Tag: Environmentalism

  • Nation & World

    War-scarred land

    Makeda Best on images she chose for award-winning “Devour the Land,” which depicts environmental toll of militarism in U.S.

    9 minutes
    "Dried Pond along the Rio Grande."
  • Nation & World

    We are Ocean

    Innovative A.R.T show aims to make clear that land, sea, air, and people form kind of community.

    5 minutes
    Ocean Filibuster choir.
  • Nation & World

    Global problem, local solutions

    The Arctic Initiative, a joint project of the Environment and Natural Resources Program and the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program at the Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, will use local expertise for a wide array of potential policy solutions.

    5 minutes
    Iceberg in Arctic.
  • Nation & World

    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.
  • Nation & World

    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.
  • Nation & World

    No harm, no foul

    Researchers at SEAS, the Wyss Institute, and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have developed a nontoxic coating that deters marine life from attaching to surfaces in a breakthrough for maritime travel and commerce.

    10 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Sustainability front and center for Cousteau

    Philippe Cousteau talked about carrying on the family legacy of environmental advocacy in delivering the Extension School’s Lowell Lecture.

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    President Faust sustainability message

    Harvard University President Drew Faust speaking on the University’s commitment to sustainability and the release of its first Sustainability Impact Report (http://www.green.harvard.edu/report).

    1 minute