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This conference will officially inaugurate the Consortium for Catholic Universities (CCU) and launch the CCU’s two-year intensive research focus on environmental justice and efforts to promote...
The Catholic University, Environmental Justice, and Research for a Sustainable Future
This conference will officially inaugurate the Consortium for Catholic Universities (CCU) and launch the CCU’s two-year intensive research focus on environmental justice and efforts to promote...
The Catholic University, Environmental Justice, and Research for a Sustainable Future
This conference will officially inaugurate the Consortium for Catholic Universities (CCU) and launch the CCU’s two-year intensive research focus on environmental justice and efforts to promote...
Global Dialogues: The Worsening Water Crisis - Dublin, Ireland
For Week 7 in our Global Dialogues series, join staff from the Notre Dame-Newman Centre for Faith and Reason in Dublin, Ireland with special guest...
Earth Day Service Blitz
Make a positive impact on our campus ecosystem by participating in the annual Earth Day Service Blitz. Projects will include an invasive species round up,...
Mass for the Care of Creation
Presided by Fr. Terry Erhman, C.S.C, all are welcome to join for this beautiful outdoor service where we will pray together for our Common Home,...
Earth Day Sustainability Fest
RAIN LOCATION: LaFortune Ballroom
Evening with the Eagles
Since 2015, a pair of bald eagles has nested and raised their eaglets in a nest near the ND-LEEF Pavilion in St. Patrick’s Park. This...
Film Screening: Once You Know
ONCE YOU KNOW is the intimate journey of director Emmanuel Cappellin across the abyss of a world at the edge of climate-induced collapse. His voyage into...
Notre Dame Global Day of Action
To celebrate Earth Day, members of the Notre Dame community around the globe will be responding to Laudato Si's call to care for our common...
Global Day of Action
Join us on Wednesday, April 20 when members of our Notre Dame community around the world will be responding to
Climate Action Accelerator
All Notre Dame community members are invited to join the City of South Bend for a special, interactive climate action planning exercise.
Yinka Shonibare and Notre Dame Forum 2021-2022
Yinka Shonibare's Earth Kid (Boy) will be presented in the Scholz Family Gallery at the Snite Museum of Art during the 2021/2022 academic year. Since the early...
Beef Free ND
The Notre Dame Student Government Department of Sustainability is partnering with Campus Dining and Campus Ministry to encourage the student body to go beef-free during...
Global Dialogues: Understanding Water Diplomacy Between Israel and Jordan
For Week 7 in our Global Dialogues series, join NDI staff from the University of Notre Dame at Tantur in Jerusalem, Israel and special guest...
Beef Free ND
The Notre Dame Student Government Department of Sustainability is partnering with Campus Dining and Campus Ministry to encourage the student body to go beef-free during...
Is Federal Energy R&D Successful? A Fifteen Year Look at U.S. Nuclear Power
Dr. Warren F. "Pete" Miller, Jr. Former Assistant Secretary of Energy In 2009, I was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Assistant Secretary for Nuclear...
Beef Free ND
The Notre Dame Student Government Department of Sustainability is partnering with Campus Dining and Campus Ministry to encourage the student body to go beef-free during...
Water Week Dinner
Enjoy a special Water Week inspired dinner menu focused on low water impact foods. The meal includes jumbo shrimp, caldo siete mares, cauliflower steaks with...
Movie: Erin Brockovich
Experience the Academy Award-winning film, Erin Brockovich (2000), starring Julia Roberts. A dramatization of the true story of Erin Brockovich, who rallied against an energy...
Yusko Ward-Phillips Conference: 1000 Years of Ice and Fire
Ecological collapse and human migration have been deeply intertwined throughout human history, and have inspired some of our greatest works of literature, from The Epic of...
Operation du Lac: Bless & Serve
Blessing of the Lakes with Rev. Terrence Ehrman C.S.C., followed by installation of pollution prevention badges on stormwater inlets around campus and a lake cleanup. Register here (appreciated
Talk: Foodborne Transmission: Overlooked Pathway of WASH-Related Disease in Low-Income Settings
Virtual Seminar by Matthew Freeman, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Environmental Health, Emory University. Register here.
Yusko Ward-Phillips Conference: 1000 Years of Ice and Fire
Ecological collapse and human migration have been deeply intertwined throughout human history, and have inspired some of our greatest works of literature, from The Epic of...
Panel: Intersections of Human Health, Water & Environmental Change
Faculty panelist include Ellis Adams,
Tour: The Art of Water
Special tour focused on water and climate in art. Meet inside the front entrance. In honor of World Water Day, the Notre Dame community is invited to...
Talk: Groundwater Sustainability: Challenges and Solutions
Virtual Seminar by Debra Perrone, Assistant Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara. Register here. In honor of World
Beef Free ND
The Notre Dame Student Government Department of Sustainability is partnering with Campus Dining and Campus Ministry to encourage the student body to go beef-free during...
Hydro-go Seek: Scavenger Hunt
All-week scavenger hunt to discover the visible and invisible ways in which water contributes to campus life. The winning residence hall will select the location...
Yinka Shonibare and Notre Dame Forum 2021-2022
Yinka Shonibare's Earth Kid (Boy) will be presented in the Scholz Family Gallery at the Snite Museum of Art during the 2021/2022 academic year. Since the early...
Dignity and Development Forum
World leaders including Pope Francis have issued a call to action in response to a complex global crisis arising from the joint impacts of climate...
Bringing Ourselves to our Work: Work as Creative Practice
For the next in the Toward a Sustainable Future Series, in partnership with the Nanovic Institute. Ellie Cosgrave, Director of CIC and Research at Publica, will explore what...
Dignity and Development Forum
World leaders including Pope Francis have issued a call to action in response to a complex global crisis arising from the joint impacts of climate...
Eating Animals: The Ethics, Sustainability and Nutrition of Meat
The Notre Dame Student Government Department of Sustainability is partnering with Campus Dining and Campus Ministry to encourage the student body to go beef free...
Global Dialogues: The Worsening Water Crisis - Santiago, Chile
Join NDI staff from Santiago, Chile and Notre Dame Environmental Engineering Professor Rob Nerenberg to discuss how population growth and climate change are increasing the...
Beef Free ND
The Notre Dame Student Government Department of Sustainability is partnering with Campus Dining and Campus Ministry to encourage the student body to go beef-free during...
Global Dialogues: The Worsening Water Crisis - London
This week, the London Global Gateway will be in conversation with Fay Stevens who is an archaeologist (UCL) and award-winning lecturer and researcher. Her work...
“A Climate for All of Us” by Katharine Hayhoe
The Notre Dame Environmental Change Initiative (ND-ECI) and the Center for Sustainable Energy at Notre Dame (ND Energy) are honored to welcome
Global Dialogues: The Worsening Water Crisis - Mexico City
Mexico City has been facing a water crisis for a while. Even with increased rainfall, not enough is being captured to supply the needs of...
Carbon Taxes and Climate Change: A Discussion on Bipartisan Legislation with Citizens’ Climate Lobby
Join Student Government to hear from the vice president of government affairs for the Citizens' Climate Lobby (CCL), Dr. Daniel Richter. Through this event, you can...
Global Dialogues: The Worsening Water Crisis - Mumbai
Join the Mumbai Global Center and Krupali Uplekar Krusche who is the Associate Dean for Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work and Director of DHARMA (Digital...
Global Dialogues: The Worsening Water Crisis - Kylemore, Ireland
Notre Dame Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, Andrew Kennedy discusses his research in connection to the West of Ireland with NUI,...
Agricultural Labor Exits Increase Crop Fires
An assistant professor in the School of Global Policy & Strategy at the University of California, San Diego since 2016, Teevrat Garg received his Ph.D. in...
Global Dialogues: The Worsening Water Crisis - Nairobi
This week, join NDI staff in Nairobi, Kenya and Notre Dame Geography and Environmental Policy Professor Ellis Adjei Adams to discuss his current research and...
Encouraging Voluntary Government Action via a Solar-Friendly Designation Program to Promote Solar Energy in the U.S
An assistant professor in Political Science at the University of Miami since 2019, Gao received her Ph.D. from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Policy...
Rationing the Commons: Characterizing the Food-Energy-Water Nexus
Anant Sudarshan is the South Asia Director of the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC). Before coming to UChicago he was a Post-doctoral Fellow...
Just Decabornization: Socioenvironmental Assessment as Decision Support for Just and Sustainable Infrastructure
Emily Grubert is a civil engineer and environmental sociologist who studies how we can make better decisions about large infrastructure systems, particularly related to justice-centering...
Climate Change and the Virtues of Pessimism
Roy Scranton, Associate Professor of English, Director Environmental Humanities Initiative Roy Scranton is the author of five books, including Learning to Die in the Anthropocene: Reflections...
Climate Change, Social Capital and Sustainable Livelihoods in Conservation Landscapes
Karen Bailey, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, University of Colorado Boulder Karen Bailey is interested in human-environment interactions, climate change, and sustainable rural livelihoods. She...
2021 PhotoFutures Acquisition Unveiling
The newest PhotoFutures acquisition is here! PhotoFutures students chose Gideon Mendel’s 2015 Francisca Chagas dos Santos, Taquari District, Rio Branco, Brazil to add to the permanent collection of...
Engineering for Sustainability by Learning from and Seeking Synergies with Nature
Bhavik Bakshi, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University Bhavik Bakshi is the Richard M. Morrow Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at The...
Indigenous Responses to Climate Change: Perspectives from the Americas
This event is the first event organized collaboratively by The University of Notre Dame’s Latin-American Global Centers (Brazil, México and Chile)
Why Does Biodiversity Matter to Us All?
The London Global Gateway is running a series of lectures inspired by Pope Francis' vision set out in 'Laudato Si': On Care for Our Common Home', which calls all people to...
“Unprecedented: Climate Fiction, Flames, and Ash” featuring Sarah Dimick (Harvard University)
Sarah Dimick is a literary scholar working in the environmental humanities. Her research and teaching, based in global Anglophone literatures of the 20th and
Naughton Fellowship Alumni Speaker Series on Environmental Sciences, Engineering, and Policy
The Notre Dame Dublin Global Gateway invites you to the first installment of the Naughton Fellowship Alumni speaker series on the Environmental Sciences, Engineering, and Policy. Our panelists...
Academic Convocation and Honorary Degree Conferral on His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
In an academic convocation at the University of Notre Dame’s Basilica of the Sacred Heart on Thursday evening (Oct. 28), His All-Holiness Bartholomew, Archbishop of...
The Oedipus Project: Climate Crisis
Sponsored
Ireland Climate Inventory
Join us (on zoom) on Wednesday 27 October, 10-11.30am ET/ 3-4.30pm Irish time when our undergraduate students—Terrance Cameron, Meg Hilbert, Brendan McFeely, and Meghan David—will...
How Changing Cooling can Help Stop Warming our Planet
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently adopted a new regulation that will phase down the use and production of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in the United States...
EnergizeND! Economic Outlook
The Q4 EnergizeND! event will feature a presentation from Jesse Thompson about the 2022 Energy Economic Outlook. Jesse Thompson serves as senior business economist at...
Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education
Hosted by the Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, the Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education brings together sustainability leaders from around...
Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education
Hosted by the Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, the Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education brings together sustainability leaders from around...
The Mutual "Ennobling" of Science and Faith: From Rev. John A. Zahm, C.S.C., to Laudato Si'
Join Sister Damien Marie Savino, F.S.E., Ph.D. as she uses the work and thought of priest-scientist Rev. John A. Zahm, C.S.C., (1851-1921) as a springboard to explore...
Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education
Hosted by the Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, the Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education brings together sustainability leaders from around...
Roadmap for a Green Energy Future
Today, amid widespread coverage of the threats posed by climate change, the world still relies on fossil fuels to meet much of its energy needs....
Seasonal Garden Party
Like all great endeavors, gardening is both a science and an art. Join Naturally Native Nurseries on an immersive service experience - learn about the...
Finding Common Ground for our Common Home
Dr. Philip Sakimoto, Director of the Minor in Sustainability, will lead an open discussion on ways to find common ground when talking about climate change...
St. Francis Fest
Join partners from across campus to learn more about sustainability at Notre Dame, pick up sustainable life skills, participate in nature-based crafts, and celebrate the...
Student Government Laudato Si' Reading Groups
Discuss environmental justice and the Catholic perspective on care for creation through Pope Francis' encyclical, Laudato Si' with your fellow students and facilitators from campus...
Harvest Dinner
In honor of the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, all members of the Notre Dame community with a meal plan are invited to join...
Restoring Bison to American Ecosystems & Diets
Campus Dining is switching the beef in Thursday’s dinner for bison. Native to the Americas, bison are much gentler on the ecosystem than many large-scale...
Lessons Learned from the Texas Winter Storm Experience: What Happened and How to Avoid It Happening Again
Please join ND Energy for a distinguished lecture presented by Jason M. Ryan, senior vice president for CenterPoint Energy, and hosted by Subhash
Global Day of Action
To celebrate the feast of St. Francis, members of the Notre Dame community around the globe will be responding to Laudato Si's call to care...
Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor
Sean Callahan, the CEO of Catholic Relief Services, will share how the organization is responding to the call of Pope Francis to understand the connection...
Mass on the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi
Join us for Mass on the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi. Rev. Robert Dowd, C.S.C., will preside. Fr. Bob serves as the Vice President...
The Flowers of St. Francis (Francesco Guillare Di Dio) Film Screening
In honor of the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, the Center for Social Concerns will host a screening of the 1950 film The Flowers of...
Blessing of the Animals
Please join Father John Herman, C.S.C., at Cedar Grove Cemetery for a special Blessing of the Animals on Sunday, October 3rd at 2:00 pm EST. ...
2021 ND Energy Week: Crossroads Solar Tour
Tours are open to Notre Dame students, faculty and staff only. Transportation will be provided for off-campus tours. Space is limited, so registration is required. Additional details...
My Major, My Path: How to Break into the Renewable Energy Industry
The future of careers in energy has never been brighter, especially in the area of renewables. Add innovation and entrepreneurship to the mix, and the...
2021 ND Energy Week: Portage Midtown Project Tour
Tours are open to Notre Dame students, faculty and staff only. Transportation will be provided for off-campus tours. Space is limited, so registration is required. Additional details...
Center for Accounting Research & Education Conference - Day 2
There is no denying the global climate is changing. 2019 was the second warmest year on record, and ended the warmest decade on record. Climate...
Energy and Emissions: Notre Dame's Sustainability Goals
In September 2016, the University of Notre Dame announced an ambitious sustainability plan that resulted in a Comprehensive
2021 ND Energy Week: Homestead Dairy Tour
This event is limited to Notre Dame students. Transportation will be provided for off-campus tours. Space is limited, so registration is required. Additional details will be provided...
Electric Vehicle Expo
ND Energy is pleased to announce the 15th annual Notre Dame Energy Week Plus, starting Friday, September 17, through the rest of the month. This year’s event offers various...
2021 ND Energy Week: St. Joseph Solar Farm Tour
Tours are open to Notre Dame students, faculty and staff only. Transportation will be provided for off-campus tours. Space is limited, so registration is required. Additional details...
Sustainability Seminar Series: Just Transition: Care of Creation Evolving in the Catholic Tradition
Bill Purcell has been the director of the Catholic Social Tradition at the Center for Social Concerns, as well as a faculty member at the...
2021 ND Energy Week: Hydroelectric Plant Tour
Tours are open to Notre Dame students, faculty and staff only. Transportation will be provided for off-campus tours. Space is limited, so registration is required. Additional details...
2021 ND Energy Week: East Plant Tour
Tours are open to Notre Dame students, faculty and staff only. Transportation will be provided for off-campus tours. Space is limited, so registration is required....
Center for Accounting Research & Education Conference - Day 1
There is no denying the global climate is changing. 2019 was the second warmest year on record, and ended the warmest decade on record. Climate...
International Day of Peace: Recovering Better for an Equitable and Sustainable World
Each year, the United Nations International Day of Peace is observed around the world on September 21. This year’s theme is “Recovering Better for an...
2021 ND Energy Week: East Plant Tour
Tours are open to Notre Dame students, faculty and staff only. Transportation will be provided for off-campus tours. Space is limited, so registration is required....
Building a Healthy Economy From the Bottom Up: Harnessing Real World Experience for Transformative Change
Join the Center for Social Concerns and Appalachia seminar for a lecture featuring community leader Anthony Flaccavento. Flaccavento is a farmer and rural development consultant...
Unleashing Local Living Economies: From Trickle-Down Problems to Bottom-Up Solutions
Facilitator Adam Gustine, D.Min., Director of Social Concerns Seminars, Center for Social Concerns Speaker Anthony Flaccavento, Community Leader, Abingdon, Va. Anthony Flaccavento is a farmer...
Teaming Up Off the Field: Notre Dame and Purdue Research Collaborations
While Notre Dame and Purdue have been long-time rivals on the football field, they also have been long-time partners in the area of research. This...
Saturdays with the Saints: St. Francis and St. Augustine
Join us for the first of this Fall's 'Saturdays with the Saints' series which will focus on Saints Francis and Augustine, Saints of Laudato Si'....
Call to Action: Crossing the Political Divide to Address Climate Challenges
NBC News correspondent, Anne Thompson, and U.S. Sen. Chris Coons, co-chair of the bipartisan Senate Climate Solutions Caucus in conversation about the impacts of the...
Setting the Stage: International Security and Just Transition
Climate change, sustainability, and international security are inextricably linked. Environmental and climate-related disasters threaten food and water security, drive conflict, and destabilize international security. Global...
Laudato Si' at Notre Dame: Setting the Stage and Faculty Perspectives
Pope Francis’s Laudato Si’ Encyclical raises urgent and complex questions about how our thinking about sustainability and the environment is inextricably linked with questions of...
Fires and Floods: Europe 2021
A panel of scholars will discuss the Intergovernmental
Laudato Si' at Notre Dame: Setting the Stage and Faculty Perspectives
Pope Francis’s Laudato Si’ Encyclical raises urgent and complex questions about how our thinking about sustainability and the environment is inextricably linked with questions of...