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Help MIT’s Climate CoLab and initiatives from around the world that are making a difference in tackling climate change. Your contribution will directly support the 2014 Climate CoLab Conference, where top expert-nominated solutions submitted from around the world will move from idea to action.
MIT’s Climate CoLab is a web platform with over 30,000 members that seeks to crowdsource creative, practical ideas to address climate change. The community includes some of the world’s leading scientific experts on climate change as well as business people, policy makers, NGO officials, students and thousands of concerned citizens who want to make a difference.
Members of this community met face-to-face for the first time at the initial Climate CoLab conference at MIT in November 2013. More than 300 people attended in person, and another 500 participated on line. The teams that generated the top ideas in the 2013 Climate CoLab contests had an opportunity to present their work to policymakers, executives, investors, and officials from the non-profit world—and one Grand Prize winner was awarded $10,000. The reviews from last year’s conference were stellar, and we hope to make this year’s event even better. But we need your help!
Pictured above is the 2013 Grand Prize winning team from the University of Calgary.
The 2014 Climate CoLab Conference will allow the Climate CoLab community members who contributed the most innovative and creative ideas an opportunity to present their ideas to experts and potential implementers. The conference is where ideas developed in our on-line platform go offline and get shared with people who can make things happen.
Your contribution will help support expenses of the conference, including:
On the right hand column of this page you will find different support levels and the perks that come with them. If you’re not able to support the project financially, help us by spreading the word about the conference and our fundraising efforts to your colleagues and networks.
Thank you in advance for your support!
Thank you for supporting the Climate CoLab Conference! Your name will be listed on the conference donor webpage after the conference.
Thank you for supporting the Climate CoLab Conference! Your name will be listed on the conference donor webpage after the conference.
You or your organization will be acknowledged on the Climate CoLab conference webcast page for all to see while watching the conference!
You will be acknowledged on our website and will receive a thank you letter from the student that attended the conference thanks to your gift!
In addition to sponsoring a student, your gift at this level gets you a ticket to the conference!
Your gift at this level sponsors two students and secures you a ticket to the conference, plus your name or organization will be listed on the webcast page!
FUNDED - In addition to what's above, your name or organization will be recognized at the conference as a Patron of the webcast!
FUNDED - Along with two tickets to the conference, you or your organization will be recognized as one of the two primary sponsors of this year's webcast. Plus, you'll receive personal thanks from the Climate CoLab team.
FUNDED - This generous gift covers the full expense of the webcast. You'll receive tickets to the conference and will be recognized prominently. You’ll help inspire hundreds of people around the world to take action on climate change, and can meet the Climate CoLab team.
