NC Food Justice and Policy - November 10th, 7-8pm

 

Spartans for Science and Policy would like to invite you to the next segment of the NC Students for Science Policy Coalition Training Series event, NC Food Justice and Policy. Join us as we welcome Kamal Bell, CEO of Sankofa Farms LLC, and Dr. Lindsey Haynes-Maslow, Associate Professor and Extension Specialist in the Department of Agricultural and Human Sciences at NC State University. Together, we will learn more about food policy and justice here in North Carolina and throughout the U.S., how the pandemic has impacted food security and sparked justice movements, and ways we can come together to tackle food insecurity in our communities. This seminar will be interactive where at the end of our keynote speaker presentations we will break participants out into breakout rooms to discuss what food policy and justice activities are active in your communities. 

To register for this event, please go here!

If you have any questions, please contact Megan Damico at medamico@uncg.edu

We hope to see you next week! 

Spartans for Science & Policy Team 

Connecting the Dots - Fall 2020 Colloquium Series - Friday, September 4th 3:30pm on Zoom

The Department of Geography, Environment, and Sustainability is excited to host Justin Onwenu, a community organizer for the Sierra Club in Detroit, as part of our Fall 2020 virtual colloquium. Justin was originally scheduled to visit UNCG as part of the Harriet Elliott Lecture Series in the spring. Although we had to cancel his visit because of the pandemic, he will now give his talk ("Connecting the Dots: Evaluating Local and National Challenges and Opportunities in the Fight for Environmental Justice") via Zoom this Friday, September 4th, at 3:30 pm (https://uncg.zoom.us/j/98494309569).He will also stick around after the talk to chat during a "virtual happy hour". For a preview, check out this video from the Democratic National Convention in which Justin was featured: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xOX6YQfI38

Hope to "see" you at the colloquium!

Farmers Market - Saturdays 10am - 2pm (starting June 27th)

Bountiful Land - Food for All - Farmers Market

Sponsored by the NAACP

Saturdays 10am - 2pm 701 East Washington Dr.  High Point

Engagement Virtual Conference Session: Awareness, Engagement and Action Around Water

Join the Engagement Virtual Conference Session

Awareness, Engagement and Action Around Water

Friday, June 19, 10 – 11:30 a.m.

Join NC Water Resources Research Institute for our third Virtual Annual Conference session discussing recent projects to engage local communities. Speakers will discuss economic development via outdoor recreation, connection with the environment through group cleanups, and education of future community leaders about local watersheds.

Registrants will receive a confirmation email with a link and password to join the Zoom meeting.

REGISTER NOW

Moderator: Christy Perrin, NC WRRI

Speakers:

Rachel Taylor, UNC-Chapel Hill: The French Broad River: Leveraging river recreation to promote economic development

Tatiana Height, UNC-Greensboro: Fostering environmental behavior change in the Cottage Grove neighborhood through community-engaged education, outreach, citizen science and riparian cleanup to enhance stormwater quality and strive for environmental equity.

Christy Perrin: Watershed Wisdom: A lesson plan from NC Watershed Stewardship Network and UNC-TV Science for advancing watershed literacy and action.

Our thanks to McAdams Co. for generously sponsoring this Virtual Annual Conference session. Thanks also to YSI, a Xylem Brand, for their generous continuing support of the Virtual Annual Conference series.

Our mailing address is:

WRRI

850 Main Campus Drive 

NC State University

Campus Box 7912

Raleigh, NC 27695-7912

From Sustain-L

Pondering Skies: New Local Podcast on Sustainability

Matthew Bryant, a writer in UNCG Communications, has started his own podcast called Pondering Skies, which focuses on those working in sustainability, broadly defined. 

The first three guests include: Laine Roberts, Water Resources Public Education Coordinator with the City of Greensboro; Sean MacInnes, Sustainability Specialist at UNCG; and Paige Cox, owner of Reconsidered Goods. 

Trees for trash program by NC Wildlife Federation

Here is a great way to help the community while maintaining social distance.

Trees for Trash Program

[From sustain-l@uncg.edu]

UNC Face Shield Maker Initiative

UNC-Chapel Hill launches web page on COVID-19 Face Shield project.