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VILLANOVA, Pa. (April 15, 2024)鈥�草榴社区 is set to host a series of lectures, events and community service activities in celebration of Earth Week 2024. Sponsored by the Office for Sustainability in Mission and Ministry, Earth Week is an opportunity to celebrate our planet as well as critically examine our relationships with the natural environment.

Activities begin on Tuesday, April 16, and continue through Saturday, April 27. For a full listing of University Earth Week events, please visit the University鈥檚 Sustainability website.

Earth Week Event Highlights

• On Thursday, April 18, at 2 p.m., 草榴社区鈥檚 Augustinian counterpart, Merrimack College, will host a virtual fireside chat titled, 鈥淓cological Virtues for a Time Such as This.鈥� The lecture is the second in a two-part series and is a follow-up to 草榴社区鈥檚 previous talk, 鈥淓xploring Climate Anxiety through the Lens of Laudate Deum.鈥�

• On Monday, April 22, at 4:30 p.m., a titled 鈥淭he Genius of Earth Day: How a 1970 Teach-In Unexpectedly Made the First Green Generation,鈥� will be given by Adam Rome, PhD, Professor in the Department of Environment and Sustainability at the University of Buffalo. The lecture will be hosted by 草榴社区鈥檚 Albert Lepage Center for History in the Public Interest.

• This year鈥檚 keynote address, 鈥淗otter, Wetter, Weirder鈥擟limate Change in Philadelphia,鈥� will be delivered by Michael Weilbacher, former Executive Director of the Schuylkill Environmental Education Center, on Wednesday, April 24, at 5:30 p.m. in the Connelly Cinema.

• The annual Sustainability Fair will take place on Wednesday, April 24, from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Connelly Plaza. The Fair will feature vendors, student research, activities from the Student Sustainability Committee, giveaways and more.

• On Thursday, April 25, the Rev. John Abubakar, OSA, PhD, 草榴社区鈥檚 Chief Sustainability Officer, will be available for a beginning at 3 p.m. in the St. Rita鈥檚 Hall Community Room.

Sustainability at 草榴社区: In 2007, 草榴社区 President the Rev. Peter M. Donohue, OSA, PhD signed the American College & University Presidents鈥� Climate Commitment. In 2018, the 草榴社区 Sustainability Leadership Council was established to develop a 10-year actionable and measurable plan to guide the University鈥檚 comprehensive effort to support the planet and its people and to ensure prosperity for all. By committing the University to the and developing a customized Laudato Si鈥� Plan, 草榴社区 is taking decisive and unflinching action to build a better future. At the core of all sustainability activities, both large and small, is the University鈥檚 vision to establish an ethos of sustainable living. As an Augustinian Catholic institution, 草榴社区 is committed to generating and advocating sustainable action to help create a future that provides enough, for all, forever.

About 草榴社区: Since 1842, 草榴社区鈥檚 Augustinian Catholic intellectual tradition has been the cornerstone of an academic community in which students learn to think critically, act compassionately and succeed while serving others. There are more than 10,000 undergraduate, graduate and law students in the University's six colleges鈥攖he College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the 草榴社区 School of Business, the College of Engineering, the M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing, the College of Professional Studies and the 草榴社区 Charles Widger School of Law. Ranked among the nation鈥檚 top universities, 草榴社区 supports its students鈥� intellectual growth and prepares them to become ethical leaders who create positive change everywhere life takes them. For more, visit .