https://www.mercurystories.org/events daily 0.75 2021-03-03 https://www.mercurystories.org/events/pardee-school-book-talk-virtual-henrik monthly 0.5 2021-03-03 https://www.mercurystories.org/events/global-food-plus-symposium-noelle-virtual monthly 0.5 2021-02-26 https://www.mercurystories.org/events/harvard-kennedy-school-energy-policy-seminar-series-virtual-henrik-and-noelle monthly 0.5 2021-02-01 https://www.mercurystories.org/events/iit-hyderabad-mercury-stories-talk-virtual-noelle-amp-henrik monthly 0.5 2021-02-01 https://www.mercurystories.org/events/seminar-at-university-of-regina-canada-virtual-noelle monthly 0.5 2021-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b206d27fcb227f1909392/1611071987562-7IQ6VHUWC3KQTV0D7HV0/logo.png Upcoming Events - Seminar at University of Regina, Canada (Virtual): Noelle https://www.mercurystories.org/events/american-geophysical-union-fall-meeting monthly 0.5 2020-11-25 https://www.mercurystories.org/events/mercury-australia-symposium-henrik-and-noelle monthly 0.5 2020-11-12 https://www.mercurystories.org/events/technical-university-of-munich-bavarian-school-of-public-policy-henrik-and-noelle monthly 0.5 2020-11-12 https://www.mercurystories.org/events/mit-china-innovation-and-entrepreneurship-forum-noelle monthly 0.5 2020-11-12 https://www.mercurystories.org/events/mit-alumni-faculty-forum monthly 0.5 2020-11-12 https://www.mercurystories.org/events/boston-university-global-development-policy-center-virtual-henrik monthly 0.5 2020-10-13 https://www.mercurystories.org/events/mit-club-of-rhode-island-virtual-noelle monthly 0.5 2020-10-13 https://www.mercurystories.org/events/peking-university-college-of-environmental-sciences-amp-engineering monthly 0.5 2020-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b206d27fcb227f1909392/1599567031452-PCX0H7JJ28QKH2QENMVG/1200px-Peking_University_seal.svg.png Upcoming Events - Peking University, College of Environmental Sciences & Engineering (Virtual): Henrik and Noelle https://www.mercurystories.org/events/sts-circle-at-harvard-henrik-and-noelle monthly 0.5 2020-09-28 https://www.mercurystories.org/events/seminar-at-university-of-bonn-virtual-noelle monthly 0.5 2020-09-28 https://www.mercurystories.org/presentations daily 0.75 2020-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b206d27fcb227f1909392/1609427852335-QU41OVIB7TH4ERK0H69G/image-asset.jpeg Presentations - MIT Faculty Forum Online: Noelle Selin View presentation from MIT Faculty Forum with Noelle Selin, from December 10, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b206d27fcb227f1909392/1609427852335-QU41OVIB7TH4ERK0H69G/image-asset.jpeg Presentations - MIT Faculty Forum Online: Noelle Selin View presentation from MIT Faculty Forum with Noelle Selin, from December 10, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b206d27fcb227f1909392/1609427852321-8P9XCX2QW19L1CNEMDCC/image-asset.octet-stream Presentations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b206d27fcb227f1909392/1609432893770-XZN1LHM9ZECSTNRK4KY0/image-asset.png Presentations - Lecture Series "Innovation Pathways to Sustainability": Prof. Noelle E. Selin Lecture Series “Innovation Pathways to Sustainability” at University of Bonn, September 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b206d27fcb227f1909392/1609437563447-IV1M42MCXHALB7UXURLY/image-asset.jpeg Presentations - Mercury Stories: Book Launch with Henrik Selin (GDP Center, Boston University) Book launch at Boston University’s GDP Center, November 10, 2020 https://www.mercurystories.org/teaching-materials daily 0.75 2022-09-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b206d27fcb227f1909392/1663010620737-ZT6IDVGIPSX0WIFD3S84/Screen+Shot+2022-09-12+at+3.23.36+PM.png Teaching Materials - HTE Framework journal article in Sustainability Science The HTE framework is now published in a journal article (open access): Selin, H., Selin, N.E. The human–technical–environmental systems framework for sustainability analysis. Sustain Sci (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-022-01177-0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b206d27fcb227f1909392/1663010620737-ZT6IDVGIPSX0WIFD3S84/Screen+Shot+2022-09-12+at+3.23.36+PM.png Teaching Materials - HTE Framework journal article in Sustainability Science The HTE framework is now published in a journal article (open access): Selin, H., Selin, N.E. The human–technical–environmental systems framework for sustainability analysis. Sustain Sci (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-022-01177-0 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b206d27fcb227f1909392/1601127614498-VKHBVI00E9L0T85UQMGD/Screen+Shot+2020-09-26+at+9.40.08+AM.png Teaching Materials - Apply the Framework: Instructions to create your own matrices and diagrams Read more about how to apply the HTE framework, and get fill-in matrix pdfs and link to an online tool to create your own pathway diagrams https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b206d27fcb227f1909392/1602873753818-SLM2P826FSF6J5N22CMT/Screen+Shot+2020-10-16+at+2.39.02+PM.png Teaching Materials - The Mercury Game Play “The Mercury Game,” a role-playing negotiation simulation for 8-11 players that helps participants learn about the role of science in international environmental negotiations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b206d27fcb227f1909392/1603054797004-UH0P357ARYIZOCCLONM9/image-asset.jpeg Teaching Materials - Case Study: Single-use plastics Are you interested in seeing how the HTE framework can be applied to another case study? See the briefing note and teaching package on single-use plastics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b206d27fcb227f1909392/1603801852439-O6WSDMKBWL7XMLQA4EPB/image.jpg Teaching Materials - Case Study: Agriculture and Air Pollution in Punjab An example of the HTE framework applied to another case study: a briefing note and teaching package on agriculture and air pollution in Punjab, India. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b206d27fcb227f1909392/1609436749677-ZR6CKJDLI13VTQGPJUF2/Picture1.png Teaching Materials - Case Study: Irrigation and Agriculture in the Indus Basin This case study uses the HTE framework to examine sustainability challenges involving irrigation and agriculture in the Indus basin of Pakistan. It was prepared by Afreen Siddiqi (MIT). The case includes a briefing paper and video lecture/presentation. https://www.mercurystories.org/stories-blog daily 0.75 2020-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b206d27fcb227f1909392/1596665112568-6P5CCNAAB3TGCJVLB6C9/IMGP0614.jpg The Stories Behind the Stories https://www.mercurystories.org/stories-blog/chapter-7-all-that-glitters-is-not-gold-cyp5j-bnp3b-c8ngd monthly 0.5 2021-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b206d27fcb227f1909392/1625492183556-FOBXYUB2F7638SV54JL5/IMGP9220.jpg The Stories Behind the Stories - Chapter 10: We'll Keep on Fighting.... Image: H. Selin https://www.mercurystories.org/stories-blog/chapter-7-all-that-glitters-is-not-gold-cyp5j-bnp3b monthly 0.5 2021-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b206d27fcb227f1909392/1625481269424-AR9JQTF7LVO86NHQ13UY/unsplash-image-Q1p7bh3SHj8.jpg The Stories Behind the Stories - Chapter 9: Insights for Sustainability Researchers Image: NASA https://www.mercurystories.org/stories-blog/chapter-7-all-that-glitters-is-not-gold-cyp5j monthly 0.5 2021-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b206d27fcb227f1909392/1624978777572-9BT6BGB7ZU2HLTZ9TFLH/F1.large.jpg The Stories Behind the Stories - Chapter 8: Seeing the Matrix - Make it stand out Box 1: Characteristics of Sustainability-Relevant Systems Research. from Selin, Science Advances, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b206d27fcb227f1909392/1624978494684-V1ZHTYAJ05YESLZNLZHY/unsplash-image-iar-afB0QQw.jpg The Stories Behind the Stories - Chapter 8: Seeing the Matrix Image: @markusspiske via Unsplash/Squarespace. https://www.mercurystories.org/stories-blog/chapter-7-all-that-glitters-is-not-gold monthly 0.5 2020-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b206d27fcb227f1909392/1608506268223-1H19X3281NSFS9QWBMBX/image%3Ainfrarate.com+via+Squarespace The Stories Behind the Stories - Chapter 7: All that Glitters Is Not Gold Gold bars and coins. Image: Infrarate.com via Squarespace. https://www.mercurystories.org/stories-blog/chapter-6-a-lightbulb-moment monthly 0.5 2020-11-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b206d27fcb227f1909392/1606741323837-XGIWABLXYYT0Y0RHOQ1P/Picture1.png The Stories Behind the Stories - Chapter 6: A Lightbulb Moment A mercury-containing compact fluorescent bulb. Photo: H. Selin. https://www.mercurystories.org/stories-blog/chapter-5-in-the-air monthly 0.5 2020-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b206d27fcb227f1909392/1605649793010-EVWABXBOPSHTA0Y44MZB/image-asset.jpeg The Stories Behind the Stories - Chapter 5: It’s in the air Burning fossil fuels emits air pollutants, including mercury. Photo: @mattartz via Unsplash/Squarespace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b206d27fcb227f1909392/1605650002938-JH75LUFPEJ3Q84KFYZJ6/Picture2.png The Stories Behind the Stories - Chapter 5: It’s in the air The Minamata Convention was agreed in 2013, two years before the Paris Agreement, and would not exist today had the treaty sought to restrict coal use. Photo: N. Selin. https://www.mercurystories.org/stories-blog/chapter-4-just-what-the-doctor-ordered monthly 0.5 2020-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b206d27fcb227f1909392/1604871001982-RDUASNMTH4I1MWTEI82G/IMG_8255.JPG The Stories Behind the Stories - Chapter 4: Just what the doctor ordered? Calomel, a mercury-containing medical treatment (Photo: H. Selin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b206d27fcb227f1909392/1604871110846-A8I2088DSZ4WOQTYJT5H/IMG_8307.jpg The Stories Behind the Stories - Chapter 4: Just what the doctor ordered? Vintage WWII sign featuring mercury-containing prophylactics for syphilis and gonorrhea (Photo: N. Selin) https://www.mercurystories.org/stories-blog/chapter-3-what-goes-around-comes-around monthly 0.5 2020-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b206d27fcb227f1909392/1604343099130-56XYLSAH3LCFRTS27NBI/cathedralinseville..jpg The Stories Behind the Stories - Chapter 3: What Goes Around, Comes Around Interior of the cathedral in Seville (Photo: N. Selin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b206d27fcb227f1909392/1598103633639-GFIML93HIL4KED1NH8QR/A+cinnabar+rock+%28Photo%3A+Selin%29 The Stories Behind the Stories - Chapter 3: What Goes Around, Comes Around Cinnabar rock from the area of Almadén (Photo: H. Selin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b206d27fcb227f1909392/1604342943099-YVUHATJ02WUGWHFCAPDD/almaden_spain_worldheritage_sign.jpg The Stories Behind the Stories - Chapter 3: What Goes Around, Comes Around Sign at the entrance to Almadén, Spain (Photo: H. Selin) https://www.mercurystories.org/stories-blog/chapter-2-analyzing-human-technical-environmental-systems monthly 0.5 2020-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b206d27fcb227f1909392/1603658715618-ZXZ16TMG7ZJWMK69W22S/Mercury+cube+in+Idrija%2C+Slovenia+%28Photo%3A+N.E.+Selin%29 The Stories Behind the Stories - Chapter 2: The Matrix The “Mercury Cube” in the mercury mining museum in Idrija, Slovenia (Photo: N. E. 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Selin) https://www.mercurystories.org/stories-blog/about-the-book monthly 0.5 2020-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b206d27fcb227f1909392/1598103376479-UMC7OTR2IYWMJ3KIJBCT/F20-twitter.590.295.selin.jpg The Stories Behind the Stories - About the Book https://www.mercurystories.org/stories-blog/tag/by+Henrik+and+Noelle monthly 0.5 https://www.mercurystories.org/media-coverage daily 0.75 2022-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b206d27fcb227f1909392/1668811318098-JXYR6EJDDMOUMZCK2RVE/GraphicAbstract.jpg Media coverage - New publication: Sustainability and Mercury in One Earth “From Stockholm to Minamata and beyond: Governing mercury pollution for a more sustainable future” is now published in One Earth. 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