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X-WR-CALNAME:Educating for a Sustainable Future: Mobilizing Higher Ed for t
 he Climate Century
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DESCRIPTION:Students\, faculty and administrators are increasingly concerne
 d that a university education prepare its graduates for a world where sust
 ainability is a profound concern for our careers\, our civic engagement\, 
 and our daily lives.\n\nIn this event\, representatives from four universi
 ties will discuss the ways they are changing their institutions' curricula
  and practices to provide a quality sustainability education. How can we m
 eet the needs of both those students who are most dedicated to sustainabil
 ity\, and those who would never think to take a class with an environmenta
 l theme? How do we recognize and scale up successes? And how can education
 al institutions learn from each other\, while still catering to the unique
  needs of their student bodies and communities?\n\nThis event is part of t
 he People\, Prosperity and the Planet lecture series produced by the MIT E
 nvironmental Solutions Initiative.\n\nThis is a hybrid virtual and in-pers
 on event. Anyone and everyone is welcome to register for this event as a w
 ebinar through Zoom. MIT faculty\, students and staff who are in the MIT C
 ovid Pass system can also attend in-person\; note that the non-MIT speaker
 s will be joining remotely.\n\nSpeakers:\n\nSarah Meyers\, Education Progr
 am Manager\, MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative. Responsible for a wid
 e variety of MIT's interdisciplinary sustainability education programs\, M
 eyers manages the Environment and Sustainability Minor and has motivated t
 he infusion of sustainability in MIT’s required introductory classes\, t
 he development of first-year discovery and experiential learning subjects\
 , and the creation of the MIT Fall Career Fair Sustainability Initiative.\
 n\nChristopher Boone\, Dean and Professor of the School of Sustainability\
 , Arizona State University. At ASU\, Boone has taught classes on sustainab
 le urbanization\, urban and environmental health\, principles and methods 
 of sustainability\, environmental justice\, sustainable design and innovat
 ion\, and interdisciplinary methods for socio-ecological research. His res
 earch focuses on sustainable urbanization\, environmental justice\, and gl
 obal environmental change\, and he serves on the Executive Committee of th
 e Council of Environmental Deans and Directors among other distinguished a
 ppointments.\n\nPamela Matson\, Richard and Rhoda Goldman Professor in Env
 ironmental Studies\, Director of the Change Leadership for Sustainability 
 Program\, and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute\, Stanford University. 
 Matson is an interdisciplinary sustainability scientist\, academic leader\
 , and organizational strategist. As dean of Stanford University’s School
  of Earth\, Energy and Environmental Sciences from 2002-2017\, Matson buil
 t interdisciplinary departments and educational programs focused on resour
 ces\, environment and sustainability\; she now leads the graduate program 
 in Sustainability Science and Practice.\n\nAlex Hiniker\, Executive Fellow
  for Sustainability Initiatives at Carnegie Mellon University. Hiniker is 
 responsible for Carnegie Mellon's Voluntary University Review of the UN Su
 stainable Development Goals (SDGs) and related activities. Previously\, sh
 e oversaw New York City’s SDG program at the Mayor’s Office for Intern
 ational Affairs\, making New York City the first city in the world to repo
 rt directly to the United Nations on its local implementation of the SDGs\
 ; over 200 local authorities have now committed to conducting their own re
 views.
LOCATION:Vannevar Bush Room\, 10-105
SUMMARY:Educating for a Sustainable Future: Mobilizing Higher Ed for the Cl
 imate Century
URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.mit.edu/event/educating_for_a_sustainable_fu
 ture_mobilizing_higher_ed_for_the_climate_century
CATEGORIES:Conferences/Seminars/Lectures
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