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ESW hosts events on and off campus, including speakers, socials, workshops, field trips, film screenings, and more! Check out a sample of our past activities below.
Activities
We're going to be constructing low-cost, affordable solar ovens that can serve a range of uses: from disinfecting water, to cooking a full-on meal without using biomass as fuel. (11a to 1p, Top of the Oval)
Diffusion of innovation is a theory of how, why, and at what rate new ideas and technology spread through cultures. ESW is hosting Dr. Corinne Shefner Rogers, from the University of New Mexico, for a lecture, discussion, and dinner on Tuesday April 14th entitled "Built to Last: How to Generate Innovation Adoption and Sustained Behavior Change." The talk will be followed by a dinner reception (Indian food). Join us at 5:30pm in Y2E2 Room 111.
ESW is working with the Stanford Association for International Development to host "Food For Thought," a one-day conference on critical issues in food and agriculture featuring world-renowned experts in economics, ethics, technology, and the environment. For more information visit http://foodforthought.stanford.edu/
ESW is hosting Professor Jenna Davis in Y2E2 Room 101, 9:30am. Come join us for breakfast, announcements, and an always enlightening talk with our resident expert in water and sanitation service implementation in developing countries. http://www.stanford.edu/group/jennadavis/index.html
Join us to watch "Reaching Higher Ground." In the film, Patra Dewi shares her story of her founding of KOGAMI, an NGO that provides tsunami warning, evacuation strategies, public education, and tsunami relief to communities in Indonesia. Monday, March 9, 2009; 6:30pm in Y2E2 111.
Want to learn more about sustainability-related opportunities outside of Stanford? Thinking about internships or a career in international service? Join us at our alumni panel event on Wednesday, March 4 at 6:30 PM in Y2E2 299!
ESW hosted Kiva Fellows Program Director, JD Bergeron from Kiva.org. JD leads Kiva's efforts to create meaningful and productive involvement for volunteers who will serve as the new generation of microfinance professionals. For more information about Kiva, check out their website at http://www.kiva.org/.
ESW hosted its first "Culture Night" in which we watched a movie about a grassroots movement in Oaxaca, Mexico and enjoyed a delicious dinner from the Oaxacan Kitchen. The EcoSan Projects team also gave an update on the project (which is based in Oaxaca).
ESW hosted our second general meeting of the year. We reviewed accomplishments from last quarter, outlining our objectives for the next few months, and discussing our projects in detail. We'll also had sign-ups for anyone interested in leading a sustainability-based project or working on one of the ones we're currently involved in.
ESW hosted its first "Sustainability Social" in the Y2E2 Red Atria. Sustainability-minded students gather together for socializing, good food, good music, and to hear from Fahmida Ahmed, Manager of Sustainability Programs. Our own jazz-playing star, Max, was part of the band for the evening.
ESW co-sponsored the Y2E2 Thanksgiving Food Drive with the Stanford Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Donations were collected throughout the Y2E2 building, and over 800 lbs of food were collected (surpassing the goal of 500 lbs!).
Another successful workshop! ESW taught a group of students how to make biodiesel from waste veggie oil procured from the dorms. We followed up the workshop with a lecture and discussion on the life cycle assessment of biodiesel, led by Prof Michael Lepech, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering. This year, the group followed up the workshop with a field trip to the Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve's facilities and poured the Biodiesel made earlier in the week directly into their tractors!
ESW co-hosted Dr. Kentaro Toyama in a panel entitled "Computing for Social Development." Dr. Toyama is assistant managing director of Microsoft Research India, headquartered in Bangalore. Aside from overseeing the lab, he leads a group that researches applications of computing technology for emerging markets and international development. For more information, see http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=27924374113.
ESW hosted Dr. Job Ebenezer, President of Technology for the Poor for our first general meeting of the year. Technology for the Poor is an international NGO dedicated to helping individuals in impoverished regions through the development of affordable sustainable technologies, such as pedal-power machines and small-scale windmills. Dr. Ebenezer has worked for three decades helping the poor across the globe establish micro-enterprises. For more information, see http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=46585402632.
