“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.
‘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.
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
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
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
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?
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
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.
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
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).
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
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.
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)
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.
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.
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)
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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