Raising Awareness: Sustainability as an Opportunity for the Materials Research Community

由材料研究协会（MRS）创建的为期一天的关注可持续发展活动项目，由材料研究部门为2014年在马萨诸塞州波士顿举行的MRS秋季会议和展览提供支持，旨在提高人们对材料、材料研究和可持续实践之间联系的认识。该项目将为不同的利益相关者群体创造机会，以各种方式进行互动，建立一个实践社区，激励行动，并加强参与，关注可持续性和材料发挥的关键作用的研究和教育。计划举办的活动包括：邀请企业社会责任官员在现有的“材料作为可持续发展的工具”研讨会上进行演讲，为MRS大学分会举办海报比赛（Sustainability@MySchool），在技术创新论坛上发表材料/可持续发展创新者的主题演讲，预览新的STEM课程“材料对社会的影响”。一个企业可持续发展圆桌会议，一个由MRS正在开发的奇异物质绿色地球博物馆展览的预览，一个与公众互动的动态会议，以及项目开始和结束的网络活动。由材料研究部支持的材料研究学会（MRS）关注可持续发展的活动将于11月30日（周日）开始，并将持续到12月1日（周一）。该计划的核心战略是企业社会责任领导者的参与。将这个企业集团与材料研究界联系起来是很重要的，以促进新的协同效应，推动支持可持续材料使用、材料生命周期考虑、材料再利用和再利用、绿色加工、节能和发电的研究。成功的企业实践系统级思维，材料研究人员可以从将这种观点纳入他们的研究组合的发展中受益，特别是当它与可持续性有关时。计划中的活动包括：邀请企业社会责任官员在现有的“材料作为可持续发展工具”研讨会上进行演讲；MRS大学分会（Sustainability@My学校）的海报比赛；在技术创新论坛上发表材料/可持续发展创新者的主题演讲；预览新的STEM课程“材料对社会的影响”。一个企业可持续发展圆桌会议，一个由MRS正在开发的奇异物质绿色地球博物馆展览的预览，一个与公众互动的动态会议，以及项目开始和结束的网络活动。

NON TECHNICALA one-day Focus-on-Sustainability program of activities created by the Materials Research Society (MRS) and supported by the Division of Materials Research for the 2014 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit in Boston, MA, is designed to raise the awareness of the nexus between materials, materials research, and sustainable practice. The program will create opportunities for a diverse group of stakeholders to interact in a variety of ways to build a community of practice-galvanizing action towards, and bolstering participation in, research and education focusing on sustainability and the key role that materials play. The planned events include a session of invited talks by corporate social responsibility officers to be embedded in an existing Materials as Tools for Sustainability symposium, a poster competition for the MRS University Chapters (Sustainability@MySchool), a keynote presentation by a materials/sustainability-innovator in the Technology Innovation Forum, a preview of the new STEM course "Impact of Materials on Society," a Corporate Sustainability Roundtable, a preview of Strange Matter Green Earth museum exhibition under development by the MRS, a dynamic floor session on interacting with the public, and networking events to start and end the program.TECHNICALThe Materials Research Society (MRS) Focus-on-Sustainability events, supported by the Division of Materials Research, will kick off the 2014 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit on Sunday, November 30th and run through Monday, December 1. A central strategy for the program is the participation of corporate social responsibility leaders. It is important to connect this corporate group with the materials research community, in order to foster new synergies that drive research supporting sustainable materials usage, considerations of materials life-cycles, materials reuse and repurposing, green processing, and energy conservation and generation. Successful corporations practice systems-level thinking, and materials researchers can benefit from incorporating this point-of-view in the development of their research portfolios, especially as it pertains to sustainability. The planned events include a session of invited talks by corporate social responsibility officers to be embedded in an existing Materials as Tools for Sustainability symposium, a poster competition for the MRS University Chapters (Sustainability@My School), a keynote presentation by a materials/sustainability-innovator in the Technology Innovation Forum, a preview of the new STEM course "Impact of Materials on Society," a Corporate Sustainability Roundtable, a preview of Strange Matter Green Earth museum exhibition under development by the MRS, a dynamic floor session on interacting with the public, and networking events to start and end the program.