Kudos to Leslie Pond for reporting on the 19th Annual Muddy River Symposium, a collaboration of the Colleges of the Fenway Center for Sustainability and the Environment and the MMOC. The April 8th event focused on the theme of “Environmental Policy and Advocacy: Making An Impact.” Ms. Pond writes:
“Students from the five Colleges of the Fenway presented 35 research posters on a wide range of topics, including a ‘greener’ oral diabetes treatment with the potential to reduce environmental impact during manufacturing and by eliminating single-use injectables; a smart waste bin that monitors fill levels for optimizing trash collection routes; modeling migration patterns of humpback whales; automated hydroponic monitoring to help grow crops in locations not suitable for traditional farming; conducting outreach for the Dorchester Food Co-op; advocating for solar-energy adoption across the Colleges of the Fenway; and assessing challenges and opportunities for the sustainability efforts of several local companies…
Keynote speaker John Rogers, associated director for Energy Analytics at the nonprofit Union of Concerned Scientists, delivered a lively talk on ‘Environmental Policy Progress in Uncertain Times.’ A scientist and registered lobbyist, Rogers puts analysis in service of policy goals, focusing on renewable energy and climate change… [He] emphasized that we can take the current moment as motivation to make a difference and continue the momentum in tackling climate change…”
Read the full article, including a list of the award-winning student research projects, in The Fenway News, May issue.
Photo credit: Jack Tan
