Environmental Writing Workshop
Prof. Anthony Lioi, Dr. Steven Strang
Tue Jan 24, 12-01:00pm
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 20-Jan-2006
Limited to 60 participants.
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prof. Anthony Lioi of the Program in Writing will lead a discussion on environmental writing followed by a peer-editing workshop conducted by Dr. Steven Strang, Director, Writing & Communications Center. Entrants of the MIT Environmental Writing Contest are especially invited to attend.
Workshop will be held in 56-114
Web: http://mit.edu/wgrecycling/writing_contest.html
Contact: Nancy Boyce, E51-296, nboyce@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Writing and Humanistic Studies
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MIT Campus Sustainability - Challenges and Responses
Steven Lanou, Robert Cunkelman
Tue Jan 10, 12-01:00pm, 56-114
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 06-Jan-2006
Limited to 60 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: None
A presentation and discussion on MIT's campus environmental challenges and the programs and activities to minimize their impacts. Includes special presentation on MIT's green building program and innovative Stata Center "Bioswale" water recycling and stormwater management system by MIT Senior Engineer, Bob Cunkelman. Moderated by Steven Lanou (MCP '98), Deputy Director, Sustainability Program(Environmental Programs Office)
This workshop is part of the Environmental Writing Contest Initiative.
Web: http://mit.edu/wgrecycling/writing_contest.html
Contact: Nancy Boyce, E51-296, nboyce@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Environmental Programs Office
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The UN Millennium Report: An International Response to Global Environmental Challenges
Dr. Matthew Gardner, Ms. Xanat Flores
Tue Jan 17, 12-01:00pm, 56-114
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 13-Jan-2006
Limited to 60 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: none
- Dr. Matthew Gardner, Executive Director of the MIT Earth Science Initiative, will present an overview of the UN Millennium Report which identifies environmental challenges as well as recommendations for action on global environmental issues.
- Ms. Flores Xanat Flores, PhD Candidate, Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory,(CEE) will report on an MIT response to the Millennium Report: the SODIS (SOlar DISinfection) Bags Project which focuses on creating simple and inexpensive solutions to purify water in rural communities in developing countries by using solar radiation to disinfect microbially contaminated water.
This workshop is part of the Environmental Writing Contest Initiative.
Web: http://mit.edu/wgrecycling/writing_contest.html
Contact: Nancy Boyce, E51-296, nboyce@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Terrascope
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