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Event: NASA Climate Scientist Dr. James Hansen in Lexington June 1, 2008 

by Catherine Laine
May 8th, 2008

Censoring Science: Inside the Political Attack on Dr. James Hansen and the Truth of Global Warming

“Censoring Science”
Date: Sunday, June 1
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Cary Memorial Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA Directions
Speakers:
James Hansen, Director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies;
Mark Bowen, author of “Censoring Science: Inside the Political Attack on Dr. James Hansen and the Truth of Global Warming”
Cost: A contribution of $5 per person is requested, to help defray the
cost of bringing top-level climate change researchers and policy-makers to
this area. Seating will be limited, so early arrival is recommended.
Contact: info [at] lexgwac {dot} org

Description:

Lexington Global Warming Action Coalition (LexGWAC) to present an evening with NASA Climate Scientist Dr. James Hansen together with author Dr. Mark Bowen,
speaking about the most recent findings on global warming and government
attempts at censorship.

He will be joined by local author Mark Bowen, who wrote the newly released
book “Censoring Science: Inside the Political Attack on Dr. James Hansen and
the Truth of Global Warming.”

Dr. Hansen will speak about his latest findings and the pressing need to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions within the next couple of years or face the
consequences of a very different climate. Hansen’s efforts to speak openly
about the importance of reducing greenhouse gases was impeded by political
appointees at NASA, who attempted to censor or alter Hansen’s reports and
writings.

Bowen’s book, “Censoring Science” will be available for sale and signing
after the talk.

Event: Eco Film Festival in Beverly, MA 

by Catherine Laine
April 1st, 2008

Eco Film Festival in Beverly, MA
Eco Film Festival
Date: April 5th and 6th
Location: Multiple locations in Beverly, MA
Tickets: http://www.ecofilmfestivalma.eventbrite.com/
The nine films:

1. A Crude Awakening: the Oil Crash

Crude Awakening Poster



Duration: 1 min 54sec

‘A Crude Awakening — The Oil Crash’ examines the state of the world’s dwindling oil resources. It finds that we’re running out of fossil fuels much sooner than anticipated. Industry leaders, scientists and some politicians tell us about the dire consequences the world is facing as it moves from cheap abundant energy supply to scarce, hard to get and expensive energy.

1st Trailer
1st 3 minutes of the film

2. Kilowatt Ours

Kilowatt Ours



Duration: 5min 15 secs

3. King Corn

King Corn



Duration: 2 min 6sec

KING CORN tells the story of two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation. As the film unfolds, IanCheney and Curt Ellis, best friends from college on the east coast, moveto the heartland to learn where their food comes from. With the help offriendly neighbors, genetically modified seeds, and powerful herbicides, they plant and grow a bumper crop of America’s most-productive, most-ubiquitous grain on one acre of Iowa soil. But when they try to followtheir pile of corn into the food system, what they questions about how we eat—and how we farm.

4. The Unforeseen

The Unforseen Poster



Duration: 2min 41sec

An ambitious west Texas farm boy with grandiose plans tires of living at the mercy of nature and sets out to find a life with more control. He heads to Austin where he becomes a real estate developer and skillfully capitalizes on the growth of this 1970s boomtown. At the peak of his powers, he transforms 4,000 acres of pristine Hill Country into one of the state’s largest and fastest selling subdivisions. When the development threatens a local treasure, a fragile limestone aquifer and a naturally spring-fed swimming hole, the community fights back. In the conflict that ensues, we see in miniature a struggle that today plays out in communities across the country.

5. Everything’s Cool

Everything's Cool



Duration: 3min 43sec

The award-winning co-directors and co-producers of Blue Vinyl, Daniel B. Gold and Judith Helfand take us into the zeitgeist of global warming messaging, from the pioneers and problem solvers who are staying up nights trying keep this world a cool place, to the industry-funded naysayers struggling to keep doubt alive!

A must see for anyone who is wondering whether to change their light bulbs or how to vote.

6. Garbage: The Revolution Starts at Home

Garbage: The Revolution Starts at Home



Duration: 1min 44sec

7. The View and the Vision


Duration: 27min 44sec

As the Cape wind project is inching closer towards approval, we should also look towards other projects for inspiration. The winds of change have been blowing in Denmark for generations and presently supply 25% of their energy needs through clean technologies. Watch this short documentary of local filmmaker, Liz Argo’s, visit to Denmark, to get a sense of how communities can thrive from local power. The majesty of the wind made visible is the story of the View and the Vision.

8. Who Killed the Electric Car?

Who Killed the Electric Car Poster



Duration: 2min 14sec

It was among the fastest, most efficient production cars ever built. It ran on electricity, produced no emissions and catapulted American technology to the forefront of the automotive industry. The lucky few who drove it never wanted to give it up. So why did General Motors crush its fleet of EV1 electric vehicles in the Arizona desert?

WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR? chronicles the life and mysterious death of the GM EV1, examining its cultural and economic ripple effects and how they reverberated through the halls of government and big business.

9. An Inconvenient Truth

Incovenient Truth Poster



Duration: 2min 29sec

Schedule:

Saturday, April 5, 2008

Wylie Conference Center located on Endicott College Campus next to Tupper Manor, 295 Hale Street, Beverly

9:30 am - 4:00 pm: Screening of nine environmental films; Green Lounge featuring products, services, and organizations that support our environment; Children’s films and activities.

6:30 pm Gala Benefit: Gala movie screening of Kilowatt Ours followed by Gala Benefit Party with cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and dancing.

Sunday, April 6, 2008: Downtown Beverly
10:00 am: Guided Tour of Solar Now, solar and wind energy site in Greenergy Park, located at 100 Sohier Road, adjacent to Beverly High School.

11:00 am - 5:00 pm: Screening of environmental films at Montserrat College of Art, 23 Essex Street,Beverly

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Screening of children’s films at Beverly Public Library, 32 Essex Street.

11:00 pm - 2:00 pm: Lunch featuring local, seasonal and organic foods at local downtown Beverly restaurants.

5:00 - 7:00 pm: Festival Closing Art and Wine Reception to view the exhibit It’s Getting Hot in Here, Montserrat College of Art, 23 Essex Street, Beverly.

Event: Global Poverty Initiative - Millennium Campus Conference [4/18-20, MIT] 

by Catherine Laine
March 27th, 2008

Global Poverty Initiative
Global Poverty Initiative - Millennium Campus Conference
Date: April 18-20, 2008
Location: MIT
Speakers: Amy Smith, AIDG’s Peter Haas, Paul Polak, Paul Farmer (Partners in Health), John Wood (Room to Read)
Ira Magaziner (Clinton Foundation)
Registration: http://gpi.mit.edu/register.php

Description:
The Millennium Campus Network (MCN) is an organization of university student groups in the Boston area committed to supporting the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to eradicate extreme poverty. The Network brings together student organizations at leading universities to make the anti-poverty movement - in the spirit of the MDGs - a fully cross-disciplinary, collaborative and integrated effort.

The MCN’s Millennium Campus Conference will be hosted by different member universities each year, with the MCN hosting a series of seminars, workshops, and projects in between each conference. The inaugural conference, hosted by the MIT GPI, will open MCN’s resources and mentorship opportunities to the hundreds of students interested in starting or continuing work in poverty alleviation in the coming year.

Schedule:

Day 1 - Friday 4/18

9-11am Registration
11am-12pm Opening keynote
1-2pm Technology keynote:Amy Smith
2:15-3:30pm Track Session 1

  • Economics: Globalization: The Panacea for Poverty?
  • Education: The Bottom Up Approach
  • Health: AIDS in Zambia: A Personal Account
  • Public Policy: Leading the Charge Against Global Poverty
  • Technology: The Technological Chasm in ICT
3:30-5:30pm PANEL: Stories from the Field: Student Work in Poverty Alleviation
Movie Screening: Salud
6:00-10pm Evening Activities

Day 2 - Saturday 4/19

8-9:30am Registration
9:30-10:30am Health keynote: Paul Farmer
10:45am-12pm Track Session 2

  • Economics: Banking for the Poor
  • Education: Bridging the Technology Gap for Educational Growth
  • Health: Health Challenges of Today: New Versions of Old Diseases
  • Public Policy: Power, Responsibility, and Extreme Poverty
  • Technology: “Small is Beautiful”: Appropriate Technology
12-1pm Education keynote: John Wood
1-2:30pm Networking Luncheon (limited to 100 attendees)
1-3:30pm Student Expo for Social Change
3:45-5pm Track Session 3

  • Economics: Institutional Aid: Harmful or Essential?
  • Education: Cost-Effective Education
  • Health: : Obstacles to Healthcare Delivery
  • Public Policy: Faith and Famine
  • Technology: The Green Revolution and the Fight Against World Hunger
5-6pm Action Workshop - Starting Projects for Global Change

Action Workshop - Leadership and Organizations: Leading Your Peers to Change the World
7-10:30PM Millennium Campus Concert at the Roxy

Day 3 - Sunday 4/20

8-9:30am Registration
9:30-10:30am Public Policy keynote: Ira Magaziner
10:45am-12pm Track Session 4

  • Economics: Cutting-Edge Research in Development Economics
  • Education: A National Call for Education: A Closer Look at Tanzania
  • Health: : Doctors and Disasters in Resource-Poor Settings
  • Public Policy: Poverty, Security, and Public Policy
  • Technology: Building Infrastructure to Catalyze Community Growth
12-1pm Economics keynote: TBD
2-4pm Millennium Action Challenge poster session
Beyond College: Career Expo
3-4pm Action Workshop - Overcoming Barriers in Project Delivery
Action Workshop - Fundamental Steps to Effective Campaigns
Movie Screening: Hole in the Wall
4-6pm Show Me: The Poverty Action Tour — Jeffrey Sachs and John Legend
6-8pm Closing Ceremonies and Reception

Event: Entrepreneurial Approaches to Energy for Development [Yale] 

by Catherine Laine
March 24th, 2008

Entrepreneurial Approaches to Energy for Development
Date: Thursday March 27, 2008
Time: 1130AM-1PM
Location: Bowers Auditorium Sage Hall - 205, Prospect Street, 2nd Floor
Speaker: Prof Bryan Willson – Department of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University

Description:
Dr. Willson is Director of the Clean Energy Supercluster at CSU and a co-founder of Envirofit International - a non-profit committed to improving global health through technology solutions to environmental problems in the developing world. Since 2003, Dr. Willson has worked with Envirofit to develop cleaner 2-stroke engines in the Philippines and cookstoves in India. He will also discuss his work on algae-based biofuels through Solix Biofuels, a CSU-affiliated startup founded to enhance energy security worldwide as well as his experience with graduate-level education in technology and sustainable social enterprise at CSU (www.GSSE.ColoState.edu).

Event: Vicente Fox on Democracy, Good Government and Development [KSG] 

by Catherine Laine
March 13th, 2008

Democracy, Good Government and Development: Mexico, an Experience In Latin America
Date: Monday March 31, 2008
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St, Arco Forum, Cambridge
A Public Address by: VICENTE FOX, President of Mexico (2000-2006)

***THIS FORUM WILL BE TICKETED***
Go to www.iop.harvard.edu between March 14 and March 19 to enter the lottery. Winners will be notified on March 20. Ticket pick up will take place on March 28th from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and March 31 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m

Event: Tufts Energy Conference 2008 

by Catherine Laine
March 10th, 2008

Tufts Energy Conference 2008
Transforming the Energy Market: Our New Generation

Date: Saturday, March 29, 2008
Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Location: Tufts University, Braker 001, Medford, MA [Map]
A few of the speakers:
Tim Healy (Founder and CEO of EnerNOC)
Steve Connors (Director of the Analysis Group for Regional Energy Alternatives at the MIT Lab for Energy and the Environment)
Nick D’Arbeloff (Co-Executive Director of the New England Clean Energy Council)
Mitch Tyson (CEO of Advanced Electron Beams)
Bill Davis (Founder and CEO of Ze-Gen)
Peter Hebert (Partner at Lux Capital)

Description:
Co-sponsored by ESI and YET, Tufts’ 3rd annual Energy Conference focuses on the challenges facing the private energy sector in this time of transition.

Panels throughout the day with representatives from the industry will feature discussion on the process of bringing new technologies to market, securing funding and venture capital for new endeavors, and adapting energy policy frameworks.

There will also be a networking lunch featuring many companies from the energy sector.

Admission is free!

Register at: http://ase.tufts.edu/esi/tuftsenergyconference08.htm

Schedule:
9:00 - 9:30 Welcome and Introduction
9:30 - 10:00 Opening Keynote
10:00 - 11:30 Panel 1: From the Lab to Your Home: Bringing Energy Technologies to the Market
11:30 - 11:45 Networking Break
11:45 - 1:15 Panel 2: Successful Maneuvering Within Policy Frameworks
1:15 - 2:45 Energy Networking Lunch
2:45 - 3:30 Keynote Address
3:30 - 5:00 Panel 3: Funding an Alternative Energy Startup

For more information: 6176273314 tuftsesi {at] gmail [dot] com

Sponsors: Energy Security Initiative (ESI) and Young Entrepreneurs at Tufts (YET)

Thanks, Alex W.

Event: Environmental Film Festival [DC] 

by Catherine Laine
March 8th, 2008

DC Environmental Film Festival 16th Annual Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital
Date: March 11-22, 2008
Location: Multiple venues in Washington, DC

Description:

As the challenges facing our planet continue to grow, the Environmental Film Festival opens for its 16th year in Washington, D.C. to play a role in addressing them through the artistry of film. Illuminating some of earth’s most critical environmental issues—the availability of clean, fresh water, our energy future, the accelerating pace of climate change and the environmental impact of war—the Festival presents a broad spectrum of films that seek to inspire change in our world. Please join us as we screen 115 films from 30 countries for 12 days in March. Twenty-seven filmmakers will be on hand to discuss their films along with 86 environmental experts and special guests.

Event: Right to Identity in Americas Conference [RFK Memorial] 

by Catherine Laine
March 5th, 2008

Right to Identity in Americas: The Role of Civil Society
Date: March 7, 2008
Time: 9:30am - 1:30pm
Location: American University Washington College of Law
4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW; Room 603
Washington, DC 20016
Live Webcast: http://www.wcl.american.edu/humright/center/
RSVP: rsvp [at} rfkmemorial {dot] org

Description:
The issue of national identification and civil registration has been garnering increased attention in the Americas. There are a number of countries where citizens’ right to identity is being violated by the state, by omission or commission. The right to be officially recognized as a citizen by the state, and to have that state ensure the registration of one’s civil status from birth to death, are minimum guarantees which allow citizens to participate in democracy and claim their international human rights. International and regional organizations have seized on this reality and have taken steps to promote civil registration in Latin America and the Caribbean. However, much more needs to be done to understand the human rights implications related to national identification and civil registration, especially in countries where these rights are being violated.

The conference will include two panels of experts and opening remarks from American University’s Washington College of Law (WCL).

9:30 Opening Remarks, Dean Claudio Grossman, American University Washington College of Law

10:00 – 11:30 Panel 1: Violations of the Right to Identity in the Americas

Moderator: Marselha Gonçalves Margerin, Program Officer, RFK Center

Roxanna Altholz, Associate Director of the International Human Rights Law Clinic at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law

Sonia Pierre (Dominican Republic), 2005 RFK Human Rights Award Winner and Director, Movement of Dominican Women of Haitian Descent (MUDHA)

Colette Lespinasse (Haiti), Coordinator, Support Group for Repatriates and Refugees (GARR)

Sofia Macher (Peru), Former Commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee and now Director Institute of Legal Defense (IDL)

Ramiro Llanas Moscoso (Bolivia), Foro Boliviano de Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo (FOBOMADE) and Centro de Estudios Agropecuarios (CESA)

11:45 – 1:15 Panel 2: International Response to Violations of the Right to Identity
Panelists include representatives from: Organization of American States, the United Nations, and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

Related Post:
Haitian/Dominican Human Rights Advocate Sonia Pierre in NYTimes

Event: Former Australian PM John Howard on the US & China at KSG 

by Catherine Laine
February 29th, 2008

The United States and China: Partners of a Different Kind
Date: Monday March 10, 2008
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Kennedy School of Government, Arco Forum, Cambridge, MA, 02138
Speaker:
JOHN HOWARD: Prime Minister of Australia (1996-2007)

Event: The Power of Unreasonable People @ KSG 

by Catherine Laine
February 29th, 2008

The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Are Changing the World
Date: Monday March 3, 2008
Time: 6:00 PM
Location: Kennedy School of Government, Arco Forum, 79 JFK St, Cambridge, MA, 02138

Speakers:

STACEY CHILDRESS
Lecturer and senior researcher, Harvard Business School

LESLIE CRUTCHFIELD
Managing Director, Ashoka Global Academy for Social Entrepreneurship
Author, Forces for Good

PAMELA HARTIGAN
Managing Director, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship
Co-author, The Power of Unreasonable People

VANESSA KIRSCH
President and Founder,New Profit Inc.

DAVID GERGEN
Director, Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership

CHRISTOPHER GERGEN (MODERATOR)
Visiting Lecturer, Duke University; Founding Partner, New Mountain Ventures
Author, Life Entrepreneurs

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