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Event Series Earth Day Events 2024

Earth Day Festival at HU Longwood

Countway Community Garden

Harvard community members are invited to stop by the Countway Community Garden at Longwood on Monday, April 22, from noon to 2 pm for information on sustainability, garden activities, snacks, and giveaways! Meet with Harvard Recycling, C-CHANGE, Restaurant Associates, Harvard University Dining Services, Longwood Consortium, and the event sponsors Countway Library, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard School of Dental Medicine.

Speaker: S. D. Biju (Sathyabhama Das Biju) – Professor, Department of Environmental Studies, University of Delhi, India; Radcliffe Hrdy Fellow, Harvard Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study; Associate, Museum of Comparative Zoology; and Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University.

India: An Amphibian Hotspot

Geological Lecture Hall 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

In this talk, S. D. Biju will discuss his thirty years of research on the frogs of India and Asia and highlight the key role that scientists play in the conservation of species. After the lecture, visit the Harvard Museum of Natural History to see an exhibit of S. D. Biju’s frog photographs, and join ArtsThursdays—a free event featuring art-making activities and a cash bar.

Meet Your Bees Workshop

Experience a day in the life of a beekeeper by opening and inspeting our buzzing Smith Campus Center hive! You'll be invited to:

Touch, smell and taste the hive's different products
See worker bees doing what they do best (working!)
Possibly meet the one and only, her Majest the Queen Bee
Brought to you by Harvard Common Spaces, the Office for Sustainability and Harvard Real Estate, this event will take place in Smith Campus Center Glass Box, on the 10th floor of the building. Just use your Harvard ID to reach the 10th floor with the elevators.

Farming the Future: Livestock’s Leap to Net Zero

Zoom

Ermias Kebreab, world-renowned animal scientist and chair of the United Nations Technical Working Group on Feed Additives, will explore methane mitigation strategies that emphasize both global and region-specific targets for addressing the climate crisis. He will also discuss cutting-edge advances in livestock science, with a focus on genetic selection, microbial engineering, and early-life interventions.

Mobility Collage

Mather House 10 Cowperthwaite Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

Join us for the fun, interactive climate workshop "Mobility Collage", based on the science of the IPCC, ADEME, and played for the first time at Harvard. The Mobility Collage is a collaborative game-workshop centered on collective intelligence, similar in format to the Climate Fresk.

Planetary Boundaries Fresco

Mather House 10 Cowperthwaite Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

Join us for the fun, interactive climate and ecosystems game-workshop "Planetary Boundaries Fresco", based on the science of the Stockholm Resilience Center's Planetary Boundaries, and played for the first time at Harvard. The Planetary Boundaries Fresco is a collaborative game-workshop centered on collective intelligence, similar in format to the Climate Fresk.

Commencement ceremony photo at Harvard. Several crimson banners with the Harvard shield logo in front can be seen on a building with columns.

Harvard University Commencement Week

Explore the Harvard University Commencement Week Schedule. The College and each graduate/professional school hosts additional events unique to their community.

Crimson graphic with white text: "Harvard Climate Action Week. June 10-14, 2024"

Harvard Climate Action Week | 2024

Harvard Climate Action Week invites climate experts, leaders, and stakeholders to come together and explore solutions to the most complex and challenging dimensions of the climate crisis. Events, in-person and online, dive deep into the policies, private actions, and leadership needed to drive further reductions in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. This week of events is hosted by the Climate Action Accelerator at the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University.

Sustainable Labs Vendor Fair

Countway Plaza 10 Shattuck Street, Boston, United States

Explore the Sustainable Labs Vendor Fair, where more than a dozen suppliers will be on-site to share information and show examples of their sustainable products for laboratories.

Harvard Recycling and Surplus Center Sign on a glass door.
Event Series Help Reduce Waste at Harvard!

Help Reduce Waste at Harvard!

The Science Center Plaza 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, United States

Harvard's Waste Stewardship Committee is developing a university-wide Zero Waste plan and needs YOUR input! How can we better support recycling, composting, and reuse on campus? How can we buy less and buy smarter? We want to hear your ideas, priorities, and struggles! Explore our tabling dates and other ways to get involved.

Harvard Recycling and Surplus Center Sign on a glass door.
Event Series Help Reduce Waste at Harvard!

Help Reduce Waste at Harvard!

Longwood: NRB Elements Café 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA, United States

Harvard's Waste Stewardship Committee is developing a university-wide Zero Waste plan and needs YOUR input! How can we better support recycling, composting, and reuse on campus? How can we buy less and buy smarter? We want to hear your ideas, priorities, and struggles! Explore our tabling dates and other ways to get involved.