The Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability and the Harvard Alumni Association invite you to the next installment of Harvard Voices on Climate Change, a virtual series showcasing Harvard faculty and fellows on different dimensions of the climate challenge.

This session will explore the science and measurement behind forest-based carbon emission reductions. Featuring Missy Holbrook, Charles Bullard Professor of Forestry, and Benton Taylor, Associate Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, the discussion will examine how researchers measure carbon stored in forests and assess the role of forest conservation and restoration in climate mitigation.

In the speaker series Climate Action Clinic: Where Research meets Practice, we spotlight lessons learned from efforts to link knowledge and action in order to develop and advance durable, effective, and equitable solutions to the climate change and sustainability challenges confronting humanity.

In this discussion, the University of Michigan’s Vice Provost for Sustainability and Climate Action Shalanda Baker presents an overview of the Michigan Futures Initiative, a framework designed to accelerate research impacts and respond to urgent climate and sustainability issues focusing on: law and policy for equitable climate and energy policy; education innovation for the next generation of climate leaders; economic impact and workforce development fora sustainable economy; industrial transformation; and systems change tackling the interconnected challenges of water, food, and energy systems.

Lunch will be served from 11:30 – 12:00 pm.

The Arctic is rapidly becoming a focal point for both ecological protection and energy development. Join Trustees for Alaska Senior Staff Attorney Bridget Psarianos and Arctic Initiative Senior Fellow with the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Margaret Williams as they explore how legal frameworks shape conflicts between oil extraction and the protection of Arctic wildlife.

A plant-based lunch will be served.

Please register here to attend in person: https://forms.gle/RdQwQRsDVqmxS7MHA

When global meat producers market themselves as environmentally friendly, how can we separate fact from fiction? Join Assistant Attorneys General Ashley Gregor and Rita McDonough of the New York State Attorney General’s Environmental Protection Bureau, one of the nation’s leading state-level environmental enforcers. They will pull back the curtain on corporate greenwashing, detailing their office’s high-profile legal challenges against industry giant JBS and the fight to hold corporations accountable for their climate claims.

A plant-based lunch will be served.

Please register here to attend in person: https://forms.gle/xpnpnZeTH1EopoGk6

Charlie’s Angels is a group of Harvard-affiliates dedicated to keeping the Charles River area — one that provides us with much peace and tranquility in our hectic personal and professional lives — clean.

Our river-cleanups will be hosted nearly every Saturday throughout the months of April and May from 10 to 11:30am.

Clean-up sessions will be limited to 24 people, so please click on the event to register.

During the week of every session an email with an itinerary and waiver will be sent to all participants. Supplies will be provided (including gloves, safety vests, trash grabbers, buckets, etc.), as well as some refreshments to celebrate our morning’s work!

So, if you are interested in venturing into a life of fighting grime…join us!

Come to the always-popular Freecycle in Kresge Atrium next to Sebastian’s Cafe on Wednesday, April 29, 11 am-2 pm! Bring extra housewares, clothes and shoes, accessories, books, school and office supplies, or other small re-useable items in good condition. Pick up something new-to-you, make friends, and build a sustainability-minded community.

The Center for the Study of World Religions’ Transcendentalism Initiative will host a special screening of Episode 2 of Henry David Thoreau, a new documentary directed by Erik Ewers and Christopher Loren Ewers and produced by Ken Burns. The film is narrated by George Clooney and features voice performances by Jeff Goldblum, Meryl Streep and Ted Danson. Director Erik Ewers will introduce the film.

The documentary offers a vivid, integrated portrait of Thoreau, bringing together the contemplative naturalist of Walden and the political thinker behind “Civil Disobedience.” It traces a life in which attention to the natural world and a commitment to social justice are presented as intertwined expressions of a single moral vision.