Home  About  In the News  Publications  Blog  Join  Donate  The University of Michigan's first dream.DETROIT installment, Art and Urban Development in Detroit. dream.DETROIT is a year-long community development project. Announcements National Expo: July 11th Hyde Park Summit: August 14-17 Essay Winners Announced in The Nation On Campus Iowa Chapter Holds Forum Zach Hindin in the GW Hatchet Coverage of the Johns Hopkins Chapter Launch > More "In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing." — Teddy Roosevelt    Middlebury Energy Event | Call for Ideas > Roosevelt Home > Event Calendar > Middlebury Energy Event | Call for Ideas The RI energy challenge: Climate change is one of the greatest challenges ever faced by human civilization; the burden to address it falls heavily on our generation. At the center of the global warming problem is the enormous quantities of carbon dioxide continuously entering the atmosphere. The issue is an engineering issue, an environmental issue, a social justice issue, and a geopolitical issue. The competition: Students will prepare an idea paper (guidelines below) and give a 5-minute presentation to a panel of judges. Winners of the first round will continue on to a second round, which will involve a 10-minute presentation in greater depth with questions from the judges and audience. The winner of the second round will receive a position in the “25 Ideas” publication series, which is distributed to U.S. Congressmen, 700 state legislators, college administrators, and RI chapters and placed on the RI website. Please visit www.rooseveltinstitution.org/publications/25ideas for details on what an idea paper is and how to present it. The judges: Bob Van Heuvelen: Chief of Staff for North Dakota U.S. Senator Kent Conrad Aimee Christensen: Team Member of Google.org and led Christensen Global Strategies, LLC Jack Byrne: Campus Sustainability Coordinator for Middlebury College Frederick Weston: Director of the Regulatory Assistance Project Dan Scruton: Senior Agricultural Development Coordinator for the Vermontt Dept of Agri David Dunn: Central Vermont Public Service energy consultant and "CowPower" specialist Steven Heim: Social Research and Shareholder Advocacy, Boston Commons Asset Management The judging criteria: 1) Innovation 2) Potential Consequences 3) Feasibility Applicant Information: Name:                                      College:                                      Idea Paper title:                                                                                                                                                                                        Major:                                      Email Address:                          Phone number:                                                                                                                                                                                            Campus Address:                                                                                                                                                                                         Applicant’s idea abstract: (200 words or less) Applications due by: February 28 Please direct questions, comments or finished applications via email to dwdolgin@middlebury.edu   The Roosevelt Institution is a nonpartisan, nonprofit national think tank devoted to bringing students' policy ideas to the policy process. The opinions expressed on this site are exclusively those of its members. DC Headquarters: Roosevelt Institution / 2100 M St NW Suite 610 / Washington, DC 20037 || (202) 833-1359