Attend the 7th edition of “Earth Talks,” Seattle University’s annual Earth Day celebration showcasing inspirational 5-min talks on “Care for our Common Home” by students and faculty from across schools and programs at SU. Presentations will cover advocacy, research, art performance and service projects related to environmental justice, sustainability, and integral ecology. Join us and support fellow students and colleagues presenting. Presentation descriptions and more information can be found at www.seattleu.edu/earth-talks.

• 11:45am: Doors open, light appetizers
• 12:00pm: Earth Talks
  • Opening Remarks and Introduction by Kenny Ouedraogo (student)
  • Building Just and Humane Cities by Jacob Caddali (student)
  • Jesuit Histories and Indigenous Futures: Environmental Justice at Seattle University by Nazune Menka (faculty)
  • The State of Washington & Artificial Intelligence: Local Environmental Impacts & Responsibility by Anyssa Eng & Evelyn Smith (students)
  • Cheeky Weeds: Toward an Anticolonial Phenomenology of Non-native Plants by Eric Severson (faculty)
  • Let Me Tell You About My Avos by Regina Carrillo Acevedo (student)
  • Who Gets to Climb the Carbon Ladder? Carbon Credits Market and Climate Opportunity in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by Stephanie Nehema (student)
  • Forest Aeternam Grounding by Byron Au Yong (faculty)
• 1:00pm: Q&A with presenters
• 1:30pm: Event concludes

This event is a Laudato Si’ Action Platform initiative sponsored by the Institute for Environmental Justice and Sustainability (IEJS), Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture (ICTC), and the Indigenous Peoples Institute (IPI).