ENVS Fall Seminar Series
"Everything is All Connected - Air Quality, Climate Change and Soil Contamination” Eri Saikawa,Associate Professor, ENVS Zoom link/password: 570769
In Georgia, our lives are largely powered by non-renewable fossil fuels, such as coal and natural gas. Because of the public health and climate impacts of fossil fuel use, Emory’s 2025 Sustainability Vision focuses on energy efficiency and the increased use of renewable energy to mitigate climate change and improve air quality.
"Everything is All Connected - Air Quality, Climate Change and Soil Contamination” Eri Saikawa,Associate Professor, ENVS Zoom link/password: 570769
Chair of the House Natural Resources Committee, Raúl M. Grijalva will lead an online forum on environmental justice and public health in New Mexico on September 1st at 1:00 pm Eastern time. The event is part of Grijalva’s ongoing national virtual tour to raise awareness about The Environmental Justice for All Act. You may watch … Continue Reading →
Join Emory Climate Talks for a webinar on Friday, September 11, at 12:00 p.m. with two speakers from the Department of Watershed Management with the City of Atlanta. Amanda Medori Hallauer is an environmental planner. Amanda is responsible for advancing plans, policies, and projects involving green infrastructure as part of the Department of Watershed Management's … Continue Reading →
Chair of the House Natural Resources Committee, Raúl M. Grijalva will lead an online forum on environmental justice and public health in Los Angeles on September 15th at 1:00 pm Eastern time. The event is part of Grijalva’s ongoing national virtual tour to raise awareness about The Environmental Justice for All Act. You may watch … Continue Reading →
Join GeorgiaForward and Georgia Municipal Association on September 15 at 6pm for Let Your Voice Be Heard: How, When, and Why To Vote featuring Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, Carter Center Chair Jason Carter, and Professor Andra Gillespie of Emory University with a U.S. Census reminder from Janet Lee. Register to join here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6061540943127355919
The Emory University Center for Ethics is pleased to present the inaugural James W. Fowler Ethics Lecture, featuring New York Times bestselling author Ibram X. Kendi on How To Be An Antiracist. Please join us on Wednesday September 16th, 2020 at 4pm as Dr. Kendi addresses our individual responsibility to create a more just and equitable society. Register today at www.engage.emory.edu/Kendi and see … Continue Reading →
"Preventing Pandemics and Saving Species: Disease Ecology is Where Biodiversity Conservation and Global Health Collide " Tom Gillespie,Associate Professor, ENVS Zoom link/password: 476502
Equitable Dinners: Lift Every Voice is a series of online conversations, featuring guest speakers on a range of topics, and launched by a short play. Equitable Dinners: Lift Every Voice will take place one Sunday a month from 5 to 7:00pm through September. Please join us September 20, as we talk frankly about race equity … Continue Reading →
September 22nd is National Voter Registration Day! To celebrate, join the Emory Votes Initiative, the Center for Civic & Community Engagement at Emory, the President’s Office, and members of the Emory community for a live, virtual program talking up voter registration and civic engagement, including calls to action. You’ll have a chance to hear a … Continue Reading →
Hear from an esteemed panel of experts as we prepare for life after the eventual peak of Covid-19 outbreaks. Learn what our new priorities will likely look like, what strategies are needed to meet new demands and how to prepare for emerging markets.