Green Homes News

Location: Virtual

Trained in anthropology and education, Gabrielle Oliveira works at the intersections of migration, education, family, and childhood studies. At Radcliffe, she will write her third book, which will focus on how migrant children conceptualize climate change, land loss, and mobility in schools in Venezuela and Brazil.... Read more about My Home, Our Planet: Venezuelan Migrant Children in Brazil and the Role of Education of Climate Change

Location: Zoom

Alivia Moore - Remembering the Earth as Our First Teacher: Wabanaki Land Rematriation Efforts... Read more about Harvard Forest Seminars: Remembering the Earth as Our First Teacher: Wabanaki Land Rematriation Efforts

Location: Zoom

Sabine R. Huebner is a professor of ancient history at the University of Basel in Switzerland whose project at Harvard Radcliffe Institute aims to craft a groundbreaking monograph on third-century Roman Egypt, exploring the dynamic interplay of climatic shifts, political upheavals, and socioeconomic transformations during a pivotal era.... Read more about Climate, Environment, and the Transition to Late Antiquity: Roman Government’s Response to Climate Disasters and Agricultural Resilience in Roman Egypt

Location: Virtual & Rubenstein Building, David T. Ellwood Democracy Lab, Room 414AB, 79 JFK St, Cambridge

Join us for an Energy Policy Seminar featuring Kyle Meng, Associate Professor at the Bren School of Environmental Management and the Department of Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a former Senior Economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisors. Meng will discuss recent developments in U.S. climate policy.... Read more about Energy Policy Seminar: Developments in U.S. Climate Policy

Location: Hunnewell Lecture Hall, Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

Smithsonian Trees of North America is a new, beautifully illustrated guide to more than 325 common trees on this continent. Join author John Kress for a book talk on this indispensable new guide, complete with hundreds of range maps illustrating where the trees can be found; thousands of photographs of the trees’ leaves, bark, flowers, and fruit; in-depth studies of the trees’ biology, ecology, and evolution; and fascinating discussions of the trees’ future in a world of rapid environmental change.... Read more about Smithsonian Trees of North America

Location: South Street Gate, Arnold Arboretum, Boston

Trees undergo and resist many different stressors throughout their lives: mechanical stress from twisting and bending, drought, insects, and even fire. These stressors and the tree’s response can be seen on a microscopic level, as the cells themselves change, compress, and elongate to react to and accommodate the stressor.... Read more about Research Spotlight: How Do Trees Respond to Stress?

Location: Zoom

Jessica Gersony - The PLACE Lab: Centering community building, art and justice in the field of plant physiology... Read more about Harvard Forest Seminars: The PLACE Lab: Centering community building, art and justice in the field of plant physiology

Location: Hunnewell Lecture Hall, Arnold Arboretum, 125 Arborway, Boston

As we approach the end of the growing season, it’s time to start thinking about next year’s plantings! What trees or shrubs should you plant in your own yard? Which plants will fare best in your particular space and microclimate?... Read more about Garden Design for Woody Plants

Location: GSD, Gund Hall Piper Auditorium, 42-48 Quincy St, Cambridge

The exhibition Changing Climates explores how built environments can be transformed into urban ecologies. Producing an enhanced micro-climate, each of these ecologies has the capacity to augment the resilience of the urban condition under the challenges of the climate crisis.... Read more about Bas Smets, “Changing Climates”

Location: Zoom

Maciej Zwieniecki - Understanding Forest Ecosystems Through Seasonal Nonstructural Carbohydrates Dynamics... Read more about Harvard Forest Seminars: Understanding Forest Ecosystems Through Seasonal Nonstructural Carbohydrates Dynamics

Location: GSD, Gund Hall Piper Auditorium, 42-48 Quincy St, Cambridge

What would it mean for a city to be ecologically robust and socially just? What would such a place be like? Through what means might such a vision be accomplished? And how might change be created and sustained?... Read more about Frederick Law Olmsted Lecture: Anne Whiston Spirn, “Restoring Nature, Rebuilding Community”

Location: HUCE 429, 26 Oxford Street, 4th Floor, Cambridge

Salata Scholars Seminars are dedicated to climate, sustainability, and environmental work done by Harvard students and fellows. Its goal is to embrace the interdisciplinary nature of sustainability research that can’t be confined to a single Harvard school and help like-minded people connect with each other.... Read more about Salata Scholars Seminar Series: Inequality in Outdoor Occupational Exposure to Heat Waves in India

Location: Zoom & Rubenstein 414ab, 79 JFK St, Cambridge

Clean energy systems require land for solar arrays, wind turbines, transmission lines, and other infrastructure, but biofuel feedstocks occupy by far the largest area of land dedicated to energy production.... Read more about Energy Policy Seminar: Land Use and the Role of Biomass in Achieving Net Zero Greenhouse Emissions

Location: Bussey Street Gate, Arnold Arboretum, 243 Walter St, Boston

Join docent Paul Eldrenkamp for a visit to five groups of trees that each played a particularly significant role in shaping five very different civilizations: Eastern White Pine, Cedar of Lebanon, Western Red Cedar, Oaks, and the five sacred trees of the Kiso Forest in Japan.... Read more about Trees that Shaped Civilization

Location: Virtual & Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge

The last five years have illuminated our growing global interconnectedness: from the pandemic to volatile food prices and shortages to global tech outages. As we enter the second quarter of the twenty-first century, the twin threats of climate change and conflict are now converging with urgent global consequences for all: destruction of food systems and livelihoods; mass displacement and migration; and fierce competition over depleting natural resources.... Read more about Cope, Adapt, Thrive: Ensuring Our Shared Future on a Hot and Hostile Planet

Location: HKS. Belfer B-322, Salata Conference Room, 79 JFK St, Cambridge

Salata Scholars Seminars are dedicated to climate, sustainability, and environmental work done by Harvard students and fellows. Its goal is to embrace the interdisciplinary nature of sustainability research that can’t be confined to a single Harvard school and help like-minded people connect with each other.... Read more about Salata Scholars Seminar Series: Trends in ESG Reporting

Location: Virtual & Knafel Center, 10 Garden St, Cambridge

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development—adopted by all member states of the United Nations—emphasizes “access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all.” Familiar alternative technologies such as solar panels, wind turbines, and lithium storage cannot, however, meet the challenge alone, in either capacity or equity.... Read more about Power Shift: Energy Innovation, Sustainability, and Equity

Location: Belfer Building - Bell Hall, 5th Floor, 79 JFK St, Cambridge

Deep decarbonization will require all kinds of new industries and technologies, including renewables, critical minerals refining and battery manufacturing, low-carbon fuels, carbon management, and more. What benefits do communities expect from new clean energy projects and infrastructure?... Read more about Energy Policy Seminar: Public Perceptions of “Benefits” and Risks on the Path to Net Zero

Location: 020 Belfer Case Study Room, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge

Join Asia Center 2024-25 Artists in Residence Ben Reich and Thao Vu in conversation with Chan Yong Bu, Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and Melissa McCormick, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Japanese Art and Culture. The panel discussion will be followed by a brief demonstration of Kilomet109 fabrics and garments.... Read more about Kilomet109: Reinterpreting Traditional Craft Through Sustainable Fashion in Contemporary Vietnam

Location: HUCE 429, 26 Oxford Street, 4th Floor, Cambridge

Salata Scholars Seminars are dedicated to climate, sustainability, and environmental work done by Harvard students and fellows. Its goal is to embrace the interdisciplinary nature of sustainability research that can’t be confined to a single Harvard school and help like-minded people connect with each other.... Read more about Salata Scholars Seminar Series: The Role of Root Exudation in the Global Carbon Cycle