China Plans: Energy in the 15th Five Year Plan 2025-2030

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Thursday April 02, 2026 · 7:42 PM PDT

2026/04/02 · 19:42

I recently read through China's 15th Five Year Plan 2025-2030
https://npcobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2026-Government-Work-Report_NON-FINAL_EN.pdf

to see what I could see.

There were 7 mentions of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism in 46 pages but the word Communism did not appear. This is a practical document, confirming my feeling that logistics is often more important than politics.

Here's what they say about energy and the environment:

"A drop of 5.1 percent in energy consumption per unit of GDP contributed to continued improvement in the environment."

Starting with energy efficiency warms my heart.

"The installed capacity of new-type energy storage exceeded 130 gigawatts (a mix of pumped hydro and batteries, compressed air, flywheels...), and the share of non-fossil energy in total energy consumption reached 21.7 percent. China announced its 2035 Nationally Determined Contributions to respond to climate change, demonstrating our commitment as a responsible major country."

"We will improve the policies for promoting green and low-carbon development, launch initiatives for upgrading quality, lowering costs, and reducing carbon emissions in key industries, and drive forward the development of zero-carbon industrial parks and factories. We will set up a national fund for low-carbon transition and foster new growth drivers such as hydrogen power and green fuels. We will exercise tight and effective regulation over energy-intensive and high-emission projects, accelerate efforts to phase out outdated production capacity, and support innovation and application of green and low-carbon technologies and equipment. The systems for total resource consumption control and comprehensive resource conservation will be improved, and recycling of recyclable materials will be stepped up."

"In cities at and above the prefectural level, the proportion of days with good or excellent air quality rose to 89.3 percent. With our forest coverage rising past 25 percent, China achieved the world’s fastest and largest increase in forest resources. We also created the world’s largest and fastest-growing renewable energy system."

"We will actively yet prudently work toward peaking carbon emissions and achieving carbon neutrality."

"We will implement the system of controlling both the total amount and intensity of carbon emissions and refine the systems for carbon emissions statistics and accounting as well as carbon footprint management. The coverage of the China Carbon Emission Trade Exchange will be expanded. An outline of the plan for strengthening China’s energy sector will be formulated. We will build a new electric power system, accelerate the construction of smart grids, develop new types of energy storage, and promote more extensive use of green electricity. We will also promote clean and efficient use of fossil fuels."

The Chinese have obviously thought this out and are saying the right things. Even more importantly, China seems to be doing it while developing the products that make it possible for the rest of the world, at increasingly affordable prices, to do the same.

Energy and the environment, electricity and food, are also a focus of their national security program:

"Guided by a holistic approach to national security, the draft Outline proposes various tasks and measures to modernize China’s national security system and capacity. It highlights the need to improve supply capacity for food, energy, and resources, and envisages increases in overall grain production capacity to 725 million metric tons and in overall energy production capacity to the equivalent of 5.8 billion metric tons of standard coal."

As for the future, China plans to "... foster emerging pillar industries such as integrated circuits, aviation and aerospace, biomedicine, and the low-altitude economy. To nurture industries of the future such as future energy, quantum technology, embodied AI, brain-computer interfaces, and 6G technology, mechanisms will be put in place to increase funding and share risks in these fields."

Spending a little time with the 15th Five Year Plan was a useful exercise. I learned a lot and liked the way the Chinese Communist Party speaks to the people or, at least, the bureaucrats. It is a well written and very clear document.

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Energy (and Other) Events Monthly - April 2026

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Sunday March 29, 2026 · 9:34 AM PDT

2026/03/29 · 09:34

https://tufts.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pkis8_FaSnCqW3M1NB6CKw#/registration

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Data Centers in the AI Age: How To Up Reliability, Sustainability, and Scalable Innovation
Thursday, April 2
12:00 PM (EST)
Online
RSVP at https://trellis.net/webinar/data-centers-in-the-ai-age-how-to-up-reliability-sustainability-and-scalable-innovation/

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Arctic Wildlife, Oil, and the Rule of Law
Thursday, April 2
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Harvard Law School, Pound 100 Cahill, 1563 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138

RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSedp2SWgvysQ0HSiWLnDsRIzRSKGQ1I0hOuR3J6rxEvW0MxTg/viewform
Important: If you are not enrolled as a student, or a staff or faculty member at Harvard please email Lana Nadj at lnadj@law.harvard.edu for access.

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The Political Economy of Energy Transitions in the Middle East
Thursday, April 2
4:30 – 6 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://cmes.fas.harvard.edu/event/political-economy-energy-transitions-middle-east

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How to Disagree Better: The Secret to Less Conflict and More Influence
Thursday, April 2
6:00pm (doors open at 5:30pm)
Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/julia-minson-at-the-cambridge-public-library-tickets-1983580407395

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Leadership in Challenging Times
Thursday, April 2
6:00pm EST
Harvard, JFK Jr. Forum, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA 02138
And online
Livestream at https://www.youtube.com/@HarvardIOP/streams

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Science Under Siege
Thursday, April 2
6:00pm - 7:30pm
MIT Museum, 314 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02142
RSVP at https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/programs/author-talk-science-under-siege-how-to-fight-the-five-most-powerful-forces-that-threaten-our-world
Cost: $5

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Climate Action in Practice: Delivering on MIT’s Climate Goals (Spring Webinar Series)
Friday, April 3
12:00pm to 1:00pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScR3Ij3QkVXkno9d_UPbt9OtUpMT1aI66F6h3GcQljBtkVDCQ/viewform

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"Henry David Thoreau": A Screening and Discussion with the Filmmakers and Scholars
Friday, April 3
2 – 4:30 p.m.
Harvard, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 24 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA
And online
RSVP at https://cswr.hds.harvard.edu/news-events/calendar?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D198264579

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Climate Change Negotiation Challenge
Friday, April 3
3 – 6PM
Tufts, Mugar Hall, 160R Packard Avenue, Medford, MA 02155
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfXBBn9HfOi7Kx0KwmTThbTaOel0PJL-EEZGw6hn8cr3QEWzw/viewform

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Swiftynomics
Friday, April 3
7:00pm
Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Coolidge Corner, Brookline, MA 02446-2908
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/misty-l-heggeness-swiftynomics-tickets-1982906261005

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Forging Just Futures: Solutions-based Science to Address the Climate Gap
Monday, April 6
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM ET
Harvard, Rubenstein 414ab, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, 02138
And online
RSVP at https://hksexeced.tfaforms.net/f/registration?e=a4oPp000001Sl6fIAC&_gl=1*t1fmkr*_gcl_au*MTc4ODQ5MzA4My4xNzc0NDA5MjAyLjE0NTgwOTk1MjguMTc3NDQwOTk4OC4xNzc0NDA5OTg4*_ga*MTI5MTI5MDM4Ny4xNzczNDU2NzA3*_ga_72NC9RC7VN*czE3NzQ0MDkyMDUkbzEkZzEkdDE3NzQ0MTAxMDYkajUzJGwwJGg3MzE2OTc3Nzc.

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Existential Politics: Why Global Climate Institutions are Failing and How to Fix Them
Monday, April 6
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Princeton, 300 Wallace Hall
And online
RSVP at https://environment.princeton.edu/event/existential-politics-why-global-climate-institutions-are-failing-and-how-to-fix-them/

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Practice × Theory Sessions: Sonic Ecologies and Climate Change
Monday, April 6
2:15 pm to 5 pm EDT
Harvard, Holden Chapel, Harvard St, Cambridge, MA 02138
And online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/practice-theory-sessions-sonic-ecologies-and-climate-change-tickets-1983279796259

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War and Justice in the 21st Century: The International Criminal Court in Today's World
Monday, April 6
5:30pm EST
Harvard, JFK Jr. Forum, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
And online
Livestream at https://www.youtube.com/@HarvardIOP/streams

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No!: The Art and Activism of Complaining
Monday, April 6
7:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138

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When the Forest Breathes
Monday, April 6
7:00pm
The Museum of Science - Blue Wing, 1 Science Park, Boston, MA 02114
RSVP at https://www.mos.org/events/when-forest-breathes-author-suzanne-simard
Cost: $30 (includes book)

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Activists to Terrorists: How NSPM-7 Targets Non-Profits and Activists
Monday, April 6
7 pm to 8:30 pm
Adler Hall at The New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 W 64th Street, New York, NY 10023
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/activists-to-terrorists-how-nspm-7-targets-non-profits-and-activists-tickets-1985142578892
Cost: $0 - $20

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The Michigan Futures Initiative: A Climate Solutions Accelerator at the University of Michigan
Tuesday, April 7
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Harvard Kennedy School, Bell Hall (B-500), 79 JFK Street, Cambridge 02138
RSVP at https://web.cvent.com/event/fc5dbb89-632b-4903-bba7-61f79ff3a956/register

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Creating a Culture of Fear: The Intersection of Federal Immigration Enforcement and Free Speech Crackdowns
Tuesday, April 7
12pm to 1:30pm
Boston College, East Wing, 120, Boston College Law School, 885 Centre Street, Newton, MA 02459

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Partitioning of PFAS and Other Organic Contaminants Between Water, Air, and Minerals
Tuesday, April 7
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Princeton, Briger Hall Auditorium, 11 Ivy Lane, Princeton, NJ
And online
RSVP at https://environment.princeton.edu/event/hmei-faculty-seminar-by-ian-bourg/

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Age of Uncertainty: Navigating the Complex Global Environment
Tuesday, April 7
5:30 pm to 9 pm
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, 230 Fenway, Boston, MA 02115
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/age-of-uncertainty-navigating-the-complex-global-environment-tickets-1984137747414#location

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Can Democracy Survive the Data Economy?
Tuesday, April 7
6 PM
Online
RSVP at https://wgbh.zoom.us/webinar/register/3317741159289/WN__O9PMGeQSvm-L8QD1kSdHg#/registration

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The Escape Artist Methane & New Tools to Detect the Super-Potent Climate Pollutant
Tuesday, April 7
6-8pm
Last Round Bar & Grille, 908 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA

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Separation of Powers: How to Preserve Liberty in Troubled Times
Tuesday, April 7
6:30pm - 8:00pm
MIT Museum, 314 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02142
RSVP at https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/programs/autho-talk-separation-of-powers-how-to-preserve-liberty-in-troubled-times
Cost: $5

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Harvard Divinity School Conference on Truth and Reconciliation Experiences in the U.S.
Wednesday, April 8
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Harvard, HDS James Room, Swartz Hall, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP at https://www.hds.harvard.edu/hds-conference-truth-and-reconciliation-experiences-us

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From Climate Challenges to Watershed Solutions
Wednesday, April 8
1 pm to 2 pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/from-climate-challenges-to-watershed-solutions-tickets-1985478098440

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Questions of Fascism and Democracy Lecture Series & Democracy and Its Critics Initiative — Countering Illiberalism in Liberal Democracies
Wednesday, April 8
2 – 3:15 p.m.
Harvard, Adolphus Busch Hall at Cabot Way, 27 Kirkland Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/events/2026/04/countering-illiberalism-in-liberal-democraciesd-to-populist-support

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Building a Secure Nuclear Future: US-Central Asia Partnership
Thursday, April 9
9 – 10:15 a.m.
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/building-a-secure-nuclear-future-us-central-asia-partnership-tickets-1984985866160

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Beautiful Destruction: The Tar Sands, the Post-Modern Sublime, and the Subsumption of the Earth
Thursday, April 9
Noon - 1:30 p.m.
UC Berkeley, 223 Philosophy Hall, Berkeley, CA
And online
RSVP at https://events.berkeley.edu/events/event/318861-beautiful-destruction-the-tar-sands-the

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Inventing Urban Futures: Lessons from Three Centuries of City-making
Thursday, April 9
12:00 p.m. EST
Harvard, Bloomberg Center for Cities, Taubman Third Floor, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge 02138
And online
RSVP at https://cities.harvard.edu/events/inventing-urban-futures-lessons-from-three-centuries-of-city-making/

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Food Justice Undone: Lessons for Building a Better Movement
Thursday, April 9
12 – 1PM
Tufts, Curtis Hall - Multipurpose Room, 474 Boston Avenue, Medford, MA
And online
RSVP at https://tufts.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_a3C0MvLIRd2gtPcaLbOWXQ#/

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Capacity to Measure Progress Toward Sustainability in Global Food Systems
Thursday, April 9
12 – 1:15 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://www.hks.harvard.edu/events/capacity-measure-progress-toward-sustainability-global-food-systems

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Screen to Table: Food, Culture, and Climate Storytelling
Thursday, April 9
1 pm to 2 pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/screen-to-table-food-culture-and-climate-storytelling-webinar-tickets-1985538817051

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Driving Economic Development with Affordable Power
Thursday, April 9
2:00-3:00 p.m. ET
Online
RSVP at https://rmi.org/event/webinar-driving-economic-development-with-affordable-power/

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New World Disorder: What’s the Humanitarian Perspective?
Thursday, April 9
5:00pm to 6:00pm EDT
MIT, Building 45 (MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing), 230, 51 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307

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Earth Month Sustainability Networking Event
Thursday, April 9
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
345 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/earth-month-sustainability-networking-event-tickets-1983971286525

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2026 Goldsmith Awards ft. Jeffrey Goldberg
Thursday, April 9
6 – 7 p.m.
Harvard, JFK Jr. Forum, Institute of Politics, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge 02138
RSVP at https://iop.harvard.edu/events/2026-goldsmith-awards-ft-jeffrey-goldberg

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New England Symposium on Graphics
Sunday, April 12
9:15am to 5:00pm EDT
MIT, Building 34, 101, 50 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
More at https://nesg.graphics/

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Leading the Free World: Freedom and Democracy in US National Security Strategy
Monday, April 13
12:00pm to 1:00pm EDT
MIT, Building E40, 496, 1 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA 02142
And online
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSetKkV_5yMVqo9ytrXfoJ8WznvsBZQYkJqGxLkE9EA3YgvY1g/viewform

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Are We There Yet? Evaluating the Transition to EVs
Monday, April 13
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM ET
Harvard, Rubenstein 414ab, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
And online
RSVP at https://hksexeced.tfaforms.net/f/registration?e=a4oPp000001ThnNIAS&_gl=1*xklpz2*_gcl_au*MTc4ODQ5MzA4My4xNzc0NDA5MjAyLjE0NTgwOTk1MjguMTc3NDQwOTk4OC4xNzc0NDA5OTg4*_ga*MTI5MTI5MDM4Ny4xNzczNDU2NzA3*_ga_72NC9RC7VN*czE3NzQ2NDc4MDMkbzQkZzEkdDE3NzQ2NDgzMjYkajYwJGwwJGgxMjE1NjkyMzQy

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Forging Just Futures: Solutions-based Science to Address the Climate Gap
Monday, April 13
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Princeton, 300 Wallace Hall, Princeton, NJ
And online
RSVP at https://environment.princeton.edu/event/forging-just-futures-solutions-based-science-to-address-the-climate-gap/

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Science and Technology: A Collaboration for Justice
Monday, April 13
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
MIT, Nexus, Hayden Library, 160 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02142
And online at https://mit.zoom.us/j/94664936448
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSceuEQwL-Ao5WBJcuDmStjNqXtKbcTyNR5psnU0duDcOBOA_g/viewform?usp=send_form

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Marked by Time: How Social Change Has Transformed Crime and the Life Trajectories of Young Americans
Monday, April 13
6:00pm (doors open at 5:30pm)
Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/robert-j-sampson-at-the-cambridge-public-library-tickets-1984159443307

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Spotlight on Energy: Making 100 per cent renewables a reality
Tuesday, April 14
06:00 - 07:00 EDT
Online
RSVP at https://webinars.businessgreen.com/making-100-per-cent-renewables-a-reality/register

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Circular Design: Fundamentals, Applications, and Emerging Opportunities (Virtual)
Tuesday, April 14
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Online
RSVP at https://bsa.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/neonevents/events?path=%2Fportal%2Fevents%2F40095

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Civic Data Theatre and Municipal Climate Action
Tuesday, April 14
12 pm to 1:30 pm
Northeastern, Ryder Hall, 11 Leon Street, Boston, MA 02115
And online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/civic-data-theatre-and-municipal-climate-action-tickets-1985734366946

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The Rule of Law Wars: An Update from the Front
Tuesday, April 14
5 – 6 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://www.vpal.harvard.edu/event/rule-law-wars-update-front?occ_id=0

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No to Nuclear
Tuesday, April 14
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https://secure.everyaction.com/3KtyzJqEEEexTMdkFYIeUA2

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Campus Climate Lab Symposium 2026
Wednesday, April 15
11 am to 2 pm
BU, Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences and Engineering, 610 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/campus-climate-lab-symposium-2026-tickets-1984395171376

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Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World: A New Economics for the Middle Class, the Global Poor, and Our Climate
Wednesday, April 15
12 – 1 p.m.
Harvard, CGIS Knafel, Bowie-Vernon Room (K262), 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
And online
RSVP at https://us-japan.wcfia.harvard.edu/event/shared-prosperity-fractured-world-new-economics-middle-class-global-poor-and-our-climate?occ_id=0

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Against the Enivironmentalism of the Rich
Wednesday, April 15
6:30 – 8 p.m.
Harvard Graduate School of Design, Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge 02138
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nancy-fraser-against-the-environmentalism-of-the-rich-tickets-1981241563851

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2026 Global Health Symposium
Thursday, April 16
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://globalhealth.harvard.edu/symposium/2026-global-health-symposium/#section-overview

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Drawing on Water Sharing Traditions in a Warming Cairo
Thursday, April 16
12 – 1PM
Tufts, Curtis Hall - Multipurpose Room, 474 Boston Avenue, Medford, MA
And online
RSVP at https://tufts.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_djpFxGHZQAeHU7VW14J7MA#/registration

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The Collective Cure: Upstream Solutions for Better Public Health
Thursday, April 16
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Central Library in Copley Square, 700 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116
RSVP at https://bpl.libcal.com/event/15371955

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Climate Power Workshop
Thursday, April 16
7 pm to 8:30 pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-power-workshop-tickets-1985739418054

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Ballot
Friday, April 17
7:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138

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Smoke & Mirrors: Satellite View On How Pollution Alters Clouds and Climate
Monday, April 20
12 pm to 1 pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/smoke-mirrors-satellite-view-on-how-pollution-alters-clouds-and-climate-tickets-1984970634602

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Following the Money: Private Sector Climate Investment and the Data Behind It
Monday, April 20
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Princeton, 300 Wallace Hall, Princeton, NJ
And online
RSVP at https://environment.princeton.edu/event/following-the-money-private-sector-climate-investment-and-the-data-behind-it/

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Trees, Environmental Thought & the American Conservation Movement
Tuesday, April 21
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM EDT
MA Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02215-3695
RSVP at https://18308a.blackbaudhosting.com/18308a/Environmental-History-Seminar-with-Kristan-M-Hanson-and-Sarah-Hastings
And online
RSVP at https://18308a.blackbaudhosting.com/18308a/Environmental-History-Seminar-with-Kristan-M-Hanson-and-Sarah-Hastings---Virtual-Research

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7th Annual Earth Day Climate Change Symposium
Wednesday, April 22
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Online
RSVP at https://www.climate.columbia.edu/events/7th-annual-earth-day-climate-change-symposium

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AI for Good: In Climate, Health and Investing
Wednesday, April 22
1:00 PM PDT
The Commonwealth Club of California, Toni Rembe Rock Auditorium, 110 The Embarcaadero, San Francisco, CA 94195
And online
RSVP at https://luma.com/3hzitlub

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Great Expectations: Rising Power and the Elusive Pursuit of Absolute Security
Wednesday, April 22
12:00-1:30pm
MIT, E40-496, 1 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA 02142
And online
Livestream at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG5ooD8Ydk4vd83Ac8VNEoQ

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Our Queer Planet: Environmental Rights and LGBTIQ+ Defenders
Wednesday, April 22
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET
Harvard, CGIS Knafel Building, Room K00A, Concourse Level, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP at https://hksexeced.tfaforms.net/f/registration?e=a4oPp000001VASLIA4&_gl=1*1wvxvww*_gcl_au*MTc4ODQ5MzA4My4xNzc0NDA5MjAyLjE0NTgwOTk1MjguMTc3NDQwOTk4OC4xNzc0NDA5OTg4*_ga*MTI5MTI5MDM4Ny4xNzczNDU2NzA3*_ga_72NC9RC7VN*czE3NzQ2NDc4MDMkbzQkZzEkdDE3NzQ2NDg0OTEkajYwJGwwJGgxMjE1NjkyMzQy

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The Best Possible Future: Kim Stanley Robinson in conversation with Scott Snibbe.
Wednesday, April 22
8:30 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Online
RSVP at https://berkeley.zoom.us/meeting/register/y6Nygt4-Qwuz5z_KADD__g#/registration

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Living Climate Futures Symposium 2026
Thursday, April 23 5:30pm to 8:30pm EDT, Friday, April 24 9:00 AM–8:30 PM, Saturday, April 25 9:00 AM–6:00 PM
https://livingclimatefutures.org/symposium-2026

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Record sea surface temperature jump in 2023–2024
Thursday, April 23
4 am to 4:45 am EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.dk/e/record-sea-surface-temperature-jump-in-20232024-tickets-1980938906595

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Next-gen biotech for a net-zero world
Thursday, April 23
7 am to 8 am EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/next-gen-biotech-for-a-net-zero-world-tickets-1984376170544

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Designing the Hydro-Commons: Strategies for Addressing Complex Contemporary Water Challenges
Thursday, April 23
12 – 1PM
Tufts, Curtis Hall - Multipurpose Room, 474 Boston Avenue, Medford, MA 02155
And online
RSVP at https://tufts.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qOictOcSSA-kD9M1j-Dj5A#/registration

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Design Before Disaster Book Talk & Urban Risk Lab Celebration
Friday, April 24
5 pm to 8 pm
MIT Welcome Center, 292 Main Street, E38-195 Cambridge, MA 02142
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/design-before-disaster-book-talk-urban-risk-lab-celebration-tickets-1985215717652

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Nature in Danger: The Destruction Of Nature In Ukraine During The War
Sunday, April 26
1:30 pm to 3:30 pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nature-in-danger-the-destruction-of-nature-in-ukraine-during-the-war-tickets-1852660169439

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Reflections on the State and Design of U.S. Power Markets
Monday, April 27
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM ET
Harvard, Wexner 434ab, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
And online
RSVP at https://hksexeced.tfaforms.net/f/registration?e=a4oPp000001SiojIAC&_gl=1*1ha0uaz*_gcl_au*MTc4ODQ5MzA4My4xNzc0NDA5MjAyLjE0NTgwOTk1MjguMTc3NDQwOTk4OC4xNzc0NDA5OTg4*_ga*MTI5MTI5MDM4Ny4xNzczNDU2NzA3*_ga_72NC9RC7VN*czE3NzQ2NDc4MDMkbzQkZzEkdDE3NzQ2NDg2ODckajYkbDAkaDEyMTU2OTIzNDI.

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The Edge of Space-Time: Particles, Poetry, and the Cosmic Dream Boogie
Monday, April 27
6:00pm(doors open at 5:30pm)
Harvard Science Center, Hall D, 1 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chanda-prescod-weinstein-at-the-harvard-science-center-tickets-1983282603656

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AHA Symposium 2026: Raised by AI?
Tuesday, April 28
8:00am — 5:00pm ET
MIT Media Lab, E14 - 6th floor, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA
And online at https://www.media.mit.edu/events/aha-symposium-raised-by-ai/

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Shadows of the Republic: The Rebirth of Fascism in America and How to Defeat It for Good
Tuesday, April 28
7:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138

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To Reflect or Deflect: Assessing Internal Accountability in the U.S. Military
Wednesday, April 29
12:00-1:30pm
MIT, E40-496, 1 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA 02142
And online
Livestream at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG5ooD8Ydk4vd83Ac8VNEoQ

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Climate Change and Its Impact on Insects: Pollinators, Beneficial Insects, Pests and Invasive Species
Wednesday, April 29
9 pm to 10:30 pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/climate-change-and-its-impact-on-insects-tickets-1981395095067

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No Offshore Wind for You!!

gmoke

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Tuesday March 24, 2026 · 3:59 PM PDT

2026/03/24 · 15:59

Or so says the outmoded energy Nazi.

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City Agriculture - March 22, 2026

gmoke

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Sunday March 22, 2026 · 1:04 PM PDT

2026/03/22 · 13:04

SolaRoof Greenhouse/Shelter in Action
https://pyrapod.com/

Vietnamese self-irrigating vertical farming towers
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/m-k-harikumar-ba7a5a60_vertical-self-sustaining-and-quietly-efficient-activity-7420487869024243712-lMI9/

Angels of the Sertão - ecological restoration in Brazil
https://www.ecosystemrestorationcommunities.org/2025/10/13/angels-of-backlands-how-traditional-knowledge-is-saving-forgotten-lands/
hat tip to https://circle.4ward.earth

Ecosystem Restoration Communities
https://www.ecosystemrestorationcommunities.org/

Vertical agriculture in Barbados
https://www.hortidaily.com/article/9781359/we-are-training-local-farmers-and-schools-bringing-vertical-farming-technology-into-education/
hat tip to https://www.agritecture.com/blog/transforming-caribbean-food-security-through-controlled-environment-agritecture

What happens when a neighborhood is built around a farm
https://grist.org/cities/what-happens-when-a-neighborhood-is-built-around-a-farm/

Nurturing Food Justice: Expansive and Intersectional VisionsOpen Access Edited by Alison Hope Alkon, Julian Agyeman
https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edited-volume/6088/Nurturing-Food-JusticeExpansive-and-Intersectional

The Important Role That Black Communities Play In Addressing Climate Change
https://cleantechnica.com/2026/02/23/the-important-role-that-black-communities-play-in-addressing-climate-change/

Regenerative Food Systems in Times of Collapse
https://substack.com/home/post/p-188490371

Hydroponics in Antarctica
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-28/antarctic-garden-yields-big-haul-of-fresh-produce/106385768
hat tip to https://slrpnk.net/

Farm to table in Atlanta, GA
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0n63c5m/why-farm-to-table-isn-t-just-a-trend-in-atlanta

Growing bananas in the world’s largest urban forest
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/20/agriculture-of-life-the-rio-families-growing-bananas-to-protect-the-worlds-largest-urban-forest

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Child Sexual Abuse Is So Much More Than Epstein and/or Trmp

gmoke

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Monday March 09, 2026 · 11:37 AM PDT

2026/03/09 · 11:37

I was watching an old cowboy movie on TV yesterday. It starred Jock Mahoney, a former stuntman who became an actor. I looked him up and found that he was Sally Field’s stepfather and that she wrote in her memoirs that he sexually abused her repeatedly when she was a child, up to the age of fourteen.

That puts a whole different spin on her famous response to winning the Oscar, "I can't deny the fact that you like me. Right now, you like me!"

Today, I picked up a book in one of the nearby Little Free Libraries. It was by Nobel prize winner Alice Munro. Andrea Robin Skinner, her daughter, has written that her stepfather sexually abused her, starting when she was nine years old, and that her mother stayed with him even after he admitted to the abuse years later.

Personally, awhile ago, I found that a substitute teacher at my school, one of the “little Ivy League” prep schools around NYC, had a lifelong career as a child sexual abuser and died without ever spending a day in jail or being convicted. He was even named flight instructor of the year once upon a time and ran a summer flight camp for boys for years. I remember him offering to teach me how to fly but never took him up on it. I didn’t like him as he was a little too crewcut and condescendingly “macho” for me. I’m grateful that my stranger danger radar worked so well.

Learning about my exposure to such a predator caused me to look a little deeper and I found Great Is the Truth: Secrecy, Scandal, and the Quest for Justice at the Horace Mann School by Amos Kamil and Sean Elder. Horace Mann School was another member of the little Ivy League and I could have gone there which would have made me a fellow student of former Attorney General William Barr, who was enrolled there at the time. The book relates the many decades of proven abuse by teachers, administrators, and staff at the school as well as outlining some of the other examples of abuse at other elite prep schools across the country. Who would have dreamt that sexual abuse and bullying would occur at elite educational institutions modeled on the “public” schools of Great Britain which have had a reputation for such bullying and abuse since Percy Bysshe Shelley and Tom Brown’s Schooldays?

We are justifiably angered at what the Epstein case has shown us but the rot goes much, much deeper and the damage is more widespread than we’d like to imagine. We have to face the full spectrum of this problem and not fool ourselves that it is just Epstein, Trmp, and the Epstein class. Child sexual abuse is all around us and half measures are only going to allow it to continue damaging our children, our society, and ourselves.

Windspeed

gmoke

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Sunday March 01, 2026 · 7:32 PM PST

2026/03/01 · 19:32

Windspeed -
how fast the air around us
can move
https://solarray.blogspot.com/2026/03/windspeed.html

Tornados are rated up to and beyond 200 mph/322 kph on the F (Fujita) Scale
A 1999 tornado in Bridge Creek, near Oklahoma City
reached a speed of about 300 mph/483 kph
as measured by Doppler radar

Barrow Island, Antarctica recorded the highest non-tornado wind speed
during 1996's Tropical Cyclone Olivia
with 253 mph/407 kph winds

The fastest katabatic wind (wind traveling downslope) was 168 mph/270 kph,
recorded in 1912 at Cape Denison in Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica
where annual average daily maximum wind speed is 44 mph/71 kph,
gale force (more than 39 mph/63 kph) on the Beaufort Scale

Mount Washington, New Hampshire held the world record
for the strongest recorded wind gust (231 mph/372 kph, recorded in 1934) until recently
and has an average annual wind speed of 35 mph/56 kph
as well as average monthly peak gusts of 150 to 170 mph/242 to 274 kph

It is the windiest place in USAmerica and the world

In Rio Gallegos, Argentina the average annual wind speed is 15.7 mph/25.26 kph
Dodge City, Kansas has an average wind speed of 15 mph/24 kph
St John’s, Newfoundland averages 13 mph/21 kph winds

Scotland has average wind speeds of between 10 and 18 mph/16 and 29 kph
and some areas have 30 days in a year of gale force winds (Beaufort Scale) of 39 mph/63 kph

In 2024, 73.1% of Scotland’s total electricity generation was from renewable power
78% of which is wind energy
or 57% of all Scots electricity
and 21.9 TWh of power
enough to meet all Scotland's electricity consumption
which in 2024 was 21.7 TWh

In 2024, renewable sources generated 38.4 TWh so
Scotland exported excess power to the rest of the UK
and another estimated 8.3 TWh of wind energy was discarded in 2024,
primarily due to lack of transmission infrastructure

The wind moves
inexhaustibly
and we can move with it
or be blown away

hat tip to https://www.treehugger.c

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Energy (and Other) Events Monthly - March 2026

gmoke

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Wednesday February 25, 2026 · 1:23 PM PST

2026/02/25 · 13:23

A more comprehensive global listing service could be developed if there were enough people interested in doing it, if it hasn’t already been done.

If anyone knows of such a global listing of open energy, climate, and other events is available, please put me in contact.

Thanks for reading,
Solar IS Civil Defense,
George Mokray
gmoke@world.std.com
http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com - notes on lectures and books
http://solarray.blogspot.com - renewable energy and efficiency
http://zeronetenrg.blogspot.com - zero net energy links list
http://cityag.blogspot.com - city agriculture links list

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Index
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Turning Insurance into a Force for Climate Action / Sustainability Lunch Series
Thursday, February 26
11:45am to 12:45pm EST
Online
RSVP at https://cglink.me/2eJ/r1934986

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Can the Ocean Clean Up Our Carbon Mess?
Thursday, February 26
12 – 1PM
Tufts, Curtis Hall, Multipurpose Room, 474 Boston Avenue, Medford, MA
And online
RSVP at https://as.tufts.edu/environmentalstudies/news-events/hoch-cunningham-lecture-series#feb26

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Industrial Policy in Action: Lessons from Over a Decade at the DOE
Thursday, February 26
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET
Online
RSVP at https://www.hks.harvard.edu/events/industrial-policy-action-lessons-over-decade-doe

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AI Will Shop, Pay, and Decide for You. What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Building Governance for the Agentic Economy
Thursday, February 26
12 – 1 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://www.hks.harvard.edu/events/building-governance-agentic-economy

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Insights to Action: Coastal and Marine Climate Impacts and Adaptation Priorities
Thursday, February 26
1:00 pm
Online
RSVP at https://necasc.umass.edu/webinars/insights-action-coastal-and-marine-climate-impacts-and-adaptation-priorities

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Holding Care with the Land: Forest Therapy and Collective Healing
Thursday, February 26
5:30 PM to 6:45 PM
Online
RSVP at https://trusted.bu.edu/s/1759/2-bu/19/1col.aspx?sid=1759&gid=2&pgid=19114&cid=33957

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How AI is Impacting Journalism, Free Speech, and Public Discourse
Friday, February 27
4:00pm to 5:30pm EST
MIT Welcome Center, Building E38 Auditorium (195), 292 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02142

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Coded Bias: 5th Anniversary Virtual Finale Event
Friday, February 27
6:30pm to 8:00pm EST
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coded-bias-5th-anniversary-virtual-finale-event-tickets-1975810499391

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MIT Sloan Africa Innovate Conference
Saturday, February 28
MIT, Building E51, Wong Auditorium, 70 MEMORIAL DR, Cambridge, MA 02142
RSVP at https://mit-africa.com/africa-innovate-conference/

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TEDxTufts: Blueprints For the Future
Saturday, February 28
10:30AM – 5:30PM
Tufts, Cohen Auditorium, 40 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA 02155
RSVP at http://www.tedxtufts.org
Cost: $6.50

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Groundwater: Hidden Reserves, Public Decisions
Monday, March 2
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM ET
Online
RSVP at https://hksexeced.tfaforms.net/f/registration?e=a4oPp000001TMFtIAO&_gl=1*1sdy75b*_gcl_au*OTIxMzMwMjk4LjE3NjkzNzkzOTI.*_ga*MTI5ODM2NTM4OC4xNzY5MTQ3OTAx*_ga_72NC9RC7VN*czE3NzE4ODk2NTAkbzMkZzEkdDE3NzE4OTAwMjEkajIwJGwwJGg4NzkzODM4ODU

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Environmental Justice in the Time of Climate Denial: How frontline communities are organizing and building power as environmental protections are rolled back
Monday, March 2
12:15 pm – 1:15 pmA
Princeton, #300 Wallace Hall
And online
RSVP at https://cpree.princeton.edu/events/2026/environmental-justice-time-climate-denial

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Why are electricity prices rising in the US and what can be done about it?
Monday, March 2
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST
The Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, D.C. 20036
And online
RSVP at https://www.brookings.edu/events/why-are-electricity-prices-rising-in-the-us-and-what-can-be-done-about-it/

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A Slightly Better Future
Monday, March 2
3pm ET [6:00 PM PST]
The Commonwealth Club of California, 110 The Embarcadero, Taube Family Auditorium, San Francisco, CA 94105
And online
RSVP at https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2026-03-02/george-hammond-slightly-better-future
Cost: $5

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The Stratton Lecture: The Epidemic of Loneliness
Tuesday, March 3
11:30pm - 1:00pm
MIT Wong Auditorium (E51-115), 2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02142
And livestreamed
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/stratton-lecture-the-living-brain-tickets-1980660496864

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Climate Change: A Solutions Approach (webinar)
Tuesday, March 3
12pm to 1pm EST
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-change-a-solutions-approach-webinar-registration-1936833905349

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AI’s Unquenchable Demand for Water
Tuesday, March 3
12 ET
Online
RSVP at https://coveringclimatenow.org/event/ais-unquenchable-thirst-for-water/

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Catalyzing Climate Tech Capital
Tuesday, March 3
9pm EST [6:00 PM PDT]
Online
RSVP at https://www.climateone.org/events/matt-rogers-co-founder-nest-and-mill-catalyzing-climate-tech-capital
Cost: $9 - $5

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Amazon Rainforest and Its Soils: The Tipping Point as an Imminent Risk of the Savannization of the System
Wednesday, March 4
12 PM ET
Online
RSVP at https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2026-mauricio-fontes-fellow-presentation-virtual

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Yale Cooling Conference 2026
Thursday, March 5 - Friday, March 6
Yale, Evans Hall, 165 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06511
RSVP at https://koala-orchid-lnbp.squarespace.com/registration
Cost: $0 - $100

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Restoring Indigenous Socio-Environmental Systems
Thursday, March 5
12 – 1PM
Tufts, Curtis Hall, Multipurpose Room, 474 Boston Avenue, Medford, MA
And online
RSVP at https://as.tufts.edu/environmentalstudies/news-events/hoch-cunningham-lecture-series#mar5

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The Navy We Need: Maritime Dominance in a World of Interlocking Supply Chains
Wednesday, March 4
12:00-1:30pm
MIT, E40-496, 1 Amherst Street, Cambridge 02139
And livestreamed at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG5ooD8Ydk4vd83Ac8VNEoQ

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Renewable Energy Systems Showcase and Networking
Wednesday, March 4
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm ET
Greentown Labs, 444 Somerville Avenue, Somerville, MA 02143
RSVP at https://greentownlabs.com/event/renewable-energy-systems-networking/

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Cady Coleman — Sharing Space: An Astronaut's Guide to Mission, Wonder, and Making Change
Wednesday, March 4
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
700 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116
RSVP at https://bpl.libcal.com/event/16023436

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Coastal Habitats: Life on the Edge
Wednesday, March 4
6:00 PM - 8:15 PM
SwissnexBoston, 420 Broadway Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP at https://swissnex.zohobackstage.eu/CoastalHabitatsLifeontheEdge#/

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AI and the Planet: Can AI solve the climate crisis?
Thursday, March 5
4 am to 5 am ET
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ai-and-the-planet-can-ai-solve-the-climate-crisis-tickets-1983251354188

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Cutting costs, cutting emissions: climate action and finance opportunities in Nigeria webinar
Thursday, March 5
4:45am - 6:15am ET [10:45 WAT 12:15 WAT]
Online
RSVP at https://www.sei.org/events/nigeria-transport-emissions-webinar/

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Corporate Climate Action: A New Framework for Transparency
Thursday, March 5
2:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Online
RSVP at https://ceres-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/6817703267866/WN_Sfn8mSqZQXiP-_GdYQVt8A#/registration

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A Political Economy of Inequality and Pandemics
Thursday, March 5
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
BU, Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, 67 Bay State Road, Boston, MA
And online
RSVP at https://www.bu.edu/pardee/ghpwspring2026/

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Climatetech Intern Fair
Thursday, March 5
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm ET
Greentown Labs, 444 Somerville Avenue, Somerville MA 02143
RSVP at https://greentownlabs.com/event/climatetech-intern-fair-2026/

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10 Year Anniversary of Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts
Thursday, March 5
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm EST
Nonprofit Center, 89 South Street, Boston, 02111, MA
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-26-sustainable-business-of-the-year-awards-tickets-1981005466678
Cost: The tickets are self-selected sliding scale between $50–$120. It will help us cover the cost of dinner and drinks for our guests. Your contribution directly supports SBN’s mission to build a green and fair economy in Massachusetts.

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Climate Adaptation Communication – Decoding Data and Risk for All
Friday, March 6
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Foley Hoag, 155 Seaport Boulevard, Boston, MA 02210
Online
RSVP at https://climateadaptationforum.org/event/climate-adaptation-communication-decoding-data-and-risk-for-all/
Cost: $0 - $45

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Net-zero and just transition in Asia
Friday, 6 March
11:30am - 3:30pm EST [13.30-17.30 JST (GMT+9)]
Online
RSVP at https://www.iges.or.jp/en/events/20260306

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Shaping the Global Data Economy: Trade rules, policy space, and development
Friday, March 6
3pm - 4:15pm ET [2:00 pm - 3:15 pm CET]
Online
RSVP at https://iisd-elp.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GPMoh25tS-y8_KOht9fs_g#/registration

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Deeply Responsible Business and Japan
Monday, March 9
12 – 1 p.m.
Harvard, Bowie-Vernon Conference Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
And online
RSVP at https://us-japan.wcfia.harvard.edu/event/deeply-responsible-business-and-japan?occ_id=0

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Financing the Energy Transition
Monday, March 9
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM ET
Online
RSVP at https://hksexeced.tfaforms.net/f/registration?e=a4oPp000001SjXtIAK&_gl=1*td8vlj*_gcl_au*OTIxMzMwMjk4LjE3NjkzNzkzOTI.*_ga*MTI5ODM2NTM4OC4xNzY5MTQ3OTAx*_ga_72NC9RC7VN*czE3NzE4ODk2NTAkbzMkZzEkdDE3NzE4OTAxOTgkajYwJGwwJGg4NzkzODM4ODU

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Irreconcilable Differences: Christian Nationalism and the First Amendment
Monday. March 9
12 – 1:30PM
Tufts, Sophia Gordon Hall, 15 Talbot Avenue, Somerville, MA 02144

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Reversing Climate Change -the logistics of removing CO2 from the atmosphere
Monday, March 9
2 pm to 3 pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/reversing-climate-change-the-logistics-of-removing-co2-from-the-atmosphere-tickets-1981944073075

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Reinventing Batteries for a Sustainable Future
Monday, March 9
4 – 5 p.m.
Harvard, Science and Engineering Complex (SEC), Room LL2.224, '150 Western Avenue, Allston
RSVP at https://events.seas.harvard.edu/event/reinventing-batteries-for-a-sustainable-future

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From Bonnie Raitt to Billie Eilish: Making Live Music Greener
Monday, March 9
5:30 – 6:30PM
Tufts, Building Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 20 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA 02155
And online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/from-bonnie-raitt-to-billie-eilish-making-live-music-greener-tickets-1983040721179

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The Datacenter Does Not Exist
Monday, March 9
6:00pm EDT
MIT E15-070, Building E15, Bartos Theater, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA 02142
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf4Jh4UAS4ZehWgZWHhlEWyMZNBvzcML-vWdBHOkcxHaA9Bhw/viewform

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Is There Ethical AI Use in Climate Journalism?
Tuesday, March 10
12pm ET
Online
RSVP at https://coveringclimatenow.org/event/is-there-ethical-ai-use-in-climate-journalism/

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Civic Life Lunch - The Democracy Dilemma: Civic Simulation with VF-GLAD
Tuesday, March 10
12 – 1PM
Tufts, Barnum Hall, 163 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA 02155
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/civic-life-lunch-the-democracy-dilemma-civic-simulation-tickets-1981428546120

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Accelerate Net Zero Progress: Learn Amazon’s Approach to Carbon Credits
March 10
12:00 PM (EST)
Online
RSVP at https://trellis.net/webinar/accelerate-net-zero-learn-amazon-approach-carbon-credits-sustainability-exchange-climate-solutions/

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Anticipating Freshwater Invasive Species Risk in the Northeast United States
Tuesday, March 10
1:00 pm
Online
RSVP at https://necasc.umass.edu/webinars/anticipating-freshwater-invasive-species-risk-northeast-united-states

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Broken Beakers and Brilliant Minds: Fixing the Macbinery of Science
Tuesday, March 10
4:30pm - 6:00pm
MIT Welcome Center, 292 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02142
RSVP at https://calendar.mit.edu/event/broken-beakers-and-brilliant-minds-fixing-the-machinery-of-science

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Decarbonising the UK 20 Years Later
Wednesday, March 11
9 am to 10 am EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/decarbonising-the-uk-20-years-later-tickets-1981942870478#location

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Data for Breakfast: Digital Tools for Climate-Resilient Rural Communities
Wednesday, March 11
12 pm to 1:30 pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/data-for-breakfast-digital-tools-for-climate-resilient-rural-communities-tickets-1983413066875

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Age of Extraction
Wednesday, March 11
12pm to 1:20pm
Northeastern, West Village G, 108, 450 Parker Street, Boston, MA 02115
RSVP at https://forms.gle/vJ1epsECBEY15UvQ6

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The Big Joy Project: Using Daily Microacts to Promote Global Well-Being
Wednesday, March 11
1 – 2 p.m.
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, FXB G13, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston
And online
RSVP at https://harvard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_07n35X9lTg5yuTY

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If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All
Wednesday, March 11
6:00pm (doors open at 5:30pm)
Harvard Science Center, Hall D, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nate-soares-at-the-harvard-science-center-tickets-1981615164300

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Great Decisions: International Cooperation on Climate Change with Kelly Sims Gallagher
Wednesday, March 11
6 – 7:30PM
Tufts, Cabot Intercultural Center, 170 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA 02155
And online
RSVP at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BF49rdNZQxCHEsp1cxuMOw#/registration

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John Vaillant: Fire Weather
Wednesday, March 11
7pm
BC, Gasson Hall, 100, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
RSVP at http://lhs-johnvaillant.eventbrite.com

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Mock Climate Negotiation
Thursday, March 12
If you are interested in joining, please fill out this interest form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd1ac0KxDTNw_jczckdIXExAKWSkWBYNIVli4nM2sM9GoW8tg/viewform'

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Scaling Green Infrastructure for a Resilient Rwanda
Thursday, March 12
9:00 - 10:00am EDT
Online
RSVP at https://hub.wri.org/scaling-green-infrastructure-resilient-rwanda?_gl=1*nna9ey*_gcl_au*MTUxMzgxNjExNi4xNzY5NDYwOTc0#register

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Climate Change and the Clean Air Act
Thursday, March 12
12 – 1PM
Tufts, 474 Boston Avenue, Medford, MA 02155
RSVP at https://tufts.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4pAZXWKPTL-LQ-MK1l96AA#/registration

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Webinar—Decarbonization Pathway Spotlight: Clean and Improved Cookstoves
Thursday, March 12
12:00-1:00 p.m. ET
Online
RSVP at https://rmi.org/event/webinar-decarbonization-pathway-spotlight-clean-and-improved-cookstoves/

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International Carbon Markets: Learning From the Past to Chart a Better Future (…from Fletcher to Cape Town and Oslo and Back Again)
Thursday, March 12
12 – 1:30PM
Tufts, Cabot 703, 170 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA 02155
And online
RSVP at https://forms.monday.com/forms/9b753756b171ff230d1fd1ca18d41b48?r=use1

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I Told You So! Scientists Who Were Ridiculed, Exiled, and Imprisoned for Being Right
Thursday, March 12
6:00pm (doors open at 5:30pm)
Harvard, Jefferson Lab 250, 17 Oxford Street, Cambridge MA 02138
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/matt-kaplan-at-harvard-university-tickets-1981618087042

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Terry Tempest Williams, Author of The Glorians
Thursday, March 12
7:00pm (doors at 6:30 pm)
St. James Episcopal Church, 1991 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140 (Use the entrance located on Beech Street - near 7 Beech Street)
RSVP at https://portersquarebooks.com/products/tags/event-ticket
Cost: $10 - $37

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Central MA Regional Clean Energy & Climatetech Workforce Summit
Friday, March 13
9am - 3pm
Worcester, MA
RSVP at https://masscec.zohobackstage.com/CentralMACleanEnergyClimatetechWorkforceSummit#/

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Career Paths of Women in Energy Technologies
Saturday, March 14
1 pm to 2 pm
Metropolitan Waterworks Museum, 2450 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02467
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2nd-saturdays-career-paths-of-women-in-energy-technologies-tickets-1980664071556

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Extreme Heritage: Climate Change Risk and Resilience
Monday, March 16
12 pm to 1 pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/extreme-heritage-climate-change-risk-and-resilience-tickets-1982963440029

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Putin’s War Against the West: A Conversation with the Former US Ambassador to the Russian Federation
Monday, March 16
4:30pm to 6:00pm EDT
MIT, Building E25, 111, 45 Carleton Street, Cambridge, MA 02142A
And online
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeFfEfT2xxXgJru7r65cJOldqI586FA0AXZwZQCpLJayUhx2w/viewform

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Research for Practice: Climate Risks & Housing Markets
Tuesday, March 17
1:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Online
RSVP at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YpZeBLvSSCWJaJjvS0102g#/registration

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The Third Nuclear Age: Will our luck finally run out?
Wednesday, March 18
12:00pm to 1:30pm EDT
MIT, Building E40, 496, 1 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA 02142
Livestreamed at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG5ooD8Ydk4vd83Ac8VNEoQ

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Rogers Brubaker: Politics and Governance in the Digital Era: Between Populism and Technocracy
Wednesday, March 18
7pm
BC, Devlin Hall, 110V, 255 Beacon Street, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
RSVP at http://lhs-rogersbrubaker.eventbrite.com

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Killers of Roe
Wednesday, March 18
7:00pm
Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Coolidge Corner, Brookline, MA 02446-2908
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/amy-littlefield-killers-of-roe-tickets-1980896907976

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Billionaire Backlash: The Age of Corporate Scandal and How it Could Save Democracy
Wednesday, March 18
7:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138

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The Clough Symposium on Democratic Resilience
Thursday, March 19 and Friday, March 20
140 Commonwealth Ave, 2101 Commonwealth Ave, adjacent to McMullen Art Museum & Gasson 100, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
And online
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdJjMFZbvCqPKphZTrM1YMoRWQS4fy2qD-d41RWkSY7rwUBbg/viewform
More information at https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/centers/clough/events/spring-symposium-2026

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Global Nature Watch: AI-Powered Insights for Nature in Africa—and Beyond
Thursday, March 19
8am - 9am ET [2:00 - 3:00pm WAT]
Online
RSVP at https://hub.wri.org/events/2026/3/global-nature-watch-ai-powered-insights-nature-africa-and-beyond

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Convergent Conversations: Nature-Based Solutions for Economic Development
Boston University Institute for Global SustainabilityBoston, MA
Thursday, March 19
12 pm to 1 pm
Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability, 111 Cummington Mall, Suite 149 Boston, MA 02215
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/convergent-conversations-nature-based-solutions-for-economic-development-tickets-1983124530856

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Takeaways from Davos on AI Trends: world models, physical AI and autonomous warfare
Thursday, March 19
7:00pm to 9:00pm EDT
MIY, Building 32, 32-G449 Kiva, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
And online
RSVP at https://acm-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/9517697066024/WN_asJFGtuGSUG_x7fw8jL30Q

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New England Energy Roundtable
Friday, March 20
9 am to 12:30 pm
Foley Hoag LLP, 155 Seaport Blvd, 17th Floor Boston, MA 02210
And online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/3-20-26-new-england-energy-roundtable-tickets-1981878845979
Cozt: $0 - $110

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Climate & Agroecology
Friday, March 20
12 pm to 3 pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-agroecology-tickets-1397747122269
Donate: $5

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On Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention
Saturday, March 21
3:00pm - 5:00pm
United Parish in Brookline, 210 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA 02446
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/on-harm-reduction-and-overdose-prevention-tickets-1981585464467

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Tipping points webinar series: Glacier loss in Alaska
Monday, March 23
12pm - 1:30pm ET [18:00-19:30 CET]
Online
RSVP at https://iiasa.ac.at/events/mar-2026/tipping-points-webinar-series-glacier-loss-in-alaska

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The Taken-for-Granted Transition: How Talk of Decarbonization Shifts Attention Away From It”
Monday, March 23
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Princeton, 300 Wallace Hall, Princeton, NJ
Online
RSVP at https://environment.princeton.edu/event/the-taken-for-granted-transition-how-talk-of-decarbonization-shifts-attention-away-from-it/

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Harness Social Media for Climate Action
Tuesday, March 24
2:30 pm to 3:30 pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/harness-social-media-for-climate-action-tickets-1982360645053

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How to Love a Forest
Tuesday, March 24
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https://sustainability.psu.edu/event/sustainability-showcase-keynote-ethan-tapper-forester-and-author-of-how-to-love-a-forest/

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An Air Conditioner or a Sink?: The Bioclimatic Value of Rainforests, 1980-2000
Tuesday, March 24
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM EDT
Mass Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02215
And online
RSVP at https://www.masshist.org/events/lucier-environmental-seminar

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Privacy's Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance
Tuesday, March 24
7:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138

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The American Revolution: Lessons for the 250th
Wednesday, March 25
11:30 AM–1 PM ET
Harvard, Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP at https://harvardradcliffeinstitute.formstack.com/forms/2026_ken_burns_panel

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Lecture: David Rohde, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
Wednesday, March 25
6:30pm to 8:00pm EDT
BU, Questrom School of Business,595 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA

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Whiplash: From the Battle for Obamacare to the War on Science
Wednesday, March 25
7:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138

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Mediterranean summer marine heatwaves
Thursday, March 26
5 am to 5:45 am EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.dk/e/mediterranean-summer-marine-heatwaves-tickets-1864392992629

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Farmers are Businesspeople Too: Supporting the Local Food System through Investment and Value-Added Production
Thursday, March 26
12 – 1PM
Tufts, 474 Boston Avenue, Medford, MA 02155

RSVP at https://tufts.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BT_XdBpVTS2fbceT0MWXEw#/registration

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A Fresh Start for Our Cities
Thursday, March 26
6:30 pm to 8 pm
Harvard University Graduate School Of Design, 48 Quincy Street, Piper Auditorium Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bill-mckibben-a-fresh-start-for-our-cities-tickets-1981196707685

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The Price of Mercy: Unfair Trials, a Violent System, and a Public Defender's Search for Justice in America
Thursday, March 26
7:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138

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Stuck—How Money, Media, and Violence Prevent Change in Congress
Thursday, March 26
8:30pm ET [5:30 PM PDT]
Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California, 110 The Embarcadero, Toni Rembe Rock Auditorium, San Francisco, CA 94105
And online
RSVP at https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2026-03-26/dr-maya-kornberg-stuck-how-money-media-and-violence-prevent-change-congress
Cost: $10 -$22

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Peatlands: Nature’s Biggest Carbon Vault
Friday, March 27
9 am to 10 am EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/peatlands-natures-biggest-carbon-vault-tickets-1982961321693

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Data + Donuts: AI Policy and Civil Rights
Friday, March 27
10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Harvard Kennedy School, Wexner 434 AB, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
And online
RSVP at https://www.hks.harvard.edu/events/data-donuts-ai-policy-and-civil-rights'

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The Massachusetts Urban Farming Symposium
Satrurday, March 28
UMASS Boston Campus Center
RSVP at https://www.urbanfarminginstitute.org/mass-urban-farming-symposium
Cost: $25 - $75

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When Bioeconomy Meets Carbon Removal: Insights from Integrated Systems Modeling
Monday, March 30
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Princeton, 300 Wallace Hall, Princeton. NJ
Online
RSVP at https://environment.princeton.edu/event/when-bioeconomy-meets-carbon-removal-insights-from-integrated-systems-modeling/

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Tracy Palandjian on Investing in Opportunity
Monday, March 30
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-event-tracy-palandjian-on-investing-in-opportunity-tickets-1981350168691

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The Future That Was: A History of Third World Feminism Against Authoritarianism
Monday, March 30
7:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138

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From Learning to Action: Practical Steps Towards Climate Ready Facilities
Tuesday, March 31
5 am to 6 am EDT
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-learning-to-action-practical-steps-towards-climate-ready-facilities-tickets-1982494827396

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Earth and Life: A Four Billion Year Conversation
Tuesday, March 31
6:00pm (doors open at 5:30pm)
Harvard Geological Museum, 100 Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/andrew-h-knoll-at-the-harvard-geological-lecture-hall-tickets-1982828880558

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Ibram X. Kendi, author of Chain of Ideas
Tuesday, March 31
7:00pm (doors at 6:00 pm.)
First Parish Church, 1446 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP at https://portersquarebooks.com/product/event-ticket-includes-book-ibram-x-kendi-first-parish
Cost: $45 (book included)

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Politics and Culture from All Sides: The Environmental Impact of Fast Fashion
Wednesday, April 1
12 – 1:15PM
Tufts, 5 The Green, Medford, MA 02155

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Polarization and International Politics
Wednesday, April 1
12:00pm to 1:30pm EDT
MIT, Building E40, 496, 1 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA 02142
And online
Livestreamed at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG5ooD8Ydk4vd83Ac8VNEoQ

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Then and Now: How Conservation Careers are Evolving
Thursday, April 2
12 – 1PM
Tufts, 474 Boston Avenue, Medford, MA 02155
And online
RSVP at https://tufts.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pkis8_FaSnCqW3M1NB6CKw#/registration

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Data Centers in the AI Age: How To Up Reliability, Sustainability, and Scalable Innovation
Thursday, April 2
12:00 PM (EST)
Online
RSVP at https://trellis.net/webinar/data-centers-in-the-ai-age-how-to-up-reliability-sustainability-and-scalable-innovation/

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The Political Economy of Energy Transitions in the Middle East
Thursday, April 2
4:30 – 6 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https://cmes.fas.harvard.edu/event/political-economy-energy-transitions-middle-east

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Climate Change Negotiation Challenge
Friday, April 3
3 – 6PM
Tufts, Mugar Hall, 160R Packard Avenue, Medford, MA 02155

RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfXBBn9HfOi7Kx0KwmTThbTaOel0PJL-EEZGw6hn8cr3QEWzw/viewform

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Swiftynomics
Friday, April 3
7:00pm
Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Coolidge Corner, Brookline, MA 02446-2908
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/misty-l-heggeness-swiftynomics-tickets-1982906261005

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No!: The Art and Activism of Complaining
Monday, April 6
7:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138

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6 votes Show Results

More Energy (and Other) Events?

6 votes Vote Now!

More Energy (and Other) Events?

yes

6 votes

0 votes

not yes

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not no

0 votes

neither yes nor no

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both yes and no

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don't understand the question?

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none of the above

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Resources for the Integrity of the 2026 Election

gmoke

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Monday February 02, 2026 · 7:11 PM PST

2026/02/02 · 19:11

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/opinion/trump-midterms-election-security.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JVA.flMt.B5b-6g_22gwp&smid=url-share

This NYTimes editorial on protecting the accurancy of the vote of 2026 election has some suggestions and connections for action:

Work the polls
Contact United States Election Assistance Commission

https://www.eac.gov/help-america-vote

Watch the polls
Contact your local election commission

“Don’t spread dubious information.“ Check the source before you send.

Connections

The Election Official Legal Defense Network

https://eoldn.org/

The Carter Center
https://www.cartercenter.org/programs/democracy/

The Campaign Legal Center

https://campaignlegal.org/

More resources for the integrity of the 2026 election?

29 votes Vote Now!

More resources for the integrity of the 2026 election?

yes

26 votes

0 votes

not yes

0 votes

not no

0 votes

neither yes nor no

0 votes

both yes and no

1 vote

don't understand the question?

2 votes

none of the above

0 votes

Soundtrack for the Resistance: Springsteen and Grant

gmoke

Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.)

Wednesday January 28, 2026 · 11:08 AM PST

2026/01/28 · 11:08

Bruce sounds pissed and Amy a little wistful.

YouTube Video

Poll

52 votes Show Results

More songs for the resistance soundtrack?

52 votes Vote Now!

More songs for the resistance soundtrack?

yes

47 votes

0 votes

not yes

0 votes

not no

0 votes

neither yes nor no

0 votes

both yes and no

0 votes

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5 votes

none of the above

0 votes

Energy (and Other) Events Monthly - February 2026

gmoke

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Tuesday January 27, 2026 · 2:05 PM PST

2026/01/27 · 14:05

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Tiny Gardens Everywhere: The Past, Present, and Future of the Self-Provisioning City
Tuesday, February 17
7:00pm
Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Coolidge Corner, Brookline, MA 02446-2908

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George Washington's Library, Lifelong Learning, and Citizenship
Wednesday, February 18
6:00 PM to 7:00 PM ET
Boston Athenaeum, 10 1/2 Beacon Street, Boston, MA, 02108

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Fear and Fury: The Reagan Eighties, the Bernie Goetz Shootings, and the Rebirth of White Rage
Wednesday, February 18
7:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138

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Increased future ocean heat uptake constrained by Antarctic sea ice extent
Thursday, February 19
9am to 9:45am EST
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/increased-future-ocean-heat-uptake-constrained-by-antarctic-sea-ice-extent-tickets-1864811815339

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Covering Climate Across Beats
Thursday, February 19
1 pm ET
Online
RSVP at https://coveringclimatenow.org/event/covering-climate-across-beats/

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Chambers Lecture: Breaking the Circle of Poverty with Daniel Germain
Thursday, February 19
4pm
Boston College, Winston Center, Heights Room, Carney Hall, Room 439, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3808

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Biography of a Dangerous Idea: A New History of Race from Louis XIV to Thomas Jefferson
Thursday, February 19
7:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138

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Politics Without Politicians: The Case for Citizen Rule
Friday, February 20
7:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138

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MIT Energy Conference: Securing the Energy Future; Resources for Resilience
Monday, February 23rd–24th, 2026
Cambridge, Massachusetts
RSVP at https://www.mitenergyconference.org/
Cost: $8 - $949

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NECSI invitation: Collaborating on solutions to global challenges
Monday, February 23–27
10am - 1pm
Online
RSVP at https://unpolitics.global/meeting2026A/home

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Markets for Climate Expertise
Monday, February 23
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm
Princeton, #300 Wallace Hall
And online
RSVP at https://cpree.princeton.edu/events/2026/markets-climate-expertise

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Can Insurance Help Unlock Investments In Clean Technology?
Tuesday, February 24
10:00AM - 11:00AM
Online
RSVP at https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/events/can-insurance-help-unlock-investments-in-clean-technology/

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Age of Deception: Cybersecurity as Secret Statecraft
Wednesday, February 25
12:00-1:30pm
MIT, E40-496, 1 Amherst Street, Cambridge
And livestreamed at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG5ooD8Ydk4vd83Ac8VNEoQ

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Poll

5 votes Show Results

More Energy (and Other) Events?

5 votes Vote Now!

More Energy (and Other) Events?

yes

5 votes

0 votes

not yes

0 votes

not no

0 votes

neither yes nor no

0 votes

both yes and no

0 votes

don't understand the question?

0 votes

none of the above

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City Agriculture - January 20, 2026

gmoke

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Tuesday January 20, 2026 · 7:45 PM PST

2026/01/20 · 19:45

Cows may safely graze under solar?
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02112025/cattle-solar-grazing/
or https://archive.ph/6GBJ7

American Solar Grazing Association
https://solargrazing.org/

USAmerican Agrivoltaic Census Report
https://openei.org/wiki/InSPIRE/Agrivoltaics_Map
Solar Grazing Census Report
https://solargrazing.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/ASGA-CensusReport2024.pdf

How urban farms can make cities more livable and help feed America
https://grist.org/cities/how-urban-farms-can-make-cities-more-livable-and-help-feed-america/

Italy is funding 2 GW of agrivoltaics integrating solar energy production with agriculture
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/12/italy-awards-2-5-gw-in-first-agrivoltaic-tender-backed-by-eu-funds/

UK plans a “forest city"
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/23/how-ambitious-forest-city-plan-for-england-could-become-a-reality

Floating islands for Copenhagen’s harbor
https://mast.dk/copenhagen-islands

How climate breakdown is putting the world’s food in peril – in maps and charts
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2025/dec/18/how-climate-breakdown-is-putting-the-worlds-food-in-peril-in-maps-and-charts

Legal rights for Amazonian bees, a foundational species
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/29/stingless-bees-from-the-amazon-granted-legal-rights-in-world-first

Dutch engineers develop bricks which grow moss to absorb CO2, encourage the proliferation of biodiversity, and provide good insulation
https://ioplus.nl/en/posts/auke-bleij-wants-cities-to-breathe-through-moss-covered-facades

Planning program to optimize agrivoltaics migrates from research to commerce
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/12/29/agrivoltaic-company-okovate-acquires-stanford-university-carnegie-mellon-tech-startup/

Drones can plant 100,000 mangroves in one day and, perhaps, reseed sea grass beds (up to 35x the CO2 uptake of trees) and coral reefs
https://cleantechnica.com/2026/01/05/100000-mangrove-trees-planted-in-one-day/

Poll

15 votes Show Results

More City Agriculture?

15 votes Vote Now!

More City Agriculture?

yes

14 votes

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The Little Old Man & the Godzilla of Righteous Energy

gmoke

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Thursday January 15, 2026 · 5:59 PM PST

2026/01/15 · 17:59

I'm thinking about two Terry Dobson aikido stories:

the subway story (https://www.dailygood.org/story/133/an-old-japanese-love-warrior-terry-dobson/) where the right word at the right volume stops a drunken fight

and

the emergency room story where

"...screaming "Ahhhhhhhh!" at the top of his lungs this Puerto Rican guy burst into the Emergency Room. He was a big man, a body builder or maybe a professional wrestler. Blood was trickling down his totally shaven head. He was wearing a pair of bikini underpants and nothing else. No shirt, no shoes, no pants, nothing.

"He came in running at full speed screaming at the top of his lungs. He was the most frightening thing you've ever seen in your life. He ran past the nurses' station. Beyond it, there was a door on his right sheathed in lexan. It was obviously bullet-proof. Two big New York City cops flanked this door on either side. They were carrying guns.

"Without stopping, the guy raced up, hit the door hard, and smashed his way through it. His energy must have been incredibly and obviously righteous, because those armed cops just stepped aside and let him through. He was bizarre in the extreme, he was like Godzilla, right?"

Right behind him come five women holding a baby. The Godzilla of righteous energy comes back out the door with the doctor by the throat saying, "Fix him!"

And the baby lives.

I'm thinking about those stories and other ways to

"...remain alert so as not to get run down, but it turns out you only have to hop a few feet to one side and the whole huge machinery rolls by, not seeing you at all" as the poet Lew Welch wrote.

My notes on Terry Dobson are at https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2007/11/30/416404/-Terry-Dobsons-Aikido-Journey

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More little old men and Godzillas of righteous energy?

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yes

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