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
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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by gmoke
Sun Nov 30th, 2025 at 08:43:17 PM EST
Full event listings at http://hubevents.blogspot.com and this service is available as a free listserv. Just let me know if you're interested.
The offerings from World Resources Institute over the next month are wide-ranging and on point: http://www.wri.org/events/
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AI for Climate Science Seminar Series: From AI Ethics to Citizen Literacy - Challenges and Directions
Monday, December 1
9am EST [15:00 - 16:30 CET]
Online
RSVP at http://iiasa.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__6uXfIUESguot00UdS1Jdw#/
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COP30 Debriefing: A Decade After Paris - What's Next for Global Climate Action?
Monday, December 1
12:00pm to 1:30pm EST
MIT, Building 10-105, 222 MEMORIAL DR, Cambridge, MA 02139
RSVP at http://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScpwisQk4La4ZM6NtPg9vD7DhxYfyEcdFe5MgDdpdlxjgNjjg/viewform
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Re-WIRE Agri-Food Value Chains: Public Consultation Webinar
Thursday, December 4
8-9:15am EST [1-2:15pm GMT]
Online
RSVP at http://hub.wri.org/events/2025/12/re-wire-agri-food-value-chains-public-consultation-webinar
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Author Talk: Rewiring Democracy
Monday, December 1
6:00pm to 7:00pm EST
MIT Museum, 314 Main Street, Gambrill Center, Cambridge MA 02142
RSVP at http://tickets.mitmuseum.org/events/0199cf40-761e-5168-4a0c-d5d8e84ac8f9
Cost: $5
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Sudan's Silent Genocide: An Unfolding Humanitarian Disaster
Monday, December 1
6:00pm EST
Harvard, JFK Jr. Forum, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA 02138
And livestreamed at http://www.youtube.com/@HarvardIOP/streams
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HEET's Thermal Party
Monday, December 1
6 - 9pm EST
Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum, 306 Congress Street Boston, MA 02210
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/heets-thermal-party-tickets-1782469808179
Cost: $10 - $10,000
Editorial Comment: HEET started by doing weatherization parties then began tracking and fixing fugitive methane emissions and has gone on to spearhead USAmerica's first utility-owned geothermal microgrid. They do very good work, are great people, and will use any donations to great advantage for us all.
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Capitalism: A Global History
Monday, December 1
7pm
Harvard Book Store 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138
http://www.harvard.com/event/sven-beckert25
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The Climate Crossroads: Why Haven't We Changed -- and How We Do Now
Tuesday, December 2
11:00 am - 12:30 pm ET [8:00 - 9:30 am PT]
Online
RSVP at http://secure.everyaction.com/YRWcz4qbrUClbeXqAFWeRA2
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Roadmap to 100: Electrifying the Full US Bus Fleet
Tuesday, December 2
1:00 - 2:30pm EST
Online
RSVP at http://www.wri.org/events/2025/12/roadmap-100-electrifying-full-us-bus-fleet
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A Conversation with Fiona Hill
Tuesday, December 2
3:30pm to 4:30pm EST
Online
RSVP at http://mit.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_m1P7E6_-TqeOR9vkQql2Xg#/registration
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What Are We Up to in Space?
Tuesday, December 2
5:00 pm
Online
RSVP at http://wgbh.zoom.us/webinar/register/5017636490168/WN_3sJOg9JFSyC1VOF9u1TdCw#/registration
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Phenomenal Moments: Revealing the Hidden Science Around Us
Tuesday, December 2
6pm
Cambridge Public Library 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/felice-frankel-at-the-cambridge-public-library-tickets-1958021879149
Cost: $0 - $23.36
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Boston Green Drinks Happy Hour
Tuesday December 2
6-8pm
5 Horses, Davis Square, 400 Highland Avenue, Somerville, MA
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-green-drinks-happy-hour-tuesday-december-2-2025-6-8pm-tickets-197
2914836385
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Understanding How People Respond to Climate Risks in the Real World
Wednesday, December 3
12am to 1am EST
Online
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/understanding-how-people-respond-to-climate-risks-in-the-real-world-tic
kets-1974954115925
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Climate, from space to action: Accurate eyes on Earth's Energy Balance
Wednesday, December 3
2am to 3am GMT-5
Online event
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-from-space-to-action-accurate-eyes-on-earths-energy-balance-tick
ets-1969126629757
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Climate Watch Training: Tracking Commitments Beyond COP30
Wednesday, December 3
10:00 - 11:00am EST
Online
RSVP at http://www.wri.org/events/2025/12/climate-watch-training-tracking-commitments-beyond-cop30
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Threat Multiplier: Climate, Military Leadership, and the Fight for Global Security
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
10am to 11am PT
Online
RSVP at http://events.stanford.edu/event/woods-book-talks-sherri-goodman#about_stream
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Learning for Life: How Curiosity Shapes Well-Being
Wednesday, December 3
12:00pm to 1:00pm EST
Online
RSVP at http://www.addevent.com/event/ggqpjdy9jngl
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Floods Splintering Earth's Ice Sheets
Wednesday, December 3
12 - 1 p.m.
Online
RSVP at http://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2025-laura-a-stevens-fellow-presentation-virtual
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Learning for Life: How Curiosity Shapes Well-Being
Wednesday, December 3
12:00pm to 1:00pm EST
Online
RSVP at http://www.addevent.com/event/ggqpjdy9jngl
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Promise and Peril: AI Policy in the Biden Administration
December 3
12:00-1:30 PM
MIT, 600 Technology Square, NE49-3100, Cambridge, MA 02142
And livestreamed at http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG5ooD8Ydk4vd83Ac8VNEoQ
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Tackling Climate Disinformation
Wednesday, December 3
2pm to 4pm GMT-5
Online
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/tackling-climate-disinformation-tickets-1924139295429
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We The People with Jill Lepore
Wednesday, December 3
5pm
Boston College, Burns Library, Thompson Room, 153-189 College Road, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467, USA
RSVP at http://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfmeW5GHlisvrfvXNGUIqEmleMjophzhsdztNTTN4MRuCPJ3w/viewform
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Politics of Global Rescue: Region, Perception, & Humanitarian Intervention
Wednesday, December 3
5pm to 6:15pm EST
Northeastern, 1135 Tremont Street, Boston, Ma
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/politics-of-global-rescue-region-perception-humanitarian-intervention-ti
ckets-1777796239409
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Learning in an AI-Augmented World: Practices and Applications | Askwith Education Forum
Wednesday, December 3
5 - 6:30 p.m.
Harvard, Longfellow Hall, 13 Appian Way, Cambridge, MA 02138
And online
RSVP at http://calendar.gse.harvard.edu/en/36YmkP6/g/54VVVpBN0P/learning-in-an-ai-augmented-world-practices-
and-applications-4a5YUYdtz7/overview
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Opening Night: Planetary Visions
Wednesday, December 3
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
SwissnexBoston, 420 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
RSVP at http://swissnex.zohobackstage.eu/PlanetaryDiplomacyNextGenVisions
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Jonathan Foley: 2025 Stephen Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Communication
Wednesday, December 3
9pm EST [6:00 PM PST]
The Commonwealth Club of California, 110 The Embarcadero, Taube Family Auditorium, San Francisco, CA 94105
And onine
RSVP at http://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-12-03/jonathan-foley-2025-stephen-schneider-award-outsta
nding-climate-science
Cost: $5 - $25
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by gmoke
Mon Nov 24th, 2025 at 08:35:40 PM EST
The first time I started thinking about regenerative energy systems was reading the following passage about the Milwaukee Road, the electric railway system of the late 19th and early 20th century in the book Internal Combustion: How Corporations and Governments Addicted the World to Oil and Derailed the Alternatives by Edwin Black (NY: St Martin's Press, 2006 ISBN-13: 978-0-312-35907-2 http://internalcombustionbook.com/ Video of Black on his book at http://www.c-span.org/program/book-tv/internal-combustion/167929):
"Sometimes electrified railways seemed to defy the laws of perpetual motion. For example, when the brakes were applied or the train traveled down a slope, the engine actually returned electricity to the grid. Regenerative braking and similar power returns helped the engines pay for themselves. In some mountain ranges, if timed correctly, a heavy downhill train could actually regenerate enough electricity to the grid to power another train passing it uphill. Thus both trains would travel in a minuet of seemingly energy-free motion. That might have seemed to violate the laws of physics, but not the rules of General Electric's wondrous workhorses, which were designed to observe this maxim: It is better to give than receive when it comes to electrical power. Those engines lasted not for years but for decades. Their endurance was measured in millions of miles. They were monumental vehicles that created economic prosperity and environmental balance everywhere they rolled."
I imagined a transportation system based upon regenerative braking with load balancing so that energy expenditure going uphill was matched with the energy gain going downhill. That was nearly 20 years ago. Now it is happening. There are trains, trucks, automobiles which are using regenerative braking, batteries, and two-way or bidirectional charging, operating as grids and grid back-ups.
One of the largest electric vehicles on Earth, weighing in at 123 tons with a 65 ton payload capacity, is the fully electric eDumper, developed by eMining AG, using regenerative braking to charge the batteries, and in active use since 2018. Roger Miauton, the chief executive of eMining AG, says, "When you have a descent of 10 percent, from top to bottom, you never need to recharge. You generate enough energy going downhill as you need to get back up again."
http://cleantechnica.com/2022/03/21/revenge-of-the-electric-truck-hydropower-scheme-infinity-train-e
dition/
Fortescue Williams, a hard rock mining company, operates an "Infinity Train" in Australia that never needs charging using this idea. Unfortunately, although saving them 10% of their fuel costs, they started shutting down the program in September 2025.
http://www.boilingcold.com.au/fortescue-slashes-electric-train-program-but-insists-zero-emissions-on
-track/
http://cleantechnica.com/2022/05/31/an-electric-train-that-never-needs-charging-its-real/
http://inhabitat.com/mining-company-adopts-electric-trains-that-never-need-recharging/
Barcelona's main transit operator, Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona, or TMB, built four electrolineras - Spanish for "electric gas stations" - in which regenerative braking supplies power to the station and the fast EV chargers outside. They plan to add three more as they expand the MetroCHARGE project. "We're trying to take advantage of the power that's already in the metro system and use that spare energy to feed EV chargers on the street," said Marc Iglesias, head of sustainable mobility at Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona, a regional agency working with TMB on the project.
http://grist.org/transportation/barcelona-is-turning-subway-trains-into-power-stations/
http://cleantechnica.com/2024/09/30/barcelona-is-using-regenerative-braking-to-power-subways-ev-char
gers/
There are also many vehicle to grid projects ongoing using business fleet vehicles or even school buses
http://rmi.org/electrification-101-how-fleets-and-utilities-can-work-together-to-unlock-electrified-
transportation/
and China is building two-way charging stations that allow parked EVs to send power back to the grid during peak demand periods
http://restofworld.org/2025/china-electric-vehicle-bidirectional-charging/
http://english.news.cn/20240816/47b3faa6206247b8b9c79772563a213d/c.html
by gmoke
Fri Nov 7th, 2025 at 07:27:56 PM EST
Food forests are everything: creating edible landscapes helps nature thrive in Afro-descendant lands
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/23/environment-biodiversity-afro-descendants-latin-a
merica-food-forests-aoe
Sky gardens in Fujian Province, China
http://x.com/ShangguanJiewen/status/1971522638615871743
The EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable, and just food systems
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01201-2/abstract
http://eatforum.org/update/eat-lancet-commission-warns-food-systems-breach-planetary-limits/
Solar glass with quantum dots increases lettuce crop yields almost 40%
http://cleantechnica.com/2025/10/07/new-solar-glass-cranks-up-lettuce-crop-yields-by-almost-40/
Charles River floating wetlands for water purification
http://thecharles.org/floating-wetlands/
previously: City Agriculture - September 6, 2019
Charles River Floating Wetland
Then again,
Water Authority Considers Proposal to Let Sewage Keep Flowing Into the Charles River - October 2025
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/10/30/charles-mwra-sewage-proposal/
Editorial Comment: John Todd's Healing Earth is a great introduction to ecology systems building:
http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/576932/healing-earth-by-john-todd/9781623172985/
My review of the book: http://solarray.blogspot.com/2019/03/healing-earth-through-waters.html
Previously, August 9, 2016
Handy-pods: wetland plants to filter human waste in floating villages
http://wetlandswork.com/products-and-services/sanitation-in-challenging-environments/handy-pods/
Cambodian floating toilets
http://inhabitat.com/floating-toilets-filter-human-waste-in-cambodia-naturally-via-wetland-plants/
Can cities become self-reliant in food? The Cleveland Study from 2012 Scenario I (of III) uses 80% of every vacant lot to generate 22% - 48% of Cleveland's demand for fresh produce (vegetables and fruits), 25% of both poultry and shell eggs, and 100% of honey
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264275111000692
hat tip Michael Bauwens and John Thackara
Planning for Agriculture in Virginia from Farmland Trust, a state or province level model
http://farmland.org/va-planning-for-ag
China solar company GCL scaling up agrivoltaics with tunable and bi-facial solar panels
http://cleantechnica.com/2025/10/17/china-is-totally-crushing-trumps-fossil-fuel-dream-with-agrivolt
aics/
Not a cornfield - remedial agriculture art project in LA from 20 years ago and its echoes
http://metabolicstudio.org/not-a-cornfield
http://www.pbs.org/video/lauren-bon-restores-urban-land-with-la-river-water-4fpwp0/
A Portable Nutrient-recovering, Waterless, Unisex Urinal System - from Earle Barnhart and Hilde Maingay, two from the old New Alchemy Institute from back in the day
http://newalchemists.net/welcome-to-nutrient-recycling/cubies/
Others from New Alchemy who are still active include John Todd whose latest story at http://oceanarks.substack.com/ is about how solving problems sometimes upsets the status quo
and Bill McLarney who is continuing over 40 years of work in Costa Rica with ANAI:
http://www.anaicostarica.org/
How 70,000 African farmers use a public blockchain to manage their agricultural cooperatives
http://medium.com/@Blockchain4Good/how-do-70-000-african-farmers-use-a-public-blockchain-to-manage-t
heir-agricultural-cooperatives-d495ae463c4d hat tip to Michel Bauwens
Ukrainian rewilding project offers recovery for the land and for veterans of war http://theconversation.com/ukraines-massive-nature-project-is-helping-veterans-and-land-recover-2683
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by gmoke
Thu Nov 6th, 2025 at 02:16:05 AM EST
I must remember this the next time a politician starts talking about "civility."
When you are talking about civility, it is already empty ritual without justice, benevolence, virtue, or any way to the Way.
from Tao Te Ching, Chapter 38
故失道而後德.
失德而後仁.
失仁而後義
失義 而後禮.
夫禮者, 忠信之薄,
而亂之首.
Thus after losing the Way, virtue.
After losing virtue, benevolence.
After losing benevolence, justice.
After losing justice, ritual.
Those married to ritual are thin on loyalty and faith
and the first of chaos.
by gmoke
Mon Oct 27th, 2025 at 08:18:30 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
If anyone knows of such a global listing of open energy, climate, and other events is available, please put me in contact.
The State of Climate Action in 2025
Tuesday, October 28
9:00 - 10:30am EDT
Online
RSVP at http://www.wri.org/events/2025/10/state-climate-action-2025#register
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Sustainable Transportation
Tuesday, October 28
Nature-Friendly Consumption: Policies for Biodiversity Protection
12 PM - 1 PM EDT
Online
RSVP at http://yale.zoom.us/webinar/register/2417558815444/WN_pYM3E2rbQ86G-v0Kmlp9Yw#/registration
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Misinformation, Disinformation and Climate Disasters
Tuesday, October 28
12 - 1:30pm EDT
Online
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/misinformation-disinformation-and-climate-disasters-tickets-164826349347
9
Cost: $55.20incl. $5.20 Fee, Non CPA-NA Members in the US $81.88incl. $6.88 Fee
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Treating violence against children as a disease
Tuesday, October 28
2 - 5 p.m.
Harvard, Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://harvard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b2dUgsoRUs72CmW
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Rebuild or Relocate? Recovery after Natural Disasters
Tuesday, October 28
4:00pm to 6:30pm EDT
Building E52, E52-432, 50 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02142
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FoodHack Boston: The Future of Alt Proteins: What's Next for the Sector?
Tuesday, October 28
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Swissnex, 420 Broadway, Cambridge, Massachusetts
RSVP at http://luma.com/dw0c61j1
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Elusive Cures: Why Neuroscience Hasn't Solved Brain Disorders--and How We Can Change That
Tuesday, October 28
6:00pm (doors open at 5:30pm)
Harvard Science Center, Hall D, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/nicole-c-rust-at-the-harvard-science-center-tickets-1681116758479
Cost: $0.00 (Free RSVP Required)- $31.82 (book included)
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Red Baiting Then and Now - The Dangers of Fascism
Tuesday, October 28
6:00 p.m.
Modern Theatre, 525 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111
And online
RSVP in person at http://ci.ovationtix.com/34432/production/1255008?performanceId=11709353
RSVP online at http://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_s1xzloUBQcqkmux02aYCCA#/registration
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The Pursuit of Liberty: How Hamilton vs. Jefferson Ignited the Lasting Battle Over Power in America
Tuesday, October 28
7:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
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International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on Climate Change Obligations and Its Implications for Investment Policy-making
Wednesday, October 29
8am ET [2:00 pm - 3:30 pm CET]
Online
RSVP at http://iisd-elp.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_u8Ngn8K0SAS5hoYoeXeM3g#/registration
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Lighten Up! Symposium
Wednesday, October 29
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
MIT Museum 314 Main Street, Building E-28, Cambridge, MA 02142
RSVP at http://swissnex.org/boston/event/lighten-up-symposium/
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The Science of Revenge: Understanding the World's Deadliest Addiction and How to Overcome It
Wednesday, October 29
11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Online
RSVP at http://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/XcJuU4RnSwuZfK_RR3gRAw#/registration
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Regulating Social Media: America's Global Communications Dilemma
Tuesday, October 29
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET
Rubenstein Building - R-414-ab David Ellwood Democracy Lab, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge
And online
RSVP at http://hksexeced.tfaforms.net/f/registration?e=a4oPp000001SPFpIAO&_gl=1*1mno2ia*_gcl_au*MTMyNDMx
MDk4MS4xNzU2MDYzNDY0*_ga*Njk3NTIyNjYuMTc1NTgwNTEzMw..*_ga_72NC9RC7VN*czE3NTg3NDQ2MTYkbzMkZzEkdDE3NTg
3NTE4NzkkajYwJGwwJGgxOTA5ODYyNTk2
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Engineering Diplomacy: Bridging Principles and Pragmatism for Desirable Outcomes
Wednesday, October 29
12 - 1 p.m.
Online
RSVP at http://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2025-shafiqul-islam-fellow-presentation-virtual
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Reclaiming Our Common Future: The pursuit of shared purpose in an age of division
Wednesday, October 29
1 pm EDT [6:00 - 7:30PM BST]
Grantham Institute, City and Guilds Building, South Kensington Campus, London, UK
And online
RSVP at http://assets-gbr.mkt.dynamics.com/f152573f-fb95-49d8-a928-b8d8e57cc426/digitalassets/standaloneform
s/eb201ad1-c98f-f011-b4cc-6045bdfc9fff?readableEventId=Annual_Lecture_2025238046938
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Data, Equity, Justice: A Conversation in Divided Times
Wednesday, October 29
4:30pm
Online
RSVP at http://bccte.zoom.us/meeting/register/LdAAJWJBQKO5LnNLctr1WQ
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Police Power in Building Authoritarian and Social Control
Wednesday, October 29
4:30 - 5:45 p.m.
Online
RSVP at http://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/wiener/programs/criminaljustice/news-events/authoritarian-control
-police-power
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Unlocking Capacity with Hybrid AC/DC Microgrids: Enabling DERs, EVs, and AI
Thursday, October 30
10:00am to 11:30am EDT
Online
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/unlocking-capacity-with-hybrid-acdc-microgrids-enabling-ders-evs-and-ai-
tickets-1853619960199
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Ocean Plans: Launch of the Practitioners' Guide
Thursday, October 30
12pm EDT [4:00 - 5:00pm GMT]
Online
RSVP at http://www.wri.org/events/2025/10/handbook-sustainable-ocean-plans-launch-practitioners-guide#regist
er
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Losing Control of Campus Landscapes
Thursday, October 30
12 - 1PM
Tufts, Curtis Hall, 474 Boston Avenue, Medford, MA 02155
And online
RSVP at http://tufts.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EDXfAMyATsOvhnBhYKP6tw#/registration
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CCNow Basics: Disinformation & Greenwashing
Thursday, October 30
2:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Online
RSVP at http://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WPAJt1-LRLmu81ftmUJ22w#/registration
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Dig In! Implementation of Large Scale Beach Nourishment - Northeast Shore and Beach Preservation Association (NSBPA) & EBC Ocean and Coastal Resources Lunch & Learn Webinar
Thursday, October 30
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST
Online
RSVP at http://ebcne.org/event/#registration-details
Cost: $30 - $160
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The Climate Crisis and the Future of Infectious Diseases
Thursday, October 30
3 - 6:30pm EDT
Duan Family Center for Computing & Data Sciences, 665 Commonwealth Avenue Room 1750 Boston, MA 02215
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-climate-crisis-and-the-future-of-infectious-diseases-tickets-1738302
312009
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Antisemitism, an American Tradition
Thursday, October 30
7:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
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Autocrats vs. Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder
Thursday, October 30
7:00pm (doors open at 5:30pm)
First Parish Church, 1446 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/michael-mcfaul-with-rachel-maddow-at-first-parish-church-tickets-1758554
857919
Cost: $50.00 (book included)
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1619 Global Connections Series: Understanding Environmental Racism
Saturday, November 1
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM ED
Online
RSVP at http://events.zoom.us/ev/AtMCuB7l5B7le5WIdrtOexowPnNeS5k4eqpyUprWDN8DaWAwIFpk~ArQ4r9Pg7WOqKaTs9s4jBE
oyAho_WLLe6rMDEao9rPpSglSvVNT3gvDcaw
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by gmoke
Mon Sep 29th, 2025 at 02:33:54 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 (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
If anyone knows of such a global listing of open energy, climate, and other events is available, please put me in contact.
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Index
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Small Island States in an Uncertain Global Economy
Monday, September 29
10:00 am - 11:30 am
BU, Building 1 Silber Way, 9th Floor, Metcalf Trustees Ballroom, Boston, 02215
RSVP at https:/www.eventbrite.com/e/small-island-states-in-an-uncertain-global-economy-tickets-161857198537
9
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Local to Global: Jordan's Road to COP30
Monday, September 29
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Online
RSVP at https:
columbiauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8EFicCNmRdWsWdM4nZ2uNw#/registration
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Aligning Evidence for Impact: Disaster Research in an Era of Federal Retrenchment
Monday, September 29
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Princeton, 300 Wallace Hall, Princeton, NJ
And online
RSVP at https:
cpree.princeton.edu/events/2025/aligning-evidence-impact-disaster-research-era-federal-retre
nchment
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New England's Evolving Grid: An Overview of ISO New England's 2024 Economic Study
Monday, September 29
1:00PM - 2:30PM
Online
RSVP at Webex: https:
iso-newengland.webex.com/iso-newengland/j.php?MTID=m712488b832520e4584616256b104810d
Meeting Password: EconStudy2025!
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Countdown to COP30: What's at Stake -- Justice & Global Action
Monday, September 29
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Online
Livestream at https:
events.columbia.edu/cal/event/eventView.do?b=de&calPath=/public/cals/MainCal&guid=CA
L-00bbdb7c-992d8a18-0199-2f2056d5-00003653events%40columbia.edu&recurrenceId=
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Criminalizing Compassion: Immigration Enforcement and Civil Liberties
Tuesday, September 30
11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Online
RSVP at https:
/harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/fuWieqfnQYizfF2nmN3LlA#/registration
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by gmoke
Mon Sep 22nd, 2025 at 07:55:58 PM EST
Matching preferred light frequencies to plants under solar panels at NREL [National Renewable Energy Laboratory]
http://cleantechnica.com/2025/06/18/solar-panels-give-edge-to-tomatoes-grown-underneath/
A vertical forest tower in Utrecht
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2025/jun/23/vertical-forest-tower-utrecht-netherlands
From vacuum cleaners to strawberries - Dyson Agriculture
http://www.core77.com/posts/137666/James-Dyson-is-Revolutionizing-Sustainable-Agriculture
Urban gardens in Sweden
http://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/well/sweden-urban-gardens.html
If you hit a paywall, try http://archive.md/JbCqd
In the Sweltering Southwest, Planting Solar Panels in Farmland Can Help Both Photovoltaics and Crops
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/10072025/agrivoltaic-solar-southwest-farmland/
hat tip: @redbilledchough.bsky.social
Clear solar power "windows" now being adapted to greenhouse food production:
"During the 2024 grow season, nine different plant species, including beans, leafy greens, tomatoes, and snow peas, saw growth yields increase by up to 93% in rooms fitted with ClearVue's solar glass compared to regular glass" while producing 40% of the energy needed to power the greenhouse itself
http://cleantechnica.com/2025/07/14/clearvue-update/
Earlier: http://cleantechnica.com/2023/06/23/clearvue-its-solar-glass-come-home/
http://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/06/its-happening-see-through-solar-windows-kick-fossil-energy-to-th
e-curb/
Company website: http://www.clearvuepv.com/
Micro-forests of Elizabeth NJ - Miyawaki forests
http://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/climate/new-jersey-tiny-forests.html
If you hit a pay wall try http://archive.md/EFtTp
Vertical farms from concept to reality
http://www.agritecture.com/blog/from-concept-to-reality-rethinking-vertical-farms-as-urban-infrastru
cture
Mycorrhizal fungi and restoring the world's forests
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/15/biology-mycorrhizal-fungi-map-restoring-world-for
ests
Editorial Comment: May be important to urban and Miyawaki forests too
City food forests offer a chance to experience nature -- and eat it
http://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2025/08/19/food-forest-fruit-wildlife-nature/
If you hit a paywall, try http://archive.md/oUzyB
AgTech for Agroecology - lecture/video/transcripts
http://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-07-01/agtech-for-agroecology/
Miyawaki forests in Scotland
http://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250910-the-tiny-forests-that-thrive-in-cities
Brazilian favela goes green with gardens
http://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250821-why-a-brazilian-favela-facing-eviction-went-green-with-ga
rdening
by gmoke
Mon Sep 8th, 2025 at 10:39:20 PM EST
I found an advance copy of Bill McKibben's Here Comes the Sun in a Little Free Library (ah, Cambridge, where the streets are paved with books) and read it over the next two days. He has the facts and figures which show that, in all likelihood, the renewable transition is past the tipping point and picking up speed.
The book and the September 21, 2025 Sun Day event (http://sunday.earth) are more of Bill's creative responses to accelerate that process.
As such, it is the perfect counter to the fossil foolishness coming out of the Trmp administration:
DOE Secretary Chris Wright:
Even if you wrapped the entire planet in a solar panel, you would only be producing 20% of global energy.
Bill McKibben: ...you could supply all the energy the US currently uses by covering 30 million acres with solar panels. How much land do we currently devote to growing corn ethanol? About 30 million acres.
Trmp: "Wind turbines kill whales"
Bill McKibben: "The leading cause of whale deaths, it's worth noting, is being hit by ships, and 40 percent of all maritime cargo on this planet is coal, oil, and gas; one container ship full of EVs will avoid the need for 84 tankers full of oil."
As Bill writes, "If fascism scares you the way it does me, figuring out how to break the centralized power of the fossil fuel industry is a key form of resistance."
Renewables were over 90% of new generation in 2024 . The price and speed of constructive of renewables are already reducing fossil fuel power. May this book and the celebration of renewables on Sun Day September 21 (http://sunday.earth) accelerate that process.
My complete notes from Here Comes the Sun are available at http://solarray.blogspot.com/2025/09/notes-on-here-comes-sun.html
PS: The Trmp administration is working to export its anti-renewable policies to the rest of the world so be forewarned.
by gmoke
Wed Sep 3rd, 2025 at 09:45:42 PM EST
China energy transition and climate status in numbers
7/2/25
from Agora Think Tanks
Video at http://www.agora-energiewende.org/news-events/china-energy-transition-and-climate-status-in-numbers
Full slide deck at http://www.agora-energiewende.org/publications/china-energy-transition-and-climate-status-report
China accounts for 46% of global wind capacity and nearly 50% of solar
Renewables in China growing 34% year to year, coal at 2.5%
China built the entire present installed renewable capacity of Germany, 100 GW, in the month of May 2025
by gmoke
Fri Aug 29th, 2025 at 07:44:29 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
If anyone knows of such a global listing of open energy, climate, and other events is available, please put me in contact.
More information on these events at http://hubevents.blogspot.com
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Index
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Youth United on Climate Change on the Road to the UN COP30 in Belém, Brazil
Monday, September 1
10am - 2pm EDT
Online
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/youth-united-on-climate-change-on-the-road-to-the-un-cop30-in-belem-braz
il-tickets-1120181185079
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Urban Natures: Climate Change Adaptation, Design Agency, and Politics
Tuesday, September 2
6:30 - 8pm EDT. Doors at 6pm
Harvard University Graduate School Of Design, 48 Quincy Street Piper Auditorium Cambridge, MA 02138
And online
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/urban-natures-climate-change-adaptation-design-agency-and-politics-ticke
ts-1545351240159
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Encountering Dragonfly: Notes on the Practice of Re-Enchantment
Tuesday, September 2
7:00pm
Porter Square Books - Cambridge Edition, 1815 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140-1413
RSVP at http://portersquarebooks.com/event/2025-09-02/brooke-williams-author-encountering-dragonfly-conversa
tion-dan-schrag
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Climate Justice is Racial Justice
Wednesday, September 3
7 - 8:15am EDT
Online
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-justice-is-racial-justice-tickets-1556356336699
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Prep Your Climate Coverage: Autumn Extreme Weather
Wednesday, September 3
12pm
Online
RSVP at http://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rKHlL5SARS6LoUQJWRZIdQ#/registration
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The race between consumption and efficiency: A retrospective view of data centre server architecture
Thursday, September 4
4am EST [10:00--11:30 Paris Time]
Online
RSVP at http://www.iea.org/events/the-race-between-consumption-and-efficiency-a-retrospective-view-of-data-c
entre-server-architecture
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Community Power for Clean Air: Lessons in Equity and Inclusion from Jakarta, Indore, and Nairobi
Thursday, September 4
5:00 - 6:30am EDT
Online
RSVP at http://www.wri.org/events/2025/9/community-power-clean-air-lessons-equity-and-inclusion-jakarta-indo
re-and-nairobi
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Yale Forest Forum - A History of Scientific Forestry: From Extraction to Ecosystem Management
Thursday, September 4 - Thursday, December 4
12pm
Online
RSVP at http://yale.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Mr65vqETSLm9CEN46kATWw#/registration
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Leveraging Data to Drive Effective Heat Protection Policies
Thursday, September 4
12 - 4pm EDT
Online
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/leveraging-data-to-drive-effective-heat-protection-policies-tickets-1549
759836389
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Understanding short-lived climate forcers for improved air quality and climate information
Thursday, September 4
2pm EST [14:00 BST - 15:30 BST].
Online
RSVP at http://www.sei.org/events/slcp-and-slcf/
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Carbon Market in the Amazon: Who Benefits, Who Loses
Thursday, September 4
5:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Online
RSVP at http://pulitzercenter-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XB-GcN3dTkeRYvFWcmqezg#/registration
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he Clough Center's 4th Annual: What the Constitution Means to Us
Thursday, September 4
5pm to 7pm
Boston College, Yawkey Athletics Center, Murray Room. Yawkey Centre, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
RSVP at http://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSekxmxX2RYAsVhpZZuszH7696FpLD0x2glbzkN2QQOwCyKW-A/viewform
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Navigating Uncertainty: Rethinking Global Development in an Unstable World
Thursday, September 4
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
The Foundry, 101 Rogers Street, Cambridge, MA 02142
RSVP at http://bnid.wildapricot.org/event-6230714/Registration Cost: $20.00 - $25.00
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The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding
Thursday, September 4
7:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
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Russia/US/Climate Change Chaos, Native Communities & Bering Sea Ecology
Friday, September 5
10 - 11:30pm EDT
Online
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/new-russiausclimate-change-chaos-native-communities-bering-sea-ecology-t
ickets-1583244610249
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The Sustainability Midway
Friday, September 5
11:00am to 2:00pm EDT
MIT, Lobby 13, 105 Massachusetts Ave (Rear), Cambridge, MA 02139
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The Great Healthcare Disruption: Big Tech, Bold Policy, and the Future of American Medicine
Friday, September 5
7:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
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Clean Air and Healthy Cities: Accelerating Equitable Air Quality Solutions in Indore, Nairobi and Jakarta
Monday, September 8
8:00 - 9:15am EDT
Online
RSVP at http://www.wri.org/events/2025/9/clean-air-and-healthy-cities-accelerating-equitable-air-quality-sol
utions-indore
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Bill McKibben: "Here Comes the Sun"
Monday, September 8
4 - 5:15pm EDT
Boston College, Gasson Hall, 140 Commonwealth Avenue Newton, MA 02467
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/bill-mckibben-here-comes-the-sun-tickets-1538179439109
by gmoke
Sun Aug 3rd, 2025 at 03:37:56 AM EST
Found in Alicia Ostriker's poem "The Eighth and the Thirteenth" from The Best American Poetry 1996. It comes from Shostokovich's Autobiography:
Tyrants like to present themselves as patrons of the arts. That's a well-known fact. But tyrants understand nothing about art. Why? Because tyranny is a perversion, and a tyrant is a pervert. He is attracted by the chance to crush people, to mock them, stepping over corpses... And so, having satisfied his perverted desires, the man becomes a leader, and now the perversions continue because power has to be defended against madmen like yourself. For even if there are no such enemies, you have to invent them, because otherwise you can't flex your muscles completely, you can't oppress the people completely, making the blood spurt. And without that, what pleasure is there in power? Very little.
by gmoke
Wed Jul 23rd, 2025 at 05:32:56 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
http://geometrylinks.blogspot.com - geometry links list
http://hubevents.blogspot.com - Energy (and Other) Events
http://www.dailykos.com/user/gmoke/history - articles, ideas, and screeds
More information on these events at http://hubevents.blogspot.com
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Index
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2025 Northeast Miniforest Summit - A multi-day event that advances the Miyawaki method of afforestation in the Northeast U.S.
Day 1: Thursday, July 24, 12 - 4:30 pm ET
Day 2: Friday, July 25, 9 am - 2 pm ET
Online
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-northeast-miniforest-summit-registration-1378024742099
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A policy plan for clean heat in Scotland In A sustainable future
Thursday, July 24
7am - 8am EDT [12:00 - 13:00 BST]
Online
RSVP at http://www.nesta.org.uk/event/a-policy-plan-for-clean-heat-in-scotland/
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Surging Energy Demand and Flexibilities from Data Centers
Thursday, July 24
1:00 - 2:00pm
Harvard, Pierce Hall Room 100F, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge
RSVP at http://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScTZuM1zo47NVjJKk6s5XnjQ5IvWFB_jYf48k0DX-_HBDS8_Q/viewform
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A Year with the Seals: Unlocking the Secrets of the Sea's Most Charismatic and Controversial Creatures
Thursday, July 24
7:00pm
Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard Street, Coolidge Corner, Brookline, MA 02446-2908
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Making the case for soil health monitoringJoin the second session in the series "Envisioning the future of soil health monitoring", hosted by the Soil Association.
Friday, July 25
5:30 - 7am EDT
Online
RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/making-the-case-for-soil-health-monitoring-tickets-1411884337059
by gmoke
Mon Jul 21st, 2025 at 10:43:40 PM EST
City-scale heat pump for district heating in Esbjerg, Denmark
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bIlAkTDw8Q
hat tip Joe Rosenow
China's Antarctic Outpost has Hydrogen, Wind for power year round
http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1016781
hat tip Mark Z Jacobson
Solar panel recycling in Japan
http://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0ky4ql8/japan-s-solution-to-the-solar-panel-waste-problem
Fukuoka, one of the most water-efficient cities in the world
http://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0kxwcd1/inside-one-of-the-world-s-most-water-efficient-cities
Nordhaven district of Copenhagen designed as a 5 minute city
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/dec/10/the-five-minute-city-inside-denmarks-revolutiona
ry-neighbourhood
Vienna and climate
http://www.npr.org/2025/05/13/nx-s1-5339958/climate-laws-solutions-vienna-solar-geothermal
http://www.npr.org/2025/06/15/nx-s1-5400642/affordable-housing-environment-vienna-climate-change
Respyre - bioreceptive concrete cladding and a specialised moss gel making it easy to create green facades that purify the air, sequester carbon, and cool buildings
http://www.gorespyre.com/
Generation of Representative Meteorological Years Through Anomaly-Based Detection of Extreme Events now published in the Journal of Building Performance Simulation
It introduces a new approach to representing climate extremes in building simulation through the development of Representative Meteorological Years (RMYs).
Christoph Reinhart, MIT Professor and advisor on the paper: you can use the same file to predict typical energy savings from different energy conservation measures and get more accurate estimates of overheating hours and peak loads.
Read the paper: http://lnkd.in/dcFnsRyH
Explore the code: http://lnkd.in/dxiA3Edj
From vacuum cleaners to strawberries - Dyson Agriculture
http://www.core77.com/posts/137666/James-Dyson-is-Revolutionizing-Sustainable-Agriculture
EcoFlow OCEAN Pro: A Smarter, Scalable Solar Battery For Whole-Home Backup
http://cleantechnica.com/2025/07/15/ecoflow-ocean-pro-a-smarter-scalable-solar-battery-for-whole-hom
e-backup/
47 kW of PV through solar tiles with a 46 kWh house battery provides 159% of its own power, including two electric cars, to a house built in 1973
Report in German and French
http://solaragentur.ch/files/solarpreis-gewinner/159%25%20PEB-Sanierung%20Villa%2C%203150%20Schwarze
nburg%20BE.pdf
hat tip: @JessePeltan
Old Dubai's ways of ameliorating extreme heat
http://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250715-how-old-dubais-historic-streets-beat-extreme-heat
If you hit a paywall, try http://archive.md/2g5ht
by gmoke
Tue Jun 24th, 2025 at 06:51:33 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
http://geometrylinks.blogspot.com - geometry links list
http://hubevents.blogspot.com - Energy (and Other) Events
http://www.dailykos.com/user/gmoke/history - articles, ideas, and screeds
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Index
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Financing Nature: Unlocking Investment Opportunities in Nature-Based Solutions
Wednesday, June 25
9:30 - 11:00am EDT
Online
RSVP at http://www.wri.org/events/2025/6/financing-nature-unlocking-investment-opportunities-nature-based-so
lutions
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Renewing the Mandate: What's at Stake in the Upcoming UN Vote on SOGI [Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity]
Wednesday, June 25
10 - 11 a.m.
Online
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Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet
Wednesday, June 25
6:00pm (doors open at 5:30pm)
Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
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The Omnivore's Deception: What We Get Wrong about Meat, Animals, and Ourselves
Wednesday, June 25
7:00pm
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
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Press Briefing: Climate, the Big Beautiful Bill and You: The Jobs/Projects at Risk Near You
Thursday June 26
noon to 1:15pm US Eastern Time
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Let's Talk About Energy: Demystifying the Energy Landscape
Thursday, June 26
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Understanding data centre electricity use in the AI era
Friday, June 27
4am - 5:30am EDT [10:00--11:30 Paris Time]
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Policy Report Launch: Financing the Green Transition
Monday, June 30
5am EDT [11am - 12pm CEST]
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CLEANR | Innovative and Equitable Climate Action Keynote Address
Monday, June 30
9am - 10am EDT [12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT]
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Post-SB62 debrief: insights from the Bonn Climate Change Conference and reflections on the road to COP30
Tuesday, July 1
8am - 9:15am EDT[14:00 CEST - 15:15 CEST]
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How Sustainability Enhances Community Benefit and Resilience
Wednesday, July 2
12 - 1pm EDT
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China energy transition and climate status in numbers
Wednesday, July 2
9am - 10:30am EDT [15:00 - 16:30 CEST]
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Financing and Scaling Net-Zero Carbon and Resilient Buildings
Wednesday, July 2
9:00 - 10:30am EDT
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by gmoke
Thu Jun 19th, 2025 at 05:51:10 PM EST
from http://essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/2641/2025/
Indicators of Global Climate Change 2024: annual update of key indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence
Piers M. Forster et al.
⬆️ Human induced warming now at 1.36C
⬆️ Rate of warming now 0.27C / decade
⬆️ Sharp increase in Earth's energy imbalance
⬇️ Remaining 1.5C carbon budget only 130 GtCO2
