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Featured

Harvard’s updated Sustainability Action Plan identifies priorities, strategies
Harvard Graduate School of Education

Sustainability Spotlight: Q&A with Mohit Rauniyar, Ed. M. ’24
Climate Change

A playbook for policy climate change
Chemicals

How Air Pollution Affects Our Brains
Climate Change

Letter from COP28
Clean Energy

12 Student Takeaways from the 2023 Climate Symposium
Environment

Rewilding Pilot at Harvard Business School
Resource Efficiency Program (REP)

Heating 101: Basic Heating Information
Harvard Kennedy School

Bringing the Corporate “E” and “S” together in ESG to Advance Global Development
Sustainability at Harvard’s Schools and Units

FAS faculty dream up, plan for Environmental Justice curriculum
Transportation

You bought an electric car. Why did your carbon footprint grow?
Sustainability Research

Who will fight for the frogs?
News

Salata Institute Appoints Inaugural Climate Action Accelerator Director, Lindi von Mutius

Upcoming Sustainability Events

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April

22

Monday
12:00 pm-2:00 pm GMT+0000

Open to Harvard Community

Earth Day Festival at HU Longwood

Earth Day
Longwood

Harvard community members are invited to stop by the Countway Community Garden at Longwood on Monday, April 22, from noon to 2 pm for information on sustainability, garden activities, snacks, and giveaways! Meet with Harvard Recycling, C-CHANGE, Restaurant Associates, Harvard University Dining Services, Longwood Consortium, and the event sponsors Countway Library, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard School of Dental Medicine.
April

24

Wednesday
8:00 am-5:00 pm GMT+0000

Open to the Public

BisNow: Building a Sustainable Boston: Carbon Footprint, BERDO 2.0 & Emerging Green Technology

BisNow
Chief Sustainability Officer
Heather Henriksen
Sustainable Building

Hear from Harvard Chief Sustainability Officer Heather Henriksen as she speaks on a panel about partnerships and sustainable building at Bisnow’s “Building a Sustainable Boston: Carbon Footprint, BERDO 2.0 & Emerging Green Technology.”
April

25

Thursday
6:00 pm-7:00 pm GMT+0000

Open to the Public

India: An Amphibian Hotspot

Environment
Harvard Museums
nature

In this talk, S. D. Biju will discuss his thirty years of research on the frogs of India and Asia and highlight the key role that scientists play in the conservation of species. After the lecture, visit the Harvard Museum of Natural History to see an exhibit of S. D. Biju’s frog photographs, and join ArtsThursdays—a free event featuring art-making activities and a cash bar.