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Friday
All-day
Winterization: Save Energy While You’re Away & Sign the Pre-Break Pledge!
Join the Resource Efficiency Program’s Winterization Campaign.
26
Tuesday
5:30 pm-6:30 pm GMT+0000
What Does Trump 2.0 Mean for Climate Change?
Join us for a live, virtual event to hear from Harvard faculty about the possible implications of the 2024 U.S. elections. Speakers will address U.S. and global climate policy, the outlook for corporate climate action, and more. Register now and submit a question for the speakers!
Speakers include:
Jim Stock, Vice Provost for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University (moderator)
Jody Freeman, Archibald Cox Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Robert Stavins, A.J. Meyer Professor of Energy & Economic Development, Harvard Kennedy School
Peter Tufano, Baker Foundation Professor, Harvard Business School
04
Wednesday
6:00 pm-7:00 pm GMT+0000
Salata Scholars Seminar Series: Greenwashed Groceries
Salata Scholars Seminars are dedicated to climate, sustainability, and environmental work done by Harvard students and fellows. Its goal is to embrace the interdisciplinary nature of sustainability research that can’t be confined to a single Harvard school and help like-minded people connect with each other. Each week, there will be one or two brief talks followed by vegan dinner and discussion.
Greenwashed Groceries
Erin O’Dwyer, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, PhD Candidate in Population Health Sciences
04
Wednesday
3:00 pm-4:00 pm GMT+0000
The effectiveness of China’s emission controls on air quality, deposition and health burdens
A Harvard-China Project Research Seminar with Yu Zhao, Professor, School of Environment, Nanjing University; Alumnus (Postdoctoral Fellow) and Collaborator, Harvard-China Project
Speaker Bio: Dr. Yu Zhao is a Professor in the School of Environment at Nanjing University. His research interests include the quantification and evaluation of air pollutant emissions with multiple measures; analysis of regional and city air quality and its improvement strategy; and assessment of ecological and environmental health effects from energy and climate policies and air pollutant emission controls. He is a former postdoctoral fellow in the Harvard Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and additionally held a research assistantship at the International Institute of Applied System and Analysis, Austria. He is the receipient of the Second-class Award of Jiangsu Provincial Science and Technology Prize and the National Outstanding Ph.D Dissertation Award.
26
Tuesday
12:00 pm-1:00 pm GMT+0000
My Home, Our Planet: Venezuelan Migrant Children in Brazil and the Role of Education of Climate Change
Trained in anthropology and education, Gabrielle Oliveira works at the intersections of migration, education, family, and childhood studies. At Radcliffe, she will write her third book, which will focus on how migrant children conceptualize climate change, land loss, and mobility in schools in Venezuela and Brazil.
03
Tuesday
11:00 am-2:00 pm GMT+0000
Freecycle at Smith Campus Center
Our fall semester Freecycle dates are official: Tuesday, Oct. 15 and Tuesday, Dec. 3! Bring your reusable goods and browse items that others have brought. This popular event promotes reuse and functions like a yard sale, except everything is free.