Tag: Earth Day

  • Nation & World

    Way forward on climate change

    The panel of experts looked at success and failures since the first Earth Day in 1970.

    5 minutes
    Earth Day panel.
  • Nation & World

    Eyes on tomorrow, voices of today

    From environmental justice to environmental litigation, Harvard students shared their passion for the natural world and their designs on the fight for its future.

    17 minutes
    Candice Chen (left) and Noah Secondo are pictured.
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    What scares you most about climate change?

    Harvard faculty talk about their concerns and fears about climate change as the world commemorates Earth Day’s 50th anniversary.

    13 minutes
    Earth on psychiatrist's couch.
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    Spirituality, social justice, and climate change meet at the crossroads

    Dan McKanan of Harvard Divinity School discusses the ways in which spirituality interacts with climate change and how religious organizations have ensured environmentalism includes social justice.

    7 minutes
    Watercolor of Earth.
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    The culture of Earth Day

    As Earth Day turns 50, Harvard examines how it brought environmentalism into everyday life.

    8 minutes
    Student in gas mask "smalls" a flower in New York on the first Earth Day.
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    How Earth Day gave birth to environmental movement

    Denis Hayes remembers how he dropped out of Harvard Kennedy School in 1970 to help pull together a novel idea: a nationwide rally called Earth Day.

    15 minutes
    Denis Hayes on phone as associate holds posters advertising Environmental Teach-In in 1970.
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    Sparking a national debate

    Environmental protection is not a goal to achieve but a task to be undertaken by one generation and handed to the next, Gina McCarthy, the former EPA administrator and current director of Harvard’s Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment, told the Gazette in an Earth Day interview.

    10 minutes
    A 1967 photograph, showing old cars used as rip-rap along the banks of the Cuyahoga to protect it from erosion is held in front of the river decades later.
  • Nation & World

    Greening starts at home

    In myriad ways, Harvard is working across its campus to reduce energy use, curb climate change.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    A greener day

    At Harvard, the commitment to a healthier, more sustainable campus is ingrained in the culture, how people learn, work, and live. Initiatives across the University’s Schools and departments bring faculty, students, and staff together in creating solutions with the ultimate goal of enhancing the well-being of everyone in the Harvard community.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Saving Mother Earth

    The Harvard Climate Change Solutions Fund is one example of how the University is catalyzing the research and innovations needed to accelerate progress toward cleaner energy and a healthier, more sustainable future.

    1 minute
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    Earth Month at Harvard

    On Earth Day, April 22, the world celebrates the birth of the modern environmental movement. Harvard takes that commemoration to the next level, reaffirming its commitment to sustainability and a healthier planet with a monthlong series of events and activities.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    Not just hot air

    Efforts to make the University sustainable have played a critical role in changing everyday behavior, from recycling to composting to conserving energy. In the process, Harvard serves as a kind of experimental model.

    9 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Harvard deems April Earth Month

    April is Earth Month at Harvard, an inaugural initiative featuring campuswide events and activities to celebrate and raise awareness about environmental issues.

    1 minute
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    Preserving both planet and profits

    Harvard Business School Professor Rebecca Henderson delivered a talk last week in honor of Earth Day that offered a business strategy aimed at saving the planet.

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Treading the green carpet

    One day after Earth Day, Harvard continued to celebrate the environment, rolling out a green carpet for the individuals, teams, projects, and Schools that have advanced the cause of sustainability.

    5 minutes
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    Earth Day at 40

    Harvard celebrates 40th anniversary of Earth Day with dinners, fairs, films, and discussions.

    7 minutes
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    Campaign to turn Crimson green

    Harvard makes great strides in cutting its everyday energy use, saving money and greening the campus in the process.

    5 minutes