The Media Institute for Social Change is now accepting student submissions to our 4th Annual Student Sustainability Film Festival!
The SustainUS Agents of Change program is now accepting applications to join the SustainUS youth delegation to the 19th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, to be held in Poland in November 2013. Delegates will work with each other and with international youth in advance of the conference to educate themselves and their communities, develop policy priorities, acquire skills in effective lobbying, and engage the broader youth community in action related to international biodiversity policy. Applications are due by May 12.
Register now for this year’s Mass Commute Bicycle Challenge
The MassCommute Bicycle Challenge (MCBC) is a week-long, free and friendly competition amongst Massachusetts businesses, educational institutions, and municipalities. The 2013 MCBC will take place during Bay State Bike Week (May 11th – 19th).
Shift Your Mode – the official Mass Commute Bike Challenge t-shirt
Register now to ride for the Tufts University team at http://masscommuterchallenge.org/registration/ and you can win prizes. The Office of Sustainability is also giving away one Official 2013 MassCommute Challenge shirt to the person who logs the most commuting miles.
What are you waiting for? Register now!
This event is part of Bay State Bike Week 2013.
The chance to celebrate your sustainability wins is here. AASHE will honor campuses and students working to advance sustainability research and leadership during AASHE 2013. Submit your application by May 10. For a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the AASHE Awards process, visit the latest AASHE 2013 blog post.
In this talk, titled “The Human Face of Climate Change: Case Studies in Agriculture and Water,” Rebecca Pearl-Martinez and Kim Foltz will discuss how recent events due to climate change such as Hurricane Sandy and the Midwest/Plains drought are beginning to put the human face of climate change in the spotlight. The pair will highlight not just how climate change is affecting people all over the world, but also how governments are beginning to respond to to this problem by trying to understand human vulnerability and resilience. Take a glimpse into the new field of climate change adaptation, which uniquely bridges the environmental and developmental sectors.
Manuel Pastor and James Boyce, University of Southern Cal., University of Mass.
Co-Benefits and Climate Justice
Join us the first and third Wednesday of each month at noon eastern to hear climate and clean energy specialists talk about the latest climate change issues. Assign these half-hour calls to your students for a chance to connect with top scientists, analysts and political leaders discuss climate and clean energy solutions.
E-mail your questions prior to each call: climate@bard.edu
All calls are available as podcasts, 24 hours after the event
Call-in number: 1-712-432-3100; Conference Code: 253385
Join the Tufts Office of Sustainability for a movie screening of YERT – with popcorn and pizza!
YERT (Your Environmental Road Trip: 50 States. 1 Year. Zero Garbage?
Called to action by a planet in peril, three friends hit the road – traveling with hope, humor, and all of their garbage – to explore every state in America (the good, the bad…and the weird) in search of the extraordinary innovators and citizens who are tackling humanity’s greatest environmental crises. As the YERT team layers outlandish eco-challenges onto their year-long quest, an unexpected turn of events pushes them to the brink in this award-winning docu-comedy. Featuring Bill McKibben, Wes Jackson, Will Allen, Janine Benyus, Joel Salatin, David Orr, and others.
Read a review of the film here.
If the world’s steadily expanding cities are to thrive in the 21st century, how will we meet the challenges posed by global warming and the growing need for improved infrastructure, transportation, fresh food, water and clean air? The New York Times will bring together some 400 thought leaders, public policy makers, government urbanists and C-suite level executives from energy, technology, automotive and construction industries among others, to debate and discuss the wide range of issues that must be addressed if we can create an urban environment that can meet the needs of its citizens and, thanks to innovation, run cleanly and efficiently.
Look for a live stream of the event on the day of!