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Generations Uniting to Address Climate Change
Friday, April 21, 2023
1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Susan S. Goode Fine and Performing Arts Center
Moderated by Vice Admiral Lee Gunn (retired U.S. Navy).
Around the globe, people are joining scientists, governments, and environmental organizations to understand and address climate change. The City of Virginia Beach and Â鶹¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ, in partnership with The Gunn Group, are proud to host “Generations Uniting to Address Climate Change,” a symposium to prepare our community for our changing environment. A panel of experts from science, policy, and communication backgrounds will discuss the climate crisis’ evolution, impacts and solutions. A career and volunteer fair featuring local environmental organizations is being held in the lobby before and after the symposium. The symposium is free and open to anyone looking to be inspired by changemakers from across the generations.
Schedule
1:00 - 1:30 p.m. Green Fair
1:30 - 3:20 p.m. Panel Discussion ()
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- , Chief of Staff, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic, student activist & author of
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- Marcus Smaltz, Â鶹¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ senior who conducted research on extreme heat in Virginia Beach
- , Executive Director of Wetlands WatchÌý
3:20 - 4:00 p.m. Green Fair
Sponsored by the Joan P. Brock School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and the Robert Nusbaum Center at Â鶹¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ, The Gunn Group, and the City of Virginia Beach
"A Greener Tomorrow" Opening Ceremony
Monday, April 17, 2023
6:00 p.m.
Brock Commons
Presentation by the Student-led Marlin Business Conference
Keynote Address by Scott Whitehurst, Director of Environmental Policy and Compliance, Port of Virginia
Greer Environmental Sciences Center Garden Tour
Friday, April 21, 2023
12:30 - 1:00 p.m. or 4:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Led by students and campus horticulturalist, Skyler Lattuca
Rising Tides, Rising Tensions Art Exhibit
March 6 – April 28, 2023
Barclay Sheaks Gallery, Hofheimer Library
Many neighborhoods in Coastal Virginia that have long suffered from the effects of redlining, exclusionary zoning, discriminatory lending, public housing policy, highway construction, hotter summer temperatures, and underfunded public schools are now some of the same communities that are most vulnerable to the impacts of recurrent flooding. This exhibit seeks to engage the Hampton Roads community in conversations about how race has shaped and continues to shape the landscape of the region.
Rising Tides, Rising Tensions Art Exhibit TourÌý
Friday, April 21, 2023
4:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Led by local artist, Renee Calway
Protein Wars
Thursday, April 20, 2023
12:00 – 12:50 p.m.
Brock Commons
Presentation by Sid Dobrin ’89
Arbor Day Foundation Tree Campus Recognition
Friday, April 21, 2023
9:00 a.m.
Tree planting at University Commons
Greasy Rider: Two Dudes, One Fry-Oil-Powered Car, and a Cross-Country Search for a Greener Future
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Friday, April 21, 2023
11:00 – 11:50 a.m.
Blocker Hall Auditorium
Presentation by Greg Melville
Is it possible to drive coast to coast without stopping at a single gas pump? Journalist Greg Melville, who's in love with the idea of free fuel, sets out on an enlightening road trip with his friend, seeking to be the first people to drive cross-country in a car powered on vegetable oil collected from restaurant grease dumpsters along the way. Join us for an upbeat, funny story about sustainability in the United States, about what we can do and where we’re going, through the lens of a very unusual journey.Ìý Author and journalist Greg Melville has written for Outside, National Geographic Traveler, Men’s Health, Slate and the Boston Globe Magazine. Melville is a decorated veteran who served in Afghanistan and is in the Navy Reserve, where he is a public affairs officer.
Presented by the Â鶹¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ Robert Nusbaum Center.
Earth Day Clean-up and Seed Bombing
Saturday, April 22, 2023
12:30 to 2:00 p.m.
Meet in Batten Honors College parking lot
Eco-Conscious LOVE
Struggling recycling centers and contaminated recycle bins threaten the sustainability of recycling efforts in our community. Eco-Conscious LOVE was created with the community and for the community to bring awareness to the issue and to facilitate conversation about reducing, reusing and rethinking consumption.
Made from reclaimed wood, chicken wire, repurposed plastic lids and non-recyclable pieces, and painted to represent the beauty of our coastal location, the exhibit also functions as a recycling bin.
ÌýEco-Conscious LOVE was created by local artist Renée Calway with support from artists Michael Corcoran, Isabella Millen and Sonya Sunnydayz.
Community organizations that contributed to the development and creation of Eco-Conscious LOVE include Home Depot, Girl Scouts of the Colonial Coast, Lynnhaven River Now, The DoArtNetwork, The VIBE Creative District, Virginia Beach Oceanfront Public Library, and Virginia Tourism Corporation.Ìý