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Student Initiatives and Groups

Brown progress initiative (bpi)

BPI is a multidisciplinary think-tank for sustainable product design and development. Composed of subcommittees in the sciences, engineering, business/finance, and technology, BPI seeks to harness the creative energy of the entire Brown community to cultivate innovative solutions for a changing world. Ideas will aim to create profitable products by solving current needs in a "green" manner, and BPI will work together to bring its ideas to market.

Eco-Reps

Eco-Reps are select undergraduate students who work to educate their campus mates about environmental issues. They operate on the philosophy that we can reduce our harmful impact on the environment by making simple changes in our lifestyles.

emPower Student Group

The emPOWER campaign is made up of Brown University students who believe that Brown must take responsibility for its contribution to global warming and immediately work to end it. The student-run blog outlines the group’s accomplishments and provides information on major milestones.

ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS (EWB)
A group of students and faculty dedicated to using engineering for social and environmental good. To that end, EWB-Brown facilitates working relationships with other groups and communities, in Providence and beyond, to pursue opportunities for socially conscious and environmentally sustainable design.

RHODE ISLAND STUDENT CLIMATE COALITION (RISCC)
Now a coalition of 5 universities and 9 high schools, RISCC is working to push an 80% carbon emission reduction by 2050 bill through the Rhode Island state legislature to help Rhode Island become a leader in the new green economy.

Sustainable Food Initiative (SuFi)

A plan that integrates local food and sustainable agriculture into student life through an on-campus, student-run farm.

Undergraduate Council of Students (UCS)

The Undergraduate Council of Students is a representative body of twenty-seven elected (five from each class plus an executive board) members committed to serving Brown's undergraduate community.

women in science and engineering (wise)

WiSE provides students, particularly women and under-represented minorities, with the information and encouragement they may need to stay in the sciences, succeed, and go on to science- and engineering-related work and graduate study.