April is Sustainability Month 2024
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 12am
About this Event
April 22 is Earth Day!
Cornell University celebrates all things sustainability during the entire month of April, with dozens of events in climate change leadership, health & wellness, social justice, film & art, fashion, and sustainability topics.
FEATURED EVENTS
4/13 Climate Café
Interested in engaging in deeper dialogue around the climate crisis and building community around solutions? Join us at our first student-led Climate Cafe! Climate cafes are relaxed and open spaces for people to share their thoughts, experiences, and emotional responses related to climate change.
4/15 & 4/24 Guided Walk of the Sustainability Landscape Trail
Cornell's campus has some wonderful examples of sustainable landscaping and architecture! Come on a 2.5-mile walk, starting at Bartels Hall and traversing open spaces and natural areas around the Ag Quad, Botanic Gardens, Beebe Lake, and more! Guided by Cornell Outdoor Education, we'll make 12 stops along the way to discuss and explore intentional designs and integrations that promote sustainability and ecosystem services on campus.
4/19 Spring Sustainability Mix & Mingle
You are cordially invited to Cornell’s annual social event to discuss campus sustainability priorities with faculty, staff, students, and senior leaders. Come meet members of the Sustainable Cornell Council and learn more about efforts underway at Cornell University. Bring your ideas for campus projects, share your research, and enjoy food & drinks in a fun networking environment. RSVP by April 11th.
4/27 Spring ECOFest
Celebrate Cornell's student sustainability community! Sustainability, ecologically, and environmentally focused student organizations from around campus are welcome to participate and set up tables! Connect with others and see what your friends and classmates have accomplished over the year! Open to everyone.
5/6 2024 Student Sustainability Awards
Save the date for Cornell’s annual Student Sustainability Awards on Monday, May 6th from 4:30-6:30pm in G10 Biotech to recognize the outstanding students and organizations making sustainable change happen right here on campus and beyond. Learn more
• RSVP today
• Nominate students, clubs, projects, and events by Monday, April 15th at 12:00pm
SPECIAL EVENTS
- 4/4 Just Climate Futures
- 4/9 Environmental Justice & Faith
- 4/11 Getting to Climate Justice: A Global Approach
- 4/11 Climate Change Health Effects: Extractive Industries and Local Transformative Approaches
- 4/11 The Consciousness Revolutions
- 4/12 Chris Dennis Memorial Sustainability Symposium
- 4/13 2024 Cornell Business Impact Symposium
- 4/15-5/6 Climate Change Seminar Series
- 4/16 George Washington Carver and the Language of Plants as a Necessary Pathway to a Sustainable Future
- 4/17 Food Power Politics: Exploring the Dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement
- 4/18 Farmers' Market at Cornell Revival Launch
- 4/18 One Health in Social-Ecological Systems: Combining Sustainable Natural Resource Management and Health Care for All Species
- 4/18 Appropriation of Black Life: Conservation, Carbon, and Capitalism in African Indigenous Spaces
- 4/19 Graduate Conference: Agrarian Studies, Climate Change and the Future of Work
- 4/19 Ezra’s Round Table: Healthy Nutrition and Sustainable Food Production
- 4/22 Verdant Views: Global Climate Stories
- 4/22 uSPARK Competition: Living Labs Edition
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4/26 Arbor Day Tree Walk
- 4/26 Clean Energy Entrepreneurship with Charlotte Hamilton
- 5/2 Wildlife Disease and Health in Conservation
- 5/3 Imagining Just Environmental and Climate Futures in Africa
- 5/3 Bike to Work/School
EXHIBITS & RESOURCES
- Climate Change & Eco-Anxiety, Cornell Health website
- Call for Art: Redressing Sustainability (artwork accepted until 4/10, exhibit opens 4/11)
- Redressing Sustainabilty: Self Expression through Creative Upcycling and Recycling
- Cultivators of Celebration
How to Host an Event
Anyone can host a sustainability event! Helpful tips on how to get your event listed for the month-long celebration.
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Get Connected
Be sure to sign up for the Campus Sustainability Listserv to stay in the know about the latest new opportunities added during April. You can also follow the Campus Sustainability Office on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter for more event reminders during sustainability month and all year round.
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