UNC’s Global Sustainability Symposium presents “Water and Energy in the Crosshairs” What: Conference on global environmental challenges and solutions When: Feb. 6 (6:30 pm), Feb. 7 (5:30–8 pm) and Feb. 8, 2013 (8 am–4 pm) Where: UNC-Chapel Hill Details and registration “Water and Energy in the Crosshairs” is the third in a four-part series on global sustainability bringing together local and global experts to explore key issues related to water and energy in an inter-disciplinary and community gathering. The symposium gathers a diverse audience comprised of faculty, students, business and civic leaders, and citizens of the tri-county region near UNC, with the goal of increasing understanding of issues important to human and ecological peace, health, and well-being. Beyond education, the Read More
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UNC’s Global Sustainability Symposium presents “Water and Energy in the Crosshairs”
Turning Waste into Opportunity
By Corey Barnes (MBA ’14) Can entrepreneurship save the world? During UNC’s Global Entrepreneurship Week, UNC Kenan-Flagler’s Center for Sustainable Enterprise sponsored an event where Tom Szaky, Founder of Terracycle, and several other entrepreneurs discussed how their companies have emerged to solve world problems, both on a local and international scale. Waste into Opportunity Waste is uniquely human. There is no waste in the rest of nature, but somehow we’ve created the notion that there are certain items we export to landfills to reside in perpetuity. But what happens when we turn this idea on its head and begin to look at garbage, not as waste, but as an opportunity? Tom Szaky has capitalized on the opportunity of waste to Read More
Getting out of the business school bubble at the UNC Solar Energy Conference
This past Friday I participated in the public forum for UNC’s 2nd annual Solar Energy Research Conference (SERC). There were exhibits from all over campus, and great speakers to sum up the session, including the Speaker of the North Carolina House, Joe Bickney. My biggest takeaway from the exhibits was, “Get out of Kenan=Flagler more often!” There is just tons of great research and action taking place across the university. From cutting edge battery technology to Greenhouse Gas Management at the School of Urban Planning, several departments/groups are actively involved in advancing renewable energy. The two that really caught my eye were the Journalism School’s Powering a Nation interactive website and the UNC Renewable Energy Special Projects Committee (RESPC). Powering Read More
Net Impact Session: What is the Smart Grid?
This past weekend, I went with about 25 other UNC Kenan-Flagler MBAs to the Net Impact annual conference, which was up at Cornell in Ithaca, NY. Over 2000 people attended the conference, which had great speakers such as GE’s CEO Jeffrey Immelt and Grameen Foundation’s head Alex Counts. My favorite session of the packed two-day conference was entitled, “Innovations in Electricity: The Smarter Grid of Tomorrow, Today”, and had the following three expert panelists: • Ted Howes, Global Lead of Energy Domain, IDEO • Cameron Brooks, Senior Director, Tendril Networks • Michael Jung, Policy Director, Silver Spring Networks IDEO is a leading product design firm, while the other two companies are emerging firms with demand-response technologies that Read More