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Michigan
Tech has now joined AASHE
Michigan Tech belongs to the Association for the Advancement
of Sustainability in Higher Education. This membership extends
to all faculty, students, and staff. For information about
access to AASHE databases or how to get a personal password
go to Association for the
Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education or
contact SFI.
- MTU has become a member of
the 25x25 Alliance!
The Alliance is committed to work with campaign partners and renewable energy champions
to plan and achieve a secure, prosperous and sustainable U.S. energy
future. MTU agrees with the 25x25 Alliance, that America should set a
goal of producing 25 percent of its energy from renewable sources like
solar, wind, and biofuels by the year 2025. See 25x25.org for more information
about this program.
- Sustainable Futures Institute Annual Banquet: More than 70 guests attending the Sustainable Futures Institute (SFI) Third Annual Banquet on Oct. 10 saw several of this year's group of graduate students welcomed as new members into SFI’s Community of Scholars.
- Annual
Sustainability Poster Session Slide Show
- Strategic Faculty Hiring Initiatives
to focus on interdisciplinary research projects with the idea of hiring in an interdisciplinary area. The Strategic Faculty Hiring Initiative is designed to hire truly excellent faculty from diverse disciplinary and interdisciplinary backgrounds.
- Michigan Tech SFI Featured by Higher Ed Sustainability Association
Michigan Tech has now joined AASHE
Michigan Tech belongs to the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. This membership extends to all faculty, students, and staff. For information about access to AASHE databases or how to get a personal password go to Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education or contact SFI.
- SFI
Featured in Civil & Environmental Department 2006 Review
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- International
Sustainable Development Engineering Research Experiences
Program (ISDEREP) funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Developing
Global Scientists and Engineers (DGSE) program, brings together
Michigan Tech students, Universidad Tecnològica Boliviana
students, professors, NGOs, and Bolivian communities to
work on sustainable development engineering projects to
meet community needs.
- Michigan Tech has become a member of
the 25x25 Alliance
The Alliance is committed to work with campaign partners and renewable energy champions
to plan and achieve a secure, prosperous and sustainable U.S. energy
future. MTU agrees with the 25x25 Alliance, that America should set a
goal of producing 25 percent of its energy from renewable sources like
solar, wind, and biofuels by the year 2025. See 25x25.org for more information
about this program.
- NSF
Grant Supports International Research Experience & Sustainable
Development Engineering Education
- COE
Newsletter Article about SFI: SUSTAINABLE FUTURES INSTITUTE
A new meta-discipline
- Dr.
David Gallo from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute presented
Extreme Deep: Exploring the Ends of the Earth and Water Crisis
on the Blue Planet
- Heather
Wright was awarded first place in the 2006 Student Design
Competition at the 30th Pan American Conference of Engineers
and featured in MTU
Research article Environmental Engineering: Cleaning Up de facto Dumps in Bolivia
Programs:
(PDF files)
Greening
the Built Environment - Sep 20-21
Engineering
for Developing Communities - Friday Oct 21th
On
the Brink: The Great Lakes in the 21st Century - Oct 27th
Sustainable
Futures Institute
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, Michigan, 49931 - 1295, USA
Institute Phone: 1-906-487-3612 or 1-906-487-0044
Institute Fax: 1-906-487-2943
Institute E-mail: sfi@mtu.edu
9/27/2007
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