2021年可持续发展周

韦德娱乐app下载地址 and the student-run Solebury Environmental Action Club (SEAC) aim to make sustainability an integral part of the Solebury experience by assuring that all initiatives related to sustainability are made with a coordinated effort. The goal of 可持续性 Week was to educate the community about how to recycle correctly, 向社区介绍梯田自行车, introduce the composting of biodegradable containers from the Dining Hall, and inspire the community with various speakers and presentations. 
 

4月6日星期二

丹尼华盛顿 是一位海洋倡导者, TV host, 科学传播者, 也是《韦德娱乐app下载地址》的主持人, a podcast focused on young people behind incredible invention, 企业的追求, 利用科学进行发现. She shared that the ocean was such a big part of her life growing up in Miami and that witnessing the rapid decline of ocean health over the years has driven her passion to amplify simple actions everyone can take to protect our beautiful planet through science communication. Danni explained to students what a 科学传播者 does and how to become a 科学传播者. She also emphasized that when thinking about ways you can help fight 气候变化 to think globally and act locally.
 

Bea Becette, 12岁 discussed her work in sustainability, her career path, and internship opportunities at NatGeo. 她是国家地理频道的作家兼制片人，也是 孩子vs塑料这是一个关于无塑料工艺解决方案的儿童系列. 她还开发了一个新的YouTube频道， SmartiB, which uses today’s top hits to teach kids about the world around them! She emphasized that there are many ways to get involved in sustainability work. 
 

 

4月7日星期三

 

NPR记者，前SEAC主席 Cooper McKim '12 talked about the skills necessary to report on environmental issues for local and national audiences. He covers energy and natural resources at Wyoming Public Radio and is also a part of NPR's Energy and Environment Team. 库珀最近推出了一个播客， 碳谷 which follows the race to develop an unlikely climate solution.

 

Bradley Gay 是梅特卡夫建筑公司的项目经理 & Design and one of the nation’s foremost experts in passive house building. 布拉德利指导各种规模的项目, from residential renovations to college classroom and student housing projects including the Lancaster Housing Development at Villanova University, 德雷塞尔大学勒博商学院, 以及加州大学洛杉矶分校西北校区学生宿舍. He explained how passive houses are built and what their benefits are, sharing that passive house buildings are designed and constructed to be highly energy efficient. 


4月8日星期四

Ezra Thrush is the senior director of government affairs at PennFuture, where he leads the organization's policy initiatives and manages all legislative and executive branch relationships. He also serves as PennFuture’s chief lobbyist and external voice on policy positions, strategy, 以及与决策者的关系. 以斯拉在州和联邦事务上有广泛的工作经验, 包括雨水管理, 清洁水基金, agriculture, 森林保留, 农业法案, 气候变化, 水利基础设施. 以斯拉加入了 Katie Blume who is the Political Director for Conservation Voters of PA. She has spent over twenty years as an organizer and advocate for many social justice issues, 包括选举政治和环境问题. Together they talked about the role of environmental lobbyists and shared that internships are a great way to get your foot in the door if this is a path you're interested in, but there are also many volunteer opportunities to explore.

 

4月9日星期五

Keziah Groth-Tuft '13 presented environmental (in)justice/environmental racism. She highlighted some current environmental justice lawsuits, 他指出了两个案例研究:癌症巷, Louisiana, 和宾州, Tennessee. She currently interns with the Delaware Riverkeeper Network and is a research assistant for a professor looking at environmental justice work.
 

 

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