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Location: Harvard Allston Campus

This short in-person professional education course provides a comprehensive introduction to AI and machine learning tailored for power engineering applications, with an emphasis on sustainable computing practices. As the electricity industry transforms into a flat, active, and cyber-physical system, this course bridges domains to address challenges and opportunities, advancing smarter grids and sustainable AI systems.
Participants will gain hands-on experience with tools for statistical time series analysis, dimensionality reduction, and energy-efficient AI solutions. We will explore...

Read more about Power Systems and Artificial Intelligence: An Introduction

Location: Virtual

On May 8, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m., the Harvard Law School Project on Disability (HPOD), together with the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, and the GlobalMentalHealth@Harvard Initiative, will host an online, interdisciplinary panel of experts who will explore the...

Read more about Mental Health and Climate Change: When a Global Crisis and Planetary Emergency Collide

Location: Virtual

A presentation from 2024–2025 Maury Green Fellow Gabrielle Oliveira

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.

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Read more about My Home, Our Planet: Venezuelan Migrant Children in Brazil and the Role of Education of Climate Change

Location: Meadow Mist Farm, 12 Bacon St, LexingtonGet your hands dirty and learn more about regenerative agriculture with Phillips Brooks House Association, Harvard Undergraduates for Environmental Justice, and Council of Student Sustainability Leaders at Meadow Mist Farm on Saturday, May 3, 10 AM—3 PM! The trip will consist of a tour of the farm, a Q&A with a staff member, and opportunities to interact with farm animals and do farm work (e.g., planting, hoeing, transplanting plants, etc).

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Location: Maxwell Dworkin G115, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge

Join us for a conversation with Harvard faculty to share perspectives, ask questions, and reflect on the shifting landscape of climate and sustainability. Speakers to be announced. Open to Harvard students only.

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Read more about The Evolving Landscape on Climate and Sustainability: A Conversation With Harvard Faculty

Location: Nye Conference Center, Rooms ABC, Taubman Building, 79 JFK St., Cambridge

The Global Food+ Symposium brings together researchers in the Boston area to share recent work on all aspects of global agriculture, food systems and nutrition. Our goal is to spark new connections across fields and institutions, using speed talks with breaks and a reception to learn about the most important new work in this important domain.

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Read more about 2025 Global Food+ Symposium

Location: Virtual

Leonard Adler (HKS MPP ‘91), CEO of Green Jobs Network, will present a webinar featuring practical tips & resources for finding jobs in sustainability, conservation, clean energy, and related fields. Green Jobs Network is a leading online career platform that has been serving job seekers and employers since 2008. This Zoom event starts at 6:00 PM ET.

OPen to Harvard students and alumni. Visit the...

Read more about HACE Careers: Tips for Your Green & Climate Job Search

Location: Pierce Hall, Room 301, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge

A Global Energy Transition Talk Series Panel Discussion
The transition to a low-carbon economy relies on the large-scale deployment of new energy technologies, yet financial and operational risks often hinder progress. Insurance companies are crucial in overcoming these challenges by providing risk mitigation solutions that enhance investor confidence and project viability. This panel will explore how insurers can support the deployment of innovative technologies at scale, the challenges of underwriting new projects, and opportunities for collaboration to accelerate the shift to...

Read more about Insuring the Energy Transition: The Critical Role of Insurance Companies in Scaling New Technologies

Location: Mission Dupont Circle, 1606 20th St NW, Washington, DC

​Join fellow Harvard alumni for a Climate Happy Hour during DC Climate Week! Co-hosted by Harvard Alumni for Climate and the Environment SIG, the Harvard Club of DC, the HBS Club of DC, and the HKS DC Alumni Council, this gathering is a great opportunity to reconnect, network, and share ideas with alumni from across Harvard schools and graduation years.

​Whether you're deeply involved in climate and environmental issues or simply curious to learn more, come enjoy good conversation and great company in an informal setting. This is a no-host event, so feel free to grab your favorite...

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Location: Virtual & Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Building 2, Room 102Learn about Harvard’s “Museum of Trees” and what it takes to keep North America’s first public arboretum open to all. Presented by Danny Schissler, Head of Operations and Project Management at the Harvard University Arnold Arboretum.

RSVP to susan_bottino@harvard.edu or join the Zoom here.

Sponsored by EcoOpportunity, working together to advance sustainability efforts and build community at the Harvard University Longwood Campus, and Harvard University T.H... Read more about Springtime & Sustainability at the Arnold Arboretum

Location: Geological Lecture Hall, Room 300, 24 Oxford St., CambridgePlease consider joining for a discussion on "The Future of U.S. Climate and Environmental Science Funding". This discussion will take place on April 30th from 12-1p in Harvard's Geology Lecture Hall (room 100).

In light of recent executive actions and proposed budget cuts by the Trump administration—particularly targeting climate and environmental science programs at agencies like NOAA, NSF, NASA, EPA, and DOE—this discussion will bring together two prominent science policy experts to provide context regarding the history and future of federal science funding. John Holdren, former... Read more about The Future of the U.S Climate and Environmental Science Funding

Location: Geological Lecture Hall, Room 300, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge

Please consider joining for a discussion on "The Future of U.S. Climate and Environmental Science Funding". This discussion will take place on April 30th from 12-1p in Harvard's Geology Lecture Hall (room 100).

In light of recent executive actions and proposed budget cuts by the Trump administration—particularly targeting climate and environmental science programs at agencies like NOAA, NSF, NASA, EPA, and DOE—this discussion will bring together two prominent science policy experts to provide context regarding the history and future of federal science funding. John Holdren, former...

Read more about The Future of the U.S Climate and Environmental Science Funding

Location: Geological Lecture Hall, Room 300, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge

Please consider joining for a discussion on "The Future of U.S. Climate and Environmental Science Funding".  This discussion will take place on April 30th from 12-1p in Harvard's Geology Lecture Hall (room 100).

In light of recent executive actions and proposed budget cuts by the Trump administration—particularly targeting climate and environmental science programs at agencies like NOAA, NSF, NASA, EPA, and DOE—this discussion will bring together two prominent science policy experts to provide context regarding the history and future of federal science funding.  John...

Read more about The Future of the U.S Climate and Environmental Science Funding

Location: HUCE 440, 26 Oxford St, Cambridge MA

The Energy Seminar at Harvard series features weekly conversations with leading practitioners in climate and energy. Join on Monday evenings from 6:30-7:15pm at the Harvard University Center for the Environment to meet the CEOs, researchers, investors, and engineers who are driving decarbonization. On Monday 4/28, the Energy Seminar welcomes Dr. Chad Vecitis, Chief Scientist at Nth Cycle.

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Location: Virtual & Gutman Conference Center E4, 6 Appian Way, Cambridge

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...

Read more about Gutman Library Book Talk (Hybrid) - Students, Schools, and Our Climate Moment

Hi folks,I'm doing a reno for a client in Midcoast Maine. There's an outbuilding on the property, built on PT sleepers.  Fully insulated, tight windows, wired with electric. As soon as…

The power company finally came to complete their part of the heavy up. Since none of the workers had a T20 bit (or asked me), the brackets holding the old…

Are these two options equivalent solutions for 2x6 walls in Zone 6 (Minnesota)?From the inside...1. Drywall > Membrane > R-21 batts > Zip sheathing >  1.5" Comfortboard 80 (R-6) >…

I need to build two decks on my house under construction.  I have a small pile of 2x10s left over among other lumber.  Are there any good products out there…

I am a beginner at this, building our home. The municipality where we are building a small home (1000 sq ft on 1st floor; 450 sq ft on 2nd floor)…