NEC hosted a fun film screening and panel discussion Sept. 7th! In the Arctic’s Last Ice Area, 500 nautical miles from the North Pole, a scientific team is on a rare mission to measure the world’s oldest ice floes. Tiny specks in a vast ocean wilderness, they are alone. And they’re in trouble. Jumbled slabs…
FRIDAY, MAY 21 | In-person and remote JOIN REMOTELY HERE IN-PERSON ASEC 303 REGISTER HERE PANEL 1: 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM FOREST LOSS AND GOVERNANCE Deforestation in the Selva Maya - Kass Green Instituting illegal mining: bypasses, political settlements and coercive conservation in the Community of Andean Nations - Giselle Vila Benites Tradescapes in…
FRIDAY, MAY 14 at 4:15 pm | Meet at Red Square Meet at Red Square to walk over to University Park for a relaxed art exploration of connection to place. Painting and drawing supplies will be provided for each participant. We will be creating art based on some guided open interpretation prompts related to climate…
WEDNESDAY, MAY 12 at 2:00 pm | Meet at Alden Quad, beside Dana Commons Enjoy a hike along the East-West Trail, just a short walk from Clark’s campus! Led by the Worcester Intercollegiate Outdoor Initiative, we will leave from the Alden Quad to explore a 2-3 mile section of the trail. Learn more about the…
FRIDAY, MAY 7 at 9:00 am | Meet at Red Square This Listening in Nature Week, join the Hadwen Arboretum restoration team to learn more about their ongoing projects concerning tree inventory, temperature monitoring and trail construction. Please meet us at Red Square at 9:00am to walk to the Arboretum. Email Michelle Sayles at msayles@clarku.edu…
THURSDAY, MAY 6 at 5:00 pm | Meet at Red Square Join Park Spirit of Worcester and Clark University's Listening In Nature program as we celebrate the completion of twenty-two newly installed directional and informational signs and kiosks along Worcester's 14-mile East-West Trail. They feature maps of the trail and colorful narratives highlighting the past…
Documentary screening and Panel WEDNESDAY, MAY 5 at 4:30 pm | In-person screening: Jefferson 320 Zoom link: HERE This documentary, ¿Qué les pasó a las abejas? unmasks the privileges of transnational corporations and shows the effects of capitalism on the social and ecological structures of indigenous communities in Mexico. The struggle of Mayan communities reveals…
WEDNESDAY, MAY 5 at 6:00 pm | Goddard Grove This Listening in Nature Week, Goddard Library’s Head of Public Services, Rachael Shea, invites you to this sacred fire gathering in the Goddard Grove. This event is organized as part of Listening in Nature Week. Please be sure to pre-register for our events here so that…
TUESDAY, MAY 4 at 5:00 pm | University Park This Listening in Nature Week, join Erica, director of wellness education, and Isabelle, Wellness Ambassador, in University Park to set aside some time to be present, connected, and creative in nature. You will be led through a guided meditation and then we’ll hold space to deepen…
MONDAY, MAY 3 at 7:00 pm | Meet at Red Square Join Professor Morgan Ruelle and Evan Collins for a sunset bat detection outing at Coes Pond. This event is organized as part of Listening in Nature Week. Please be sure to pre-register for our events here so that we can ensure COVID safety.
Metals, Diamonds and Gemstones THURSDAY, APRIL 29 at 12:00 pm | Zoom A talk and conversation with Anna Bario, Co-Founder and Designer, BarioNeal A look at traceable, responsible materials from small-scale mining and recycled goods in the jewelry sector, and areas for greatest impact from a jeweler's perspective. Join us on Zoom here. Co-sponsored by…
A special lecture and conversation with Dr. Eduardo Brondizio MONDAY, APRIL 12 at 10:00 am | Zoom Dr. Eduardo Brondizio is Distinguished Professor of anthropology in the Department of Anthropology at Indiana University Bloomington, where he directs the Center for the Analysis of Social-Ecological Landscapes. He has served on numerous international scientific bodies, including as…
FRIDAY, MARCH 26 at 4:00 pm Dr. Andrew Curley joins us for a discussion of coal, power, and contestation in the Navajo Nation. In 2021 the Navajo Generating Station, a long-standing symbol of coal energy in the southwest, was demolished. The power plant ended operations the previous year, which signaled the end of coal mining…
Film screening and panel discussion THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19 at 7:30 pm | Jeff 320 and Zoom Gather follows the stories of Indigenous Americans on the frontlines of a growing movement to re connect with spiritual and cultural identities that were devastated by genocide. An indigenous chef embarks on a ambitious project to reclaim ancient food…
Toxic Racism, Pollution, Climate, and Viruses with Dr. Sacoby Wilson THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 at 12:00 pm | Zoom In the United States, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) have been impacted by systemic racism and structured inequalities since the founding of this country. Communities of color do not have just access to good quality…
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29 at 7:00 pm | Zoom American voters are more concerned about the effects of climate change today than ever before, and a majority of Americans believe that the federal government is doing too little to address it. Extreme weather events over the past year – including tornadoes and rain in the Midwest,…
A student-faculty dialogue on the intersections between racial, climate, and food justice WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28 at 3:00 pm | Zoom Join us in this student-led event to explore the intersections between racial justice, climate justice, and food justice! We will discuss how these topics connect to the realities of our university and community, and what…
Jamaica and the Global Aluminum Industry. How the Periphery Makes the Center Possible FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 at 4 p.m. | Zoom As part of the so called Third World, The Developing World, a place like Jamaica is considered peripheral to the centers of wealth, power and modern civilization. In this talk, Figueroa will argue that…
African Diasporic Wisdom for Farming and Food Justice WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14 at 4:00 pm Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm joins us for a public talk on her work to end racism in the food system. This talk will be followed by a panel discussion with Steve Fischer and Stacie Brimmage from the Regional Environmental…
From Petro-Nationalism to Post-Extractivism in Ecuador FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 at 4:00 pm | Zoom Resource Radicals unpacks the conflict between two leftisms: the administration's resource nationalism and the antiextractivism of grassroots activists. In this archival and ethnographic study, Riofrancos demonstrates how Ecuador's commodity-dependent economy and history of indigenous uprisings offer a unique opportunity to understand…
Solar Panel Fields and Forest Loss in Massachusetts/ Uganda-Tanga Crude Oil Pipeline Potential Impact FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 at 4:00 pm | Zoom Join Professor John Rogan in this presentation about the application of GIS and remote sensing to assess the actual and potential impacts of extractive industries on habitat and human livelihoods. Join here via…
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 at 9:00 am | Meet at Red Square Join the Hadwen Arboretum restoration team to learn more about their ongoing projects concerning tree inventory, temperature monitoring and trail construction. Please meet us at Red Square at 9:00am to walk to the Arboretum. Email Michelle Sayles at msayles@clarku.edu to register. Learn more about the…
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 at 4:30pm | Meet at Red Square How can we proceed as activists, artists, social scientists, researchers, naturalists, chroniclers, environmentalists, and engaged citizens to better understand and respond actively to the sounds of our environment? Following on Norman Long’s lecture on this topic (How Soundwalks Engage Communities on Monday, September 21 @…
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 at 1:00 pm | Zoom Hosted by the Walden Woods Project As part of Listening in Nature Week, Jeffrey Cramer joins us to share Thoreau’s legacy as citizen scientist, naturalist, and environmentalist. He will introduce some mindful listening practices, inspired by Thoreau, to help us live more deliberately, compassionately, and peacefully. The…
SEPTEMBER 21 to 25 | around campus, with offerings online At the heart of A new Earth conversation, the Listening in Nature program embodies our understanding that practices of slowing down, listening, becoming observant and available, and awakening to the magic of living ecosystems are vitally important as we navigate the realities of a warming world. We…
What is a soundwalk? How can we ( as artists, social scientists, researchers, naturalists, chroniclers, environmentalists, and critical citizens) actively respond to our soundscape, connecting it with global concerns for a better world? In this talk, composer and scholar Norman Long will prepare participants for an actual soundwalk through the Main South neighborhood as part…
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26th at 4:00pm & THURSDAY, AUGUST 27th at 12:00pm | Zoom Incoming NEC Collaborative course students and faculty are invited to our fall orientation to A new Earth conversation. This is an opportunity to meet other Collaborative students, learn more about what makes a Collaborative course distinct and become introduced to the process…
MONDAY, February 24th Workshop | 11:00 am to 1:00 pm, Anderson House, Leir 1 *RSVP required. Email Mandy Gutmann-Gonzalez at mgutmanngonzalez@clarku.edu to register. Poetry Reading | 4:30pm, Fireside Lounge, Dana Commons In her newest release, The Tilt Torn Away From the Seasons, Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers imagines a human mission to Mars, a consequence of our…
Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change THURS February 13 | Higgins Lounge Drawing from the ancestral knowledge of her Indigenous roots, and her experience as an attorney and activist, Sherri Mitchell addresses some of the most critical issues of our day. Mitchell’s teachings provide a road map for the spirit and a compass of compassion…
WED February 12 | Traina Center for the Arts This one-day workshop with Sherri Mitchell offers a glimpse into the work required to decolonize our hearts and minds. Participants will gain an understanding of how colonization has impacted our thinking and the ways that we engage one another and the world around us. We will…
A participatory exhibit | Traina Center for the Arts, Second Floor Gallery OPENING | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11th at 5:00pm EXHIBIT | FEBRUARY 10th to MARCH 27th In the Council on the Uncertain Human Future, we look deeply into the climate and ecological breakdown underway. This exhibition showcases material from the Council archives and invites a…
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15th at 4:00pm | Higgins Lounge A new Earth conversation welcomes in our new cohort of Collaborative students at our Collaborative Launch event on Wednesday, January 15th from 4:00 - 5:30pm in the Higgins Lounge. For the 180 new Collaborative students this spring, this is an opportunity to learn about NEC and the…
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6 at 7:00pm | Grace Conference Room, Higgins University Center Permafrost—permanently frozen ground that lies under tundra and boreal forests across the Arctic--covers more than 12 percent of the earth’s land. In The Big Thaw, readers meet scientists and students who have been studying the permafrost and what it contains: a vast store of…
A conversation with Christian Parenti and Roy Scranton WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23 at 4:30 pm | Jefferson Hall 320 Speakers: Christian Parenti (author, journalist and Associate Professor of Economics, John Jay College) and Roy Scranton (author and Assistant Professor of English, University of Notre Dame) A powerful shift in American collective awareness of the climate crisis has occurred thanks to scientific reports released…
MONDAY, OCTOBER 21 at 6:00pm | Fireside Lounge, Dana Commons Diamond mining is Sierra Leone’s most lucrative export industry, with an annual production of up to $US 250 million. Due to the challenges associated with the informal and unregulated nature of the artisanal mining sector, only a fraction of this wealth returns to the areas where…
Wednesday, October 16th, all day | Campus-wide Join us for a day of Listening in Nature, a program of A new Earth conversation (NEC). On Wednesday, October 16th we invite the campus community to slow down, listen, observe and awaken to the magic of living ecosystems. Throughout the day there will be opportunities for exploring…
RSVP on Facebook As part of the Global Climate Emergency Action Week, this day-long event is open to the community as a space of discussion on the climate crisis and reflection on the steps we can take to act for climate justice. Here is the schedule for the day: Main Sessions (Higgins Lounge, Dana Commons)…
Join us on September 20th in Worcester, MA for Youth Climate Strike’s call to action to fight against the #climatecrisis. Following the lead of Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, thousands of young people and adult allies will gather in Worcester this September to kick off a week of climate action! More information on our Facebook event.…
Wednesday, April 17th, all day | Campus-wide Join us for the launch of Listening in Nature, a program of A new Earth conversation (NEC). On Wednesday, April 17th we invite the campus community to slow down, listen, observe and awaken to the magic of living ecosystems. Throughout the day there will be opportunities for exploring…
Given what we know, how do we live now? Tim DeChristopher and Susi Moser in Conversation Climate activist and NEC Visiting Fellow Tim DeChristopher and leading climate communications expert Susi Moser (Clark Geography PhD 1997) will continue exploring the question of how we live with what we know about the climate crisis, and open the…
Given what we know, how do we live now? Tim DeChristopher and Terry Tempest Williams in conversation Climate activist and NEC Visiting Fellow Tim DeChristopher and renowned writer, conservationist and activist Terry Tempest Williams will ask how we live with what we know about the climate crisis, and open the conversation to the audience as…
Population Control and Women’s Rights in the Era of Climate Change Jade Sasser, Associate Professor, University of California, Riverside Jade Sasser explores how a small network of international development actors, including private donors, NGO program managers, scientists, and youth advocates, is bringing population back to the center of public environmental debate. Tuesday March 26 at…
Extractive industries, climate change and the struggle to live well A conversation with Tony Bebbington, Denise Humphreys Bebbington, John Rogan and Laura Sauls How do people cohabit with extractive industries, especially in Latin America and Indonesia? We will discuss the pressures that resource extraction is placing on forests and community rights as well as some of the ways in…
FILM & CONVERSATION SERIES Listening for Signal (2016) This short documentary, filmed in northern New Mexico, immerses us in conversation with members of theCouncil on the Uncertain Human Future on how we wish to conduct ourselves in the face of climate change. The World We Wish To See (2018) The launch of a new short film on a Council held…
A Call to Life Variations on a Theme of Extinction Kathleen Dean Moore and Rachelle McCabe A powerful call to action on global warming and mass extinction, A Call to Life is a collaboration between concert pianist Rachell McCabe and writer/philosopher Kathleen Dean Moore. McCabe performs Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Variations on a Theme from Corelli while Moore weaves words between the variations, giving voice to humanity’s…
How to let go of the world and love all the things climate can't change Filmmaker Josh Fox visits twelve countries as he investigates climate change, and acknowledges that it may be too late to stop some of the worst consequences; if so, what is it that climate change can't destroy? Tim DeChristopher, climate activist…
September 29, 2018 at Clark University politics, economy, social justice and the climate on Earth A day of conversations between all members of the community on questions related to our current challenges (including those of politics, the economy, white supremacy, and climate change), how they fit together and how we can address them holistically. alltogethernow.newearthconversation.org…
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28th at 7pm | Fireside Lounge EVENT LAUNCH FILM I Am Not Your Negro A searing indictment of prejudice and hatred in America, guided by the words of the late, great James Baldwin. We will hold small dialogue circles following the film.
On Tuesday, November 14th at 7pm, GRID Alternatives CEO Erica Mackie gave a talk entitled "One Rooftop at a Time: Building an Equitable Solar Economy." Erica Mackie co-founded GRID Alternatives in 2001 and as CEO has helped develop it into a major national nonprofit that makes solar technology and job training accessible to underserved communities.…
On Tuesday, October 24th, Jacqueline Patterson spoke about her work advancing environmental and climate justice in a talk entitled "Upholding the Beloved Community: Advancing a Just Transition to a Sustainable Planet." Jacqueline Patterson is the Director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program. As a researcher, program manager, coordinator, advocate and activist, she has…
On Wednesday, September 13th, a Clark faculty panel shared their perspectives on the state of the Paris Climate Accord following the withdrawal of the United States. The panel included Ed Carr (IDCE), Chris Williams (Georgraphy), and Chuck Agosta (Physics), and was facilitated by Deb Roberston (Biology).
https://youtu.be/4h90tb8Ujeg On Wednesday, March 22, photographer and national Council member Camille Seaman shared thoughts from her time at Standing Rock, North Dakota as a part of the indigenous resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline. A full recording of her presentation can be viewed above. The event was held at Clark University and was sponsored by…
The second Climate Change Teach-in at Clark was held on March 23, 2016. Over five hundred members of the community participated in 45 sessions organized in three sessions around the questions: What is changing and why? How do we choose to respond? What’s next? A keynote talk by Naomi Klein in late February led off…
This Changes Everything Capitalism v. the Climate Naomi Klein, author, journalist and activist February 26, 2016 A Presidential Lecture For Naomi Klein, the climate crisis challenges us to abandon the free market ideology of our time, restructure the global economy, and remake our political systems. Either we embrace radical change ourselves or radical changes will…
Climate chaos is and will increasingly alter our world. The changes taking place in the Earth’s biosphere are re-defining the human future in ways we are only beginning to fathom; business as usual is no longer possible. How might we at Clark respond in our educational commitments and as a community? The Teach-in is an opportunity to better understand this crisis collectively,…
