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Dr. Kim Cobb: Today we are celebrating the accomplishments
of the Carbon Reduction Challenge,
a project that Beril Toktay and I run here at Georgia Tech.
The goal of the project is to partner students
with organizations, both locally and across the nation.
Over the course of one summer, we challenge the students
to design and, if possible, implement a strategy to reduce
carbon emissions and, at the same time,
deliver pretty massive savings to their corporate partners,
non-profit partners, and governmental partners.
Will Courrèges-Clercq: Doing a project like this
will make you realize what your carbon footprint is personally,
and how you can be a better world citizen,
and how you can contribute less to the impacts of climate change
on our planet.
Dr. Beril Toktay: One of the most important things
in the climate change solutions space
is not necessarily the technical solutions—which are out there—
but it's getting the buy-in
at the various levels of the company.
John Lanier: It's a priority of our foundation to identify
meaningful ways to scale carbon-friendly solutions—
solutions that can do their part in helping to reverse
global warming.
And we've been absolutely thrilled to see these students
take very seriously the job of reducing carbon
in new and innovative ways.
Sam Pak: The Carbon Reduction Challenge was a way to make
real, practical changes that make huge impacts
in carbon emissions reductions.
Dr. Beril Toktay: One of the most innovative aspects
of this challenge is that it teaches our students
that they can be sustainability ambassadors
no matter what their job function.
Dr. Kim Cobb: So much of what we task our students to do
in the classroom is 100 percent abstract.
But what this provides is real-world experience building.
We're providing, really, on-the-job training.
Their day jobs may be something else,
but the sliver of time that they've dedicated this summer
is called the Carbon Reduction Challenge.
And we're very excited to celebrate
the huge accomplishments that they've brought in today
to Georgia Tech.
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