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Watch Now: The Exceptions: Women in Science Q&A with Kate Zernike and Maya Tolstoy
Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Kate Zernike presents her new book, The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science — a powerful story about a nationwide reckoning with the pervasive sexism in science. Join us for an audience Q&A moderated by Maya Tolstoy, Maggie Walker Dean of the College of the Environment. This conversation was recorded on April 13, 2023.
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Fostering Climate Change Connections
On April 11, EarthLab and The Population Health Initiative will cohost an Open Space-style event to help to support UW researchers in laying the groundwork for new, interdisciplinary partnerships that address key facets of climate change. Attendees of the event will set the agenda for discussion, offering to convene discussions on possible topics or projects where collaboration is sought. The formal program will be followed by a more informal networking lunch. Registration is required.
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Sparking Climate Connections: UW Lightning Talks on Climate Change recordings are now available!
Watch the videos now! In Fall Quarter of 2022, we sent out a call to gather UW faculty and researchers whose work was in some way related to climate change. We invited faculty and researchers to submit a one-minute video recording – a lightning talk – summarizing their work. This call was amplified by the event’s 18 co-sponsors. We received a total of 105 lightning talks covering 16 different themes representing over 55 departments across the UW tri-campus.
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Indigenous Peoples' Day 2022
The idea to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day was first proposed at the 1977 UN Conference by Indigenous advocates. Since then, more than a dozen states and hundreds of cities have adopted the day.
2014 marked the first Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the City of Seattle. The recognition was a result of advocacy by local Indigenous organizers since 2009.
Watch the recordings from the 2022 UN Ocean Conference
Last month, three UW researchers representing two EarthLab organizations presented at the 2022 UN Ocean Conference. Their research centered around ocean equity and access to data. If you were unable to participate but are curious to learn more, you can watch the presentation recordings here.
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UN Ocean Conference Side Event | “Ocean Acidification: Co-designing data connections to underserved communities for equitable outcomes”
The University of Washington’s Washington Ocean Acidification Center and Ocean Nexus Center are hosting a side event “Ocean Acidification: Co-designing data connections to underserved communities for equitable outcomes” during the United Nations Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal, on June 30th, 2022. The event will highlight successful partnerships with Indigenous, Small Island Developing States (SIDS), and other underserved communities on co-designing activities for adaptation and response strategies.
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UN Ocean Conference Virtual Side Event | “Procedural Key Performance Indicators (PKPI) for Assessing Global Ocean Equity"
This UN Ocean Conference side event will highlight ways forward for planning and evaluating interventions that aim to address SDGs 14 and its co-benefits to other SDGs to achieve social equity, in the spirit of the overarching SDG goal of “no one left behind”.
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EarthLab Presents: The Intersectional Environmentalist Event Recording
On May 5, 2022, EarthLab had a virtual conversation with Leah Thomas, founder of the Intersectional Environmentalist organization. This event recording features Leah reading an excerpt from her new book, "The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet," and her answering questions from the audience. You can watch the full recorded event here.
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Future Rivers Presents: The Revolution Generation
In collaboration with EarthLab, ROCO Films International and its grant funders, Future Rivers is pleased to present our Spring 2022 Series virtual screening of the documentary Revolution Generation. This film is an exploration of the world-changing activism and potential of the largest youth generation in history.
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Water & the World As We Know It: In Conversation with Giulio Boccaletti
In his latest book, "Water: A Biography," Giulio Boccaletti shrewdly examines how irrigation structures have informed our social structures throughout the ages. Join Future Rivers and EarthLab for a virtual exploration of Boccaletti's work as we collectively try to enhance our relationship to, and fundamental reliance on, the most elemental substance on earth.
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