<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><img src="cid:ii_15124ed478f2e6e0" alt="Inline image 1" width="161" height="161" style="margin-right:0px"><br></div>Dear Undergraduates,<br><br>A few weeks ago, President Reif and his team released MIT’s Climate Action Plan. This plan outlines three main points: MIT’s stance on climate change, past efforts, and future direction. MIT’s acknowledgement of climate change and the necessity to action in a swift and effective manner is a huge step forward and UA Sustainability very much support it. We also acknowledge that parts of the plan still remain unclear or uncertain to many in the undergraduate student body. Due of this concern, we are working to answer these questions and involve undergraduates in as much of the plan as possible. >From meetings with President Reif, VP of Research Maria Zuber, Office of Sustainability Director Julie Newman, ESI Director Jonathan Fernadeaz, and Deputy Executive VP Tony Sharon, UA has asked many of the questions brought up in the initial stage of the plan release, specifically focusing on how the plan was created, why the decisions were made, and what the future steps will be.<br><br>We want to be a part of the change in the coming months at MIT and we hope you as students and members of the MIT community will join us in this process. As always, please reach out to UA Sustainability with any questions, concerns, or comments on what you would like to see us address in the coming months. We love feedback on how to serve the MIT community.<br>As one of our first steps, we are hosting a Q&A Session on Climate Change and MIT’s Climate Action plan with VP of Research Maria Zuber (Details below). Professor Zuber was instrumental in the creation of the CAP and can provide answers as to how the plan was made and the steps MIT will be taking in the future. We hope you will join us to learn more about MIT Climate Action plan.</div><div><br>Thank you,<br>Linda Jing and Rebecca Sugrue<br>UA Sustainability Co-Chairs<br><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div></font></span><div style="font-size:14px"><font color="#000000"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">UA Sustainability Committee</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin:0pt 32pt 0pt 41pt"><span style="font-size:21.3333px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Presents</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin:0pt 32pt 0pt 41pt"><span style="font-size:29.3333px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Climate Conversation</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin:0pt 32pt 0pt 41pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Featuring MIT’s VP of Research, Maria Zuber</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin:0pt 32pt 0pt 41pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:21.3333px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/adOCgd7VRyWFH2q7_8wFyZRvYFDATNL2BSCh2i4z9uCrfk4PnA-Bm_LgKVDgMDEJjRhQjCZl_xPYxSB6PNMkptdNWro8ZwfVSJQOvV-yBnGCYnMvlwbgObODE4MxKj7MCWwU-L7O" width="177px;" height="177px;" style="border:none"></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin:0pt 32pt 0pt 41pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Confused about Climate Action at MIT?
</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin:0pt 32pt 0pt 41pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Come learn from UA Sustainability and Maria Zuber what it is!
</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin:0pt 32pt 0pt 41pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Monday, November 30</span><span style="font-size:9.6px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:super;white-space:pre-wrap">th</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, 2015</span></p></font><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin:0pt 32pt 0pt 41pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">5:00 PM in 26-100</font></span></p><font color="#000000"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin:0pt 32pt 0pt 41pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Food will be provided</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin:0pt 32pt 0pt 41pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Join our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1929839407241186/" target="_blank">FB event</a> | <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1dTslQpa7rNvwUZiYM9fqEYr6y8n35YXWno-YqF-JVlE/viewform" target="_blank">RSVP here</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin:0pt 32pt 0pt 41pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:18.6667px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">UA Sustainability Committee is hosting an information panel session with Vice President of Research Maria Zuber to discussion MIT’s Climate Action Plan. We will share highlights of the the plan and its future goals with a 30 minute Q&A session directed to Professor Zuber and UA Sustainability concerning the plan or other campus sustainability related topics.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please e-mail </span><a href="mailto:ua-sustainability-chairs@mit.edu" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ua-sustainability-chairs@mit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> with any questions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><br></p></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">Visit our <a href="http://sustain.script.mit.edu/" target="_blank">website </a>and our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/mituasustainability" target="_blank">Facebook</a> page to learn more about UA Sustainability and our upcoming events.</font></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>