. Brown U, Providence, RI
Attndnc limited. Info: Megan_Furnari at brown.edu
http://www.brown.edu/Students/BEC
SAT, OCT 25
G. Evelyn Hutchinson Memorial Symposm - Ecology.
(“Father of modern limnology”). New Haven, CT
Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/Hutchinson.htm
SAT, OCT 25
Teacher Energy Educatn Conf: CONNECT Day ’03. Eastern CT
State U Campus, Willimantic, CT. Spons: CONNECTicut
Energy Cncil for Teachers & Inst for Sustnble Energy.
Re: K-12 & college. Info: 203-238-9521,
kohl at easternct.edu, http://www.sustainenergy.org
http://www.easternct.edu/ecsu/map/index.html
SAT, OCT 25
NESEA Greening an Existing Home. Veterans Memorial H.S.,
Warwick, RI $120/ $95. Info: http://www.nesea.org/calendar
SAT, OCT 25
NESEA PV 101 Workshop. 9 am - 4 pm, Veterans Memorial H.S.,
Warwick, RI. $120/ $95. Info: http://www.nesea.org/buildings/workshops
SAT, OCT 25
Schumacher Lectures. Legal Conditns for Survival of Earth,
Thomas Berry; Reinventing the Commons, Peter Barnes.
10 am – 4:30 pm, Great Barrington, MA Info:
http://www.smallisbeautiful.org/frameset_events.html
SAT, OCT 25
Ecological Bldg Workshp. 10 am - 4:30 pm, Inst for
Envir Living, Apeiron Fndn, 451 Hammet Rd, Coventry,
RI. $50-$75 Info/Regist: http://www.apeiron.org
SAT, OCT 25
Home Composting Wkshp. 1-3 pm, Camb Ctr for Adult Educ,
42 Brattle St, Camb Info: http://www.state.ma.us/dep/calendar.htm
http://www.state.ma.us/dep/consumer/comwkshp.htm 617-547-6789
*SAT, OCT 25
Investigate Energy: Fruity Pebbles, Fossil Fuels, & Solar Power
(children grades 5-6 + adult), Amy Schoenfeld (MoS). 1 - 4 pm,
Museum of Science, 1 Science Pk, O'Brien Hwy, Boston
$$ Registr/Info: http://www.mos.org/courses 617-589-0300
OCT 25-29
Society of Amer Foresters Nat’l Conventn. Buffalo, NY
Info: 301-897-8720, http://www.safnet.org/convention/index.cfm
*SUN, OCT 26
Living on Earth: Enviro Radio, Steve Curwood. 8 pm: WUMB 91.9
fm Boston, Falmouth, Worcester; WUMB 91.7 fm Newburyport, &
WUMB 1170 am Orleans, MA. 11 pm: WBUR 90.9 fm Boston.
Web stream/Info: http://www.loe.org http://www.wumb.org
Other locales: http://www.loe.org/where/where.htm
OCT 26-28
4th Ann. Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools Nat’l Symposm
Wash, DC Info: http://www.epa.gov/schools
MON, OCT 27
Ice sheet-climate interactions: glacial cycles, millennial climate
variability & global change, Shawn Marshall (U Calgary). 4 pm,
Haller Hall, Geol. Museum, Rm 102, 24 Oxford St, Harv U,
Camb Info: http://www.eps.harvard.edu/seminars/epscolloque.php
*MON, OCT 27
MA Interfaith Power & Light, Solar Opportunities & Fair Trade:
Info event for clergy & lay people in Greenfield area & Western
MA. 7 pm, St. James’s Church, 8 Church St, Greenfield, MA
Info/RSVP: lhoke at MIPandL.org http://www.MIPandL.org
*MON, OCT 27
European Advances on Toxic Chemical & Health Protective
Policies: Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow Educatnl Forum
w 10 visiting European experts, advocates, business leaders.
Re: Health & business/trade implicatns of draft EU legislatn
REACH: Registratn, Evaluatn, & Authorizatn of Chemicals.
7:30 pm, Tufts Univ Jaharis Ctr, 150 Harrison Ave, Boston
Info/RSVP: 617-338-8131, info at healthytomorrow.org
http://www.chemicalspolicy.org/pres.shtml
T: Orange Line or Silver Line to Chinatown or NEMC. Map:
http://www.tufts.edu/source/maps/boston/mapboston_mbta.php
OCT 27-28
Integrated Chemicals Policy – Seeking New Directns in Chemicals
Managmt; Ten Touring European Experts on proposed REACH
legislation: Registratn, Evaluatn, & Authorizatn of Chemicals for
integrating European chemicals policy. Visit incl: public
briefings, discussn mtg w. stakeholder groups. Lowell/Boston.
Info: http://www.chemicalspolicy.org/pres.shtml
http://www.chemicalspolicy.org Joel_Tickner at uml.edu
OCT 27-29
Energy Sustainability Conf: On the Path to Sustainability.
Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, CT Spons: Inst for Sustnbl Energy,
Eastern CT State U. Info: http://www.sustainenergy.org
860-465-0252 LeahyW at easternct.edu
OCT 27-31
Wetlands Wkshp 2003—Hydrology. Atlantic City, NJ
Info: http://www.wetlandsworkgroup.org
TUE, OCT 28
How Will Ozone Pollutn Affect Future Productivity, Carbon
Sequestratn, & Climate Policy? Ben Felzer (Ecosystems Ctr, MBL).
12:15 - 1 pm, MBL, Whitman Audit, Water St, Woods Hole, MA
Info: http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/WoodsHole/seminars.html
Dir: http://www.mbl.edu/inside/visit/directions
OCT 28-30
Nuclear Safety Research Conf. Washington, DC Info:
http://www.bnl.gov/NSRC/highlights.asp susanm at bnl.gov
WED, OCT 29
Boston College Citizens Seminar to Envision Future of Metro-
Boston. Regional Vision & Growth Strategy Project session.
8 - 11:30 am, Hyatt Regency Boston [fmr Swiss Hotel].
Keynote: Angela Glover Blackwell, (PolicyLink) Info/RSVP:
617-451-2770 x2030, ahurwitz at mapc.org,
http://www.bc.edu/schools/csom/cga/citizen/invitations
http://www.mapc.org/projects_initiatives/regional_visioning.html
WED, OCT 29
NEEC Ann. Conf: Keeping the Lights On & the Power Green:
Energy Efficiency & Renewables in 2003. Sheraton Needham
Hotel, 100 Cabot St, Needham, MA Re: green pricing, energy
effic programs, renewable & distributed generatn technologies.
Spons: No’east Energy Efficncy Cncl & Assn of Energy Services
Profsnls. Info/Dir: http://www.neec.org/anncon/anncon.html
WED, OCT 29
Advanced Daylighting Seminar. Boston $170/ $145.
Info: http://www.nesea.org/buildings/workshops
WED, OCT 29
Taking Sustainable Develpmt Seriously in Climate Debate.
Adil Najam (Tufts U). 12:30 - 2 pm, Zamparelli Rm, Tufts U,
Mayer Campus (Student) Ctr, 44 Professors Row, Medford,
MA Map: http://www.tufts.edu/source/mapmedford.htm
WED, OCT 29
Climate Change Policy in the Semi-Periphery: Mexico,
Simone Pulver (Brown). 4 pm, Watson Inst, McKinney
Conf Rm, 111 Thayer St, 111 Thayer St, Providence, RI
Info: http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Watson_Institute
WED, OCT 29
Institutional Investors Network on Climate Change Risk, Mindy
Lubber (Exec Dir, CERES). 4 pm, Smith-Buanano Hall, Rm 106,
[on Pembroke Campus North off Meeting St, btwn Thayer &
Brown Sts], Providence, RI Info: ilana_friedman at brown.edu,
http://www.brown.edu/Students/BEC
OCT 29 & 30, NOV 4 & 5
Energy Star Homes Bldr & Designer's Wkshps. 8:30 am - 4 pm.
Free wkshp & Field Guide for Residential New Constructn.
Wed, 10/29 - Westborough, MA
Thur, 10/30 – Somerville, MA.
Tue, 11/4 - Northampton, MA
Wed, 11/5 - Andover, MA
Info: http://www.energystarhomes.com/images/news_events/Flyer2.pdf
Regstr: http://www.energystarhomes.com 800-628-8413
http://www.energystarhomes.com/estar_ma/ma_news_events/ma_builder_training.html
THUR, OCT 30
Emergency Envir Management Tools Wkshp for Colleges &
Univ.Sheraton Framingham Hotel, Framingham, MA $75
Info: http://www.epa.gov/ne/assistance/univ/index.html
617-918-1828, bagnoli.peggy at epa.gov
*THUR, OCT 30
EJAM Envir Justice Training Wkshp. 9 am - 4 pm, 1st Parish
Unitarian Universalist Church, 630 Mass. Ave, Arlington, MA
Info: andrea.carlino at tufts.edu, http://www.tufts.edu/tie/EJAM
*THUR, OCT 30
Conservation at Interface of Ecology & Envir History, David
Foster (Harvard Forest) 12:15 – 1:15 pm, Bicentennial Hall,
Rm 216, Bicentennial Way, Middlebury Collg, Middlebury, VT
http://www.middlebury.edu/depts/es/events/eventscalendarnew.htm
THUR, OCT 30
Monster of God: Man-Eating Predator in Jungles of History
& Mind, David Quammen. 6 pm, Harvard Musm Nat
History, Geological Lect Hall, 24 Oxford St, Camb
Info: 617-495-3045 http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/events
OCT 30-31
Ecosystems Conf: Restoration & Creation. Tampa, FL. Info:
pcannizzaro at hccfl.edu, http://www.hccfl.edu/depts/detp/eco-conf.html
OCT 30 - NOV 2
Ecological Engineering for Integrated Water Management. Camb
Designing Urban & Industrial Watersheds – Conf.
Harvard Grad Schl of Design, 48 Quincy St, Camb
Info: http://www.ecological-engineering.org/home.html
info at ecological-engineering.org
Dir: http://map.harvard.edu/level3/3SciLabs1.shtml
OCT 31 - NOV 1
8th Ann Int. Envir Moot Court Competitn. Stetson U Gulfport, FL
Info: http://www.law.stetson.edu/environmental/EnvMtCtbrochure.pdf
FRI, OCT 31
Biology of beech bark disease, including relationships
between the disease, blue jays, & black bears, David Houston
(Plant Pathologist, US Forest Service, Ret.)
11 am, Seminar rm, Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest,
Petersham, MA Info: aabarker at fas.harvard.edu,
http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminarschedule.html
FRI, OCT 31
Net Ecosystem Production & Nutrient Cycling in an Aggrading
Forest Under Elevated CO2, Adrien Finzi (Boston U). 4 pm,
Boston U Stone Sci Bldg, 675 Commonwealth Ave, 4th flr,
Rm 453, Boston Info: http://www.bu.edu/cees/resources
Map: http://www.bu.edu/maps T: Green B Line BU East stop.
FRI, OCT 31
Boston Critical Mass! Bike rally / ride, last Friday of each month.
Free pedalling party celebrating community social space. Wear
helmet, bring your light! Meet 5:30 pm, Copley Sq, Boston, MA
Info: http://www.bostoncriticalmass.org
*OCT 31 – NOV 12
Peace Pagoda Walk for Global Warming, Restore Earth's Balance.
10/31 Opening Ceremony, Leverett, MA Peace Pagoda
11/1 Northampton, MA to Springfield
11/2 Springfield > Windsor Locks, CT
11/3 Windsor Locks > Hartford
11/4 Hartford > Middletown
11/5 Middletown > Guilford
11/6 Guilford > New Haven
11/7 New Haven > Milford/Stratford
11/8 Milford/Stratford > Westport
11/9 Westport > Greenwich
11/10 Greenwich > Scarsdale, NY
11/11 Scarsdale > NYC
11/12 Walk to U.N. Plaza to join Interfaith Service of Repentance
& Renewal to call for recommitment to Kyoto Protocol signed
5 yr ago. See Nov 12. Join for part or all of walk.
Info: Nov12 at religiouswitness.org http://www.religiouswitness.org
http://www.religiouswitness.org/files/walkinfo.pdf
NOVEMBER 2003
*SAT, NOV 1
Vermont Land Conservatn Conf. Northfield Middle Schl,
Northfield, VT Info: 802-434-3079, will at vlt.org
http://www.middlebury.edu/depts/es/events/eventscalendarnew.htm
SAT, NOV 1
Passive Solar Wkshp, Yestermorrow Design/Build Schl, Warren,
VT $120/ $95. Info: http://www.nesea.org/buildings/workshops
*SAT, NOV 1
Bats: Behavior, Observatn, & Conservatn Program. 4 - 6 pm,
Franklin Park Zoo, 1 Franklin Park Rd, Boston, MA. Adults 15+
$25/$40 Info: 617-989-3736, mlesch at zoonewengland.com,
http://www.zoonewengland.org/involve/events.shtml
SUN, NOV 2
PACE Tour of Energy-Related Projects, Mohegan Tribal Govt Bldg,
Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, CT. Re: fuel cells, grnd source heat pumps,
heat recovery system, recycling & reuse, air pollutn preventn, alt
transp, CO2 offsets. $15 Reserv Req/Info: 860-693-2538,
http://www.pace-cleanenergy.org/action_files/MSTour1.pdf
*SUN, NOV 2
Living on Earth: Enviro Radio, Steve Curwood. 8 pm: WUMB 91.9
fm Boston, Falmouth, Worcester; WUMB 91.7 fm Newburyport, &
WUMB 1170 am Orleans, MA. 11 pm: WBUR 90.9 fm Boston.
Web stream/Info: http://www.loe.org http://www.wumb.org
Other locales: http://www.loe.org/where/where.htm
NOV 2 - 4
Investors’ Circle 2003 Natl Conf & Venture Fair. Building
Sustainable Communities: From Philanthropy to Venture Capital.
Charles Hotel, 1 Bennett St.Harvard Sq, Camb Info: 617-566-2600
http://www.investorscircle.net/Conference2003.html
MON, NOV 3
Mechanisms of abrupt global climate change during the last
deglaciatn, Peter Clark (Oregon SU). 4 pm, Haller Hall, Geol.
Museum, Rm 102, 24 Oxford St, Harv U, Camb Info:
http://www.eps.harvard.edu/seminars/epscolloque.php
NOV 3-5
8th Nat’l Green Power Marketing Conf. Chicago, IL
Info: http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/conference
http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/conference/gpmconf02.html
*TUE, NOV 4
Promoting Physical Activity & Health by Urban Design Conf.
8:30 am - 4:30 pm, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, by So. Station,
Boston. T: Redline So. Statn. Free. RSVP requested/Info:
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthdesign 617-432-7076,
Reading: http://policy.rutgers.edu/tpi/docs/usascii.pdf
TUE, NOV 4
Meeting the Challenges of Sustainable Bldgs at Colleges.
9 am – 4 pm, Harry Jack Gray Conf Ctr/Wilde Auditorm,
U Hartford, Hartford, CT re: LEED stds, case studies.
Info: kim.trella at po.state.ct.us, http://www.ctgbc.org/events.htm
Dir: http://www.hartford.edu/about/map/buildings.asp
http://www.hartford.edu/about/info.asp?item=driving
WED, NOV 5
Making the Cut:Fundraising for Nonprofits. 8:30 am - 4:30 pm,
Boston Ctr for Adult Ed, 5 Commonwealth Ave, Boston. $125.
Info/ Registrn: 617-267-4430, http://www.bcae.org info at bcae.org
http://www.bcae.org/Search?&Query=fundraising
WED, NOV 5
Leveraging Our Voice & Vote as Investors to Promote Corporate
Social Responsibility, Tim Smith (investment mngr). 4 pm,
Smith-Buanano Hall, Rm 106, [on Pembroke Campus North off
Meeting St, btwn Thayer & Brown Sts], Providence, RI Info:
ilana_friedman at brown.edu, http://www.brown.edu/Students/BEC
WED, NOV 5
Urban Sprawl & Obesity, Andrew Plantinga & Stephanie Bernell,
(OR State U.) 4-5:30 pm, Rm L-332, Littauer Bldg, KSG,
79 JFK St, Camb. Envir econ & policy seminar. Paper at website
Info: http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~ec2690hf/
WED, NOV 5
Emerging Ocean Technologies: Promoting Renewable Energy, Greg
Watson (MA Tech Collab); GorlovTurbine & AquaEnergy reps.
7 - 9 pm North Shore Community College, Gym, McGee Bldg 1st flr,
300 Broad St (Rte 1A), Lynn, MA. MBTA: Blue Line Wonderland Statn,
take Bus #441 Info: 781-639-8636, healthlink at healthlink.org,
http://www.HealthLink.org Dir: http://www.northshore.edu/directions
WED, NOV 5
Genes, Envir, & Epidemics: Autism, Martha Herbert MD (Harvd
Med Schl). 7:30 pm, First Parish, 3 Church St, Harvard Sq,
Camb Info: http://www.cambridgeforum.org 617-495-2727
NOV 5 - 7
Drivers of Technology Innovation in the Bldg & Real Estate
Industry, Design & Constructn. 6 pm 11/5 – 2 pm 11/7.
Harvard Grad Schl of Design, 48 Quincy St, Camb
Spons: Ctr for Design Informatics. Info:
http://www.cdi.gsd.harvard.edu/conference2003
Dir: http://map.harvard.edu/level3/3SciLabs1.shtml
NOV 5 - 7
Workshop on Fostering Successful Implementatn of Sustainable
Urban Travel Policies. Wash, DC Spons: US DOT & European
Cncl of Ministrs of Transp. Info: http://ostpxweb.dot.gov/policy/
http://www.apta.com/conferences_calendar/calendar.cfm
THUR, NOV 6
Northeast Energy & Technology EXPO & Conf. 8 – 4 pm, Crowne
Plaza Hotel, 10 Lincoln Sq, Worcester, MA Econ & Productivity;
Climate Change Policy & Implementatn; Distributed generatn &
Combined Heat/Power; Energy efficiency & Conservatn Progrms.
Info: http://www.energyexpo2003.com 617-565-9765,
http://www.ase.org/calendar_11.htm scott.hutchins at ee.doe.gov
THUR, NOV 6
11th Ann US Canada Energy Trade & Technlgy
Conf. Spons: NE-Canada Business Council.
http://www.negc.org/upcoming.html
*THUR, NOV 6
Vermont Family Forests Workshop: 9 am – Noon, Brynn
Family Forest, Plank Rd, Bristol, VT $20. Info:
802-453-7728 http://www.familyforests.org/events.shtml
THUR, NOV 6
New Directions in Corporate Disclosure, Robert Litan (Brookings
Inst). Noon -1:30 pm, Bell Hall, 5th Flr, Belfer Bldg, KSG,
79 JFK St, Camb RSVP Req /Info: rpp at ksg.harvard.edu,
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/cbg/rpp 617-384-8319,
Map: http://map.harvard.edu/level3/3KennedySchool.shtml
*THUR, NOV 6
Enviro Attitudes, Motivatn, Envir Affinity Toward Nature, &
Sense of Efficacy: Their Relationships to Pro-Envir Behaviors
at Middlebury, Bob Osborne (Psychology).12:15 – 1:15 pm,
Bicentennial Hall, Rm 216, Bicentennial Way, Middlebury Collg,
Middlebury, VT Info:
http://www.middlebury.edu/depts/es/events/eventscalendarnew.htm
THUR, NOV 6
Informal Envir Law Debate: Lynn Scarlett (Asst Sec Interior for
Policy, Mngmt & Budget) vs John Leshy (frmr Solicitor, Dept
Interior, 1992-2000). Public Session, Harvard Law Schl Envir
Conf. 4 – 6 pm, Austin Hall North, HLS Campus, Camb.
*THUR, NOV 6
MIT Enviro Forum: Commitments, Challenges, Actions. Remarks:
Commitments, Chancellor Phillip Clay; Challenges, Prof Patrick Jaillet
(Civil & Envir Enginrg); Actions, Tiffany Groode
(Mechcnl Enginrg. 4 - 6 pm, MIT Stratton Student Ctr,
Bldg W20 - Rm 491, 84 Mass Ave, Camb. 5 - 6 pm, Networking, discussn,
socializing re: envir, sustnblty, for UG/Grads,
MIT & community. Info: curtisjt at mit.edu
Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=W20&Buildings=go
THUR, NOV 6
Beyond Mushrooms: A Look at the Biodiversity of Fungi, Botany
Prof Donald Pfister. 6 pm, Harvard Musm Nat History,
Geological Lect Hall, 24 Oxford St, Camb Info: 617-495-3045
http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/events
NOV 6 & 7
Carbon Sequestration Initiative Forum IV 2003: Scenarios.
Info: http://sequestration.mit.edu/forums/index.html
marygal at mit.edu
FRI, NOV 7
Dunghill doctrines of the early republic, Steven Stoll (Yale U)
11 am, Seminar rm, Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, Petersham,
MA Info: aabarker at fas.harvard.edu,
http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminarschedule.html
FRI, NOV 7
GPS Occultatns for Climate Monitring: ACE+ Experimnt, Gottfried
Kirchengast (Univ Graz). Noon, Pierce Hall, Rm 100F, 29 Oxford
St, Camb Info: http://www-as.harvard.edu/seminars/seminars.html
Dir: http://www-as.harvard.edu/chemistry/trop/directions.html
FRI, NOV 7
Sea Ice Ecology: Life, Slime & Physics, Klaus Meiners
(Yale Post-Doct). Noon, Rm 110, Envir Sci Ctr,
21 Sachem St, Yale U, New Haven, CT
Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/calendar
FRI, NOV 7
Agricultural Land & Transformatn of the Earth System, Jon
Foley (U Wisc). 3 pm, Whitman Audit, Water St, Woods Hole, MA
Info: http://www.mbl.edu/inside/what/news/events/events_ses.html
Dir: http://www.mbl.edu/inside/visit/directions
FRI, NOV 7
Regional Climate Change Cooperation, Henrik Selin (Linkoping U
& MIT DUSP). 4 pm, Boston U Stone Sci Bldg, 675 Comm Ave,
4th flr, Rm 453, Boston Info: http://www.bu.edu/cees/resources
Map: http://www.bu.edu/maps T: Green B Line BU East stop.
NOV 7-9
NE Student Enviro Action Coalitn (SEAC) Regional
Activist Training. Wesleyan Univ, Middletown, CT
Info: neseac at seac.org, www.seac.org/ne/nerat.htm
[New date & loc.]
NOV 7-9
Net Impact Ann Conf. New Leaders for Better Business.
U Texas -Austin. Info: http://www.net-impact.org
*NOV 7 - 9
AMC White Mountain Workshop. Highland Ctr, Crawford Notch, NH
Info: http://www.outdoors.org/conservation/wmnf/whitesweekend.shtml
bwentzell at amcinfo.org 617-523-0655 x386
*SAT, NOV 8
1st Ann.Vermont Toxics Action Conf. 8 am – 6 pm, Vermont
Technical College, Randolph, VT. To help residents fight
pollution in our communities. Spkrs: Lois Gibbs (Love Canal
activist); U.S. Rep. Bernie Sanders. Info/Regstr: 802-223-8422,
http://www.toxicsaction.org/VT_ConfBro1001.pdf
Dir: http://www.vtc.vsc.edu/site/overview/directions.html
SAT, NOV 8
Earthwatch Public Day 2003: Making Connectns for Sustainable
Envir. Hyatt Regency, 575 Memorial Dr, Camb. Re: >100 sci field
resrch expeditns worldwide. Spkrs incl: paleoanthropologist,
conservtn activist Dr Richard Leakey; Dr Peter Kershaw
on Climate Change at Arctic’s Edge. Info/Regstrn:
http://www.earthwatch.org/conference 800-776-0188 x207
Press info: 800-776-0188 x136, bmagruder at earthwatch.org
SAT, NOV 8
Shaping the Future of Essex County, MA - Practical Solutions for
Sustainable Growth. 8 am - 4:30 pm, Merrimack College, Andover,
MA $15 Info: 978-887-8876, l.cunningham at eccf.org
SAT, NOV 8
PV 101 Workshop. 9 am - 4 pm, Evergreen Solar, Marlboro,
MA Info: http://www.nesea.org/buildings/workshops
SUN, NOV 9
Healthy Vegan Nutrition & Global Anti-Hunting Coalition
Brenda Davis, RD & Anthony Marr. 2:30 pm, Veggie Planet/
Club Passim, 47 Palmer St, Harvard Sq, Camb. Info:
http://boston.earthsave.org/events.htm
*SUN, NOV 9
Living on Earth: Enviro Radio, Steve Curwood. 8 pm: WUMB 91.9
fm Boston, Falmouth, Worcester; WUMB 91.7 fm Newburyport, &
WUMB 1170 am Orleans, MA. 11 pm: WBUR 90.9 fm Boston.
Web stream/Info: http://www.loe.org http://www.wumb.org
Other locales: http://www.loe.org/where/where.htm
MON, NOV 10
Human-Climate-Envir Interactions in Maya Lowlands (Yucatan
Peninsula) Inferred from Lake Sediment Cores, David Hodell (U
Florida). 2 - 3:30 pm, Rm 102, Kline Geol Lab, 210 Whitney Ave,
Yale U, New Haven, CT. Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/calendar
MON, NOV 10
Enviro Advocates of NY Ann Gala. Yale Club, Manhattan,
NYC. Info: pkelly at eany.org, http://www.eany.org
*MON, NOV 10
Global Climate Change & Cape Wind Project - Public Forum.
Spkrs: Mark Rodgers (Cape Wind) & Ross Gelbspan (auth: The
Heat Is On). 7:30 pm, First Parish in Westwood, 340 Clapboard
Tree St, Westwood, MA Info//RSVP: lhoke at MIPandL.org
http://www.MIPandL.org
WED, NOV 12
Bos Soc Architects: Committee on the Envir Mtg.
8-10 am, Topic, Loc TBA Info: ken_fisher at gensler.com
http://committees.architects.org/green/newcote.htm
WED, NOV 12
Walk & Witness for Climate & Creation; Interfaith Service of
Repentance & Renewal at United Nations. Gather 11 am:
Community Church of NY, 40 E. 35th St (btw Park & Madison).
Noon: Procession to UN/Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 47th St (1st
& 2nd Aves). 1 pm: Service of Repentance & Renewal at UN Plaza
Info: nov12 at religiouswitness.org, http://www.Religiouswitness.org
WED, NOV 12
Simulatn of Younger Dryas Event: why did climate change so
abruptly? Suki Manabe (GFDL). 11 am - 1 pm, MIT
Bldg 54 – Rm 915, via 21 Ames St, Camb.
Info: http://www.mit.edu/~phuybers/sack.html Map:
http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=54&Buildings=go
*WED, NOV 12
Public Health Forum: Love Canal, 25 years later, Lois Marie Gibbs
(founder LC Parents Movement, LC Home Owners Assn, Ctr for
Hlth, Envir & Justice, citizen enviro activist). Noon - 1 pm,
“L”- Instructional Bldg, Rm #L-112, BU Schl of Med, 80 East
Concord St, South End, Boston. Enter via commons btw Harrison
Ave & Albany St. Info: 617-638-4620, http://www.bu.edu/lovecanal
http://www.chej.org Map: L-Bldg = #18 at
http://www.bumc.bu.edu/places/CampusMap/index.htm
WED, NOV 12
Matthias Schuler, Enviro Enginr Transsolar, Stuttgart, Germany:
Gives Joseph & Etel Thomas Lecture. 6:30 - 8:30 pm, Harvard
Grad Schl of Design, Piper Auditrm, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St,
Camb Info: http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/public_lectures.html
Dir: http://map.harvard.edu/level3/3SciLabs1.shtml
NOV 12-14
GreenBuild - Intnat’l Conf & Expo: US Green Bldg Council.
Pittsburgh, PA Info: http://www.usgbc.org info at greenbuildexpo.com
THUR, NOV 13
Greening an Existing Facility. 9 am - 4 pm, Albany, NY
Info: http://www.nesea.org/buildings/workshops
*THUR, NOV 13
What is Driving China's Decline in Energy Intensity? Prof Karen
Fisher-Vanden, (Dartmouth). 12:15 – 1:15 pm, Bicentennial Hall,
Rm 216, Bicentennial Way, Middlebury Collg, Middlebury, VT Info:
http://www.middlebury.edu/depts/es/events/eventscalendarnew.htm
THUR, NOV 13
Future of Canada's Northern Boreal Forest – Threats to wolverine
& caribou, Justina Ray (Wildlife Conservation Soc). 6 pm, Harvard
Musm Nat History, Geological Lect Hall, 24 Oxford St, Camb
Info: 617-495-3045, http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/events
THUR, NOV 13
Home Composting Wkshp. 7:30-9 pm, Natick Community Farm,
117 Eliot St, Natick, MA Info: http://www.state.ma.us/dep/calendar.htm
508-655-2204, http://www.state.ma.us/dep/consumer/comwkshp.htm
FRI, NOV 14
Emerging Technologies & Best Industry Practices Seminar:
Fuel Cells as a Means for Green Power Generation. Photonics
Cntr, Colloquium Rm 9th flr, 8 St Mary St, Brookline, MA
Spons: BU Dept Manufactr Engnrg. Info: 617-358-0351,
esd at bu.edu, http://www.bu.edu/mfg/etseminar
Dir: http://www.bu.edu/mfg/etseminar/parking.html
FRI, NOV 14
Mercury, salamanders & watershed condition, Michael Bank
(U Maine). 11 am, Seminar rm, Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest,
Petersham, MA Info: aabarker at fas.harvard.edu,
http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminarschedule.html
FRI, NOV 14
A Holistic View of Invasion, Linda Puth (Yale Post-Doc)
Noon, Rm 110, Envir Sci Ctr, 21 Sachem St, Yale U, New
Haven, CT Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/calendar
FRI, NOV 14
Tale of Two Times: Organic aerosols in atmospheres of early
& current earth, Margaret Tolbert (U Co). Noon, Pierce Hall,
Rm 100F, 29 Oxford St, Camb
Info: http://www-as.harvard.edu/seminars/seminars.html
FRI, NOV 14
Betwn North & South: Alternative Borderlands of Wm H.
Ellis, Karl Jacoby (Brown U). 2:30 - 4:30 pm, MIT Tang Ctr
Bldg E51 - Rm 095, 50 Memorial Dr, Camb. Info:
http://web.mit.edu/history/www/nande/modTimes.html
Dir: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=E51&Buildings=go
FRI, NOV 14
Role of ecological processes in long-term dynamics of terrestrial
ecosystems & carbon cycle, Paul Moorcroft (Harvard). 4 pm,
Stone Sci Bldg, 675 Commonwealth Ave, 4th flr, Rm 453,
Boston U, Boston Info: http://www.bu.edu/cees/resources
Map: http://www.bu.edu/maps
*NOV 14 & 15
3rd Ann. Soul of Agriculture Conf: Northeast Food System at
Crossroads & NESAWG Resource Harvest, UNH, Durham, NH
Info: http://www.sustainableunh.unh.edu/fas/soul_agri/index.html
SAT, NOV 15
2nd Ann Undergrad & Grad Student Enviro Research Sympos.
Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA. Call for Abstracts.
Info: http://www.bridgew.edu/Environmental 508-531-2089,
dpadgett at bridgew.edu
*SAT, NOV 15
Green Homes -How to build a new one or transform an existing
home. 1 – 4 pm, Central CT State U, Vance Academic Ctr, Rm 105,
New Britain, CT $10. Info: http://www.CTGBC.org 860-424-3234
http://www.ctgbc.org/events/Green_homes.pdf
SAT, NOV 15
8th Ann Earth Night - Envir League of MA Benefit. Black Falcon
Cruise Terminal, 1 Black Falcon Ave, So. Boston $75. Dinner,
Auction, Entertainment Info: http://www.earthnight.org
508-698-6810 Dir: http://www.greatports.com/boston/portinfo.htm
SUN, NOV 16
3rd Ann. MA & NE Grassroots Climate Protectn Conf.
9 am – 5 pm, Fletcher Schl, Cabot Hall, 170 Packard Ave,
Tufts U, Medford, MA. NE’s premier climate activist’s conf.
Keynotes: I - Rhode Island Climate Plan, Local Buy-in &
Regional Synergy, Jan Reitsma, R.I. DEM; II - Europe Leads:
Cutting Carbon Affordably, Michael Northrop, Rockefeller
Brothers Fund. 18 Wkshps: Local climate action plans &
GHG reduction strategies; Climate change sci, human & ocean
impacts, solutns; Regional climate plan & realities; Greening
town & gown; Green schls & capital projects; Transport: VMT’s,
fuel use & SUVs; Community wind projects & Cape Wind; Global
warming educatn K-12 & public; Framing the Climate Message;
Advancing state & regional policy & action; Allied efforts;
EcoTeams; Organizing skills; Media wkshp w. Globe & Herald
envir reporters. $30 by 10/31. $40 at door. Registr/Info: click
on Feature at http://www.tufts.edu/tci/Calendar.html
http://www.massclimateaction.org cambclimact at aol.com,
781-643-5911 Map: http://www.tufts.edu/source/maps/medford
NOV 16-19
Young Scientists' Global Change Conf. Trieste, Italy. Info:
http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~twas/YS_START_2003_announce.html
MON, NOV 17
Life on the Edge: Interfaces, Melting, & Survival of Life
in Ice, John Wettlaufer (Yale). 2 - 3:30 pm, Rm 102,
Kline Geol Lab, 210 Whitney Ave, Yale U, New Haven, CT.
Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/calendar
MON, NOV 17
Ecological Design & Engineering: Emergence of New Paradigm
Developing Technology, Resrch Prof John Todd (U Vt; Ocean
Arks Int’l). Tufts U, Medford, MA Loc & Time TBA, see:
http://fletcher.tufts.edu/ierp/news.shtml
*MON, NOV 17
Mass. Interfaith Power & Light Ann Mtg. 7 pm, First
Parish in Westwood, 340 Clapboard Tree St, Westwood,
MA Info//RSVP: lhoke at MIPandL.org http://www.MIPandL.org
NOV 17 - 18
5th Ann. Financing US Power Projects. NYC
Info: register at cbinet.com, http://www.cbinet.com
NOV 17-20
Joint Sci Conf on Chemical & Biological Defense Resch: Towson,
MD Info: cbdefense at battelle.com, http://www.cbdefense.com
TUE, NOV 18
Database Planning Basics for Non-Profits. 8:30-11:30 am,
Assoc Grant Makers, 55 Court St, Suite 520, Boston, MA $50.
Info: http://www.summitcollaborative.com/ett_info_bos.html
WED, NOV 19
Enforcement & Enviro Compliance, Jay Shimshack, (Tufts U) &
Michael Ward (U CA). 4-5:30 pm, Rm L-332, Littauer Bldg, KSG,
79 JFK St, Camb. Envir econ & policy seminar. Paper at website
Info: http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~ec2690hf/
*THUR, NOV 20
Getting Green in Mesoamerica: Dams or Protection for Usumacinta
River, Chris Shaw (Nature Writer). 12:15 – 1:15 pm, Bicentennial
Hall, Rm 216, Bicentennial Way, Middlebury Collg, Middlebury, VT
Info: http://www.middlebury.edu/depts/es/events/eventscalendarnew.htm
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