Mattias Ohlson
Jan/09 | Thu | 01:00PM-02:00PM | N51-310 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Limited to 40 participants
Half of the world’s population use firewood or charcoal for cooking, using old cooking technologies such as open fires or low-efficiency stoves. The negative health effects are staggering: an estimated 4 million people die every year due to indoor air pollution from open fires, more than malaria and HIV/AIDS combined. Families spend a substantial part of their household income on cooking fuel. In addition, making of charcoal is one of the primary causes of deforestation in Africa.
Emerging Cooking Solutions, a social business working in Zambia, has created an innovative system using micro-gasfying cooking stoves and locally produced waste biomass pellets, which reduce emissions drastically, saving money and time for the users and preserving about 6 tons of virgin forest for each stove that use pellets instead of charcoal. Their approach is to work with women’s groups, churches and other local organizations to reduce the initial threshold of entry and create a product that works in the local cultural context.
Hear founder Mattias Ohlson and Marion Peterson speak about their challenges and opportunities launching a social business in Zambia.
Light refreshments
Sponsor(s): D-Lab, Public Service Center
Contact: Sally Chapman, 33-309, 617 253-4926, SALLYC@MIT.EDU
Kelsey Boivin, Community Engagement Administrator
Jan/29 | Wed | 09:00AM-05:00PM | Various Locations, Times for each activity vary per organization |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/23
Limited to 120 participants
Prereq: None
We invite all members of the MIT Community to join us for the third annual IAP community service day, CityDay IAP! There are four locations and several times during the day in which you may volunteer. We hope these flexible options will allow you to schedule some volunteer time during your busy January:
Public transportation fees to/from the service placement will be provided on the service date. Please register by January 23rd!
Register here (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1SR5FE3Rgbjd-k72JOOJfqFrLuIKFefR5om9Pc_KbYm0/viewform)
Note: To participate, staff members need to gain permission from their supervisors to be released during normal work hours.
Sponsor(s): Public Service Center
Contact: Kelsey Boivin, W20, 617 253-8968, BOIVINK@MIT.EDU
Alison Hynd
Jan/28 | Tue | 02:00PM-03:30PM | 8-119 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Are you applying for grad school? Considering a Distinguished Fellowship? Seeking funding for your summer project?
Come and learn the nuts and bolts of writing successful personal statements and proposals.
Staff from Global Education and the Public Service Center will share their tips as frequent proposal readers and writers. Students who've written successful proposals will share what worked for them!
Presented by:
Kimberly Benard, Global Education Office
Alison Hynd, Public Service Center
RSVP to hynd@mit.edu
Sponsor(s): Public Service Center, Global Education and Career Development
Contact: Alison Hynd, hynd@mit.edu
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