[act-ma] Energy (and Other) Events
George Mokray
gmoke at world.std.com
Sun Nov 28 16:42:51 PST 2010
MIT
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Monday, November 29, 2010
Ideological Diversity in the News Media
Speaker: Jesse Shapiro (Chicago-Booth)
Time: 4:00p–5:30p
Location: E51-151
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Labor/Public Finance Workshop
For more information, contact:
Theresa Beneventon
theresa at mit.edu
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Monday, November 29, 2010
Biomass Torrefaction Modeling and Optimization
Speaker: Richard Bates, MIT, Dept. Mechanical Engineering
Time: 4:30p–5:30p
Location: 3-343
Center for Energy and Propulsion Research Seminar Series
Gasification of lignocellulosic biomass to produce carbon neutral
biofuels is experiencing increased interest due to GHG emission
concerns with existing fossil fuels. However, utilization of raw
biomass as a feedstock for gasification faces several challenges
related to storage, transport, size reduction, and seasonality.
Pretreatment processes aim to address these challenges by improving
the physical and chemical characteristics of biomass prior to
utilization. Torrefaction is a mild pyrolysis pretreatment which
improves the energy density, grindability, and storability of biomass.
Researchers so far have focused on experimental measurements of
torrefaction mass/energy balance, volatile composition, and product
characterization. Though existing kinetics models have been developed
to predict mass balance, they do not address volatile composition or
energy balance and therefore have limited applications.
This seminar will first provide an introduction to biomass
pretreatment and will then focus on the status and results of efforts
to improve the applicability existing torrefaction kinetics models.
Then steps for further improvement as well as integration of this
model to optimize process and system integration will be described.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): RGD Lab
For more information, contact:
Patrick Kirchen
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Monday, November 29, 2010
Push for Peace: Human Rights and Indigenous Communities in Chiapas,
Mexico
Time: 6:30p–8:00p
Location: E25-111
Economic, political and social analysis of human rights in Chiapas
with commentary on appropriate technology solutions in order to build
sustainable, autonomous communities.
Web site: http://lsc.mit.edu/schedule/current/desc-mexicosolidarity.shtml
Open to: the general public
Cost: FREE
Sponsor(s): LSC, Mexico Solidarity Network
For more information, contact:
MIT Lecture Series Committee
617-253-3791
lsc at mit.edu
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Gulf of Mexico Spill: What Have We Learned?
Speaker: Dr. Dave Rainey, BP, Houston, TX
Time: 12:00p–1:30p
Location: 54-915
EAPS Department Lecture Series Special Seminar
Web site: http://eapsweb.mit.edu/news/index.html
Open to: the general public
Cost: $0.00
Tickets: N/A
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
For more information, contact:
Jacqui Taylor
253-2127
jtaylor at mit.edu
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Undergraduate Economics Association - The Next Financial Meltdown
Speaker: Simon Johnson (MIT/Sloan)
Time: 4:30p–5:30p
Location: E51-395
Undergraduate Economics Association
The Next Financial Meltdown
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Economics Other Events
For more information, contact:
Theresa Benevento
theresa at mit.edu
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November 30
4:00–6:00 pm
MIT E19-623
Linguistics and Politics
Noam Chomsky, MIT Professor emeritus of linguistics, political
activist and prolific book author
speaking to the Knight Science Journalism Fellows
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Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Evolution of ecosystem properties
Speaker: Simon Levin, Princeton
Time: 2:30p–3:30p
Location: 48-316
Environmental Fluid Mechanics / Hydrology Seminar Series
weekly presentations from local and international researchers in the
field of hydrology and environmental fluid mechanics.
The unification of population biology and ecosystems science means
going beyond thinking about ecosystems and the biosphere as if they
were evolutionary units, maximizing throughput or stability or some
other systemic goal. Rather, they exhibit patterns emergent from
processes at much lower levels of organization. With the aid of
mathematical theory and vast new metagenomic data, there now exists
the capacity to study the wide range of ecosystem patterns and
processes that characterize the essential features of those systems,
and to examine the robustness of those patterns and their role in
supporting ecosystem goods and services. By marrying theory and
empirical work, we can elucidate the patterns of key macroscopic
measures within ecosystems, develop explanations of variation in those
patterns, and develop predictive models of responses to changing
environments. This lecture will introduce a variety of examples, from
the distribution and abundance of ecotypes to stoichiometry and
nutrient use, from dispersal and foraging behavior to successional
patterns, from quorum sensing to nitrogen fixation. Ultimately, such
approaches can help to explain the robustness of macroscopic features
such as the emergence of size structure distributions, trophic webs,
species diversity relations and successional dynamics.
Open to: the general public
Cost: free
Sponsor(s): Civil and Environmental Engineering
For more information, contact:
Sheila Anderson
8-5554
sherah at mit.edu
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Clean Combustion Technologies
December 01, 2010 3:00p–4:30p
Carl Bozzuto has more than 40 years of experience in combustion and
boiler operations and research. He began his career as a research
engineer, senior project engineer, manager and director for Combustion
Engineering Inc. Carl was named vice president of process technology
for the company, where he was responsible for the development and
commercialization of new boiler and power plant technologies including
advanced cycles, ultra supercritical boilers,
alternative working fluids, fluid bed boilers, plant integration and
other plant component technology. serving recently as vice president
of technology for the Power Environment sector at Alstom Power Inc.,
he was responsible for the development and implementation of new
technology for boiler and environmental products on a worldwide basis.
Bozzuto holds 16 U.s. patents and membership in the American Institute
of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), the Combustion Institute and the
American society of Mechanical Engineers (AsME). He has authored more
than 30 published technical papers and is editor-in-chief of the
textbook ?Clean Combustion Technologies,? published by Alstom Power in
2009. Bozzuto has earned Bachelor of science and Master of science
degrees in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and a Master of science degree in management from the
Hartford Graduate Center.
Note: Carl will be handing out to audience members copies of Alstom's
new book on Clean Combustion Technologies.
Category: lectures/conferences
Speaker: Carl Bozzuto, Alstom Power
Location: E19-319
Sponsored by: MIT Energy Campus Events
Admission: Open to the public
For more information: Contact John Parsons jparsons at mit.edu
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Wednesday, December 01, 2010
HOW DO WE FEED THE PLANET? GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY IN THE NEXT CENTURY
Time: 7:00p–10:00p
Location: 32-123
Terrascope students in Mission 2014 present their solutions to the
challenges of combatting world hunger
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/12.000/www/m2014/
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Terrascope
For more information, contact:
Aczel, Debra Gross
253-4074
daczel at mit.edu
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Thursday, December 02, 2010
Can Technology Solve Global Poverty? - Ideas Matter Lecture Series
Speaker: Kentaro Toyama, Nicholas Negroponte, Rachel Glennerster,
Archon Fung
Time: 4:00p–6:00p
Location: E51-115, Wong Auditorium
Ideas Matter
Ideas Matter, a joint project of Boston Review and MIT's Political
Science Department, is a lecture series that brings our writers
together with other experts and practitioners for substantive debate
on the challenges of our times. The series, free and open to the
public, will offer nine events in the 2010-11 academic year. Visit our
web page for dates and information on forthcoming events on
government's role in the economy, same-sex marriage, and more.
The media and international-development advocates can't stop
trumpeting information and communications technology for development
(ICT4D). But, drawing on his field work in India, Kentaro Toyama
argues that cell phones and the Web can take us only so far. Human
capacity remains the foundation of economic growth. Joining the debate
are Nicholas Negroponte, and Rachel Glennerster. Archon Fung moderates.
Web site: bostonreview.net/ideasmatter
Open to: the general public
Cost: free
Sponsor(s): Political Science Department
For more information, contact:
Boston Review
6173241360
review at bostonreview.net
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Friday, December 03, 2010
First Russian Energy Conference
Speaker: http://www.rusenergy.org/?page_id=197
Time: 8:00a–7:00p
Location: Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge
Mission
The conference sets a stage for the effective exchange of ideas
between leading western policy and technology experts and their
Russian colleagues thus nurturing the consensual and unbiased approach
to the global energy problems.
Estimates for the Conference:
100 high-class attendees
*Russian Energy Sector Executives
*Faculty, Research and Field Experts from Harvard, MIT, US, EU and
Russia
*US, EU and Russia Policymakers
*Harvard and MIT Students
Web site: http://www.rusenergy.org/
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Campus Events, Harvard Club of Russia,
Evrofinance Mosnarbank
For more information, contact:
Iulian Pogor
ipogor at mit.edu
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Security Theater or Serious Security?
Airport Pat-Downs, Scanners and the Fourth Amendment
Friday, December 3
12 noon
Stata 32-155
Speaker: Nancy Murray, Director of Education
The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts
( http://www.aclum.org/ )
Additional speakers TBA
Brown bag lunch; coffee/tea/cold drinks provided
For more information, contact weinmann at mit.edu or go to web.mit.edu/tac
This program is free and open to the public; no registration is
required.
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Friday, December 03, 2010
MIT Sloan Energy Finance Forum - THE LIFE CYCLE OF ENERGY FINANCE
Time: 1:00p–6:00p
Location: E51-Wong
The Sloan Energy & Environment Club is thrilled to announce that the
2nd annual MIT Sloan Energy Finance Forum will take place on Friday,
December 3rd, 2010 in Wong Auditorium from 1:00pm to 6:00pm. Please
save the date!
This year the forum will address the theme of the Life Cycle of Energy
Finance. The 2010 Energy Finance Forum will span the role of energy
finance from early to late stage capital and will be an excellent
opportunity to meet major energy finance professionals. We have a
fantastic line-up of keynotes and panelists this year, including Ray
Wood, Head of the U.S. Power Group and Global Alternative Energy Group
at Credit Suisse, Dennis Costello, Managing Partner at Braemar Energy
Ventures and Dave Danielson, Program Director at ARPA-E.
Topics will include:
* Dirty little secrets about Energy Venture Capital: an honest
assessment of Energy Venture Capital and how it can improve
* What?s the big deal: the changing role of private equity, M&A and
finance in the consolidation of the energy market
* The ABCs of Project Finance - Inside a Real Deal
* DOE Loan Guarantee Program ? What?s it all about?
Registration is free and encouraged to guarantee your spot.
Registration: http://mitsloaneff2010.eventbrite.com/
Open to: the general public
Tickets: http://mitsloaneff2010.eventbrite.com/
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Club
For more information, contact:
Emmanuel Boros
eboros at mit.edu
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Harvard
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Spatialization of human migration, environmental history and global
change
November 30, 2010 - 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Contact Name:
Wendy Guan
wguan at cga.harvard.edu
Room K262, CGIS Knafel Building 1737 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA
Professor Peng Gong, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and
Management, University of California, Berkeley and Center for Earth
System Science, Institute for Global Change Studie, Tsinghua University.
Global environmental change has become a focus of the society. Human
factors particularly since the beginning of industrialization have
been studied as a major cause. To fully understand today's global
environmental change, we need a clearer understanding of the past as a
background, an understanding on how humans migrated and evolved in the
past without industrialization. However, this is hampered by the lack
of spatialized historical environmental data. China has a rich
archive of historical events. Mining of the historical data on
China's environment will provide useful information and perhaps wisdom
in solving today's global environmental problems.
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Condoleezza Rice, American Foreign Policy & the Black Experience
WHEN
Tue., Nov. 30, 2010, 4 p.m.
WHERE
JFK Jr. Forum, Institute of Politics, Kennedy School of Government, 79
JFK Street, 02138
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Conferences, Humanities, Law, Social Sciences, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research
SPEAKER(S)
Condoleezza Rice, Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow, Hoover
Institution, Stanford University, and Former U.S. Secretary of State.
COST
Free, but ticket required
TICKET INFO
iop.harvard.edu
CONTACT INFO
617 495 8508
NOTE
American Foreign Policy & the Black Experience
Tue., Nov 30, 4pm
The National Interest, Africa and the African Diaspora: Does U.S.
Foreign Policy Connect the Dots?
Wed., Dec 1, 4pm
Multiethnic Democracy: Is the American Experience Unique?
Thu., Dec 2, 4pm
Why Democracy Matters: Education, Empowerment and the American
National Myth at Home and Abroad
Condoleezza Rice is the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow,
Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and Former U.S. Secretary of
State.
LINK
dubois.fas.harvard.edu
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Condoleezza Rice, American Foreign Policy & the Black Experience
WHEN
Wed., Dec. 1, 2010, 4 p.m.
WHERE
Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Conferences, Humanities, Law, Social Sciences, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research
SPEAKER(S)
Condoleezza Rice, Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow, Hoover
Institution, Stanford University, and Former U.S. Secretary of State.
COST
Free, but ticket required
TICKET INFO
iop.harvard.edu
CONTACT INFO
617 495 8508
NOTE
American Foreign Policy & the Black Experience
Tue., Nov 30, 4pm
The National Interest, Africa and the African Diaspora: Does U.S.
Foreign Policy Connect the Dots?
Wed., Dec 1, 4pm
Multiethnic Democracy: Is the American Experience Unique?
Thu., Dec 2, 4pm
Why Democracy Matters: Education, Empowerment and the American
National Myth at Home and Abroad
Condoleezza Rice is the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow,
Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and Former U.S. Secretary of
State.
LINK
dubois.fas.harvard.edu
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Social Entrepreneurship and the Built Environment — James Rouse and
His Legacy
WHEN
Wed., Dec. 1, 2010, 6 – 7:30 p.m.
WHERE
Piper Auditorium, Harvard Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy St,
Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Art/Design, Ethics, Film, Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
Harvard Graduate School of Design
SPEAKER(S)
Actor and activist Edward Norton with real estate developer, planner,
and investor Jonathan Rose
COST
Free
CONTACT INFO
Brooke King: events at gsd.harvard.edu
NOTE
A discussion with Rouse's grandson, actor and activist Edward Norton
and with "green" real estate developer, planner, and investor Jonathan
Rose. Norton and Rose are both Trustees of Enterprise Community
Partners, a unique for-profit/nonprofit hybrid, founded by Rouse, that
has raised and invested more than $10 billion to finance more than
270,000 affordable homes across the United States.
By 2050, the world's population will exceed more than nine billion
people, and two thirds of the population will live in cities. Rose and
Norton will discuss some of the larger trends that affect cities today
and in the future, and in particular, long-term strategies for
accommodating this significant population growth in the most
environmentally, socially, and economically responsible way possible.
They will address the significant role that social entrepreneurs can
play, following in Rouse's footsteps, as well as the role of design
and placemaking in addressing the challenges of affordable housing and
community development.
LINK
http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/calendar/weekly.cgi?startmonth=12&startday=1&startyear=2010&view=114
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Environmental Nanotechnology Symposium
December 2, 2010 - 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Contact Name: Brenda L. Mathieu
bmathieu at seas.harvard.edu
209 Pierce Hall, Harvard University Cambridge, MA
Overview
The goal of this symposium is to keep the researchers in our field
updated on the current research progress of environmental
nanotechnology with a focus on carbon nanomaterials. The symposium
will encompass areas related to the utilization of nanotechnology for
environmental applications such as water and wastewater treatment,
environmental remediation, and solar energy conversion.
Speakers
Michael Hoffmann has pioneered studies of advanced oxidation processes
for water treatment purposes, including use of quantum-sized TiO2 and
ZnO photocatalysts. His group is currently investigating
heterogeneous semiconductor photocatalysis and electrocatalysis for
aqueous contaminant remediation, solar to hydrogen conversion, and
carbon dioxide sequestration.
Menachem Elimelech is a world leader in advanced separation processes
for water treatment purposes, and was among the first to identify the
strong ecotoxicological effects of carbon nanotubes. His book,
Particle Deposition and Aggregation, is a standard for describing
physicochemical processes in aquatic systems. His group is currently
applying carbon nanomaterials to enhance water purification processes.
Chad Vecitis has investigated a range of water treatment processes
from the sonochemical degradation of persistent fluorochemical
pollutants to point-of-use technologies for the developing world. His
lab is currently evaluating the potential of electrochemically-active
carbon nanotube filtration towards a number of water treatment
applications.
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Condoleezza Rice, American Foreign Policy & the Black Experience
WHEN
Thu., Dec. 2, 2010, 4 p.m.
WHERE
Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Conferences, Humanities, Law, Social Sciences, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research
SPEAKER(S)
Condoleezza Rice, Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow, Hoover
Institution, Stanford University, and Former U.S. Secretary of State.
COST
Free, but ticket required
TICKET INFO
iop.harvard.edu
CONTACT INFO
617 495 8508
NOTE
American Foreign Policy & the Black Experience
Tue., Nov 30, 4pm
The National Interest, Africa and the African Diaspora: Does U.S.
Foreign Policy Connect the Dots?
Wed., Dec 1, 4pm
Multiethnic Democracy: Is the American Experience Unique?
Thu., Dec 2, 4pm
Why Democracy Matters: Education, Empowerment and the American
National Myth at Home and Abroad
Condoleezza Rice is the Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow,
Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and Former U.S. Secretary of
State.
LINK
dubois.fas.harvard.edu
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The EPA @ 40: Protecting the Environment & Our Communities
WHEN
Fri., Dec. 3, 2010, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
WHERE
Ames Courtroom - Austin Hall
Harvard Law School
1515 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Conferences, Environmental Sciences, Lecture, Science, Social
Sciences, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
Harvard University Center for the Environment
SPEAKER(S)
Keynote address by Lisa P. Jackson, EPA administrator
Additional participants:
Paul Anastas, EPA assistant administrator, Office of Research &
Development
William Clark, Harvard Kennedy School
Michelle DePass, EPA assistant administrator
Jody Freeman, Harvard Law School
Mary Gade, Gade Group; former EPA regional administrator
C. Boyden Gray, Gray & Schmitz LLP; former U.S. ambassador to the
European Union; former counsel to George H.W. Bush
James Hammitt, Harvard School of Public Health
Lisa Heinzerling, EPA associate administrator, Office of Policy
John Holdren, assistant to the president for science and technology;
director,
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Sheila Jasanoff, Harvard Kennedy School
Henry Lee, Harvard Kennedy School
Peter Lehner, executive director, Natural Resources Defense Council
Gina McCarthy, EPA assistant administrator, Office of Air & Radiation
Mary Nichols, chair, California Air Resources Board; former California
secretary of environmental affairs; former EPA assistant
administrator, Office of Air & Radiation
Bob Perciasepe, EPA deputy administrator
William Ruckelshaus, Madrona Group; founding EPA administrator
Daniel Schrag, Harvard University
Joel Schwartz, Harvard School of Public Health
Ron Sims, deputy secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development
Robert Sussman, senior policy adviser to administrator Jackson
Nancy Sutley, chair, White House Council on Environmental Quality
Deborah Swackhamer, University of Minnesota; chair of the EPA Science
Advisory Board
Jay Williams, mayor, Youngstown, Ohio
COST
Free
CONTACT INFO
Lisa Matthews: lisa_matthews at harvard.edu, 617.495.8883
NOTE
Please join us for a conference that brings together thought leaders
from academia, NGOs, business, and government to celebrate 40 years of
history and achievements of the Environmental Protection Agency and to
discuss the future challenges it faces.
LINK
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/epa
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BU
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The Business of Energy
December 03, 2010 10:00a–12:30p
During the Fall 2010 and Spring 2011 semesters, the BU Department of
Geography and Environment and the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the
Study of the Longer-Range Future will convene the John Sawyer Seminars
at Boston University on Energy Transitions and Society. The seminar
series, supported by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will
bring together leadings scholars from across the United States and
abroad to discuss various aspects of how energy transitions are
themselves socially constituted and how they have, and are likely to,
impact society.
Category: lectures/conferences
Speaker: Martha Amram (Founder and CEO, Ennovationz), Joseph Pratt
(History, University of Houston), Paul McManus (School of Management,
Boston University)
Location: Room 424, School of Management building (595 Commonwealth
Avenue), Boston University
Sponsored by: MIT Energy Campus Events, Boston University Clean
Energy and Environmental Sustainability Initiative (CEESI)
Admission: Open to the public
Tickets available from Seating is limited. To register, please send an
email to pardee at bu.edu
For more information: Contact Rania Ghosn rghosn at gmail.com
http://www.bu.edu/pardee/research/sawyer-energy-transitions/
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Other
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Monday November 29, 2010 — 8pm
Nerdnite at Middlesex Lounge, 315 Mass Ave, Cambridge in Central Square
The lineup:
Talk 1: “City Hauls: Foraging for wild plants and other foodstuffs
within the city limits”
by David Craft
Talk 2: “Fun with joints”*
*(or, “what you probably want to know about how wood gets connected
to more wood and other things.”)
by Vaughn Tan
http://boston.nerdnite.com/
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11/30 Whistleblower Wendell Potter Discusses
Deadly Spin at Cambridge Forum
Cambridge Forum
3 Church Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-495-2727
email: director at cambridgeforum.org
www.cambridgeforum.org
RENEWING DEMOCRACY: Deadly Spin<
On Tuesday, November 30, 2010, at 7 p.m. join Wendell Potter,
currently the senior fellow on health care at the Center for Media and
Democracy, in discussing his new book, Deadly Spin. As a well paid
executive for a major health insurance company, he was on the inside
team that created the public relations strategy to challenge threats
from government regulation. But after viewing the 2007 Michael Moore
film Sicko and taking notes so he could prepare a counter, he found
himself agreeing with a great deal of the film. He left his thirty-
year career and returned home to Tennessee, he had received a
journalism degree from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville-- and
wrote a classic corporate insider, whistle blowing critique, Deadly
Spin, praised by Howard Dean and Bill Moyers. In June, 2009, he
testified before Congress, giving powerful specifics of industry
practices to "dump the sick" to increase share holder value that, in
turn, justifies high executive salaries and bonuses.
What is Wendell Potter's take on the new health care reform law? How
much did industry lobbyists influence its writing? What sections
should President Obama and Congressional Democrats defend?
Cambridge Forum is recorded and edited for public radio broadcast.
Edited CDs are available to the public by contacting 617-495-2727.
Select forums can be viewed in their entirety on demand by visiting
our website at www.cambridgeforum.org and clicking on the Forum
Network at WGBH.
Cambridge Forum
3 Church Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617-495-2727
email: mailto:director at cambridgeforum.org
website: http://www.cambridgeforum.org
"Bringing People together to talk again . . ."
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Join BostonCAN, Carl Spector, Executive Director of Boston's Air
Pollution Control Commission, and representatives from several of
Boston's many neighborhood sustainability organizations for a
roundtable dialogue about community climate action in Boston. Come see
a short video about how climate change is already affecting in Boston
and our future vulnerabilities, and share your ideas for engaging more
people in making Boston more sustainable.
Panelists include Eric Smalley from Greening Rozzie, Khalida Smalls
from ACE, Rosanne Foley from Dorchester Environmental Health
Coalition, Ray Porfilio from West
Roxbury Saves Energy, and Stepanie Valovic from Planet Southie.
Location: Suffolk University, 73 Tremont Street, 12th floor, Trustees
Conference Room
Date and time: Wednesday, December 1, 6pm-7:30pm
Snacks provided. Free and open to the public.
Hosted by Suffolk University Sustainability Committee, the Government
Department, Human Resources, and the Boston Climate Action Network.
More info at: http://www.suffolk.edu/offices/44417.html
Loie Hayes
Boston Climate Action Network www.BostonCAN.org
home/office 617-278-1885<br>cell 857-544-6846
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The Locavore Way: Book Talk & Book Signing with Amy Cotler
Wednesday, December 1, 7:00-8:30 pm
Location:
Room: BU Central, in the basement of the George Sherman Union building
at Boston University (775 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA 02215)
Description:
Join Slow Food BU for a book talk and book signing of "The Locavore
Way," with author Amy Cotler, a food activist, cookbook writer, recipe
developer, and chef. "The Locavore Way" is a comprehensive how-to
guide for everyone to seeking out and savoring local food, as well as
becoming an advocate in your community. By focusing on the joy of
connecting with the people and places responsible for producing what
we eat, Cotler shows readers how easy it can be to embrace the
locavore lifestyle. For more information about the book and about the
author, visit Cotler's website and local food recipes blog at :http://www.amycotler.com
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Free and open to the public.
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Chairman Frank I. Smizik of the House Committee on Global Warming and
Climate Change invites you to attend an informational hearing on
Plans for the Future
Implementation of the Global Warming Solutions Act
The hearing will be held at:
2:30 p.m on Thursday, December 2, 2010
Hearing Room A1, State House
This informational hearing will show the Commonwealth’s progress of
implementing the Global Warming Solutions Act. Starting last fall the
Climate Protection and Green Economy Advisory Committee and Climate
Change Adaptation Advisory Committee participated in a series of
briefings discussing the current effects of global warming and the
progress of our efforts to deal with climate change. This upcoming
hearing will focus on the implementation plan required by the Act,
which will be completed by the end of the year. EEA Assistant
Secretary for Policy, David Cash, will be joined by the Advisory
Committee Co-Chairs, Dr. Susan Avery of the Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institute and Martin Madaus former CEO of Millipor, who will present
recommendations and strategies under consideration to address global
warming and climate change.
For more information, contact Sydney Schneir at Sydney.Schneir at mahouse.gov
, or Jonathan Goldberg at Jonathan.Goldberg at mahouse.gov, or (617)
722-2676
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CFL swaps produce tremendous CO2 savings (averaging four times that of
our
barnraisings).
If you don't like getting dirty using spray foam in attics, but still
want
to help cut lots of carbon, or if you want to meet your neighbors and
hand
them a holiday gift, this is the event for you.
Saturday, December 4, 12 - 4 p.m.
*Meet at Link Room in Youville House at 1575 Cambridge Street*
We will knock on doors and swap free efficient CFLs for inefficient
incandescent bulbs.
Food and drinks provided after the event, as well as musical
entertainment.
Cosponsored by Cambridge Energy Alliance and the Mid-Cambridge
Neighborhood
Association.
Sign up here<https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDViRnFNRXhudE5sZUxULWdwTl9oR3c6MQ
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Arlington Barnraising
Happy Thanksgiving!
As part of the celebration, join us December 5, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., as
the community comes together to weatherize a home at 14 Wright Street
in Arlington.
The event will address improvements most homes need as well as some
less common air-sealing work. We’ll be caulking and sealing windows
with v-strip, replacing door weatherstripping, fixing problem areas in
the basement, wrapping pipes, installing smart strips, and more.
At the end of the event, we’ll also be installing a chimney balloon.
Chimneys are frequently a giant hole allowing all your conditioned air
up and out. We’re plan to run a blower door test immediately before
and after installing the balloon to test just how effective it is.
This will probably be the least dirty event we’ve had yet – a clean
finished basement, no attic, etc. – but there will still be some
amount of foam and plenty of caulk, so don’t wear your Thanksgiving
finest on December 5.
PLEASE RSVP – but also feel free to pass this announcement along to
friends.
Thanks, Jeremy
arlheet at gmail.com
http://arlingtonheet.org/
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In our recent survey, many people indicated they'd like to be part of
an online Common Security Club information session and facilitator
training. We're happy to announce our first info and training
"webinar" on Wednesday, December 8. Please click here to tell us what
time you can make the session, and we will accommodate as many people
as possible.
Registration for the webinar will be available after we choose a time
Common Security Clubs Organizer
617.477.8630 x307
info at commonsecurityclub.org
http://commonsecurityclub.org
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Resource
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Boston Food System
"The Boston Food System [listserv] provides a forum to post
announcements of events, employment opportunities, internships,
programs, lectures, and other activities as well as related articles
or other publications of a non-commercial nature covering the area's
food system - food, nutrition, farming, education, etc. - that take
place or focus on or around Greater Boston (broadly delineated)."
The Boston area is one of the most active nationwide in terms of food
system activities - projects, services, and events connected to food,
farming, nutrition - and often connected to education, public health,
environment, arts, social services and other arenas. Hundreds of
organizations and enterprises cover our area, but what is going on
week-to-week is not always well publicized.
Hence, the new Boston Food System listserv, as the place to let
everyone know about these activities. Specifically:
Use of the BFS list will begin soon, once we get a decent base of
subscribers. Clarification of what is appropriate to announce and
other posting guidelines will be provided as well.
It's easy to subscribe right now at https://elist.tufts.edu/wws/subscribe/bfs
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Artisan Asylum http://artisansasylum.com/
Sprout & Co: Community Driven Investigations http://thesprouts.org/studios
Greater Boston Solidarity Economy Mapping Project http://www.transformationcentral.org/solidarity/mapping/mapping.html
a project by Wellesley College students that invites participation
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Links to events at 60 colleges and universities at Hubevents http://hubevents.blogspot.com
Thanks to
Fred Hapgood's Selected Lectures on Science and Engineering in the
Boston Area http://fhapgood.fastmail.fm/site02.html
Boston Area Computer User Groups http://www.bugc.org/
http://www.mitenergyclub.org/calendar/mit_events_template
http://green.harvard.edu/events
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Energy (and Other) Events is a weekly mailing list published most
Sundays covering events around the Cambridge, MA and greater Boston
area that catch the editor's eye.
Hubevents http://hubevents.blogspot.com is the web version.
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email gmoke at world.std.com
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