Events

Featured Speakers: Stephen Batstone, Cristiano Marantes, Antonia Burbidge, John Campbell & Jenny Van der Merw

Energy, Climate, and Community:
Building Just Transitions from Aotearoa-New Zealand to New England

November 2nd – 3:30 to 8 pm EST

Join the hybrid panel at Higgins House to discuss with the panel, titled Energy and Climate Change: Lessons Shared from Aotearoa – New Zealand, addresses Goal 7 of the United Nations’ list of sustainable development goals, which is concerned with “affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all.”

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Nestival 2022 at Salem State University

“Climate Crisis: Actions for a Just and Livable World” Talks Event

November 4th & 5th, 2022

Hear from leading academics and activists as well as emerging climate enthusiasts for the weekend at Salem State University. This year marks their 100th anniversary, so don’t miss out! This event is hosted through the Geography and Sustainability department at Salem State University. For more information, contact Professor Keith Ratner at kratner@salemstate.edu, Professor John Hayes at jhayes@salemstate.edu, or Professor Lorri Krebs at lkrebs@salemstate.edu.

Featured Speakers: Rob Watson & Joseph Sarkis

WPI Sustainable Energy Event:

Saving Humanity: Radical Confidence for a Positive Future, a Sustainable Development talk with Rob Watson

August 31st 2022 at 2pm

WPI hosted a speaker event featuring Rob Watson, the founder of LEED, and Joseph Sarkis, WPI’s Professor of Management within the Business School. Topics of discussion included LEED, the infamous platform covering green building standards and SWEEP, the platform for solid waste. Combined they assist in humanity’s resistance efforts to climate change, but they are not sustainable solutions for long-term resilience. The need for revolutionary revision is upon us. How might we change our life practices, like the way we construct buildings, to bring about a sustainable future?

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WPI's newest academic building, Unity Hall, completed in January of 2022.
Top left: WPI Associate Teaching Professor Ingrid Shockey, Top right: WPI Professor Michael Elmes, Bottom left: Lead Scientist in Social-Ecological Resilience Nicholas Cradock-Henry, Bottom right: University of Canterbury Associate Professor Bob Frame.
Featured Speakers
Nicholas Cradock-Henry & Bob Frame

Climate Changing Business
Tales of innocence and innovation from Aotearoa – New Zealand

April 25th, 2022

Nicholas Cradock-Henry (of Manaaki-Whenua – Landcare Research) and Bob Frame (Gateway Antarctica at the University of Canterbury, NZ) discuss what has been behind New Zealand’s successes and innovations, as businesses in the country start to adapt to, and address, climate change. Focusing on New Zealand’s dairy, wine, and kiwifruit industries, they also discuss NZ’s climate response from a policy standpoint and how their actions might be relevant globally, with implications for the role of business in preparing for and addressing climate change in North America.

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