More or Less in Common: Environment and Justice in the Human Landscape
ZoomHuman geographer Garrett Dash Nelson will explore the uneven distributions of harm, responsibility, vulnerability, and power, in both historical and local perspectives.
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Climate Health Summer Welcome Reception
Malkin Penthouse, Harvard Kennedy School 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesAt this event, you will have the opportunity to learn about the climate landscape at Harvard and find ways to plug in during your time in Boston.
Predicting Mosquito-Borne Disease Transmission in a Rapidly Changing World
ZoomDisease ecologist Courtney Murdock will focus on understanding the climate variables that influence mosquito-borne disease transmission. Deploying advanced models of climate-based disease spread, Murdock’s research seeks to predict transmission patterns in order to respond to the epidemiological effects of the climate crisis.
Summer Solstice 2023: Night at the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, United StatesJoin the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture on the longest day of the year—free of charge—to explore the galleries and new exhibitions at the Harvard Museums. Step outdoors to enjoy lively musical and circus performances, play mini-golf, and make a flower crown. Ice cream, mocktails, and snacks will be available to purchase from food trucks and vendors.
Environmental Health & Safety Job Opportunities at Harvard
Curious about the Environmental and Safety industry? Join us to learn all about this important work, plus discover available job opportunities in this field at Harvard University.
Book Talk with Ann-Christine Duhaime
The 2023 summer series will begin with Ann-Christine Duhaime RI ’16, author of Minding the Climate: How Neuroscience Can Help Solve Our Environmental Crisis (Harvard University Press, 2022). Duhaime is the Nicholas T. Zervas Distinguished Professor of Neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, associate director of the Mass General Center for the Environment and Health, and associate editor-in-chief of the Journal of Climate Change and Health.
Harvard Climate Forum
Science and Engineering Complex 150 Western Ave., Allston, MA, United StatesA day of action-focused learning, bringing Harvard’s multi-disciplinary climate impact expertise to our community. This one-day event will engage Harvard thought-leaders and learners in an interactive experience – inspiring action, collaboration, leadership, and change across all sectors and industries.
Revisiting the Productivity Dilemma: The Humanity of Work and What It Means for Sustainable Business
SHINE Summit 2023 will address how the meaning and metrics of work have been forever changed, and how this provides an opportunity to rethink the humanity of work and the measurement of business success. Together we will develop new ways to think about performance, productivity, and the humanity of work to create more humane and sustainable business measurement tools.
Food Collage
Mather House 10 Cowperthwaite Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThe Food Collage event aims to lower the barriers for learning about and engaging with food systems, biodiversity and climate change.
Careers in Climate Action Speaker Series: Ben Webster and Jason Neff on Decarbonization and Innovation
Harvard University Center for the Environment 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesInterested in a career in climate and sustainability? This Fall semester, the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability is launching the Careers in Climate Action Speaker Series, featuring leading climate and sustainability practitioners — many of them Harvard alumni — from a broad range of industries and sectors.
Speakers will reflect on their work and career path, providing students from across Harvard with valuable insights needed to launch a climate career. Each event will include a one hour Q&A with the speaker followed by a dinner reception.