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  • Climate Fresk logo, depicted as a hand, with text "All the cards are in your hands!"

    Climate Fresk at Harvard

    Climate Fresk at Harvard
    Mather House 10 Cowperthwaite Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Join us for the famous collaborative experiential FUN game-workshop "Climate Fresk," for the first time hosted in a Harvard House.

  • Rainbow rectangles serve as logo for "shine: Sustainable and Health Initiative for NetPositive Enterprise."

    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.

  • Headshots of Evan Gordon Greenfield and Rajesh Swaminathan.

    Careers in Climate Action: Evan Gordon Greenfield and Rajesh Swaminathan on Impact Investing and Deep Tech Start-Ups

    Harvard University Center for the Environment 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Students and Harvard alumni are welcome to join us on October 4th from 6 - 8PM to hear from Evan Gordon Greenfield and Rajesh Swaminathan on Impact Investing and Deep Tech Start-Ups. Evan Gordon Greenfield oversees British Columbia Investment Management's ESG program for its Private Equity asset class. Rajesh Swaminathan is Partner at Khosla Ventures. Rajesh has two decades of experience assisting and investing in deep tech startups. Each Careers in Climate Action Speaker Series event will include one hour of Q&A with the speaker followed by a dinner reception.

  • Photo of Pablo Garcia Borboroglu lying on the ground next to a penguin.

    Protecting the World’s Penguins

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

    Join Dr. Pablo Borboroglu, the 2023 Indianapolis Prize Winner for animal conservation, as he recounts his lifelong journey to save penguins. Dr. Borboroglu will highlight the challenges of conservation work, from protecting 32 million acres of ocean and coastal habitat to cofounding the Global Penguin Society, an international conservation coalition for the world’s penguin species. Hear about the risks and rewards he has experienced while trying to save penguins in some of nature’s wildest places.

  • Honeybee hives on top of Smith Campus Center on a clear blue-sky day.

    From Hive to Honey Jar Workshop (REGISTRATIONS FILLED)

    Smith Campus Center Glass Box

    This past summer Common Spaces, Harvard Real Estate and the Office for Sustainability welcomed honeybees to the Smith Campus Center 10th floor, and we're excited to share this project and learning experience with our Harvard community.  Join us for this very hands-on honey extraction workshop. 

  • Green Fair enhanced brain break with smoothies! at Annenberg Dining Hall on Wednesday, October 11, 9-11 pm

    Green Fair First-Years Enhanced Brain Break

    Annenberg Dining Hall

    First-years are invited to join the Green Fair Smoothie Night on Wednesday 10/11, hosted by REP! Get an introduction to sustainability organizations on campus. Enjoy smoothies and connect with students and organizations who are also inspired to make change.

  • Photo of geological formations.

    The Geopolitics of Critical Materials: The Role of Central Asia

    Zoom

    The energy transition is causing a surge in demand for minerals for clean energy technologies, giving rise to concerns about the sources and security of supplies of critical materials. Learn more at this event co-sponsored by the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University and Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI).

  • Climate Science Series graphic. Seminar co-sponosred by EPS-ESE DIB Council. Janet Hearing, Director Emerita, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology. Thursday, Oct. 12, 12-1:30 pm, MCZ HUCE 440.

    Change the System, Not the Women

    HUCE Seminar Room 440 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Janet Hering, Director Emerita, Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, will give a talk as part of the Climate Science Series. Hosted by the Harvard University Center for the Environment. Co-sponsored by the EPS-ESE DIB Council.

  • Graphic that says: "Climate Research Workshop Series."

    Salata Institute Climate Research Workshop: Using Satellite-Based Detection of Methane Emissions to Contribute to the U.S. Regulatory Process

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

    Presenters: Daniel Jacob, Vasco McCoy Family Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Science, and Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Carrie Jenks, Executive Director, Environmental and Energy Law Program, Harvard Law School; Daniel Varon, Research Associate, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

  • Future of Cities: Extreme Heat event graphic for Oct. 13, 4-5:30 pm.

    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.