From developing a better way to predict and prevent wildfires, to upcycling wool waste into building insulation, to convening insurance and climate change experts to address gaps in knowledge, five new interdisciplinary projects have received funding from the Salata Institute Seed Grant Program.
Zeyneb Magavi SPH ’03 partnered with Eversource to construct the first geothermal system built by a gas utility, charting a greener course for the industry while also preserving jobs.
Through ultralight solar-powered drones that can fly in the upper atmosphere, Harvard startup Rarefied aims to dramatically improve the accuracy of climate models and weather prediction.
Earth scientist Hong Yang, musician William Cheng PhD ’12, and computer scientist Narges Mahyar—all Radcliffe fellows—blend music, data, and visuals to increase climate change awareness.
Harvard PhD student Lucrecia Aguilar is studying how biodiversity loss affects lion-human interactions, aiming to reduce conflict and ensure the survival of both big cats and community livelihoods.
Developed by Carbon Counts, a company cofounded by Michael Libenson MBA ’96 and incubated at the Harvard i-lab, EverForest is a mobile game that plants real trees on users’ behalf.
The Growth Lab at Harvard Kennedy School launched Greenplexity, an interactive tool that helps countries identify their localized opportunities for green growth by supplying what the world needs for the global energy transition.
A new course at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health aims to support professionals from across Ukrainian society in rebuilding their country, with people, planet, and resilience in mind.
The AI cluster at Harvard's Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial Intelligence has been ranked as one of the fastest and greenest supercomputers on the planet.
Harvard has increased the size of its Green Revolving Fund from $12 million to $37 million, providing additional funds to Harvard’s Schools and business units to accelerate campus decarbonization.
