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Frances Beinecke, past president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, with MITEI executive director Martha Broad in our latest podcast episode, touching on the U.S. climate trajectory, the need for national leadership, and how to make an impact on climate change.

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Allison Archambault, president of Earthspark International, talks about her experiences at the Clean Energy Education & Empowerment (C3E) symposium, which recognizes women working in clean energy. Watch the video and see the 2018 winners in this year's symposium livestream.

Deadline: Friday, February 8, 2019

MITEI is now accepting applications for our 2019 Solar Spring Break program. We will be returning to Los Angeles, CA this year with GRID Alternatives' Solar Spring Break, which gives college students the opportunity to spend their vacation week installing solar panels in underserved communities.

Deadline: Late December

J-WAFS is now accepting water and food seed grant proposals focused on innovative research with the potential to impact issues and challenges related to the world's water and food supply. Grants are up to $75,000 per year for 1-2 years. PIs at all MIT departments and labs are eligible, and applications are being accepted until late December.

Deadline: Late December

The Mixed International Research Unit CNRS/MIT program will host the seventh edition of the Marseille Winterschool on Multiscale Porous Materials in Marseille, France. The topics this year are urban physics and multiscale porous materials in urban environments.