IAP 2019 Activities by Category - Climate

James Paradis

Enrollment: advanced sign-up preferred
Limited to 18 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions

This 4-session IAP series will examine some of the ways in which contemporary media filters matters of climate change.  Starting with selections from William T. Vollmann's recent award-winning exploration of world energy uses and abuses, Carbon Ideologies, we will review and discuss a selection of film, government reports, photography, graphic fiction and journalism in order to gain a better understanding of how contemporary views of climate change are shaped and received. 

Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing
Contact: James Paradis, jparadis@mit.edu

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	Jan/10	Thu	04:00PM-05:30PM	E15-335
	Jan/15	Tue	04:00PM-05:30PM	E15-335
	Jan/18	Fri	04:00PM-05:30PM	E15-335
	Jan/28	Mon	04:00PM-05:30PM	E15-335

James Paradis

Jan/29

Tue

11:00AM-12:30PM

Ceres

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/28

Are you interested in learning about how to tackle the world’s most pressing sustainability challenges, climate change, water scarcity, pollution, and human rights abuses? Come to the Ceres Site Visit to learn about how MIT students can engage with Cere’s mission of transforming the economy to build a sustainable future. Open to Undergrads and Grads from all Courses. RSVP Requested in CareerBridge (Under Events> Fairs & Events> Ceres Site Visit).

Sponsor(s): Career, Advising and Professional Development CAPD
Contact: IAP Site Visits, capd@mit.edu

Antje Danielson, Director of Education

	Jan/22	Tue	08:30AM-05:30PM	W20 Stratton
	Jan/23	Wed	08:30AM-05:30PM	W20 Stratton
	Jan/24	Thu	08:30AM-05:30PM	W20 Stratton
	Jan/25	Fri	08:30AM-05:30PM	W20 Stratton
	Jan/26	Sat	09:00AM-01:00PM	W20 Stratton

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Repeating event, participants welcome at any session
Prereq: https://mit.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9Kyg7nRApW8eAW9

This workshop is for graduate students from any discipline. During the workshop, an interdisciplinary group of faculty, professionals, and graduate students will work to map out the processes involved in transforming a model island community with a conventional energy profile to an island community with a resilient net zero carbon energy system supplying its permanent residents. Model-Based Reasoning and Design Thinking were chosen as tools to facilitate collaborative work during the process of creating the outline of a draft master plan for the model community.

Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Initiative
Contact: Antje Danielson, E19-370N, 617 253-3895, ANTJED@MIT.EDU

Xiaoyu Wu, Postdoctoral Associate

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/09
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions

This workshop is to introduce the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and bring together students in different disciplines to develop a path for fostering the successful implementation of these goals. 

The workshop has the following learning outcomes:

1. Summarize the UN SDGs

2. Use SDGs to evaluate existing and proposed engineering projects

 

Sign up here: https://goo.gl/forms/PFShzenLhpmK8yDF2

Contact: Xiaoyu Wu, 3-339N, 617 324-9014, XYWU@MIT.EDU

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Jan/10

Thu

01:00PM-02:30PM

5-217

We will discuss the 1-9 UN SDGs.

1: No poverty

2: Zero hunger

3: Good health and well-being

4: Quality education

5: Gender equality

6: Clean water and sanitation

7: Affordable and clean energy

8. Decent work and economic growth

9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Xiaoyu Wu - Postdoctoral Associate

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Jan/11

Fri

01:00PM-02:30PM

5-217

We will discuss the 10-17 UN SDGs.

10. Reduced inequalities

11. Sustainable cities and communities

12. Responsible production and consumption

13. Climate action

14: Life below water

15: Life on Land

16. Peace, justice and strong institutions

17. Partnerships for the goals

Xiaoyu Wu - Postdoctoral Associate