[7] in peace2
No subject found in mail header
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (F. AuYeung)
Mon Nov 22 17:29:29 1999
Message-Id: <199911222228.RAA10139@m56-129-17.mit.edu>
To: save@MIT.EDU, peace2@MIT.EDU, basec@MIT.EDU
cc: alsmith@MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 17:28:58 -0500
From: "F. AuYeung" <auyeung@MIT.EDU>
from women's issues (#1) to Kosovo's aftermath (#13) and all the
environmental/justice ones in between...
------- Forwarded Message
From: Darian Unger <unger@alum.mit.edu>
Subject: HEN: Volume 11, Issue 11, November 29, 1999
>Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 14:17:54 -0500 (EST)
>From: priscilla chan <chan7@fas.harvard.edu>
>To: HEN-L@envlib2.harvard.edu
>Subject: HEN: Volume 11, Issue 11, November 29, 1999
>
>
>-------- http://environment.harvard.edu/HEN -------------------
>
>
>THE HARVARD ENVIRONMENT NETWORK BULLETIN
>Volume 11, Issue 11, November 29, 1999
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>INDEX TO LISTINGS
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>-----LECTURES, SEMINARS, EVENTS-----
>
>-*-*-*-ADDENDUM TO LAST WEEK'S HEN-*-*-*-
>
>TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23
> #1 "Women and Governance: A Global Perspective:
> Beijing+5 - Where do we go from here?"
>-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
>
>TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30
> #2 "Environmental Partnerships: NGO's and Business"
>WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1
> #3 "Predicting Spatial Patterns of Deforestation"
> #4 "On Hurricanes and Ocean"
>THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2
> #5 "Clean and Efficient Electric Power Generation:
> Achievements and Prospects"
> #6 Green Corps Informational Meeting
> #7 "Treating Patients as Part of a Population:
> When Legitimate and Under What Circumstances?"
> #8 "Your Most Important Environmental Choices"
>FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3
> #9 "Broken Limbs and Net-Like Structures in Tree of Life"
> #10 "Influence of climate on longleaf pine canopy
> dynamics and cone crop production"
>MONDAY, DECEMBER 6
> #11 Agricultural Development Simulation
>TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7
> #12 Forestry Issues Simulation
>WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8
> #13 "Kosovo: Humanitarian Issues in
> Post-Conflict Reconstruction"
>THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9
> #14 Renewable Energy Lecture Series
> #15 "Iran's Population Policy and Family Planning Program"
>FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10
> #16 Tree Huggers Ball
> #17 "Toward Sustainability:
> Social and Environmental Justice"
>SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12
> #18 Genetic Engineering and the Modern Scientific Paradigm
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>-----LECTURES, SEMINARS, EVENTS-----
>
>
>-*-*-*-ADDENDUM TO LAST WEEK'S HEN-*-*-*-
>
>TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23
>
>#1 "Women and Governance: A Global Perspective: Beijing+5 - Where do we go
>from here?"
>Discussion with June Zetlin, Executive Director, Women Environment and
>Development Organisation (WEDO). WEDO is an international organization
>advocating social, economic and environmental justice. Among other things
>it monitors compliance with UN agreements and resolutions worldwide. Come
>and join us for interesting discussion and learn why WEDO concludes that
>women are better off today than in 1995. Learn about the role of UN
>Conferences in helping women be a part of Global Governance and join other
>graduate students to talk about issues that concern our future. Time: 6
>pm. Location: Rm. L-230, Littauer Building, Kennedy School of Government,
>Harvard University. Contact: Thais Corral, Thais_Corral@harvard.edu
>
>-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
>
>
>TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30
>
>#2 "Environmental Partnerships: NGO's and Business"
>Seminar with Victoria Mills & Elizabeth Strucken, Alliance for
>Environmental Innovation and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). Sponsored
>by the International Environment & Resource Policy Program. Time: 12 pm.
>Location: 7th Floor, Fletcher School, Tufts. Contact: TIE, tie@tufts.edu
>
>
>WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1
>
>#3 "Predicting Spatial Patterns of Deforestation"
>Seminar with Maureen Cropper, World Bank. Time: 4-5:30 pm. Location: Room
>L-332, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 79 JFK Street,
>Cambridge. Contact: Prof. Robert Stavins (495-1820) or his assistant,
>Marelu Justus (496-8054) or visit www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~ec2690hf/
>
>#4 "On Hurricanes and Ocean"
>Seminar with Kerry Emanuel, MIT. Part of the Physical Oceanography Sack
>Lunch Seminars with the Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate in the
>Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at MIT. Time:
>11:55 am. Location: Building 54, the Green Building, MIT, 9th floor, Room
>54-915. Contact: Markus Jochum, markus@ocean.mit.edu.
>
>
>THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2
>
>#5 "Clean and Efficient Electric Power Generation: Achievements and
>Prospects"
>Seminar with Prof. Janos Beer, Department of Chemical Engineering, MIT.
>Time: 12-1:30 pm. Location: E40-496, MIT. Contact: Karen Gibson,
>kgibson@MIT.EDU
>
>#6 Green Corps Informational Meeting
>Attend an informational meeting for Green Corps, a non-profit Field School
>for Environmental Organizing. Meet with Leslie Samuelrich, co-founder and
>executive director of Green Corps, and a very inspiring organizer. The
>program includes intensive classroom training, hands-on experience running
>urgent environmental and public health campaigns, and placement in
>permanent positions with leading environmental groups. We place Field
>Organizers in 20 cities across the nation. Salary of $17,500, health care
>coverage, paid sick days and holidays, two weeks paid vacation, and a
>student loan repayment program. Time: 5:30 pm. Location: Shepherd Room,
>PBH, Harvard Yard. Contact: Frank Gorke, 860-233-7623,
>frank@toxicsaction.org - http://www.greencorps.org.
>
>#7 "Treating Patients as Part of a Population: When is it Legitimate and
>Under What Circumstances?"
>Seminar with Ezekiel Emanuel, Department of Clinical Bioethics, National
>Institutes of Health. Time: 12:30-2 pm. Location: Center for Population
>and Development Studies, 9 Bow St., Cambridge, MA. Contact: Suzanne
>Carlson, 617-495-0417, suzyq@hsph.harvard.edu
>
>#8 "Your Most Important Environmental Choices"
>Seminar with Dr. Warren Leon. Presenting the findings of a new book from
>the Union of Concerned Scientists: "The Consumer's Guide to Effective
>Environmental Choices". Leon will identify 11 priority actions individuals
>should take in their personal lives to reduce environmental damage, but
>will also discuss the roles of community projects and government policy.
>Find out how you can most effectively improve the environment. Presented
>by The Center for Energy and Environmental Studies and The Department of
>International Relations at Boston University. Time: 12:30-2 pm. Location:
>Room STH 19B, Basement of the Boston University School of Theology,
>Opposite to the BU Central Station on the Green "B" Line. Contact: Adil
>Najam, anajam@bu.edu
>
>
>FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3
>
>#9 "Broken Limbs and Net-Like Structures in the Tree of Life"
>Seminar with Mitchell L. Sogin (Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative
>Molecular Biology and Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods
>Hole). Sponsored by the MIT/Woods Hole Joint Program in Biological
>Oceanography and by the Department of Biology. Time: 12-1 pm. Location:
>Biology Dept. 68-180, MIT. Contact: Claire Ting, 252-1876, cting@mit.edu
>
>#10 "Influence of climate on longleaf pine canopy dynamics and cone crop
>production"
>Seminar with Neil Pederson, Tree-Ring Laboratory of the Lamont-Doherty
>Earth Observatory, Columbia University. Time: 11 am. Location: Seminar
>Room, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA (70 miles west of Cambridge). Contact:
>Audrey Plotkin, 978-724-3302 x268, aabarker@fas.harvard.edu
>
>
>MONDAY, DECEMBER 6
>
>#11 Agricultural Development Simulation
>The Consensus Building Institute, located in Harvard Sq., Cambridge, is
>testing a negotiation simulation that will be used to teach consensus
>building skills for achieving sustainable development. The exercise will
>be used in a training program for a selected group of future leaders in
>the field of environment and development from around the world. We are
>looking for a few people who are interested in negotiation and/or
>sustainable development issues to help us improve this simulation before
>teaching it next spring. Participants will be contribute to improving
>this important training, and at the same time will be able to practice
>their own negotiation skills. Dinner will be provided by CBI. Time: 6-9
>pm. Location: the Consensus Building Institute at 131 Mount Auburn Street
>(near the Harvard Square Post Office). RSVP with Kristen Andriola at
>kristen@igc.org - Contact: Tracy Dyke, 617-308-9638, tdyke@mit.edu
>
>
>TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7
>
>#12 Forestry Issues Simulation
>See above listing for details. Time: 6-9 pm. Location: the Consensus
>Building Institute at 131 Mount Auburn Street (near the Harvard Square
>Post Office). RSVP with Kristen Andriola at kristen@igc.org - Contact:
>Tracy Dyke, 617-308-9638, tdyke@mit.edu
>
>
>WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8
>
>#13 "Kosovo: Humanitarian Issues in Post-Conflict Reconstruction"
>Seminar with Jennifer Leaning, Harvard School of Public Health. Time:
>4:30-6 pm. Location: Center for Population & Development Studies, 9 Bow
>St., Cambridge. Contact: Sue Carlson, suzyq@hsph.harvard.edu
>
>
>THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9
>
>#14 Renewable Energy Lecture Series
>The Tufts University Climate Change Initiative presents Gregory Watson,
>Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust, on "Bringing Renewable Choices into
>the Massachusetts Marketplace". Sponsored by the Boston Area Solar Energy
>Association. Time: 7:30 pm. Location: First Parish Church, 3 Church St,
>Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA. Contact: BASEA, 617-49-SOLAR,
>http://www.basea.org
>
>#15 "Iran's Population Policy and Family Planning Program"
>Seminar with Farzaneh Roudi, Population Reference Bureau. Time: 4:30-6 pm.
>Location: Center for Population & Development Studies, 9 Bow St.,
>Cambridge. Contact: Sue Carlson, suzyq@hsph.harvard.edu
>
>
>FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10
>
>#16 Tree Huggers Ball
>Celebrating forest activism on the 2nd anniversary of Julia Butterfly's
>tree sit with a phone call from Julia! Forest Activist speakers, puppet
>theatre, auction, Julia video, dinner, live music, dance lessons, dessert
>potluck (bring your own dessert). Speakers include: Kristen DeBoer,
>Restore The North Woods; Jim Freeman, Native Forest Network; Brian Reed,
>Plymouth Wildlands Trust; and Kim Foster, Rainforest Action Network. For
>more information about Julia and her tree sit check out
>http://www.lunatree.org - proceeds to benefit the Boston Rainforest Action
>Group, Native Forest Network and Spontaneous Celebrations. Cost: $7
>adults, $3 children. Tickets available at Rhythm & Muse 403 Centre St.
>Jamaica Plain or call 781-321-8674 or email fosterk@gis.net - Tickets also
>available at the door. Time: 6pm-12am. Location: Spontaneous Celebrations,
>45 Danforth St. Jamaica Plain. Contact: Kim Foster, fosterk@gis.net
>
>#17 "Toward Sustainability: Social and Environmental Justice"
>Annual International Conference to be held May 31-June 2, 2000 at Tufts
>University, Boston/Medford, MA. Sponsored by The Planning and Environment
>Research Group of the Royal Geographical Soceity and Institute of British
>Geographers. Invitation for papers to be presented at the forthcoming
>RGS/IBG Planning and Environment Research Group international conference
>which is to be hosted by the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy
>at Tufts University and Tufts Institute for the Environment (TIE). The
>central theme of the conference will be the rapidly emerging agenda of
>social and environmental justice within sustainability discourses. Please
>send an abstract of 300 words, either by email or on disc by December 10,
>1999. Estimated cost: $350 US/ 240 sterling for complete accomodations.
>Contact: Dr. Julian Agyeman, julian.agyeman@tufts.edu or Dr. Bob Evans,
>evansb@sbu.ac.uk
>
>
>SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12
>
>#18 Genetic Engineering and the Modern Scientific Paradigm
>Lecture by Nina Moliver M.Sc.(A). She will offer an overview of some of
>the axioms that underlie the contemporary scientific reductionism on which
>genetic engineering is often based. She will ask questions such as: How is
>it that genetically engineered food has arrived on our tables so quietly?
>Why do some of the best-trained and sharpest scientific technicians in our
>society believe so completely in this technology? Why does modern science
>seem to be at war with our health, our environment, and our deepest
>spiritual connections? The EarthSave Boston speaker series includes a
>lecture, followed by open discussion, and then a delicious vegan dinner.
>Cost: $3-5 sliding scale, plus $7 for dinner. Time: 4 pm, dinner at 6 pm.
>Location: 45 Danforth Street, Jamaica Plain, Boston, 2 blocks from
>Stonybrook T station on the Orange Line. Reservations are required for
>dinner and should be made at 617-824-4225 by the Friday before the Sunday
>date.
>
>
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>HOW TO SUBSCRIBE
>To subscribe to HEN-L, send email to
>listproc@environment.harvard.edu with the body of your message:
>SUBSCRIBE HEN-L your name
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE
>To unsubscribe from HEN-L, send mail to
>listproc@environment.harvard.edu with the subject of the message:
>UNSUBSCRIBE HEN-L
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>WEBSITE
>For more info about the Harvard Environment Network Bulletin and other
>mailing lists, visit our website: http://environment.harvard.edu/HEN
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>HARVARD ENVIRONMENT NETWORK BULLETIN
>The Harvard Environment Network Bulletin (HEN) is published weekly through
>the school year and is supported by the University Committee on
>Environment. HEN provides a calendar listing of environment-related events
>and lectures in the greater Boston area; notices of jobs and
>opportunities; and announcements of new course offerings. This mailing may
>also occasionally include information and updates on current environmental
>issues relevant to university students, faculty, and staff.
>
>SUBMISSIONS: To have an announcement listed, please send a short
>description (including title, speaker(s), abstract, date, time, place, and
>contact information) to one of the following:
>1. via email to: hen-l@environment.harvard.edu (most preferred)
>2. via facsimile to: 617-495-5324
>3. via mail to:
> Harvard Environment Network Bulletin
> c/o Environmental Resources Librarian
> Cabot Science Library, Room LL-4
> Harvard College Library
> Cambridge, MA 02138
>4. via phone to: 617-493-3804 (least preferred)
>Submissions are accepted until 5 pm the Wednesday prior to publication.
>Regrettably, LATE SUBMISSIONS CANNOT BE ACCEPTED.
>
>SUBSCRIPTIONS:
>To subscribe to the print edition of HEN, send us your name and address by
>mail, fax, or email.
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>EDITOR: Priscilla Chan '01, Environmental Science and Public Policy;
>email: chan7@fas.harvard.edu
>MANAGING EDITOR: Tom Parris, Environmental Resources Librarian, Tel:
>617-496-6158; Fax: 617-495-5324; email: tparris@fas.harvard.edu
>
>Copyright 1999, President and Fellows of Harvard College, All Rights
>Reserved.
>
>
>
>
------- End of Forwarded Message
