Register for Careers in Conservation 2018!
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Our 3rd annual Careers in Conservation conference will be taking place on February 24th, from 10am to 3:30pm, in Boylston Hall. Free, with lunch included. Registration is required.
Event Schedule: 9:30 – Registration Opens 10:00 – Welcome and Keynote Address Prof. David Foster, Director of Harvard Forest; "From Science to Action and Back: Academia and Conservation Aligned." 11:00-11:45 – Workshops Session 1 11:50-12:35 – Workshops Session 2 12:35-1:35 – Networking Lunch Lunch is graciously donated by Bon Me and JP Licks. 1:40-2:25 - Interdisciplinary Panel of Conservation Professionals: Preparing for a Conservation Career in a Challenging Political Environment 2:30-3:00 – Closing Remarks |
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Workshop Sessions and Speakers:
1. The Science of Conservation: Coral Reef Conservation in the Anthropocene; led by Aaron Hartmann, Hrdy Fellow in Conservation Biology at Harvard University 2. Environmental Law: Pathways and Perspectives; led by Harvard Environmental Law Society 3. Have Your Voice Heard! Engaging in Conservation and Environmental Advocacy Work; led by Kelsey Lamp, Environment America 4. Conservation Finance: An Innovative Approach to Conservation; led by Spencer Meyer, Highstead Foundation 5. It Takes a Village: How the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services "Does Conservation" in the Post Modern Era; led by Matt Poole, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge Panelists: Emily Norton, The Sierra Club Paul Phifer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Emily Green, Conservation Law Foundation |
Inducted Class of Fall 2017
These individuals have been recommended by their project leaders for official induction as a result of their excellent work and dedication to their projects and to the organization throughout the last semester. We warmly welcome these new members to HCCS!
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Shannon Beattie '20
Arielle Blacklow '21 Stephan Casper '21 James Caven '21 Abraham Dada '21 Jack Daley '21 Graham Friedman '21 |
Maxwell Ho '21
Belinda Hu '21 April Johnson '18 Sophia Mautz '21 Matthew Miller '21 Caleb Rak '21 Caleb Schwartz '20 |
Serena Shah '21
Josh Stern '21 Meaghan Townsend '21 Imani Weeks '21 Margaux Winter '21 Michael Wong '18 Anthony Zhong '21 |
HCCS Members Featured in Harvard Gazette
A recent Harvard Gazette article has highlighted 5 Harvard undergraduate women who spent their time researching climate change and sustainability over the summer. We love seeing the good our peers are doing for the environment, and are especially proud that HCCS members Sabrina Devereaux '18 and Amy Li '20 were featured in the piece for their work in Madagascar and Hawai'i respectively! To read the article, click the link above, and to read Amy's blog post about her time at the Hawai'i Natural Energy Institute, click here!
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HCCS Retreat to Harvard Forest
On the weekend of Sept. 30th - Oct. 1st, HCCS held our first annual retreat to the Harvard Forest! Click on the photo to read about it on the blog.
We're excited to have had the chance to get off campus and bond this weekend, and we're even more excited for our budding partnership with the Harvard Forest for a project this semester and hopefully more in the future!
Summer Blogs 2017
Summer has ended and HCCS members are returning home to Boston from all over the globe. Check out our new summer blogs to see what some of them were up to in the months of vacation!
Paris Climate Agreement Petition
On June 1, 2017, President Trump announced that the United States will withdraw from the Paris climate agreement. In response, a growing number of university presidents took initiative to commit their institutions to a pledge of governors, mayors, and businesses across the country to uphold the agreement's greenhouse gas emissions targets.
Harvard University, however, was noticeably absent in this pledge, and so the Harvard College Conservation Society submitted a letter to President Faust asking her to likewise commit Harvard to this growing movement. To read the letter co-signed by a long list of student organization leaders, Click Here. And see the national movement at http://secondnature.org/grand-coalition-statement-paris-agreement/
Harvard University, however, was noticeably absent in this pledge, and so the Harvard College Conservation Society submitted a letter to President Faust asking her to likewise commit Harvard to this growing movement. To read the letter co-signed by a long list of student organization leaders, Click Here. And see the national movement at http://secondnature.org/grand-coalition-statement-paris-agreement/
