

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Rise Up Boston: A Climate Event
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 10:00 am – Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 03:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Meet with some of the people who are making a difference addressing climate change at tables throughout the Museum, and talk with educators.About this EventFeatured GuestsKatharine WilkinsonAuthor of Climate WayfindingDr. Katharine Wilkinson is an author, strategist, teacher, and one of 15 “women who will save the world,” according to Time magazine. Her books on climate include the bestselling anthology All We Can Save, The Drawdown Review, the New York Times bestseller Drawdown, and Between God &amp; Green. She is co-founder and executive director of The All We Can Save Project, cultivating climate leadership and engagement; co-host of the podcast A Matter of Degrees; and creator of All We Can Save Circles and Climate Wayfinding. Previously, she was the principal writer and editor-in-chief at the climate solutions nonprofit Project Drawdown. Dr. Wilkinson speaks widely, including a popular TED Talk on climate and gender equality that has more than 2 million views. Her writing and perspective have been featured by CNN, The New York Times, Time, the TODAY Show, The Washington Post, and many others. A former Rhodes Scholar, Dr. Wilkinson holds a doctorate in geography and environment from Oxford.Sara BeeryAssistant Professor at MIT EECSDr. Sara Beery is an assistant professor at MIT EECS' Faculty of AI and Decision Making and CSAIL, and was previously a visiting researcher at Google working on Auto Arborist. She’s always loved the natural world, and has seen a growing need for technology-based approaches to conservation and sustainability challenges. Her research focuses on building computer vision methods that enable global-scale environmental and biodiversity monitoring across data modalities, tackling real-world challenges including strong spatiotemporal correlations that lead to domain shift, imperfect data quality, fine-grained categories, and long-tailed distributions. She received her PhD in Computing and Mathematical Sciences (CMS) at Caltech, advised by Pietro Perona, where she received the Amori Doctoral Prize for my dissertation. She is honored to be awarded an AI2050 Early Career Fellowship, an NSF CAREER Grant, a PIMCO Data Science Fellowship an Amazon AI4Science Fellowship, and the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Her work has been supported by the NSF, NASA, Google, Microsoft, IBM, the USAF, MIT J-WAFS, and the Caltech Resnick Sustainability Institute.Melissa HofferClimate Chief, Office of Governor Maura Healey Commonwealth of MassachusettsMelissa Hoffer is Massachusetts’ first-ever climate chief. She joined the Biden Administration as a Day 1 political appointee, serving as the acting general counsel and principal deputy general counsel of the Environmental Protection Agency. She led the EPA’s Office of General Counsel through the transition until November 2021, and continued to serve as Principal Deputy General Counsel. Prior to that, she worked in the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office as chief of the Environmental Protection Division beginning in 2012 and was named chief of AG Healey’s newly formed Energy and Environment Bureau in 2015. Prior to joining the Attorney General’s Office, Hoffer held senior roles at the Conservation Law Foundation and practiced for many years as a litigator and environmental lawyer at WilmerHale.Alex CreelyChief Engineer, ARC Conceptual Design at Commonwealth Fusion SystemsAlex Creely is a scientist and engineer on a quest for clean energy. He is currently the Chief Engineer for ARC Conceptual Design at Commonwealth Fusion Systems, a Massachusetts-based company working toward clean fusion energy. Alex has been at CFS since 2019 after starting as lucky number 13 at the company. Alex has worked on fusion projects around the world and is optimistic about a future in which the world runs on clean energy.Alex EvansExecutive Director, Blue Hill ObservatoryDr. Evans joined the Blue Hill Observatory following more than a decade in academic and national science leadership roles. He is the Founder and Principal Investigator of LunaSCOPE, a NASA-funded research initiative focused on lunar science and exploration strategy. He has served in senior advisory capacities for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, helping shape national priorities in space science and exploration. His work has emphasized interdisciplinary research, long-term data stewardship, and translating scientific insight into decision-making frameworks.Speakers ScheduleGordon Current Science &amp; Technology Center Stage, Blue Wing Level 111:30 am • Katharine WilkinsonAuthor of All We Can Save. Following the talk, Dr. Wilkinson will be signing copies of her new book, Climate Wayfinding, in the Blue Wing.12:30 pm • Sara BeeryAssistant Professor at MIT EECS1:30 pm • Melissa HofferClimate Chief, Office of Governor Maura Healey Commonwealth of Massachusetts2:30 pm • Alex CreelyChief Engineer, ARC Conceptual Design at Commonwealth Fusion Systems3:30 pm • Alex EvansExecutive Director, Blue Hill ObservatoryOrganizationsBlue Wing, Lower Level and Level 1Brandeis University Environmental Studies program; Boston City Nature ChallengeCommunity BoatingEarthwise AwareGroundwork SomervilleMass AudubonMassachusetts Clean Energy CenterMetropolitan Area Planning CouncilMuseum of Science Green Team &amp; Environmental Footprint Task ForceMothers Out FrontNortheastern Section American Chemical Society - Chemists Celebrate Earth WeekNortheastern University Marine Science CenterRevision EnergyStone Living LabTakedaThe Nature ConservancyThe TrusteesUmass-Boston: Farmer LabWomen's Energy Network Boston
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Boston
- **state**: MA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Museum of Science
- **lat**: 42.367714
- **long**: -71.0709771
- **full address**: Museum of Science, 1 Science Park, Boston, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 25 Apr, 2026 at 10:00 am (-04:00)
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- **Q**: What type of event is this?
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