Through a grant from the Independent College Fund of New Jersey, the Sustainability Council sponsored a lecture by Richard Nisa, Ph.D., associate professor of geography at Fairleigh Dickinson University.��The presentation, “Sustainable Infrastructures and the Uneven Geographies of Life and Death,”��drew on the expertise of Dr. Nisa in both architecture and geography.��He effectively wove in topics from previous lectures in Saint Peter’s “Green is the New Blue: Creating a Sustainable Peacock Campus” series.

Kickoff Event:�� Kate Lawrence, PP, AICP.

Director, Office of Sustainability, City of Jersey City

��“Sustainability in Jersey City”�� 1:00 pm – Pope Lecture Hall

��NJHEPS Student Solutions to Plastic Pollution

Monmouth University – Stafford Student Center�� 5-9 pm

Wednesday, April 24 �� ��

Academic Symposium & ICFNJ Student Sustainability Competition

12 Noon – 2:00 pm – Duncan Family Sky Room

Maha Moksha Orchestra from Yoga Life Society

12:30 -1:30pm – Pete’s Place in Dinneen Hall

Thursday, April 25

Clothes Swap; Nature’s Golden Hour Photo Contest – displayed on Monitors; Sustainable Snacking Fundraiser; Natural Jewelry Sale:

11am–2 pm – First Floor Living Room of Mac Mahon

Friday, April 26 �� �� �� ��

Arbor Day – Tree Planting and Blessing

Nature Plant Garden on North side of Gannon Hall

12 -1:00 pm – Rev. Andrew Downing, S.J., University Jesuit

Associate and Escarleth Quinonez, SAVE President

Saturday, April 27 �� �� ��

Earth Day 2019 – Liberty State Park.��

10 am – 4 pm

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Monday, April 29 �� �� �� �� ��

Student Sustainability Competition Finalists -Presentations & Judging

12 Noon -1:00 pm – Pope Lecture Hall

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Nature Photo Display – O’Toole Library First Floor

To open soon and continue through August 2019

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Movie Night:�� The Boy who Harnessed the Wind

5:00-7:00 pm – Pope Lecture Hall

Free water bottles

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Wednesday, May 1 �� �� �� ��

ICFNJ Student Sustainability Competition Awards Ceremony

Location TBD

Saturday, May 4 �� �� �� ��

Jersey City’s First Annual BioBlitz

Gather at 8:30 am at Gannon Hall to leave by 9:00 am

ELP Update 04/17/19

Saint Peter’s University is hosting a number of events in the coming weeks in honor of Earth Day and Sustainability Week. The complete schedule is below:

Monday, April 23

In Celebration of Earth Day – “America’s Grow-a-Row”
Noon��in Pope Lecture Hall
Julie Rusin, director of programming
Followed by a make-and-take Earth Day planting
Moderator: Dr. Brandy Garrett-Kluthe, assistant professor of biology

Tuesday, April 24

Streaming of��Home, a public domain film by Europa Corp.
Pete’s Place and��Mac��Mahon��Student��Center��monitors

Tours of Green Energy Command Center at south end of Pavonia Room, Dinneen Hall

My Beautiful��Nicaragua, a��film by BYkids, – viewing with discussion led by Dr. Alex Trillo, associate professor of sociology and urban studies and director of Latin American & Latino studies
4:00 p.m.��in McIntyre Conference Center

Wednesday, April 25

Business Perspectives on��Sustainability
McIntyre��Conference��Center, Room C

10:00 am: Investing in Nature: Business, Environment &��Sustainability, BNY Mellon Pershing LLC Panel
Panel Members:�� Simon Gomes ’14 and Christopher Dawes
Moderator: Dr. Marilu Marcillo, assistant professor in the Saint Peter’s University School of Business

11:00 am:��Environmental Quality & Climate Change
Presenters:��Mark Chambers, director of the New York City Mayor’s Office of Sustainability and nationally-recognized expert in clean energy management and resource conservation

Noon: Going Green: Challenges in��Sustainability��and CSR Facing Small Businesses

Food and conversation with local business owners.
Panel Members: Mory Thomas, co-owner, Square1 Eatery; Suraj Kaufman, owner, Sneaker Room; Vanessa Quijano, small business development coordinator, Small Business Services, JCEDC
Moderator: Dr. Anand Rangarajan, director, Cambridge Capital

Academic Symposium
Noon – 1:00 p.m.��in��McIntyre��Conference��Center, Room A & B
Poster presentations including environmental endocrine disruptors research and solar energy fuels.

Thursday, April 26

SAVE Day (Students Against Violating the Earth)
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.��–��Roy��Irving��Theatre
“Nature in the City” Photo Contest.
Thrift Store Fashion Display and Clothing Swap –��noon
Alternative Fuel Workshop –��noon

Friday, April 27

Arbor Day
Noon��– Front of��Mac��Mahon��Student��Center
Planting and blessing of a Norway Spruce – tree donated by Brightview, University��landscaper.
Blessing by Rev. Rocco Danzi, S.J., vice president for mission and ministry

Saturday, April 28

Keep��Jersey City��Beautiful
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
City-sponsored volunteer event. Nearby locations are: Ward B –��Lincoln Park��&��Ward��C-��Journal��Square��Plaza. From��10:00 – 11:30 a.m.: Free seedlings available at same location for Sugar Maple and Black Oak trees. More information at��.

Monday, May 7

67th Mendel Lecture –��Let’s Meet the Neighbors:�� Nurturing Nature Where We Live
4:00 p.m.��– Pope Lecture Hall
Dr. Frances Raleigh, professor of biology