[act-ma] Energy (and Other) Events
George Mokray
gmoke at world.std.com
Sun Jun 3 12:43:46 PDT 2012
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Solar Scorecard: Lifecycle Costs of Solar Electricity Production
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/01/1096694/-Solar-Scorecard-Lifecycle-Costs-of-Solar-Electricity-Production-
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NB: This edition covers the next two weeks because there are fewer
events happening as the schools head into hiatus and because your
editor is off to a conference that will keep me occupied next Sunday.
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Monday, June 4
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International Conference on Technology and Innovation for Global
Development: Schumpeter and Polymer Research
Monday, June 4, 2012
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Harvard, Kennedy School, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
The aim of the “International Conference on Technology and Innovation
for Global Development” (3–5 June, 2012) is to explore how emerging
technologies are shaping global economies and human wellbeing. It
takes stock of the relevance of the work of Austrian economist Joseph
Schumpeter for developing countries and applies it to advances in
polymer research—an emerging field with profound implications for
global development in diverse fields such as industry, agriculture,
health, water, shelter and environmental management.
The conference coincides with the centenary of the publication of
Schumpeter’s seminal work, The Theory of Economic Development (1911).
The conference will be held in conjunction with the annual Innovation
for Economic Development executive program. The conference will bring
together participants from academia, industry, government and civil
society to explore advances in polymer research and its application to
global development. It will also examine efforts to design new
institutional arrangements aimed at harnessing the power of polymer
technology for improving human wellbeing and enhancing global
competitiveness.
This event is co-sponsored by the Center of Excellency PoliMaT -
Polymer Materials and Technologies, Slovenia.
CONFERENCE AGENDA:
DAY ONE (location: Starr Auditorium, 2nd floor Belfer building, unless
noted otherwise)
8:00-9:00 Registration & continental breakfast (Taubman Rotunda)
9:00-9:15 Pre-recorded remarks by President of Slovenia, Dr. Danilo
Türk
9:15-9:30 Remarks by Dr. Venkatesh Narayanamurti
SCHUMPETER PANELS
9:45-11:15 Panel discussion #1: Innovation in Health
11:15-12:45 Panel discussion #2: Innovation Systems and Institutions
12:45-1:45 Lunch
1:45-3:15 Panel discussion #3: Innovation in Action
3:15-4:45 Panel discussion #4: Innovation Policy
4:45-5:45 F.M. Scherer
5:45-6:45 Book Talk by Donnie Maclurcan
The aim of the Science, Technology, and Globalization Project (STG) is
to undertake research, conduct training, provide policy advice, and
disseminate information on interactions between technological
innovation and globalization, with particular emphasis on implications
for developing countries. For more information, please visit http://www.belfercenter.org/global
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Tuesday, June 5
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International Conference on Technology and Innovation for Global
Development: Schumpeter and Polymer Research
Tuesday, June r, 2012
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Harvard, Kennedy School, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
The aim of the “International Conference on Technology and Innovation
for Global Development” (3–5 June, 2012) is to explore how emerging
technologies are shaping global economies and human wellbeing. It
takes stock of the relevance of the work of Austrian economist Joseph
Schumpeter for developing countries and applies it to advances in
polymer research—an emerging field with profound implications for
global development in diverse fields such as industry, agriculture,
health, water, shelter and environmental management.
The conference coincides with the centenary of the publication of
Schumpeter’s seminal work, The Theory of Economic Development (1911).
The conference will be held in conjunction with the annual Innovation
for Economic Development executive program. The conference will bring
together participants from academia, industry, government and civil
society to explore advances in polymer research and its application to
global development. It will also examine efforts to design new
institutional arrangements aimed at harnessing the power of polymer
technology for improving human wellbeing and enhancing global
competitiveness.
This event is co-sponsored by the Center of Excellency PoliMaT -
Polymer Materials and Technologies, Slovenia.
CONFERENCE AGENDA:
DAY TWO (location: Starr Auditorium, 2nd floor Belfer building, unless
noted otherwise)
8:00-9:00 Day two registration and continental breakfast (Taubman
Rotunda)
POLYMER SPEAKERS
9:00-10:30 Sujata Bhatia
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:45 Gerd Meier zu Köcker
11:45-12:00 Break
12:00-1:00 Alec Hansen
1:00-2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:00 Colin McCormick
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-4:15 Tim Tangredi
4:30 Closing
The aim of the Science, Technology, and Globalization Project (STG) is
to undertake research, conduct training, provide policy advice, and
disseminate information on interactions between technological
innovation and globalization, with particular emphasis on implications
for developing countries. For more information, please visit http://www.belfercenter.org/global
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Book Talk, Andrew Blum, Tubes: A Journey to the Center of the Internet
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Boston Athenaeum, 10½ Beacon Street, Boston
This event is open to the public.
Through technology we are all connected now, the pundits tell us. But
connected to what, exactly? InTubes, journalist Andrew Blum takes
readers on a narrative tour behind the scenes of our everyday lives to
see the heart of the Internet itself.
When former Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska famously described the
Internet as “a series of tubes,” he seemed hopelessly, foolishly
trapped in an old way of knowing the world. But he wasn’t wrong.
After all, as Blum writes, the Internet exists: for all the talk of
the “placelessness” of our digital age, the Internet is as fixed in
real, physical places as any railroad or telephone ever was. It fills
enormous buildings, converges in some places and avoids others, and it
flows through tubes underground, up in the air, and under the oceans
all over the world. You can map it, you can smell it, and you can even
visit it.
From the room in Los Angeles where the Internet flickered to life to
the busiest streets in Manhattan as new fiber optic cable is laid
down; from the coast of Portugal as a 10,000 mile undersea cable just
two thumbs’ wide is laid down to connect Europe and West Africa to
the wilds of the Pacific Northwest where Google, Microsoft and
Facebook have built monumental data centers—Blum visits them all to
chronicle the dramatic story of the Internet’s development, explain
how it all works, and capture the spirit of the (virtual) place.
Andrew Blum is a correspondent at Wired magazine and a contributing
editor at Metropolis. His work has also appeared in the New Yorker,
The New York Times, Business Week, Slate, and Popular Science. He
lives in New York City.
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Watch me play: Live streaming, computer games, and the future of
spectatorship
Tuesday, June 5, 12:30 pm
Berkman Center, 23 Everett Street, second floor
RSVP required for those attending in person at http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2012/06/taylor#RSVP
This event will be webcast live at 12:30 pm ET at http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/webcast
and archived on our site shortly after.
T. L. Taylor
Computer gaming has long been a social activity, complete with forms
of spectatorship. With the growth of live-streaming the boundaries of
audience are shifting. Professional e-sports players and amateurs
alike are broadcasting their play online and in turn growing
communities. But interesting issues lurk around notions of audience
(and revenue), IP and licensing, and the governance and management of
these spaces. This talk will present some preliminary inquiries into
this emerging intersection of "social media," gaming, and broadcasting.
About TL
T.L. Taylor is Associate Professor in the Center for Computer Games
Research and a founding member of the Center for Network Culture at
the IT University of Copenhagen. She has been working in the field of
internet and multi-user studies for over fifteen years and has
published on topics such as play and experience in online worlds,
values in design, intellectual property, co-creative practices,
avatars and digital embodiment, gender and gaming, and e-sports.
Her new book about professional computer gaming, Raising the Stakes:E-
Sports and the Professionalization of Computer Gaming (MIT Press,
2012) has just been published. She is also the author of Play Between
Worlds: Exploring Online Game Culture (MIT Press, 2006) which used her
multi-year ethnography of EverQuest to explore issues related to
massively multiplayer spaces. Her co-authored handbook on ethnography
and virtual worlds (Princeton University Press) will be out summer 2012.
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A Live Interactive Webcast: "Social Determinants of Health
Disparities: Moving the Nation to Care about Social Justice”
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Family Service of Greater Boston, 31 Heath Street, 2nd Floor, Jamaica
Plain
RSVP at http://roxjpcoalition-webcast-es1.eventbrite.com/?srnk=104
18th National Health Equity Research Webcast
(formerly the Annual Summer Public Health Research Videoconference on
Minority Health)
Presenters
Camara P. Jones, MD, PhD, MPH
Social Determinants of Health and Equity, Division of Epidemiologic
and Analytic Methods for Population Health (p), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
Ronny A. Bell, PhD, MS
Professor, Wake Forest School of Medicine; Co-Director, Maya Angelou
Center for Health Equity
Aida L. Giachello, PhD
Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine
Cedric M. Bright, MD, FACP, Moderator
Director, Office of Special Programs; Assistant Dean for Admissions,
UNC School of Medicine
112th President, National Medical Association
Hosted by the Roxbury/Jamaica Plain Substance Use Coalition, a
community-driven group inspiring and mobilizing individuals, families
and communities to decrease the impact of substance use in our
neighborhoods
Joining Voices
Supporting Community Strengths
Advocating for Change
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Resilience Circle Webinar: Small Group Organizing 101
Want to start a Resilience Circle or small group for your community?
Join this conversation for tips, tools, and inspiration!
Tuesday, June 5
3pm EDT / 12pm PDT
Register at https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/821608694
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"The Last Venus Transit of the 21st Century."
Tuesday, June 5
6p.
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge
A rooftop viewing. Won't happen again until 2117.
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Lightning Project Talks
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge
Many of us are working on or have ideas for digital humanities
projects. Let's meet together and share our projects and get feedback
and support from the group. It can also be a good way to discover
collaborators. There will also be wine and cheese accompanied
unstructured conversation/networking at the end.
http://www.meetup.com/newenglanddigitalhumanities/events/64773702/
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Wednesday, June 6
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ANCIENT ANDEAN WISDOM FOR OUR TIMES - A talk by Don Alberto Taxo,
Master teacher from Ecauador
WEDNESDAY 6 JUNE
7.30 P.M.
CAMBRIDGE COHOUSING, 175 RICHDALE AVE., CAMBRIDGE
Refreshments will be served
Don Alberto is a teacher and healer of the Andean Quechua peoples. He
speaks of the need for head and heart to unite, and to bring
technology and wisdom together in healing our earth. He brings simple,
ancient practices that open the doors of perception to our connection
with all life, through gratitude and enjoyment.
NOTE: there are other opportunities to meet Don Alberto:
EVENING TALK, FRIDAY JUNE 8, 7.30 P.M., NEW VIEW COHOUSING, ACTON MASS.
PRIVATE HEALING CLEANSINGS, BY APPOINTMENT
For more intormation:
Events in Eastern Mass.--to make reservations etc.: Dori Smith, dsmith at newview.org
978-835-5568
Don Alberto’s work: www.ushai.com
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Thursday, June 7
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Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Stratosphere-Troposphere Interaction
during the Stratospheric Sudden Warming Events
Thursday, June 07, 2012
10:00a–11:00a
MIT, Building 54-915, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Speaker: Daniela Domeisen
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS)
For more information, contact: Carol Sprague
617-253-3381
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Digital Transformations of Research
June 7, 2012
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Sperry Room, Andover Hall, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFhIN1RnR09KeF9vdURCUnB4eG1NSnc6MA
#gid=0
Ralph Schroeder and Eric Meyer of the Oxford Internet Institute will
talk about digital transformations of research.
Abstract: There is a fundamental change taking place in the world of
research: digital tools and data shared via electronic networks are
having far-reaching effects. From 'big science' physics experiments
like the Large Hadron Collider which is using distributed high-
performance computing to analyze massive amounts of data to humanities
scholars who digitize large volumes of text to uncover changing
patterns of language use, networked digital research is having
profound effects on the practices of researchers. From the Grid, to
the Cloud, to Big Data, research practices are ever more tightly
coupled to computing. These changes can be understood on a number of
levels, including organizational changes, changes in knowledge
production, and in the communication of research. We propose a model
for understanding the connections among these. And although these
changes take place in different ways in different disciplines, we
argue that, like ripples in a pond, the changes add up to a broader
transformation of the landscape of research.
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"Scientific Computing and Visualization."
Thursday, June 7
Noon.
BU: Instructional Building (L Building) (Room L112), 72 East Concord
Street, Boston
Erik Brisson.
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Fukushima 2011 - Documentary Film
Thursday, June 7, 2012
6:00 PM
Eastman Laboratories, 182 Memorial Dr. Bldg 6-120, Cambridge,
"Fukushima 2011"
...the film delivers the reality of the residents exposed to
radiation, living in desperate circumstances. Director Hidetaka
Inazuka will be attending!!
Where：MIT / MIT6-120 http: //whereis.mit.edu/
Open：6pm Screen : 6:30pm 85min.
Tewassa Report ：8pm
Ticket : Suggested Donation
Online Registration：http://xoops.jrex.us/modules/eguide/event.php?
eid=49
The film was directed by Hidetake Inazuka, who is known for his
documentary, “Twice Bombed: The Legacy of Yamaguchi Tsutomu.” This
documentary shows the distress of those who endured the earthquake,
tsunami, and nuclear disaster caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Focusing on Minamisoma city and Iitate village after the nuclear
accident, the film delivers the reality of the residents exposed to
radiation, living in desperate circumstances.
The film features mothers caring for their children, men working on
farms, and the vice principal of a kindergarten; all regular people.
This disaster attacked these people and created unparalleled damage.
Please watch and learn about the current situation in these places.
http://www.meetup.com/boston-japanese/events/65366302/
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A Public Address by Nobel Peace Prize Recipient Tawakkol Karman
WHEN Thu., June 7, 2012, 6 p.m.
WHERE JFK Jr. Forum, 79 JFK St. , Cambridge, MA 02138
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Lecture, Social Sciences, Special Events
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Institute of Politics, Center for Public
Leadership, Women and Public Policy Program, Middle East Initiative,
HLS Program on Negotiation
SPEAKER(S) Tawakkol Karman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011
NOTE Karman received the prize for her work as a journalist and
political activist in Yemen. Her address is the keynote for a CPL
research conference, "Culture, Identity, and Change in the Middle
East: Insights for Conflict and Negotiation."
LINK http://forum.iop.harvard.edu/content/public-address-tawakkol-karman
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DEVELOPMENT INNOVENTURES Salon! - SOKET: "Intrapreneurship as
innovation engine for Developing World: Linking Electric Vehicles to
Solar Irrigation"
Thurs, Jun 7th
6:30-9:30pm
CIC <room assignment sent out with confirmation>, One Broadway,
Cambridge
Registration: http://innoventures.net/?page_id=458
(NOTE: capacity will be limited to 30; accepted registrants will
receive email confirmation of their participation)
A new corporate intrapreneurship model to stimulate innovation for
poor communities in the developing world. Learn about their pilot
project in partnership with Nissan to repurpose electric vehicle
batteries to serve as storage for solar powered irrigation systems.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
soket's founder, Naoto Kanehira would like to engage the group around
a few questions:
Expansion strategy: Would soket's "intrapreneurship incubator"
approach, stemming originally from Japanese corporate environment,
also work in the US? Similarities and differences? How might soket tap
into the local innovation resources in Boston/Cambridge?
Talent Sourcing: How to recruit professionals to get involved as
intrapreneurs or part-time resources?
soket (www.soket.me), the name of which derives from "society" and
"market", is a not-for-profit consultancy and incubator specialized
in market driven pro-poor innovations. It organizes "intrapreneurs" -
professionals who innovate from within established organizations to
mobilize corporate resources (talent, knowledge, technology,
financial) - to generate, accelerate and formalize high-leverage
ideas. soket's operations are based in Tokyo, Geneva, Delhi, Dhaka and
Dakar, covering energy, water, agriculture, healthcare, ICT and
finance. Current projects include: building a market for used lithium
ion batteries from electric vehicles to be repurposed for flexible and
mobile solar-powered irrigation (automaker); and establishing an
investment fund and technical assistance facility to bridge the
resources and intellectual property between developed and developing
countries.
Naoto Kanehira (MIT MBA, HKS MPA '08) is a development professional
and social entrepreneur. He is the Founder and President of soket and
Economist with the Corporate Reform and Strategy Group of The World
Bank. Prior to his current positions, Naoto worked for McKinsey
consulting clients on growth and innovation strategies in telecom,
electronics and automotive industries; the UNDP in former Yugoslav
countries to launch base-of-the-pyramid (BOP) investment programs; and
ICO/EUSR (International Civilian Office/European Union Special
Representatives) in Kosovo on ethnic reconciliation embedded in
private sector development. His passion is in connecting across
geographical, institutional or disciplinary boundaries to promote
breakthrough approaches to the pressing challenges of the world.
DEVELOPMENT INNOVENTURES SALON is a new forum bringing together
Boston's Innovation-for-Development community. We brainstorm with
emerging impact entrepreneurs attempting novel market- or technology-
based solutions to intractable problems in the developing world. Salon
participants problem-solve around key challenges these innovators face
in launching and scaling their enterprises. The SALON aims to convene
a multidisciplinary group of entrepreneurs, visionaries, business
professionals, development professionals, investors, practitioners,
technologists, academics, students, and polymaths.
Sign up for our mailing list: www.innoventures.net
Email us questions, comments, suggestions, ideas: venturejam at gmail.com
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"Growing Change," a documentary on the just food system of Venezuela
Thursday, June 7th
7:00-8:30 PM
Lucy Parsons Center, 358A Centre Street, Jamaica Plain
Join the Consulate of Venezuela in Boston and the Bolivarian Circle
"Dr. Martin Luther King Jr." for a special screening of Growing
Change, a documentary by Simon Cunich, about community-led revolution
for a just food system in Venezuela.
Come learn how Venezuela is building a new food system from the ground
up through powerful and inspiring footage and commentary straight from
the heart of Venezuela's food revolution. Featuring Venezuelan
farmers, fishers, and community leaders plus leading figures in the
global food movement.
The film will be followed by first-hand reports from William Camacaro,
a Venezuelan-born radio host and a long time social justice activist
in New York City, who organizes food sovereignty delegations to
Venezuela.
About the film: Growing Change is an inspiring new documentary that
looks at one of the most exciting experiments in the world to grow a
fair and sustainable food system. In Venezuela, from fishing villages
to cacao plantations to urban gardens, a growing social movement is
showing what?s possible when communities, not corporations, start to
take control of food.
Check out the trailer: http://www.simoncunich.com.au/
For more information on food sovereignty in Venezuela:
http://www.venezuela.foodsovereignty.com.au/
phone: (617) 522-6098
lucyparsons at tao.ca
Light refreshments will be served
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Saturday, June 9
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NEW ENGLAND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FORUM (NEEJF) ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
SUMMIT
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts.
All community activists and residents, environmental justice
advocates, lawyers, policymakers and others interested in public
health and the environment in low income communities and communities
of color are invited to attend.
Individuals may register for the event online by visiting the online
registration page: http://newenglandejsummit.eventbrite.com/. There
is no cost to attend the event. Food, childcare, and great company are
included. The deadline to register is May 18, 2012. Travel
scholarships are available for individuals and groups that need
assistance to attend.
For the first time in New England, residents of low income communities
and communities of color, together with community organizers,
attorneys, public health and environmental professionals and
government officials will assemble for a one- day summit on
environmental justice. At the Summit attendees will share ideas,
learn from one another and plan future work to address environmental
and public health issues that especially affect low income communities
and communities of color. NEEJF is a collaboration of Alternatives for
Community and Environment, Connecticut Coalition for Environmental
Justice and Rhode Island Legal Services.
For more information, please contact Steve Fischbach: neejforum at gmail.com
or 401-274-2652 ext.182
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Cambridgeport Baptist Church Barnraising (energy upgrade work party)
Saturday, June 9
9 am - 1:30 pm
Corner of Magazine and Putnam, Central Square, Cambridge
Cambridgeport Baptist wants to lower its energy bills and impact on
the planet. It serves not only as a church, but as a food pantry,
meeting space and community support.
Skilled team leaders will teach you how to do the work, so you learn
the hands-on skills to do the work in your own home.
It's a great way to meet neighbors and help the church and the
neighborhood as a whole. Food will be served and a general good time
had by all.
Sign up at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHJSS09TOWV4dk5YaGRDdzl1aHBJZEE6MQ&utm_source=HEET+eNewsletter+May+31%2C+2012&utm_campaign=HEET+eNewsletter&utm_medium=email
More information at heet.cambridge at gmail.com or http://heetma.com/
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Greenup Medford
Saturday, June 9
Noon until 4 pm
At Whole Foods
Join Whole Foods Market in Medford for a fun and festive time for all
ages. We'll have local artists selling handmade art designed with
recycled materials and local green organizations here to show how you
can make a difference. There will be a raffle and lots of great samples!
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Monday, June 11
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Guided tour of Deer Island Treatment Plant and its renewable energy
and energy efficiency innovations
Monday, June 11
9:30 AM- 12:00 PM
Tour starts at 10:00 AM and lasts approximately 1.5 hours. Space is
limited.
E-mail emily.rochon at greenpeace.org if you’re interested in joining
the tour. This event is free.
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The Transformation of the Datacenter: How to solve the exascale
problem with this one weird trick discovered by a housewife in
Cambridge.
Monday, June 11, 2012
12:00p–1:00p
Webinar. Register at web site below.
Speaker: Kurt Keville, SDM '09 & Research Specialist, MIT Institute
for Soldier Nanotechnologies
MIT SDM Systems Thinking Webinar
This webinar will offer a comprehensive overview on the primary issues
facing the modern datacenter in the drive to become higher performing
and less costly, and methods to address those issues. This
presentation will examine the immediate and long-term goals of the
primary stakeholders in the supercomputing community, including
government, academia, and industry, all three of which have an
increasing footprint in the High-Performance Computing (HPC) business.
Subsequent to a discussion of the variables available to supercomputer
and datacenter system designers will be an overview of the state-of-
the-art, and how industry, primarily through the work of Facebook and
Google, has transformed the datacenter archetype.
MIT SDM Systems Thinking Webinar Series
The MIT System Design and Management Program Systems Thinking Webinar
Series features research conducted by SDM faculty, alumni, students,
and industry partners. The series is designed to disseminate
information on how to employ systems thinking to address engineering,
management, and socio-political components of complex challenges.
Web site:http://sdm.mit.edu/news/news_articles/webinar_061112/webinar-keville-datacenter.html
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): SDM activities - sponsored by GSC
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The Intention Economy: When Customers Take Charge
Monday, June 11, 2012
6:00 PM
Berkman Center For Internet & Society, 23 Everett St # 2, Cambridge
Free and open to the public
RSVP required at http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/2012/05/searls
A Talk with Doc Searls
Whether your interest is in preserving Internet freedom and
opportunity, changing the economic power structure, new challenges for
cyberlaw, or just turning the tables on privacy-violating business
models and practices, there will be plenty to hear and discuss at Doc
Searls' talk, "The Intention Economy: When Customers Take Charge" —
also the title of his new book from Harvard Business Review Press. The
book reports on progress by dozens of companies and development
projects fostered by ProjectVRM, which Doc launched at the Berkman
Center in 2006.
Doc will share progress toward a near future where individuals can —
Control the flow and use of personal data
Build their own loyalty programs
Dictate their own terms of service
Tell whole markets what they want, how they want it, where and when
they should be able to get it, and how much they are willing to pay
— without yielding their own privacy, and outside of any one system's
silo.
About Doc: Doc Searls served as a Berkman Fellow from 2006 to 2010,
during which he launched and led ProjectVRM, which encourages the
development of new tools by which individuals create and control their
relationships with companies and other organizations. (VRM stands for
Vendor Relationship Management, a term coined as a counterpart to CRM,
for Customer Relationship Management.)
Doc co-wrote (with fellow Berkmanian David Weinberger and two others)
the 2000 bestseller The Cluetrain Manifesto, and has been an editor
with Linux Journal since 1996, covering free and open source software.
For that work he received a Google-O'Reilly Award for Best
Communicator in 2005. In The World is Flat, author and New York Times
columnist Tom Friedman, calls Doc "one of the most respected
technology writers in America."
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Tuesday, June 12
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The Extreme Vulnerability of Network of Networks
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
2 p.m.
BU, 8 Saint Mary’s St., Room 339, Boston
Refreshments will be served outside Room 339 at 1:45 p.m.
Shlomo Havlin
Bar-Ilan University
Network research and percolation theory have been focused on the
properties of a single isolated network that does not interact or
depend on other networks. In reality, many real-networks interact with
other networks. Shlomo Havlin will present a framework for studying
percolation of interacting networks. In interdependent networks,
when nodes in one network fail, they cause dependent nodes in other
networks to fail also. This may happen recursively and can lead to a
cascade of failures. In fact, a failure of a very small fraction of
nodes in one network may lead to the complete and sudden fragmentation
of a system of many interdependent networks. Havlin will
present exact analytical solutions for the critical threshold and
giant component of a network of n interdependent networks. For n=1, he
and his research team obtain the classical known result for a single
isolated network of second order percolation transition. For n>1
cascading failures occur and the transition becomes a first order.
Their results for a network of n interdependent networks suggest that
the classical percolation theory extensively studied in physics and
mathematics in the past 50 years is only a limiting case of n=1 of a
more general case of network of networks. As Havlin will show, this
general theory has many novel features that are not present in
classical percolation theory. For example, while a failure of a
fraction of nodes in a single network can lead only to small damage to
the system, in interacting networks, it can lead to a sudden
(discontinuous) collapse due to cascading failures. He will show that
reducing the coupling between the networks leads to a change from a
discontinuous percolation transition to a smooth transition at a
critical coupling. He will also show that interdependent networks
embedded in space are even more vulnerable compared to random networks.
For more information: www.bu.edu/ece/calendar
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Energy Solutions Open House at Next Step Living.
Tuesday, June 12
5:00-8:00 PM
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3620204128?utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=new_eventv2&utm_term=eventname_text
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Thursday, June 14
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Citizens clean energy lobby day at the State House.
Thursday, June 14
9:30 AM-1:00 PM
No experience lobbying your elected officials is required!
For more information, please e-mail lord.ma at husky.neu.edu
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New England Games SIG Event: Can Games Save Education
Thursday, June 14, 2012
6:00p–9:00p
Microsoft NERD Center, 11th Floor One Memorial Drive, Cambridge
Speaker: Robert Johnson, President, Becker College Dave McCool, CEO,
Muzzy Lane Mike Connell, CEO, Native Brain Moderator: John Dyer,
Latitude News
Education is at a cross roads. Students have access to unprecedented
resources and interact with content and other students around the
globe faster than they can turn to page 236 in their text books.
Games dominate interactive time with young learners and have proven
their ability to engage, entertain, teach and impact. Can games really
impact education as we know it today? Our panel takes a focused look
at the state of education and the reality of changing education in a
21st century way.
Web site: http://www.mitforumcambridge.org/events/new-england-games-sig-event-can-games-save-education/
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge
For more information, contact: Amy Goggins
617-253-3937
entforumcambridge at mit.edu
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The Discipline of Entrepreneurial Thinking: How Revolutionary
Strategies can be Created
WHEN Thu., June 14, 2012, 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.
WHERE RCC conference room, 26 Trowbridge Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION Business, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR Real Colegio Complutense
SPEAKER(S) Enrique Cortés Alonso, IE Business School & UCM
COST Free and open to the public
CONTACT INFO rcc_info at harvard.edu
LINK http://realcolegiocomplutense.harvard.edu
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Friday, June 15
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The New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable Presents: The
Impact of Natural Gas on the Future of Electricity Markets and Clean
Energy Strategies in New England
June 15, 2012
9 am to 12:30 pm
Foley Hoag LLP, 155 Seaport Boulevard, 13th Floor, Boston
Panel I: How Will Natural Gas Impact New England's Electricity Markets
and Reliability?
Over the past two decades, New England's electricity generation has
increasingly come to rely on natural gas. With the development of the
Marcellus Shale in nearby New York and Pennsylvania, natural gas could
be both plentiful and relatively inexpensive for years to come. Our
first panel at the June 15th Roundtable will explore the potential
impacts of natural gas on New England's electricity markets and
reliability, exploring a wide range of questions and issues including:
What are "realistic" natural gas supply and price expectations?
What infrastructure is needed to deliver more gas to New England, and
can we count on it?
What will be the likely impacts of more gas on electricity generation
mix and electricity prices?
Should we be concerned about electric reliability from increasing
reliance on natural gas-fired generation especially on cold days (FERC
seems to be), and what should we do about it?
To help enlighten us on theses issues, we have assembled a tremendous
panel of experts who carefully follow the gas and electricity markets
from different vantage points. Susan Tierney, Managing Principal at
Analysis Group, will share both her expertise on electricity markets,
as well as her recent experience serving on U.S. Secretary of Energy's
Advisory Board (including its Shale Gas Subcommittee). Richard Paglia,
Vice President of Spectra Energy, will discuss Spectra's plans to
build additional pipeline capacity in several different directions
from Marcellus, and will also discuss a study that Spectra recently
commissioned on New England's gas markets. Richard Levitan, President
& Principal, at Levitan & Associates, Inc. will share his expectations
for both the gas and electricity markets in New England, based on his
extensive study of both markets and their interactive effects.
Rounding out the panel isPeter Brandien, Vice-President for Systems
Operation at ISO-New England, who will share the results of a recent
study ISO commissioned on natural gas and the electricity markets, as
well as the ISO's perspective on managing an increasingly gas-based
electricity system.
Panel II: Revisiting Clean Energy Strategies in New England (in an era
of potential cheap and plentiful natural gas?)
Following on the heels of the first panel, our second panel will
reflect on whether or not (and, if so, how) New England should revisit
and revise its clean energy strategies in light of the potential for
plentiful and relatively inexpensive natural gas for the foreseeable
future. Despite substantial reductions over the last decade in the
cost of renewable energy resources, most notably in wind and solar,
and given projections for further price reductions, (and in the face
of diminished renewable energy tax credit support and low natural gas
prices) most RPS-eligible renewables are still more expensive than
conventional electricity sources. Some states are exploring opening up
RPS eligibility to existing hydro and even energy efficiency
resources, seeking less expensive ways to meet clean energy goals.
Others argue that the long-term benefits of continuing to aggressively
pursue our clean energy goals and targets with our existing strategies
far outweigh any short-term price premiums. Meanwhile, Cape Wind may
begin construction soon and Hydro-Quebec is ready to finance
transmission to deliver substantial additional hydro resources into
New England.
To discuss these issues, we have put together a full-spectrum panel
including a regulator, a utility executive, and representatives from
the Clean Energy Council, CLF, and AIM.
Commissioner David Cash, Massachusetts Dept. of Public Utilities
James Robb, Senior VP Enterprise Planning, Northeast Utilities
Peter Rothstein, President, New England Clean Energy Council
Robert Rio, Sr. Vice President & Counsel, Associated Industries of MA
Jonathan Peress, VP & Director, Clean Energy & Climate Change, CLF
Free and open to the public with no advanced registration
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Title: Development of New Materials Powered by Organic Synthesis
Friday, June 15, 2012
4:00p–5:00p
MIT, Building 6-120, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Speaker: Shigeru Yamago, Kyoto University
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Chemistry Department
For more information, contact: Chemistry Department
617-253-1879
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Saturday, June 16
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Design for Coders: SND + H/H visual workshop
Saturday, June 16, 2012
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
MIT Media Lab, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge
We'll be in E14-240, one of the large conference rooms on the 2nd floor
RSVP at http://meetupbos.hackshackers.com/events/67125132/?fromms=1&a=ea1_grp&rv=ea1&_af_eid=67125132&__domain=meetupbos.hackshackers.com&_af=event
Interface design is every bit as rewarding as programming: Inch by
inch, you're crafting a story that people will use and, hopefully,
love. Executing a well-designed interface is both exhilarating and
satisfying, offering the reader a clear path, immersing them in a
story. Learning to create effective, beautiful layouts is a learned
skill, akin to learning a new programming language or framework.
What we'll do:
This workshop is geared toward our beloved journo-hackers who keep
getting asked to create sophisticated, usable visual, designs as well
as all of the interaction and software powering the experience. We
will talk about UI patterns, how to use typography and color create a
visual identity.
Workshop attendees will leave with some great getting-started resources.
Why the weird time?:
A Saturday, in June, at 1 p.m.? Really?! This time and location has
been chosen to coordinate with the OpenNews Hack event, a 24-hour hack
day as a lead-in to the 2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference. While
the conference is invite-only, the hack day is open to talented
developers who want to spend their weekend working with others to
build amazing things. Following the conference theme of the "the Story
and the Algorithm," this hack day will be focused on new ways that
data lets us tell compelling stories.
The design workshop attendees should come prepared with a project idea
for discussion, sketching and brainstorming, even if they are not
participating in the aforementioned event.
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Monday, June 18
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Can Social Games Solve America’s Biggest Health Challenge?
Monday, June 18, 2012
3:30 PM to 5:00 PM (ET)
IBM Center for Social Business,1 Rogers Street, Cambridge
Register at http://shapeup-social-games.eventbrite.com/?ref=enivte&invite=MjA0ODE4OS9nbW9rZUB3b3JsZC5zdGQuY29tLzA%3D&utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=invitenew&utm_term=attend
Event Details
The IBM Center for Social Business welcomes Dr. Rajiv Kumar, literally
a game changer in tackling healthcare issues. His company, ShapeUp,
designs social games for companies to bring employees together so they
can help each other be healthy. The theory is that peer support and
accountability are the keys to wellness success.
Refreshments at 3:30. Talk starts at 3:45.
About the talk
Facing rapidly rising health care costs driven by unhealthy behaviors
and a national obesity epidemic, self-insured employers have told
their employees to “shape up.” But regular physical activity and
healthy eating are easier said than done. Many years and millions of
dollars have been wasted on employee wellness programs that get
astonishingly low participation.
Social gaming is changing that. ShapeUp has developed an online
behavior change solution for employee populations that uses social
gaming, in the form of team-based competitions, to activate, motivate,
and guide participants toward reaching their healthy goals. This
approach generates extraordinary company-wide engagement rates and has
been shown to produce clinically significant health outcomes.
This talk will describe how ShapeUp has used social games over the
past 5 years to reach 2 million lives across 93 countries at companies
like HP, Aetna, Raytheon, and Sprint. It will also explore how the
latest advances in mobile apps, personal fitness devices, and real-
time rewards are creating new ways to enhance the wellness experience.
Rajiv Kumar on how ShapeUp came to be
"During medical school, I realized that many of the worst health
problems we face as a nation--diabetes, heart disease, cancer,
hypertension, osteoarthritis, depression--are related to our
collective unhealthy lifestyle. I also learned through my clinical
encounters that the patients who succeeded in adopting and sustaining
healthy behaviors were those who leveraged their trusted social
network for support, motivation, and accountability.
By launching a community non-profit organization (Shape Up Rhode
Island) and a for-profit company (ShapeUp), I've dedicated my life to
helping people reverse and prevent obesity-related illnesses through
group behavior change models.
Our goal is to build the largest online social application that
connects people around the world to improve their health."
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Social Innovation in the Public Sector
Monday, June 18, 2012
6:00 PM
MIT, Stata Center, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge
More information at https://boston.tie.org/
Public awareness of the significant value of social innovation is
growing rapidly in the United States. Governments at the local, state
and federal level have promoted policies to encourage social
innovation, public/private partnerships and entrepreneurship in a wide
variety of ways. What is happening in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts to cultivate and strengthen social innovation? Come
network and interact with our panel of government-oriented social
enterprise champions who represent the fields of finance, community
development and technology.
Panelists include:
Steve Goldberg, General Counsel, SocialFinance, Inc.
Following 30 years in government, law, and business, Steve Goldberg
began consulting on growth, management, and scalability for numerous
nonprofits. Steve is the author of Billions of Drops in Millions of
Buckets: Why Philanthropy Doesn’t Advance Social Progress (Wiley,
2009), a former lead consultant for “Charity Navigator 2.0,” and
one of 50 expert reviewers selected nationally for the first Social
Innovation Fund. Steve currently leads Social Finance’s government
relations and partnership efforts.
Nigel Jacob, City of Boston, Co-Founder, Urban Mechanics
With an extensive background in collaborative, citizen-facing
technology projects, Nigel Jacob co-founded the Office of New Urban
Mechanics - a civic innovation incubator within Boston’s City Hall.
Nigel also serves as Mayor Menino's advisor on emerging technologies.
In both of these roles, Nigel works to develop new models of
innovation for cities in the 21st century. Prior to joining the City
of Boston in 2006, Nigel worked for and launched a series of
technology start-ups in the Boston area. Nigel is also a fellow at
the Center for the Advancement Public Action at Bennington College.
Chris Osgood, City of Boston, Co-Founder, Urban Mechanics
Chris Osgood co-founded the Office of New Urban Mechanics, bringing to
the office nearly ten years of experience in city government. Much of
his work during that time has focused on designing operations and
policy that help cities engage and respond to constituents. Before
joining the City, Chris earned his MBA from Harvard after serving for
5 years in the NYC Parks & Recreation Department as its Chief of Staff
and Senior Advisor.
Chris and Nigel have received a number of awards for their ground
breaking work in Boston, including being named Public Officials of the
year in 2011 by Governing Magazine and the Tribeca Disruptive
Innovation award for 2012.
Todd Fry, Executive Director for the Merrimack Valley Sandbox,
Deshpande Foundation
Todd Fry joined the Deshpande Foundation as Executive Director for the
Merrimack Valley Sandbox. Todd comes to the Foundation after a
distinguished career at the Boston Center for Community Justice, as a
teacher at Milton Academy, and social entrepreneur for 20 years in
Greater Boston. His career spans work with youth and adults in prep
school and in prison, in business and in Boston City Hall. Todd chairs
the USA Advisory Board for the Rwanda Youth Healing Center, a
grassroots NGO in Rwanda that helps young people with emotional
healing from the genocide and leadership development. Todd grew up in
Ohio, holds a bachelors degree in Communication Education from
Northwestern University, and lives in Roxbury today.
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Wednesday, June 20
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"Global Pitchfest 2012."
Wednesday, June 20
6 - 11:55p.
Masschallenge, One Marina Park Drive, 14th floor, Boston
The Global “PitchFest” is the traditional closing event for the
Venture Leaders program. It will take place on the June 20 at
theMassChallenge facilities, one of the epicenters of the Boston start-
up scene. The rules of the PitchFest could not be simpler: 20 Swiss
entrepreneurs competing with the new generation of MassChallenge
entrepreneurs. Who will have the best pitching abilities?
You will be the judge!
In 1 minute and 1 slide, the Swiss and Local entrepreneurs
representing a wide range of industries will convince you to vote for
their venture. By using our Text-Message-based polling system, you
will choose the 5 best pitches of the night. Our jury will pick a
final winner who will receive a special prize from our generous
sponsor: Mondaine, the Swiss Watch Maker.
Call for Startups!
Be part of the 2012 Global Pitchfest- pitch you own start-up!
Have you recently launched a start-up in Boston and want to train your
pitch, while getting more visibility for your business? Join our
lineup of presenters by contacting Marian Toader at marian at swissnexboston.org
Please note that - due to logistics constrains - we will accept a
limited amount of candidates. First come, first served!
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Opportunity
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Boiler Rebate
If your boiler is from 1983 or earlier, Mass Save will give a $1,750
to $4,000 rebate to switch it out for a new efficient boiler that uses
the same fuel (i.e. if you have oil, you have to continue to use oil)
so long as it is installed by July 31, 2012.
Call Mass Save (866 527-7283) to sign up for a home energy assessment
or sign-up online at www.nextsteplivinginc.com/HEET and HEET will
receive a $10 contribution from Next Step Living for every completed
assessment.
This is a great way to reduce climate change emissions for the next 20
or so years the boiler lasts, while saving money.
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CEA Solar Hot Water Grants
Cambridge, through the Cambridge Energy Alliance initiative, is
offering a limited number of grants to residents and businesses for
solar hot water systems. The grants will cover 50% of the remaining
out of pocket costs of the system after other incentives, up to $2,000.
Applications will be accepted up to November 19, 2012 and are
available on a first come, first serve basis until funding runs out.
The Cambridge grant will complement other incentives including the
Massachusetts Clean Energy Center solar thermal grants. For more
information, seehttp://cambridgeenergyalliance.org/resources/additional-resources/solar-hot-water-grant-program
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Cambridge Residents: Free Home Thermal Images
Have you ever wanted to learn where your home is leaking heat by
having an energy auditor come to your home with a thermal camera?
With that info you then know where to fix your home so it's more
comfortable and less expensive to heat. However, at $200 or so, the
cost of such a thermal scan is a big chunk of change.
HEET Cambridge has now partnered with Sagewell, Inc. to offer
Cambridge residents free thermal scans.
Sagewell collects the thermal images by driving through Cambridge in a
hybrid vehicle equipped with thermal cameras. They will scan every
building in Cambridge (as long as it's not blocked by trees or
buildings or on a private way). Building owners can view thermal
images of their property and an analysis online. The information is
password protected so that only the building owner can see the results.
Homeowners, condo-owners and landlords can access the thermal images
and an accompanying analysis free of charge. Commercial building
owners and owners of more than one building will be able to view their
images and analysis for a small fee.
The scans will be analyzed in the order they are requested.
Go to Sagewell.com. Type in your address at the bottom where it says
"Find your home or building" and press return. Then click on "Here"
to request the report.
That's it. When the scans are done in a few weeks, your building will
be one of the first to be analyzed. The accompanying report will help
you understand why your living room has always been cold and what to
do about it.
With knowledge, comes power (or in this case saved power and money,
not to mention comfort).
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Free solar electricity analysis for MA residents
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHhwM202dDYxdUZJVGFscnY1VGZ3aXc6MQ
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HEET has partnered with NSTAR and Mass Save participating contractor
Next Step Living to deliver no-cost Home Energy Assessments to
Cambridge residents.
During the assessment, the energy specialist will:
Install efficient light bulbs (saving up to 7% of your electricity bill)
Install programmable thermostats (saving up to 10% of your heating bill)
Install water efficiency devices (saving up to 10% of your water bill)
Check the combustion safety of your heating and hot water equipment
Evaluate your home’s energy use to create an energy-efficiency roadmap
If you get electricity from NSTAR, National Grid or Western Mass
Electric, you already pay for these assessments through a surcharge on
your energy bills. You might as well use the service.
Please sign up at http://nextsteplivinginc.com/heet/?outreach=HEET or
call Next Step Living at 866-867-8729. A Next Step Living
Representative will call to schedule your assessment.
HEET will help answer any questions and ensure you get all the
services and rebates possible.
(The information collected will only be used to help you get a Home
Energy Assessment. We won’t keep the data or sell it.)
(If you have any questions or problems, please feel free to call
HEET’s Jason Taylor at 617 441 0614.)
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Resource
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Sustainable Business Network Local Green Guide
SBN is excited to announce the soft launch of its new Local Green
Guide, Massachusetts' premier Green Business Directory!
To view the directory please visit: http://www.localgreenguide.org
To find out how how your business can be listed on the website or for
sponsorship opportunities please contact Adritha at adritha at sbnboston.org
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Massachusetts Attitudes About Climate Change – An opinion survey of
Massachusetts residents conducted by MassINC and sponsored by the Barr
Foundation found that 77% of respondents believe that global warming
has “probably been happening” and 59% of all respondents see see it
as being at least partially caused by human pollution. Only 42% of
the state’s residents say global warming will have very serious
consequences for Massachusetts if left unaddressed. The 18 to 29 age
group is more likely to believe global warming is appearing and caused
by humans compared to the 60+ age group. African-American (56%) and
Latino residents (69%) are more likely than white residents (40%) to
believe global warming will be a very serious problem if left
unaddressed. The MassINC report, titled The 80 Percent Challenge:
What Massachusetts must do to meet targets and make headway on climate
change (http://www.massinc.org/Research/The-80-percent-
challenge.aspx), contains many other findings.
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Free Monthly Energy Analysis
CarbonSalon is a free service that every month can automatically track
your energy use and compare it to your past energy use (while
controlling for how cold the weather is). You get a short friendly
email that lets you know how you’re doing in your work to save energy.
https://www.carbonsalon.com/
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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
Greater Boston Solidarity Economy Mapping Project http://www.transformationcentral.org/solidarity/mapping/mapping.html
a project by Wellesley College students that invites participation,
contact jmatthaei at wellesley.edu
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Bostonsmart.com's Guide to Boston http://www.bostonsmarts.com/BostonGuide/
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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://www.BostonScienceLectures.com
Boston Area Computer User Groups http://www.bugc.org/
Arts and Cultural Events List http://aacel.blogspot.com/
http://www.massclimateaction.net/calendar/events/index.php
http://www.mitenergyclub.org/calendar/mit_events_template
http://www.environment.harvard.edu/events/calendar/
http://green.harvard.edu/events
http://microsoftcambridge.com/Events/tabid/57/Default.aspx
http://boston.nerdnite.com/
http://www.meetup.com/
http://www.eventbrite.com/
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