Senior Director of Notre Dame Sustainability, Geory Kurtzhals, will overview current sustainability initiatives on campus, including some highlights of Notre Dame's decarbonization journey. An optional walking tour of a few campus locations will be offered, weather permitting.

Please join us for a celebration of our common home in preparation for Earth Day this year. Featuring guest speaker Marinel Ubaldo, a leading youth climate activist from the Philippines. Her talk will be followed by a flower planting ceremony and remarks from multifaith religious leaders from the South Bend area. Marinel Ubaldo is an advocate for climate justice and the environment. She is a registered social worker and one of the Founders of the Youth Leaders for Environmental Action Federation, a youth-led organization based in Eastern Visayas that aims to mentor youth individuals and organizations in climate advocacy. She was the Advocacy Officer for Ecological Justice and Youth Engagement of Living Laudato Si' Philippines, and the Philippine Country Coordinator for UN COY16 Glasgow. She also serves as the Philippine Focal Point for Climate Science Olympiad. Marinel has been actively involved in educating communities - especially, the youth and children - about climate change and the roles they can take to adapt and mitigate to its effects. She has spoken to world leaders on behalf of Filipinos during the opening of the UNFCCC COP21 in Paris and in UNFCCC COP25 in Madrid. She has been trained by former US Vice-President Al Gore as a Climate Reality Leader and her global campaign with Amnesty International calling on the Philippine government to ensure relocation of Super-Typhoon Haiyan survivors generated 528,070 actions from around the world. 2:00 pm Conversation with Marinel Ubaldo3:30 pm Interfaith Flower Planting Refreshments provided. RSVPs are not required. All are welcome and encouraged to attend! Originally published at ansari.nd.edu.

Get an inside look at how much food is wasted in our dining halls at the post-consumer level, and see how Notre Dame diverts it from the landfill! Join Campus Dining in weighing food scraps in our dining halls, and learn how you can make an impact to reduce food waste. Campus Dining will be hosting these events on April 17th in South Dining Hall and April 24th in North Dining Hall from 4-9 PM! Register to volunteer for a 2-hour shift here.  Did you know? Reducing 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.

Gather your best trivia team members and brush up on your trash knowledge! Leave No Trace is visiting South Bend for a special Trash Trivia event. Prizes will be given to the best team! Register your team to reserve a table today! This event is open to students, faculty, staff, and the South Bend community.

Notre Dame Sustainability is hiring a Strategic Communication and Engagement Intern to join our team this summer, starting in late July. This position will assist with outreach, marketing, and engagement efforts for the office, to further improve campus community knowledge of sustainability work as well as literacy. Work will include, but not be limited to: preparing visual graphics, representing ND Sustainability at marketing events, meeting with sustainability student leaders, social media management, and composing written communication materials. The rate of pay starts at $16.50/hour. Apply for the position with this link.  A resume, cover letter, and writing sample are required. Applications are due April 12. Previous design/graphic samples are not required, but appreciated.

Join Notre Dame to be the best university for this year's #LeaveNoTrash University Challenge! From April 19 through 25, Notre Dame will compete against Colorado State University and North Carolina State to pick up and record the most trash. The school with the most trash picked up will win prizes from Leave No Trace and All Trails! To partake in the project, the process is simple: Join the CitSci project by creating an account on Citsci.org or download the Leave No Trace app. Join the University of Notre Dame project.Pick up some trash as you walk around the campus or your neighborhood. Any amount of trash, whether it is a couple of pieces or a trash bag full, makes a difference and counts toward the total challenge.Record your cleanup using CitSci. No matter how big or small, tell us the amount of trash and type to help us understand how we can better minimize waste on campus. Win prizes!