[act-ma] Energy (and Other) Events

George Mokray gmoke at world.std.com
Sun Aug 12 16:02:42 PDT 2012


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.

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Election 2012:  Will Voting Machine Errors Affect the Final Count?
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/10/1118789/-Election-2012-Will-Voting-Machine-Errors-Affect-the-Final-Count

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Monday, August 13
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The Boston Wikipedia Meetup Group Monthly Meetup
Mon Aug 13
7:00 PM
Clover Food Lab7 Holyoke St., Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/wikipedia-5/

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Tuesday, August 14
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FREE Webinar: The Art of Small Biz SEO
Tuesday August 14, 2012
12pm PDT / 3pm EDT
Register at http://www.greenmarketing.tv/small-biz-seo-webinar/

Lorna Li
Low Cost Tactics to Attract More Ideal Customers Online
86% of all consumers use search engines. In fact, most people START  
their shopping process with Google research.  If you show up in  
organic search results for the keywords your target customers is  
typing into Google, that’s FREE traffic.  But it takes effort to show  
up on the first page for those keywords – you need to create content  
and get links to that content.
Furthermore, Google is constantly changing its algorithm, which can  
seriously impact your search engine traffic. What used to work last  
year, no longer works, or might even hurt your website this year.   
Finally, as a small business, you may find it really tough to compete  
against larger competitors with budgets that sustain firehose of  
content and teams dedicated to promoting that content. Don’t Lose Hope!

Get Ready to Turn Your Website Into a Customer Magnet
The great news is, once you create your core pages of content, if you  
follow some basic guidelines, your website will continue to attract  
targeted visitors all by itself.  In this small business SEO webinar  
we’ll cover powerful, low cost ways small businesses can get on the  
map, and increase visibility in search engines. Discover:
The Number #1 SEO Mistake that small businesses make that creates a  
colossal waste of time & money
3 Powerful ways small businesses can use to outshine big competitors  
in a crowded landscape
5 low cost methods to creating killer content that attracts visitors &  
makes you irresistible to customers
Why the MOST overlooked aspect of your website is the secret to saving  
time, money, and energy trying to promote your business online.
The 7 Deadly Sins of Link Building that can destroy your beloved  
business website.
PLUS BONUS Resources to Help You Grow Your Green Business
When you sign up for this FREE SEO Webinar, you’ll receive the Green  
Marketing TV newsletter, which includes 7 days of powerful marketing  
strategies, PLUS The Sustainable Branding Kit, for FREE. Here’s a  
sneak peek:

3 Powerful secrets to creating a strong sustainable brand with an army  
of followers

The Number #1 strategy to protect your brand from accusations of green  
wash

The keys to telling a remarkable sustainability story that makes you  
LOVED by customers

How your business can spark a social movement and inspire thousands

Why business for good is good for business

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Tour of International Markets
Tues, August 14th
6pm-7:30pm
Union Square, Somerville

As part of our ArtsUnion project, the Somerville Arts Council gives  
tours of Union Square international food markets. Join us and learn  
where to find ingredients like Nepalese timur (a fragrant spice used  
in pickles), squid ink pasta and Haitian akasan (a cornmeal drink).  
Beyond discovering the culinary exotica available in Union Square,  
we’ll learn about the history of these stores and how their clientele  
represents the cultural community of Somerville. Each tour visits  
three markets and we’ll point out others along the way. Featured  
markets include: Casa de Carne, Well Foods Plus Halal Market, La  
Internacional, Little India, New Bombay Market, Pao de Acucar &  
Brazilian Buffet and the Reliable Market. Without leaving Union  
Square, we’ll visit Brazil, Korea, India, Nepal, Guatemala and Haiti!  
Dates: Tues, August 14th, 6pm-7:30pm Sat, September 1st, 2pm-3:30pm  
Thur, September 13th, 6pm-7:30pm Cost: free How to sign up: send an  
email to artsuniontour at gmail.com

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Comparing Boston v. SiliconValley & NYC w/ Social Media  
APIs,TextMining (Group1)
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
6:30 PM To 7:30 PM
Microsoft New England Research and Development Center, 1 Memorial  
Drive, Cambridge
RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/Boston-Predictive-Analytics/events/71583112/
Price: $5.00/per person
Refund policy
The $5 fee will first go to pizza (50%), then charity as described  
below (25%) and some O’Reilly books (25%) to be given away to the  
group.  The fee is towards reducing no-shows which range anywhere from  
30-50% of rsvps when there is a free event.  Please note there is a no- 
pizza, $2.50 for charity, session #2 at 7:45.

Boston's Meetup Tech and Business scene has grown stronger; however  
Silicon Valley and New York City have both higher adoption and scale.   
What might Boston do to improve its Tech and Biz community landscape?

Social Network Analysis and Machine Learning are used on data pulled  
from Meetup's API.  The talk will cover the application-side,  
analytics using R, and some on pulling data via an API.

Background/Summary:
This talk is a follow-up to the "Utilizing Meetup to Analyze Boston,  
Silicon Valley and NYC" presentation I gave back February. This  
extension includes additional Social Network and Machine Learning  
analysis towards addressing questions such as "What specific Meetup  
Groups would be helpful for Boston towards improving its tech and biz  
scene relative to Silicon Valley and NYC?"
There are two main layers of the presentation:
(1) Regional Comparisons:  Silicon Valley, not surprisingly, has a  
higher percentage of tech and business groups than either NYC or  
Boston.  NYC is slightly above the national average; whereas Boston  
has an on-par tech scene, though lower than average percentage of  
business groups.  This will be explored in more detail.
(2) Analytics:  Social Network Analysis and Machine Learning as a  
means to describe different communities.  "R" (tnet and RTextTools  
libraries among others) was used with data originating primarily from  
the Meetup API.
Please note the talk is low on hardcore Computer Science, i.e. there  
is not going to be discussion of achieving 99.999% accuracy using 20  
different models ensembled together ala Amazon or Netflix.   Please  
refer to Stanford's Online Learning website (www.coursera.org) which  
has a great ML course; and both Coursera and Udacity have upcoming  
Social Network Analysis courses.  It would be great to have a 2-hour  
ML event; however this is not the time for it.
The fee, which is to reduce the no-shows/waitlist, will partially be  
given to charities.  One thought is to have the donations given to a  
local non-profit for whom Meetup could be a benefit (much as it has  
shown to be in tech and biz communities). Interestingly, this brings  
up a different set of questions including "What is the adoption rate  
of Meetup in inner cities?"   As of this time I don't know which  
organization; however there's time to explore this before the event,  
and I may be able to go back into the Meetup data and local economic  
data to see if those sources can be helpful.  If you are interested in  
helping out in identifying a non-profit organization, then please let  
me know.

Sponsor:  Boston Predictive Analytics

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Wednesday, August 15
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Social Innovation Forum Impact Investing Information Session
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Boston, MA

Root Cause believes that social innovation is critical to ensure that  
our public and private resources are leveraged in the most effective  
ways to address our nation's social problems. Yet, it is often  
difficult for emerging innovations to receive the recognition and  
support they need to develop and spread their impact.

Root Cause's Social Innovation Forum provides a unique opportunity for  
innovative nonprofit organizations and social enterprises to gain  
visibility, expand their networks, and build capacity.

Register at http://sifimpactinvestinginfosession-es2.eventbrite.com/?rank=191

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Hear What's Possible for Sound in Tablets: A Conversation with Dolby  
Labs
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
7:00 PM
Boston Globe, 135 Morrissey Blvd., Dorchester

Hear What's Possible for Sound in Tablets: A Conversation with Dolby  
Labs
The way we engage with media is being transformed by the boom in  
tablets and other mobile devices. But while the picture quality for  
movies, TV shows, online video and games is fantastic, most new  
devices don’t feature high-quality audio. It’s a key issue people are  
starting to notice: more and more people are demanding high-quality  
audio. They’re not satisfied. Why?

Poor content quality and hardware limitations like small speakers mean  
you’re not getting the best listening experience possible. You may  
have noticed that the speakers on their devices are small, or on the  
back of the device… or that the volume and dialogue is wacky between  
the YouTube news clip and the Netflix movie they’re watching on the  
tablet. Dolby wants to show you why sound is essential to great mobile  
entertainment on all devices.

Who: Dolby executives: Mary Anderson, Sr. Director of Marketing,  
Electronic Media // Dawn Leonetti, Senior Partner Marketing Manager

RSVP at http://meetupbos.hackshackers.com/events/76338992/?a=ea1_grp&eventId=76338992&action=detail&rv=ea1&rv=ea1

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Thursday, August 16
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Creative Economy Roundtable
Thursday, August 16
8:30 am
BSA Space, 290 Congress Street, Boston
Register online at creativenextarchitecture.eventbrite.com/

Governor Patrick’s Creative Economy Industry director, Helena Fruscio  
and the Boston design community

You may also be interested in the fall 2009 issue of  
ArchitectureBoston on Creative Economy

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Future by Design & Thinking
Thursday, August 16, 2012
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM (EDT)
The Westin Boston Waterfront, Grand Ballroom, 425 Summer Street, Boston

Panel moderated by Mr. Gaylon White

How do we fully engage organizations to think about the changing  
landscape of business and services? Design & Thinking, a documentary,  
hopes to be that catalyst.

'Design Thinking' is a terminology from the design profession that has  
been communicating the changing landscape of our societies, by sharing  
how designers think and do things.

This film travels through large corporations, entrepreneurs and change- 
makers to present a big picture of how they react to fundamental  
changes. Audience journey with design figure Bill Moggridge, MBA dean  
Roger Martin, Coca Cola, non-profit Code for America, design firms,  
Hollywood director, and even a cooking school and PhD student.
DesignThinkingMovie.com

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Boston GreenFest
Thursday, Aug 16   5 pm - 9:30 pm
(Performers/Food)
Friday, Aug 17       noon - 9:30 pm
(Exhibitors/Food/Vendors/Performers)
Saturday, Aug 18    11 am - 8 pm
(Exhibitors/Food/Vendors/Performers)
Sunday, Aug 19    10 am - 5 pm
Featuring: The Movement Festival!
(Dance/Food/Vendors/Performers)

Boston City Hall Plaza, One City Hall Square, Boston

http://www.bostongreenfest.org/index.html
info at bostongreenfest.org
617-477-4840

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Evolution in a Toxic World: How Life Responds to Chemical Threats
THURSDAY, AUGUST 16
6:00 PM
Harvard Museum of Natural History, Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford  
Street, Cambridge

Lecture and booksigning with Emily Monosson
Toxic chemicals: They have shaped our bodies, our world, and all life  
around us. Today, species are rapidly evolving in response to toxins  
like PCBs, dioxins and pesticides. Emily Monosson, adjunct professor  
at UMass Amherst and author of the new book,Evolution in a Toxic World  
(Island Press), will discuss how life on Earth survives in the face of  
increased amounts of both age-old and new synthetic chemicals in our  
environment. Free and open to the public


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Friday, August 17
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MIT vs. Harvard Case Competition - 2012
Friday, August 17, 2012
9:00a–5:00p
MIT Building E51, Wong Auditorium, Amherst Street, Cambridge
The Case Competition is the flagship event organized by Consulting  
Club at MIT and Harvard Graduate Consulting Club. Held for the first  
time in Summer 2008, this event offers graduate students from Harvard  
and MIT the opportunity to work in teams on a business case under the  
mentorship of professional consultants. This 10-day event begins with  
a Kickoff presentation of the case (to be held at Harvard this year),  
followed by team mentoring sessions with consultants and industry  
experts. The final presentation, to be held at MIT this year on August  
17th, is a day long event showcasing the top Harvard and MIT teams.

Web site: http://web.mit.edu/mitconsulting/www/case_comp/2012/
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): GSC Funding Board, Consulting Club at MIT, Large Event  
Fund (LEF)
For more information, contact: Armen Mkrtchyan
ccm-exec at mit.edu

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End of Summer FreeCycle
WHEN  Fri., Aug. 17, 2012, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
WHERE  Science Center Arcade, Harvard Yard
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION  Special Events, Sustainability, Wellness/Work  
Life
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR  FAS Green Program, Office for Sustainability
NOTE  Get ready for the new school year! Clean out your office or  
home, then donate any good, reusable items to the FreeCycle, or just  
come browse and take anything you might need!
All staff, students, and faculty are welcome. There will also be  
representatives from Harvard Dining Services and Commuter Choice  
talking about some of their great programs, as well as free ice cream  
if you bring your own bowl and spoon.
FAS Staff, email energy at fas if you have donations to be picked up  
before August 15th.
LINK  http://green.harvard.edu/node/5397

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Boston GreenFest
Friday, Aug 17       noon - 9:30 pm
(Exhibitors/Food/Vendors/Performers)
Saturday, Aug 18    11 am - 8 pm
(Exhibitors/Food/Vendors/Performers)
Sunday, Aug 19    10 am - 5 pm
Featuring: The Movement Festival!
(Dance/Food/Vendors/Performers)

Boston City Hall Plaza, One City Hall Square, Boston

http://www.bostongreenfest.org/index.html
info at bostongreenfest.org
617-477-4840

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Saturday, August 18
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National Security Innovation Conference 2012 - ID INNOVATE
Saturday, August 18, 2012
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Cambridge Innovation Center, 4th floor (Venture Cafe) and 5th floor  
(Havana Conference Room), 1 Broadway, Cambridge
Register at http://nsic2012-idinnovate-es2.eventbrite.com/?rank=277

We welcome your participation in the First Annual National Security  
Innovation Conference.  The thematic selection for 2012 is ID  
Innovate.  All of our programming will be focused on topics related to  
identification technology and innovation.

The purpose of ID Innovate is to bring together leaders in the  
academic, government and technology sectors in order to benefit all  
respective parties and further the collaboration between  
identification technology and innovation.

ID Innovate is organized by Z-Square Technology, a security technology  
firm based in Cambridge, MA, and our events will be held in Kendall  
Square, an epicenter for innovation.  We hope that your attendance at  
ID Innovate will result in new strategic paradigms and professional  
relationships.

POINT OF CONTACT (For attendees, speakers, media inquiries): John  
Silva  ( john.silva at zsquaretech.com )
mobile: 312-972-9876  office: 617-401-2447

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Boston GreenFest
Saturday, Aug 18    11 am - 8 pm
(Exhibitors/Food/Vendors/Performers)
Sunday, Aug 19    10 am - 5 pm
Featuring: The Movement Festival!
(Dance/Food/Vendors/Performers)

Boston City Hall Plaza, One City Hall Square, Boston

http://www.bostongreenfest.org/index.html
info at bostongreenfest.org
617-477-4840

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Unfolding Changes in Cuba's Economic Organization and Food Production
  Sat. 8/18/12
3-5pm
Center for Marxist Education, 550 Mass. Ave. 2d Floor, Central Square  
T stop, Cambridge

	
Cuba is undergoing significant changes in its economic organization  
and food production. Two of the speakers, Duncan McFarland and  
Cristina Martinez, participated in a week-long conference in July co- 
sponsored by the University of Havana and the US-based Radical  
Philosophy Association. Conference presenters frankly discussed   
problems that prompted the ongoing changes, and reviewed how they are  
unfolding.
	
Our third speaker,Tom Whitney, is a long-time Cuba solidarity activist  
who has worked on Cuba Friendshipments and defense of the Cuba Five.  
He recently reviewed the food situation in Cuba and the proposed  
changes in its agricultural practices, including the development of  
urban cooperatives to produce and distribute food.

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Sunday, August 19
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Boston GreenFest
Sunday, Aug 19    10 am - 5 pm
Featuring: The Movement Festival!
(Dance/Food/Vendors/Performers)

Boston City Hall Plaza, One City Hall Square, Boston

http://www.bostongreenfest.org/index.html
info at bostongreenfest.org
617-477-4840

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Monday, August 20
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Intelligence and Neurons: can we begin to build a bridge?
Monday, August 20, 2012
2:00p–5:00p
MIT, Building 46-5165, McGovern Institute 5th Floor Reading Room
MIT I^2 presents a mini-workshop "Intelligence and Neurons: can we  
begin to build a bridge?"

We plan to discuss whether it is feasible and useful to work on (low- 
level) neural correlates of high-level intelligent abilities, such as  
social intelligence, language, theory of mind. A panel with optimistic  
and pessimistic views will argue about what can be achieved in the  
next 5-10 years and *how*.

We hope to get interesting ideas and perspective from the audience.

Panel:
Matthew Wilson, BCS Dept., MIT
Gabriel Kreiman, Harvard U., Children's Medical Boston
Nancy Kanwisher, BCS Dept., MIT
Joshua Tenenbaum, BCS Dept., CSAIL, MIT

Moderator: Tomaso Poggio, BCS Dept., MIBR, CSAIL, MIT

Alternate location 45-3189 (in case of overwhelming attendance)

Web site: http://isquared.mit.edu/

Open to: the general public

Cost: Free - Open to public

Sponsor(s): MIT Intelligence Initiative, McGovern Institute for Brain  
Research, Brain and Cognitive Sciences

For more information, contact:  Kathleen D. Sullivan
kdsulliv at mit.edu


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Tuesday, August 21
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GreenPort Forum:  NEIGHBORHOOd SOLAR PANEL TOUR IN CAMBRIDGEPORT

Please join us for a local house tour of both solar thermal and  
photovoltaic panels.  Learn about pros and cons of different  
approaches, installation issues and procedures, and paybacks.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2012

(Rain or Shine)

Tour Locations and Approximate Times:

6:30 -- 26 Glenwood Avenue

7:00 -- 116 Henry Street

7:30 -- 21 Acorn Street

8:00 -- 15-17 Whitney Avenue

GreenPort envisions and encourages a just and sustainable  
Cambridgeport neighborhood

For more information, contact Steve Wineman at swineman at gis.net

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"Do It Yourself Medical Technology."
Thursday, August 21
7p.
Tavern in the Square, Porter Square, Cambridge.

Jose Gomez-Marquez, Little Devices Group  http://littledevices.org/
Science by the Pint  https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/science-by-the-pint/

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SOMERVILLE CONFERENCE ON THE CREATIVE ECONOMY
Thursday, August 23, 2012
7 to 9 pm
Artisan's Asylum, 10 Tyler Street, Somerville

Uncover What's Next for the Creative Economy
CreativeNEXT is a series of 21 state-wide events held bythe  
Massachusetts Creative Economy Council, an advisory Council to the  
Legislature and the Executive Office of Housing and Economic  
Development, and a variety of local partners. The MA Creative Economy  
Council is tasked to develop a statewide strategy for the enhancement,  
encouragement, and growth of the creative economy in Massachusetts.  
Working with the Creative Economy Industry Director this listening  
tour will help to guide the future priorities of the Council. The  
greater Boston event, co-hosted by the Artisan's Asylum and Union  
Square Main Streets, will take place on Thursday, August 23, 2012 from  
7 to 9 pm at the Artisan's Asylum, 10 Tyler Street, Somerville. Join  
colleagues in a discussion on furthering the visionary growth of your  
business and other creative industries across the state. Who should  
attend? Businesses, Organizations, and Individuals working in:  
Marketing: Advertising and marketing agencies and professionals  
Architecture: Architecture firms and architects Visual Arts + Craft:  
Museums, galleries, theatres and curators, artists, + artisans Design:  
Industrial, interior, graphic, web, fashion firms and designers Film +  
Media: Film, TV, animation, and radio businesses and talent Video  
Game: Companies, programmers, and individuals producing games Music +  
Performance: Venues, producers, and performers Publishing: Content  
creation, editors, writers and distributors What's on the agenda? You  
are! We want to hear from you, about you, as we explore future  
opportunities for like-minded businesses within the creative  
landscape. Through a round table discussion we hope to gain valuable  
insights concerning the growth and sustainability of your business  
within the state of Massachusetts.

For more information and to register your space: http://creativenextgreaterboston.eventbrite.com

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National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance
SUSTAINABLE VISION VENTURE LAB
8/23/2012 - 8/27/2012
9:00 am - 8:00 pm
Microsoft New England R&D Center, One Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA  
02142

Audience: Faculty and students from New England and throughout the  
country working to commercialize ventures for the developing world
Description: Sustainable Vision VentureLab is an intensive, five-day,  
highly experiential and immersive workshop designed to enhance the  
success of base of the pyramid ventures. Students from Boston  
University, Northeastern, MIT (including Legatum fellows) Harvard and  
Tufts will meet and work with students from other programs around the  
country to develop strong, sustainable business models that create  
products or services for the benefit of people living in poverty.

$100 per team
Register at https://secure.nciia.org/WebObjects/NciiaApplyForGrants.woa/wa/EV/instantRegistration?i=1000319

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Save the Silver Maple Forest nature hike
Saturday, August 25
4pm
meet at Alewife Station on the Red Line (passenger pick-up area),  
Cambridge

The Silver Maple Forest, an urban forest adjacent to Alewife  
Reservation in Cambridge, is slated to be cut down to make way for  
housing development.

This walk will introduce people to the Reservation and Silver Maple  
Forest so they can understand the importance of this urban wilderness  
and join activists and concerned citizens working to preserve it.

In this walk we will learn to identify some of the wild plant foods  
and medicines found here.

Leading the walk is Jules Kobek, co-founder of DIO (Do-It-Ourselves)  
Skillshare and knowledgeable forager.
call 617-492-2340 for more info about walk

Heavy rain cancels (call if not sure)
Be prepared for rough ground and possibly mud, mosquitos, and ticks (I  
strongly recommend wearing long pants tucked into socks and long  
sleeves)

for more info about the Silver Maple Forest, check-out these websites:
Coalition to Preserve the Belmont Uplands: http://www.belmontcoalition.org
Friends of Alewife Reservation: http://friendsofalewifereservation.org/homepage.htm

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Tour of International Markets
Sat, September 1st
2pm-3:30pm
Union Square, Somerville
As part of our ArtsUnion project, the Somerville Arts Council gives  
tours of Union Square international food markets. Join us and learn  
where to find ingredients like Nepalese timur (a fragrant spice used  
in pickles), squid ink pasta and Haitian akasan (a cornmeal drink).  
Beyond discovering the culinary exotica available in Union Square,  
we’ll learn about the history of these stores and how their clientele  
represents the cultural community of Somerville. Each tour visits  
three markets and we’ll point out others along the way. Featured  
markets include: Casa de Carne, Well Foods Plus Halal Market, La  
Internacional, Little India, New Bombay Market, Pao de Acucar &  
Brazilian Buffet and the Reliable Market. Without leaving Union  
Square, we’ll visit Brazil, Korea, India, Nepal, Guatemala and Haiti!  
Dates:  Sat, September 1st, 2pm-3:30pm Thur, September 13th,  
6pm-7:30pm Cost: free How to sign up: send an email to artsuniontour at gmail.com

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The Circus of the Possibilitarians
Sunday, September 2nd

3 pm

Cambridge Common

kicks off Harvard Square’s annual “Revival Month”

Bread & Puppet Theater: The Circus of the Possibilitarians . Held  
outdoors on Sunday, September 2nd at 3 pm on the Cambridge Common,  
near the intersection of Mass. Ave. and Garden St., Cambridge. Free  
performance [pass-the-hat donations welcome], rain or shine. For  
further details, call the Boston-area Bread & Puppet Theater  
information line 617-286-6694 or log onto http://www.breadandpuppet.org.

Soon to begin celebrating its 50th anniversary, the award-winning  
Bread & Puppet Theater, from Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom, presents  
their The Circus of the Possibilitarians on the Cambridge Common, a  
public space they used to frequent prior to the mid-1980’s. Last year  
the theater finally returned to help launch Harvard Square’s inaugural  
“Revival Month.” And now a return engagement is in order.

The Circus of the Possibilitarians is a satirical horse and butterfly  
circus, addressing pertinent national and international issues in a  
clownish fashion, features rotten ideas, a wild dancing horse, a  
saxophone ballet, a solemn salute to the world's casualties and much  
more! Not to mention The Dire Circumstance Jubilation Ensemble  
providing a little bit of brass and a lot of noise. Please take note  
that if some of the circus acts are politically puzzling to adults,  
accompanying children can usually explain them. The audience is  
welcome to examine all the masks and puppets after the performance,  
and Cheap Art will be for sale. Examples of Bread & Puppet’s work can  
be found at http://www.breadandpuppet.org.

Bread & Puppet’s outdoor Circus on the Common is serving as the kick  
off to what is now Harvard Square’s annual “Revival Month,” an entire  
month of “reincarnations” which will spill over into early October  
with the return of the HONK! Parade: Reclaim the Streets for Horns,  
Bikes, and Feet Parade on Oct. 7th, a Bread & Puppet-inspired  
procession on Massachusetts Avenue leading into Harvard Square’s  
Oktoberfest. For complete information on Harvard Square’s “Revival  
Month” visit http://www.harvardsquare.com. For more information on  
HONK! and the parade that runs from Davis Square to Harvard Square,  
log onto www.honkfest.org.

Special thanks to the Cambridge Arts Council and the Harvard Square  
Business Association for helping make this event possible; funded in  
part by the Cambridge Arts Council.

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American Red Cross Workplace Safety Seminar
9/5/2012
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Microsoft New England R&D Center, One Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA  
02142

Description: The American Red Cross, the largest non-profit  
organization in the world and world leader in emergency response, is  
offering a Workplace Safety Seminar to business leaders in  
Massachusetts to assist in identifying gaps in safety protocols and  
save lives by having procedures in place for any anticipated emergency.
Key speakers and panel guests include:
American Red Cross Preparedness Health and Safety Services, offering  
the latest resources from the Red Cross to help your company identify  
gaps in safety procedures to be proactive in emergency preparedness;
OSHA, outlining safety requirements in various workplace environments;
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, presenting the plan that  
keeps their employees safe and why they feel it is so important to be  
a model of safety in the community; and
Cardiac Science, demonstrating the ease of operation of a state of the  
art fully automatic AED.

This event will be a benefit to your business, offering you an  
opportunity to find out not just what is required of you according to  
state and federal mandate, but the gaps in your preparedness plans  
that can help to protect and save the lives of your staff to keep your  
business running smoothing when an emergency strikes.
Audience: COOs, Property and Office Managers, Safety and Emergency  
Preparedness Directors and other business managers from Boston and  
across Massachusetts.
Twitter: #redcross
Contact:  tara.craft at redcross.org

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FUTURE ENERGY - INVESTOR FEEDBACK FORUM
9/10/2012
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Microsoft New England R&D Center, One Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA  
02142
	
Description: Future Energy is a brand new conference where you can see  
the most revolutionary energy technology of the future before it hits  
mainstream. At each Future Energy event, 8 startups present to a panel  
of energy and cleantech venture capital investors for feedback,  
advice, and networking. The audience votes on the best presenters who  
win prizes and media attention to help launch their business.

Applications to pitch can be submitted at http://ultralightstartups.com/future-energy/application-form/
The platinum sponsor for this event is the Shell International Game  
Changer program.
Audience: Entrepreneurs, Investors, Media, all are welcome
Twitter: @crisdeluca
Register at http://futureenergyboston.eventbrite.com/
Editorial Comment:  Early bird tickets are $10 and general admission  
is $20.  Not free but still relatively inexpensive access.

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Tour of International Markets
Thur, September 13th
6pm-7:30pm
Union Square, Somerville

As part of our ArtsUnion project, the Somerville Arts Council gives  
tours of Union Square international food markets. Join us and learn  
where to find ingredients like Nepalese timur (a fragrant spice used  
in pickles), squid ink pasta and Haitian akasan (a cornmeal drink).  
Beyond discovering the culinary exotica available in Union Square,  
we’ll learn about the history of these stores and how their clientele  
represents the cultural community of Somerville. Each tour visits  
three markets and we’ll point out others along the way. Featured  
markets include: Casa de Carne, Well Foods Plus Halal Market, La  
Internacional, Little India, New Bombay Market, Pao de Acucar &  
Brazilian Buffet and the Reliable Market. Without leaving Union  
Square, we’ll visit Brazil, Korea, India, Nepal, Guatemala and Haiti!  
Dates: Thur, September 13th, 6pm-7:30pm Cost: free How to sign up:  
send an email to artsuniontour at gmail.com

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SOCIAL INTEL: GAINING INSIGHTS FROM AN OPEN SOURCE KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY  
PLATFORM
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
6:00 PM To 9:00 PM
Microsoft N.E.R.D. Center, One Memorial Drive, Cambridge
	
Because social media is essentially 'real-time' information, it  
provides an efficiency mechanism to reduce intelligence time to action  
if it can be harvested effectively. Fusing social media with  
traditional intelligence information provides additional context and  
connections of entities and events, which increases quality, relevance  
and predictability.
Learn how with IKANOW's open source platform, Infinit.e, your  
organization can gain valuable intelligence by fusing social media  
data with traditional enterprise data.
Presentation will be given by one of IKANOW's Intelligence Analysts  
and food and drinks will be provided by IKANOW.

Register at http://www.meetup.com/Open-Analytics-Boston/events/67990392/


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Opportunity

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Where is the best yogurt on the planet made? Somerville, of course!

Join the Somerville Yogurt Making Cooperative and get a weekly quart  
of the most thick, creamy, rich and tart yogurt in the world.  
Membership in the coop costs $2.50 per quart. Members share the  
responsibility for making yogurt in our kitchen located just outside  
of Davis Sq. in FirstChurch.  No previous yogurt making experience is  
necessary.

For more information checkout.
https://sites.google.com/site/somervilleyogurtcoop/home

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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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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/

http://www.greenhornconnect.com/events/calendar

http://harddatafactory.com/mobileapp.shtml

http://bostoneventsinsider.com/boston_events/












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