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  • Thursday, October 17, 9:30 am – 10:15 am – Climate Beacon Conference, Harborside Stage: Municipal Movers Chat with Mayor Wu and Susan Goldberg

    Climate Beacon, the region’s premier global climate change gathering, is back from October 16-18 at the UMass Club and the Boston Society of Architects. This is where corporate, municipal, institutional, and community leaders all come together with experts and practitioners to share information, get down to brass tacks, and chart paths to more sustainable, livable futures.

    On October 17, GBH President and CEO Susan Goldberg will host Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and other phenomenal municipal leaders to dive into the decisions that are being made to try to keep our cities at the forefront of scaling climate change solutions while also ensuring healthier, safer, and more equitable communities for everyone. The event takes place at the Boston Society of Architects, 290 Congress Street in Boston. For tickets and more information visit https://www.wgbh.org/events/climate-beacon-conference

  • Wednesday, April 12, 5:00 pm – 47th Annual Meeting of the Friends of the Public Garden

    Wednesday, April 12, 5:00 pm – 47th Annual Meeting of the Friends of the Public Garden

    The 47th Annual Meeting of the Friends of the Public Garden will be held Wednesday, April 12 beginning at 5 pm at First Church in Boston, 66 Marlborough Street, Boston.  Featured will be Alex Krieger, FAIA, principal of architecture firm BBJ, Professor at the Harvard School of Design and recent recipient of the Boston Society of Architects’ Award of Honor, who will speak on The New Allure of the City, and Some Unanticipated Consequences.  Reception to follow.  Kindly rsvp by April 5 by calling 617-723-8144, or email rsvp@friendsofthepublicgarden.org.  Visit www.friendsofthepublicgarden.org for last year’s Annual Meeting minutes, Bylaws, and the Board of Directors nominating slate.

     

  • Tuesday, March 22, 1:00 pm – 4th Annual Massachusetts Water Forum: Water on My Mind

    The 4th Annual Massachusetts Water Forum, hosted by the Foundation for a Green Future, Inc. in honor of World Water Day, will rethink water management as the Commonwealth prepares for a changing climate.

    The Charles River Watershed Association (CRWA) will present a game-changing plan to transform the way we manage water in our urban and suburban spaces. The forum will encourage all participants to pose questions, add their insights, and think about new designs, systems and resource uses.

    Participants may join us for one or more segment of this program on Tuesday, March 22 at the BSA Space, 290 Congress Street, Boston. The 4th Annual Massachusetts Water Forum is brought to you thanks to our partners:

    The Office of Representative Chris Walsh
    Boston Society of Architects
    Charles River Watershed Association
    City of Boston
    MWRA (Massachusetts Water Resources Authority)
    Boston Water and Sewer Commission (BWSC)
    Massachusetts Rivers Alliance
    Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC)
    Green Schools

    We have the privilege of welcoming the Commonwealth’s Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Matthew Beaton, and
    GUEST KEYNOTE SPEAKER from Washington,DC Wenonah Hauter (pictured below), Executive Director of Food & Water Watch, author of Frackopoly. For more information visit http://foundationforagreenfuture.org/blue/4th_annual_mass_water_forum.

  • Wednesday, March 19, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Rising Tides in the Back Bay

    The Green Committee of The Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay will sponsor a NABB Neighborhood Forum on Wednesday, March 19, beginning at 6:30 pm at the French Cultural Center, 53 Marlborough Street, entitled Rising Tides in the Back Bay: Increasing Resiliency and Preparedness Post “Sandy.” Presenting speakers are Nancy Girard, Commissioner, Environment Department of the City of Boston, Vivien Li, President, Boston Harbor Association, Peter Papesch, Boston Society of Architects, Sustainability Education Committee, and Bud Ris, President and CEO of the New England Aquarium.  To register for this free event, contact the NABB office at 617-247-3961. Image from www.npr.org.

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  • Wednesday, June 30, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm – Boston Modern: The Spirit of Reinvention

    The National Trust for Historic Preservation invites the public to a free event – Boston Modern: The Spirit of Reinvention -  on Wednesday, June 30, beginning at 6:30 pm, celebrating the history and debating the future of the Boston area’s Modern and recent past architecture.  Join some of the preservation movement’s sharpest thinkers and most outspoken commentators for a provocative evening exploring the critical, and often controversial, issues facing the future of Greater Boston’s 20th century structures and landscapes.  Journalist and author Anthony Flint of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy will moderate a panel featuring David Fixler, FAIA of EYP and DOCOMOMO-US/New England, Kathy Spiegelman, Chief Planner, Harvard’s Allston Initiative, and others.  After hearing the experts, add your voice to the conversation during the public forum.

    A Special Insiders Tour of The First Church at 6:30 pm will be limited to the first 45 registrants.  The reception and program will begin at 7 pm.  RSVP to my.PreservationNation.org/BostonModern.

    The Boston Modern event is presented by the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Modernism + Recent Past Program and Northeast Office, in partnership with the Boston Preservation Alliance, Boston Landmarks Commission, Boston Society of Architects, Common Boston, DOCOMOMO-US/new Engld, Historic New England, and Preservation Massachusetts, with sponsorship from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Henry Luce Foundation.

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  • Wednesday, December 16, 6:00 – 8:00 pm – Urban Sustainable Living Talk with Patti Moreno

    From the Boston Society of Architects Lecture Series: December 16, 6:00 pm at the Boston Public Library in Copley Square, Rabb Lecture Hall, hear Patti Moreno speak on Urban Sustainable Living.  Through websites, videos, workshops and unlimited energy, this Roxbury mother, businesswoman and self-proclaimed “Garden Girl” shares her passion for urban garden ing and her message of urban sustainable living. Patti has created a true urban farm in the middle of Roxbury with extensive gardens and several kinds of livestock. Her website, www.gardengirltv.com, has been recommended on this site previously.  Hear Patti in person – admission free.

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