[bioundgrd] Fwd: Fri April 24 MIT Sustainable Summit: register now & volunteer!

[Janice Chang]

>MIT Sustainable Summit
>Discovering New Dimensions for Growth
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>all day Friday, April 24
>Walker Memorial
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>3 keynotes, 3 panels, poster session
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>breakfast, lunch, and dinner provided
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>Volunteers get in for FREE!  Sign 
>up <http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=cFZkYWZXazZ1dmUtZmFzTmgtQ0lYVmc6MA>here to 
>help make the Summit zero-waste.
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>The need for sustainability will dominate the next decades and 
>characterize the generations that work toward it.  This is more than 
>an energy problem.  
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>Using an innovative panel format, the Summit will challenge 
>policymakers, engineers, business leaders, academics, and 
>environmental activists to think creatively about shared problems to 
>implement integrated solutions and assess the results.  Discussions 
>will be centered around realistic case studies and will focus on the 
>decision-making process that you can use to achieve measurable 
>outcomes -- for example: inventing new products, retrofitting old 
>buildings to be LEED certified, or installing new transportation 
>infrastructure.  The event will be moderated by Sloan Professor Rick 
>Locke and DUSP Professor Judith Layzer.
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>Register and find out more 
>at <http://sustainabilitysummit.mit.edu/>http://sustainabilitysummit.mit.edu/
>
>
>Co-sponsored by: Sustainability at MIT, MIT Technology Review, Net 
>Impact, MIT Alumni Association, Whole Foods, Seventh Generation, 
>Green Mountain Coffee
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