[bioundgrd] Fwd: [Fall Course] MIT D-Lab: Waste for Undergrads & Grads

[Janice Chang]

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From: Jennifer Michelle Hiser <jhiser at mit.edu<mailto:jhiser at mit.edu>>
Subject: [Fall Course] MIT D-Lab: Waste for Undergrads & Grads
Date: August 26, 2016 at 12:10:30 AM EDT

I’m co-teaching D-Lab Waste this fall. We have a number of incredible community partners, field trips and class visitors planned to explore the challenges and opportunities to innovate in waste and its management.
We’d love to have Biology students join us.

Thanks and Best,
Jennifer


Jennifer Hiser

Master's of City Planning, 2016
MIT  |  Dept of Urban Studies & Planning
jhiser at mit.edu<mailto:jhiser at mit.edu>



MIT D-Lab: Waste<https://d-lab.mit.edu/courses/waste>
Fall 2016, 12 units
T/R 3:00 - 4:30 (lecture) and F 2:00 - 4:00 (lab)
EC.S07 (U)/ EC.S12 (G)

Cross-registered students are welcome; Limited to 16 students


This introductory course focuses on understanding some of the multiple dimensions of the global waste system. Topics are presented in real contexts through case studies, field visits, civic engagement and research. Topics include social justice and rights, consumer culture, waste streams, waste management, entrepreneurship and innovation on waste, technology evaluation, Life Cycle Analysis and waste assessment.

Labs include field trips to waste-related institutions and businesses and hands-on work on a final project that will be completed with a community partner or be an idea developed by a student(s).

This class aims to build a community that supports students to:


  *   Gain a better understanding and appreciation for the formidable challenges related with waste management locally and abroad: difficult waste streams, rising consumer culture, increasing ecosystems pollution, lack of infrastructure and more.
  *   Gain more experience in technology, policy, and entrepreneurial projects related with waste management through a project-based approach.
  *   Act on important waste issues through building technology (design), civic engagement (dialogue) or artistic expressions (dissemination).

There is potential to travel through class projects; instructors will work with students to help identify potential funding sources.


For more information, email: d-lab-waste at mit.edu<mailto:d-lab-waste at mit.edu>

















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