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Benefits of Participation

The Leaders in Environmental Action for the Future (LEAF) Initiative will help WPI students (LEAF Fellows) grow into confident, environmentally literate leaders using a personalized, experiential, and action-oriented approach.​​​

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The LEAF Initiative will empower students, foster their environmental identity and provide them with tools and platforms to showcase their environmental literacy and leadership. 

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In addition to the seminar components, you will:​

  • Earn an Environmental Leadership certificate from WPI's Office of Sustainability.

  • Gain access to experts and professional mentors

  • Build a community with like-minded students

  • Have an opportunity to share your work via publication and/or conference presentation

  • Learn to share your voice by publishing an OpEd and/or individual climate story

  • Explore technical licenses/certifications (e.g. LEED, environmental associate, GIS, drinking water operator I)​

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Why become a LEAF Fellow?

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Interested in the LEAF Initiative?
For more information, sign up below.

For WPI students, express interest using your @wpi.edu email. This will add you to a list to receive updates, application details, and opportunities to get involved.

Thanks for your interest!

Are you a community partner, alum, sponsor, or employer interested in collaborating with the program? Please reach out directly to Prof. Corey Dehner (cdehner@wpi.edu) or Prof. Marja Bakermans (mbakermans@wpi.edu)

CONTACT
 

Marja Bakermans (she/her)

mbakermans@wpi.edu

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Corey Dehner (she/her)
cdehner@wpi.edu

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100 Institute Road
Worcester, MA | 01609-2280

Sponsor

The LEAF Environmental Leadership Initiative is supported in part by an Engineering for One Planet (EOP) grant and a Morgan Center Teacher Innovation Grant. We thank ASEE and the EOP for their support.

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