[Save] NE Climate & Enviro Calendar * 2/10 - 2/25/04
Michael Charney
cambclimact at aol.com
Mon Feb 9 20:24:04 EST 2004
CAMBRIDGE CLIMATE CALENDAR Feb 11 - Nov 2004
Climate, Envir & Sustainability Events for MA & NE
Noah built the Ark before it began to rain.
Editors Choice:
2/20-22 Northeast Climate Conf. Camb
2/22 - 24 Bloome Jewish Enviro Leadership Inst. Boston
2/26 - Measure, Manage Office-based CO2 Emissns Wkshp. Boston
*2/27 2nd Ann Business Sustainability Conf. Hanover, NH
*3/6,7 - Leadership Skills Training Wkshp for Envir Staff. Keene, NH
3/10-13 NESEA Building Energy 2004 Conf. Boston
3/15,16 NEG/ECP Climate Change Impacts & Adaptatns Conf. Boston
*3/29,30 - Earth Inst. State of the Planet Conf. NYC
*4/14 - Green Hotels & Green Mtgs Training Wkshp. Boston
4/14,15 - CERES 2004 Conference. Boston. MA
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Action Alert:
*Stop envir destructive provisions in TEA-21 bill.
( Transp Equity Act - 21st C). Act before 4/6. Info:
http://actionnetwork.org/campaign/teafeb2004/8w7eiez9jj577k
*2/11 Voter registrtn ddln for 3/2 MA Dem. pres. primary. MA
Info: http://www.state.ma.us/sec/ele/eleifv/howreg.htm
Noted:
*The Apollo Project: Democrats' Moon Shot
Info: http://tompaine.com/feature2.cfm/ID/9820
Also at: http://www.tufts.edu/tci/Calendar.html > Feature
Climate Collapse: Pentagon's Weather Nightmare, David Stipp,
Fortune, 1/26/04. Abrupt climate change as natl security issue.
See: Feature at left at http://www.tufts.edu/tci/Calendar.html
A Sacrifice of Species Boston Globe Editorial (1/19/04)
Re: Climate change & massive extinctions by 2050.
/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2004/01/19/a_sacrifice_of_species
Also at Feature: http://www.tufts.edu/tci/Calendar.html
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INDEX: * = New
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FEBRUARY 2004
Through February (dates vary)
2/04 - Climate Change, Should We Care? Exhibit. ME, VT, NH
Mondays thru May 24
2/9 5/24 Course: Path to Sustainable Development. Camb/Internet
Tuesdays thru May 4
2/10 5/4 Course: Human Health & Global Envir Change. Boston
Tuesdays, February 3 May 25
2/10 5/25 Climate Change: Sci, Social Impact & Diplomacy. Camb
Tuesday, February 10
2/10 Are 41kyr glacial oscillatns linear to Milankovitch forcing? Camb
2/10 - Beyond Conservatn: Evolutn of Envir League MA. Boston
Wednesday, February 11
2/11 Voter regstrtn ddln for 3/2 MA Dem. pres. primary. MA
*2/11 - Historic Preservation & Sustainable Design. Boston
2/11 Trading & Banking of Pollutn Allowances. Waltham, MA
2/11 - MA Sierra Club Political Committee Mtg. Boston
2/11 - Sustainability - Worth Fighting For? Camb
2/11 - Heinrich & D/O Events: It's the Sea Ice. Camb
2/11 - Back to the Future, Part II: Long-Term Discounting. Camb
*2/11 Analytical Modeling in GIS: Envir Applicatns. Medford, MA
2/11 - Vanishing Cultures. Camb
Thursday, February 12
2/12 - Climate Change Backpack Training for Educators. Concord, NH
*2/12 - Sacrificing Corporate Profits in the Public Interest. Camb
2/12 Internatl Environmental Standards. Middlebury, VT
2/12 Industrial Responses to Chinas Cleaner Productn Prgrm. Camb
2/12 - Abrupt Climate Change: Tropical Clues. Boston
2/12 Citywide Community Garden Council Mtg. Boston
*2/12 Fatal Fallout (film re: nuclear plant terrorist strike). Camb
2/12 Changing Face of Renewable Energy: New Study. Camb
February 12-16
2/12-16 Am Assn Advmt of Sci Ann. Mtg. Seattle, WA
Friday, February 13
*2/13 - MBTA Station Improvement Program: Previews. Boston
2/13 Light, mist & pendant bryophytes in a montane forest. Ptrshm, MA
2/13 New Horizons in Enviro Surface Chemistry. Camb
2/13 New Frontiers in Feather Characteristics. New Haven, CT
2/13 - Ozone Exposure & Morality Risk - Bayesian Analysis. Boston
2/13 - Black Land Loss in Rural South: Ethnogrphc Film. Camb
*2/13 OH & Aerosols: Insights frm atmos. VOC measuremts. Camb
2/13 In Hot Water - film by NE Aquarium. No. Camb
February 13 -15
2/13-15 Food Choice, Community & Local Economy. Plymouth, MA
Sunday, February 15
2/15 - Living on Earth: Enviro Radio. NPR, WBUR, WUMB, Web
Monday, February 16
2/16 - Threats to Rare Forest in Belmont & Cambridge. Camb
2/16 - Early Cenozoic extreme climates. New Haven, CT
Tuesday, February 17
*2/17 Cardiac Oxidant Stress/Dysfunctn by Pollutn Particulates. Boston
2/17 Climate Change, Health, Ocean & Sci Impacts. Boston
2/17 - Nonprofit Orgs & Govt - Getting Things Done. Camb
2/17 - Future of Renewable Energy & Your Role in It. Medford, MA
Wednesday, February 18
*2/18 - Offshore Windpower in the US. Medford, MA
2/18 - VT Citizen Action / Envir Lobby Day 2004. Montpelier, VT
2/18 - Controls on Calanus finmarchicus in Georges Bank. Camb
*2/18 - Re-Evolution of Business:Strategies for 21c. Allston, MA
February 18 April 21
*2/18 4/21 Envir Bldg Design & Operation e-Course. Online
Thursday, February 19
2/19 - Enviro Chemical Releases: Routes of Exposure. Middlebury, VT
*2/19 Grad Student Energy & Envir Potluck Dinner. Metro-Bos
Friday, February 20
2/20 Multiple plant traits & species effects on ecosystems. Ptrshm, MA
2/20 Epibionts & Nesting Sea Turtles in Mexico. Nw Hvn, CT
2/20 - Energy Use & Human Health Forum. Boston
*2/20 - Risk Characterization of Dioxins. Boston
February 20-22
2/20-22 (Student) Northeast Climate Conf. Camb
February 22 24
2/22 24 Bloome Jewish Enviro Leadership Inst. Boston
Monday, February 23
2/23 - Abrupt climate change: Tropical clues. Nw Hvn, CT
2/23 - Sustainable Building Design In Newton. Newton, Ma
Tuesday, February 24
2/24 - EBC Breakfast Meeting with Douglas Foy. Boston
2/24 Ocean salinity changes, planetary hydrologic cycle. Wds Hole, MA
2/24 Envir, Ecology & Emerging Infectious Diseases. Boston
2/24 - Riding the Rails: Future of the MBTA. Camb
Wednesday, February 25
2/25 - EBC NH Chapter Regulatory Update Mtg. Concord, NH
2/25 E2: Perspectives on Clean Air & Climate Change. Boston
2/25 So.Ocean winds & eddies as drivers of global climate. Camb
2/25 Chem Mechanisms for Atmospheric Oxidatn of VOCs. Camb
2/25 Mystic Lakes: Envir Processes, Aquatic Pollutants. Winchstr, MA
Thursday February 26
2/26 - Coalitn for Envir Responsible Conventns general mtg. Boston
2/26 - Measure & Manage Office-based CO2 Emissns. Wkshp. Boston
*2/26 1990 Clean Air Act: Enviro Policy in GHW Bush Admin. Camb
2/26 - Biocentrism: Origins & Prospects. Middlebury, VT
2/26 - Screening of Bhopal film. Camb
2/26 Fishes, Submarines, & Robots: Moving Underwater. Camb
Friday, February 27
*2/27 2nd Ann Business Sustainability Conf. Hanover, NH
2/27 Studying evolutn w three-spine stickleback fish. Petersham, MA
2/27 Sand Fly Disease Vectors: Taxonomy & Evolutn. Nw Hvn, CT
2/27 - The Great Grind: Geochemical Impact of Glaciers. Camb
2/27 - Rachel Carson Lecture on Enviro Ethics. Camb
February 27 & 28
2/27-28 Net Impact Intl MBA Case Competition. Boulder, CO
2/27-28 Ecological Landscaping Assn Conf/Eco-Marketplace. Boxboro, MA
MARCH 2004
Monday, March 1
3/1 - Aerosols & climate change. Certain & Uncertain. Nw Hvn, CT
March 1-2
3/1,2 - Natl Symposm on Market Transformation. DC
Tuesday, March 2
*3/2 - Presidential Primaries: MA, CT, NY, RI, VT
3/2 - Globalztn: Devlpmt, Health & Inequity; Boston
3/2 - Integrating Sustainability into the Built Envir. Camb
Wednesday, March 3
3/3 Envir Federalism, Regultry Delegtn: Incomplete Contracting. Camb
3/3 - Pat Daly, Interfaith Ctr for Corp Responsibility. Medford, MA
*3/3 - Cape Wind - Why Now? W. Salem, MA
*3/3 Wind Over Water (doc film: Cape Wind Projt). W. Barnstable, MA
Thursday, March 4
3/4 - Climate Change Backpack Training for Educators. Wells, ME
3/4 Dilemmas of Consumerism: Buddhist Perspectives. Middlebury, VT
3/4 - Benefits of Monitoring Criteria Air Pollutants in Netwks. Camb
3/4 - John Muir & Legacy of Henry David Thoreau. Lincoln, MA
Friday, March 5
3/5 Manhattan Isld ecology: 1609 vs Present. Petersham, MA
3/5 - Front Lines of Oceanic Biodiversity. New Haven, CT
3/5 Secret Lives of Black Bears. Boston
March 5 - 7
*3/5-7 Activists Networking Weekend. Littleton, MA
Saturday March 6
3/6 - Depleted Uranium Anti-Tank Shells: Toxic or Smart Tech? Camb
March 6 & 7
*3/6,7 - Leadership Skills Training Wkshp for Enviro Staff. Keene, NH
3/6,7 Ann. Massachusetts Birders' Mtg. Peabody, MA
Sunday, March 7
3/7 - Reclaiming the Commons
March 7-9
3/7-9 Evolution of the Earth System Symposium. Camb
Monday, March 8
3/8 - EBC March Networking & Dinner Mtg. Waltham, MA
Tuesday, March 9
3/9 Toxic Chemicals, Children & Communities. Boston
3/9 Subsistence, Landscape, Identity in NE 1000-1700 AD. Boston
Wednesday, March 10
3/10 - The equatorial mixed layer heat budget. Camb
3/10 - Public Debate on Wind Energy. Boston
March 10-13
3/10-13 NESEA Building Energy 2004 Conf. Boston
Thursday, March 11
*3/11 - OSHA Inspectns & Workplace Injuries. Camb
3/11 Middlebury Collg Carbon Reductn Initiative. Middlebury, VT
3/11 - Monitoring Urban Air Pollution in Mexico City. Camb
Friday, March 12
3/12 H2O & N dynamics: E deciduous & NW conifer forests. Ptrshm, MA
3/12 Land Ownership & Fate of Ranching in Amer West. Camb
Saturday, March 13
3/13 - Grassroots Use of Computer/Internet Technology Conf. Camb
3/13 - MA Land Trust Conf: Smart Growth & Conservatn. Worcstr, MA
Sunday, March 14
3/14 - Future of Fishing in New England. Newburyport, MA
March 15 & 16
3/15,16 NEG/ECP Climate Change Impacts & Adaptations Conf. Boston
Tuesday, March 16
3/16 Renewable Energy Solutns & Financial Sector. Boston
3/16 The Transportation System of Gtr Boston. Camb
Wednesday, March 17
3/17 - The Envir/Conservatn Medicine Connection, Medford, MA
3/17 - Worker Sorting & the Risk of Death on the Job. Camb
March 17 - 18
3/17-18 WRI Sustainable Enterprise Summit. DC
For events after 3/17 see Beyond at
http://www.tufts.edu/tci/Calendar.html
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DETAILED LISTINGS:
FEBRUARY 2004
FEB (dates vary)
Climate Change, Should We Care? Family Exhibit
Chewonki Fdn, Wiscasset, ME (Thurs): http://www.chewonki.org
C. McAuliffe Planetrm, Concord, NH: http://www.starhop.com
Massabesic Sci Ctr Auburn, NH: http://www.nhaudubon.org
Fairbanks Musm/Planetrm, St. Johnsbury, VT:
http://www.fairbanksmuseum.org
http://www.mainepbs.org/quest/pdf/community_climate.pdf
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
TUE, FEB 10
Are the 41kyr glacial oscillations a linear response to
Milankovitch forcing? Yossi Ashkenazy (Weizmann Inst).
Noon, MIT Bldg 54 Rm 1510, via Ames St, Camb.
Info: http://www.mit.edu/~phuybers/sack.html Map:
http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=54&Buildings=go
TUE, FEB 10
Beyond Conservation: Evolution of Enviro League of Mass.,
Chris Bosso (Northeastern U). Comment: Jim Gomes (ELM).
Envir History Seminar. 5:15 pm, Mass Historical Soc,
1154 Boylston St, Boston. T: Green, Hynes CC Stop. Paper
avail. in adv. Info: svose at masshist.org, 617-646-0518
http://www.masshist.org/events
WED, FEB 11
Deadline to register to vote in 3/2 Mass. Dem. pres. primary.
MA Info: http://www.state.ma.us/sec/ele/eleifv/howreg.htm
*WED, FEB 11
Historic Preservation & Sustainable Design, Jean Carroon
AIA (Princpl/Preservatn, Goody Clancy); COTE Mtg.
8 am, Bos Soc Architects Bldg, 52 Broad St, 5th flr
Conf rm, Boston. Info: darons at tka-architects.com,
http://committees.architects.org/green/newcote.htm
WED, FEB 11
EBC Seminar - Market Driven Approaches to Enviro Protection
Trading & Banking of Pollution Allowances. 7:30 am Noon,
DoubleTree Guest Suites, 550 Winter St, Waltham, MA
$95/$145. Info: http://www.ebc-ne.org/meetings.htm#0211
http://www.ebc-ne.org/021104details.html
WED, FEB 11
MA Sierra Club Political Committee Mtg. Noon 2 pm,
Sierra Club Office, 100 Boylston St #760, Boston. Info:
http://www.sierraclubmass.org/events/events.html#special
WED, FEB 11
Sustainability - Worth Fighting For? Prof Paul Jowitt (Heriot-
Watt U & SISTech). 1 - 2:30 pm, MIT Bldg 9- Rm 151, 105 Mass
Ave, Camb (CMI Lecture Series simulcast: MIT & Camb U, Brit).
Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=9&Buildings=go
WED, FEB 11
Heinrich & D/O Events: It's the Sea Ice, Prof Eli Tziperman
(Harvard). 4-5 pm, MIT, Bldg 54 - Rm 915, via 21 Ames St,
Camb Info: http://web.mit.edu/eaps/events/events.shtml
Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=54&Buildings=go
WED, FEB 11
Back to the Future, Part II: Long-Term Discounting, Martin Weitzman
(Harvard). 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, FEB 11
Analytical Modeling in GIS: Enviro Applicatns, Dr. Yelena
Ogneva-Himmelberger. 4:30 pm, Olin Ctr, Rm 11,
180 Packard Ave, Tufts U, Medford, MA. Info:
http://www.tufts.edu/tie/getting_involved/events.html
Map: http://www.tufts.edu/source/maps/medford/zoom.php?fid=m086
WED, FEB 11
Realm of Vanishing Cultures: Light at Edge of the World, Wade
Davis, (Natl Geogr Explorer). 7:30 pm, First Parish, 3 Church
St, Harvard Sq, Camb Info: http://www.cambridgeforum.org
THUR, FEB 12
Climate Change Training Tool Kit for educators, sci & nature
ctr interpreters to teach about climate change. 9:30 am 3:30 pm,
Christa McAuliffe Planetarium, 2 Institute Dr, Concord,
NH. Free. Lunch $7. Pls RSVP by 2/5; Info: 617-973-0256
janderson at neaq.org, Map: http://www.starhop.com/drctions.htm
*THUR, FEB 12
Sacrificing Corporate Profits in the Public Interest, Prof Einer
Elhauge(Harvard Law). Mod: Prof Rbt Stavins. Noon -1:30 pm,
Bell Hall, 5th Flr, Belfer Bldg, KSG, 79 JFK St, Camb. RSVP/
Info: http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/cbg/rpp/seminars.htm Paper:
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/cbg/Events/Papers/RPP_2-12-04_Elhauge.pdf
617-384-8319, rpp at ksg.harvard.edu
THUR, FEB 12
Internatl Environmental Standards: Myths, Realities, & Concerns,
Randy Kritkausky (ECOLOGIA).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, FEB 12
Industrial Responses to Cleaner Production Program in
Jiangsu Province, China,:Hongyan He Oliver, PhD Candidate
Stanford U). 4 pm, Pierce Hall, Rm 114, 29 Oxford St, Harvard
U, Camb Info: hyhe at stanford.edu gbeach at fas.harvard.edu
Map: http://www.map.harvard.edu
THUR, FEB 12
Abrupt Climate Change: Tropical Clues from the Anoxic
Cariaco Basin, Venezuela, Larry Peterson (U Miami
RSMAS). 4 pm, Stone Sci Bldg, 675 Commonwealth
Ave, STO Rm B36, Boston. MBTA: Green B Line - BU
East stop. Info: http://www.bu.edu/es/colloquia
THUR, FEB 12
Citywide Community Garden Council Mtg. 5:30 7 pm,
Boston Natural Areas Netwk, 62 Summer St, Boston
Info: 617-542-7696, kim at bostonnatural.org
http://www.bostonnatural.org
THURS, FEB 12
Fatal Fallout (film re: if terrorists air-crashed into Indian
Point Nuclear Power Plant
). Screenings & Public Hlth Forum,
Q&A w. Exec Producer/Dir Gary Null PhD. 6 & 8:30 pm, Brattle
Thtr, 40 Brattle St, Harvard Sq, Camb. Info: 617-876-6837, Box
office -6838; http://www.garynull.com/Events/FatalFallout.aspx
646-505-4660 x169, lowens at garynull.com
THUR, FEB 12
Changing Face of Renewable Energy: New Multi-Client Study.
Lisa Frantzis (Renewable & Distributed Energy); Maya Chaudhari
& Ryan Katofsky (Navigant Consulting). Spons: BASEA Forum.
7:15 pm, 1st Parish Unitarian Church, 3 Church St.,
Harvard Sq, Camb Info: http://www.basea.org info at basea.org
FEB 12-16
Am Assn Advmt of Sci Ann. Mtg. Seattle, WA.
Info: http://www.aaas.org/meetings
*FRI, FEB 13
MBTA Station Improvement Program: Previews of new designs
for Ashmont, Kenmore Sq, Charles/MGH stations, Barbara Boylan,
AIA (Dir Design, MBTA). 8:10-9:30 am, Brown Rudnick Berlack
Israels, 1 Financial Ctr, 19th Flr, Dewey Sq, Boston. Move Mass.
mtg. Info/RSVP photo ID Req: danwilson at usa.net, 617-720-4334
FRI, FEB 13
Light, mist & pendant epiphytic bryophytes in a montane
forest, Claudia Romero & Francis Putz (U Florida). 11 am,
Harvard Forest, Seminar rm, Shaler Hall, Petersham, MA
Info/Dir: http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu
http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminarschedule.html
FRI, FEB 13
New Horizons in Enviro Surface Chemistry, Scot Martin
(Harvard). Noon, Pierce Hall, Rm 209, 29 Oxford St, Camb
Info: http://www.as.harvard.edu/seminars/seminars.html
Map: http://www.map.harvard.edu
FRI, FEB 13
New Frontiers in Feather Shape, Color Patterning, &
Structural Coloration, Prof Richard Prum. Noon, Rm 110,
Envir Sci Ctr, 21 Sachem St, Yale U, New Haven, CT
Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/calendar
FRI, FEB 13
Ozone Exposure & Morality Risk: An Empirical Bayesian
Meta Regression Analysis, Asst Prof Jon Levy, PhD (HSPH).
12:30 1:30 pm, Harv Schl Publ Hlth, Library Conf Rm,
Bldg 2 - Rm 426, 655 Huntington Ave, Boston MBTA:
Green Line E, Brigham Circle Stop.
Info: http://biosun1.harvard.edu 617-432-1056
Map: http://www.hms.harvard.edu/about/maps/lmamap.html
FRI, FEB 13
Black Land Loss in Rural South: An Ethnographic Film, Prof
Kathryn Dudley (Yale). 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, FEB 13
OH & aerosols: New insights derived from atmospheric VOC
measurements, Dylan Millet, UC Berkeley. 3 pm, Hoffman
Lab, 4th flr (faculty Lounge), Oxford St, Camb.
Info: rmp at io.harvard.edu, http://map.harvard.edu
FRI, FEB 13
In Hot Water, film produced by NE Aquarium (ages 7+). 6:30 pm,
38 Cameron Ave. Suite 100, No. Camb. Donatn: $5/families $10.
re: global climate change; Mini-enviro fair w action items to take
home. Spons: Eye on the Future, Info/Dir: 617-492-4091; T: Red
Line Davis Sq Statn, & Mass Ave busses; http://www.38cameron.com
http://www.neaq.org/scilearn/wwf/WOW_2003.pdf
FEB 13 -15
Power of Choice: Restoring Health of Community & Local
Economy by Foods We Choose. Conf on Food & Farming.
Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth , MA. Info: 781-740-2722,
Fishonwheels2003 at yahoo.com
http://nofama.greenmediatoolshed.org/calendar/item.tcl?scope=group&group_id=174&caendar_id=2127
SUN, FEB 15
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, FEB 16
Threats to Rare Forest in Belmont & Cambridge. Sierra Club
Walk & Talk, Peter Alden (Audubon Soc & Nuttall Ornitholgcl
Club). 10 am - 1 pm, meet Bulfinch-Uplands parking lot on
Acorn Park Dr. off route 2, Belmont/Camb. Info: 617-227-8898,
holtdj at verizon.net, http://www.friendsofalewifereservation.org
MON, FEB 16
Early Cenozoic extreme climates: Insights from ODP
Leg 208, Walvis Ridge, Ellen Thomas (Wesleyan U & Yale).
2-3:30 pm, Rm 102, Kline Geol Lab, 210 Whitney Ave, Yale,
New Haven, CT. Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/calendar
*TUE, FEB 17
Cardiac Oxidant Stress & Dysfunctn by Particulate Air Pollutn,
Asst Prof Beatriz Gonzalez-Flecha (HSPH, Dept Envir Hlth).
9:30 am, Harvd Schl Publ Hlth Bldg 1, Rm 1301, 665 Huntington
Ave, Boston, MA T: Green Line E: Brigham Circle Stop. Info:
https://cfserver.hsph.harvard.edu/cfdocs/calendar/calendar.cfm
Map: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ccpe/about.html#directions
TUE, FEB 17
Climate Change & Human Health In Hot Water (NE Aquar
film) Sci & Impacts of Climate Change, James McCarthy, PhD,
Harvard; Climate Change & Human Health, Dr Paul Epstein,
HMS. 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
TUE, FEB 17
Boston 101: Nonprofit Orgs & Govt - Getting Things Done
Inside & Outside the System, Nancy Kaufman (Jewish Family
& Children's Services); Neil Sullivan (Boston Private Industry
Cncil). 5 - 6:30 pm, Allison Dining Rm, 5th flr, Taubman
Bldg, KSG, 15 Eliot St, Camb Map: http://map.harvard.edu
Info: http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/rappaport/forums/B101.htm
TUE, FEB 17
Future of Renewable Energy in Mass. & Your Role in It,
Warren Leon, (MA Renewable Energy Trust, co-auth: Consumer's
Guide to Effective Envir Choices"). 7:30 pm, Medford Public
Library, 111 High St, Medford, MA Spons: Medford Climate
Action Netwk.Info: http://www.medfordclimateaction.org
jbeusmans at att.net Dir: http://www.medfordlibrary.org
WED, FEB 18
VT Citizen Action Training & Envir Lobby Day 2004.
10 am - Training; 11:15am 4:30 pm Lobbying at
State Hse, Montpelier, VT. Spons: VNRC, VPIRG,
VACV, LCC, VSC, TAC, NEGEF, NEWN, VCE, RV. Info:
http://www.vnrc.org/showprogissue.cfm?prog_id=6&news_id=71
http://www.vtEnvironmentalLobbyDay.org/register.php?a=VNRC
*WED, FEB 18
Prospects for Offshore Windpower in the US, Rusty Russell
(UEP lecturer, enviro law). Re: Denmark wind farms, legal
& regulatory regimes for territorial waters. Noon, Tufts U,
Brown Hse (Rm TBA), 97 Talbot Ave. (at Packard), Dept
Urban & Envir Pol & Plan, Medford, MA. Info: 617-627-3394,
http://www.tufts.edu/tie/getting_involved/events.html
WED, FEB 18
Physical & Biogeochemical controls on Calanus finmarchicus
[zooplankton] in Georges Bank Region, Xingwen Li (WHOI).
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, FEB 18
Re-Evolution of Business:Strategies for 21c. Michael Crooke
(CEO, Patagonia). 5 pm, Hawes Hall, Rm 102, Harvard Busin
Schl, Allston, MA Info: brobertson at mba2004.hbs.edu
http://www.patagonia.com http://sa.hbs.edu/susdev
Map: http://map.harvard.edu
*FEB 18 APR 21
Envir Bldg Design & Operation e-Course, Alex Joseph (M.Env.
Des., LEED accredited prof) U Calgary Envir Mngmt Online.
Info: https://dciwasp.admin.ucalgary.ca/webapp/ce_course/?course=044134
THUR, FEB 19
Enviro Chemical Releases: Routes of Exposure, Wm Bress
(VT State Toxicologist). 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, FEB 19
Energy & Envir Potluck Dinner for Boston-area Grad Students
in E&E programs. 8:30 - 11: 30 pm, Loc TBA - metro Boston.
Info/RSVP by 2/12: miquel at bu.edu, samuel.milton at tufts.edu
Vols welcome.
FRI, FEB 20
Multiple plant traits determine plant species effects on
ecosystems, Valerie Eviner (Inst Ecosystem Studies).
11 am, Harvard Forest, Seminar rm, Shaler Hall,
Petersham, MA Info/Dir: http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu
http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminarschedule.html
FRI, FEB 20
Epibionts Associated with Nesting Sea Turtles in Jalisco,
Mexico, Theodora Pinou, Niarchos (Peabody Musm Natrl
History). Noon, Rm 110, Envir Sci Ctr, 21 Sachem St, Yale U,
New Haven, CT Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/calendar
FRI, FEB 20
Energy Use & Human Health Forum: Dr. Paul Epstein (CHGE);
Daniel Beaudoin (Energy & Utilities, HSPH); Craig Campbell
(HMS); Jenny Stillwaggon (Students for Envir Awareness in
Medicine); Rob Knake (KSG MPP Candidate); Jessica Woolliams
(Longwood Coordntr, Harvard Green Campus Initiative); Mod:
Prof Jack Spengler (HSPH). 12:30 - 2 pm, Harv Schl Publ Hlth,
Kresge Bldg G-1, 665 Huntington Ave, Boston. MBTA: Green
Line E to Brigham Circle Stop. Info: jwoollia at hsph.harvard.edu
Map: http://www.hms.harvard.edu/about/maps/lmamap.html
*FRI, FEB 20
Risk Characterization of Dioxins, Linda Birnbaum, PhD (US
EPA). 2 pm, Harv Schl Public Hlth, FXB-G12, Harv Schl Publ
Hlth, Francois Xavier Bagnoud Bldg, Rm FXB-G12, 651 Hunting-
ton Ave, Boston. T: Green Line E to Brigham Cir. Info:
https://cfserver.hsph.harvard.edu/cfdocs/calendar/calendar.cfm
Map: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ccpe/about.html#directions
FEB 20-22
Northeast Climate/Sustainability/Clean Energy Conf. Harvard
U. Camb. Focus: training on skills, campus sustnblty, & state
climate advocacy. Spkrs incl: David Orr (Oberlin); Elizabeth
May (Pres, Sierra Club of Canada); Mindy Lubber (Exec Dir
CERES);Beth Daley (Envir rptr, Boston Globe). Register:
http://www.climatecampaign.org/forms/feb-reg.html
http://www.campusactivism.org >Events;
Http://Www.Climatecampaign.Org Neseac at Seac.Org
FEB 22 24
Bloome Jewish Enviro Leadership Inst - Caring For Creation:
Envir Sustainblty in a Time of Uncertainty. Boston Park Plaza
Hotel & Towers 64 Arlington St, Boston. $$$ Info/Regstr:
Http://Www.Coejl.Org/Bloome2004 212-684-6950 X213
MON, FEB 23
Abrupt climate change: Tropical clues from the anoxic
Cariaco Basin Larry Peterson, Rosenstiel (U Miami). 2-3:30
pm, Rm 102, Kline Geol Lab, 210 Whitney Ave, Yale,
New Haven, CT. Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/calendar
MON, FEB 23
Sustainable Building Design in Newton. Panel: Barbra Batshalom,
(Green Roundtable); David Delporto (Ecological Engineering);
Nick Parnell (Newton Public Bldg Comm); Mod: Brooke Lipsit.
7 Pm, Newton Free Library, 330 Homer St., Newton, MA. Spons:
Green Decade Coalition/Newton & Newton League of Women
Voters Info: Http://Www.Greendecade.Org 617-965-1995
Dir: Http://Www.Ci.Newton.Ma.Us/Library/Directions.Htm
TUE, FEB 24
EBC Breakfast Meeting with Douglas Foy, Sec. Commonwealth
Develpmt, MA. 7:30 - 10 am, Seaport Hotel, 164 Northern Ave,
Boston $$. Info/Dir: http://www.ebc-ne.org/meetings.htm#0224
TUE, FEB 24
Observed ocean salinity changes: Implications for planetary
hydrologic cycle, Ruth Curry (WHOI). 12:15 pm, Marine
Biol Lab,Whitman Audit, Water St, Woods Hole, MA Info:
http://www.mbl.edu/inside/what/news/calendars/month04_02.html
Dir: http://www.mbl.edu/inside/visit/directions
TUE, FEB 24
Emerging Infectious Diseases: Ecological Principles, Richard
Levins, PhD; Envir Factors in Emergence & Resurgence of
Infectious Disease, Dr Mary Wilson, MD, HMS/HSPH.
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
TUE, FEB 24
Riding the Rails: Future of the MBTA, Michael Mulhern (Gen.
Mngr, MBTA). 5 - 6:30 pm, Allison Dining Rm, 5th flr, Taubman
Bldg, JFKSchl Govt, 15 Eliot St, Camb Map: http://map.harvard.edu
Info: http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/taubmancenter/events.html
WED, FEB 25
EBC NH Chapter Regulatory Update Mtg. Concord, NH
8 - 10 am, Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell, P.A., 214 North Main St,
Concord, NH Info/Dir: http://www.ebc-ne.org/meetings.htm#0225
WED, FEB 25
Waiting to Inhale: Perspectives on Clean Air & Climate Change,
Spkrs: Sonia W. Hamel (Comm MA); Jim Gordon (Cape Wind);
Charles Parker (Boston Carbon Corp), & Ashok Gupta (NRDC).
Spons: NRDCs Envir Entrepreneurs (E2) NE Chptr Boston EcoSalon.
Details TBA Info/Invitatns: yli at nrdc.org http://www.nrdc.org/e2
WED, FEB 25
Southern Ocean winds & eddies as drivers of global climate (Anand
Gnanadesikan, GFDL). 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, FEB 25
Chemical Mechanisms for Atmospheric Oxidatn of VOCs Inter-
pretation of Field & Chamber Experiments, Prof Michael Pilling
(U Leeds, UK). 4-5 pm, MIT, Bldg 54 - Rm 915, via 21 Ames St,
Camb Info: http://web.mit.edu/eaps/events/events.shtml
Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=54&Buildings=go
WED, FEB 25
Mystic Lakes - Studying Enviro Processes & Aquatic Pollutants in
a Natural Laboratory, David Senn (rsrchr, Dept Envir Hlth, HSPH).
7 pm, Winchester Public Library, 80 Washington St, Winchester,
MA Info: http://www.mysticriver.org contact at mysticriver.org
THUR, FEB 26
CERC - Coalitn for Envir Responsible Conventions monthly
General Mtg. Re: Greening 04 Natl Political Conventions.
in Boston & NYC. 9:30 11:15 am, dwntwn Boston location.
Inquiry/Info: http://www.cerc04.org cambclimact at aol.com
THUR, FEB 26
Measuring & Managing Office-Based CO2 Emissions - WRI Wkshp.
10 am 2:30 pm, CERES' Office, 99 Chauncy St, 6th flr, Boston.
$15. Info/Regstr: http://www.safeclimate.net/business/index.php &
click Whats Happening Boston, 202-729-7660, sam at wri.org
*THUR, FEB 26
1990 Clean Air Act: Enviro Policy in George H.W. Bush Admin,
Prof Roger Porter (KSG) & Wm Rosenberg (Sr Fellow, KSG)
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, FEB 26
Biocentrism: Origins & Prospects, Core Panel Discussn.
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, FEB 26
Screening of Bhopal film by Shahid Nanavati, 4:30-6 pm,
MIT Bldg E38 Rm 615, 292 Main St (at Carleton St),
Kendall Sq, Camb Info: Contact not provided. Map:
http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=E38&Buildings=go
THUR, FEB 26
Fishes, Submarines, & Robots: Moving About in Underwater World,
MCZ Prof George Lauder. 6 pm, Harvard Geological Museum,
Haller Lecture Hall Rm 102, 24 Oxford St, Camb Info/Dir:
http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/events http://map.harvard.edu
*FRI, FEB 27
2nd Ann. Business Sustainability Initiative Conf. 8 am 6 pm,
Tuck Schl of Business, Dartmouth U, Tuck Mall, Hanover, NH.
Keynotes: Steve Percy (fmr CEO of BP America) & Doug
DeVries (John Deere).. Info/Regstr: http://www.tuckbsi.org
603-646-2733, kim.keating at dartmouth.edu
FRI, FEB 27
The three-spine stickleback fish, Gasterosteus aculeatus: a 'natural
laboratory' for studying evolution, John Baker (Clark U). 11 am,
Harvard Forest, Seminar rm, Shaler Hall, Petersham, MA
Info/Dir: http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu
http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminarschedule.html
FRI, FEB 27
Phlebotomine Sand Fly Disease Vectors: Issues of
Taxonomy & Evolution, Leonard Munstermann. Noon,
Rm 110, Envir Sci Ctr, 21 Sachem St, Yale U, New
Haven, CT Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/calendar
FRI, FEB 27
The Great Grind: The Geochemical Impact of Glaciers, Suzanne
Anderson, PhD (U CO). 4-5 pm, MIT, Bldg 54 - Rm 915, via 21
Ames St, Camb Info: http://web.mit.edu/eaps/events/events.shtml
Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=54&Buildings=go
FRI, FEB 27
Rachel Carson Lecture on Enviro Ethics, Janine Benyus (author).
6:30 9 pm, (6 pm recptn), Boston Research Ctr, 396 Harvard St,
Camb. MBTA Red Line, Harvard Sq Statn. Reservatns req RSVP:
rsvp at brc21.org, 617-491-1090. Dir: http://www.brc21.org
Info: http://www.wcwonline.org/cgi-local/n-calendar.cgi
http://www.wcwonline.org/n-womenofcourage.html
FEB 27 & 28
Net Impact Intl MBA Case Competitn Re: profitability
& Sustainability. For teams. Registr ddline 2/13.
Info: http://leeds.colorado.edu/netimpact
FEB 27 & 28
Ecological Landscaping Assn Ann.Winter Conf & Eco-
Marketplace - Balancing the Systems. Boxborough
Woods Holiday Inn, 242 Adams Place, Boxboro, MA.
$125-$215. Info/Regstr: 617-436-5838,
http://www.ecolandscaping.org 508-877-7630 x3303
MARCH 2004
MON, MAR 1
Aerosols & climate change: Certainties & uncertainties,
Stephen Schwartz (Brookhaven Natl Lab). 2-3:30 pm,
Rm 102, Kline Geol Lab, 210 Whitney Ave, Yale U,
New Haven, CT. Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/calendar
March 1-2
8th ACEEE-CEE Natl Symposm on Market Transformatn.
Wash, DC Info: http://www.aceee.org/conf/mt04/mt04annc.htm
*TUE, MAR 2
Presidential Primaries: MA, CT, NY, RI, VT
All Primaries: http://www.state.ma.us/sec/ele/elepdf/presprim04.pdf
MA - http://www.wheredoivotema.com/bal/myelectioninfo.php
CT - http://www.sots.state.ct.us/ElectionsDivision/ElectionIndex.html
NY - http://www.elections.state.ny.us
RI - http://www2.corps.state.ri.us/ELECTIONS/ppp
VT - http://vermont-elections.org/elections1/electionstopics.html
TUE, MAR 2
Ecological & Geo-political Context: Globalztn to meet
develpmnt goals, Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia U; Globalizatn,
Health & Inequity, Dr Paul Farmer, HMS. 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
TUE, MAR 2
Integrating Sustainability into the Built Environment. Michael
Singer. 6:30 pm, MIT Bldg 10 - Rm 250, via 77 Mass Ave, Camb.
Spons: MIT DUSP. Info: http://events.mit.edu/scripts/event.pl?70302
Map: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=10&Buildings=go
617-253-7791
WED, MAR 3
Enviro Federalism & Regulatory Delegatn: An Incomplete
Contracting Approach, Cynthia Lin (Harvard). 4-5:30 pm,
Rm L332, Littauer Bldg, KSG, 79 JFK St, Camb. Envir econ
& policy seminar. Papers at website. Info: 617-496-8054,
http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~ec2690hf
WED, MAR 3
Spkr: Pat Daly of Interfaith Ctr for Corp Responsibility,
Topic TBD. 5 7 pm, Cabot 702, Cabot Cntr, Tufts Fletcher
Schl, 170 Packard Ave, Tufts U, Medford MA Info:
http://ase.tufts.edu/gdae/highlights/brown_bag.html Dir:
http://www.tufts.edu/source/maps/medford/zoom.php?fid=m151
*WED, MAR 3
Cape Wind - Why Now? Mark Rodgers (CapeWind); Wind
Project Permitting Process, Greg Watson (VP, MA Tech
Collab). 7 9 pm, Hawthorne Hotel, 18 Washington Sq,
West Salem, MA Info: Healthlink at healthlink.org, 781-693-
8636, http://www.HealthLink.org http://www.capewind.org
Dir: http://www.hawthornehotel.com/about/location.shtml
*WED, MAR 3
Wind Over Water (docum film on Cape Wind Project), screening,
w producer Ole Tangen. 7:30 pm, Tilden Arts Ctr, Cape Cod
Community College. Main Campus, 2240 Iyanough Rd (Rt. 132),
West Barnstable, MA (off Mid-Cape Hwy - Rte 6, Exit 6 at
Rte 132). $5. Info: ole at fjordlight.com, 617-308-2780
Dir: http://www.capecod.mass.edu
THUR, MAR 4
Climate Change Backpack Training Tool Kit for educators,
science & nature center interpreters to teach about climate
change. 9:30 am 3:30 pm, Wells National Estuarine Resrch
Reserve, Laudholm Farm Rd, Wells, ME Free. Lunch $7.
Plse RSVP by 2/26; Info: janderson at neaq.org,
617-973-0256 Map: http://www.wellsreserve.org/map.htm
THUR, MAR 4
Engaging the Dilemmas of Consumerism: Buddhist Perspectives,
Stephanie Kaza (UVermont). 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, MAR 4
Fundamental Aspects of Air Pollution & Benefits of Monitoring
Criteria Pollutants in Networks, Rainer Volkamer & Elke Hodson
(MIT). 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
THUR, MAR 4
John Muir & Legacy of Henry David Thoreau, Envir History Prof
Donald Worster (U Kansas). 7 pm, Thoreau Inst, Walden Woods
Projt, 44 Baker Farm Rd, Lincoln, MA RSVP req/Info: 781-259-4707
http://www.walden.org/Calendar Dir: http://www.walden.org/directions
FRI, MAR 5
Manhattan, 12 September 1609: an ecological reconstruction of
Manhattan Island at the time of Hudson, w comparison to modern
condition, Eric Sanderson (Wildlife Conservatn Soc). 11 am,
Harvard Forest, Seminar rm, Shaler Hall, Petersham, MA
Info/Dir: http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu
http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminarschedule.html
FRI, MAR 5
Front Lines of Biodiversity: Caribbean Crustaceans & Atlantic
Seamount Fauna, Eric Lazo-Wasem (Peabody Musm Nat History).
Noon, Rm 110, Envir Sci Ctr, 21 Sachem St, Yale U, New
Haven, CT Info: http://www.yale.edu/yibs/calendar
*FRI, MAR 5
Secret Lives of Black Bears: Your Neighbor, John Foster (NE
Naturalist Training Ctr). 7 pm, Museum of Sci, Wright Hall,
1 Science Pk, O'Brien Hwy, Boston. Free tix in lobby.
Info/Dir: http://www.mos.org/whats_happening/calendar > March
*MAR 5 - 7
Activists Networking Weekend. 6 pm 3/5, to 2 pm 3/7, Friendly
Crossways Conf Ctr, Littleton, MA. $175; Scholarships.
Spons: Interhelp Info: 617-868-6058, Interhelp at earthlink.net
SAT, MAR 6
Depleted Uranium Anti-Tank Shells: Toxic Contaminant or
Smart Tech? Forum. 1 - 4:30 pm, MIT Bldg 34 - Rm 101,
50 Vassar St, Camb. Map:
http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=34&Buildings=goCamb
Info: http://web.mit.edu/tac/www/upforums.html
*MAR 6 & 7
Leadership Skills Training Wkshp for Enviro & Social Justice
Non-Profit Staff, by A-NE Enviro Advocacy & Org Prgrm,
9 am 4:30 pm, Antioch NE Campus, Keene, NH. Free. Info/
Registr Req: 603-357-3122, steven_chase at antiochne.edu,
http://esdept.antiochne.edu/advocacy
MAR 6 & 7
Ann. Massachusetts Birders' Mtg. Peabody Marriott,
Peabody, MA Info: http://www.massaudubon.org/news
SUN, MAR 7
Reclaiming the Commons, Prof Brian Donahue (Brandeis
U; Lands Sake organic community farm & auth). 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
MAR 7-9
Was... Is...Might be... Perspectives on the Evolution of
Earth System: Symposium. MIT, Little Kresge Theatre, Bldg W16,
48 Mass. Ave (rear), Camb. Spons: Earth System Initiative.
Non-academics fee: $200. Info/Pre-Regstr Required:
http://web.mit.edu/esi/html/announce.htm Map:
http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=W16&Buildings=go
http://web.mit.edu/esi esinfo at mit.edu
MON, MAR 8
EBC March Networking & Dinner Mtg. 6 pm, DoubleTree
Guest Suites, 550 Winter St, Waltham, MA 7 pm, Spkr: Ira
Leighton (Dep Regnl Admin US EPA): What Government
Initiatives Will Drive Enviro Business in Future?
Info/Dir: http://www.ebc-ne.org/meetings.htm#0308
TUE, MAR 9
Chemicals & Communities: Heavy Metals, Dr Howard Hu, HSPH;
Children & Envir Pollutants, Dr Philip Landrigan, Mt Sinai Schl
Med2 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
TUE, MAR 9
Maize, Mackerel & Meadows: Subsistence, Landscape & Cultural
Identity in Southern NE 1000-1700 AD, Ninian Stein, (Harvard
& Yale) Comment: Barry Muchnick (Yale). Envir History Seminar.
5:15 pm, Mass Historical Soc, 1154 Boylston St, Boston. T: Green,
Hynes CC Stop. Paper avail. in adv. Info: svose at masshist.org,
617-646-0518, http://www.masshist.org/events
WED, MAR 10
The equatorial mixed layer heat budget, Markus Jochum (MIT).
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, MAR 10
Public Debate on Wind Energy. Mod: Prof Cutler Cleveland (CEES,
BU); Peter Borrelli (Ctr Coastal Studies); Jim Gordon (Cape Wind
Assocs); Seth Kaplan (Conservatn Law Fndn); Susan Nickerson
(Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound). 7-9 pm, B.U., Geo. Sherman
Union Auditrm, 775 Commonwlth Ave, Boston Spons: SmartPower
Info: http://www.nesea.org/buildings/be/2004public_forum.html
Map: http://www.bu.edu/maps
MAR 10-13
NESEA Ann. Building Energy Conf. 2004, Boston U, Boston.
Premier prof conf on renewable energy & green bldg. Wkshps,
tours, >100 speakers, 50 conf sessions, a trade show, netwking.
Info: http://www.nesea.org/buildings/be/2004index.html
413-774-6051 x20. Early registr rate ddln 2/11.
*THUR, MAR 11
Measuring Regulatory Effectiveness: OSHA Inspectns &
Workplace Injuries, Prof Wayne Gray (Clark U Econ Dept).
Noon -1:30 pm, Bell Hall, 5th Flr, Belfer Bldg, KSG,
79 JFK St, Camb. RSVP/Info: rpp at ksg.harvard.edu
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/cbg/rpp/seminars.htm
THUR, MAR 11
Carbon Reduction at Middlebury College: Proposal for
Middlebury Collg. 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, MAR 11
Advances in Monitoring Urban Air Pollution: a
Case Study of Mexico City, Rainer Volkamer (MIT).
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, MAR 12
Water & N dynamics at storm, seasonal, & successional scales:
eastern deciduous vs. northwestern conifer forests, Julia Jones
(Oregon State U). 11 am, Harvard Forest, Seminar rm, Shaler
Hall, Petersham, MA Info/Dir: http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu
http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminarschedule.html
FRI, MAR 12
Wrangling over the Range: Land Ownership & Fate of
Ranching in American West, Prof Patricia Limerick
(U Colorado). 2:30 4:30 pm, MIT Tang Ctr Bldg
E51- Rm 095, 50 Memorial Dr,Camb. Info:
http://web.mit.edu/history/www/nande/modTimes.html Dir:
http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=E51&Buildings=go
SAT, MAR 13
Organizers' Collaboratives Ann. Conf on Grassroots Use of
Computer & Internet Technology. 9 am 5:30 pm, MIT,
Camb. $7/$20-$35. Info: http://www.organizenow.net
conf2004 at organizenow.net http://organizersdb.org
SAT, MAR 13
14th Mass. Land Trust Conf: Smart Growth & Smart
Conservatn Bancroft Schl, Worcester, MA $25/30. Keynote:
Parris Glendening (fmr Md Govnr; Pres, Smart Growth Ldrshp
Inst). $25-$30 Info: gslack at ttor.org, 978-537-4458 x 312
http://www.thetrustees.org/PutnamConservationInstitute.cfm
SUN, MAR 14
Future of Fishing in NE, David Lincoln (envir consultant,
Gloucester Fishermen's Wives Assn; advisor, Habitat Cmte,
NE Fishery Mngmt Council). 3 - 5 pm, Parish Hall, Unitarian
Universalist Church, 26 Pleasant St, Newburyport, MA
Info: http://www.sierraclubmass.org/events/events.html#special
MAR 15 & 16
Climate Change in NE & E. Canada: Impacts & Adaptatn
Responses Conf. Suffolk U. Law Schl, 120 Tremont St, Boston.
Spons: N.E. Govnrs & E. Canadian Premiers (NEG/ECP). $250.
Info: http://www.negc.org/documents/Agenda_CC.pdf
http://www.negc.org http://www.negc.org/ClimateChange04.html
TUE, MAR 16
Timeout for Solutns: Latest Sci on Renewable Energy Solutns, Wm
Moomaw, PhD, Tufts; Change & Financl Sector, Christopher Walker,
Swiss Re. 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
TUE, MAR 16
Getting Around: The Transportation System of Gtr Boston,
Richard Dimino (Artery Business Comte) & Terrance Regan
(The Planners Collaborative). 5 - 6:30 pm, Malkin Penthouse,
4th flr, Littauer Bldg, KSG, 79 JFK St, Camb Info:
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/rappaport/forums/B101.htm
Map: http://www.map.harvard.edu > JFK Schl Govt
WED, MAR 17
The Envir/Conservatn Medicine Connectn, Dr. Mark Pokras
(Int Vet Med, Dept Envir & Populatn Health, Tuft Vet Schl).
Noon, Cabot Hall, Cabot Intercultural Cntr, 170 Packard Ave,
Tufts U, Medford MA. Dir: http://www.tufts.edu/source/maps/medford
Info: http://www.tufts.edu/tie/getting_involved/events.html
WED, MAR 17
Worker Sorting & the Risk of Death on the Job, Thomas DeLeire
(Harvard) & Helen Levy (U Chicago). 4-5:30 pm, Rm L332,
Littauer Bldg, KSG, 79 JFK St, Camb. Envir econ & policy
seminar. Papers at website. 617-496-8054
Info: http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~ec2690hf
MAR 17 - 18
World Resources Institute's Sustainable Enterprise Summit.
Re: Tomorrow's Markets: Global Trends & Their Implicatns for
Business (2nd ed.). Wash, DC Info: http://www.wri.org/wrisummit
For events after 3/17 see Beyond at
http://www.tufts.edu/tci/Calendar.html
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*Stop envir destructive provisions in TEA-21 bill.
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Bush Pro-polluter Energy Bill Redux 2004
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*Man Who Killed the Mad Cow Has Questions (NYT 2/3)
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*Millennium Project Task Force Interim Report re: Develpmt:
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*Women and Plants: Gender Relations in Biodiversity Mngmt &
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Bush Pro-polluter Energy Bill Redux 2004
http://www.savebiogems.org/takeaction.asp?src=RR0401
http://actionnetwork.org/campaign/energybill2004/8w7eie2lj7wi68
Climate Collapse: The Pentagon's Weather Nightmare, David
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Consumer/Home Owner Tips to Reduce Home Energy U$e:
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