[Mitworld] New: Sanford on Regeneration, Chisholm on Microbes in the Sea

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[SUSTAINABILITY IS ONLY HALF THE SOLUTION,
 REGENERATION IS THE OTHER HALF]

In the first lecture from the Sustainability at Sloan series, Sanford
declares a need for a higher level of thinking about the use of natural
resources in everyday business practices.

SPEAKER:
Carol Sanford
CEO, InterOctave, Inc.


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/420/>

[QUOTE]
"Until we can see everything flows from earth to earth, flowing through
some people and all the way out to the earth again, we can't create
regenerative solutions, we can only create efficiency processes along
the way."
-- Carol Sanford


EVENT HOST: MIT Sloan School of Management
<http://mitsloan.mit.edu/>

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[THE INVISIBLE FOREST: MICROBES IN THE SEA]

Chisholm's work centers on phytoplankton - the "ultimate recyclers" and
the essential role they play in the earth's systems.

SPEAKER:
Sallie (Penny) Chisholm
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Biology;
Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor of Environmental Studies
Co-Director, MIT Earth System Initiative


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/421/>

[QUOTE]
"Biomedicine has done amazing things for human health. Now we need to
focus on planetary health. It's preventive medicine for the earth,
basically. The challenge is orders of magnitude greater."
-- Penny Chisholm


EVENT HOST: MIT Museum
<http://web.mit.edu/museum/>

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The MIT Energy Research Council presents

Millie Dresselhaus
Institute Professor and Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering

The Hydrogen Initiative: The Hydrogen Storage Challenge
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