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SUSTAINABILITY AT HARVARD

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Explore sustainability news at Harvard, as well as upcoming talks, webinars, conferences and other events on campus and beyond.

 

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Upcoming Sustainability Events

February

21

Friday
2:00 pm-3:00 pm GMT+0000

Garden Stewardship Initiative Workshop 1

Interested in gardening, land stewardship, or community? Join the PBHA Environmental Action Committee and Harvard Divinity School’s Garden Stewardship Initiative!
Our workshops this semester will focus on land and plant stewardship, highlighting Indigenous voices and the interconnectedness of all species.
The first workshop features a panel discussion on the ancestral significance of land and how to care for the plants and soil intentionally.

February

27

Thursday
6:30 pm-9:30 pm GMT+0000

Harvard Climate and Sustainability Networking Reception (DC)

​Join the Salata Institute and the 2025 Climate Trek team for a special Climate and Sustainability Networking Reception designed to connect Harvard alumni working in climate and sustainability careers in Washington DC with current Harvard students interested in pursuing similar paths.

​The networking reception is organised in conjunction with the 2025 Climate Trek, bringing 30 HKS students committed to pursing careers in climate and sustainability to Washington DC for 2 days of programming.

​This event provides a unique opportunity to foster meaningful connections, build a professional community, and engage with like-minded individuals passionate about addressing climate challenges.

​Enjoy drinks and appetizers at Franklin Hall, located in the historic Manhattan Laundry Building, as you network with alumni and students from across Harvard’s Schools. Learn more about the Salata Institute’s mission and programs while expanding your professional network and creating valuable career connections.

February

28

Friday
5:00 pm-7:00 pm GMT+0000

Harvard Climate and Sustainability Networking Reception (NYC)

Join the Salata Institute for a special Climate and Sustainability Networking Reception designed to connect Harvard alumni working in climate and sustainability careers in New York City with current students interested in pursuing similar paths. This event provides a unique opportunity to foster meaningful connections, build a professional community, and engage with like-minded individuals passionate about addressing climate challenges.

Enjoy drinks and appetizers as you network with alumni and students from across Harvard’s Schools. Learn more about the Salata Institute’s mission and programs while expanding your professional network and creating valuable career connections.

For Current Students: Roundtrip transportation will be provided from campus in conjunction with the All Ivy Environmental and Sustainable Development Career Fair at Columbia University earlier that day.

This event is open to all current Harvard students and alumni. Don’t miss this opportunity to engage with the vibrant Harvard climate and sustainability community in New York City!

March

03

Monday
12:00 pm-2:00 pm GMT+0000

STS Circle: Eco-Anxiety and Climate Urgency in the Mother City

March

05

Wednesday
1:00 pm-2:00 pm GMT+0000

Environments for Health and Happiness: A Seminar with Dr. Lindsey Burghardt

On Wednesday, March 5th, from 1-1:50 PM in FXB G12 or online, please join us for the fourth installment of our Environments for Health and Happiness Seminar Series, featuring Dr. Lindsey Burghardt, Chief Science Officer at the Harvard Center on the Developing Child.

April

22

Tuesday
12:00 pm-2:00 pm GMT+0000

Open to Harvard Community

2025 Earth Day Celebration on Science Center Plaza

Earth Day

Join the Harvard Office for Sustainability and Harvard Common Spaces for an Earth Day Festival on Tuesday, April 22, 2025 from 12 to 2 pm at the Science Center Plaza!

April

28

Monday
12:00 pm-1:00 pm GMT+0000

Students, Schools and Our Climate Moment

Harvard Graduate School of Education

Attend this talk in which Laura A. Schifter and Jonathan Klein highlight the many ways in which K-12 schools and students have tremendous potential to advance solutions on environmental issues, and they provide frameworks for enacting change, in Students, Schools, and Our Climate Moment. Schifter and Klein demonstrate how the effects of climate change intersect with US public schools on multiple levels—for example, schools must prepare students to face the challenges of an uncertain future, accommodate disruptions brought about by extreme weather conditions, and evaluate their systems’ energy consumption and carbon emissions.