NMH Speaker Unites Sustainability with Profit

MOUNT HERMON, MA— Northfield Mount Hermon School’s State of the world speaker series continues with a talk by Jack Kenworthy, a graduate of the class of 1995. Kentworthy will give a talk on October 3, in the Rhodes Room of Beveridge hall at 6:45 pm. The public is invited to this free talk.

Kenworthy will report on how high school students are diving in to sustainable projects at the Island School in the Bahamas, where he taught science, and is the director of systems, heading the school’s sustainability projects. Kenworthy will discuss how high schools can create solutions to environmental problems. In particular, he will show the potential for high school learning to be tied not only to authentic research, but for that research to feed for-profit companies that raise money for the school. He will talk about projects such as commercial biodiesel, offshore aquaculture, sustainable agriculture, and renewable energy.

At the Island School, Kenworthy is involved with design and installation work on renewable energy projects, biological waste treatment facilities, green building projects, biofuels development, legislation reform, aquaculture, and education for sustainability. He has been awarded the George T. Kidder Award for Leadership, Scholarship, and Service and the Crow Award for excellence in systems thinking (Columbia University, 1998).

Contact: Kate Snyder, 413-498-3357 or ksnyder@nmhschool.org.

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