Sustainability Collective Weekly Meeting
Sustainability Collective Weekly Meeting
Join the Sustainability Collective every Tuesday in Eaton 206 to learn about and help plan events and projects!
Join the Sustainability Collective every Tuesday in Eaton 206 to learn about and help plan events and projects!
With Gretchen Hofmann Climate Seminar calls from Bard College are Wednesdays at 12pm EST and held twice a month via conference call. It's a fantastic chance to hear top scientists, analysts, and political leaders discuss climate and clean energy solutions. Call in to (712) 432-3100 up to five minutes before each call starts and enter conference code 253385. […]
UEP Colloquium brings together the students, faculty, affiliates, alumni, and friends to share,learn, inspire, and provoke. Attendees are encouraged to bring food and beverages to share. All sessions will be Wednesdays 12-1:15pm at Sophia Gordon Hall. Sep 4 Julian Agyeman: Food, Space, Place, Culture Sep 11 Jon Kellett: Sink or Swim? Policy Responses to Climate […]
The Massachusetts Green Career Conference connects stakeholders from government, education, business and nonprofits, and people interested in green careers. Engage in cross-sector dialogues Learn about best practices, research, current trends, products, services, and opportunities Take home inspiration, connections, and resources 350 PARTICIPANTS Government: state and local officials, contractors Education/Training: staff, faculty, students, workforce development and career service professionals Business: owners, representatives Nonprofits: administrators, members Everyone interested in […]
The Massachusetts Green Career Conference connects stakeholders from government, education, business and nonprofits, and people interested in green careers. Engage in cross-sector dialogues Learn about best practices, research, current trends, products, services, and opportunities Take home inspiration, connections, and resources 350 PARTICIPANTS Government: state and local officials, contractors Education/Training: staff, faculty, students, workforce development and career service professionals Business: owners, representatives Nonprofits: administrators, members Everyone interested in […]
Julia Blatt is the Executive Director at Massachusetts Rivers Alliance. The ENVS Lunch & Learn Program began in the Spring of 2011 to create opportunities for environmentally-minded undergraduate students, faculty, and interested staff to communicate and interact on environmental issues. Tufts University alumni, graduate students, faculty, and undergraduates who are actively participating in interesting research […]
Rob Hopkins will be speaking at Tufts University as part of his 2013 US Tour. Rob is the co-founder of the international Transition Network. He is the author of The Power of Just Doing Stuff and The Transition Handbook. The Independent lists Rob as one of the UK’s top environmentalists. The Observer calls him “one […]
Where does our trash go once we throw it away? How much trash do we generate? And do we care? These are the questions that the "Zero Waste Challenge" seeks to address. Why is it socially acceptable to put as much trash as you please in the can, but not in a bag you carry with […]
UEP Colloquium brings together the students, faculty, affiliates, alumni, and friends to share,learn, inspire, and provoke. Attendees are encouraged to bring food and beverages to share. All sessions will be Wednesdays 12-1:15pm at Sophia Gordon Hall. Sep 4 Julian Agyeman: Food, Space, Place, Culture Sep 11 Jon Kellett: Sink or Swim? Policy Responses to Climate […]
Sustaining Forests in the Face of Uncertainty Speaker: Maria Janowiak, NIACS There is rapidly-growing interest in adapting forest ecosystems to changing and uncertain future conditions, but there are relatively few real-world examples of forest adaptation. This presentation will describe a set of forest adaptation resources that can be used by resource managers to incorporate regional […]
The ENVS Lunch & Learn Program began in the Spring of 2011 to create opportunities for environmentally-minded undergraduate students, faculty, and interested staff to communicate and interact on environmental issues. Tufts University alumni, graduate students, faculty, and undergraduates who are actively participating in interesting research and internship topics give weekly presentations. Non-Tufts speakers have become […]
Whether you are just starting a composting program or you are running a large-scale composting operation, some of the challenges are universal. This session will explore some of the common issues facing program managers, offer practical solutions and highlight noteworthy program ideas and technologies. Panelists: TBD Click here to register
This session features Aaron Tanaka and Juan Leyton, both Visiting Practitioners with the Tufts Urban & Environmental Policy and Planning Department. They will share their visions and lessons learned from community-driven efforts to build more democratic, sustainable and just economies in Boston and Mondragon, Spain. Aaron is former founding director of Boston Workers Alliance and […]
Are you a clean energy leader? Interested in making a case for building energy efficiency, energy efficiency policy, energy savings and resource stewardship? Tufts is putting together a university-wide team across schools and departments for the US Department of Energy's Better Buildings Case Competition. This year's competition will take place from November 2013- February 2014, with […]
Join your Eco-Reps for the culminating event of our Zero Waste Week! Bring your bags to the Academic Quad to show off your results, talk with other participants, win cool prizes, and check out how much waste our dorms produce!
Join your Eco-Reps for the culminating event of our Zero Waste Week! Bring your bags to the Academic Quad to show off your results, talk with other participants, win cool prizes, and check out how much waste our dorms produce!
UEP Colloquium brings together the students, faculty, affiliates, alumni, and friends to share,learn, inspire, and provoke. Attendees are encouraged to bring food and beverages to share. All sessions will be Wednesdays 12-1:15pm at Sophia Gordon Hall. Sep 4 Julian Agyeman: Food, Space, Place, Culture Sep 11 Jon Kellett: Sink or Swim? Policy Responses to Climate […]
With Jeff Goodell Climate Seminar calls from Bard College are Wednesdays at 12pm EST and held twice a month via conference call. It's a fantastic chance to hear top scientists, analysts, and political leaders discuss climate and clean energy solutions. Call in to (712) 432-3100 up to five minutes before each call starts and enter conference code 253385. […]
Robin Organ from Greenschools.org will be a guest speaker for the Lunch & Learn program on October 17, 2013. The ENVS Lunch & Learn Program began in the Spring of 2011 to create opportunities for environmentally-minded undergraduate students, faculty, and interested staff to communicate and interact on environmental issues. Tufts University alumni, graduate students, faculty, […]
Please join us for The Road Ahead for Planetary Environmentalism: An Appreciation of Bill Moomaw. Lecture by Professor Robert Socolow, Princeton University 3:00-4:30, ASEAN Auditorium, The Fletcher School 160 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA Reception Honoring Professor Moomaw 4:30-6:00, Hall of Flags, The Fletcher School Both events are open to the entire Fletcher/Tufts community and the […]
Run by the Tufts Food for Thought We'll be experimenting with lactofermentation to gear up for Farm to Table Shabbat. it doesn't matter if you've never pickled before, it'll be a great hands on experience! E-mail Sara Gardner (sara.gardner@tufts.edu) for more information!
UEP Colloquium brings together the students, faculty, affiliates, alumni, and friends to share,learn, inspire, and provoke. Attendees are encouraged to bring food and beverages to share. All sessions will be Wednesdays 12-1:15pm at Sophia Gordon Hall. Sep 4 Julian Agyeman: Food, Space, Place, Culture Sep 11 Jon Kellett: Sink or Swim? Policy Responses to Climate […]
The student gardeners will take people through the garden and help them plant some things to add a little greenery to their dorms. No experience is necessary, and it's a great opportunity to see the amazing number of plants - flowers, veggies, and herbs! - that can be grown in a small space. You'll also […]
Climate adaptation in the Great Lakes region: Application of networks of boundary organizations Speaker: Maria Carmen Lemos and Donald Scavia, GLISA The Great Lakes region is already seeing the effects of climate change through warmer air and Great Lakes temperatures and changes in precipitation patterns, particularly extreme rain events. Projections for the region anticipate continuation […]
CIERP’s Energy, Climate, and Innovation Program presents Energizing Sustainable Cities: Findings from the Global Energy Assessment with Arnulf Grubler, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis and Yale University (a light lunch will be served – no RSVP, first-come first-served) Open to the public. Convened as part of the Energy, […]
Speaker : Rajesh Gupta Affiliation : University of California San Diego Host : Soha Hassoun Energy is a precious societal resource, and increasingly rated for its quality or lack thereof as a contributor to greenhouse gases. Modern electrical energy systems operate at the intersection of technological advances in microelectronics, communications, and control. In the context […]
The speaker for this cool event, Alex Cicelsky, is the co-founder of an Israeli kibbutz that is also the preeminent permacultural institute in the world. Alex will be talking about what permaculture actually IS, and how it is a practice that can be applied to everything from the way we grow our food to the […]
Graffiti artist ABBY TC-5 and Noe Montez, Tufts Assistant Professor of Drama and Dance and Director of the Tufts production of "Welcome to Arroyo's" will discuss the roles of women in the worlds of Hip Hop, graffiti, and MCing. Lunch will be served. ABBY's visit is sponsored by a grant from the Nat R. and Martha […]
The event will start with a teaching session and discussion about seasonality, followed by an environmentally-themed service, and a locally-sourced, home-made meal. This event is an opportunity to explores the connections among food, sustainability, and spirituality - people of all denominations are welcome! Check out the Facebook event for more information and to learn how […]
This decade, cities around the world will invest $108 billion in smart-city infrastructure, such as smart meters and grids, energy-efficient buildings and data analytics, according to Pike Research. The conversations around smart cities have historically been dominated by large IT players focusing on giving devices intelligence and networking capabilities ‹ a top-down, software-centric approach. Today, […]
UEP Colloquium brings together the students, faculty, affiliates, alumni, and friends to share,learn, inspire, and provoke. Attendees are encouraged to bring food and beverages to share. All sessions will be Wednesdays 12-1:15pm at Sophia Gordon Hall. Sep 4 Julian Agyeman: Food, Space, Place, Culture Sep 11 Jon Kellett: Sink or Swim? Policy Responses to Climate […]
Wendy Landman is the WalkBoston Director. The ENVS Lunch & Learn Program began in the Spring of 2011 to create opportunities for environmentally-minded undergraduate students, faculty, and interested staff to communicate and interact on environmental issues. Tufts University alumni, graduate students, faculty, and undergraduates who are actively participating in interesting research and internship topics give […]
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