Sustainability Summit Addresses Current Issues
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MIT is hosting a sustainability summit as a cap to Earth Week. The summit will be entirely student-organized, and is entitled, “Discovering New Dimensions for Growth.” The Sustainability Summit will bring together students, business leaders, academics, sustainability activists, and public servants for a day of invited talks, panel discussions and opportunities for informal networking on the subject of how to face the opportunities and challenges of making the transition to a sustainable world.
The theme of the summit, “Discovering New Dimensions for Growth,” explores emerging solutions to the problems of unsustainable development. Current economic, political, and academic institutions, though highly interwoven, mainly work in isolation from each other. Students and practitioners of the field of sustainability are increasingly aware of the opportunities to collaborate to enhance their work on environmental, social, and economic endeavors. The goals are to restore natural systems, create a just and equitable social infrastructure, and revitalize the world’s economies - an incredible challenge that requires collaboration across many previously disparate fields.
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Panel discussions will focus on three very important current topics:
1. How do we progress towards sustainability in a recession?
2. How do we measure the success of our sustainability efforts?
3. How do we seize opportunities for creative partnerships, innovative approaches, and technological breakthroughs?
There will also be breakout sessions focused on practical sustainability issues, from product design to transportation and food systems.
The MIT Sustainability Summit is open to the public, but registration is required.
MIT is sponsoring several events during Earth Week, including a major address by Frances Beinecke, President of the National Resource Defense Council (NRDC) on April 22, and an Earth Week Fair and Eco Expo on April 23. These are open to the public, and registration is not required.
For information on the Sustainability Summit, including a current list of confirmed speakers, visit the Summit’s webpage.
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