Energy and Climate Forum
When: 19 September 2006
Location: Braker Hall 308
Description: "Energy Conservation in the United States: Understanding its Role in Climate Policy"
Gibert Metcalf, Professor of Economics, Tufts University

Energy and Climate: Toward Sustainable Systems

When: June 11-16, 2006
Location: MIT Campus (Kendall Square Subway Stop)
Description: ROLLING ADMISSION – SPACES ARE LIMITED
The course will develop participants’ understanding of the complex interrelationships of science, technology, and society within the energy and climate challenge. Students will gain practical, project-based experience improving energy management (either on campus or in the community) that can form the basis for taking action on their own campuses and in their professional lives. See the course website for more information on course content and featured speakers.
Course faculty features leading MIT researchers in energy and climate, including hurricane researcher Kerry Emanuel, and challenging viewpoints from experts including Ross Gelbspan (author of “The Heat is On” and “Boiling Point”) and Richard Sears, visiting scientist from Shell Oil.
Get up to date in current climate and energy science, learn about the ongoing debate on how to take action, and participate in climate responses that are being implemented on the ground. The course is open to advanced undergraduates in all disciplines at universities local to Boston and Cambridge.
Registration fee $50 – covers materials, lunches, & refreshments. Scholarship requests accepted.
More Info: go here http://lfee.mit.edu/education/ and click on the Energy & Climate swirl.
The online application is available at http://lfee.mit.edu/metadot/index.pl?id=3841&isa=Category&op=show
Email Contact: Beth Conlin, bconlin@mit.edu

Non-Profit Marketing Workshop
When: Thursday, May 18, 8:00am-11:00am
Location: Fisher College, Boston
Description: Participants will gain an understanding of the elements of a nonprofit marketing program and how to integrate them into planning and work.

Research Day: Shining a Light on Environmental Scholarship
Location: Aidekman Arts Center, 15 South Campus Rd., Medford Campus
Description: The Tufts University Office of the Vice Provost is hosting a series of Research Days to showcase current research on Tufts University's three campuses and at its affiliated hospitals. The third of these events will focus on Shining a Light on Environmental Scholarship at Tufts.
Please mark your calendars for Tuesday, April 18, 2006 and join us at 9:00 A.M. at the Aidekman Arts Center, located on 15 South Campus Road, for blitz talks with panel discussions, speaker presentations, poster presentations, and a reception.

We ask that you kindly respond by April 4, 2006

ovp-rsvp@tufts.edu or (617) 636-6550.

For more information, please visit: www.tufts.edu/central/research/researchdays/RD3/

April 18, 2006; 5:00–9:00 (after research day)

Tufts Institute of the Environment Alumni Event
Location: Aidekman Arts Center, 15 South Campus Rd., Medford Campus
Description: Tufts Institute of the Environment (TIE), an interdisciplinary, university-wide education and research institute which facilitates and coordinates environmental programs at the University, is holding its 2nd Environmental Alumni Event on April 18, 2006. Historically, the Alumni Event has included an Alumni Keynote, poster session, and reception. The event serves to forge connections between alumni, current students, faculty, and staff. It's a great opportunity for anyone currently or formerly connected to Tufts environmental atmosphere.

For More informaiton contact: tie@tufts.edu

Conservation and the Agricultural Frontier: Integrating Forests and Agriculture in the Tropics Conference

Date: April 7-8, 2006
Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Contact: istf@yale.edu. Our website will be updated with current conference information within the coming weeks. http://www.yale.edu/istf/
Description: The Yale Chapter of the International Society of Tropical Foresters is pleased to announce its annual spring conference. Issues will be discussed such as: Is agriculture responsible for deforestation? In discussions of forest conservation, the debate over the impact of forest clearing by small-holder farmers is of long standing. While some argue that the effects of traditional agriculture are mild and reversible, others suggest that smallholder forest clearing especially in the context of population expansion has drastic negative impacts on ecosystem integrity. Recently, the dimensions of this debate have expanded in light of research showing that large-scale agricultural development projects, including as plantation farming and ranching, may be changing the world’s forest cover with previously un-acknowledged speed and extent. Faced with the linked challenges of livelihood maintenance, forest degradation, and sustainabledevelopment, what’s a modern-day tropical forester to do?
Can initiatives along the agricultural frontier contribute to the ongoing and sustainable use of forest resources? In recent years, initiatives integrating agricultural production and forest management have proliferated in the tropics. Projects grounded in agroforestry, and the management and harvest of timber and non-timber forest products, have been offered up as compromises between the challenges of poverty, development, and sustainable forest management. However, challenges remain, not only in assessing the effectiveness of these initiatives, but also in determining where, when, and how their lessons can best be scaled up in policy, legislation, and practice. These issues and many more will be investigated.

Climate Change Challenges: Legal Responses to Environmental Disasters

When: April 6, 2006; 1:00 – 5:00 pm
Location: Cherry Room, New England School of Law, 154 Stuart St, Boston, MA
Description: This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. To register please call 617-422-7280 or email mkenny@admin.nesl.edu.
Topics include: Artic Melting and the Inuit Case; Hurricane Cleanup; Regional and Local Strategies; Wildlife Impacts; Clean Air Act & Common Law Litigation

Under Construction: Growth and Development in Massachusetts
A Commonwealth Forum

When: March 28, 2006 8:00 a.m.
Location: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 600 Atlantic Avenue
Description: Please join us for this special Commonwealth Forum featuring a keynote address by author and development expert Joel Kotkin. A panel discussion about the implications of growth and development for the Massachusetts economy and quality of life will follow Kotkin's presentation.

The Effect of Boutique Fuels and Refinery Outages on Regional Gasoline Prices

When: March 22, 2006 4 p.m
Location: Room L-332, KSG, 79 JFK St
Erich Muehlegger, Harvard University.
More Info: www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~ec2690hf/.

What Type of Fish Should I Eat?

When: March 22, 2006 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: New England Aquarium, Boston, MA
Description: Aquarium Fish stocks around the world are threatened by overfishing. The aquaculture industry is expanding at an exponential pace. The demand for seafood globally is increasing every year. How can we maintain our natural marine resources and feed our global community? Aquarium Executive Chef George Kierstead will prepare some surprise treats for our guests. Lydia Bergen directs and manages all projects related to fisheries conservation work at the NEAQ and is a principal investigator and manager of the ChoicCatch (tm) program.
Contact: Vickie Cataldo - 617-973-0235 - vcataldo@neaq.org
Haborside Learning Lab Lowell lectures are free to the public. Space is limited. Pre-register at http://neaq2.securesites.net/scilearn/lecture/index.html or call above phone number

Location: ASEAN Auditorium, Fletcher School, Tufts University, Medford
When: Friday February 10, 2006 at 2:00 PM
Contact Info: Jordan.willett@tufts.edu or WSSS Events Calendar
Description: Dr. Rita Colwell will deliver a lecture entitled “Global infectious Diseases, Water, and Human Health: The Cholera Paradigm” on February 10th, 2006. Dr. Rita Colwell is Distinguished University Professor both at the University of Maryland at College Park and Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and Chairman of Canon US Life Sciences, Inc. Her interests are focused on global infectious diseases, water, and health, and she is currently developing an international network to address emerging infectious diseases and water issues, including safe drinking water for both the developed and developing world.
Dr. Colwell served as the 11th Director of the National Science Foundation, 1998-2004. In her capacity as NSF Director, she served as Co-chair of the Committee on Science of the National Science and Technology Council. One of her major interests include K-12 science and mathematics education, graduate science and engineering education and the increased participation of women and minorities in science and engineering.

Chris Mooney, Author of the Book: “The Republican War on Science”

Location: ASEAN Auditorium, Fletcher School, Tufts University, Medford
When: Thursday February 9th, 2006 at 7:00 PM
Contact Info: Melissa.bailey@tufts.edu or leslie.kersey@tufts.edu
Description: “Forty public policy groups have this in common: They challenge mainstream climate science. And they all get money from ExxonMobil” ~ Chris Mooney
Chris Mooney, Washington correspondent for Seed, senior correspondent for The American Prospect and author of the book “Republican War on Science” will speak at Tufts on Thursday, February 9th at 7:00 pm in ASEAN auditorium at The Fletcher School, Cabot Hall. There will be a book signing and reception immediately following his talk. What is Mr. Mooney’s take on the issues of science and politics? Here are a few quotes from his website (http://www.chrismooney.com):
• “Wishes President George W. Bush would listen to the experts before he makes policy, especially with regards to global warming and stem cell research”
• “How conservatives are trying to use a conflict over obscure fish to gut the science behind the Endangered Species Act”
• “Will someone please make James Schlesinger disclose his energy-industry ties next time he writes an anti-global warming op-ed?”

Building Community through Design
Location: 52 Broad Street, Boston
Contact: Community Design Resource Center of Boston
320 Newbury Street
Boston, MA 02115
617-585-0189
info@cdrc-boston.org
Description: More than 20 design professionals, students and educators, community service providers, housing advocates, builders and developers gathered together at the Boston Society of Architects. The question: What could a community design center do for Boston? Using information from community design centers in New York and Pittsburgh as a jumping off point, the brainstorming charrette offered a wealth of potential activities and opportunities for a Boston center, ranging from direct project activities to education and training to acting as a clearinghouse for socially-conscious designers. Overarching themes from the session included strong emphasis on diversity, inclusiveness, sustainability, economic justice and participatory process.
By March, ten participants had been recruited to form a Boston CDC Steering Committee, taking on the task of distilling the varied input from the charrette into a coherent foundation for a new organization. In October, the steering committee celebrated the completion of its work in establishing the Community Design Resource Center of Boston (CDRC-Boston). Headed in its first year by Interim Director Brandy H. M. Brooks, the Centers mission is to provide services and resources that assist communities to envision, advocate, and implement high quality design solutions and ensure equal access to healthy, sustainable built environments. The Center is jointly supported by the Boston Architectural Center and the Boston Society of Architects, and its goals include education, technical assistance, collaborative design and community service.
Please join us on at the Boston Society of Architects to learn about the process of creating CDRC-Boston and how you can participate in this exciting opportunity to strengthen community and the built environment in Greater Boston. We encourage you to share this invitation with your colleagues! For more information about the Community Design Resource Center of Boston, please contact Brandy Brooks at the phone or email listed below.

European Perspectives on Farm Animal Welfare: Tufts University’s Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy Seminar Series
Behrakis Auditorium, 1st floor, Jaharis Center, Friedman School, Boston Campus
Vonne Lund, Ph.D-Senior Researcher, National Veterinary Institute, Oslo, Norway presents on farm animal welfare from the EU perspective. Farm animal welfare is getting increasing attention in most Western countries, as shown by public opinion surveys and by new and extended animal welfare legislation and other types of regulations. However, different strategies to improve farm animal welfare are used in Europe and America. This talk will describe the European situation and also make comparisons with the United States.

April 8, 2005
4:00pm

Talk of the Town: The past, present, and future of the Woburn Superfund Sites

Barnum Hall, Room 008

More than two decades ago residents of Woburn began to notice the presence of a leukemia cluster in their town. The cause was traced back to a property at which discarded barrels of toxic chemicals had
recently been discovered; these chemicals had leached into the town's drinking water supply. The civil suit that followed became the basis for a well-known book, A Civil Action, and a movie of the same title. The property, known as the Wells G&H site and the nearby IndustriPlex site have been designated Superfund sites. The Environmental Protection Agency opted to lump the two sites into a single case, and released a report in the early '90s that estimated it would take 20-50 years to cleanup the contaminated sites. Meanwhile, heavy metals like arsenic have seeped into the sediment in the Aberjona River and are contaminating areas as far down the river as the Mystic Lakes.

At our panel discussion, hear a firsthand account of the heartbreaking events that took place in Woburn, as well as learn about the current research and efforts to cleanup the most famous Superfund
sites in the Mystic River Watershed.

Sponsored by: Massachusetts Community Water Watch, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the University College of Citizenship and Public Service, EPIIC, the WSSS program, Tufts Institute of the Environment, Environmental Consciousness Outreach, the American Society of Civil Engineers, and Public Health at Tufts.

2005 Maurice Segal Lecture at Tufts University
Gus Speth , Dean of Forestry and Environmental Management at Yale University

ASEAN Auditorium (The Fletcher School, Cabot Hall)

Dean of Forestry and Environmental Management at Yale University, Gus Speth has been invited to speak at the endowed Segal Lecture--an annual environmental health event held jointly between Fletcher and the Medical School.Please mark your calendars. Formal invitations will be forthcoming, however, the entire Tufts community is welcome and encouraged to attend.

April 1, 2005
9:00-11:00am

10:45am-12:15pm

9:00pm

Sustainability Week
*Panel Discussion- From Production to Plate: Leaders Perspectives on Developing Sustainable Food Strategies
This panel will consider "sustainable" food not only from the perspective of product characteristics but also what is important to the various stakeholders involved. Who benefits from sustainability, who determines how it is being put into practice, and what are the outcomes of this process?
the Fletcher School, Medford Campus

*International Environmental Justice: The Tension Between Rural Livelihoods, Corporate Priorities and Political Gain
In the developing world, rural people rely on local natural resources to sustain their livelihoods. Environmental groups are interested in the conservation of these resources; corporations seek to profit from their extraction; and governments make the policies that ultimately sway the balance towards some stakeholder and away from others. This panel asks, is there a way that social equity, environmental justice, and economic development can meet?
The Fletcher School, Medford Campus

*Both morning events are part of Fletcher's FCIA panel. Please submit your registration online at: www.fletcher.tufts.edu/fcia

Live Music! Featuring the Foundation, Kervin, and Tufts' band Timelaps
Co-sponsored by Environmental Consciousness Outreach (ECO)
Oxfam Cafe, Miller Hall, Medford Campus

Sustainability Week
Climate Action Day at The Fletcher School:
Connecting Disciplines & Personal Actions
Fletcher School, Hall of Flags, Medford Campus

Sustainable Landscapes: From Classroom to Practice
CE 81 Capstone students present "Sustainable Landscaping of
Carmichael Hill at Tufts University" with faculty advisors Richard Vogel and Jeff Licht
Room 316, Media Center, Tisch Library

The University's Role in Corporate Responsibility
The emphasis of this panel led discussion will be to bring together diverse constituencies at Tufts who have an interest in the use of the University's endowment as an influence on the social and environmental impacts of the companies in which it is invested. Three speakers will present and engage attendees in a conversation about the role of the university in socially responsible investing.
Mark Orlowski, Executive Director, Sustainable Endowments Institute; Karen Chamberlain, Manager, KLD Indexes, KLD Research & Analytics; Neva Goodwin, Co-director, Global Development And Environment Institute.
Rabb Room, Lincold Filene Center

Keynote Address
Gary Hirshberg, President & CEO of Stonyfield Farm, Inc.
Stonyfield Farm, celebrating its 20th year, is the nation's largest organic yogurt company with all natural and Certified Organic yogurt and ice cream products distributed in all 50 states. The company advocates that healthy food can only come from a healthy planet.
ASEAN Auditorium, the Fletcher School, Medford Campus

March 30, 2005
11:30am-1:30pm

7:00pm

Sustainability Week

Brown Bag Lunch- Greening the Tufts Campus
To date, Tufts has been a leader in the campus greening effort of higher education. Come hear what we are up to lately over snacks and beverages, get a free canvas bag, and voice your interests and concerns. See the Report on Organic Turf Management at Tufts
Large Conference Room, Mayer Campus Center, Medford Campus
followed by a walking tour of the Campus

Tufts' Environmental Careers Panel
Tufts’ Office of Career Services is holding an environmental career panel and reception with Tufts alums working in a variety of environmental disciplines including environmental engineering, environmental policy/government, conservation, water resources, pollution prevention, environmental law, renewable energy, energy conservation, and more!
- The panel will be moderated by Kevin Doyle, National Director of Programs at the Environmental Careers Organization.
-Graduate and undergrads are welcome, both benefit from this event!
-Food & networking session immediately follows the panel.
Co-sponsored by Career Services
Room 740, Dowling Hall

March 29, 2005
11:30am-12:10pm

1:00-2:00pm

7:00-9:00pm

Sustainability Week
Green Roofs: A New Course and A New Direction at Tufts
Tufts Students/Sustainable Landscape Initiative will showcase their work on sustainable design which interfaces with recycling, or climate, or watershed, or nutrition (recycling food wastes as fertilizers) or landscape management.
Large Conference Room, Mayer Campus Center, Medford Campus

Social Justice of Sustainability Brown Bag Lunch
Join us for snacks & beverages, as we hear from Tufts Professors Adil Najam and Julian Agyeman about the role of social justice in environmental issues. Do environmentalists fail at including the 'human dimension'? How can those working on ecosystems and on human issues work together more effectively?
Large Conference Room, Mayer Campus Center, Medford Campus

Film: Affluenza
Come learn about the social and environmental impact of
our consumer choices and have a snack on us!
Barnum 104

March 28, 2005

5:00-6:30pm

March 11, 2005

12:00- 1:30pm

The Theory of Business Entropy and Why Engineers Make GREAT Entrepreneurs
Presented by the Guest Speaker Series of the Civil & Environmental Engineering Capstone Design Course
Greg Conigliaro (E’87), President Conigliaro Industries, Inc.
Location: Anderson Hall, Room 208

Description: Gregory Conigliaro, a graduate of Tufts Civil Engineering department (BSCE 1987) started Conigliaro Industries in 1990 as a paper recycling company. Since 1990, Conigliaro Industries has grown from 1 to 40 employees and currently accepts over 150 standard and difficult-to-recycle materials. The firm owns and operates a fully permitted 88,000 square foot Material Recovery Facility in Framingham, MA.

Mr. Conigliaro has pioneered many Product Stewardship initiatives for manufacturers across the country, developing and implementing product design criteria, product take-back, mail-back, disassembly, destruction, and recycling programs. Conigliaro Industries has also developed “Boston’s Best Patch” and “Plas-Crete Wall Blocks”; products made from recycled mixed plastics. These “vertical integration” projects are part of Mr. Conigliaro’s goal to eventually make a product out of every recyclable material handled by his firm. He is also a Lieutenant Colonel in the Massachusetts Air National Guard, and has participated in deployments for humanitarian aid and training to Honduras, Jamaica, Canada, and many continental United States locations.

Control of Reproduction and Territoriality: Tropical Birds as Model Systems
Department of Biology Spring Seminar Series
Dr. Michaela Hau, Princeton University
Location: Barnum Hall, Room 104, Medford/Somerville Campus
sponsored by Jan Pechenik

March 3, 2005

6:00 PM

• Radically increase the worldwide effort to protect Great Apes.
• Draft an international Declaration for the Protection of the Great Apes naming the Great Apes as World Heritage Species.
• Draft a Convention designating the Great Apes as World Heritage Species
• Promote international cooperation in protecting and conserving the Great Apes.Undertake public awareness campaigns to help protect Great Apes in all countries.

This event is being jointly sponsored by the Center for Animals and Public Policy at Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine and the Center for International Environment & Resource Policy at The Fletcher School.

February 27, 2005

9:00AM - 5:00 PM

“Oil and Water” The 2005 EPIIC Norris and Margery Bendetson International Symposium
Most panels will be held in Cabot Auditorium, the Fletcher School: 170 Packard Avenue.
Program:
February 23: National Launch of ”Vanishing," Lecture and Discussion with Antonin Kratochvil
February 24: Resources and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations
February 25:
-Caspian at the Crossroads: Energy, Environment, and Security
-Fighting for the Last Drop: Water in the Middle East
-Fueling the Superpowers: The Nexus of Foreign Policy and Energy Security
February 26:
-Oil: Blessing or Curse?
-Commons or Commodity? The Future of Water
-Sustainable Development for Human Security
-The Blue Frontier: Oceans and Economic Security
February 27
-Adapting to Climate Change,
-What Drives the Future of Energy?
For more information visit: http://www.epiic.org

February 23, 2005

12:00 - 1:00 PM

February 11, 2005

4:00 - 5:00 PM

February 2, 2005

12:00 - 1:00 PM

Should Climate Change Drive Energy Policy?
The Fletcher School, Cabot 702

Bill Moomaw (Director of the International Environmental and Resource Policy Program and Member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for the past 12 years)
Bruce Everett, Teacher of "EIB B284: Petroleum in the Global Economy" Former Executive with Exxon-Mobil

Fossil fuels provide the energy that powers modern economies. Yet many scientists claim our addiction to fossil fuels is changing the global climate, with potentially devastating consequences for life on earth. Can something be done about it? Should something be done about it? Come hear an environmental scientist and a former oil executive, two of Fletcher's most popular professors, search for common ground and an answer to the question: "Should Climate Change Drive Energy Policy?"

Catered reception to follow

Sponsored by ESI - Fletcher Environment and Sustainability Initiative

December 7, 2004
11:30-1:00pm
Boston Campus

December 8, 2004
12:00-1:30pm
Medford Campus

December 9, 2004
12:00-1:30pm
Grafton Campus

Fuel Prices Are Up — Save Money In Your Home!
Free brown bag seminar on how to save money in your home through energy efficiency upgrades.

How can I cut my energy bills? What should I do first?
In this seminar you will learn how to prioritize and how you can save
the most. There will be time to answer your individual questions.For renters and home owners!

Tuesday, 12/7/04, 11:30-1:00pm
Boston Campus, Sacker 304

Wednesday, 12/8/04, 12:00-1:30pm
Medford Campus, Olin 002

Thursday, 12/9/04, 12:00-1:30pm
Grafton Campus, Bernice Barbour Wildlife Building- Wood Conference Room

To register, please e-mail anja.kollmuss@tufts.edu
If you cannot attend, e-mail us to learn of additional seminars.

December 5, 2004

7:30-9:30pm

December 3, 2004

6:00pm

This is the third of three seminars in The Water: Systems, Science and Society (WSSS) Program series. Admission is free. Access to conference room is through the ground floor, rear entrance to Tisch, just off of Professor's Row.

Book Presentation and Reception to Celebrate GDAE Faculty Publications <