Events & Outreach | Geography, Environment, and Sustainability

Environment & Sustainability Program

Events & Outreach

Recent Activities & Events

Rachel Carson, Politics, and the Environment

Cape Fear Watershed Project

Ocean Advocacy Workshop


“The Smell of Money”

Noongar Wonderland

UNCG Sustainability Film & Discussion Series

Scuppernong Books Event

Climates of Inequality: Environmental Justice Along the Underground Railroad

Harriet Elliot Lecture Series: Just Futures: Equity & Sustainability 

  • “From PCBs to Coal Ash: Environmental Justice in North Carolina,” Panel Discussion
  • “Climates of Inequality: Stories of Environmental Justice,” Panel Discussion
  • “Rachel Carson & Environmental Justice in North Carolina,” Dr. Robert Musil
  • “Saving the Songwood: Global Consumption, Sustainability, & Value,” Alex Smith & Tijan Dorwan
  • “What Black Panther Taught Me about Our Inner Gorilla: The Shape of Human Animality to Come,” Kim Ruffin (poster) (article)
  • “Paper Nor Plastic: Proposing a Fee on Single-Use Bags in Durham, NC,” Nancy Lauer (poster) (article)
  • “Building the Future: Perspectives on the Green New Deal,” Alyssa Battistoni, Daniel Aldana Cohen, & Nick Estes (poster)
  • “Coffee, Frogs and Workers: Conservation in the Anthropocene,” Paul Robbins (Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar) (poster) (article)
  • “How to Build a Black Town,” Danielle Purifoy (poster)
  • “This Land Is Our Land: A Call for an American Right to Roam,” Ken Ilgunas (poster)
  • “EquiDemia: Solutions in Equity and Justice for Higher Education,” Julian Keniry (poster) CANCELED due to Covid-19
  • “Believe in the Future: Inclusion & a Radical Sustainability,” Janisse Ray (poster) CANCELED due to Covid-19
  • “Indigenous Energy Justice and the Climate Change Crisis,” Kyle Whyte CANCELED due to Covid-19
  • “Connecting the Dots: How to Think About, Talk about and Fight for Environmental Justice,” Justin Onwenu CANCELED due to Covid-19
  • “Diversity in Careers in Environment & Sustainability,” Panel & Workshop CANCELED due to Covid-19