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Things You Didn't Know About Litter
April 1, 2022 - 5:00pm
Things you didn't know about litter! To kick off Earth Month, join in with Green Iowa AmeriCorps, the City of Iowa City, and the UI Office of Sustainability to learn more about litter and waste in our community....
One Sustainable Iowa Student Conference
April 9, 2022 - 9:00am
Join students, faculty, and staff from colleges and universities across Iowa at the 2022 One Sustainable Iowa Student Conference. The conference will include breakfast, keynote speakers, panel discussions, breakout sessions, lunch, and networking opportunities centered around sustainability topics. Details will be posted on the event website https://www.onesustainableiowa.com/2022-conference...
Stephanie Arne: Keynote Speaker for the One Sustainable Iowa Conference
April 9, 2022 - 12:00pm
Registration is now open for the 2022 One Sustainable Iowa Conference, which will take place on Saturday, April 9th from 9am-4pm on the University of Iowa campus. The goal of the Conference is to connect students throughout Iowa who have interests in sustainability. All students, faculty, and staff from any higher ed institution in Iowa are invited to attend this Conference. Information about the Conference can be found here: https://www.onesustainableiowa.com/. Current University of Iowa...
Environmental Justice Panel at the One Sustainable Iowa Conference
April 9, 2022 - 2:40pm
The Office of Sustainability and the Environment is excited to announce that the 2022 One Sustainable Iowa Conference organizers are proud to partner with the Underrepresented Students in Sustainability mentorship program to host an Environmental Justice panel on Saturday, April 9 from 2:40 to 3:25 pm in W151 Pappajohn Business Building. The Panel will include campus faculty and experts who will speak on environmental justice, their research, and experiences. ...
Spring Bike Safety Checks and Registration with World of Bikes and UI Public Safety
April 18, 2022 - 1:00pm
Spring Bike Safety Check...
Global Energy Trends & Transition: Featuring Dr. Michael Webber
April 18, 2022 - 5:00pm
Global Energy Trends and Transition, Featuring Dr. Michael Webber: Josey Centennial Professor in Energy Resources at the University of Texas at Austin and CTO of Energy Impact Partners. Former Chief Science and Technology Officer at ENGIE, a global energy & infrastructure services company. Author of Power Trip: the Story of Energy and Thirst for Power: Energy, Water and Human Survival. Watch the Lecture here: https://lectures.uiowa.edu/live/
Department of Geographical & Sustainability Sciences Graduate School Info Session
April 19, 2022 - 12:00pm
Interested in Pursuing Graduate School to Study Sustainability or Environmental Topics?...
Exhibition Spotlight: Our Journey with Trees
April 20, 2022 - 12:00pm
To accompany the new exhibition Then & Now: 175 Years on the Pentacrest, the University of Iowa Pentacrest Museums will offer conjunctional educational programming throughout the year to further explore each of the six areas highlighted in the exhibit. This programming will be presented virtually through the museum’s ongoing series Exhibition Spotlight. ...
Exhibition Spotlight: Our Journey with Trees
April 20, 2022 - 12:00pm
To accompany the new exhibition Then & Now: 175 Years on the Pentacrest, the University of Iowa Pentacrest Museums will offer conjunctional educational programming throughout the year to further explore each of the six areas highlighted in the exhibit. This programming will be presented virtually through the museum’s ongoing series Exhibition Spotlight. ...
Hawkeye Decarbonization Summit 2022
April 21, 2022 - 10:30am
A two-day workshop bringing together Decarb2040 partners, the University of Iowa community of researchers, staff and students interested in decarbonization, practitioners, and funding agency representatives to explore the path forward. Featuring keynote speaker Saul Griffith, founder and chief scientist of Otherlab. The event will be presented both in-person and virtually. Please register either way.
Hawkeye Decarbonization Summit 2022
April 22, 2022 - 9:00am
A two-day workshop bringing together Decarb2040 partners, the University of Iowa community of researchers, staff and students interested in decarbonization, practitioners, and funding agency representatives to explore the path forward. The event will be presented both in-person and virtually. Please register either way.
City Nature Challenge
April 29, 2022 - 12:01am
For the first time ever, the University of Iowa is joining 400+ cities around the world to document nature as part of the City Nature Challenge! You can contribute to citizen science during this global biodiversity challenge no matter where you are in Iowa City! Observations collected during this period are used for monitoring biodiversity and ecological research....
TREE TOURS: Nature Walk & Talks
April 29, 2022 - 12:00pm
UPDATE: We rescheduled the first official Tree Tour, postponing by one week due to thunderstorms. Please join us, Friday, April 29th, 12 noon - 1:00 p.m., meet on the Pentacrest, in front of Macbride Hall....
City Nature Challenge
April 30, 2022 - 12:01am
For the first time ever, the University of Iowa is joining 400+ cities around the world to document nature as part of the City Nature Challenge! You can contribute to citizen science during this global biodiversity challenge no matter where you are in Iowa City! Observations collected during this period are used for monitoring biodiversity and ecological research....