This year’s Sustainability Symposium, Perspectives on Sustainability, invites us to consider the ubiquitous and contested term “sustainability” and how it is differently understood. ‘Sustainability’ can stand in as an aspirational shorthand, or be so broad as to be co-opted in a wide range of sometimes conflicting uses.

This spring, we invite the campus community to join together to explore different perspectives on sustainability, and to focus on the common objectives we hold for equitable, thriving human and natural communities, regardless of what we call it. 

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Schedule

All events will be held at McDonald Commons

12:00 – 12:50 p.m. Keynote Speaker & Lunch

“Art, Advocacy, and Action: Queer Lessons for Sustainable Futures”

1:00 – 2:20 p.m. Snap Talk Panel

“Perspectives on Sustainability: An Interdisciplinary Discussion”

2:30 – 4:00 p.m. Drop-in Social and Expo set-up

4:00 – 5:30 p.m. Sustainability Expo

Keynote Speaker