New England Aquarium

Tuesday, September 10, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Eastern – Sea Change: The Gulf of Maine, Live and Online

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The New England Aquarium and GBH present a special behind-the-scenes look at NOVA’s three-part series Sea Change: The Gulf of Maine as part of the Aquarium’s Lowell Lecture Series. Featuring imagery by acclaimed film producer and veteran photojournalist Brian Skerry, the series examines the changes taking place in the Gulf of Maine, a body of water that is warming 97 percent faster than the global ocean. Blending science, exploration, natural history, and stories of human experience, Sea Change illuminates how the gulf may serve as a preview of what might happen in other parts of the world due to climate change. Free. Registration required at https://www.wgbh.org/events/boston-premiere-of-sea-change-the-gulf-of-maine-a-nova-special-presentation?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_10758959

Join us on September 10 at 6:30 pm in person at Simons Theatre, New England Aquarium, 1 Central Wharf, or via live stream for a screening of highlights from the series followed by a panel discussion and Q&A with Skerry and other members of the filmmaking team about their experiences documenting and studying this spectacular wilderness, and how the communities that live and work along along the gulf’s shores are working to sustain its future. Panelists include:

  • Laurie Donnelly, Executive Producer, Sea Change, and Director of Lifestyle Programming, GBH
  • Dr. David Fields, Senior Research Scientist, Bigelow Labs
  • Brian Skerry, Photographer and Producer, Sea Change
  • Chun-Wei Yi, Writer, Director, and Producer, Sea Change
  • Moderated by Dr. Letise LaFeir, Chief of Conservation and Stewardship, New England Aquarium

Free of charge and open to the public, the Lowell Lecture Series is made possible due to the generosity of the Lowell Institute. This event is presented in partnership with GBH. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and the program starts promptly at 6:30 p.m.
NOVA is the most popular primetime science series on American television, demystifying the scientific and technological concepts that shape and define our lives, our planet, and our universe. NOVA is a production of GBH.

Kelp Forest at Cashes Ledge; 70-miles off the coast of Maine

Monday, August 12, 6:00 pm – 7:45 pm – Sharks Don’t Sink

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Boston Harbor Women of Color are excited to invite you to an exclusive book signing event on Monday, August 12 featuring acclaimed author Jasmin Graham and her latest work, Sharks Don’t Sink: Adventures of a Rogue Scientist! 

Sharks Don’t Sink is a riveting, moving, and ultimately triumphant memoir that delves into the journey of a young Black scientist striving to thrive beyond the traditional boundaries of academia. Fueled by her profound connection to one of nature’s most misunderstood creatures—the shark—this memoir sits at the intersection of science and social justice. It serves as a guidebook for learning to respect and protect some of nature’s most misunderstood and vulnerable creatures while also extending that same grace to ourselves.

Join us for an exclusive BHWOCC reception, featuring hors d’oeuvre and an open bar, beginning at 6 pm at the New England Aquarium. The event then opens to the public at 6:30 with a cash bar, and Jasmin will begin her talk at 7. RSVP HERE.

Wednesday, September 25, 7:30 pm – Why the Ocean Matters: It’s Probably Not Why You Think

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Solutions to climate change require us to think differently about how the land and sea connect to communities. Laura Parker Roerden, founder/executive director of Ocean Matters and fourth generation farmer will take us on a journey into a new paradigm for farms informed by oceans that holds the key to climate solutions and how engaging with this paradigm can help communities build resilient youth, expand our notion of tribe, and give us new ways to belong. The free lecture takes place September 25 at Wright-Locke Farm in Winchester. The Farm offers a casual picnic supper (sandwiches from Clover Food Lab, iced tea/lemonade & cookies for around $20), starting at 6pm. Please e-mail the Events Manager with any questions and to reserve your meal. RSVP to the lecture, please, at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0445acad2ca1fd0-september

Laura Parker Roerden

Executive Director and founder of Ocean Matters, Laura Parker Roerden has over twenty-five years of experience in environmental education and educating for social responsibility. She is a lecturer and author of many books, curricula and articles on young people’s social, emotional, and ethical development. She is the former publisher and managing editor at Educators for Social Responsibility and former managing editor of the magazine New Designs for Youth Development. Laura currently serves on the board of directors of both Women Working for Oceans (W20) at the New England Aquarium, as well as Earth, Ltd. of Southwicks Zoo and is a member of the Pleiades Network of Women Leaders in Sustainability. She lives on a fifth generation family farm in the Blackstone Valley of Massachusetts.

Friday, December 11, 7:00 pm – What We Fish For

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The world premiere of Ted Caplow’s and Andy Danylchuk’s newest documentary What We Fish For will be on Dec 11th (7:00 PM) at the New England Aquarium’s IMAX as part of the Boston Globe’s GlobeDoc series. Dr. Ted Caplow is an environmental engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur, and the founder of Fish Navy Films LLC. He brings his expertise in sustainable food production and energy management together with his love of the sea to create films that both educate and stimulate the viewer. Film making is a natural outlet for Dr. Caplow’s analytical nature and creative impulses, and his goal is to balance entertainment with truth to discover compelling solutions to some 21st century dilemmas.

After studying energy and then pollution dynamics at Harvard, Princeton, and Columbia, Ted left academia to explore his passion for sustainable design, ultimately creating the Science Barge in 2006. This hydroponic urban farm, open to the public, has been deployed on the Hudson River since 2007. The barge uses sunlight, biofuel, and captured rainwater to grow premium quality vegetables in the heart of urban areas, and hosts thousands of school children each year. Ted also invented the Vertical Integrated Greenhouseâ„¢, a high-yield hydroponic growing system for building facades and large atriums that offers world-leading efficiencies in land and water use. See more at: http://www.fishnavy.com/filmmaker/ted-caplow/#sthash.A2NF76zE.dpuf

The event is free but you need to register via this link http://support.neaq.org/site/Calendar?id=106306&view=Detail

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

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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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Sunday, June 3, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm – NEAQ World Oceans Day Celebration

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Join the New England Aquarium on Central Wharf on Sunday, June 3, from 11 – 4, to experience a full line-up of World Oceans Day activities, including submersible robots, cooking demonstrations, hands-on activities for kids and plenty to learn about ocean animals and habitats. All World Oceans Day activities are free and open to the public. As an added bonus, look for Calvin, the Aquarium’s inflatable 42 foot long right whale on the Rose Kennedy Greenway at Milk Street. (Weather permitting)

Monday, November 1, 7:00 pm – Smithsonian Ocean: Our Water, Our World

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The New England Aquarium has been providing free lectures and films by scientists, environmental writers, photographers and others since 1972. The Aquarium Lecture Series is presented free to the public through the generosity of the Lowell Institute, which has been providing funding for free public lectures at universities and museums since 1836.

With striking imagery from her book Smithsonian Ocean: Our Water, Our World, author Deborah Cramer makes a powerful case for a basic truth about the ocean: we need the sea, and now the sea needs us.

Lectures are free and open to the public. Registration is requested. The program will start at 7 p.m. in the Aquarium’s Harborside Learning Lab, will last approximately one hour, and will be followed by a reception. To register, call Amanda Kelley at 617-269-7171, or log on to www.neaq.org.

Smithsonian Ocean: Our Water Our World