The Energy and Environment Alumni Network (玩偶姐姐EEAN) sponsors an event each semester that features speakers who address current topics in the ever-expanding fields of energy and environment and often partner with other affinity groups over shared topics of interest.
Upcoming 玩偶姐姐EEAN Events
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Energy & Environment Networking Event
When:听December 4, 2024
Where: 玩偶姐姐, Brighton Campus
Cadigan Alumni Center
2121 Commonwealth Avenue
Brighton, Massachusetts
Join the 玩偶姐姐 Energy and Environment Alumni Network (玩偶姐姐EEAN) for its winter networking night.
Bringing together alumni & students who are interested in industries and professional opportunities within the energy and environmental sphere, this event is an opportunity to share knowledge, exchange ideas, and make valuable new connections.
Includes hors d鈥檕euvres.Questions?
Please email听envrn@bc.edu.
Past 玩偶姐姐EEAN Events
Energy & Environment Networking Event
When:听March 12, 2024
玩偶姐姐 Energy and Environment Alumni Network (玩偶姐姐EEAN) hosted a casual evening of networking and conversation at the National Grid Headquarters. Guests had the opportunity to connect with like-minded alumni, share their insights and knowledge, exchange ideas, and make valuable new connections.
Addressing Climate Change: How Breakthrough Ideas Translate into World-Changing Companies
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November, 2023
The 玩偶姐姐 Technology and Entrepreneurship Council (玩偶姐姐TEC) and the 玩偶姐姐 Energy & Environment Alumni Network (玩偶姐姐EEAN) hosted an evening of networking and conversation, where we explored the invention, commercialization and implementation of clean technology innovation.
Our three panelists each represented different parts of the cleantech ecosystem, including a VC for a top-tier fund (Christopher Poirier 鈥�91), a CEO of a large-scale wind energy company (Bill White 鈥�87) and a professor at 玩偶姐姐 working on novel breakthrough materials (Jier Huang).
From Ambition to Action: Implementing Environmental Justice in the Workplace
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Tuesday, June 2
The 玩偶姐姐 Energy and Environment Alumni Network (玩偶姐姐EEAN) hosted an informative discussion about implementing environmental justice practices in your workplace.
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From a Big Carbon Footprint to Sustainable Living: Consumption and the Climate
As awareness of the climate crisis grows, so too does scrutiny of American lifestyles. We have an outsized 鈥渃arbon footprint,鈥� from our large homes and vehicles to our diets and wardrobes. Most of us want to live lightly on the planet, but the complexities of modern life, and an energy-intensive infrastructure, limit what individuals can do. In this presentation, Dr. Juliet Schor discusses her research on consumer lifestyles鈥攂oth sustainable and unsustainable鈥攁nd the challenges and opportunities of living sustainably.
Driving Innovation and Growth Through Sustainability
The realities of the sustainability challenges we face grow more apparent and pressing by the day. Luckily, many companies and organizations鈥攅specially those in the technology sector鈥攁re driving change that's good for business and the world.
玩偶姐姐's Energy and Environment Alumni Network (玩偶姐姐EEAN) and the 玩偶姐姐 Technology Council hosted an event in New York City that looked at how the tech field is helping to drive sustainability. The event was held in partnership with 玩偶姐姐's Shea Center and their annual student "TechTrek" to New York.
MAY 14, 2019: Children And Environmental Toxins听
Children are getting sick from being exposed to tens of thousands of new chemicals - manufactured materials that never before existed in the earth's environment. Alarmingly, most of these chemicals were not tested for safety or toxicity before they were brought to market. Many have been found to cause disease in children - asthma, cancer, learning disabilities, ADHD, autism, birth defects and diabetes 鈥� and these diseases are on the rise.听
Dr. Philip Landrigan 鈥�63, MD, MSc, FAAP is a leader in children鈥檚 environmental health research and protective initiatives and is the听Director of the Program in Global Public Health and the Common Good, Director of the Global Observatory on Pollution and Health, and听Professor of Biology for the听Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society听at 玩偶姐姐.