Love Your World Week
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LOVE YOUR WORLD WEEK: FEB 12 - 18, 2007
Student Groups Involved
STAND at Babson
Monday, February 12, 2007: CONNECT
MIT Re-Generator 6:30 - 9:00pm, R&D Common, MIT Stata Center Floor 4
Do you have an idea of how to green MIT's campus? Do you want to connect with people that do? The first MIT Generator in Fall 2006 was a huge success, with over ten working groups created on everything from energy controls to funding mechanisms. The Re-Generator will give the MIT community a chance to learn about and plug into groups working on green buildings, energy usage audits, visions for campus and personal sustainability, and much more. This event is designed specifically for the MIT community.
Visit the MIT Re-Generator home page
Impact Career Expo Keynote
7:00 - 8:00pm, Room 56-114, MIT
Representatives from MIT and Olin College created Impact in order to meet the needs of the many students who want to use their education to serve humanity and the environment. At Impact, students learn about exciting organizations and companies which are present because of their commitment to socially and environmentally responsible business practices. The Monday keynote will be given by Todd Park, Co-Founder and Chief Development Officer of athenahealth.
Visit the Impact Career Expo home page
Tuesday, February 13, 2007: DISCOVER
Impact Career Fair 12:00 - 4:00pm, MIT Stratton Student Center Floor 3
Impact was created to meet the needs of MIT and Olin students who are interested in pursuing socially responsible careers. These students want to leverage their education in science, engineering, and the humanities to make a positive impact on society. The Impact Career Expo is designed to show them that it is a feasible goal. The Career Fair component of the Expo will allow students to discover and connect with a number of companies serving the world in socially and environmentally responsible ways.
Visit the Impact Career Expo home page
Ignite Clean Energy Business Plan Competition Kickoff Event
6:00pm, Kirch Auditorium (32-123), MIT Stata Center
ICE is an unparalleled opportunity to get professional mentoring on your clean energy business idea while you develop the best investor pitch possible. No business plan required! You will meet industry leaders, pitch in front of investors... and have a shot at $150,000 in cash and other prizes!
Visit the Ignite Clean Energy Competition home page
IDEAS Generator Dinner
7:30 - 9:00pm, Morss Hall, MIT Walker Memorial
Develop an innovative project to help a community in need and win up to $7,500 to make your idea a reality. Smaller development grants are available to get your project rolling. Come learn about IDEAS and recruit team members or mentors.
Visit the Ideas Competition home page
Wednesday, February 14, 2007: EXPRESS
Faces of Darfur: Will you LOVE us? 8:00am - 8:00pm, Reynolds Campus Center, Babson College
Show your love for your fellow brothers and sisters in Darfur by taking 3 steps in 5 minutes to stop the suffering: Sign the petition calling world leaders to action, give the money you would spend on a box of chocolates to Save Darfur, and share our Darfur valentines with another person and inform them of the Crisis.
Thursday, February 15, 2007: REFLECT
MIT Student Pugwash Spring Mixer 6:00 - 7:30pm, Room 4-153, MIT
How much do you understand about how scientists and engineers affect society? What is your role in the bigger picture as a practicing scientist or engineer? Come to MIT Student Pugwash's spring kickoff mixer to learn about how we encourage the MIT community to ponder and answer these questions. Our guest Vanessa Hamer will kick off the mixer by talking about The Open Planning Project, one of the many avenues through which scientists and engineers can make a positive impact on society. Dinner will be provided, courtesy of The Open Planning Project. After the mixer, Vanessa will hold a separate recruiting session.
Visit the MIT Student Pugwash home page or the Pugwash Business Directory
Friday - Sunday, February 16 - 18, 2007: EMBODY
Olin College of Engineering Flash Conference 4:30pm Friday - 7:30pm Sunday, Olin College of Engineering, Needham, MA
On February 16th, some of the Boston area's most enthusiastic thinkers, designers and planners will converge on Olin College of Engineering with little more than some previous research, some good ideas, and a desire to design some Appropriate Technology. That Sunday, they will hand off several comprehensive plans of action to a team dedicated to following through. This conference will bring together students from throughout the greater Boston area to plan solutions to specific Appropriate Technology problems in one intense weekend. Flash Conferences work by guiding the innovation process: defining the problem, bringing in the experts, forming multi-disciplinary teams, and guaranteeing a smooth handoff to the implementation group.
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