Global Change & Sustainability Center

“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 […]

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 […]

FASB 295. Come early for coffee & a cookie in the Confluence. To attend via Zoom, register at https://utah.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUkf-qvqzkoGNZdPCoFI5mV_JXZwXX9MezB Over the past few years, an increasing number of U.S. colleges and universities have recognized the need to incorporate equity and justice into their institutional response to climate change. Several new resources have emerged to assist […]