City of Boston & UMass: Sustainability and Resilience Initiatives

Four UMass campuses are partnering with the City of Boston to discuss the city’s work to combat the effects of climate change and connect workers with the green jobs of the future on Friday, May 16 from 3-4:30 p.m. at UMass Boston’s Integrated Sciences Complex, ISC 3300, and online via Zoom. It is the spring semester’s final installment of the UMass Sustainable Solutions Lectures series. All are invited to attend.

Registration is available to participate in person or remotely.

The lecture will feature local and state officials discussing the city’s sustainability and resilience initiatives:

• Chris Osgood, director, Office of Climate Resilience – City of Boston
• Oliver Sellers-Garcia, director, Green New Deal – City of Boston

• Trinh Nguyen, chief, Worker Empowerment Cabinet – City of Boston

• Kate England, deputy assistant commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and former director of Green Infrastructure for the City of Boston

UMass Boston Chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, who recently was honored by the city for his climate leadership, will provide opening remarks for the event.

The lecture series is supported by the School of Earth and Sustainability at UMass Amherst, the School of Public Policy at UMass Amherst, the School for the Environment at UMass Boston, the Sustainable Solutions Lab at UMass Boston, the Rist Institute for Sustainability and Energy at UMass Lowell, UMass Dartmouth, the Stone Living Lab and NATURANCE, a project funded by the European Union.

Those with questions about the event can contact Marta Vicarelli, assistant professor of economics and public policy, at mvicarelli@econs.umass.edu.