Earth Week 2024 Event Calendar

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1	Earth Week 2024 (all events open to the public unless otherwise noted)
2	Group Name	Event Date and time	Event Location	Event Title & Description	Contact	Link

3	Office of Sustainability & Resiliency	April 22; 4:30-7:00pm	Lincoln Field Building, 180 Thayer Street, room 120	Film Screening of Kiss the Ground Join the Office of Sustainability & Resiliency for a screening of the film Kiss the Ground followed by a group discussion during Earth Day! Kiss The Ground is a 2020 Netflix original documentary film. It focuses on regenerative agriculture, the movie profiles scientists, farmers and environmentalists as they explore the important role healthier soil plays in better human and planetary health. The film is narrated by actor Woody Harrelson and contains a celebrity cast that includes Gisele Bündchen, Tom Brady, and others. Refreshment provided!	melissa_berry@brown.edu	https://events.brown.edu/event/283999-earth-day-film-screening-kiss-the-ground
4	Office of Sustainability & Resiliency	April 23 4:30-5:30pm	Lincoln Field Building, 180 Thayer Street, room 120	Climate, Emotion, Resilience, and Resistance: A Fishbowl Discussion What we feel about climate change --anger, sorrow, despair, and more--can freeze us up or burn us out. It can also connect us with one another, and guide our collective actions in service of a more livable present and future. Kate Schapira, author of Lessons From the Climate Anxiety Counseling Booth, Dr. Macarena Gomez-Barris, Jesus Hernandez of the Providence Racial and Environmental Justice Committee, and Lotus of Movement Education Outdoors will discuss the role of emotions in living within and responding to the climate crisis: how to weather them, learn from them, and rest with them, in order to fight for and care for one another. We will talk together first, and then take questions or prompts from whoever is present.	melissa_berry@brown.edu	https://events.brown.edu/event/283998-climate-emotion-resilience-and-resistance-a
5	Office of Sustainability & Resiliency and the College for Careers in the Common Good	April 25 12-1pm	Biomed Center, 171 Meeting Street, Room 81	Sustainability Career Panel Join the Office of Sustainability & Resiliency and the College for Careers in the Common Good for a Sustainability Career Panel during Earth Week. Refreshments will be provided at the event. Panelists include: Priscilla De La Cruz, Director of Sustainability, City of Providence Julia Gold, Principal Strategy and Policy Analyst, Clean Transportation, National Grid Jesse Rye, Executive Director Farm Fresh Rhode Island Ellie Sharpe Read, Director of Programs, Change Climate Panelists will speak to their individual career paths and answer audience questions.	melissa_berry@brown.edu	https://events.brown.edu/event/283997-sustainability-career-panel
6	Roger Williams Park	April 19 9:30-12am		Roger Williams Clean Up Join us to celebrate earth day (and month!) by volunteering to help keep Roger Williams Park looking its very best this spring! We will be breaking into groups to beautify different areas in the Park, focused on the park trails and lake and pond edges. Please wear long sleeves and long pants and sturdy shoes, the event will be held rain or shine. We will provide all supplies needed, but feel free to bring your own gloves if you’d like! Thank you for helping our incredible City Parks Department to keep Roger Williams Park more beautiful than ever!		https://rwpconservancy.networkforgood.com/events/69896-volunteer-in-rwp-for-earth-april-clean-up-friday-april-19th-10-00-12-00
7	Providence Downtown Neighborhood Association - DNA	April 19		Earth Day Clean-Up on Friday, April 19, from 9am-12pm. Once again, we will team up with the City of Providence, Providence Parks Department, The Partnership P3, DPPN and the DID to remove trash and natural debris from the basin of Waterplace Park to the Hurricane Barrier. Trash & planting crews are open to all ages. Come anytime between 9am and 12pm, and stay as long as you wish. Check in is at 101 Dyer Street, inside The Landing café. (above Capriccio restaurant). If possible, please RSVP: dnapvd@gmail.com		https://allevents.in/providence/earth-day-clean-up/200026133409455?ref=organizer-new	https://forms.gle/S4n5hRCjfjs1LeSy9
8	WaterFire Providence River Cleanup	April 20 9-12	1 Citizens Plaza	WaterFire Providence River Cleanup We will be on board the boats of WaterFire, and possibly in waders as well, as we pull all sorts of treasures from the rivers of Providence. We’ll be meeting at 1 Citizens Plaza, and we have free parking available. This is only available for people 18 and older.		https://volunteer.waterfire.org/need/detail/?need_id=907456
9	Save the Bay	April 20	100 Save the Bay Drive, Providence, RI	Help keep Narragansett Bay clean! Shoreline trash is ugly and dangerous to wildlife, and shoreline cleanups are a great way for volunteers to make a difference. WHERE: 100 Save The Bay Drive, Providence, RI. The entrance to Save The Bay is through the Johnson & Wales Harborside Campus, via the main entrance at Harborside Blvd. Waze works best to get you here! Google Maps and other systems may take you down a gated road (Shipyard St) that you cannot access without a key card. If you use another system, just ignore any directions to turn from Allens Ave onto Ernest St, and continue along Allens until you get to Harborside Blvd. See map for exact location. Let the guard at the kiosk know you are going to Save The Bay.	jlewis@savebay.org	https://volunteer.savebay.org/need/detail/?need_id=892376
10	Farm Fresh RI	April 20; 9am-1pm	Saturdays, 9am-1pm 10 Sims Ave, Providence	Farmer's Market		https://www.farmfreshri.org/programs/farmers-markets/pvdmarket/
11	Blackstone Parks Conservancy	April 21 10:30-12pm	Meet at Angell Street at Parkside Road	Invasive Plant Removal Join us to remove invasive plants in Blackstone Park, as we make room for native forest species. As always, you’re welcome for any amount of time that works for you. We can provide tools and gloves. Please wear closed-toe shoes and long pants, and bring water and mosquito repellent. For more information about the Blackstone Parks Conservancy, the two parks we co-steward with the City, and any weather-related updates see our website: blackstoneparksconservancy.org. For questions or to rsvp (optional but it really helps us plan!), contact Carrie at cdrake@blackstoneparksconservancy.org.		https://www.providenceri.gov/earthday/
12	Office of Sustainability & Resiliency	April 22; 4:30-7:00pm	Lincoln Field Building, 180 Thayer Street, room 120	Film Screening of Kiss the Ground Join the Office of Sustainability & Resiliency for a screening of the film Kiss the Ground followed by a group discussion during Earth Day! Kiss The Ground is a 2020 Netflix original documentary film. It focuses on regenerative agriculture, the movie profiles scientists, farmers and environmentalists as they explore the important role healthier soil plays in better human and planetary health. The film is narrated by actor Woody Harrelson and contains a celebrity cast that includes Gisele Bündchen, Tom Brady, and others. Refreshment provided!	melissa_berry@brown.edu	https://events.brown.edu/event/283999-earth-day-film-screening-kiss-the-ground
13	The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs Military Fellows Program and the Climate Solutions Lab	April 22; 4:00-5:00pm	Location: Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs Room: Joukowsky Forum (155)	Earth Day Every Day: How the Department of Defense Advances Climate Resilience Please join us for a conversation with Dr. Kate White, the Department of Defense Climate Resilience Program Director as she discusses how the U.S. Department of Defense is tackling the climate crisis.		https://events.brown.edu/watson-international-public/event/284348-earth-day-every-day-how-the-department-of-defense
14	Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council	April 22 10-2	Woonasquatucket River	Woonasquatucket River Clean Up On Earth Day, we’re looking for many volunteers (big teams welcome along with individuals and families) to clean the Woonasquatucket River and surrounding land along Promenade and Kinsley Streets in Providence. We will be putting on waders and getting in boats for an extensive in-water cleanup, painting guard rails and benches, and planting trees.		https://wrwc.org/wp/events/pk-earth-month-clean-day/
15	Climate Solutions Lab	April 22 12-1pm	Location: Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs Room: McKinney Conference Room (353)	Book talk and Q & A with political scientists Alexander F. Gazmararian (Princeton) and Dustin Tingley (Harvard) on their pathbreaking new book on climate politics. Why is the world not moving fast enough to solve the climate crisis? Politics stand in the way, but experts hope that green investments, compensation, and retraining could unlock the impasse. However, these measures often lack credibility. Not only do communities fear these policies could be reversed, but they have seen promises broken before. Uncertain Futures proposes solutions to make more credible promises that build support for the energy transition. It examines the perspectives of workers, communities, and companies, arguing that the climate impasse is best understood by viewing the problem from the ground up. Featuring voices on the front lines such as a commissioner in Carbon County deciding whether to welcome wind, executives at energy companies searching for solutions, mayors and unions in Minnesota battling for local jobs, and fairgoers in coal country navigating their uncertain future, this book contends that making economic transitions work means making promises credible.	alexander_batten@brown.edu	https://events.brown.edu/climate-solutions-lab/event/283852-uncertain-futures-how-to-unlock-the-climate
16	IBES	April 23; 12:00pm	UEL 106	Book Talk - Advocate by Eddie Ahn Summary: This will be a book talk about the graphic novel - Advocate: A memoir of family, community and the fight for environmental Justice. Lunch will be provided.		https://events.brown.edu/ibes/event/283577-book-talk-advocate-by-eddie-ahn
17	Office of Sustainability & Resiliency	April 23 4:30-5:30pm	Lincoln Field Building, 180 Thayer Street, room 120	Climate, Emotion, Resilience, and Resistance: A Fishbowl Discussion What we feel about climate change --anger, sorrow, despair, and more--can freeze us up or burn us out. It can also connect us with one another, and guide our collective actions in service of a more livable present and future. Kate Schapira, author of Lessons From the Climate Anxiety Counseling Booth, Dr. Macarena Gomez-Barris, Jesus Hernandez of the Providence Racial and Environmental Justice Committee, and Lotus of Movement Education Outdoors will discuss the role of emotions in living within and responding to the climate crisis: how to weather them, learn from them, and rest with them, in order to fight for and care for one another. We will talk together first, and then take questions or prompts from whoever is present.	melissa_berry@brown.edu	https://events.brown.edu/event/283998-climate-emotion-resilience-and-resistance-a
18	Climate Solutions Lab	April 24; 12-1pm		alumna Emily McAteer '07, founder and CEO of a climate tech company based in Colorado, will be giving CSL a lunchtime talk on sustainability, clean tech, and climate/sustainability careers.	alexander_batten@brown.edu	https://events.brown.edu/climate-solutions-lab/event/282402-scaling-the-energy-transition-in-emerging-markets
19	Sunrise at Brown	April 24th at 7 PM	Salomon 202	Eat Cheesecake + Learn How to Support Environmental Legislation in Rhode Island Come eat cheesecake and learn how you can get involved with community organizers advocating for important environmental legislation in Rhode Island! This teach-in from Brown Initiative for Policy and Sunrise will discuss how to identify community partners, research environmental legislation, and connect with state representatives in order to successfully support important bills on climate action and environmental justice!	sunrise@brown.edu	https://events.brown.edu/event/284329-eat-cheesecake-learn-how-to-support-environmental
20	Mindfulness Center'			Free community mindfulness sessions: M, T, W		https://mindfulnessandhealthinstitute.org/courses/community-mindfulness-sessions/
21	IBES	April 25th 12:30pm		Research Greenhouse tour 12:30pm	lily_lustig@brown.edu
22	Office of Sustainability & Resiliency and the College for Careers in the Common Good	April 25 12-1pm	Biomed Center, 171 Meeting Street, Room 81	Sustainability Career Panel Join the Office of Sustainability & Resiliency and the College for Careers in the Common Good for a Sustainability Career Panel during Earth Week. Refreshments will be provided at the event. Panelists include: Priscilla De La Cruz, Director of Sustainability, City of Providence Julia Gold, Principal Strategy and Policy Analyst, Clean Transportation, National Grid Jesse Rye, Executive Director Farm Fresh Rhode Island Ellie Sharpe Read, Director of Programs, Change Climate Panelists will speak to their individual career paths and answer audience questions.	melissa_berry@brown.edu	https://events.brown.edu/event/283997-sustainability-career-panel
23	Environmental Humanities	April 25 4:00-5:30pm	Cogut Institute, Pembroke Hall Room: 003	Environmental Humanities Reading Group • Botanical Humanities: “Fruits” What can plants tell us about the human condition, and more broadly about the rapidly changing conditions of life and death on Earth? This meeting is on the topic of fruits. As the ultimate sites of intimacy, decadence, subterfuge, and beauty, flowers, and the seeds and fruits that they bear, carry the promise and aspirations of future life. Audacious colors, heady odors, and sumptuous flavors combine to make fruits irresistible. Fruits and flowers bring plants into intimate relation with other beings and elements as parts of their procreative agenda. Plants embody queer possibilities of kinship across the species barrier and without heteronormative sex as a guiding principle and thus provide a generative space from which to reimagine human kinship otherwise. Thinking with fruits opens possibilities in aesthetics, symbolics, and economics.		https://events.brown.edu/event/282822-environmental-humanities-reading-group-botanical
24	Disability Justice Student Initiative, Disability Studies Working Group & Brown SPH Office of DEI	April 25; 5pm	virtual	Disability Justice as Public Health (DJAPH) Climate Change Panel Join Disability Justice as Public Health (DJAPH) & Disability Justice at Brown (DJAB) for a panel via Zoom on disability, climate change and public health. Like climate change, disabled people are too often ignored. As some of society’s most marginalized individuals, they are two to four times more likely to become injured or die during climate emergencies, placing them on the front lines of the climate crisis. This crisis is increasing rates of disease and impairment worldwide, while exacerbating health inequities for disabled people, including inadequate access to health services.	sph-djaph@brown.edu	https://events.brown.edu/public-health/event/284462-disability-justice-as-public-health-djaph-climate
25	Haffenreffer Museum	April 25 6-7:30pm		Gather. Make. Sustain. Series: Karen Ann Hoffman Artist Talk Iroquois Raised Beadwork is an art form of the Indigenous people of the Eastern Great Lakes Region utilizing forms and designs that reach back over 10 thousand years. First executed with bone and shell, later with moose hair and hide, now with glass beads and velvet; this art is a living material language which preserves and expresses Iroquois World View. Using beadwork, song, and stories, Iroquois Raised Beadwork artist Karen Ann Hoffman will explore the ways simple materials – glass beads, steel needles, cloth and thread – can be transformed into messages from the past whispering into the ears of the future.		https://events.brown.edu/event/279945-gather-make-sustain-series-karen-ann-hoffman
26	IBES	April 26 12:30 PM		Research Greenhouse tour 12:30pm	lily_lustig@brown.edu
27	Mindfulness Center'	April 26 12-1pm		Mindfulness Webinar \| Through a Curious Lens: Discovering Life’s Moments with a Fresh Perspective In this interactive webinar, we will unpack curiosity and discover together what it looks like and why it is worth cultivating. Together we will explore different ‘flavors’ of curiosity and take a closer look at why being curious can feel so good….and so scary!		https://events.brown.edu/event/283433-mindfulness-webinar-through-a-curious-lens
28	Haffenreffer Museum	April 26 2-4pm		Gather. Make. Sustain. Series: Karen Ann Hoffman (Oneida) Beadwork Demonstration		https://events.brown.edu/event/279953-gather-make-sustain-series-karen-ann-hoffman
29	Neutaconkanut Hill Conservancy	April 27 9-1	120 Killingly Street	Neutaconkanut Hill Conservancy Clean Up We work in lite rain and ask that everyone dresses for working outdoors. Our projects for the Saturday are: erosion control, trail maintenance, litter pick up, paint over any graffiti and maybe trail blazing. Parking for Earth Day is at 120 Killingly Street in the ball field parking lot then to walk up the trail by the concrete bleachers to the top of the hill. We meet at Legion Memorial Drive, Providence. Any changes or cancellations will be posted on NHC Facebook page and NHC website. We provide the tools and snacks. There will also be a liability and photo release form to fill out. Heavy rain cancels or if trails are too wet from the day before rains		https://nhill.org/
30	41st Annual WBNA Neighborhood Clean-up	April 27th, 8:30-12		41st Annual WBNA Neighborhood Clean-up Volunteer BBQ following at 12:30 Volunteers can sign-up here; email wbna@wbna.org or visit wbna.org for more information.
31	North Burial Ground and Ward 3 Councilor Sue AnderBois	April 27th, 10-3	Randall Park and Ridgeside Lake	Randall Park and Ridgeside Lake Clean Up We have two exciting projects showing a little TLC to two of our favorite spots in the cemetery-the pollinator garden in Randall Park and Ridgeside Lake. At the pond we’ll be spreading woodchips, and getting ready for the growing season. At Ridgeside Lake we’ll be cleaning up trash (especially if you have waders!) and removing invasive species and combatting those pesky plants by introducing native plants that will help get a footing around the pond. Have a great time with friends and neighbors and help make NBG the wildlife hotspot for pollinators to kingfishers this Earth Day		https://forms.gle/DTS4tjQAKDQf26HZ9
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