APRIL 21st, 8:00am - 1:30pm
Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union
Kick off Earth Week at the 5th Annual Sustainability Summit presented by the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Sustainability (CACS). This year’s summit is expanded to be a half-day event in order to connect the broader campus community on sustainability. This event is aimed to educate and initiate a movement towards sustainability as individuals and as a community. It is also an opportunity to recognize the achievements of people on campus with Sustainability Awards and showcase work done by the large variety of internships and sustainability groups at UC Berkeley.
This year’s event will be emceed by the new Sustainability Director, Lisa McNeilly, and the program includes a speech by Chancellor Birgeneau. There will also be two, one hour educational breakout sessions to educate its attendees, lunch provided by Café De La Paz, and a keynote speech. The keynote speaker is renowned environmentalist and UC Berkeley graduate, Michel Gelobter, who will be talking about social justice and climate change.
Breakout sessions include:
- “Greening” Your Everyday Life
- Chat with the Sustainability Director
- Climate Change: The Science and the Social Justice
- Who’s Involved in the Environmental Movement?
Everybody, no matter your role on campus or previous knowledge of sustainability, is encouraged to attend!
Be sustainable! Bring your own mug for coffee and tea served throughout the day.
21 - 25! Interested in sustainability? Participate in Earth Week. Check out the calendar of events: http://earthweek.berkeley.edu/
Questions/comments: email: cacssummit@berkeley.edu.
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