Artists and Scientists Together on Climate Solutions
Two weeks ago, ESI was pleased to welcome to the MIT campus Tony McGuinness, a member of the Grammy-nominated trance music group Above & Beyond and co-founder of the Anjunabeats and Anjunadeep electronic music labels, and Anna Johnson, the Sustainability and Environment Officer for Anjunabeats and Anjunadeep. McGuinness and Johnson have been exploring ways their business and performances can contribute to climate solutions and set an industry example for sustainability. In a conversation with MIT Media Lab director Dava Newman, they discussed the role of the music industry in climate action and ideas for collaboration between artists and scientists on climate change.
If you missed the event, the entire conversation is now available to watch online:
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Artists and Scientists Together on Climate Solutions: A People, Prosperity & the Planet event from the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative
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Environmental Justice Postdoc
ESI is hiring a postdoctoral associate focused on just energy transitions and environmental justice, to deepen the scholarship of our evolving community engagement agenda. This postdoc will help ESI create a pipeline of research/engagement projects and co-produce research with a variety of community partners. Learn how to apply.
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IAP Course: Eyes in the Sky
This IAP period, members of ESI will teach a workshop on using unmanned aerial vehicles for mapping the built environment and climate change risk assessment. Students will gain hands-on experience with drone vehicles, sensors, image processing software and applications, with a focus on environmental applications. Enrollment is limited. Learn more and sign up.
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Podcast Scriptwriter
ESI is seeking a scriptwriter to contribute to our award-winning TILclimate podcast, which introduces key climate change concepts to a broad public audience through scripted narration and interviews with guest experts. This position can be filled on a contract basis or at an hourly professional rate. Learn how to apply.
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IAP Course: Teaching with Sustainability
This IAP period, members of ESI will teach a non-credit class on infusing lessons and teaching practices in any subject area with sustainability topics. Enrollment is limited and preference is given to members of the MIT community who are currently teaching (including postdocs, faculty and lecturers) or plan to in the future. Learn more.
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In Mexico, rebellion seeds revival of a forest: Ten years after an uprising against an illegal logging operation, Cherán is a self-governing Indigenous community and is successfully restoring its pine forests, with benefits for the local climate and wildlife.
- Undark
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What will it take to unleash the potential of geothermal power: The recently passed U.S. infrastructure bill funds four demonstration plants for this neglected form of clean, renewable energy, in the hopes of making it available across the country.
- MIT Technology Review
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Internships, Fellowships and Work Opportunities
- Job: ESI is hiring a postdoctoral associate to pursue new scholarship and research/engagement projects in collaboration with our wide variety of community partners, with a focus on just energy transitions and environmental justice. Learn more.
- Job: ESI is hiring a podcast scriptwriter to contribute to our award-winning TILclimate podcast, introducing key climate change topics to a broad public audience. Apply.
- Fellowships: The MIT Energy Initiative has opened calls for its Society of Energy Fellows, offering MIT graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in the clean energy space full funding for their benefits and tuition and stipend or salary. Learn how to be nominated by March 23.
- Job: The MIT Energy Initiative is hiring a research scientist for its Future Energy Systems Center, to execute high-impact research projects in electric power, energy storage and low-carbon fuels, transportation, industrial processes, carbon management, and/or the built environment. Apply.
- Job: The Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health is hiring a postdoctoral research fellow to contribute to their Transportation, Equity, Climate and Health Project. Apply.
- Jobs: The Environmental League of Massachusetts is hiring for a variety of positions in development, communications, and political advocacy. Apply.
- Job: Takachar is seeking a project technician to manage testing, in-house and in field operations, of a hardware prototype for converting biomass into useful products in California. Apply.
- Jobs: The Recycling Partnership is hiring for positions in management, research, data analysis, development, and more. View open positions.
- Jobs: The Carnegie Institution for Science Department of Global Ecology at Stanford is hiring two postdoctoral scholars. Apply to work in climate mitigation and biomass-based carbon dioxide removal solutions or sustainable agriculture and climate change.
- Job: The Council on the Uncertain Human Future, housed at Clark University, is seeking a Senior Associate Director to support its growing network around deep intentional conversations reckoning with the climate crisis. Apply.
- Jobs: The Better Future Project is hiring a Development Manager/Director and Operations Manager/Director to support a variety of climate advocacy projects in Massachusetts. Apply.
- Internships: The Charles River Watershed is seeking two summer interns to advance water quality initiatives. MIT students can apply through Handshake to be a watershed science intern or data analysis intern by March 31.
- Internship: Conservation X Labs is looking for a software engineering and web development intern to work on a machine-learning project for wildlife researchers this summer. MIT students can apply through Handshake by April 1.
- Internship: WalkBoston is looking for a summer transportation and planning intern to support their mission to make walking safer through design, advocacy and community engagement. MIT students can apply through Handshake by April 30.
Grants, Scholarships, Contests and Funding Opportunities
- Grant: MISTI-UK is calling for proposals for the MIT-Imperial College London Seed Fund, providing up to $50,000 for early-stage collaborations between the two universities focused on climate solutions and/or a transition to zero pollution. Learn more and apply by December 13.
- Grant: MISTI-Spain is calling for proposals for its INDITEX Circularity Seed Fund, a $30,000 grant for collaborations between MIT groups and research institutions in Spain that advance sustainability in the textiles industry. Apply by December 13.
- Grants: The MIT Energy Initiative has opened calls for its research seed grants, providing up to $150,000 for exploratory projects showing promise for high-impact, transformative energy research. Apply by January 14.
- Contest: The MIT Water Club has opened applications for their Water Innovation Prize, awarding up to $50,000 to student-led teams developing ideas in the water sector. Apply by January 14.
- Contest: Build For Climate is an 8-week build sprint to create a minimum viable product in climate tech. Top teams receive a $125,000 investment in their product. Learn more and apply to compete by January 14.
- Grants: The MIT Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Lab has opened calls for its research seed grants, offering up to $150,000 for early-stage projects with potential for significant impact on water and food supply challenges. Apply by January 18.
- Contest: The Rice Business Plan Competition awards student-driven startups with prize money to explore new ventures in sectors including energy, cleantech and sustainability, among others. Apply to compete by January 31.
- Contest: The Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge invites graduate student teams to pitch creative financial approaches to social and environmental challenges. Learn how to compete by February 13.
- Contest: The EPA has opened an environmental justice video challenge for students, awarding a grand prize of $20,000 to the student team whose video best demonstrates an innovative approach to using public data to identify opportunities to solve environmental justice issues. Learn how to compete by April 1.
Volunteer and Student Group Opportunities
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