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Future of Cities: Extreme Heat

Askwith Hall, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Future of Cities: Extreme Heat, the third installation of OVPIA’s Future of Cities series, will showcase a panel discussing concerns around environmental justice and public health as global average temperatures rise.

Energy Policy Seminar: “Permitting Progress in Support of U.S. Clean Energy and Climate Goals”

Harvard Kennedy School 79 John F. Kennedy St, Cambridge, MA, United States

Join this Energy Policy Seminar featuring Ana Unruh Cohen, Senior Director for NEPA, Infrastructure and Clean Energy at the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Unruh Cohen will give a talk on "Permitting Progress in Support of U.S. Clean Energy and Climate Goals." Attend virtually or in person.

Event Series Green Team Meetings

HGSE Green Team Meeting

Eliot Lyman Room in Longfellow Hall Longfellow Hall, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

All HGSE students, faculty, and staff interested in making our school healthier and more sustainable are encouraged to join the HGSE Green Team!

Teaching in a Changing Climate: Lessons for Living Sustainably and Equitably as Global Citizens

Educating during a changing climate raises significant challenges for educators and global citizens. How can educators help learners to understand the rare confluence of dynamic processes that lead to the habitability of our planet? Join Principal Research Scientist in Education, Tina Grotzer Ed.D. '93, as she discusses education on climate change and its existential threat to life on Earth.

Waste Audit

Harvard Recycling Surplus Center Unnamed Loop Back Trail, Boston, MA, United States

Come out to learn more about sorting waste on campus, and see what we're sending through to our waste and recycling processor. Hope to see you there!

Managing the Risk of Climate Overshoot

Science Center Lecture Hall A 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

The Harvard Forest, the Harvard University Center for the Environment, and the Salata Institute for Climate & Sustainability present the 2023 Charles Bullard Lectures featuring Chris Field, Director of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and the Melvin and Joan Lane Professor for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies, Stanford University.

The Changing Landscape of Western Wildfire Risk

Harvard Forest Fisher Museum 324 N. Main St., Petersham, MA, United States

The Harvard Forest and the Harvard University Center for the Environment present the second of two 2023 Charles Bullard Lectures featuring Chris Field, Director of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and the Melvin and Joan Lane Professor for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies, Stanford University.

Food Collage

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

The Food Collage event aims to lower the barriers for learning about and engaging with food systems, biodiversity and climate change.

Event Series Energy Policy Seminar

Energy Policy Seminar: “The Future is Very Bright and Every Day is a Freaking Crisis: An Up-Close Look at the Clean Energy Transition”

Rubenstein Building 414AB 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA, United States

Join us for an Energy Policy Seminar featuring Jason Grumet, Chief Executive Officer of the American Clean Power Association. Grumet will give a talk on "The Future is Very Bright and Every Day is a Freaking Crisis: An Up-Close Look at the Clean Energy Transition." Q&A to follow. Buffet-style lunch will be served.

Event Series Careers in Climate Action Speaker Series

Careers in Climate Action Speaker Series: Gaurab Basu on a Career in Environmental Justice and Health Equity

Mignone Center for Career Success 54 Dunster Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

Interested 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.