CLIMATE

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Growing Islands – Rebuilding Coastlines through Wave Energy

05:00 PM

MIT Museum: The Lee Family Exchange

Skylar Tibbits and Walt Zesk present a novel approach to addressing the mounting threat of climate change-induced coastal erosion.

Trees Telling STEM Stories: the Witness Tree Project

02:00 PM

Cambridge Common, at the base of the Washington Elm tree

Come meet Cambridge’s newest addition to the Witness Tree network.

Modular Rooftop Farming in Boston

12:00 PM

Kendall/MIT Open Space: The Festival Zone

An up-close-and-personal look at the modular rooftop farming system currently in use at Fenway Park and Boston Medical Center, presented by Recover Green Roofs.

Building, Testing, and Cooking with Solar Cookers on October 6

12:00 PM

Kendall/MIT Open Space: The Festival Zone

We will display and operate solar cookers, both homemade and commercial models, as well as relevant books, articles, and laboratory materials.

City Scanner: Turning Urban Vehicles into Sensing Platforms

12:00 PM

Kendall/MIT Open Space: The Festival Zone

MIT's Senseable City Lab will present the City Scanner project, a low-cost sensing device that can turn ordinary vehicles like taxis and garbage trucks into valuable sources of urban environmental information.

Nature-Inspired, Nano-Solutions to Environmental Problems

05:30 PM

Cambridge Public Library: Central Square Branch, Main Floor

Demonstrations and explanations on how bioinspired nanostructured materials can solve a variety of environmental problems such as air and water pollution.

Art for Impact with the Peabody Essex Museum

10:00 AM

Cambridge Public Library: Main Branch, The Hive

Learn about PEM's Climate Action: Inspiring Change exhibition through art and conversation.

Building with Nature: Resilient Coastlines for Our Cities and Ecosystems

06:00 PM

MIT Museum: The Heide Education Suite

Join MIT graduate students James Vincent Brice and Autumn Deitrick in a hands-on wave flume demonstration to learn about water wave mechanics and the way coastal ecosystems like mangrove forests, salt marshes, seagrass meadows and oyster reefs protect our shorelines in the face of global climate change.

Wholehearted Regeneration: Boosting Communal and Climate Resilience One Pocket Forest at a Time

03:00 PM

Cambridge Public Library: Main Branch, Lecture Hall

Learn about the first urban pocket forest planted with the Miyawaki Method in the Northeastern USA, and explore the family of ecosystem restoration solutions to climate change. The event will involve a presentation and a Q&A session.

Event Category

CLIMATE

All events

Growing Islands – Rebuilding Coastlines through Wave Energy

Trees Telling STEM Stories: the Witness Tree Project

Modular Rooftop Farming in Boston

Building, Testing, and Cooking with Solar Cookers on October 6

City Scanner: Turning Urban Vehicles into Sensing Platforms

Nature-Inspired, Nano-Solutions to Environmental Problems

Art for Impact with the Peabody Essex Museum

Building with Nature: Resilient Coastlines for Our Cities and Ecosystems

Wholehearted Regeneration: Boosting Communal and Climate Resilience One Pocket Forest at a Time

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