Class at the UN, and a Rainy Friday

I have no real idea where this week went!  Lots of hanging out with friends and getting reading and school work done, and here we are back at the weekend.  One of my classes this semester is Environmental Management and Sustainability, and part of the course is to participate in a multi-university workshop along with UNIDO and SID here in Vienna.  The theme of the workshop is Local Energy Initiatives and yesterday was part one of the workshop. We met at the UN in the afternoon with about 75 other students and professors to listen to various speakers talk about projects working to bring energy to developing countries, and have the chance to ask questions before we begin our own case study analysis to be presented at the rest of the workshop in early June.

our tables with fancy microphones

we were very prepared and all there early as a group, being sure we all made it through security ok...

which led to some waiting around...

language reference guide on the wall

like I said...waiting...plenty of time for some pictures of Ostern Schokolade

Our professor in the middle...ready to begin!

It turned out to be a really interesting afternoon, and we were able to hear about so many great projects currently going on around the world to combat energy poverty; I'm excited to see where the rest of the semester leads.  While we were there several school/tour groups came into the galleries overlooking this large room, I would love to know what they thought was going on.  By the time we left the UN it had started to rain and get much colder, although that didn't stop several of us from getting dinner downtown afterwards.  The rain has continued off and on today, making it a good day to get laundry done and finish a paper.  Hopefully the weather will improve so I can go out and enjoy things tomorrow!