Cleaner Living through Greener Chemistry
Jeffrey Steinfeld, Bill Van Schalkwyk, Kendra Bussey, Jacqueline Tio
Thu Jan 27, 10am-12:00pm, 6-233, Refreshments will be served.
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 21-Jan-2005
Single session event
Prereq: none
Green chemistry promotes cleaner, safer, and more efficient process design upstream to prevent billions of pounds of hazardous waste downstream. For years industry contended with managing hazardous waste and through green chemistry, realized environmental and financial benefits. MIT is now exploring green chemistry as a strategic hazardous waste management tool and an opportunity to demonstrate environmental stewardship. Join us for a discussion on green chemistry: what it is, who adopted it, and where MIT has work underway. Hear from Chemistry faculty and students who are analyzing MIT’s chemical purchases; defining common chemical uses; understanding where waste occurs and its cost; and researching alternatives for certain chemicals.
Contact: Susan Leite, x3-5246, smleite@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Chemistry
|
Junkyard Art: The Art of Recycling
Erik Demaine, Jeff Smith, Justin Adams, Martin Demaine
Mon Jan 10 thru Fri Jan 14, 12am-05:00pm, N51 Plaster Studio
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Hands-on activity to learn about and create works of art from discarded objects. Interactive lecture/video/slideshow by artist Jeff Smith on his art, the ethics methods of collecting discarded objects, and processes he uses to create art from found or discarded objects. Object hunting at MIT and throughout Cambridge, collaborating on projects and ideas, and creating a work of art from found objects. Goals: to use art as inspiration to recycle, reuse and conserve resources, and to challenge the imagination. Collaborate on new ways to think about our discards and make an important statement on ubiquitious wastefulness witnessed and overlooked. Reception/Display open to MIT Community. Tools provided. Bring one found item to first class. Also spons. by CSAIL and LFE.
Web: http://theory.csail.mit.edu/classes/junkyardart
Contact: junkyardart@theory.csail.mit.ed
Cosponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
|
Tools for Communicating Your Recycling Message
Jan Aceti Aceti Associates, Andrea Finnin
Thu Jan 20, 12-01:00pm, 34-401A
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 18-Jan-2005
Limited to 50 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: None
This workshop is aimed specifically at Recycling Ambassadors and other environmental stewards @ MIT. We will discuss how to get the word out about recycling within your DLC, brainstorm around roadblocks to recycling and education, learn new skills to motivate others to practice sustainable behavior (eg. recycling) and share what has worked and what has not worked to increase recycling in specific areas. Lunch will be provided. With your RSVP, please include an example of a problem you are facing in your department so that it can be addressed in the course of the workshop.
Contact: Anne Wasserman, 39-517, x3-0292, staffrecycles@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Working Group on Support Staff Issues
|
|
