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This spring we will host our undergraduate ethics seminar, Being. Thinking. Doing. (Or Not!): Ethics in Your Life in cooperation with the MIT Philosophy Department; Course 24.191 in Room 32-D461 from 7:30-9:00pm. Rachel McKinney, a post doctoral associate in MIT’s department of Philosophy, and Patricia Weinmann, will convene the weekly…
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Responding to the continuing risk of nuclear war or accident, this conference is intended to focus on reducing the risks of a nuclear event. The conference will address the political and economic realities and will attempt to energize a local, social movement that will ultimately influence national policy.…
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Take 20 minutes to de-stress and re-energize. We will offer a brief introduction, a 10 minute interval of quiet, and finish with a cup or tea or hot cider. Please join us! This session concludes our Fall 2015 Hack Your Mind series. This monthly series provides insights about…
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Michal Kravčík is an internationally recognized Slovak water scientist, ASHOKA fellow, and co-author of A New Water Paradigm: Water for the Recovery of the Climate, which emphasizes hydrologic cycles in addressing climate change. He is also a founding member and chairman of Slovakia’s NGO People and Water. In 1999, Kravčík was…
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A Conversation with Richard Levins How can scientists contribute to a better world while working within institutional constraints? Richard Levins is an ecologist, activist, mathematical biologist and philosopher of science. He was a farmer, labor organizer and pioneer of the environmental movement in Puerto Rico, investigated birth defects caused by…
