In February, HIP (Haverford Innovations Program) is partnering with Earth Hacks for the 2022 Earth Hacks + HC idea hack!

This event aims to bring student participants from Haverford and other undergraduate programs together to learn about and tackle issues of environmental justice in a fun and collaborative event.

This idea hackathon DOES NOT require any previous experience, skills, or knowledge. Students will collaborate in small groups to imagine solutions to environmental issues. These solutions can manifest in many ways including: a concept sketch, an art piece, website, game, paper prototype, community model, public policy, software, business plan, etc.

This event will be hybrid with presentations, speakers, and students from other institutions to participate virtually,  and Haverford/Tri-Co students with the option to work in-person (given college policy at the time of event).  

The idea hack will host talks from industry professionals to help create a foundation around this year's challenge tracks (below), as well as mentors that can help teams refine ideas. Students will meet and discuss interests and project ideas around proposed themes and form teams of 2-5 people. Teams work together on their concept prototype until the end of the event, culminating in short presentations.


For this year’s hackathon, there will be two CHALLENGE TRACKS:
Air Pollution, Heat, & Health
Food Production & Insecurity


SCHEDULE:

Saturday, February 5
10:00 am Opening Ceremony, remarks by Earth Hacks and Haverford Innovation Program
10:30 am Team Building Session
11:00 am Hacking begins
1:00 pm Food systems with the VCU Office of Sustainability
6:00 pm: Crowd-Sourcing Climate Action with Keenan Johnson


Sunday, February 6
11:00 Agroecology with Genna Fudin from UC Berkeley Housing and Dining Sustainability Advocates
1:00 pm Hacking Ends
1:30 pm Project Presentations
2:15 pm Closing Ceremony, remarks by Haverford Innovation Program + Earth Hacks


Speakers:
Sara Barton, Learning Gardens Program Coordinator at Virginia Commonwealth University. sustainability.vcu.edu/gardens.html

Keenan Johnson, founder of Ribbit Network. The world's largest crowdsourced network of open-source, low-cost, Greenhouse Gas Detection Sensors. ribbitnetwork.org

Genna Fudin from UC Berkeley Housing and Dining Sustainability Advocates

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This event is open to undergraduate students regardless of experience!

Register below. Participants will receive reminder emails a few days before the event.

Questions? Shayna Nickel :: snickel@haverford.edu