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Recurring
Teaching "The Story of More" Through the Block's Collection
More information available here.
The Block Museum is proud to partner with One Book, One Northwestern for a year of conversations and shared art. In The Story of More, the 2021–22 One Book selection, author Hope Jahren implores us to join the fight against climate change and illuminates some of the factors that led us to a crisis point. Jahren details how innovations in agriculture, farming, transportation, and the energy sector have led to greater efficiencies, but have also led to losses in biodiversity, extreme weather patterns, and rising oceans.
This selection of artworks —drawings, photographs, and prints— from The Block’s collection was inspired by the book, address humans’ impact on the planet, and offer a critique of common practices that edge us closer to a climate emergency. The Block Museum invites members of the Northwestern community and beyond to use these works as opportunities to connect to the themes of the text, whether they are used for private contemplation or as a springboard in discussion with others.
Spring Quarter
Climate Cafe: Southwest Area
Wednesday, March 30 | 5-6 PM CT | Willard B72| Register here.
Please join us for our second Climate Café. The idea is simple:
meet with other people and take turns expressing how climate and ecological breakdown makes you feel. A Climate Café is a gathering of people meeting with facilitators to share their responses to the climate crisis – a thinking and feeling space that is confidential, warm, and friendly, available to share what our changing climate means for us and exploring whatever feelings we have. The focus is our thoughts and feelings about climate change, rather than what we’re doing about climate change. Please join us for this special event. This event is for Northwestern undergraduates only. Registrat
Sponsored by: One Book One Northwestern
More at the Museum on-line talk
Thursday, March 31 | 12:30-1:00 PM CT | Online | Register here.
Join the Block Museum for a look at artworks from the collection that explore ideas of excess, consumption, and the environment, and offer an interdisciplinary perspective on the climate crisis. This online talk is led by Block staff and inspired by The Story of More by Hope Jahren, Northwestern University’s 2021-2022 One Book One Northwestern (OBON) selection.
Sponsored by: The Block Museum
Earth Month Kick Off Party
Friday, April 1st | 5:00-8:00 PM CT | Evanston ReBuilding Warehouse | Register here.
Join Citizens' Greener Evanston for a free community celebration to kick off a month of programming for the planet at The WasteShed Evanston, 1245 Hartrey Ave. Registration required.
Sponsored by: Citizen's Greener Evanston
Climate Cafe: Southwest Area
Monday, April 4th | 6- 7 PM CT | Location TBD| Register here.
Please join us for our third Climate Café. The idea is simple:
meet with other people and take turns expressing how climate and ecological breakdown makes you feel. A Climate Café is a gathering of people meeting with facilitators to share their responses to the climate crisis – a thinking and feeling space that is confidential, warm, and friendly, available to share what our changing climate means for us and exploring whatever feelings we have. The focus is our thoughts and feelings about climate change, rather than what we’re doing about climate change. Please join us for this special event. This event is for Northwestern undergraduates only. Registrat
Sponsored by: One Book One Northwestern
Panel on Climate Change Education
Tuesday, April 5th | 5- 6:30PM CT | Online | Register here.
Join us on April 5th from 5-6:30pm CT for a virtual panel discussion on Climate Change Education. During this conversation practitioners representing K-12 and collegiate spaces will discuss topics such as education methods, teaching philosophies, and classroom specific strategies for engaging students. This program is open to all, particularly those interested in education, science communication, and student learning.
Sponsored by: One Book One Northwestern
ELPC Thinks Webinar: Discussion with U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth
Wednesday, April 6th | 12-1 PM CT | Online | Register here.
Please join us Wednesday, April 6th for a conversation with U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth. As an advocate for public health, Senator Duckworth works to protect clean air, clean water and the environment. She serves on the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works where she Chairs the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water and Wildlife. She also serves on the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation, the Senate Democrats’ Special Committee on Climate Crisis and is a founding co-chair of the Environmental Justice Caucus.
Join us to hear about her vision and environmental priorities in the Senate. The discussion will include a Q&A session, moderated by ELPC Executive Director Howard Learner.
Sponsored by: Environmental Law and Policy Center (ELPC)
Movie Screening: "Don't Look Up"
Friday, April 8th | 6-8:30PM CT | Harris Hall 107 | Register here.
Join One Book One Northwestern on April 8th from 6-8:30pm for the screening of the film “Don’t Look Up” in Harris Hall 107. This film will be shown in association with the current One Book selection "The Story of More" by author and professor Hope Jahren. After the film, we will have a talk back with Professor Kyle Henry, an accomplished director and editor whose films have been shown at Sundance, Cannes, and South by Southwest (SXSW).
Sponsored by: One Book One Northwestern
Dirty Pretty Things: Air Quality and Art
Thursday, April 14th | 5:30-7:00PM CT | Dittmar Gallery | Register here.
Come join us for dinner and conversation. Professor Dan Horton will speak about the intersection of air pollution and art, as well as the climate, air quality, and sustainability research underway in his Climate Change Research Group. Registration required. Space is limited.
Sponsored by: One Book One Northwestern, Dittmar Gallery, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Composting 101
Thursday, April 14th | 6:00-7:00 PM CT | Virtual | Register here.
Did you know composting at home reduces greenhouse gas emissions? Composting is a natural decomposition process thatyou can take advantage of to reduce waste in and around your home with a small amount of space. During this University of Illinois Extension Master Naturalist/Gardener presentation, you will learn how to set up a composting system at home, and some practical tips how what you can and cannot compost.
Sponsored by: sustainNU
The Story of More chapter discussion series Part Four: Earth (pp. 127-162)
Wednesday, April 20th | 5:00-6:00 PM CT | NU main library, Book nook | Register here.
Klaus Weber is a Professor of Management & Organizations and serves as the deputy director of the Northwestern Buffett Institute for Global Affairs. Klaus teaches MBA courses on environmental sustainability and on power in organizations, and doctoral seminars on cultural analysis, organization theory and research methods.
Sponsored by: One Book, Buffett Institute
Repair and Reuse Fair
Wednesday, April 20th | 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM CT | Wildcat Room, Norris University Center | No registration required.
Join sustainNU for a Repair and Reuse Fair on April 20. From repairing your bike to stitching up clothes to prioritizing reuse, this event will feature Northwestern and community organizations focused on buying less and making the things you have last longer. There will be giveaways, a raffle, and snacks.
Please join us to learn how you can reuse, maintain, and repair your way to reducing your environmental footprint. Students, faculty, and staff welcome!
Sponsored by: sustainNU
Sustainable Vegetable Gardening
Thursday, April 21st | 6:00-7:00 PM CT | Virtual | Register here.
Growing Great Vegetables will offer participants the opportunity to learn from and engage with Illinois Extension Master Gardeners/Naturalists, and receive helpful research-based hints and tips for a successful vegetable and ornamental growing season.
Sponsored by: sustainNU
Generations of Environemental Justice
Friday, April 22, 5:00 PM – Saturday, April 23rd, 7:00 AM CT | Alice Millar Chapel, Parkes Hall | Register here.
Hosted by the Environmental Policy & Culture department, organized by students, Generations of Environmental Justice is an all-night Earth Day “teach-out” hosting a variety of presentations and workshops from individuals and organizations at the heart of the current environmental justice movement. This event will serve as a catalyst for action on the climate crisis, with a specific focus on community-based projects.
Sponsored by: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Earth Fest with Northwestern Dining
Friday, April 22nd | 11:00 AM CT | Norris Ground Floor
Earth Fest will highlight sustainability initiatives in campus dining.
10-Second Climate Film Festival
Friday, April 22nd | 6:30-8:00 PM CT | Rotary International, 1560 Sherman Ave. | Register here.
Join D65 Climate Action Teams and Citizens’ Greener Evanston in celebrating Earth Week with a 10-second Film Festival at Rotary International, 1560 Sherman Ave.
Sponsored by: D65 Climate Action Teams and Citizen's Greener Evanston
A Day with Northwestern 2021-22: Sustainability Projects Related to The Story of More
Saturday, April 23rd | 1:45-2:45 PM CT | Norris University Center | Registration here.
This session will introduce the One Book One Northwestern program; the 2021–22 reading selection, The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here; and the University’s Center for Engineering Sustainability and Resilience (CESR). Afterward, listen to three high-level talks on CESR seed-funding projects that closely relate to focus areas found in The Story of More:
- “What is the Air Quality and CO2 Impact of an Electric Vehicle Transition?” (Adilson Motter, Danny Abrams, and Dan Horton)
- “Enabling Sustainable Chemistry through Multiscale Experimental and Modeling Analyses of Electrocatalytic Reactors” (Linsey Seitz and Niall Mangan)
- “Nature-Inspired Enhanced Microplastics Digestion-Capture and Biodegradation by Flexible Fibers with Attached Microorganisms” (Ken Park and George Wells)
Sponsored by: Northwestern Alumni Association
Ecology Center Celebration
Saturday, April 23rd | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM CT | 2024 McCormick Blvd | No registration required.
Stop by the Evanston Ecology Center, 2024 McCormick Blvd., for family-friendly activities.
Sponsored by: Evanston Ecology Center
Self-Organized Neighborhood Clean Up
Saturday, April 23rd | 6:00-7:00 PM CT | Virtual | No registration required.
Clean up a park or public space in your neighborhood. Volunteers can pick up gloves and trash bags at the Evanston Ecology Center or Robert Crown Community Center beginning Thurs., April 21.
Sponsored by: Evanston Ecology Center and Robert Crown Community Center
Soundwalk
Tuesday, April 26th | 4:00-5:00 PM CT | Exact location will be emailed to attendees. | Register here.
Teaching artists Veronica Salinas and Sara Zalek will lead participants in an exploration of the Evanston campus soundscape. Our soundscape, an essential but often ignored aspect of our environment, influences our wellbeing and the ecosystems we live in. Join us for a guided soundwalk to explore the relationship between humans, our environment, the sounds we make, and the sounds we consume.
Sponsored by: Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology
Climate Cafe Northeast Area
Tuesday, April 26th | 7:00-8:00 PM CT | 2303 Sheridan, Recreation Room on the first floor | Register here.
Please join us for the fourth of four Climate Cafes. Meet with other people and take turns expressing how climate and ecological breakdown makes you feel. Greg Kozak, Director, NU Sustainability will be the facilitator. Mark Tracz will host this discussion.. Space is limited. Please join us for this special event. Registration is required.
Sponsored by: One Book, Residential Services
Arbor Day Tree Planting
Friday, April 29th | 10:00 am - 12:00 PM CT and 12:00-2:00 PM CT | Plan to meet at the Rock in front of University Hall | Register here.
Come help the maintenance team plant trees around campus. Free pizza will be provided for volunteers. There will be a morning and afternoon shift. Registration required.
Sponsored by: sustainNU
Botanic Garden field trip
Saturday, April 30th | 12:00-3:00 PM CT | Foster Walker - Foster Ave, Evanston | Registration link coming soon.
One Book and Studnet Affairs are sponsoring a trip to the Botanic garden. Explore the 385 acres of landscaped gardens displaying millions of plants & flowers in a variety of settings. Transportation and Box lunch will be provided. Only Northwestern undergraduate and graduate students may register. Space is limited.
Sponsored by: Student Affairs, One Book
One Book Keynote: Bryan Stevenson in Conversation with Jennifer Lackey
Tuesday, May 3rd | 4:30-5:30 PM CT | Pick Staiger | Register here.
The Office of the President & One Book One Northwestern are pleased to announce that the One Book keynote with Bryan Stevenson will take place on Tuesday, May 3 at 4:30 pm at Pick Staiger Concert Hall. Author Bryan Stevenson's Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption was the 2020-2021 selection for One Book One Northwestern. Mr. Stevenson’s keynote was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and we are delighted to have this opportunity to continue the conversation that began last year.
Tickets for the in person keynote at Pick Staiger Concert Hall are offically sold out. However, One Book will be offering a livestream option for those who were unable to get tickets. You must register in order to receive access to the link for the livestream. To register, please click here.
Sponsored by: One Book, Alumnae, Office of the President
City of Evanston Tree Planting
Thursday, May 5th
Check back soon for details.
Sponsored by: sustainNU
The Current State of Great Lakes Water Levels
Monday, May 9th | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT | Online | Register here.
Please join us for an Environmental Law and Policy Center (ELPC) Thinks discussion with Dr. Drew Gronewold, Associate Professor for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan.
Sponsored by: Environemental Law and Policy Center
The Story of More chapter discussion series Appendix: The Story of Less (pp. 177-195)
Tuesday, May 17th | 5:00-6:00 PM CT | Location TBD | Register here.
Patricia A. Beddows, Director of the Environmental Sciences Program, Assistant Chair, and Associate Professor of Instruction Karst and caves - hydrogeology, geochemistry, geomorphology, and sedimentology, Paleoenvironmental records of sea level, climate change, and landscape evolution from sediments, speleothems, and fluid inclusions in speleothems. Applied research includes water resources, contaminant transport, and geoarchaeology.
Sponsored by: One Book, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Queer Baby Art Fair
Saturday, May 21st | 4:00-6:30 PM CT | Norris Center, 2nd Floor, Louis Room | More info here.
Please join MSA and the Brown Baby Art Collective for "Queer Baby Art." We will be bringing together LGBTQ+ artists and creatives from the Chicagoland area as vendors at our art fair. Our lineup also features sustainNU to highlight our event's emphasis on art as a lived enterprise of sustainability. Our theme is heaven, so please plan to show out your ethereality!
Sponsored by: GSS department, OneBook, and SustainNU
One Book One Northwestern Climate Change-Themed MFA Reading
Thursday, June 9th | 6:00 PM CT | Virtual | Register here.
Current MFA students and alumni: Ignatius Valentine Aloysius, Morgan Eklund, E.W.I. Johnson, Laura Joyce-Hubbard, Aram Mrjoian, and Holly Stovall will read original climate change-themed poetry and prose as part of this year's roster of events for One Book One Northwestern selection, THE STORY OF MORE by Hope Jahren.
Free and open to the public, but registration is required.
Sponsored by: Graduate Programs (MFA in Prose & Poetry/MA in Writing/MALS/MALit/MSIS)
Winter Quarter
What We Do, What We Know: NU Environmental Impact Survey Exhibit
Opened Monday, January 3 | Library Hours | Main Library, 1South
As the world deals with erratic weather patterns, social unrest, and the COVID-19 pandemic, the effects of climate change are at the front of our minds. This year, the One Book One Northwestern student fellows are excited to explore personal and societal knowledge and consumption habits as we reflect on how Northwestern community members utilize food, materials, and energy.
You can see the exhibit during Library hours in 1South, or you can view the online version of the exhibit here.
Sponsored by: One Book One Northwestern
Ethical Community Engagement Through the Lens of Environmental Justice
Monday, January 10 | 12:00 PM-1:30 PM CDT | Register here.
Environmental Justice (EJ) communities experience a disproportionate burden of harmful contaminants and pollution, and are often most vulnerable to climate related disasters. In addition to leading grassroots campaigns to protect their communities, EJ organizations experience tremendous pressure to accommodate university-based researchers and student projects. As a trained historian and the former Executive Director of the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO) in Chicago, Dr. Antonio López will share about his efforts to experiment with collaborative research designs so that participants understand common mistakes that limit community-based research approaches.
Dr. López is currently the director of the Chicago Frontlines Funding Initiative, a grassroots-led funding strategy that supports five place-based EJ organizations in the city.
Register here or at the link above.
Sponsored by: Center for Civic Engagement, Kaplan Institute for the Humanities, One Book One Northwestern
More at the Museum: Online Collection Talk
Thursday, January 13 | 12:30 PM CDT | Register here.
Join the Block Museum for a look at artworks from the collection that explore ideas of excess, consumption, and the environment, and offer an interdisciplinary perspective on the climate crisis. This online talk is led by Block staff and inspired by The Story of More by Hope Jahren, Northwestern University’s 2021-2022 One Book One Northwestern (OBON) selection.
Register here or at the link above.
Sponsored by: The Block Museum, The Alumnae of Northwestern University
Discussion with U.S. Representative Mike Quigley
Thursday, January 20 | 11:30 AM CDT | Register here.
Please join ELPC for a conversation with U.S. Representative Mike Quigley. Mike Quigley represents Illinois’ 5th Congressional District in the 117th Congress. A lifelong environmentalist, Quigley has been a staunch advocate of combating climate change. He is Vice-Chair of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition, a group committed to combating climate change and ensuring a robust, resilient, low-carbon economy for generations to come. Join us to hear about his vision and environmental priorities in Congress The discussion will include a Q&A session, moderated by ELPC Executive Director Howard Learner.
Register here.
Sponsored by: Environmental Law & Policy Center
Global Advances for the Quantitation of Microplastics in Environmental Matrices
Tuesday, January 25 | 12:00-1:00 PM CDT | Register here.
From academia to government and private sectors, microplastics are increasingly spotlighted as the next major challenge for environmental disruption and potential impacts on human health. Lack of high quality and harmonized methods for the monitoring, quantitative measurement, and identification of microplastics in complex environmental matrices creates a defined challenge for the generation of appropriate exposure assessments. This talk will dive into recent discoveries, newly identified challenges, and global advances in microplastics extraction and analytics including efforts in interlaboratory studies, specific analytical techniques, and select research at BASF. Primary focuses will include the extraction and quantitation of microplastics from water and sediment. FEATURING Jeanne Hankett, PhD, Senior Analytical Scientist at BASF.
This exclusive event is part of the virtual seminar series hosted by the Program on Plastics, Ecosystems, and Public Health.
Sponsored by: Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern University (ISEN)
The Story of More: Book Group Discussion: Part One, “Life"
Wednesday, January 26 | 4:30-5:30 PM CDT | Main Library, Book Nook | Register here.
Once a month, One Book will host a chapter discussion of "The Story of More, How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go From Here" By Hope Jahren. Each discussion will be led by a different One Book steering committee member. Part One, “Life,” will be hosted by Professor Keith Woodhouse(Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 2010), who teaches courses for the History Department and the Environmental Policy and Culture program. His research interests are environmental history, intellectual history, political history, and the twentieth-century United States.
Registration is required. Register here.
Sponsored by: One Book One Northwestern
Exhibit Opening Reception: What We Do, What We Know: NU Environmental Impact Survey
Thursday, January 27 | 4:00-4:30 PM CDT | RSVP here.
Join the One Book One Northwestern team as we celebrate the opening of the “What We Do, What We Know” environmental impact exhibit opening. Refreshments will be served.
RSVP here.
Sponsored by: One Book One Northwestern
Climate Change and Human Health (C2H2), Through a Translational Science Lens
Thursday, February 10 | 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM CST | Virtual | Register here.
The link between C2H2 and translational science is not intuitive for all. Working backwards from climate-related disease to causes for that disease may help relate the patient-centered paradigm of translational science with the environmental science paradigm.
Sponsored by: Center for leading Innovatin & Collaboration
The Story of More Book Group Discussion: Part Two, Food with Ivy Leung
Thursday, February 17 | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM CST | Book Nook in Main Library | Register here.
Join the discussion of Part 2: Food with Ivy Leung. Leung has over nine years of experience in community-based research in cancer health disparities and health equity at the Center for Health Equity Transformation (CHET). She has presented on health disparities and patient navigation efforts at academic institutions and national conferences. She has collaborated with local Chicago farms to host educational workshops on food insecurity and sustainability and presented on this work at the 2021 Chicago Food Policy Summit. Ivy continues to be committed to improving access to healthcare and equitable resources for underserved communities. In addition to her efforts in promoting cancer screenings and health prevention, she is a member of the Associate Board at the Greater Chicago Food Depository and she volunteers at local food pantries, cancer organizations, and an adaptive climbing group. Register here.
Sponsored by: One Book One Northwestern
Outside the Safe Operating Space: Planetary Limits of Plastics and Chemicals
Wednesday, February 23 | 10:00 - 11:00 AM CST | Virtual | Register here.
The Planetary Boundaries identify the nine processes that regulate the stability and resilience of the Earth system, quantifying the planetary boundaries within which humanity can continue to develop and thrive into the future. In a recent publication, a team of researchers addressed the Novel Entities boundary. During this talk, Carney Almroth will address how the research team developed a framework for addressing the novel entities and describe the control variables that were identified along the linear life cycle of these substances and materials. A weight of evidence approach was used to determined that we are exceeding global limits on pollution that will keep the planet and its inhabitants safe. They researchers document concerns for planetary safety due to over-production and release of human made substances and natural materials that are mobilized by human activities, including plastics, synthetic chemicals such as pesticides, industrial chemicals, and chemicals used in consumer products. Some of these pollutants can be extremely persistent and thus are found globally, from the Arctic to Antarctic and all places in between, with evidence of negative impacts on Earth systems, including biodiversity and biogeochemical cycles.
Sponsored by: Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern University
Climate Café: North Area
Wednesday, February 23 | 4:00 - 5:00 PM CST | 560 Lincoln | Register here.
Please join us for the first of four Climate Cafés. The idea is simple:
meet with other people and take turns expressing how climate and ecological breakdown makes you feel. Melissa Rosenzweig, Assistant Professor of Instruction in Anthropology and Environmental Policy and Culture, will facilitate our first Climate Café. A Climate Café is a gathering of people meeting with facilitators to share their responses to the climate crisis – a thinking and feeling space that is confidential, warm, and friendly, available to share what our changing climate means for us and exploring whatever feelings we have. The focus is our thoughts and feelings about climate change, rather than what we’re doing about climate change. Please join us for this special event. This event is for Northwestern undergraduates only. Registrat
Sponsored by: Student Affairs, Residential Services, Environmental Policy and Culture, One Book One Northwestern
One Book Annual Intergenerational Storytelling Event
Thursday, February 24 | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM CST | Virtual | Register here.
The shortest path between two people is a story. At this unique and fun event, you may simply be a listener, or you may offer a story of your own. This special interactive engagement between senior adults and young adults will be fun, non-intimidating, and something you’ll be talking about for years to come. Come and share your story or listen to the stories of others. Registration is required.
Sponsored by: One Book One Northwestern, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, and The Northwestern Theatre Department
The Story of More Book Group Discussion: Part Three, Energy with Justin Notestein
Tuesday, March 1 | 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM CST | Book Nook in Main Library | Register here.
Justin Notestein, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering focuses on the development and understanding of new hybrid, oxide, and nano-structured catalysts for a number of transformations relevant to energy and fuels, emissions and environmental catalysis, and industrial chemical processes.
Sponsored by: One Book One Northwestern
SPREE Seminar - Ashly Mijares
Wednesday, March 2 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | Technological Institute, Room A230 | More info here.
Join us for an evening with artists Crystal Z. Campbell and Christopher Harris in person!
This seminar will explore new frontiers in site response modeling, identifying current limitations and providing recommendations to obtain unbiased site response estimates. These areas have the potential to shift paradigms in the assessment of seismic hazards, shaping next-generation ground motion modeling efforts and improving the characterization of site effects. Ashly Cabas Mijares is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at North Carolina State University. Dr. Cabas's research interests are interdisciplinary with a focus on geotechnical aspects of earthquake engineering.
Sponsored by: McCormick Civil and Environmental Engineering
Environments of Struggle: Crystal Z. Campbell and Christopher Harris
Thursday, March 3 | 7 PM CST | The Block Museum of Art | Register here.
Join us for an evening with artists Crystal Z. Campbell and Christopher Harris in person!
Focusing on landscapes of decay and material traces of structural neglect, the films of Crystal Z. Campbell and Christopher Harris challenge our perception of American injustice. Campbell’s films GO-RILLA MEANS WAR (2017) and A MEDITATION ON NATURE IN THE ABSENCE OF AN ECLIPSE (2021) use found footage to trace fraught histories, from gentrification in Bed-Stuy to the water crisis in Flint, MI. Christopher Harris’ STILL/HERE (2001) bracingly documents the derelict architecture of North St. Louis, an open monument to systemic disinvestment in Black communities. Harris and Campbell will appear after the screening to discuss the ways their films offer techniques for visualizing and challenging the “slow violence” of environmental racism.
Sponsored by: Block Museum
COP26 Panel Discussion
Monday March 7 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CST | Online| Register here.
A panel of Northwestern attendees at the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference will discuss: “After COP26: Where do we go from here?” The panel discussion will feature various perspectives from attendees of the COP26 conference, focusing on topics including the outcomes of the conference, climate migration, and the role of law students and universities in the effort to curb climate change. The panel will be moderated by NU Law Environmental Advocacy Clinic director, Nancy Loeb. Panelists will be: Leah Song, Montgomery Environmental Law Fellow; Marie Allison, Environmental Advocacy Clinic Student; Alexandra Tarzikhan, Schuette Clinical Fellow in Health and Human Rights Center for International Human Rights.
Law students and personnel can attend this event in person. Location and Zoom information can be found here.
Sponsored by: Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
One Earth Film Festival, The Ants & the Grasshopper
Wednesday, March 9 | 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM CST | Swift Hall 107 | Register here.
Join sustainNU for a One Earth Film Festival screening of The Ants & the Grasshopper. This in-person screening is restricted to the Northwesterncommunity of students, faculty, and staff. Proof of vaccination or negative test will be required.
About the film: Anita Chitaya has a gift; she can help bring abundant food from dead soil, she can make men fight for gender equality, and she can end child hunger in her village. Now, to save her home from extreme weather, she faces her greatest challenge: persuading Americans that climate change is real. Traveling from Malawi to America, she meets climate skeptics and despairing farmers. Her journey takes her across all the divisions shaping the US, from the rural-urban divide, to schisms of race, class and gender, to the thinking that allows Americans to believe they live on a different planet from everyone else. It will take all her skill to help Americans free themselves from a logic that is destroying the Earth.
Sponsored by: sustainNU
Innovating for Climate Change
Thursday, March 17 | 1:00 - 2:00 PM CST | Virtual | Register here.
We invite you to join the Institute for Racial Justice and Baumhart Center onThursday, March 17 from 1:00 - 2:00 PM (CDT), for "Innovating for Climate Change."
Shannon McGhee, Director of Community Impact and Engagement for mHUB Chicago, will be in conversation with two black entrepreneurs, Seyi Fabode and Darren Riley, who are generating new air and water quality ideas through data and technology. Shannon has over 12 years of supporting Illinoisans, people of color, and women across multiple sectors, including creating opportunities for access to critical resources. Seyi Fabode is CEO & Co-Founder of Varuna Tech. Varuna Tech aims to get clean water to over a billion people by identifying blind spots in the water system that operators may miss. Darren Riley, CEO and Co-Founder of Just Air Solutions, creates air monitors that bring transparency to air quality in underserved neighborhoods. With this data, Just Air Solutions brings about data-driven solutions to bring cleaner air to cities.
Sponsored by: Institute for Racial Justice and Baumhart Center
Fall Quarter
Wild Roots at the Student Organization Fair
Tuesday, September 21 and Wednesday, September 22 | 3:00-4:30 PM CDT and 3:00-6:00 PM CDT | More information available here.
Check out Wild Roots at the Student Organization Fair this Tuesday and Wednesday, online or in person!
Wild Roots is a student-directed garden which grows fresh produce for the Northwestern and Evanston communities using sustainable practices. Wild Roots serves the evolving educational and social needs of the Northwestern community by inspiring students to think critically about the food we eat and by starting conversations about sustainability, social justice, and our food system.
Sponsored by: Wild Roots
H2NOW Chicago Town Hall
Monday, September 27 | 11:00 AM-12:00 PM CDT | Register here.
H2NOW Chicago is an innovative new tool for real-time water quality monitoring in the Chicago River. The H2NOW platform tests new sensing and analytic technologies to measure water quality parameters and communicate them with the public in real-time. Join us for this interactive session to learn about H2NOW Chicago, how to read and interpret the gauges, the complexities involved in monitoring water quality, and our goals for the future of the platform.
Sponsored by: Current
Creating Real Change: A Path Forward - Final Capstone Discussion in the Global Sand Crisis Webinar Series
Tuesday, September 28 | 8:00-9:30 AM CDT | Register here.
Sand is the world’s most consumed raw material after water and an essential ingredient to our everyday lives. It is central for the construction of roads, bridges, and buildings. The material is also fundamental in the manufacturing of glass and silicon computer chips. Join global experts from science, engineering, industry, and public policy in a virtual dialogue on current and future trends in sand, infrastructure, and sustainability. The virtual series will explore the latest science, business, and policy perspectives on how increasing concern for reaching our climate and sustainable development goals will affect the demand, extraction, use, and governance of sand as a global resource. It will consist of a moderated discussion with keynote Vince Beiser, who will be joined by expert panelists from the prior sessions to discuss a path forward for research, policy, and practice.
Sponsored by: Institute for Sustainability and Energy, World Wildlife Fund
Climates of Inequality: Conversation with Todd Miller
Wednesday, September 29 | 4:00 - 5:30 PM CDT | Register here.
Join the UIC Latino Cultural Center for a series of online presentations this Fall with environmental and climate justice advocates from across the country and abroad. Their work reveals frameworks and solutions that utilize a justice and equity lens integrating social and economic issues to address toxic pollution and combat the climate crisis. For this event, writer and journalist Todd Miller will help us connect the dots between climate change, displacement, and the border industrial complex and insists that it is time that we imagine something new. Miller is the author of Build Bridges, Not Walls; Empire of Boarders; Storming the Wall; and Border Patrol Nation. He has published articles in places ranging from the New York Times to In These Times and resides in Tucson, AZ.
Sponsored by: UIC
The Mura Indigenous and their fight to protect the Amazon from deforestation with Alexandra McNichols-Torroledo
Monday, October 4, 2021 | 12:00-1:30 PM CDT | Register here.
The Mura indigenous people from Brazil swore to drop the last drop of their blood to protect the Amazon rainforest from president Jair Bolsonaro and his environmental policies that have emboldened loggers, farmers, cattle ranchers and miners to strip and burn protected and unprotected indigenous land in the Amazon. The destruction of the rainforest will release enormous quantities of greenhouse gasses with carbon dioxide emissions turning the rainforest into a savanna. We are only 5% away from reaching that point. The ancestral Mura indigenous who fought and contained the Portuguese church and the conquistadores are now defending the Lungs of the Earth, the Amazon, their traditional territory from deforestation.
Sponsored by: Andean Cultures and Histories Working Group
Images in Climate Change: A Visual Storytelling Contest
Tuesday, October 5, 2021 until Sunday, October 24 | Dittmar Gallery Hours | More information available here.
Come view the photo contest submissions for the Images in Climate Change: A Visual Storytelling Contest posted in Northwestern’s Dittmar Gallery. Winners will be selected by the second week in October. People can vote for people's choice on Facebook.
Sponsored by: One Book One Northwestern
RxN Webinar Series: How Might We Align and Scale Green Infrastructure Efforts?
Wednesday, October 6 | 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM CDT | Register here.
RxN seeks to amplify and propel efforts to expand implementation of NBS in the Chicago area through our new series of 75-minute webinars. In addition to inspiring action and innovation by featuring best practices and initiatives from beyond Chicago, the series strives to better coalesce and connect our local cohort around a joint vision for realizing the multitude of benefits NBS offer. Achieving the many benefits that green infrastructure provides in Chicago, at a meaningful scale, will only be achieved through greater alignment, innovation and collaboration. Featuring two guests with broad, well-informed, national perspectives, this session will explore topics relevant to creating a coherent, and collaborative, "Green Infrastructure Agenda" for scaling efforts in the Chicago region. Financing, maintenance, data and research among other topics, will be explored as we learn from examples elsewhere that are successfully scaling impact.
Sponsored by: Resilient by Nature
Leaving and Losing New Orleans
Thursday, October 7, 2021 | 5:30 - 7:00 PM CDT | Register here.
Join us for a buffet dinner and discussion with Northwestern History professor, Leslie M. Harris. Harris left New Orleans behind at age 18. It's a city that has fascinated so many, but one where she felt she couldn't thrive. Still, she had always imagined it would be there for her--until Hurricane Katrina in 2005. What does it mean for a child to turn her back on her hometown? What does it mean for a nation to lose a city? Professor Harris will discuss what it means to lose your home due to the impact of a natural disaster.
This is an in-person event and you must be vaccinated to attend. Please register here to reserve your seat for dinner. Space is limited.
Sponsored by: One Book One Northwestern, The Dittmar Gallery, History Department
Storytelling, Climate Justice, and Self-Determined Indigenous Futures
Thursday, October 7, 2021 | 6:00-7:00 PM CDT | Register here.
Professor Deborah McGregor delivers the Newberry Library's D'Arcy McNickle Distinguished Lecture and addresses Indigenous climate change futures that have been envisioned and generated by Elders, community knowledge holders, and the Indigenous Studies academic community.
Sponsored by: The Newberry Library
Climate Change Adaptation and Environmental Engineering: Evolving Practices and New Tools
Friday, October 8, 2021 | 10:00-10:50 AM CDT | Zoom Meeting ID: 831 6413 2346, Password: 252056
David A. Dzombak, AAEES 2021 Kappe Lecturer, Hamerschlag University Professor, Department Head, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University will examine the need and challenge of climate change projection in particular locations and the scale at which infrastructure engineering projects take place. Evolving practices and tools will be presented and demonstrated through some environmental engineering applications.
Sponsored by: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
American Indian Center 68th Annual Powwow
Friday, October 8 until Sunday, October 10, 2021 | Hours vary | Ticket information available here.
The American Indian Center – Chicago is proud to present their 68th Annual Powwow. Activities include intertribal dancing, art marketplace, native food, archery, and cultural presentations.
Sponsored by: American Indian Center - Chicago
Evanston Farmer's Market
Saturday, October 9, 2021 | 7:30-1:00 PM CDT | More information available here.
Make your Saturday morning destination the Downtown Evanston Outdoor Farmers' Market. Support vendors, new and old, as they return for the 2021 market season.Look for Henry’s Farm stand and come to the screening of the documentary Seasons of Change On Henry’s Farm at McCormick Auditorium in Norris University Center.
Sponsored by: One Book One Northwestern, ASG, Wild Roots
Wild Roots Garden Tour
Saturday, October 9 | 12:00 PM, 12:30 PM, or 3:00 PM CDT | Register here.
Members of Wild Roots Garden will give tours at the Norris University Center before and after the screening of Seasons of Change on Henry's Farm. Wild Roots is managed by undergraduate students in collaboration with Facilities Management.
Sponsored by: One Book One Northwestern, ASG, Wild Roots
Seasons of Change on Henry's Farm Film Screening
Saturday, October 9 | 1:00-3:00 PM CDT | Register here.
This timely documentary follows organic farmer Henry Brockman as he grapples with the future of farming on personal, generational and global levels. Talk back with Henry Brockman, his daughter Aozora (NU alumna), and filmmaker and RTVF faculty member Ines Sommer after the screening. Registration encouraged.
Sponsored by: One Book One Northwestern, ASG, Wild Roots
Smart Great Lakes: Strategy, Implementation and Benefits
Tuesday, October 12 | 12:00-1:00 PM CDT | Register here.
Smart technologies show great promise for improving our ability to observe and predict the behavior of the Great Lakes. This panel discussion will address the needs, challenges and benefits of implementing the Common Strategy for Smart Great Lakes, which will be released by the Smart Great Lakes Initiative on October 1st. Panelists will discuss data collection and sharing in the context of Great Lakes climate change, water levels, ecosystems, algal blooms, and flooding. Perspectives will be provided on needs and benefits for Great Lakes cites and Indigenous communities.
Sponsored by: Northwestern Center for Water Research, Great Lakes Observing System, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
More at the Museum: Online Collection Talk
Thursday, October 14 | 12:30-1:00 PM CDT | Register here.
Join the Block Museum for a look at artworks from the collection that explore ideas of excess, consumption, and the environment, and offer an interdisciplinary perspective on the climate crisis. This online talk is led by Block staff and inspired by The Story of More by Hope Jahren, Northwestern University’s 2021-2022 One Book One Northwestern selection.
Sponsored by: The Block Museum in partnership with The Alumnae of Northwestern University
Protecting Our Planet One Pipeline at a Time
Sunday, October 17 | 2:00-4:00 PM CDT | Elliot Park, 1200 Lake Shore Blvd, Evanston | More information available here.
Want to protect the water and the climate? Come join the movement to stop two tar sand pipeline expansions! Enbridge’s Line 3 crosses under the Mississippi, violates treaty rights, and is the climate equivalent of building 50 new coal plants. Their Line 5 is drilling under the straits of Mackinac in our very own Great Lakes. Hear speakers from the front lines, listen to music from Creative Artists and Activists in Service Together LIVE!, and learn how you can support the front-line Water Protectors. There will be an open mic at the end if anyone has music or poetry they would like to share. Bring a chair, a mask, and a friend.
Sponsored by: Citizens Greener Evanston, Chicago Area Peace Action, and 350 Chicago.
Accelerating Commercialization of Sustainable Chemical Technologies
Thursday, October 21 | 1:00-2:00 PM CDT | In-person event: Technological Institute, Lecture Room 4 (M113), or Zoom link for this seminar: https://northwestern.zoom.us/j/93778925691.
Andrew Pasternak, Executive Director, GreenCentre Canada will give a talk on Accelerating Commercialization of Sustainable Chemical Technologies. GreenCentre’s mission is to accelerate promising chemistry solutions that advance both the economy and the environment in unison.
Sponsored by: ChBE/CESR seminar, Chemical and Biological Engineering Department
Plant Dye & Upcycling Workshop
Thursday, October 21 | 3:00-4:30 PM CDT | MCC Back Yard (Rain Location: MCC Front Porch) | Reserve your t-shirt here.
This DIY event will teach students how to use food scraps to dye their clothing and offer information on how upcycling serves as a queer ecological practice tied to sustainability. This workshop will be led by Jada Graves, who is part of the artist of color collective, TheJungleChi. Jada is a stylist and curator of vintage clothing and home goods for their online shop (@sailorjvintage), much of their inventory is upcycled by them.
All dye supplies will be provided by MSA, limited quantities and t-shirt sizes (small-3XL) will be available for students to participate in the tutorial.
Sponsored by: MSA
Thrifting 101 and Sustainability
Monday, October 25 | 5:00-6:00 PM CDT | Kresge 2325 | Zoom registration here.
This hybrid MSA event will introduce students to thrifting basics and how thrifting achieves sustainability through fashion. This workshop will be lead by Izzy J, who is a multi-disciplinary Chicago artist and creative director. There will be a personalized mystery box of clothing curated by Izzy that will be raffled off at the conclusion of the event.
Sponsored by: MSA
One Book Keynote: Hope Jahren
Thursday, October 28 | 5:00-6:00 PM CDT | Register here.
One Book One Northwestern is excited to invite the author of this year's common read, Professor Hope Jahren. She will be in conversation with Professor William Miller, One Book faculty chair, about her book The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here.
Sponsored by: One Book One Northwestern
Symposium 2021 Technology, Policy, and Individual Actions: Three Approaches to Address Climate Change
Friday, October 29 | 8:45 AM-3:00 PM CDT | Register here.
A major objective of this event is to help engineering researchers place their energy- and climate-related research in the context of other drivers of change, as well as provide updates on the latest in technology development for addressing climate change.The symposium will begin with a keynote lecture by Karen Weigert, Executive Vice President, Slipstream. Followed by topical panels on Technology Advances, Just Energy and Climate Transitions, and Welcome to the Party: Why have companies come to care about climate change? The symposium will conclude with a Synthesis Panel.
Sponsored by: CESR, ISEN
“Anthro-obscene: What We Choose Not to See” Installation by Stefan Petranek
Friday, October 29 until Wednesday, December 8 | Dittmar Gallery Hours | More information available here.
This exhibition presents a selection of works from The Future is Broken, which addresses anxiety for the future of our planet. Seeking to create a dialog with the viewer about the true status of our beloved places, Stefan Petranek overlays climate science data onto landscapes of personal significance.
Sponsored by: Dittmar Gallery
Pumpkins, Pie, and Poetry
Wednesday, November 3 | 5:30-6:30 PM CDT | Wild Roots Garden (Norris South Lawn) | More information available here.
Join us for an open mic night with fall-themed treats and produce sourced by Wild Roots!
Sponsored by: Wild Roots, Helicon, One Book One Northwestern, ASG Sustainability Committee
Environmental Sustainability Through the Museum Lens
Thursday, November 4 | 4:30-5:30 PM CDT | Meet in the Modern Wing Griffin Court
Join Art Institute educator Giovanni Aloi for a tour inspired by themes from this year's One Book One Northwestern selection, The Story of More by Hope Jahren. Aloi is an author and curator specializing in the representation of nature in modern and contemporary art, and teaches art history and visual culture at School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Sponsored by: Art Institute of Chicago
Ancient Knowledge Future Wisdom
Thursday, November 4 | 5:00 PM CDT | TECH LR2 followed in TECH F Wing Atrium for social and food
Assistant Professor Isabel Rivera Collazo, UCSD and Scripps, will talk about Archaeological Perspectives of Caribbean Coastal Food and Habitat Security during Climate Crises. Registration required.
Sponsored by: Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences and the Program in Environmental Sciences
First Nations Film and Video Festival: Bawaadan Collective shorts
Saturday, November 6 | 1:00 PM CDT | More information available here.
Block Cinema hosts a program of the First Nations Film and Video Festival, a longstanding Chicago Festival that advocates for the work of contemporary Indigenous-made cinema in its many forms, with curation by FNFVF’s director, Ernest M. Whiteman III, who will be in attendance. This program features a selection of short films by the Bawaadan Collective, self-described as “a group of like-minded Indigenous artisans and accomplices who are interested in continually developing our collaborative approaches to modern artistic, storytelling and film production processes.”
Sponsored by: The Block Museum of Art
What More? The Importance of Community and Time in Nature for Facing Climate Change and Building Constructive Hope
Tuesday, November 9 | 5:30 PM CDT | Register here.
Constructive hope is the capacity to acknowledge the hard facts about climate change yet still find meaning in taking action. The Story of More tells us how we got to climate change but says less about actions we can take. Louise Chawla, Professor Emerita in the Program in Environmental Design at the University of Colorado Boulder will talk about her research and about experiences that encourage constructive hope and effective action, including taking time to recharge in nature, building social trust, and working together in community. Registration required.
Sponsored by: One Book One Northwestern, Department of Anthropology
The State of Native America Panel Discussion
Tuesday, November 9 | 5:30 PM CDT | Medill Forum, McCormick Foundation | More information available here.
A panel discussion featuring Tom Arviso, editor of The Navajo Times, and Lori Edmo, editor of Sho-Ban News. Edmo and Arviso are the 2020 and 2021 recipients of the Native American Journalists Association/Medill Lifetime Achievement Awards.
Sponsored by: Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communication and Center for Native American and Indigenous Research
Native American Heritage Month Keynote Speaker: Dr. Warren Cardinal-McTeague
Wednesday, November 10 | 12:00 PM CDT | More information available here.
Warren Cardinal-McTeague (Métis/Cree; he/him) is a Research Scientist at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada working at the intersection of botanical and Indigenous research. This seminar will summarize his journey through science, starting with museums-based plant systematics and evolution and growing into an interdisciplinary program monitoring plant biodiversity and ecosystem function. Along the way, Warren began to question the colonial foundations inherent in his scientific practice and took steps to carefully incorporate Indigenous methodologies and worldviews into his work. His emerging research program hopes to further bridge Indigenous and western scientific perspectives in botany and biodiversity, primarily through the co-production of Indigenous-driven research questions, and by supporting Indigenous data sovereignty principles within biological collections. This special A. Watson Armour III Seminar Series is in conjunction with Field Museum’s Native American Heritage Month programming. Registration is required.
Sponsored by: The Field Museum
Sky Hopinka Lecture: Channeling Indigenous Histories
Wednesday, November 10 | 6:00-8:00 PM CDT | More information available here.
The multidimensional work of artist Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk Nation/Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians) employs video, photography, music, and poetry as different pathways approaching Indigenous experience.
Sponsored by: The Block Museum of Art
Chicago Botanic Garden: One Book Trip
Saturday, November 13 | 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM CDT | Chicago Botanic Garden, Transportation Provided | More information available here.
One Book One Northwestern is sponsoring a trip to the Botanic Garden. Please join WCAS Professor Amy Iler, Program of Plant Biology and Conservation and learn about her research on the impact of climate change on plants and see her lab. Explore the 385 acres of landscaped gardens displaying millions of plants & flowers in a variety of settings. Box lunch will be provided.
Only Northwestern undergraduate and graduate students may register. Registration required.
Space is limited.
Sponsored by: One Book One Northwestern, Program of Plant Biology and Conservation
THIRZA CUTHAND: NDN SURVIVAL TRILOGY and other works
Wednesday, November 17 | 7:00 PM CDT | More information available here.
Plains Cree/Scots artist Thirza Cuthand explores queer sexuality, Indigenous identity, and forms of personal and collective crisis in her defiantly DIY videos, performances, and autobiographical writings. For this program, Cuthand will appear in person to introduce and discuss her "NDN Survival Trilogy,” a recent series of videos that address the impacts of colonialism, resource extraction, and climate change through the artist’s distinctly intimate and irreverent voice.
Sponsored by: The Block Museum of Art
Panel on Environmental Justice in Chicago
Thursday, November 18 | 7:00-8:30 PM CDT | Lake Room, Norris University Center 2nd Floor | More information available here.
Northwestern Professor Douglas Kiel will moderate this environmental justice panel featuring representatives from Neighbors for Environmental Justice,Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation (SOUL), and the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP). The one-hour long panel will be followed by a Q&A and an informal reception where you can enjoy refreshments while meeting our panelists and other attendees.
Panelists: Alfredo Romo (Neighbors), Ab Weeks (SOUL), Jared Patton(CMAP)
Sponsored by: Northwestern University Associated Student Government (ASG) Sustainability Committee, One Book One Northwestern, SustainNU
ONE BOOK ONE NORTHWESTERN: CLIMATE HABITS SURVEY
Complete by Monday, November 22 | Take the survey here.
Given the importance of the topic of climate change, we are curious about the Northwestern community's interactions with everyday items and daily activities. This survey has a total of 10 questions with a prize opportunity at the end. This survey is meant to educate as much as it collects information. In addition to the survey itself, there will be an exhibit in the University Library's 1South study space using the results of this survey and giving more information on climate change. Please answer as honestly as possible. This survey is for Northwestern students (graduate and undergraduate), faculty, and staff. If you have any questions please send them to onebook@northwestern.edu.
Take the survey here.
Sponsored by: One Book One Northwestern