Center for Social Innovation

The 2012 China Service Learning Trip will focus on the broad theme of energy and the environment, using it as a lens to introduce you to the evolution of China from fledgling economy to the largest global greenhouse gas emitter, exceeding the USA since 2007.

We will explore the dramatic economic growth of the country, the importance of energy as its lifeblood, and the tension of economic and infrastructure growth with the need and desire to protect the environment.

A consulting service project focused on developing solutions to these problems will take place before, during, and after the trip and will allow you to see firsthand the opportunity for innovation in this field.

Trip highlights

• Meet with people shaping government policy.
• Interact with business leaders who will shape the future of the world’s energy scene.
• Interact with preservation experts protecting their cultural and religious heritage against natural and man-made environmental damage.

Faculty Advisor

Bill Guttentag, Lecturer in Organizational Behavior
Research focus: Lectures on film and television business at Stanford Graduate School of Business; two-time Oscar-winning documentary and feature film writer-producer-director