The Roosevelt Institution
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