[E&E seminars] Mar 3 - Shellenberger & Nordhaus on Clean Energy

[Beth Conlin]

Clean Energy Revolution
Creating a Transformational Student Movement

An Event with Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus
authors of "The Death of Environmentalism" & Break Through

Date: Monday, March 3rd

Time: 6:00 - 7:30 PM
Location: Room 6-120

 

Shellenberger and Nordhaus, authors of the famous 2004 article "The Death of
Environmentalism," will present their vision for a unified, investment and
development-focused national energy future. Their recent book, Break
Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility,
details this message and the roles we can all play in a renewed
"post-environmentalism" that unites human and environmental interests under
a single cohesive platform.

Shellenberger and Nordhaus will discuss their policy proposals, the
necessity of a new approach to environmental problems and climate change,
and the specific ways in which young people stand poised to play a major
role in the transitions necessary in the years ahead. They will discuss
Breakthrough Generation -- a new youth initiative targeting the energy and
innovation of young progressives and environmentalists, which is awarding
ten $5,000 Fellowships to the country's top young organizers and thinkers.
Interested students should visit  <http://www.breakthroughgen.org/>
www.breakthroughgen.org.

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Reviews of Break Through:

"If heeded, Nordhaus and Shellenberger's call for an optimistic outlook --
embracing economic dynamism and creative potential -- will surely do more
for the environment than any U.N. report or Nobel Prize." --Wall Street
Journal

 "To win, Nordhaus and Shellenberger persuasively argue, environmentalists
must stop congratulating themselves for their own willingness to confront
inconvenient truths and must focus on building a politics of shared hope
rather than relying on a politics of fear." --New York Times

"Green groups may carp, but the truth is the book could turn out to be the
best thing to happen to environmentalism since Rachel Carson's Silent
Spring." --Wired Magazine

 

Sponsored by Students for Global Sustainability <http://web.mit.edu/sfgs/>
& LSC

 

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