The widespread adoption of electric vehicles and solar power are critical to meeting carbon reduction goals in the next decade. What does the future look like for these industries? What hurdles do they face in attaining mass adoption, and how is the industry addressing those hurdles? Presented by Sam Sperling, a former Tesla analyst and current product manager at Sila Nanotechnologies, and by Josh Lutton, founder of solar consulting firm Certasun. Cosponsored by the Glencoe Sustainability Task Force.

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NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS

Faced with an unintended pregnancy and a lack of local support, Autumn and her cousin, Skylar, travel across state lines to New York City on a fraught journey of friendship, bravery and compassion.

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Join us for an evening with Madeline Miller--a leader in Greek retellings, New York Times bestselling author, and Orange Prize for Fiction winner--to discuss her works, The Song of Achilles and Circe.

Madeline Miller’s first novel, The Song of Achilles, was awarded the 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction and was a New York Times bestseller. Her second novel, Circe, was an instant #1 New York Times bestseller. Before she was a novelist, Madeline Miller earned her BA and MA in classics from Brown University, and she taught and tutored Latin, Greek and Shakespeare to high school students for more than fifteen years. Her novels have been translated into over twenty-five languages, and her essays have appeared in The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, Lapham's Quarterly and on NPR.org.

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Learn about the principles that guide the work of Piet Oudolf, the leading naturalistic landscape and garden designer, through the personal research of landscape design consultant Deborah Chud. She’ll trace her discovery of Oudolf’s work, her research into his plant combinations, and her use of that research to create her own garden in his style. She’ll explore the historical context in which Oudolf emerged as a landscape superstar and introduce his design principles, particular his ideas around structure and the balance between coherence and contrast. A retired physician based in the Boston area, Ms. Chud has presented at the Harvard University Arboretum, the U.S. Botanical Garden, and the Toronto Botanical Garden, among many others.