Welcome back Longhorns! We are looking forward to another year filled with passionate and hard working students, staff, and faculty taking action on local, regional, and global sustainability issues.
We are especially excited to announce that UT-Austin will once again be a Host Institution for the Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education taking place virtually October 12-14. Save the date because all students, faculty, and staff will be able to register for FREE access to three full days of live content and networking, plus access to all on-demand content through the end of the year. We encourage faculty to consider integrating a session into your courses. A full schedule is now available and we'll be in touch soon with details on how to register for free.
ACADEMICS
Studying and Sharing the Impacts of Climate Change
Faculty and students across UT are studying and communicating the impacts of climate change. Take a look:
As part of Longhorn Welcome, UT sustainability staff and student interns hosted a Texas Sustainability Open House. New and returning students learned about the wide variety of ways they can get involved in campus sustainability while enjoying a local, zero waste popsicle. Check out photos from the event HERE.
OPERATIONS
UT Energy Stewards Conserve Energy and Save Money
The Energy Management and Optimization division of UT Utilities and Energy Management recently completed a commissioning project in the Peter O'Donnell Jr. (POB) building. This included replacing two chilled water valves and adding return air humidity sensors which allow for better cooling and humidity control. Their efforts reduced total annualized building energy use by 9% equating to over $17,000 in yearly savings. Kudos!
The City of Austin's Climate Equity Plan is headed to Austin City Council later this fall, where it will be presented in consideration for adoption. UT Office of Sustainability continues to work with campus stakeholders on UT's own Sustainability Plan and you can provide input HERE.
UT Sustainability Fun Fact Series
Pop over to our Instagram page to see our recent fun fact series and learn how staff and students are making our campus more sustainable!
Resource Recovery and University Housing & Dining have continued to expand sustainability opportunities on campus over the past 18 months in support of UT's Zero Waste Goal.
Now - 9/19 - Black is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brahwaite. Info 9/3 - 4:00-7:00pm - Jester Garden Open House. Follow on Instagram or Facebook for more info. 9/7 - 11:00am-2:00pm on the East Mall - Clean Air Day Event 9/7 - 12:30-1:30pm - [UTES] BaSKET: Building a Strategy for Key Energy Transitions. Info 9/7 - 5:00-6:30pm - Contextualizing "Black is Beautiful": A UT Faculty Panel. Info 9/7 - 5:30-6:30pm - MBA Impact Investing Network & Training (MIINT) Info Session. Register 9/7 - 6:00-6:45pm - Campus Environmental Center Info Session. Join here 9/7 - 7:30-8:30pm - Controversy and Conversation Film Discussion: "Coded Bias". Info 9/8 - 11:00am-4:00pm at 21st & Speedway - Farm Stand Market. Follow on Instagram or Facebook for more info. 9/8 - 12:00pm-3:00pm at Texas Union - CEC Co-sponsored COVID-19 Vaccine Pop-up 9/8 - 5:00-6:00pm - How to Find Out if an Employer Values Diversity. Info 9/9 - 6:00-6:45pm - Campus Environmental Center Info Session. Join here 9/9 - 9/12 - The Wooster Group: THE B-SIDE: "Negro Folklore From Texas State Prisons" A Record Album Interpretation. Info 9/10 - 7:00-7:40pm - Water Justice (ESI's Hot Science at Home series). Register 9/13 - 9:00-11:30am - City of Austin Workshop on Impact Entrepreneurship. Register 9/13 - 12:00-1:30pm - Workshop: "Democracy and Race in the Americas: Readings of Tocqueville's 'Democracy in America South of the Rio Grande'" by Alexander Chaparro-Silva. Info 9/13 - 4:00-5:15pm - Health & Humanities Research Seminar with Columbia University's Sayantani DasGupta speaking on "Abolition Medicine". Info 9/14 - 6:00-7:00pm - Campus Environmental Center Campfire - Topic TBD. Follow on Instagram for more info. 9/14 - 6:00-7:00pm - Impact Chat - From Wall Street to Impact Entrepreneurship with Jeff Bonaldi. Register 9/16 - 6:00pm - Environmental Justice Collective Info Session. Follow on Instagram for more info. 9/17 - 1:00pm - Career City Limits: Teach for America. Info 9/20 - The Wooster Group: UNTITLED TOAST. Info 9/21 - 6:00-7:00pm - Impact Chat - Ray Cameron, BlackRock's Head of Investment Stewardship. Check back here for registration info. 9/22 - 1:00-2:00pm - Building Career Confidence Through Mindfulness (Undergraduate). Info 9/23 - 9:00am-2:00pm at PCL Corner - Trash to Treasure Sale 9/24 - 1:00-5:00pm - A Tale of Two States: Contrasting Economic Policy in California and Texas. Info 9/28 - 6:00-7:00pm - Environmental Science and Climate Change for Dummies with Dr. Kerry Cook (CEC Campfire). Follow on Instagram for more info. 9/29 - 11:00am-4:00pm at 21st & Speedway - Farm Stand Market. Follow on Instagram or Facebook for more info. 9/29 - 7:00-8:30pm - Distinguished Visiting Lecture Series with Nick Estes, author of "Our History is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance". Info Every Thursday - 3:00-7:00pm, Surplus REuse Store Every Saturday - 8:00am-12:00pm, Surplus REuse Store
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ideas and programs that transform the physical, social and educational environments
of campus for the enduring benefit of society and the planet.
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