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Energiewende: Germany’s Energy Transition

April 1, 2015 By gmoke

Tuesday, March 31 I saw Andreas Kraemer, International Institute for Advanced Sustainability in Pottsdam, founder of the Ecological Institute of Berlin, and currently associated with Duke University, speak at both Harvard and MIT. His … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate-change, ecology, electricity, energy, environment, germany, harvard, mit

Mayday PAC a friendly critique

July 7, 2014 By dan64r

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3X2eDCmPRY Mayday PAC is a SuperPAC to end all SuperPACs. It has already raised 5 million dollars and plans on picking 5 congressional districts in which to support pro campaign finance reform … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: campaign-finance-reform, democracy, harvard, may-day, money-in-politics, news, super PACs

At the Harvard Divest Rally

April 30, 2014 By gmoke

Went to the Harvard Divest rally this morning which took place in front of Massachusetts Hall where the President, Provost, Treasurer, and Vice Presidents of the University have offices. There was a constant crowd of about 100 people coming … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate-change, Divestment, harvard, mit, political demonstrations

What I Do and Why I Do It

October 21, 2013 By gmoke

I publish a weekly listing of Energy (and Other) Events at the colleges, universities, and in the community around Cambridge, MA (http://hubevents.blogspot.com) and have been doing it consistently since the end of January, 2010 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: activism, education, energy, harvard, mit, news

The Charter Waiting List Game

April 8, 2013 By edushyster

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's some actual reporting from the Boston Globe! Today's above-the-fold expose by James Vaznis shines some much needed light on one of the worst kept secrets in charter-land: that incredible, ever expanding … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston-globe, charter-schools, harvard, waiting list

The Never-Ending Quest For Freedom

January 21, 2013 By jshore

In the Boston Globe today John Sununu wrote about “A Crisis Of Values At MIT.”  It gave me pause, and made me think how much the world has moved on from the Abbie Hoffman challenge of “Steal This Book!”  When I learned about Aaron Swartz … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: aaron swartz, Abbie Hoffman, Carmen Ortiz, CFAA, freedom, harvard, John Sununu, mit, SOPA, teaching

Seesaw Coverage of Nuclear Power

March 23, 2011 By gmoke

Wald:  First visited a nuke in 1979 at CT Yankee.  An alternative press reporter was indignant she didn't get to enter the reactor vessel.  General interest reporters don't usually understand mechanical things or complex … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate-change, energy, fukushima, harvard, media, nuclear-power, random

Harvard shamefully reopens campus to ROTC while throwing transgender students under the bus

December 20, 2010 By Laurel

Any form of discrimination based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, veteran status, or disability unrelated to course requirements is contrary to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: dadt, harvard, rotc, transgender

DREAM Now Letters to Barack Obama: David Cho

August 9, 2010 By kyledeb

My parents brought me to this country when I was only nine years old. I went to school not knowing a single word of English, and I often became my classmates' object of ridicule - many bullies perpetually and ignorantly harassed me. My … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: david-cho, dream-act, dream-letters, harvard, illegal, immigrant, immigration, korea, migrant, migration, music, ucla, undocumented

Whoa!! Look who’s talkin’ bout propaganda in politics!!!

February 22, 2010 By janalfi

Newly named Harvard University Institute of Politics Fellow (yes, Fellow) Ernest J. Istook, Jr., former GOP U.S. Rep. from Oklahoma, graduate of Baylor, and Distinguished Fellow at The Heritage Foundation will lead study group this Thursday … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: harvard, heritage-foundation, massachusetts, politics, propaganda, right-wing

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