The symposium - which ran from 8am until 2pm in Jack Morton Auditorium - featured prominent D.C. government officials and councilmembers, leaders of business and non-profit organizations and members of the GW community.
The goal of the symposium was to facilitate discussion in regards to the best practices the city could adopt to help become more energy-efficient. The discussion included several city and university leaders, including George Hawkins, Director of the D.C. Department of Environment, D.C. Deputy Mayor Victor Reinoso and GW President Steven Knapp. They discussed a wide variety of topics, including green jobs, development and education, all in terms of how to make the city more sustainable.
The symposium was followed by a luncheon at the Marvin Center which featured opening remarks by Chairman of the D.C. Council, Vincent Gray, and a discussion moderated by Steve Moore, the President and CEO of the Washington D.C. Economic Partnership.
The symposium follows news that the Sierra Club Magazine had named GW one of the five colleges that have failed to sufficiently invest in fighting the climate crisis. The other schools to make the list were the College of William and Mary, Howard University, Texas Tech University and Valdosta State University.
-Alex Laska
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