This Day of Collective Action is a campus-wide moment of reflection and action designed to propel our collective goal to create an inclusive community forward. On this day, we ask students, faculty and staff to participate in workshops and other activities that will address racism, bias and discrimination.
“Interpreting the Clean Water Act: the uncertain relationship between environmental law and science” Register in advance for this meeting: https://utah.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvc-2tqzgjHd061odCsPm9xAOSrR02aW6d Robert Adler, Distinguished Professor, S.J. Quinney College of Law Professor Adler's expertise is in restoration and protection of water systems and management of water resources. As the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) approaches its 50th anniversary in […]
Andy Hong, Department of City & Metropolitan Planning, University of Utah Register in advance to attend: https://utah.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIpf-6gpzIuGdGNKLKzqR1ces8xHqrBOvgM The COVID-19 pandemic coupled with climate change presents significant challenges to cities around the world. Yet, much of the contemporary urban planning paradigm still rely on conventional approaches to urban development focused on automobility and maintaining the status […]
Each fall, we hold a workshop and retreat to welcome new GCSC Fellows and their GCSC-affiliated faculty mentors to our interdisciplinary community. We aim to help integrate those who are new to the U of U into a larger campus network with related interests in environmental and sustainability-related research.
Catalina de Onís, University of Oregon. Read more here: https://sustainability.utah.edu/gcsc-seminar-energy-justice-in-puerto-rico/ Online via Zoom. Register to attend: https://utah.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEscu2grzIuHNaTzu0ndPwLmZxmst1el2aJ This presentation highlights urgent environmental, climate, and energy controversies and injustices in Puerto Rico, while also documenting how many grassroots energy actors resist and build alternatives to the suffocating status quo. Focusing on translation broadly construed, this presentation reflects […]