MIT is offering a short program on "Technology and Sustainability" on 
July 10-12, 2017, in Cambridge, MA. The instructors are Bhavik Bakshi of 
The Ohio State University, Tim Gutowski of MIT, and Dusan Sekulic of the 
University of Kentucky, who are co-editors of, "Thermodynamics and the 
Destruction of Resources" (http://www.cambridge.org/9780521884556).

The purpose of this class is to address the issues of sustainability and 
to expand the engineering perspective of this problem.  A resource 
accounting perspective is developed with emphasis on four areas: 1) 
energy resource analysis, 2) material resource analysis, 3) life cycle 
assessment, and 4) design for sustainability.  Examples are taken from 
diverse areas with special attention to current and emerging chemical 
and manufacturing processes, exergy analysis, and product and process 
analysis and design.

For more information:
http://professional.mit.edu/programs/short-programs/technology-and-sustainability