Free MSU Extension Tollgate Farm Virtual Sustainable Stewards Series
March 26, April 7, April 23, May 21
What does sustainability mean, and why is it important to you? MSU Tollgate Farm is offering this FREE virtual 4 part Sustainable Stewards Series to explore how you can be a sustainability steward. Join peers and community partners for these panel discussions and Q&A to help you prepare for college and career and discover how sustainability will impact your future in meaningful ways.
Becoming a Sustainable Steward - March 26, 2021 4-5 p.m. EST – MSU Sustainable Spartans
How might sustainability play a role in your future career? Join members of the MSU Sustainable Spartans to explore principles of sustainability, and how they can inform and influence every career and field of study choice you may make in your upcoming journey. Students from a variety of academic programs will share what sustainability means to them and why it might be important to you.
Solve Climate by 2030: Climate Solutions for Michigan - April 7, 2021 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. EST - MSU Sustainability and Partners
Hear from experts and state leaders as they share ambitious, but feasible actions, which could be taken to combat climate change in Michigan. Part of the international Solve Climate by 2030 initiative, join one of over 100 webinars across the world highlighting how ambitious state and local action can put us on the path to solving climate change by 2030, and how you can get involved. Panelists: Julie Brixie, Michigan Representative, House District 69; Kevin Blaser, Business Growth/Development & Energy Specialist, Migizi Economic Development Company of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; Will Lawrence, Co-Founder of the Sunrise Movement. Registration specific for Solve Climate available at: https://bit.ly/SolveClimateMI21
Water World - April 23, 2021 4–5 p.m. EST – Erin Cassidy and members of Friends of the Rouge
Friends of the Rouge seek to restore, protect, and enhance the Rouge River Watershed through individual and community actions to assure that its natural, economic, and recreational value enhances the quality of life in the ecosystem. Along with other teen leaders and Friends of the Rouge staff and volunteers, explore issues facing this local watershed and the work of FOTR during this panel discussion.
Climate Science Basics: Climate Science and YOU - May 21, 2021 4-5 p.m. EST - Lindsey Kemmerling, MSU PhD Candidate, MSU Kellogg Biological Station
What do you know about how climate change impacts you and how you impact climate change? Explore climate science and climate change with PhD candidate Lindsey Kemmerling as she shares climate science basics to help you build your own knowledge and understanding. Explore your own carbon footprint and engage in conversation about how you can make a difference.
Register here for March 26, April 23, May 21: https://events.anr.msu.edu/TollgateVirtualSustainabilitySeries/
