by gmoke
Mon Dec 22nd, 2025 at 08:47:46 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 (what I did and why I did it at http://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com/2013/11/what-i-do-and-why-i-do-it.html) 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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Picture + Panel: Grief and Loss with Tom Hart and Jesse Mechanic
Monday, January 5
7:00pm
Boston Figurative Art Center, 285 Washington Street, Somerville, MA 02143
RSVP at http://portersquarebooks.com/event/2026-01-05/picture-panel-grief-and-loss-tom-hart-and-jesse-mechan
ic
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What is Trump's Golden Dome? Are We Paying for Ineffective Missile Defense and a Spiraling Nuclear Arms Race?
Monday, January 5
7pm - 8:30 pm EST
Online
RSVP at http://masspeaceaction.org/event/trumps-golden-dome/
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Allocating Electricity
Monday, January 5
7:30PM EST [4:30pm to 5:20pm PT]
Stanford, Building 370, 370, 450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 370, Stanford, CA 94305
And online
RSVP at http://events.stanford.edu/event/stanford-energy-seminar-allocating-electricity-klass
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Thermal Energy Networks for Rapid Decarbonization of Campus, Neighborhood, and City Buildings
Wednesday, January 7; Wednesday, January 14; Wednesday, January 21; Wednesday, January 28
1:00pm to 5:00pm EST
Building N51, N51-310, 265 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139
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Cecily Parks, Author of The Seeds, and Elizabeth Bradfield, Author of Sofar
Wednesday, January 7
7:00pm
Cambridge Edition, 1815 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140-1413
RSVP at http://portersquarebooks.com/event/2026-01-07/cecily-parks-author-seeds-and-elizabeth-bradfield-auth
or-sofar
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EBC Seventh Annual New England Climate Change and Resiliency Summit
Thursday, January 8
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
University of Massachusetts Lowell, University Crossing Atrium & Moloney Ballroom
RSVP at http://ebcne.org/event/ebc-seventh-annual-new-england-climate-change-and-resiliency-summit-poster-se
ssion/
Cost: $30 - $210
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A Year In Review! Your 2025 Dose of Climate Hope
Thursday, January 8
12pm to 1pm EST
Online
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-year-in-review-your-2025-dose-of-climate-hope-tickets-1902229382289
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Artist Carsten Höller in Conversation with Dream Scientist Adam Haar Horowitz
Friday, January 9
6:00pm to 7:30pm EST
MIT Museum, 314 Main Street, Gambrill Center, Cambridge MA 02142
RSVP at http://mitmuseum.mit.edu/programs/artist-carsten-h%C3%B6ller-in-conversation-with-dream-scientist-ad
am-haar-horowitz
Cost: $15 General Admission | $5 for MIT ID Holders
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Introduction to Nature Monitoring in the City
Saturday, January 10
2pm to 3:30pm EST
Somerville Community Growing Center, 22 Vinal Avenue, Somerville, MA 02143
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/introduction-to-nature-monitoring-in-the-city-tickets-1975242139411
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Decarbonizing Metallurgy from Extraction to 3D Printing
Monday, January 12
7:30pm EST [4:30pm to 5:20pm PT]
Stanford,450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 370, Stanford, CA 94305
And online
RSVP at http://events.stanford.edu/event/stanford-energy-seminar-decarbonizing-metallurgy-leora-dresselhaus-
marais
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Breaking the Polarization Trap: A New Approach to Political Cooperation
Monday, January 12
9pm EST [6:00 PM PST]
Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California, 110 The Embarcadero, Taube Family Auditorium, San Francisco, CA 94105
And online
RSVP at http://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2026-01-12/breaking-polarization-trap-new-approach-political-
cooperation
Cost: $10 - $22
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Climate science for creators: Sharing accurate info about a warming world
Tuesday, Jauary 13
1pm to 2pm EST
Online
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-science-for-creators-sharing-accurate-info-about-a-warming-world
-tickets-1977382189358
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The Fundamentals of Climate Science and Policy
Tuesday, January 13 - 15
3:00pm to 5:00pm EST
Building E38 (MIT Welcome Center), MIT Innovation Headquarters, 7th Floor, 292 Main St, Cambridge, MA 02142
RSVP at http://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeL0Z0WblJWruFY1QFc4k2FFGl6ZxzlNpbNljzo9IiGxVnT8A/viewform
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Risk Communication to Bridge the Generations of Tribal Voices
January 14
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Columbia, 2910 Broadway, Conference Room A, New York, NY 10025
And online
RSVP at http://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfkWnSDiiH-7-plObEOR5vP3bjbiFM31Nw2Lt_yDCuNTcE8iA/viewform
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Boston Engineering, Energy & Transportation
Wednesday, January 14
7:00 PM EST
Bar Moxy, 240 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02116
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-engineering-energy-transportation-tickets-1967744405487
Cost: $20.70
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Planning for heat: what planning teams need to know about air source heat pumps
Thursday, January 15
8am - 9am EST [13:00 - 14:00 BST]
Online
RSVP at http://www.nesta.org.uk/event/planning-for-heat-what-planning-teams-need-to-know-about-air-source-he
at-pumps/
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Using AI to analyze agrifood project design
Thursday, January 15
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
MIT, Building E38 (MIT Welcome Center), 292 MAIN ST, Cambridge, MA 02142
RSVP at http://sustainability.mit.edu/event/using-ai-analyze-agrifood-project-design
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Left & Right: The Psychological Significance of a Political Distinction
Thursday, January 15
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Online
RSVP at http://bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/692f1d76884c6a3515bb4e32
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Science Diplomacy in Crowded Orbits: The Global Challenge of a Sustainable Space Age
Thursday, January 15
6:00pm to 8:00pm EST
MIT Museum, 314 Main Street, Gambrill Center, Cambridge MA 02142
RSVP at http://mitmuseum.mit.edu/programs/science-diplomacy-in-crowded-orbits-the-global-challenge-of-a-sust
ainable-space-age
Cost: $15 General Admission | $5 for MIT ID Holders
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Policy & Power: New Nuclear in Massachusetts?
Thursday, January 15
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM (Eastern)
Online
RSVP at http://act.sierraclub.org/events/details?formcampaignid=701Po00001NUYg7IAH&mapLinkHref=
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Climate & Immigration
Friday, January 16
12pm to 3pm EST
Online
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-immigration-tickets-157305114833
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Science and Social Justice in a Changing World
Tuesday, January 20
2:00pm to 3:15pm EST
MIT, Building 68, 181, 31 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
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IAP Infinite Corridor Speed of Light Measurement
Tuesday, January 20
4:00pm to 5:00pm EST
MIT, Building 7, 3rd Floor - Entrance to Infinite Corridor, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139
http://project-manus.libcal.com/event/16034845
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Spotlight on Marketing: How to minimise the risk of greenwash and maximise the impact of green messagingDate
Tuesday, January 20
6:00 - 07:00 EST
Online
RSVP at http://webinars.businessgreen.com/how-to-minimise-the-risk-of-greenwash-and-maximise-the-impact-of-g
reen-messaging/register
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Living Between Worlds--with Courage, Dignity, and Power
Wednesday, January 21
3:00 PM
Online
RSVP at http://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvf-mvrD8qGNUBS287pVRGQr77bUBhKQF4#/registration
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Has the Economy Outgrown the Planet?: a workshop series on degrowth, limits, and wellbeing
Thursday, January 22; Friday, January 23; Monday, January 26; Tuesday, January 27
10:30am to 12:00pm EST
Building 9, 105 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139
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Awe & Wonder Through the Lens of Empathy: Photographing Hope in a Fractured World
Thursday, January 22
1:30pm to 3:00pm EST
MIT, Building 4, 158, 182 Memorial Drive (rear), Cambridge, MA 02139
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Making Democracy Interesting: Tips from TV, Podcasts, Science Fiction, and Online Creators
Thursday, January 22
2:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Online
RSVP at http://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_f-sSIbV1Q9utrySi7cyeuQ#/registration
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University: A Reckoning
Thursday, January 22
6:30pm
WBUR CitySpace, 890 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
RSVP at http://www.wbur.org/events/1058054/university-a-reckoning-lee-bollinger
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When It's Darkness on the Delta: How America's Richest Soil Became Its Poorest Land
Thursday, January 22
7:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP at http://www.harvard.com/event/w-ralph-eubanks
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Glaciers: Meanings and Mythologies
Friday, January 23
1 PM ET
Online on Zoom
RSVP at http://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2026-glaciers-meanings-and-mythologies-virtual
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Modeling energy systems for a data-center-driven future
Monday, January 26 - Friday, January 30
9:00am to 1:00pm EST
MIT, Building 4, 231, 182 Memorial Drive (rear), Cambridge, MA 02139
Register by January 24. Email Pablo Duenas (pduenas@mit.edu)
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Physiological Sensing in the Built Environment Izzi Waitz
Monday, January 26; Tuesday, January 27; Wednesday, January 28; Thursday, January 29; Friday, January 30
9:00am to 5:00pm EST
MIT, Building 12, 3216, 60 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
RSVP at http://mitnano.mit.edu/mitnano-2026-iap-courses
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Confronting Unknowns
Monday, January 26
1:00pm to 5:00pm EST; Tuesday, January 27; Friday, January 30, 1:00pm to 3:00pm EST
MIT, Building 32-155, 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
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Beyond the Headlines: AI and Historical Newspapers
Monday, January 26, 2026
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Online
RSVP at http://bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/692f0f4b163b292f004eb1d6
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The Rise and Fall of Rational Control: The History of Modern Political Philosophy
Monday, January 26
6:00pm (doors open at 5:30pm)
Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/harvey-c-mansfield-at-the-cambridge-public-library-tickets-1976634523068
Cost: $0.00 (Free RSVP Required) - $37.19 (book included)
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Behind the Lines: Unpacking Africa's 600 million Electricity Access Gap
Monday, January 26
7:30pm EST [4:30pm to 5:20pm PT]
Stanford, Building 370, 450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 370, Stanford, CA 94305
And online
RSVP at http://events.stanford.edu/event/stanford-energy-seminar-michael-jordan
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Climatetech Deployment Exchange: Startups × MWBEs,CUBs
Tuesday, January 27
11am to 1pm EST
Greentown Labs, 444 Somerville Avenue, Somerville, MA 02143, USA
RSVP at http://luma.com/43dc6lpa
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The Invention of the Future: A History of Cities in the Modern World
Tuesday, January 27
7:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP at http://www.harvard.com/event/bruno-carvalho
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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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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
RSVP at http://www.bristol.ac.uk/cabot/events/2026/after-cop30.html
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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
s/
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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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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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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
RSVP at http://events.stanford.edu/event/stanford-energy-seminar-alice-hill-council-foreign-relations
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Monthly Dose of Climate Hope! With Hannah Ritchie
Tuesday, February 3
11am to 12pm EST
Online
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/monthly-dose-of-climate-hope-with-hannah-ritchie-tickets-1867333076499
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The Sealed Envelope: Toward an Intelligent Utopia
Tuesday, February 3
7:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP at http://www.harvard.com/event/george-scialabba
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Environment, Atmosphere, Feeling Keynote: Naomi Paik
Thursday, February 5
4pm to 6pm
Northeastern, 716 Columbus Place, 6th Floor, Boston, MA, Boston
More information at http://calendar.northeastern.edu/event/environment-atmosphere-feeling-keynote-naomi-paik
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EnergyBar: Looking Ahead Together
Thursday, February 5
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Greentown Labs,444 Somerville Ave, Somerville, MA 02143
RSVP at http://greentownlabs.com/event/energybar-looking-ahead-together/
