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by gmoke
Tue Aug 25th, 2026 at 10:43:25 PM EST
These kinds of events below are happening all over the world every day and most of them, now, are webcast and archived, sometimes even with accurate transcripts. Would be good to have a place that helped people access them. This is a more global version of the local listings I did for about a decade until September 2020 and earlier for a few years in the 1990s (what I did and why I did it at http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com/2013/11/what-i-do-and-why-i-do-it.html
A more comprehensive global listing service could be developed if there were enough people interested in doing it, if it hasn't already been done.
If anyone knows of such a global listing of open energy, climate, and other events is available, please put me in contact.
Thanks for reading,
Solar IS Civil Defense,
George Mokray
gmoke@world.std.com
http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com - notes on lectures and books
http://solarray.blogspot.com - renewable energy and efficiency
http://zeronetenrg.blogspot.com - zero net energy links list
http://cityag.blogspot.com - city agriculture links list
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Index
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What is water worth? Moving beyond the price tag
Wednesday, August 26
12pm to 2pm EDT [5:00pm to 7:00pm BST]
The Diamond - Lecture Theatre 2, The University of Sheffield, 32 Leavygreave Road, Sheffield, S3 7RD UK
And online
RSVP at https:/sheffield.ac.uk/grantham-centre/events/what-water-worth-moving-beyond-price-tag
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COPx Webinar: Wildfires at Breaking Point: Protecting Forests & Communities
Wednesday, August 26
1 PM - 2:15 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https:www.eventbrite.com/e/copx-webinar-wildfires-at-breaking-point-protecting-forests-communities
-tickets-1997482167935?aff=oddtdtcreator
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Data Centers and AI in En-ROADS: Modeling the Energy Demand of a Growing Industry
Thursday, August 27
12:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Online
RSVP at https:us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pi5rgqh6S-mJjulMN2JEmw#/registration
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No Prophets: The Fight to Save Democracy from Christian Nationalism
Thursday, August 27
6:30pm - 7:30pm
WBUR CitySpace, 890 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
RSVP at https:brooklinebooksmith.com/event/2026-08-27/wbur-cityspace-jared-huffman
Cost: $10 -$30
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4th MIT Global Humanities Forum on "Recovering Agency through Visual Arts amid Political Uncertainty and Exile" on August 28 (online)
Friday, August 28
10:00am to 11:30am EDT
Online
RSVP at https:mit.zoom.us/meeting/register/ZGi90f2sSRSMaASrz6txTA#/registration
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A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving: Lessons on Love, Care, and Survival
Monday, August 31
7:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-3820
RSVP at https:www.harvard.com/event/virginia-eubanks
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Diving Deep on the Blue Economy
Tuesday, September 1
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Mintz, One Financial Center, Boston, MA 02111
RSVP at https:luma.com/3xh30y0m
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APSA Pre-Conference Event: The Politics of AI
Wednesday, September 2
8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Northeastern, 103 Churchill Hall
RSVP at https:docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScQ4i8OGVlbcBM4ASlSEl4Xfi0yWFSLJt-o_Mu1pS94nXmGlQ/viewform
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Monitoring the World's Grasslands and Livestock: A Complete View of Overlooked Landscapes
Wednesday, September 2
9:00-10:00 am ET
Online
RSVP at https:landcarbonlab.org/events/grasslands-a-complete-view-of-overlooked-land#registration-form
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Union of Concerned Scientists Profiles in Courage: Science Rising National Call
Wednesday, September 2
3:00-4:00 p.m. ET
Online
RSVP at https:/secure.ucs.org/a/2026-9-2-science-rising-national-call-a
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Fire in the Heart of the City: The Triangle Shirtwaist Tragedy and the Origins of Modern Charity
Wednesday, September 2
7:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-3820
RSVP at https:www.harvard.com/event/david-conrad-perez
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The Carbon Wave
Friday, September 4
7:00pm
Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Coolidge Corner, Brookline, MA 02446-2908
RSVP at https:/brooklinebooksmith.com/event/2026-09-04/leah-c-stokes-gina-mccarthy-varshini-prakash-and-dav
id-abel-carbon-wave
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by gmoke
Wed Aug 19th, 2026 at 06:00:52 PM EST
Renewables
are cheaper than the alternatives
have provided the majority of annual installed capacity since 2012
been the fastest growing job sector for the last decade
generate over 30% of total worldwide electricity &
employ around 500,000 today
Coal is 38,300
Fossil fuels around 2,600,000
PS: Solar IS Civil Defense https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0mjqjgZ64E
Why enviros and environmentally inclined politicians aren't shouting this every chance they get is beyond me.
by gmoke
Wed Aug 5th, 2026 at 02:08:06 AM EST
The annual diagram of energy consumption in USAmerica is usually published in October of the next year
2024's has yet to be published
Probably because DOGE fired about 40% of the staff of the Energy Information Agency (EIA) which provides the data
2023 is the most recent available
I was surprised we used only 93.6 quadrillion BTUs although we've been bouncing between 90 and 100 plus a little since the year 2000.
https://flowcharts.llnl.gov
by gmoke
Fri Jul 31st, 2026 at 08:16:40 PM EST
Niagara Falls designs a community garden with the community - 3 proposals and a vote
https:/www.agritecture.com/blog/niagara-falls-urban-agriculture
https:urbanagricultureniagarausa.base44.app
Lorain, OH's urban ag plan
https:/www.agritecture.com/blog/how-lorain-ohio-built-its-first-urban-agriculture-plan
Agrivoltaics' 5 layer value stack
https:gemini.google.com/share/f8baf1f77d8b
Food Link "partners with food retailers, distributors, and farms to rescue high-quality fresh fruit, vegetables, meat, dairy, bread, and prepared foods that might otherwise end up in landfills"
https:www.foodlinkma.org
Boston Food Forest Coalition has 13 neighborhood food forests and plans to have 30 by 2030
https:/www.bostonfoodforest.org
Community managed natural farming movement in Andhra-Pradesh, India
https:/foodplanetprize.org/initiatives/andhra-pradesh-community-managed-natural-farming-the-women-r
ewriting-farming
Florida community garden
https:/cleantechnica.com/2026/06/15/want-to-create-a-viable-and-sustainable-community-garden-these-
folks-can-show-you-how
Dragonfly Sanctuary
https:/designawards.core77.com/Built-Environment/140639/D-F-S-Dragonfly-Sanctuary
Canada's National Food Security Strategy Allocates $750m to Controlled Environment Agriculture
https:www.agritecture.com/blog/canadas-allocates-750m-to-controlled-environment-agriculture
Public restaurants
https:joseluischicoma.substack.com/p/public-restaurants
Editorial Comment: I was reading Aristotle's Politics recently and was intrigued by his mention of public mess halls in both Athens and Sparta.
The 100-Cow Dairy Revitalization & Electrostate Framework
https:jgill5862.substack.com/p/executive-summary-the-100-cow-dairy
From garbage dumps to community garden in São Paulo, Brazil
https:globalvoices.org/2026/07/10/in-brazil-initiatives-in-peripheral-communities-seek-to-expand-e
nvironmental-education
Turtle Islands
https:/www.waterflowers.org/turtle-islands
https:/www.facebook.com/terry.bastian2/posts/pfbid02TmMCjBw83Uu1mCkPwJtxpZUusbJuyGJooXvS6Pi8uuj2nE7
2PYKhugZRM1jxLbbsl
by gmoke
Tue Jul 28th, 2026 at 03:58:21 PM EST
These kinds of events below are happening all over the world every day and most of them, now, are webcast and archived, sometimes even with accurate transcripts. Would be good to have a place that helped people access them. This is a more global version of the local listings I did for about a decade until September 2020 and earlier for a few years in the 1990s (what I did and why I did it at http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com/2013/11/what-i-do-and-why-i-do-it.html
A more comprehensive global listing service could be developed if there were enough people interested in doing it, if it hasn't already been done.
If anyone knows of such a global listing of open energy, climate, and other events is available, please put me in contact.
Thanks for reading,
Solar IS Civil Defense,
George Mokray
gmoke@world.std.com
http://hubevents.blogspot.com - full Energy (and Other) Events Monthly
http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com - notes on lectures and books
http://solarray.blogspot.com - renewable energy and efficiency
http://zeronetenrg.blogspot.com - zero net energy links list
http://cityag.blogspot.com - city agriculture links li
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Our Transformative Power: Built With Youth, Led by Youth
Wednesday, July 29
10:00am - 2:00pm EDT
More than Words Boston, 242 East. Berkeley Street Boston, MA
RSVP at https:/shop.mtwyouth.org/pages/upcoming-events#?event-id=85030
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Massachusetts DCR's Priority Actions - Part Two of the Webinar Series on Climate Resiliency in Massachusetts
Wednesday, July 29
11:45 am - 1:00 pm EST
Online
RSVP at https:ebcne.org/event/massachusetts-dcrs-priority-actions-part-two-of-the-webinar-series-on-climat
e-resiliency-in-massachusetts
Cost: $30 - 125
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Chornobyl Cinema: From Atomohrad Utopia to Contaminated Ruin
Wednesday, July 29
5 - 6:30 p.m.
Harvard, CGIS-Knafel Building, Room K-262, 2nd Floor, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
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Sustainable Fashion Consumption Symposium
Thursday, July 30
10:00 AM EDT -- 4:00 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https:/cbey.yale.edu/event/sustainable-fashion-consumption-symposium-0
We are pleased to invite you to our next webinar Digital Product Passports in Fashion: Opportunities, Challenges and Strategic Implications where Dr. Rosy Boardman will give an online presentation of her research on Digital Product Passports.
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Boston Urban Wilds Reception
Thursday, July 30
5 PM - 7 PM
Boston City Hall, 1 City Hall Square, Boston, MA 02201
RSVP at https:www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-urban-wilds-reception-tickets-1989839810438
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Step into the Revolution: a Colonial Dance Night for Everyone
Saturday, August 1
6 - 9pm
Kennedy Library, Columbia Point, Boston, MA 02125
RSVP at https:/www.eventbrite.com/e/step-into-the-revolution-a-colonial-dance-night-for-everyone-tickets-19
92768032830
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by gmoke
Sat Jul 25th, 2026 at 04:03:45 AM EST
From June/May edition of Clean Economy Works
(https:/e2.org/reports/clean-economy-works-june-may-2026-2 ):
"Developers planned 22 new utility-scale generation and storage projects in May 2026, representing 4,038 MW, approximately $6.1 billion in investment, 17,440 construction jobs, and 453 permanent jobs.
"12 generation and storage projects were canceled in May, representing 3,488 MW of lost capacity, nearly $5.9 billion in abandoned investment, 18,103 lost construction jobs, and 199 lost operational jobs.
"Year-to-date generation announcements remain ahead of cancellations: 84 projects and 17.3 GW have been announced, compared with 58 projects and 13.3 GW canceled or postponed."
From those figures, it seems like we would be moving to renewables close to twice as fast if Trmp wasn't in power.
Fact is
renewables are cheaper than alternatives
provide 90% or more of annual installed capacity year after year
have 3 times the number of people working than fossil fuel
has been the fastest growing job sector for the last decade
and Trmp is doing his best to kill the whole industry.
Would be good if people pointed this out more often, maybe even incessantly.
by gmoke
Thu Jun 25th, 2026 at 02:36:13 AM EST
These kinds of events below are happening all over the world every day and most of them, now, are webcast and archived, sometimes even with accurate transcripts. Would be good to have a place that helped people access them. This is a more global version of the local listings I did for about a decade until September 2020 and earlier for a few years in the 1990s (what I did and why I did it at http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com/2013/11/what-i-do-and-why-i-do-it.html
A more comprehensive global listing service could be developed if there were enough people interested in doing it, if it hasn't already been done.
If anyone knows of such a global listing of open energy, climate, and other events is available, please put me in contact.
Thanks for reading,
Solar IS Civil Defense,
George Mokray
gmoke@world.std.com
http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com - notes on lectures and books
http://solarray.blogspot.com - renewable energy and efficiency
http://zeronetenrg.blogspot.com - zero net energy links list
http://cityag.blogspot.com - city agriculture links list
Index
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Press Briefing: Europe's Deadly Heatwave & Its Vast Implications
Thursday, June 25
10:00 AM Eastern Time
Online
RSVP at http://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_exJS60lRSzO7j5nb6lpVRw#/registration
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Polar Bears on the Edge: Climate, Conflict and Crisis in the Arctic
Thursday, June 25
12 PM - 1 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/polar-bears-on-the-edge-climate-conflict-and-crisis-in-the-arctic-tick
ets-1984221312359
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Challenging the Christian Right Part 2: Rifts & Strategies,
Thursday, June 25
1:00 - 2:30 pm EDT
Online
RSVP at http://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lEiKsflMScSQNcS_fRONzQ#/registration
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6/26 Pro Tour: LEED Platinum-Certified, All-Electric School in Boston
Friday, June 26
1:30 PM - 5 PM
Boston, MA
RSVP at http://nesea.org/civicrm/event/register?id=574
Cost: $35 Members / $45 Non-Members
CEU Information: AIA (pending)
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Young Washington: Advance Screening and Discussion
Sunday, June 28
6 - 8:30pm
JFKennedy Library, Columbia Point, Boston MA 02125
RSVP at http://www.jfklibrary.org/events-and-awards/forums/06-28-young-washington
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The Perfect Moment
Monday, June 29
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-3820
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Second-Life Batteries: from E-Mobility to a More Affordable and Resilient Energy Future
June 30
9:00 - 10:00am EDT
Online
RSVP at http://hub.wri.org/events/2026/6/second-life-batteries-e-mobility-more-affordable-and-resilient-ener
gy-future
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Scenario Evolution Process (SEP)
Tuesday, June 30
09:00 in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Online
RSVP at http://iiasa.zoom.us/meeting/register/_6TmIgLeRu2HT3KzvcaXFA#/registration
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Uncovering AI's Human Cost: A Non Technical Toolkit for Investigative Reporters
Tuesday, June 30
10:00 AM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Online
RSVP at http://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lA4lvjVyTW6MTQWD_p5Ktg#/registration
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Ford Motor Company: Building the Future of American Manufacturing
Tuesday, June 30
2 pm - 3 pm ET, 1 pm - 2 pm CT, 12 pm - 1 pm MT, 11 am - 12 pm PT
Online
RSVP at http://republicen.org/ford?link_id=1&can_id=c24e327d71079787c6f56a6ac1caa7b3
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Tour of Newmarket Farms - An Example of Rooftop Urban Farming
Tuesday, June 30
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Newmarket Farms at Boston Medical Center, 960 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA
RSVP at http://www.architects.org/events/912457/2026/06/30/tour-of-newmarket-farms-an-example-of-rooftop-urb
an-farming
Cost: $10 - $15
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Boston Green Drinks Happy Hour
Tuesday, June 30
6-8pm
Night Shift Esplanade, by the Hatch Shell along the Charles River, Boston, MA
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-green-drinks-happy-hour-june-30th-6-8pm-tickets-1992140765657
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Nature-based Solutions and Food Systems
Wednesday, July 1
9 am - 10 am EDT [15.00-16.00 CEST]
Online
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.nl/e/nature-based-solutions-and-food-systems-tickets-1991688461804
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Powering Energy Security and Resilience: Shared Challenges, Local Solutions
Wednesday, July 1
10 AM - 11 AM EDT
Online
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/powering-energy-security-and-resilience-shared-challenges-local-solution
s-tickets-1991381455540
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Green heat for your street
Wednesday, July 1
2 PM - 3 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/green-heat-for-your-street-tickets-1989377376285
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Boston Engineering, Energy & Transportation Networking Event
Wednesday, July 1
7 PM - 9 PM
Bar Moxy, 240 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02116
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/boston-engineering-energy-transportation-networking-event-tickets-1987842
516478
Cost: from $9.85
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by gmoke
Mon May 25th, 2026 at 08:34:55 PM EST
These kinds of events below are happening all over the world every day and most of them, now, are webcast and archived, sometimes even with accurate transcripts. Would be good to have a place that helped people access them. This is a more global version of the local listings I did for about a decade until September 2020 and earlier for a few years in the 1990s (what I did and why I did it at http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com/2013/11/what-i-do-and-why-i-do-it.html
A more comprehensive global listing service could be developed if there were enough people interested in doing it, if it hasn't already been done.
If anyone knows of such a global listing of open energy, climate, and other events is available, please put me in contact.
Thanks for reading,
Solar IS Civil Defense,
George Mokray
gmoke@world.std.com
http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com - notes on lectures and books
http://solarray.blogspot.com - renewable energy and efficiency
http://zeronetenrg.blogspot.com - zero net energy links list
http://cityag.blogspot.com - city agriculture links list
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Index
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COPx Webinar: Colombia Climate Summit, The Push Beyond Fossil Fuels
Wednesday, May 27
1 PM - 2:15 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https:/www.eventbrite.com/e/copx-webinar-colombia-climate-summit-the-push-beyond-fossil-fuels-ticke
ts-1988860476223
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Healing the Earth from the ground up: How farms can fight climate change
Wednesday, May 27
5:00pm-7:00pm ET
149 Woods Hole Road, Falmouth, MA
And online
RSVP at https:www.woodwellclimate.org?event=woodwell-climate-conversations-healing-the-earth-from-the-gro
und-up
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Curious and Complex Connections: Environmental History and the War of Independence
Wednesday, May 27
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT
MA Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02215-3695
And online<
RSVP in person at https:/18308a.blackbaudhosting.com/18308a/Curious-and-Complex-Connections-Environmental-History-and
-the-War-of-Independence--In-Person-Prog
RSVP online at https:18308a.blackbaudhosting.com/18308a/Curious-and-Complex-Connections-Environmental-History-and
-the-War-of-Independence---Virtual-Prog
Cost: $0 - $10
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Jeremy Lent / Ecocivilization: Making a World that Works for All
Wednesday, May 27
10 PM - 11:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https:www.eventbrite.com/e/jeremy-lent-ecocivilization-making-a-world-that-works-for-all-tickets-1
982670686395
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Modelling to Policy: Circular Economy Pathways Towards Net-Zero
Thursday, May 28
7am - 12pm EDT[13:00-18:00 Brussels]
Brussels
And online
RSVP at https:iiasa.ac.at/events/may-2026/modelling-to-policy-circular-economy-pathways-towards-net-zero
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Navigating Systems Change Lab: Governance Deep Dive
Thursday, May 28
10:00 - 11:00am EDT
Online
RSVP at https:hub.wri.org/events/2026/5/navigating-systems-change-lab-governance-deep-dive
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When AI Meets Energy - Chris Mi, San Diego State & Novos Power
Thursday, May 28
10:30am - 11:30am EDT [1:30pm to 2:30pm PT]
Stanford, Y2E2 Building, 292A, 473 Via Ortega, Stanford, CA 94305
And online
RSVP at https:events.stanford.edu/event/smart-grid-seminar-chris-mi
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¿SUSTAINABLE? A Symposium Series - Waterscapes
Thursday, May 28
11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https:mlml.io/p/sustainable
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Voices of Change: An online youth panel on hope, agency and action
Thursday, May 28
1 PM - 2:30 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at https:/www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/voices-of-change-an-online-youth-panel-on-hope-agency-and-action-tick
ets-1983535094864
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Project-based carbon credits: Regulatory and market reforms
Thursday, May 28
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT
The Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, D.C. 20036
And online
RSVP at https:www.brookings.edu/events/project-based-carbon-credits-regulatory-and-market-reforms
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Budgeting in Place: How People's Budgets Shape Civic Life
Thursday, May 28
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Boston Central Library in Copley Square, 700 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116
RSVP at https:/bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/69e13733b6c4ac1fedccd7f1
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Can AI Transform Global Health? Promise, Progress, and Reality
Friday, May 29
9 - 10 a.m.
Online
RSVP at https:globalhealth.harvard.edu/event/coffee-session-can-ai-transform-global-health
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Environmental, Social, and Governance Standards and Practices of Chinese Companies in Critical Minerals Supply Chains
Friday, May 29
9am - 10:30 am EST [10:00 am - 11:30 am CEST (in English with Chinese interpretation available)]
Online
RSVP at https:/www.iisd.org/events/environmental-social-and-governance-standards-and-practices-chinese-comp
anies-critical
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Crisis of the Common Good: The Fight for Meaning and Connection in a Broken America
Saturday, May 30
7:00pm (doors open at roughly 5:30pm)
First Parish Church, 1446 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP at https:/www.eventbrite.com/e/senator-chris-murphy-at-first-parish-church-tickets-1986465894966
Cost: $20.00 (admission only); $45.00 (book included)
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by gmoke
Wed May 6th, 2026 at 06:25:39 PM EST
Massachusetts Building Inventory [MABI] explore the economics and environmental implications of a variety of upgrades from insulation and efficient appliances to heat electrification and rooftop PV for any residential address in the Commonwealth
https:/mabi.mit.edu
Ontario net zero energy house using PV, an air-source heat pump, and a latent heat thermal phase-change battery<
https:eepower.com/tech-insights/net-zero-house-uses-pv-thermal-battery-and-heat-pump-combo
Editorial Comment: Maria Telkes would be happy
China is building two-way charging stations that allow parked EVs to send power back to the grid during peak demand periods
https:/restofworld.org/2025/china-electric-vehicle-bidirectional-charging
hat tip Nik Cruz Patane
A CA community living off-grid for over a year
https:/www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-11-24/a-landslide-left-them-without-power-now-they-are
-one-of-californias-largest-off-grid-communities
If you hit a paywall, try https:archive.ph/0xgzF
DOE rescinds the Zero Emissions Building definition
https:cleantechnica.com/2025/12/03/undefining-a-zero-emissions-building-harms-consumers-wastes-ene
rgy-and-will-lead-to-polluting-buildings
Sustainability at a Swiss ski resort
https:/www.bbc.com/travel/article/20251215-the-swiss-ski-resort-reinventing-winter
If you hit a paywall try https:archive.ph/7YUbH
Dutch engineers develop bricks which grow moss to absorb CO2, encourage the proliferation of biodiversity, and provides a good insulation
https:ioplus.nl/en/posts/auke-bleij-wants-cities-to-breathe-through-moss-covered-facades
Editorial Comment: Cross-posted to City Agriculture (http://cityag.blogspot.com)
NYC congestion pricing for traffic reduced pollution by 22% in just six months, better than Stockholm or London
https:cleantechnica.com/2025/12/31/wowza-nyc-congestion-pricing-cut-pollution-22-in-just-6-months
Green Canary Software: "We have distilled years of sustainable design and development consulting insight to develop cloud-based software that provides an intuitive approach to LEED compliance, WELL protocols, and sustainable business practices."
https:/www.greencanarysoftware.com
New high efficiency solar cells
https:/www.independent.co.uk/news/science/solar-panel-breakthrough-renewable-energy-japan-b2948851.
html
Gaviotas, a long-standing sustainable village
https:www.bbc.com/future/article/20260331-a-1960s-green-utopia-tried-to-reinvent-the-world
Book: Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World by Alan Weisman
Andijk Floating Solar Project - tracking solar panels over a reservoir that also helps maintain the cleanliness of the water
https:www.floatingsolar.nl/pwn-andijk
by gmoke
Sun Apr 26th, 2026 at 11:45:34 PM EST
These kinds of events below are happening all over the world every day and most of them, now, are webcast and archived, sometimes even with accurate transcripts. Would be good to have a place that helped people access them. This is a more global version of the local listings I did for about a decade until September 2020 and earlier for a few years in the 1990s (what I did and why I did it at http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com/2013/11/what-i-do-and-why-i-do-it.html).
A more comprehensive global listing service could be developed if there were enough people interested in doing it, if it hasn't already been done.
If anyone knows of such a global listing of open energy, climate, and other events is available, please put me in contact.
Thanks for reading,
Solar IS Civil Defense,
George Mokray
gmoke@world.std.com
http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com - notes on lectures and books
http://solarray.blogspot.com - renewable energy and efficiency
http://zeronetenrg.blogspot.com - zero net energy links list
http://cityag.blogspot.com - city agriculture links list
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Index
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Green Transportation: Co-benefits for Climate, Air Quality, and the Economy
Monday, April 27
3 - 4 p.m.
Harvard, Pierce Hall Room 100F, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge
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When Acts of God Became Acts of Man: Floods, Property, and the Legal Origins of Climate Change in Houston
Monday, April 27
3:45 - 5pm EDT [12:45 - 2 p.m. PT]
UC Berkeley, 2240 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94720
And online
RSVP at https:/berkeley.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Nsm7A7sYQyWbo3szBCasmg#/registration
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The Edge of Space-Time: Particles, Poetry, and the Cosmic Dream Boogie
Monday, April 27
6:00pm(doors open at 5:30pm)
Harvard Science Center, Hall D, 1 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP at https:www.eventbrite.com/e/chanda-prescod-weinstein-at-the-harvard-science-center-tickets-19832826
03656
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Growing Up Online: Interactive Media and Youth Well-Being
Monday, April 27
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
SwissnexBoston, 420 Broadway, Cambridge MA 02138
RSVP at https:swissnex.zohobackstage.eu/GrowingUpOnlineInteractiveMediaandYouthWell-Being
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AHA Symposium 2026: Raised by AI?
Tuesday, April 28
8:00am -- 5:00pm ET
MIT Media Lab, E14 - 6th floor, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA
And online at https:www.media.mit.edu/events/aha-symposium-raised-by-ai
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The Latest Trends in Global Emissions
Tuesday, April 28
10:00 - 11:00am EDT
Online
RSVP at https:/hub.wri.org/events/2026/4/latest-trends-global-emissions?_gl=1*d92wxp*_gcl_au*MTEwNzM3NjQxNS
4xNzc0NzUzNjE3#register
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What Is College for Today?
Tuesday, April 28
5 PM
Online
RSVP at https:wgbh.zoom.us/webinar/register/6017761844579/WN_F6jyMTEoQnqQZ1Cd6jTh9Q#/registration
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Indigenous Insights for Planetary Health and Sustainable Food Systems
Tuesday, April 28
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Onliine
RSVP at https:www.eventbrite.com/e/pepin-lecture-online-book-talk-with-shailesh-shukla-priscilla-settee-ti
ckets-1985280921679
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Half-Life of Memory: Virtual Screening and Panel Discussion
Tuesday, April 28
6:00-8:00 p.m. ET
Online
RSVP at https:watch.eventive.org/halflifeofmemory/play/69dd425ad3678edd6062579c
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Shadows of the Republic: The Rebirth of Fascism in America and How to Defeat It for Good
Tuesday, April 28
7:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
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Maritime Geopolitics: Power, Trade, and Security at Sea
Wednesday, April 29
10 - 11AM
Cabot Intercultural Center, 170 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA 02155
And online
RSVP at https:tufts.zoom.us/webinar/register/4417763571316/WN_G6aI2exQSPqinBZXfGZVzg#/registration
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To Reflect or Deflect: Assessing Internal Accountability in the U.S. Military
Wednesday, April 29
12:00-1:30pm
MIT, E40-496, 1 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA 02142
And online
Livestream at https:www.youtube.com/channel/UCG5ooD8Ydk4vd83Ac8VNEoQ
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AI and Propaganda: Nothing Is True, and Everything Is Generated
Wednesday, April 29
5:00pm to 6:30pm EDT
MIT, Building E25, 111, 45 CARLETON Street, Cambridge, MA 02142
RSVP at https:docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeeQ9lHpokj096qWLuafaIOq6HUqynHiklx5SYXfyxJ804PKA/viewform
Seats are limited!
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Climate Change and Its Impact on Insects: Pollinators, Beneficial Insects, Pests and Invasive Species.
Wednesday, April 29
9 pm to 10:30 pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https:www.eventbrite.ca/e/climate-change-and-its-impact-on-insects-tickets-1981395095067
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Frontline Climate Defenders: A Call for Recognition, Inclusion and Protection
Thursday, April 30
9:00 - 10:30am EDT
Online
RSVP at https:hub.wri.org/events/2026/4/frontline-climate-defenders-call-recognition-inclusion-and-protect
ion
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Escape Velocity - How Technical Leadership Skills Launched Chris Birch to New Heights
Thursday, April 30
5:00pm to 6:00pm EDT
MIT, Building 34, 101, 50 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
RSVP at https:www.eventbrite.com/e/1986801800669
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Beyond Carbon Accounting: The Critical Missing Climate Lever
Thursday, April 30
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
The Foundry, 101 Rogers Street, Cambridge, MA 02142
RSVP at https:www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-carbon-accounting-the-critical-missing-climate-lever-tickets-198
7008977340
Cost: $15
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The Amazon: A Planetary Forest
Thursday, April 30
6:00 PM - 8:15 PM
SwissnexBoston, 420 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP at https:swissnex.zohobackstage.eu/TheAmazonAPlanetaryForest#
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Environmental Career Path Exploration Panel
Friday, May 1
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST
Online
RSVP at https:/lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/yrg4kvg/lp/50d50655-f762-4a81-92bb-5953cd3d0f82
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Elusive Water: The Life and Death of Central Asia's Aral Sea
Friday, May 1
6 - 7:15 p.m.
Harvard, CGIS South Building, Room S010 (Tsai Auditorium), 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https:/www.eventbrite.com/e/4th-annual-graduate-student-conference-on-central-asia-tickets-19870062
53192
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by gmoke
Mon Apr 20th, 2026 at 06:36:58 PM EST
USAmerica's WWII Victory Garden program harvested 40% of the vegetables on the Home Front within a couple of growing seasons (1942-1945) and a similar program happened at the same time in the UK.
55% of U.S. households (≈71.5 million) garden
Up to 74% of U.S. adults have gardened
43% of gardeners garden to produce food, with tomatoes grown in 86% of food gardens
30% of all households grow some of their own food
During hard times, participation in gardening increases and 18.3 million new households starting to garden in 2021 during the COVID pandemic
With the weather changing (I saw no crocuses this year), fertilizer becoming more and expensive, and supply chains becoming more and more brittle, it is a good idea to grow something yourself
Years of links to developments in urban and advanced agriculture at
http://cityag.blogspot.com
Perhaps some of those on general strike on May 1 would do well to start a garden on that day instead of going to work or shopping
by gmoke
Sat Apr 18th, 2026 at 08:01:38 PM EST
Kim Lane Scheppele has been ringing the warming bell on Orbán since at least 2010 when Paul Krugman allowed her to use his NYTimes column. This conversation between the two of them is the best explanation I've seen of what happened, how it happened, and what might be next:
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/kim-lane-scheppele-on-hungary
"Most, Rendszervaltas" or "Now, system change" for us all.
by gmoke
Fri Apr 3rd, 2026 at 02:41:52 AM EST
I recently read through China's 15th Five Year Plan 2025-2030
http://npcobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2026-Government-Work-Report_NON-FINAL_EN.pdf
to see what I could see.
There were 7 mentions of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism in 46 pages but the word Communism did not appear. This is a practical document, confirming my feeling that logistics is often more important than politics.
Here's what they say about energy and the environment:
"A drop of 5.1 percent in energy consumption per unit of GDP contributed to continued improvement in the environment."
Starting with energy efficiency warms my heart.
"The installed capacity of new-type energy storage exceeded 130 gigawatts (a mix of pumped hydro and batteries, compressed air, flywheels...), and the share of non-fossil energy in total energy consumption reached 21.7 percent. China announced its 2035 Nationally Determined Contributions to respond to climate change, demonstrating our commitment as a responsible major country."
by gmoke
Sun Mar 29th, 2026 at 04:37:32 PM EST
These kinds of events below are happening all over the world every day and most of them, now, are webcast and archived, sometimes even with accurate transcripts. Would be good to have a place that helped people access them. This is a more global version of the local listings I did for about a decade until September 2020 and earlier for a few years in the 1990s.
A more comprehensive global listing service could be developed if there were enough people interested in doing it, if it hasn't already been done.
If anyone knows of such a global listing of open energy, climate, and other events is available, please put me in contact.
Thanks for reading,
Solar IS Civil Defense,
George Mokray
gmoke@world.std.com
http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com - notes on lectures and books
http://solarray.blogspot.com - renewable energy and efficiency
http://zeronetenrg.blogspot.com - zero net energy links list
http://cityag.blogspot.com - city agriculture links list
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Index
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Thawing Ice, Rising Tensions: Canada's Arctic Security Challenge
Monday, March 30
10am ET [1 - 2:30 p.m. PT]
UC Berkeley, 223 Philosophy Hall, Berkeley, CA
And online
RSVP at https:/events.berkeley.edu/events/event/318353-thawing-ice-rising-tensions-canadas-arctic
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Systemic Risk Management: A Perspective from the Inter-American Development Bank
Monday, March 30
12:00pm to 1:00pm EDT
MIT, Building E40, 496, 1 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA 02142
And online
RSVP at https:docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdQM6e_3kz3A14_EvrO5H1Fq9ewXyhuICu6Syc9G2wH3el9Lw/viewform
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Forging a New Approach to Energy and Climate Policy
Monday, March 30
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM ET
Harvard, Rubenstein 414ab, 79 John F. Kennedy St, Cambridge, MA 02138
And online
RSVP at https:hksexeced.tfaforms.net/f/registration?e=a4oPp000001Th7RIAS&_gl=1*1wt8sqs*_gcl_au*MTc4ODQ
5MzA4My4xNzc0NDA5MjAy*_ga*MTI5MTI5MDM4Ny4xNzczNDU2NzA3*_ga_72NC9RC7VN*czE3NzQ0MDkyMDUkbzEkZzEkdDE3Nz
Q0MDkzNjgkajMwJGwwJGg3MzE2OTc3Nzc.
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When Bioeconomy Meets Carbon Removal: Insights from Integrated Systems Modeling
Monday, March 30
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Princeton, 300 Wallace Hall, Princeton. NJ
Online
RSVP at https:environment.princeton.edu/event/when-bioeconomy-meets-carbon-removal-insights-from-integrate
d-systems-modeling
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Tracy Palandjian on Investing in Opportunity
Monday, March 30
5:30 pm to 6:30 pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https:/www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-event-tracy-palandjian-on-investing-in-opportunity-tickets-1981
350168691
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The Future That Was: A History of Third World Feminism Against Authoritarianism
Monday, March 30
7:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
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America at 250 and Beyond: Union and Disunion
Monday, March 30
7:00pm EST
Harvard, JFK Jr. Forum, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA 02138
And online
Livestream at https:www.youtube.com@HarvardIOP/streams
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From Learning to Action: Practical Steps Towards Climate Ready Facilities
Tuesday, March 31
5 am to 6 am EDT
Online
RSVP at https:/www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-learning-to-action-practical-steps-towards-climate-ready-facilit
ies-tickets-1982494827396
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Earth and Life: A Four Billion Year Conversation
Tuesday, March 31
6:00pm (doors open at 5:30pm)
Harvard Geological Museum, 100 Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP at https:www.eventbrite.com/e/andrew-h-knoll-at-the-harvard-geological-lecture-hall-tickets-198282888
0558
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Ibram X. Kendi, author of Chain of Ideas
Tuesday, March 31
7:00pm (doors at 6:00 pm.)
First Parish Church, 1446 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP at https:portersquarebooks.com/product/event-ticket-includes-book-ibram-x-kendi-first-parish
Cost: $45 (book included)
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Public Health & Collaborative Governance in Extreme Heat Response
Wednesday, April 1
12 pm to 1 pm EDT
Online
RSVP at https:www.eventbrite.ca/e/public-health-collaborative-governance-in-extreme-heat-response-tickets-
1981378743158
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Politics and Culture from All Sides: The Environmental Impact of Fast Fashion
Wednesday, April 1
12 - 1:15PM
Tufts, 5 The Green, Medford, MA 02155
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Polarization and International Politics
Wednesday, April 1
12:00pm to 1:30pm EDT
MIT, Building E40, 496, 1 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA 02142
And online
Livestreamed at https:www.youtube.com/channel/UCG5ooD8Ydk4vd83Ac8VNEoQ
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Innovating with Amazon: CO2 Utilization in the Built Environment
Wednesday, April 1
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Greentown Labs Boston, 444 Somerville Ave, Somerville, MA, 02143
RSVP at https:luma.com/t0mmgaiv?lm_source=embed
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2026 Lemann Dialogue: Six Biomes, Multiple Realities, One Country
Thursday, April 2 - Friday, April 3, 2026
Harvard, CGIS South, Room S020, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
RSVP at https:prod-drclas2.drupalsites.harvard.edu/2026-lemann-dialogue
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Then and Now: How Conservation Careers are Evolving
Thursday, April 2
12 - 1PM
Tufts, 474 Boston Avenue, Medford, MA 02155
And online
RSVP at https:tufts.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pkis8_FaSnCqW3M1NB6CKw#/registration
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Data Centers in the AI Age: How To Up Reliability, Sustainability, and Scalable Innovation
Thursday, April 2
12:00 PM (EST)
Online
RSVP at https:trellis.net/webinar/data-centers-in-the-ai-age-how-to-up-reliability-sustainability-and-scal
able-innovation
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Arctic Wildlife, Oil, and the Rule of Law
Thursday, April 2
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Harvard Law School, Pound 100 Cahill, 1563 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP at https:/docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSedp2SWgvysQ0HSiWLnDsRIzRSKGQ1I0hOuR3J6rxEvW0MxTg/viewform
Important: If you are not enrolled as a student, or a staff or faculty member at Harvard please email Lana Nadj at lnadj@law.harvard.edu for access.
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The Political Economy of Energy Transitions in the Middle East
Thursday, April 2
4:30 - 6 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https:cmes.fas.harvard.edu/event/political-economy-energy-transitions-middle-east
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How to Disagree Better: The Secret to Less Conflict and More Influence
Thursday, April 2
6:00pm (doors open at 5:30pm)
Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP at https:www.eventbrite.com/e/julia-minson-at-the-cambridge-public-library-tickets-1983580407395
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Leadership in Challenging Times
Thursday, April 2
6:00pm EST
Harvard, JFK Jr. Forum, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA 02138
And online
Livestream at https:www.youtube.com@HarvardIOP/streams
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Science Under Siege
Thursday, April 2
6:00pm - 7:30pm
MIT Museum, 314 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02142
RSVP at https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/programs/author-talk-science-under-siege-how-to-fight-the-five-most-powerf
ul-forces-that-threaten-our-world
Cost: $5
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by gmoke
Tue Mar 3rd, 2026 at 08:56:40 PM EST
Windspeed -
how fast the air around us
can move
https:/solarray.blogspot.com/2026/03/windspeed.html
Tornados are rated up to and beyond 200 mph/322 kph on the F (Fujita) Scale
A 1999 tornado in Bridge Creek, near Oklahoma City
reached a speed of about 300 mph/483 kph
as measured by Doppler radar
Barrow Island, Antarctica recorded the highest non-tornado wind speed
during 1996's Tropical Cyclone Olivia
with 253 mph/407 kph winds
The fastest katabatic wind (wind traveling downslope) was 168 mph/270 kph,
recorded in 1912 at Cape Denison in Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica
where annual average daily maximum wind speed is 44 mph/71 kph,
gale force (more than 39 mph/63 kph) on the Beaufort Scale
Mount Washington, New Hampshire held the world record
for the strongest recorded wind gust (231 mph/372 kph, recorded in 1934) until recently
and has an average annual wind speed of 35 mph/56 kph
as well as average monthly peak gusts of 150 to 170 mph/242 to 274 kph
It is the windiest place in USAmerica and the world
In Rio Gallegos, Argentina the average annual wind speed is 15.7 mph/25.26 kph
Dodge City, Kansas has an average wind speed of 15 mph/24 kph
St John's, Newfoundland averages 13 mph/21 kph winds
Scotland has average wind speeds of between 10 and 18 mph/16 and 29 kph
and some areas have 30 days in a year of gale force winds (Beaufort Scale) of 39 mph/63 kph
In 2024, 73.1% of Scotland's total electricity generation was from renewable power
78% of which is wind energy
or 57% of all Scots electricity
and 21.9 TWh of power
enough to meet all Scotland's electricity consumption
which in 2024 was 21.7 TWh
In 2024, renewable sources generated 38.4 TWh so
Scotland exported excess power to the rest of the UK
and another estimated 8.3 TWh of wind energy was discarded in 2024,
primarily due to lack of transmission infrastructure
The wind moves
inexhaustibly
and we can move with it
or be blown away
hat tip to https:/www.treehugger.com/10-of-the-windiest-places-in-the-world-11889062
by gmoke
Wed Feb 25th, 2026 at 11:11:08 PM EST
These kinds of events below are happening all over the world every day and most of them, now, are webcast and archived, sometimes even with accurate transcripts. Would be good to have a place that helped people access them. This is a more global version of the local listings I did for about a decade until September 2020 and earlier for a few years in the 1990s.
A more comprehensive global listing service could be developed if there were enough people interested in doing it, if it hasn't already been done.
If anyone knows of such a global listing of open energy, climate, and other events is available, please put me in contact.
Thanks for reading,
Solar IS Civil Defense,
George Mokray
gmoke@world.std.com
http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com - notes on lectures and books
http://solarray.blogspot.com - renewable energy and efficiency
http://zeronetenrg.blogspot.com - zero net energy links list
http://cityag.blogspot.com - city agriculture links list
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Index
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Turning Insurance into a Force for Climate Action / Sustainability Lunch Series
Thursday, February 26
11:45am to 12:45pm EST
Online
RSVP at https:/cglink.me/2eJ/r1934986
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Can the Ocean Clean Up Our Carbon Mess?
Thursday, February 26
12 - 1PM
Tufts, Curtis Hall, Multipurpose Room, 474 Boston Avenue, Medford, MA
And online
RSVP at https:as.tufts.edu/environmentalstudies/news-events/hoch-cunningham-lecture-series#feb26
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Industrial Policy in Action: Lessons from Over a Decade at the DOE
Thursday, February 26
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET
Online
RSVP at https:www.hks.harvard.edu/events/industrial-policy-action-lessons-over-decade-doe
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AI Will Shop, Pay, and Decide for You. What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Building Governance for the Agentic Economy
Thursday, February 26
12 - 1 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https:www.hks.harvard.edu/events/building-governance-agentic-economy
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Insights to Action: Coastal and Marine Climate Impacts and Adaptation Priorities
Thursday, February 26
1:00 pm
Online
RSVP at https:necasc.umass.edu/webinars/insights-action-coastal-and-marine-climate-impacts-and-adaptation-
priorities
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Holding Care with the Land: Forest Therapy and Collective Healing
Thursday, February 26
5:30 PM to 6:45 PM
Online
RSVP at https:trusted.bu.edu/s/1759/2-bu/19/1col.aspx?sid=1759&gid=2&pgid=19114&cid=33957
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How AI is Impacting Journalism, Free Speech, and Public Discourse
Friday, February 27
4:00pm to 5:30pm EST
MIT Welcome Center, Building E38 Auditorium (195), 292 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02142
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Coded Bias: 5th Anniversary Virtual Finale Event
Friday, February 27
6:30pm to 8:00pm EST
Online
RSVP at https:www.eventbrite.com/e/coded-bias-5th-anniversary-virtual-finale-event-tickets-1975810499391
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MIT Sloan Africa Innovate Conference
Saturday, February 28
MIT, Building E51, Wong Auditorium, 70 MEMORIAL DR, Cambridge, MA 02142
https:mit-africa.com/africa-innovate-conference
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TEDxTufts: Blueprints For the Future
Saturday, February 28
10:30AM - 5:30PM
Tufts, Cohen Auditorium, 40 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA 02155
RSVP at http"/www.tedxtufts.org
Cost: $6.50
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Groundwater: Hidden Reserves, Public Decisions
Monday, March 2
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM ET
Online
RSVP at https:hksexeced.tfaforms.net/f/registration?e=a4oPp000001TMFtIAO&_gl=1*1sdy75b*_gcl_au*OTIxMzM
wMjk4LjE3NjkzNzkzOTI._ga*MTI5ODM2NTM4OC4xNzY5MTQ3OTAx_ga_72NC9RC7VN*czE3NzE4ODk2NTAkbzMkZzEkdDE3Nz
E4OTAwMjEkajIwJGwwJGg4NzkzODM4ODU
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Environmental Justice in the Time of Climate Denial: How frontline communities are organizing and building power as environmental protections are rolled back
Monday, March 2
12:15 pm - 1:15 pmA
Princeton, #300 Wallace Hall
And online
RSVP at https:cpree.princeton.edu/events/2026/environmental-justice-time-climate-denial
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Why are electricity prices rising in the US and what can be done about it?
Monday, March 2
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST
The Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, D.C. 20036
And online
RSVP at https:www.brookings.edu/events/why-are-electricity-prices-rising-in-the-us-and-what-can-be-done-ab
out-it
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A Slightly Better Future
Monday, March 2
3pm ET [6:00 PM PST]
The Commonwealth Club of California, 110 The Embarcadero, Taube Family Auditorium, San Francisco, CA 94105
And online
RSVP at https:/www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2026-03-02/george-hammond-slightly-better-future
Cost: $5
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The Stratton Lecture: The Epidemic of Loneliness
Tuesday, March 3
11:30pm - 1:00pm
MIT Wong Auditorium (E51-115), 2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02142
And livestreamed
RSVP at https:www.eventbrite.com/e/stratton-lecture-the-living-brain-tickets-1980660496864
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Climate Change: A Solutions Approach (webinar)
Tuesday, March 3
12pm to 1pm EST
Online
RSVP at https:www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-change-a-solutions-approach-webinar-registration-1936833905349
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AI's Unquenchable Demand for Water
Tuesday, March 3
12 ET
Online
RSVP at https:coveringclimatenow.org/event/ais-unquenchable-thirst-for-water
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Catalyzing Climate Tech Capital
Tuesday, March 3
9pm EST [6:00 PM PDT]
Online
RSVP at https:/www.climateone.org/events/matt-rogers-co-founder-nest-and-mill-catalyzing-climate-tech-capit
al
Cost: $9 - $5
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Amazon Rainforest and Its Soils: The Tipping Point as an Imminent Risk of the Savannization of the System
Wednesday, March 4
12 PM ET
Online
RSVP at https:/www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2026-mauricio-fontes-fellow-presentation-virtual
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by gmoke
Tue Jan 27th, 2026 at 10:19:25 PM EST
These kinds of events below are happening all over the world every day and most of them, now, are webcast and archived, sometimes even with accurate transcripts. Would be good to have a place that helped people access them. This is a more global version of the local listings I did for about a decade until September 2020 and earlier for a few years in the 1990s (http://theworld.com/~gmoke/AList.index.html).
A more comprehensive global listing service could be developed if there were enough people interested in doing it, if it hasn't already been done.
If anyone knows of such a global listing of open energy, climate, and other events is available, please put me in contact.
Thanks for reading,
Solar IS Civil Defense,
George Mokray
gmoke@world.std.com
http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com - notes on lectures and books
http://solarray.blogspot.com - renewable energy and efficiency
http://zeronetenrg.blogspot.com - zero net energy links list
http://cityag.blogspot.com - city agriculture links list
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Index
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Algorithmic Power: The Role of AI in Foreign Policy
Wednesday, January 28
12 - 1:15 p.m.
Online
RSVP at http://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gFgV0OJMQVSdeU9Po2cfSw#/registration
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Indigenous History and Law: The Wampanoag Story
Wednesday, January 28
12pm to 1:15pm
Northeastern, Renaissance_Park, 310, 1135 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
And online
RSVP at http://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/60bf05c3-35ed-44b4-bcbe-65438d204e1d@a8eec281-aaa3-4dae-ac9b
-9a398b9215e7
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Shining a Light on Science at COP30
Wednesday, January 28
2:00-3:00 p.m. ET / 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. PT
Online
RSVP at http://secure.ucs.org/a/2026-1-28-shining-light-science-cop30
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Changing the Conversation: Intro to Effective Climate Change Communication
Wednesday, January 28
3pm to 4pm EST
Online
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/changing-the-conversation-intro-to-effective-climate-change-communicatio
n-registration-1978197446815
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Accelerating climate adaptation after COP30
Thursday, January 28
6am - 7:30am ET [11.00 AM - 12.30 PM BST]
Online
RSVP at http://www.tickettailor.com/events/cabotinstitutefortheenvironment/1943425f
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The Opinionated University: Academic Freedom, Diversity, and the Myth of Neutrality in American Higher Education
Wednesday, January 28
7:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP at http://www.harvard.com/event/brian-soucek
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Stories to Watch 2026
Thursday, January 29
9:00 - 10:30am EST
Online
RSVP at http://www.wri.org/events/2026/1/stories-watch-2026#register
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Stockholm Environmental Institute [SEI] Currents 2026
Which trends will shape 2026? And what will shape these trends?
Thursday, January 29
9am - 10 am EST [15:00 CET ending at 16:00 CET]
Online
RSVP at http://www.sei.org/events/sei-currents-2026-event/
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Accelerating climate adaptation after COP30
Thursday, January 29
11.00 AM - 12.30 PM
Online
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Building a Grassroots Movement for Global Development
Thursday, January 29
12 - 1PM
Tufts, Cabot Intercultural Center, Cabot 703, 170 Packard Avenue, Medford, MA 02155
RSVP at http://forms.monday.com/forms/13a44083d6ad376da9e579954daef62b?r=use1
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GovScape: Multimodal Search and Discovery for 10+ Million Government PDFs
Thursday, January 29
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Harvard Law School, Lewis Hall, 5th floor at the Berkman Klein Center's Multi-Purpose Room 515, 1557 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP at http://hls.harvard.edu/events/govscape-multimodal-search-and-discovery-for-10-million-government-pdf
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The Future of Special Education Amid Federal Cuts
Thursday, January 29
3:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Online
RSVP at http://bostonu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CaSFAJC7SwOZVFdNGoY2hg#/registration
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The Death and Life of Gentrification: A New Map of a Persistent Idea
Thursday, January 29
7:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP at http://www.harvard.com/event/japonica-brown-saracino
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Expanding Horizons in Computing: AI in Education
Friday, January 30
8:00am to 5:00pm EST
MIT, Building 45 (MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing), 51 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
http://computing.mit.edu/IAP2026
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The Mattering Instinct: How Our Deepest Longing Drives Us and Divides Us
Friday, January 30
7:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue. Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP at http://www.harvard.com/event/rebecca-newberger-goldstein
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Inspired by Ice
Monday, February 2
1 PM ET
Online
RSVP at http://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2026-inspired-by-ice-virtual
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Reporting on Power and Policy: A conversation with the 2025 Nyhan Prize Honorees
Monday, February 2
1:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Online
RSVP at http://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_eQo08xAOQ3yaTK_6kYiOWg#/registration
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Energy Resilience in a Warming World
Monday, February 2
1:30pm EST [4:30pm to 5:20pm PT]
Stanford, Building 450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 370, Stanford, CA 94305
And online
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Alice Hill, Council on Foreign Relations
Monday, February 2
7:30pm EST [4:30pm to 5:20pm PT]
Stanford, Building 370, 450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 370, Stanford, CA 94305
And online
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by gmoke
Tue Jan 13th, 2026 at 03:31:35 AM EST
[For years I've wondered if there was anyone backcasting climate success based upon the Carbon Clock (https://www.pik-potsdam.de/Carbonclock/Carbonclock.htm) which estimates that by July 2029 we will have emitted enough CO2 and other climate change agents to pass 1.5˚C over the pre-industrial climate and May 2047 to gegt to 2˚C hotter. Not having found such a study, I decided to have a conversation with a Large Language Model, Claude.ai, to see if that would give me a better handle on what is possible and how to achieve it.
Here is the summary of the resulting conversation.]
Starting Point: The Energy Challenge
Initial prompt: Global energy at 20 TW now, 21.73 TW by 2029, 23.2-31.4 TW by 2047. Renewables at 30% of electricity now. What are the effects of transitioning to climate neutral?
First Major Shift: The Efficiency Multiplier Discovery
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