Harvard University Archives

Intentional Endowments Network: Working Toward A Sustainable & Regenerative Tomorrow

November 15th, 2019 | by Carolyn Fortuna

Isn't it time that your higher education institution directed its endowments toward a sustainable future

Research Breakthrough Could Lead To “Smart” Solar Panels & Buildings

December 5th, 2018 | by Steve Hanley

Researchers at Harvard studying the feet of geckos have created new polymers that could lead to solar panels able to track the sun autonomously with no external equipment or energy required.

Scientists Prescribe A Healthy Dose Of Sulphate Particles To Promote Global Cooling On The Cheap

November 23rd, 2018 | by Steve Hanley

Researchers at Harvard have proposed a plan for sulphate dispersal they say could cool the Earth by 1.5 degrees C within 15 years at minimal cost. Is ir real or just pie in the sky?

Harvard Board Member Kat Taylor Resigns Over School’s Fossil Fuel Investments

May 29th, 2018 | by Joshua S Hill

Nearly two months after she called on Harvard University to divest from fossil fuels in a move she deemed necessary to "address the existential crisis of our time," Kat Taylor, Member of the Harvard University Board of Overseers, announced her resignation in protest over the school's failure to divest from fossil fuels.

Climate Change

Harvard Board Member Kat Taylor Calls For Fossil Fuel Divestment

March 29th, 2018 | by Joshua S Hill

Kat Taylor, Member of the Harvard University Board of Overseers, called for the University to divest from fossil fuels in a move she states "would not only take steps to address the existential crisis of our time, but it would allow the University to lead its peers, as few, if any, American universities thus far have taken this important moral stance."

Clean Power

CleanTechnica Divestment Year in Review 2017

December 23rd, 2017 | by Carolyn Fortuna

Divestment has reached an all-time peak in 2017, with religious, higher education, wealth fund, and other institutions joining in to end the fossil fuel infrastructure and transition to 100% renewable energy for all

Coal

Harvard University “Pausing” Investments For Some Fossil Fuels

April 28th, 2017 | by Joshua S Hill

After several years of growing pressure from students, faculty, alumni, and outside proponents of fossil fuel divestment, Harvard University is set to pause investments in some fossil fuels.

Coal

Harvard Students Appeal Fossil Fuel Divestment Case

October 12th, 2015 | by Joshua S Hill

Students from Harvard University have continued their legal fight, which aims to force Harvard University to divest its endowments from [&hellip

Fossil Fuels

Academics Call For More University Divestment Of Fossil Fuel Investments

April 9th, 2015 | by Joshua S Hill

The international association of Academics Stand Against Poverty has come out in favor of the growing movement of universities divesting [&hellip

Coal

Oxford University Divestment Campaign Heats Up, Harvard Is Silent

March 16th, 2015 | by Joshua S Hill

The global push towards fossil fuel divestment continues, especially on university campuses, with the University of Oxford set to rule [&hellip

Coal

Harvard Alumni Add Pressure To Divest From Fossil Fuels

February 24th, 2015 | by Joshua S Hill

The efforts to pressure Harvard University into divesting from fossil fuels continues to heat up, as Harvard Heat Week kicks [&hellip

Coal

First Australian University Announces Carbon Divestment Plans

February 16th, 2015 | by Joshua S Hill

The University of Sydney in Australia has announced its intention to “substantially reduce” its carbon-related investments over the next three [&hellip

Harvard Scientists Invent A Bionic Leaf That Makes Rubbing Alcohol

February 12th, 2015 | by Tina Casey

Harvard scientists have invented a new way to make rubbing alcohol with a "bionic leaf," which is a bigger deal than you might think

Clean Transport

Spatial Mismatch — Sprawl & Poor Transit Further Unemployment

November 9th, 2014 | by Cynthia Shahan

Social and economic equality and inequality have many root causes. A paper published in the mid-196os examined the “spatial-mismatch hypothesis.” John Kain, an [&hellip

Batteries

‘Natural’ Battery Created At USC Lab

July 8th, 2014 | by Jake Richardson

Scientists at the University of Southern California created a "natural" battery using quinones, organic compounds that can be found in both plants and animals