[Mitworld] Millipore's Madaus on Sustainability, Bill McKibben on the Most Important Number in the World

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MIT World Newsletter

Volume 8, Number 38 |  May 18, 2009

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Leading an Environmentally Sustainable Enterprise
April 9, 2009

Climate change poses perhaps the premiere threat to coming generations, but to avoid its worst impacts, 
we must confront the issue now.  To that end, Millipore's Madaus exhorts business leaders to focus immediately 
on building environmental sustainability into their operations.


http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/666

Speaker:
Martin Madaus
Chairman, President & CEO, Millipore Corporation


Event Host:
MIT Sloan School of Management

"A twenty percent reduction in greenhouse gases is very doable."
-Martin D. Madaus

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The Most Important Number in the World
April 13, 2009

In this compelling lecture, Bill McKibben credits NASA climatologist Jim Hansen with deriving “the most important number in the world” – the 
tolerable carbon level allowing survival of life on earth, now recognized as 350 parts-per-million maximum. Trouble is, we’re already 
past that sustainability point, owing to rampant fossil fuel combustion.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/667

Speaker:
Bill McKibben
Writer and environmental activistFounder, stepitup07.org


Event Host:
Center for International Studies

"We’re talking five or six or seven feet of sea level rise this century, which, if we allow it to happen, are civilization challenging 
numbers…All of our great cities would  become New Orleans…and New Orleans would become Atlantis. "
-Bill McKibben

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In The Pipeline:

Next Generation Solar Cells – Lowering Costs, Improving Performance and Scale

Presented By:
MIT Museum Soap Box series

Speaker:
Tonio Buonassisi
Assistant Professor
MIT Laboratory for Photovoltaic Research

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