Climate, Environment, and Sustainability Infusion

ESI has an ongoing project to support MIT faculty and instructors in introducing sustainability concepts to high-enrollment foundational classes—reaching the broadest possible student body with the environmental implications of all fields of study.

• Navigating Climate Change with Grief, Hope and Humor, a participatory talk with climate activist Andrew Boyd about his new book I Want a Better Catastrophe. Tuesday, February 21, 7-8:30 pm at Northeastern University. Register.
   
• ACCEL Kickoff Event, celebrating Greentown Labs' first cohort of BIPOC-led startups in the green energy and climate tech space. Thursday, February 23, 10 am-12 pm at the Greentown Labs campus in Somerville. Register.
   
• Advancing Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Systems, a space-limited conference hosted by Stanford Graduate School of Business on building decarbonized and climate-resilient cities. February 24-25 on the Stanford University campus. Register.

• Climatetech Intern Fair 2023, a chance to connect with startups in the clean energy and climate tech space at Greentown Labs. Thursday, March 2, 4-6 pm at the Greentown Labs campus in Somerville. Register.

• The Intersection of Disability and Climate Change, part of the Sloan Sustainability Initiative's Sustainability Lunch Series, featuring designer, artist and advocate Kam Redlawsk. Thursday, March 9, 11:45 am-12:30 pm at MIT. Register.
   
• MIT Energy Conference, the largest student-led energy and climate conference in the U.S., this year with the theme "Transition Under Crisis: Technology, Investment and Geopolitics." April 11-12 at the Westin Copley Place in Boston. Early bird tickets on sale now.
   
• States and Nature: The Effects of Climate Change on Security, a seminar hosted by the MIT Security Studies Program with UT-Austin Prof. Joshua Busby on the role of policy in preparing for climate impacts and why the same climate disaster can cause a security crisis in one country but not another. Wednesday, April 26, 12-1:30 pm, in Room E40-496 or online. Register.
   
• Preparing for a Changing Climate, a space-limited conference hosted by Stanford Graduate School of Business on climate adaptation strategies and international compensation for loss and damage from climate change. April 28-29 on the Stanford University campus. Register.
   
• Transforming Engineering Education 2023, an international research symposium on how engineering education can impart students with skills in systems thinking and interdisciplinary collaboration to address global challenges. Hosted by MIT, Harvard, and Aalborg University. June 21-23 at venues in Boston and Cambridge. Register.

• Undergraduate Fellowship: The MIT CAPD Career Exploration Fellowships are open for applications. These fellowships provide MIT undergrads with up to $5,000 to help them pursue underfunded summer work experiences in key fields including sustainability and environmental services. Apply by March 15.
   
• Student Jobs: The MIT Office of Sustainability is hiring MIT students for a variety of paid, part-time research positions. Apply.
   
• Fellowships: The MIT Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Laboratory is accepting nominations for MIT graduate student fellowships providing a semester of funding for research into solutions for the water, food and agriculture sectors. Learn how to be nominated by March 1.
   
• Fellowships: The MIT Energy Initiative has opened applications for the Society of Energy Fellows. MIT graduate students and postdocs should learn how to be nominated by March 22.
   
• Job: The MIT Office of Sustainability is hiring a Data Engineer to update and build out the architecture for tracking and reporting on all campus sustainability activities, including in food, waste, and climate mitigation and resiliency. Apply.

• Job: The MIT Office of Innovation and the Plasma Science and Fusion Center are hiring a Program Manager Venture Builder to find new market opportunities for translated technologies coming out of MIT. Apply.
   
• Job: The MIT Energy Initiative is seeking a Development Officer to help fund its mission of advancing clean energy development. Apply.
   
• Fellowships: The Tufts Fletcher School Climate Policy Lab is hiring postdoctoral fellows for the spring or the 2023-24 school year, whose research touches on any area of climate policy with a particular interest in emerging economies. Apply by March 15.
   
• Job: The Pratt Institute's Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment is seeking an Assistant/Associate Professor in Sustainable Environmental Systems. Apply.
   
• Jobs: The City of Boston is hiring for positions including Executive Director of the Boston Conservation Commission, Director of Environmental Quality, Director of Climate Resilience and Adaptation, Climate Environmental Planning Project Manager, and a BERDO Review Board Manager overseeing building emissions reductions.
   
• Job: SunPower, a nationwide residential solar provider, is seeking a Director of Federal Policy and Strategy to lead federal legislative and regulatory affairs in Washington, DC. Apply.
   
• Internship: The Boys' and Girls' Club Metro South is seeking an Urban Farming and Food Access Intern. MIT students can apply through Handshake by February 20.
   
• Internships: The World Wildlife Fund is seeking a Sustainability and Innovation Intern, a Global Food Loss Tool Research Intern, and a Specialty Crop GHG Emissions Intern. MIT students can apply through Handshake by February 28.
   
• Internship: Miami-Dade County is seeking an Extreme Heat Outreach and Advocacy Intern. MIT students can apply through Handshake by February 28.
   
• Internship: The City of Tucson is seeking an Urban Planning Intern to support the city's next General and Sustainability Plan. MIT students can apply through Handshake by March 20.
   
• Internship: Beth Israel Medical Center is seeking a Sustainability Program Assistant to help execute its sustainability goals. MIT students can apply through Handshake by March 31.

• Contest: The MIT Energy and Climate Club is hosting an Energy Storage Student Slam, with cash prizes for students who give lightning presentations on their energy storage projects to MIT faculty and representatives from energy companies. Apply to participate by February 21.
   
• Grants: The MIT Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems Laboratory will award one-year, $150,000 grants to MIT researchers to help commercialize promising ideas to secure water and food systems for human need. Apply by February 22.
   
• Contest: The Human Impacts Institute has opened calls for the 2023 Creative Climate Awards, recognizing works of visual and performance art that aim to engage people in meaningful climate action. Winners will join a month-long, citywide exhibit in New York City. Apply by February 27.
   
• Contest: The Carbon Management Collegiate Competition, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, tasks student teams with developing an economically competitive proposal for a regional carbon transport network. Apply by February 28.

• Grant: NOAA is offering grants of between $100,000 and $2 million to multi-institutional teams to study large-scale marine carbon removal. Apply by February 28.
   
• Contest: NASA's Gateways to Blue Skies Competition challenges teams of students to produce a study and proposal for an alternative energy source for clean aviation. Finalists receive cash prizes, invitations to a forum at NASA Center in June, and possible internship opportunities. Apply on a rolling basis by February 28.
   
• Tech Accelerator: Greentown Labs, the Urban Future Lab, and Fraunhofer USA have opened calls for the Carbon to Value Initiative, open to startups who aim to capture carbon, use captured carbon to make valuable products, or enable scalable carbon capture. Winners will join a six-month accelerator program, connect with a network of peers and funders, and receive a $10,000 stipend. Apply by March 31.
   
• Grants: The MIT Portugal Program has opened its call for seed grants of up to $100,000 over 15 months for research projects in which MIT investigators will collaborate with Portuguese faculty, students, industry or other institutions. Focus areas include climate science and climate change, Earth systems: oceans to near space, and sustainable cities. Apply by April 3.
   
• Grants: The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center has a wide variety of open grant calls for projects ranging from clean transportation to high performance buildings to a net zero grid. Explore opportunities.