Activating Academia for Climate Action

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Our Earth Week events culminated with an eConference brought to you in collaboration with New Day Impact Investing. This event highlights how to get your University, Campus, and System engaged for climate action – including procurement, endowment investing, student advocacy, teaching curricula, and more. 

​We explore the following questions:
  1. How do I get involved in driving change as a student, professor, and alumnus?
  2. How can I better teach and engage with students? How can students drive change in our institutions?
  3. How can we influence investment portfolios and the endowment?

This eConference will be comprised of three Panels:
  • Students: How to engage on campus, moderated by Peter Lupoff, CEO of NetImpact.org
  • Academics: How to teach sustainability and climate, moderated by Dr Sekerka, Menlo College
  • Impact: How to transform your school into a climate hero, moderated by Kaede Kawauchi 

​Student Panel Responsibly minded students will discuss their personal commitments in furthering the cause of sustainability as they address, "HOW TO ENGAGE IN A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE".  
  • Moderator: Peter Lupoff, San Francisco Net Impact
  • Panelists: Alex Duryea (Providence College), Anggun Berlian (Minerva Schools at KGI) and Osa Aihie (NYU Wagner School of Public Policy)

Faculty Panel Faculty will discuss efforts within their respective academic institutions to address sustainability and "HOW TO TEACH AND DRIVE SUSTAINABLE ENGAGEMENT"
  • Moderator: Dr. Leslie Sekerka, Professor of Management, Founding Director Ethics in Action Center at Menlo College
  • Panelists: Elizabeth Davis, Dean, School of Economics and Business Administration; Tim Kastelle, University of Queensland Business School, Director, Entrepreneurship and Innovation; and Travis Brown, Indiana University, Assistant Dean for Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Commercialization

Impact Panel Professional impact experts from the business and impact community will address "HOW TO TRANSFORM YOUR BUSINESS OR NON-PROFIT INTO A CLIMATE ACTION HERO". 
  • Moderator: Kaede Kawauchi, Program Manager at Intentional Endowments Network
  • Panelists: Jim Sorenson, Founder of Sorenson Impact Center and Foundation; John Taft, Vice Chairman RW Baird and Board Member at the Minneapolis Foundation; and Austin Halbert, CEO of Radius Learning
Introduction
Doug Heske
Students with Peter Lupoff
Academics with Dr Leslie Sekerka
Philanthropists with Kaede Kawauchi
Wrap-up with Doug Heske and Paul Herman
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