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Symposium on Sustainability 2020

Feb 24, 2020 - 6:00 PM
to Feb 25, 2020 - 8:00 PM
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Schedule of Events

2020 Symposium on Sustainability:  Visions of a Sustainable Future

Monday, February 24, 2020

 

Poster and Tabling Display Reception

Memorial Union South Ballroom

3:00-5:00pm

Poster and Tabling Display Set-up South Ballroom

6:00-7:00pm

Sustainability Poster and Tabling Display Session Reception  

Poster and tabling display sessions provide an excellent venue for discussions, exchange of information and increased and enhance awareness, connection and engagement. Posters and tabling displays are representative of sustainability in research, academics, student affairs, operations and community engagement that support and further sustainability and the Live Green! Initiative.

Presentation of the Live Green! Awards for Excellence in Sustainability

Memorial Union Sun Room

 

7:00pm

Presentation of the 2020 Live Green Awards for Excellence in Sustainability

The Live Green Award for Excellence in Sustainability recognizes Iowa State University faculty,

staff, and students who are currently making an impact on the campus’ sustainability efforts by generating awareness and interest through initiatives that focus on teaching, research, outreach and/or operations.

 

Presented by:

Merry Rankin, Director of Sustainability

Izzy Wilde, Senior, Community and Regional Planning, Student Government Director of Sustainability

Public Lecture

Memorial Union Great Hall

 

Erin Brockovich – “The Power of One"

It’s been almost 20 years since Julia Roberts starred in the Oscar-winning biopic Erin Brockovich. The film turned this unknown legal researcher into a 20th century icon by showcasing how her dogged persistence was the impelling force behind the largest medical settlement lawsuit in history. Erin’s exhaustive investigation uncovered that Pacific Gas & Electric had been poisoning the small town of Hinkley, California for over 30 years. It was because of Erin’s unwavering tenacity that PG&E was exposed for leaking toxic Chromium 6 into the groundwater. This poison affected the health of the population of Hinkley. In 1996, as a result of the largest direct action lawsuit of its kind, spear-headed by Erin and Ed Masry, the utility giant was forced to pay out the largest toxic tort injury settlement in US history: $333 million in damages to more than 600 Hinkley residents. Today, Erin consults on numerous environmental projects all over the world and encourages people to believe in their personal power to affect change.

 

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

 

Sustainapalooza

Memorial Union Great Hall, Oak Room, South Ballroom, and Sun Room

 

5:00-8:00pm

Picture Yourself in a Sustainable World

All students, faculty, and staff are invited to chronicle their vision of a sustainable future  through creating individual panels of a collective visioning board, network with campus and community sustainability-minded organizations, swap a new wardrobe at the annual clothing swap, enjoy local food refreshments, take a walk down the “green” carpet and capture your Sustainapalooza moment at the Cy-lebrity Wall.

“Green it Yourself” Centers

Toward empowering attendees with awareness and resources to ensure their vision of a sustainable future, students, faculty and staff are offered opportunities to learn and practice sustainable living skills through participating in the Green It Yourself (GIY) Centers focused on a world that is efficiently and effectively energized, wasteless, food secure and balanced.  

Sustainability Poster and Tabling Display Session   

Poster and tabling display sessions provide an excellent venue for discussions, exchange of information and increased and enhance awareness, connection and engagement. Posters and tabling displays are representative of sustainability in research, academics, student affairs, operations and community engagement that support and further sustainability and the Live Green! Initiative.