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Nov
18

Earth Institute: Upcoming Events

Posted by W2G

I recently recieved an email from Earth Institute listing the following upcoming events.  I will continue to update events as I am notified.

Wednesday, November 19

Earth Institute Fellows Symposium
Speakers: Earth Institute Fellows; Introduction by Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall, Room 555

Contact: Events, events@ei.columbia.edu or call (212) 854-8158

Thursday, November 20

Master of Public Administration in Development Practice Information Session
Speakers: Various
Time: 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, International Affairs Building, 420 West 118th Street, Room 1501
Contact: Noura Bakkour, nb2321@columbia.edu or call (212) 854-3142

Tuesday, November 18

Sustainable Development at Columbia University: Human Rights and Sustainable Development
Speaker: Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 4:30 to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Jerome L. Greene Hall, room 104
Contact: Columbia Law School, hri@law.columbia.edu

Wednesday, November 19

The Politics of Food: A Conference on New York’s Next Policy Challenge
Speakers: Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor, City of New York; Father Miguel d’Escoto Brockman, President, United Nations General Assembly; Maya Wiley, Director, Center for Social Inclusion; Thomas Forster, New School Food Studies Program
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall, Roone Arledge Auditorium
Contact: Politics of Food Conference, conference@manhattanbp.org
Web Site: http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/food

Office of Academic and Research Programs: Geospatial Applications Brownbag
Speaker: Mark Becker, Senior Staff Associate, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
Time: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, School of International and Public Affairs Room 801
Contact: Amanda Christie, arc2140@columbia.edu

LDEO Division of Geochemistry Seminar Series
Speaker: Kevin Jones, Graduate Student, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University
Time: 1:30 to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building, First Floor Seminar Room
Contact: David McGee, dmcgee@ldeo.columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~dmcgee/GeochemSeminar/Home.html

Earth Institute Fellows Symposium
Speakers: Earth Institute Fellows; Introduction by Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall, Room 555
Contact: Events, events@ei.columbia.edu or call (212) 854-8158

The Climate Center Lecturer Series: The Flow of Energy Through the Climate System - Part II
Speaker: Kevin E. Trenberth, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Time: 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) Armstrong Hall, 3rd Floor Conference Room
Contact: Gavin Schmidt, gschmidt@giss.nasa.gov or call (212) 678-5627
Web Site: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/climatecenter/climate-center-lecturer-series/2008trenberthkevin

Columbia Water Center Seminar Series: Urban Impacts on Precipitation - An Intercomparison of the New York City and Beijing Metropolitan Regions
Speaker: James Smith, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Director, Program in Geological Engineering; Director, Program in Environmental Engineering and Water Resources, Princeton University
Time: 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, 924 Seeley W. Mudd Building
Contact: Columbia Water Center, watercenter@columbia.edu

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Information Session
Speakers: Various
Time: 4:30 to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall, Satow Room (5th floor)
Contact: Betsy Ness-Edelstein, betsy@ei.columbia.edu or call (212) 854-2525

CSSR Fall Seminar Series: Mother-Infant Interactions
Speaker: Beatrice Beebe, Clinical Professor of Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry), College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University Medical Center, New York State Psychiatric Institute; Professor, Columbia Psychoanalytic Center, Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
Time: 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Schapiro CEPSR Building, Davis Auditorium
Contact: Ossian Foley, opf1@columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cssr/upcoming_cssr_calendar.html

Thursday, November 20

The Climate Center Lecturer Series: The Global Water Cycle and Its Changes
Speaker: Kevin E. Trenberth, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium
Contact: Arthur Greene, amg@iri.columbia.edu or call (845) 680-4436
Web Site: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/climatecenter/climate-center-lecturer-series/2008trenberthkevin

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IGERT Joint Program 2008 Colloquium: Towards an Objective Evaluation of Climate Model Performance
Speaker: Thomas Reichler, Assistant Professor, Department of Meteorology, University of Utah
Time: 2:45 to 3:45 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Seeley W. Mudd Building, Room 214
Contact: Jennifer Cho, jc2305@columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.appmath.columbia.edu/igert

Master of Public Administration in Development Practice Information Session
Speakers: Various
Time: 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, International Affairs Building, 420 West 118th Street, Room 1501
Contact: Noura Bakkour, nb2321@columbia.edu or call (212) 854-3142

Friday, November 21

IRI Seminar: Climate, Forecast and Impacts Briefing
Speakers: Various
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont Campus, Monell Building Auditorium
Contact: Maria Rise C Fullon, mrf2102@columbia.edu

LDEO Earth Science Colloquium: Resetting Thermochronology of Near-Surface Processes
Speaker: Peter Reiners, Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona
Time: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-DohertyEarth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium
Contact: Natalie Boelman, nboelman@ldeo.columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/news-events/events/colloquium

LDEO Earth Science Colloquium
Speaker: Peter Reiners, Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona
Time: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium
Contact: Natalie Boelman, nboelman@ldeo.columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu

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All events are open to the public unless otherwise noted. For specific details on these events, visit the Earth Institute Calendar of Events

Directions to Columbia University

Directions to the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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All the above information was provided to my via email from “Earth Institute Events” events@ei.columbia.edu 

For more information, please visit Columbia University: Earth Institute website.

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Jun
23

Taking Action For Animals

Posted by W2G

Taking Action for Animals Event
For more information, please visit the official website

www.TakingActionForAnimals.org

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Jun
21

Energy Fair

Posted by W2G

The 19th Annual Energy Fair


“Learn, Connect, Act”

June 20 - 22, 2008 : Custer, Wisconsin

Presented by: Midwest Renewable Energy Association

Learn more…

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Jun
21

Rocky Mountain Folks Festival

Posted by W2G

August 15 -17


KT Tunstall, Amos Lee, Patty Griffin, Greg Brown and more.  The 18th Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival along the banks of the St. Vrain River, Lyons, Colorado.  Camping and tickets are available online at: www.folksfestival.com  Check it out!

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Jun
21

Green Concert: Ludacris and Tommy Lee

Posted by W2G


In an effort to suppport the renewal of Griffith Park, recently devestated by California wildfires, the star powered duo of Chris “Ludacris” Bridges and Tommy Lee have teamed up with Planet Green.   The team will participate in the upcome television series Battleground Earth, culminating with a benefit concert  at the Greek Theatre on Wednesday, May 28.

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Jun
13

Green Events Around The World

Posted by W2G

Envirovents Green Events
Free Farm Food in Colorado
This weekend, and for Thanksgiving, a very unique event is happening in Platteville, Colorado.  A family owned farm is giving away free food for two whole days to give thanks to the local community for supporting them for so many years.  This is the kind of thing that makes supporting local farming all the more [...]
Solfest 2008 Wrapup
Like mentioned in the last post, Solfest 2008 was just recentt. I travelled up using their carpool from spaceshare.com. I used SpaceShare last year too, both times with great results. Not only does it save money and pollution, but it allows some company on the long trip and get a good connection for someone to [...]
Greensumption
Now this isn’t an event, but from time to time Envirovents wants to notify the public of something great we found. A friend sent this over and I think it’s a great piece of work.
Check out Greensumption on Youtube.

It’s a cleverly made piece that sums up what Envirovents thinks about a lot of green [...]

Solfest, Powered by the Sun
It’s been a little while since the last post, but for good reason.   Lack of funding.  Being green is not such a great market to be in unless you’re selling green products, energy, or housing.  While the green economy is increasing, there is still little money to be made in the rest of the green [...]
SF Bay Area Gets Public Transport Upgrade
Yes, I realize this is not an event, but how do you get to your events?  We here at Envirovents noticed that some “green” events don’t even mention forms of nearby public transportation.  Very odd considering that green-minded individuals are more likely to use public transportation.
Anyway, for those of you living in the San Francisco [...]
2008 World Environment Day
The 2008 World Environment Day was hosted in Wellington, New Zealand this year, and the North American version was hosted in Chicago. The Chicago Botanic Garden was chosen by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) .  Check out the website and information that was provided, as well as check out the offical explanation and links [...]
Netsquared Conference 2008

Last week there was an event of a different color than green. The 2008 Netsquared Conference at the Cisco campus, brought together social entrepreneurs from all over the United States for a “mashup challenge.” The projects ranged from political, to humanitarian, to environmental, to a combination thereof. The challenge, was a peer voting for [...]
Green Apple Festival Highlights
I know it’s been awhile since Earth Day, but I didn’t happen to run across this video until now. I don’t think I need to write a blog post for this, as the video is self explanatory.
See the video here
Envirovents Is Up and Running!
Envirovents is now up and running and open for all to see.
For everyone who has been helping in the beta testing, thank you for your support. Those waiting around for the go ahead to write about our website, you may now write away. We’ll be doing a “2nd launch” when all the kinks are worked [...]
The EcoCity World Summit Came to San Francisco This Year!

This past weekend was the EcoCity World Summit, hosted in San Francisco, California from April 21st through the 26th. On hand were top city officials, planners, designers, and futurists from around the world. San Francisco was lucky enough to be chosen for this years conference. Previous years were held in India, China, Brazil, etc.
I was [...]
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