From Scott.Carlin at liu.edu Fri May 3 12:20:29 2019 From: Scott.Carlin at liu.edu (Scott Carlin) Date: Fri, 3 May 2019 16:20:29 +0000 Subject: [Post-sustainability-committee] South Shore Earth Day Celebration - Lindenhurst Message-ID: [cid:16a7db5125c155f77112] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 267659 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: From Scott.Carlin at liu.edu Tue May 14 07:57:43 2019 From: Scott.Carlin at liu.edu (Scott Carlin) Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 11:57:43 +0000 Subject: [Post-sustainability-committee] United Nations Youth Challenge - Summer of Ideas Message-ID: The application is not yet available, but interested students should check the website for updates. (Faculty, please share with your students.) The "Summer Of Solutions" is a call for applications from young people around the world to create innovative technology-based solutions to global challenges. This is a new initiative launched by the Office of the United Nations Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth, in partnership with the United Nations Technology and Innovation Labs, and the United Nations Development Programme. The 2019 #SummerOfSolutions aims to solve climate challenges: 1. #OpenCI Platform Challenge: develop an information systems solution that can serve as a platform to enhance the access of localized climate and market information. 2. #CircularEconomy Challenge: present ideas for ICT tools and business process innovations that are related to the Circular Economy and can result in rapid and far-reaching improvements for society. 3. #EthicalFashion Challenge: present ideas for ICT tools and business process innovations that are related to Ethical Fashion & Textiles, which can result in rapid and far-reaching improvements for society. Selected participants and their ideas will be showcased at the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York City in September 2019. Pick your challenge, get involved and help change the world! More details Press Release is available HERE, with additional details: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: