Events

Environmental Lunchtime Career Talks

Please join the Civil & Environmental Engineering department for cookies and conversation while learning about potential career paths related to the environment. Both talks will take place at 12:30 in BANN 353.

• Jan. 9, Shasta Ferranto, US Forest Service. Shasta is the Program Manager of Fires, Fuels and Smoke and will give a talk about fire science.
• Jan. 16, Beth Friedman, WA Dept of Ecology. Beth will give a talk about air quality and ecology.

Lushootseed Lecture Series, Friday January 24, 4:00-5:00PM, Byte Cafe (Lemieux Library)

Acclaimed local author Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe will be reading passages from her memoir, Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk, as well as from her latest collection of essays, Thunder Song.

Hosted by the Indigenous Peoples Institute, the Lushootseed Lecture Series invites tribal members, Indigenous people, and other scholars to speak about the Lushootseed language and culture, its cultural importance and what it has to teach us. Past topics have included “"Living Legends: Lushootseed Stories in My Work and Life", “On Rich Soil” and “Walking in the Footsteps of the Ancestors: Coast Salish Artists" Find more information on this event here.

Student Convening - Environmental Justice and Sustainability at SU. Tuesday, Jan. 28th at 12:30-1:20PM, PIGT 200

Dr. Tanya Hayes (Environmental Studies; Public Affairs & Nonprofit Leadership) and Yolanda Cieters (Interim Director CEJS) would like to invite you to an informal gathering of students who share both interest and concern around the issues of sustainability and environmental justice.

They want to hear your ideas for Earth Month (April 2025); learn from sustainability related clubs about their activities for Winter and Spring quarters; and receive any input you may have on student engagement in this work at SU and the role that the CEJS can play to enhance and facilitate involvement.

Bring your lunch; CEJS will bring cookies and lemonade! And please tell anyone you know who may be interested in joining the conversation.

Indigenous Decolonial Climate Hope through the Land, Tuesday, January 28, 2025, at 6 pm, Stuart T. Rolfe Community Room

Brian Burkhart is an Associate Professor of Philosophy, affiliate faculty in Native American Studies at the University of Oklahoma, director of the Native Nations Center and author of Indigenizing Philosophy through the Land: A Trickster Methodology for Decolonizing Environmental Ethics and Indigenous Futures (Michigan State, 2019). His research specializes in Native American and Indigenous philosophy, specifically Indigenous land-based conceptions of well-being and environmental ethics. Burkhart is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma with roots in the Jaybird Creek community of Northeastern Oklahoma as well as the Indian Wells community of the Navajo Nation in Arizona

Envisioning a livable future: “The Current State of Climate Science,” Wednesday January 29, virtual, FREE event

Marking the tenth anniversary of Pope Francis’s encyclical Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home. "Envisioning a Livable Future” is a seven-part series aiming to create lively interdisciplinary dialogues 1) raising ecological consciousness, 2) drawing attention to climate-forward initiatives, and 3) encouraging both personal discernment and social action.

Session one panelists will include:

Katharine Hayhoe, Chief Scientist for the Nature Conservancy & Paul Whitfield Horn Distinguished Professor and Endowed Chair in Public Policy and Public Law, Texas Tech University.

Ben Sovacool, Director of the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability and Professor of Earth & Environment, Boston University.

Nancy Tuchman, Founding Dean of the Loyola University Chicago School of Sustainability and Professor of Biology, Loyola University Chicago.

Shaped by Nature: A Garden of Memories and Joy, Gallery Two, Lemieux Library Second Floor, January 25 - March 31

Arturo Araujo, SJ, Shaped by Nature: A Garden of Memories and Joy is an exhibition that reflects on the profound bond between art, nature, and the human spirit during a time of uncertainty and change. In this collection, Father Araujo explores the beauty and resilience of the natural world as a source of inspiration amidst the complexities of an evolving political and social landscape. Learn more about the show here. This is a re-visioning of last year's Shaped by Nature exhibit, now beautifully displayed on the second floor of Lemieux Library, a co-sponsor of the exhibit. Contact Fr. Arturo Araujo if you are interested in scheduling a class or department guided tour of the exhibit ( araujoa@yueziqi.com).

“Learning-by-doing & Adapting to Climate Change: Mitigating Emissions and Increasing Life Quality in Mexico.” Wednesday February 5, 5:30-6:30PM, PIGT Auditorium

Mark your calendars for the second Bosanko Public Lecture, delivered by Dr. María Ibarrarán, Academic Director at Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla, Mexico, on Wednesday, February 5th, 2025, from 5:30-6:30 pm at Pigott Auditorium. The topic of her talk is, " Learning-by-doing & Adapting to Climate Change: Mitigating Emissions and Increasing Life Quality in Mexico". Dr Ibarrarán is in the task force of Environmental and Economic Justice of the International Association of Jesuit Universities (IAJU). She has taught the Global Environmental Citizenship course of the MAGIS Exchange Program and is the contact person for the Laudato Si’ Action Platform (LSAP) from IBERO Puebla. For more details and any questions, please contact Dr. Meena Rishi at rishim@yueziqi.com.

Community Recycling Day February19th, 8 a.m.–1 p.m. Bellarmine Turnaround

The annual community recycling day is back and better than ever. Join us in celebrating two community recycling days. Have too much "stuff" at home? Get your spring cleaning done early and bring in your dorm, home, or office recyclables to SU’s Community Recycling Days for FREE recycling and donation! Sign up to volunteer here.

Waste Disposal Education February 21 and 22, 11 a.m.–1 p.m.  Student Center, 2nd Floor

Interested in how to properly sort your waste? Join us in educating the campus community and bringing awareness to proper waste disposal. We will discuss the disposal stream accepted in King County/Seattle (and special streams at SU), where they need to be discarded, and answer any lingering questions of what goes where. Sign up to volunteer here.

The Northwest Jesuit Advocacy Summit - February 27, 28, and March 1, 2025

This summit brings together Jesuit students, volunteers, parishioners, faculty, priests and other leaders to use the power of our collective voices to put our faith into action. Held at Seattle University, the event takes high-school students through a 3-day experience of Ignatian reflection towards prophetic action, with university students, Jesuit volunteers, parishioners, faculty and other adult allies joining for evening programming and a direct-action town-hall on Saturday morning. For the 3rd year in a row, the summit will focus on standing with Native peoples in collaboration on care for common home. Built around the pastoral cycle, it will include direct encounter with creation and those being most impacted by climate change, social and pastoral analysis, skill training and direct collective action with public officials.

Registration for the three days for SU Students will be available on ConnectSU.

Can't make the 27th/28th? Join for the Sacred Salmon Town Hall, March 1st 2025 10-11:30 in STCN 160) Inspired by the Washington State Catholic Bishop’s Call for Plan to Care for Creation and the Common Good in the Lower Snake River and “to develop and implement a holistic plan for the Lower Snake River region that seeks input from the Original Peoples of Washington state as principal dialogue partners,” this collective action, led by Jesuit students and Native peoples, will be an opportunity for faithful collective action to public officials, along with prayer, ritual and next steps to take the work home. For more information contact Luke Lavin (llavin@yueziqi.com)

Electronics and E-waste Collection March 1st-31st in the Residence halls and Student Center

Do you have old or broken electronics that you no longer use? Donate them to our E-waste donations bin near the resident halls and student center. Our team of professionals will properly dispose of e-waste for you, keeping hazardous material out of our landfills, and oceans.

Washington Oregon Cascadia Higher Education Sustainability Conference (WOHESC) – At Portland Community College Campus, March 5-7, 2025

CEJS is a community partner of the WOHESC conference. WOHESC is a platform for students, faculty, and staff from Washington and Oregon higher education institutions to empower and inspire change, facilitate action, and share, network, and collaborate around sustainability and social justice.

Explore this year’s theme, Cultivating Sustainable Communities, and the WOHESC Program here. Interested in attending? Register to join at wohesc.org/register and use code CEJS30 for 30% off! The link to apply the discount automatically is here. 

Book Collection Event March 12th, All day in the Residence halls and Student Center

Do you have textbooks that you no longer use? Donate them to a book donation bin near the resident halls and student center. Books collected will be donated to Better World Books. 

Community Recycling Day March 19th, 8 a.m.–1 p.m. Bellarmine Turnaround

The annual community recycling day is back and better than ever. Join us in celebrating two community recycling days. Have too much "stuff" at home? Get your spring cleaning done early and bring in your dorm, home, or office recyclables to SU’s Community Recycling Days for FREE recycling and donation!