The mission of the Love the Everglades Movement is to implement evolving strategies across the full spectrum of being which address the environmental, structural, cultural, and spiritual problems plaguing the Florida Everglades by raising awareness and organizing positive community engagement at the local, regional, national, and global levels. Join Reverend Houston Cypress to spread the love for the Everglades on March 30 at 6:30 p.m. in the Lakeside Auditorium. Brought to you by What Matters to U and SG ECO Agency.
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Join ECO and Rev. Cypress Houston for a day of service. Help maintain the beauty of the Everglades native ecosystems, and meet the group at the Stanford Circle on Saturday, April 2 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. For more information and to pre-register, contact sgeco@miami.edu.
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2nd Nature is the first organization in the nation to have addressed carbon neutrality in higher education. In 2007, many insitutions—including the University of Miami—signed the 2nd Nature Presidents Climate Commitment to embark on a carbon emission reduction journey. We invite you to learn more.
In celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the publication of Marjory Stoneman Douglas's The Everglades: River of Grass, the Office of Civic and Community Engagement at the University of Miami invites you to join us as we celebrate this milestone. Come celebrate National Everglades Day on the Rock plaza with ECO Agency and Community partners on Thursday, April 7 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
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ECO Agency invites you to discover the green aspects of the RAT, their vegan options on the menu, and more. Don't miss the Paint and Sip workshop on special new branded aluminum cups, plus more fun activities—all taking place on Wednesday, April 6!
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Join ECO Agency on the Foote Green for a fun Cane Night Live on Friday, April 8 from 8-10:30 p.m. Learn about native ecosystems and get your own Wall-E Boot Planter and seedlings.
Follow our procession of students from the Plant (T) project with Professor Xavier Cortada. Students will take their own mangrove seedling and plant them along the Behavioral Medicine Building canals. Meet them at the U Statue on the Rock Plaza on Saturday, April 9 at 9 a.m. For volunteering opportunities, contact Adam Roberti at adam@cortada.com.
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Come support our Baseball team and participate in our "U can act on Climate" campaign on Saturday, April 9 at 6 p.m. Visit our community partners tables to learn more about Climate Action. Don't miss the "U can act on Climate" videos with former student athlete Nkosi Muse, Environmental Science and Policy PhD student at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School for Marine and Atmospheric Sciences and Abess Center.
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Learn about pollinators and their associated plants with ECO Reps. Pass by the Hecht-Stanford bridge on Tuesday, April 12 between 1-4:30 p.m. to get your own seeds, start planting, and protect pollinators on campus.
Learn how upcycling can help the planet. This event, taking place at the Shalala Student Center - West Brooke walkway on Wednesday, April 13 between 1-4 p.m., will show you how fast fashion impacts human rights and the environment. Plus, pass by the U Thrift and ECO booth to sign the petition, donate items, and find the next cool clothes you'll be wearing this summer.
The ECO Agency and the Climate Medicine Student Organization at Miller are partnering to showcase their environmentally-conscious initiatives. Visit their Tea in the Harvest booth on Wednesday, April 13 between 4-6 p.m. at the Lakeside Patio Canopy.
Collegiate sports are on a mission to protect our planet. Join us on Thursday, April 14 from 11-11:50 a.m. for an exciting panel on Sustainability in Sports with experts in the field: Dave Newport, CU Boulder Sustainability Director/PAC-12 Sustainability Conference; Sadey Rodriguez, ACC Student Athletes for Sustainability; and Lou Hedley, Hurricanes Punter and Green Athletics Liaison.
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The theme of the upcoming TEDxUMiami on Thursday, April 14 will be "What's Next? – a ruminative call for contemplation through examining our current reality, reflecting on our experiences, and culminating in our collective rebirth." The lives and goals of our communities starkly differ and the future remains unclear. As we journey to return to a place with infinite possibilities, there exists an array of ideas worth spreading, that have yet to be explored. The event will take place in the Shalala Student Center Ballroom (3rd floor). Learn more
On Saturday, April 16, Student Government ECO Agency is partnering with Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden to plant a native ecosystem next to Campo Sano, as part of the "Connect To Protect" program. To learn more, reach out to Diya Jayram, Chair of the ECO Botany and Nature Conservation committee.
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The University has been recognized as a Tree Campus USA by the nationally renown organization Arbor Day Foundation for the seventh time in a row. The program will start on Monday, April 18 at 5:30 p.m. with a tour of edible trees in the Gifford Arboretum, a tasting stop at the sustainability garden. Don't miss the free concert from Frost School of Music Resident Moon band, at 6.30 pm.
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The John Gifford Arboretum Director, Dr. Mauro Galetti, invites you to visit the Arboretum on this very special day where several UM community members will be planting orchids on the trees. Join us on Monday, April 18 at 12 p.m.
Premios Verdes are the most relevant sustainability festival in the region which, each year, awards, gives visibility and creates networks among the best 500 social and environmental projects in Ibero-America: "Premios Verdes: Exhibe-Conecta-Premia a los 500 mejores proyectos sociales y ambientales de Iberoamérica". Learn more
The year 2022 marks the seventy-fifth anniversary of the publication of Marjory Stoneman Douglas’s landmark book, The Everglades: River of Grass (1947). Come enjoy a great discussion with distinguished panelists: Professor Robin Bachin, University of Miami; Natalia Brown, Catalyst Miami; Rev. Houston Cypress, Love the Everglades Movement; Commissioner Nancy Metayer, City of Coral Springs; Kathleen Elliott and Robert O'Bryant, Mahogany Youth Corporation; and Rachel Silverstein, Miami Waterkeeper. The event will take place at the Kislak Center-Richter Library (map) on Tuesday, April 19 at 7 p.m. Learn more.
We can all act on climate! On Thursday, April 21 from 12-1 p.m., our panelists will share their journey via various roles—including faculty, lawyer, artist, and high schooler—in the fight for a sustainable future. Our panelists include:
Come celebrate Moonlight Jam with us on this very special ECO evening with patches, tea infusers, glass jars, and reusable totes to win! Join us on Wednesday, April 20 at 6 p.m. at the Lakeside Patio
The University of Miami graduate students are very much engaged when it comes to the future of our planet. On Thursday, April 21 at 6 p.m., the following organizations will discuss their role in making The U part of the solution: the Green Grad Group, the Sustainability Initiative at RSMAS, the Sustainability Club at Miami Herbert Business School, the Environmental Law Society at Miami Law, and the Green Student Committee at Miller.
Join us on Friday, April 22 from 11:20-11:45 a.m., on Earth Day for our traditional Hug The Lake event and Roberta "Bosey" Fulbright Foote award ceremony to honor a member of the UM community—faculty, staff, student, or trustee—who has made a meaningful and lasting contribution to the beauty, humanity, and future of the campus.
On Friday, April 22 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m., pass by the Lakeside Patio, grab a delicious vegan empanada, and learn about the great work ECO and community partners are doing to lessen our carbon footprint. The ECO sustainable purchasing committee will feature reusable Brewbike coffee cups and plastic-free detergent slips. Don't forget about your ECO giveaway!
Adapted for the stage by Sandra Riley, Woman's Club of Coconut Grove. Read by Sandra Riley and T.L. Brown. Meet Marjory Stoneman Douglas at various stages of her life in a special dramatic performance of "Three Ages of Marjory". This event is free and open to the public at the Kislak Center.
The University hosts 'Canes Day of Service for alumni, families, and friends of the U to participate in a local service project to give back to their respective communities. Hosted by our alumni-led 'Canes Communities, these service projects support the University of Miami's mission to transform lives through education, research, innovation, and service. Join us on Saturday, April 23 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. for our local service project, in partnership with Virginia Key Outdoor Center, as we help improve the quality of our beaches and protect our marine life with a beach cleanup.
Take part in the Coral Gables Recycling Drive-Thru on Saturday, April 23 from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. to drop off your old 14-gallon recycling bins, recycle your old electronics and large cardboard boxes, dispose of your household hazardous waste, shred your sensitive documents, and donate your "lightly/gently used" clothing.
Welcome to the first Climate Resilience Academy symposium on Monday April 25th, 2022, from 1:00-4:00pm at the Lakeside Village Expo Hall on the Coral Gables Campus. Featuring keynote speaker Jane Gilbert, chief heat officer for Miami-Dade County, the symposium will include posters and interactive presentations that showcase the interdisciplinary climate resilience research taking place across all campuses at the University of Miami. Join us to engage with a broad community of scholars and celebrate their transformational work to mitigate the effects of climate change on human health, the economy, and the environment—both natural and built. Light refreshments will be provided. Learn more
Join us on Zoom on April 28th at 6pm EST for an engaging panel discussion on challenges and innovative solutions for sustainable finance, including ESG investing and carbon credit markets. Panelists: Jude Abel (Deloitte LLP); Rafael Benke (PROACTIVA); Claudio Rizzi (University of Miami Herbert Business School); Julia Spinasse (Suzano); Alex Merola (IHS Markit). For our esteemed speakers' full bios.
Clean air, safe drinking water, sufficient food and secure shelter have all been negatively impacted by climate change. These social and environmental conditions strongly influence our health status on an individual and collective level. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that some time between 2030 and 2050, climate change will cause approximately 250,000 additional deaths per year, from malnutrition, malaria, diarrhea, and heat stress. Speaker: Catherine Toms, M.D., M.P.H., Senior Advisor for Climate and Health, Healthcare Without Harm | Practice Greenhealth.
Artist, activist, poet, and ordained minister Reverend Houston Cypress serves as the head of Love the Everglades, an organization devoted to the development of platforms and initiatives for environmental protection and cultural preservation. Cypress also uses his platform to speak out as an advocate for two-spirited and non-binary gender peoples, cultural preservation, business development, and sovereignty. Cypress acts as a cultural ambassador, fostering meaningful exchanges between his society of native clans and the Miami community. Recently he presented a lecture entitled "Decolonizing Gender, Land, and Spirit" at ICA Miami as a way of connecting with the environment and cultivating more diverse and inclusive communities. Dr. Mauro Galetti is a tropical ecologist at the University of Miami and Director of the Gifford Arboretum. His current research centers broadly on the effects of animal extinction on key ecological, evolutionary and ecosystem processes. Dr. Galetti has intensively worked in understanding how trophic cascades propagates in tropical forest and savanna ecosystems. He has long experience in tropical forests in Brazil. Dr. Galetti is also responsible for auditing one of the largest dataset on the Biodiversity of the Atlantic forest of Brazil. Delaney is a fourth generation Miamian and splits her time between the cosmopolitan city of a few million people where she was born and No Name Key, a 1,000-acre island in the Florida Keys, where her family owns a solar powered home. She is a Foote Fellow and Singer Scholar at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science where she’s pursuing a double major in Marine Science and Coastal Geology, as well as a minor in Climate Science and Policy. Delaney is the founder and CEO of The Sink or Swim Project, an NGO focused on climate education and advocacy, as well as its website miamisearise.com, where she publishes a popular blog. She is a Board Member for The CLEO Institute, a Dream in Green Youth Ambassador, a Celebration of the Seas Youth Ambassador and sits on the Miami-Dade County Committee of the Rockefeller Foundation’s 100 Resilient Cities. Former service roles include acting as the Director of Sustainability for the Miami Beach Pop Music Festival and member of Philippe Cousteau's EarthEcho International Youth Leadership Council. She has authored and illustrated three children’s books about the environment in and around No Name Key, as well as a comic adventure book on climate change entitled Where Did All The Polar Bears Go?. She has given a popular TEDx Talk at the Adrienne Arsht Center, appeared with actor/musician Jack Black on the National Geographic Channel's Years of Living Dangerously, with former Vice President Al Gore on MTV's An Inconvenient Special, and with explorer Philippe Cousteau on his Xploration Awesome Planet on FOX. She has addressed the United Nations General Assembly, co-founded the March for Science Miami, helped author and implement a landmark mandatory solar power law in the City of South Miami, and is the lead Plaintiff in the Reynolds vs. State of Florida climate change lawsuit. Delaney has been honored with the George Eastman Young Leader’s Scholarship from the University of Rochester, the Gloria Barron Scholarship Prize for Young Heroes, the Broward County Green Leader Award, The CLEO Institute Leadership Council, The Miami Herald's Silver Knight in Social Science and the inaugural National Geographic Teen Service Award. Jude (Wu) Abel Jude is an Independent Consultant focused on climate finance for nature-based solutions. She has held senior strategy and management roles in the international conservation and environmental services arenas in the U.S. and Hong Kong for Conservation International and in New Zealand for Nelmac Ltd. Before transitioning to the sustainability arena, she worked in strategy/IT management consulting, legal services and the dot-com startup sectors. Jude holds a B.A. In Politics from Princeton University and a Master in Environmental Management from the Yale School of the Environment Rafael Benke CEO & Founder of PROACTIVA – South-American Consultancy specialized in ESG risk management, Business & Human Rights, and Sustainable Finance. Rafael is an executive with more than two decades of international experience, having lived in 8 countries and worked in all continents. He worked at senior positions with Vale (top global mining company), where he had an international career, including as Vice President of Vale Inco (based in Toronto), Senior Sustainability Executive (Switzerland) and Director-Global Head of Corporate Affairs (Rio de Janeiro). He has held relevant positions including in Brazil’s Ministry of Development, Organization of American States,World Trade Organization. He was the Chairman of Brazil’s Council on Foreign Relations (CEBRI), member of Royal Dutch Shell’s Sustainability Committee, member of the Global Advisory Council on Business and Peace with Oslo Peace Research Institute and Stellenbosch University, member of the Foreign Trade Board of FIESP. Attorney, Master in International Law (PUC-SP), LLM in International Economic Law (Warwick/Chevening, UK), visiting scholar at Georgetown University (Washington), trained in business management (IMD, Switzerland) and FGV/ISAE , Sustainable Finance (Rotterdam), Finance (Chicago Booth), International Environmental Law (HEID/Graduate Institute, Switzerland), Board Member Specialization (IBGC). Claudio Rizzi Claudio Rizzi is a Ph.D. candidate in Finance at the University of Miami Herbert Business School. He holds an MS and a BS in Finance from Florida State University. His research focuses on the interdisciplinary connection between environmental sustainability, climate change, and finance. Specifically, he seeks to understand the role of nature for firms and local economies. He strives to contribute to the fight against global warming by advancing the research in finance and providing policymakers with insights related to the climate emergency. Julia Spinasse Corporate Sustainability Manager at Suzano, has worked for 15 years on the incorporation of sustainability best practices in several business activities, including: strategic planning, risk management, supply chain, products and services, majorly within the financial sector. Graduated in Environmental Management, with master’s in Environmental Technology and postgraduate in Sustainable Business from Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. Alex Merola Executive Director of Commercial Strategies, ESG & Private Markets. Alex Merola serves as executive director of commercial strategies for Private Markets at IHS Markit. Mr. Merola is responsible for product development, system integrations and client engagement for the Private Markets. He joined IHS Markit through the acquisition of Ipreo in 2018, where he held the position of Global Head of Solutions Engineering for the Private Markets. As an accomplished leader with more than 10+ years in the software and financial technology space, Alex has a proven track record of optimizing client experiences through innovative products and technology solutions and brings a wealth of subject matter expertise to the Private Markets. He previously worked for AvePoint Inc. as a senior member of the Financial Services Division. Alex holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from Villanova University. https://ihsmarkit.com/experts/merola-alex.html
Reverend Houston Cypress
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Mauro Galetti
Presenter, Orchid Planting in the Gifford Arboretum with Dr. Galetti
Delaney Reynolds
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