Happy Earth Month! This is our time to shine, and there are so many opportunities to celebrate. Whether you're attending the upcoming Sustainability Symposium, cooking some new plant-based meals, or simply taking a moment to appreciate nature — we hope this edition provides some inspiration for how to engage with your fellow Green Blue Jays this month.
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It is the Most Wonderful Time of the Year...Earth Month! |
Join us for a variety of activities to connect with the JHU community and express appreciation for our planet. Gatherings range from peaceful nature yoga classes, how-to plant-based cooking sessions, and stargazing at the Observatory, to our second annual Earth Fest Celebration taking place Friday, April 19th on the Keyser Quad at 3:00 PM. Check out the Green Gatherings section below for more details!
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| Campus as Living Lab Grants: Apply by April 10th |
The new Campus as a Living Lab Program supports research and teaching that leverages JHU’s campuses as incubators for innovation to advance campus sustainability goals. Grant funding up to $50k is available to researchers, course instructors and students to support projects that test sustainability solutions on campus. Grant applicants must submit an Expression of Interest by April 10, and early submissions are welcome. Submissions should include a proposed research question and research topics of interest, and the program team will provide feedback and suggested university partners on a rolling basis.
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TOMORROW: Join Us for the 5th Annual Sustainability Symposium in Scott-Bates Commons |
This event fosters cross-disciplinary dialogue on key topics including food systems, sustainable healthcare, clean energy, environmental justice, and more. If registered, plan your day at the Symposium by checking out the full panel schedule and descriptions below!
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Baltimore Office of Sustainability Climate Corps Fellowship: Apply by April 12
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Baltimore City's Office of Sustainability and the City's Dept. of Public Works are seeking three Climate Corps Fellows who will support food waste reduction efforts by leading data collection, coordination, education, and outreach related to food waste prevention, diversion, food scrap recycling and composting. Click below to learn more about the paid,10-month fellowship and how to apply.
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Thinking Through Decay with Jessie Croteau |
Jessie is a fourth year PhD student and the undergraduate coordinator in the department of political science at the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. The focus of Jessie’s dissertation is to create an eco-philosophy and ethics which affirms and celebrates declines such as decomposition, deterioration, and disintegration.
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“The ecological crisis is also a crisis of the imagination, and we cannot leave it to just the scientists in the realm of solutions...The arts and humanities have a political and intellectual responsibility to think about world-making, and to offer imaginaries of what a more ecological future could ideally look like, and to catalyze a transformative approach.”
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Earth Fest
With the Office of Sustainability and Partners
APR 19 | 3:00 PM | Keyser Quad (Great Hall rain location)
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Nature Yoga with Nila
With the Office of Sustainability
APR 19 | 9:00 AM | Decker Gardens (Multipurpose Room A rain location)
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Stargazing with Sustainability
With the Office of Sustainability and Department of Physics and Astronomy
APR 25 | 8:30 PM | Bloomberg Center for Physics and Astronomy
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GRCF Symposium
With JHU Green Labs and partners
APR 25 | 9:00 AM | Turner Concourse
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Wildflower Walk
With the Lake Roland Nature Council
APR 14 | 10:00 AM | Lake Roland
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Fix-It Fair
With the Station North Tool Library
APR 27 | 10:00 AM | 400 Cathedral St
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Growing Green Hearts: Inspiring the Next Generation with Planetary Health Education |
Hot off the presses, explore this free eBook published Wednesday by The Planetary Health Alliance—housed on JHU’s own Bloomberg campus! The book serves as inspiration and guidance for educators, parents, and community members who wish to empower children to become active participants in creating a healthier planet.
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Why do we celebrate Earth Day? Shouldn’t it be “Earth Day Every Day?” |
You’re right! It should be Earth Day every day, in the sense that our collective flourishing on this planet requires an everyday, ingrained commitment and attention to environmental action, impact, and justice. Earth Day's original organizer, U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson, would not argue any differently.
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The first Earth Day in 1970 came after decades of environmentally unregulated industrial growth, punctuated by public-facing disasters like fish kills, rivers on fire, and a 3-million-gallon oil spill. Inspired by the model of recent anti-war teach-ins, Earth Day was meant to ignite a burst of energy and political impetus.
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Today, Earth Day is the largest secular observance in the world. At a time when we need collective action more than ever, lean into this as an opportunity to connect with (and create!) community. Gather friends for a clothing swap, share your thoughts on social media, organize a teach-in or discussion, or encourage your local and federal representatives to take action — whatever you participate in, make it collaborative and make it impactful.
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Behind JHU's upcoming Earth Month celebrations is a broader foundation built on a history of sustainability champions like Rachel Carson — Hopkins alumna and pioneer of the modern environmental movement. Today, it is grounded in strategic planning and ambitious climate action, like reaching our goal of 51% carbon emissions reductions three years early! While Earth Day is a special moment of visibility, this progress is created every day through collaboration across JHU's campuses, institutes, and departments. As outlined in the release of the Draft Climate Action and Sustainability Plan, this collective effort is ongoing, with places to get involved for many Earth Days to come.
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