- Apr 2512:00 AMEarth Week Service in ActionReducing food waste is currently rated as the #1 way to mitigate the climate crisis. In the U.S. alone, nearly 40% of food is wasted at the consumer level, contributing to greenhouse gas emissions, wasted resources, and keeping food-insecure people hungry. Notre Dame International, Student Government, and Sustainability are encouraging the ND family from every corner of the world to participate in a service event in honor of Earth Week to help mitigate food waste. This service can be in whatever capacity is a viable option for you. Some sample actions include:Participating in the canned food drive in Dublin April 22-26 or donating unwanted food to your local food pantry Volunteering at Cultivate in South Bend on April 23 or volunteering at a local food rescue near you Starting an at-home composting program Participate in a Waste 'n Weigh event in the Dining Halls Make a plan and pledge to reduce your food waste at home The possibilities are endless for you to make an impact on our food systems. If you're planning a service event for Global Day of Action, be sure to let us know and gain participation! If you can't participate on April 27, feel free to provide an act of service in anticipation of the Global Day of Action. Whatever you decide to do, be sure to tag @NDInternational and @SustainableND on Instagram with #NDEarthWeek.
- Apr 252:00 PMMore than Rice: Sustainable Agriculture with Lundberg Family FarmsJoin us on April 25th to learn from sustainable agriculture experts from Lundberg Family Farms. Afterward, Lundberg will be visiting the South Dining Hall for dinner service, where the winners of Irish Chef will be presenting their dish featuring Lundberg brown rice. Don't miss this opportunity to engage with leaders in sustainable farming! Read about Lundberg's sustainable practices here. Distinguished for their genuine flavors, Lundberg Family Farms Rice supports its labeling and sustainable assertions with concrete actions. In their quest for biodiversity, Lundberg Family Farms embraces the role of stewardship by flooding a large portion of their fields to mimic their region’s once abundant wetlands, 95% of which have disappeared due to development. Through this process, their fields become sanctuaries for an array of species including ducks, geese, swans, sandhill cranes, shorebirds, and other waterfowl who depend on California rice fields for 60% of their nutrition as well as a place to nest as they continue to travel through the Pacific Flyway. As these birds fly away, water is returned to the rivers and streams, where zooplankton (or fish food!) that propagated on the fields nourishes endangered salmon species. Lundberg’s fields of winter cover crops also provide nesting habitat for ducks. Therefore, before they prep the fields for rice planting in the spring, Lundberg checks to see if ducks have nested. If so, they partner with California Waterfowl Association to rescue the eggs by hand, saving them from the tractor’s path. These eggs are then taken to local hatcheries, where they are incubated, hatched, raised to about five weeks of age, and released into the wild. Since 1993, Lundberg has helped rescue more than 30,000 duck eggs, a testament to the company's unwavering commitment to caring for the land and the creatures that live on it. This holistic approach to agriculture is an embodiment of the symbiotic relationship between humanity and nature, painting a picture of responsible land stewardship.
- Apr 254:00 PM"Prison Music, Then & Now": A Conversation with BL Shirelle of FREER RecordsMusician and activist BL Shirelle is the co-executive director of FREER Records, the first non-profit record label for prison-impacted musicians in the United States. In this presentation, Shirelle will discuss the richness of prison music, past and present. She will also share some of her music and discuss elements of her own life and career in a conversation moderated by Jon Bullock, assistant professor of ethnomusicology in the Department of Music. This event is free and not ticketed. Originally published at music.nd.edu.
- Apr 254:00 PMDiscussion — "Migration and Catholic Social Teaching: Welcome, Protect, Promote, and Integrate"How does the Catholic Church approach global migration? How should a Catholic university approach global migration? Join us for this session highlighting the Catholic Church's teaching on migration, the Church's pastoral concern for migrants, and the priorities of Pope Francis and the Dicastery for Integral Human Development. How should these values and priorities inform Notre Dame’s response to global migration? The University has committed to creating a new initiative on global migration to be housed at the Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights, part of the Keough School of Global Affairs. This discussion is an important part of the planning process to ensure that Notre Dame will make a unique contribution to the study of migration focused on the dignity of the human person. Co-sponsored by the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. Fr. Fabio Baggio, Dicastery for Integral Human Development Father Baggio is a missionary priest of the Scalabrini Order. Since January 2017, he has served as co-under-secretary of the Migrants & Refugees Section of the Holy See’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development (DPIHD). In 2022, Father Baggio was appointed "Undersecretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development." He holds a license in Church history from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. During his early missionary work, Father Baggio worked as a consultant on migration with the Chilean Bishops Conference; he subsequently was director of the Buenos Aires Archdiocese’s Department of Migration. Bishop Mark Seitz, Catholic Diocese of El Paso As a prelate serving a borderland community whose sister city is Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Bishop Seitz has focused his work and heart on the poor and vulnerable, including migrant families and refugees who have made their home in this region or who choose the community as their point of passage. The bishop believes that migrants add inestimable value to the communities where they choose to live and that parishes and community members should welcome them with compassion, love and solidarity. Bishop Seitz he serves as chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Migration. Moderator: Rev. Daniel Groody, C.S.C., Vice President and Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education Father Groody is an internationally recognized theologian with a focus on migration issues. He has authored or edited eight books on poverty, justice, and migration, including Border of Death, Valley of Life: An Immigrant Journey of Heart and Spirit and his most recent book, A Theology of Migration: The Bodies of Refugees and the Body of Christ (with a forward by Pope Francis). Groody has worked with U.S. Congress, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the World Council of Churches, the Vatican, and the United Nations on migration and justice issues.Photo: “Angels Unawares” sculpture commemorating migrants and refugees in St. Peter’s Square" by Catholic Church (England and Wales) is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. Originally published at klau.nd.edu.