Earth Week 2020 at UMass Boston
Due to concerns over COVID-19, UMass Boston is currently operating online only. Many answers about the campus's response to the coronavirus can be found in our special coronavirus web section.
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day at UMass Boston
April 15–22, 2020
For the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, colleges and offices across the university presented a week of online programming for Earth Week 2020 at UMass Boston.
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Thursday, April 16, 2020 The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis in the Age of COVID-19 Christiana Figueres, Former Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; Founding Partner, Global Optimism, and Convenor, Mission 2020, discussion moderated by Professor Maria Ivanova. |
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Thursday, April 16, 2020 The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis with Living on Earth Paris Agreement architect Christiana Figueres & Living on Earth host Steve Curwood in a live discussion about Figueres' new book, “The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis” as part of the Good Reads on Earth podcast. |
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020 The Business Case for Clean Energy Surya Panditi, CEO of Enel X North America, discussed his company’s worldwide effort to promote carbon-free energy. Enel X North America will reduce UMass Boston’s carbon footprint through on-campus solar and batteries. |
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Wednesday, April 22, 2020 School for the Environment’s Earth Day Symposium The School for the Environment's Virtual Earth Day Symposium included a poster session, panel discussions, networking events, and keynote speeches. |
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Wednesday, April 22, 2020 COVID-19 and Climate: Policy and Practice David Cash, Dean, McCormack Graduate School and Rebecca Herst, Director, Sustainable Solution Lab, UMass Boston discussed the emerging lessons learned from responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and how we can leverage those lessons in addressing climate change. |
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Join Filmmaker and Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe reporter David Abel, Charles “Stormy” Mayo from CCS, Laura Ganley '20PhD from NEAQ, and Living on Earth reporter, Bobby Bascomb.
Virtual Earth Day Symposium includes a poster session, panel discussions, networking events, and keynote speeches.
Sponsors
Center for Governance and Sustainability, College of Education and Human Development, College of Liberal Arts, College of Management, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, College of Science and Mathematics, Healey Library, Honors College, Institute for New England Native American Studies, McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies, Office of Graduate Studies, Office of Student Affairs, School for the Environment, Sustainable Solutions Lab, Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science