Student Sponsorship: If you are a student interested in attending a Partner event or an SLS event that involves a registration cost, SLS has some limited funds to support student attendance. Please get in touch by emailing us with your funding request. Please note that SLS has a MANDATORY requirement that sponsored students write a blog post about their experience for our website.
Upcoming SLS Events
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Jan 22
Integrate the U.N. SDGs into Teaching and Research
Come hear the 2019 SLS U.N. SDG Faculty Fellows share how they have integrated the Sustainable Development Goals into their teaching and research
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Jan 22
Impact Presents: "College in Prison as a Common Good"
Impact Presents: "College in Prison as a Common Good"
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Jan 23 to Mar 26
SLS Advising Hours
Meet with an SLS Advisor
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Jan 23
Engineering New Materials from Sustainable Biomass with Guest Speaker Jean-Jacques Gaumet
A Multidisciplinary Object in Material Science and Beyond: Compost
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Jan 27
BES Speaker Series:Mark Callaway, Senior Vice President and Investing with Impact Director, Morgan Stanley
BES Speaker Series:Mark Callaway, Senior Vice President and Investing with Impact Director, Morgan Stanley
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Jan 28
Service Learning and Community Engagement (SLCE) Orientation
This SLCE (Service Learning and Community Engagement) orientation session offers students foundations for service learning and community engagement work in their courses.
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Jan 30
Democratization of Knowledge Through Digitization in Libraries and Archives
Join SLS and the Library/Faculty Advisory Board for a talk by Dr. G. Wayne Clough, Georgia Tech President Emeritus, about climate change
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Feb 3
Black Feminist Think Tank Presents: "From Shirley Chisholm to Stacey Abrams: American Politics”
The BFTT welcomes Leah Wright Rigueur and Sophia King LaFargue.
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Feb 10
One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy
Join the School of History and Sociology as we welcome Carol Anderson, PhD.
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Jan 14 to Apr 14
SLS Advising Hours
Meet with an SLS Academic Advisor
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Feb 11
Liam's Legacy Symposium - Facing Climate Change: Tools and Stories that Connect Communities
The Spring 2020 Liam's Legacy Symposium will feature speakers on the topic of community history, story telling, and our changing environment.
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Feb 18
Demystifying How Georgia Tech Works: Navigating Community Engagement, Sustainability, and Service Learning Opportunities at Georgia Tech
Looking for ways to connect with others around positive social change—on and off campus—while at Georgia Tech?
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Feb 24
Hypermarginalization in Policing: The Illness Burden of Intersectional Race-Gender Disparities in Police Use of Force
Join the School of History and Sociology as we welcome Alyasah Sewell, PhD.
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Mar 2
How Coeds Came to Georgia Tech: A History of Women and Engineering Education
Join the School of History and Sociology as we welcome Amy Bix, PhD.
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Mar 9
BES Speaker Series: Jack Allen, Senior Director, Global Logistics, Cisco
BES Speaker Series: Jack Allen, Senior Director, Global Logistics, Cisco
Upcoming Partner Events
Yale Environmental Dialogue Event
Tuesday, January 21st, 6:00pm - 7:15pm (Kendeda Building Auditorium)
Join SLS, along with partners The Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, and The Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business for a Join us for a panel discussion of “A Better Planet: 40 Big Ideas for a Sustainable Future” with Georgia Tech Professors Beril Toktay, Jennifer Hirsch, and Kim Cobb, and F&ES Professors Julie Zimmerman and Ken Gillingham.
What is the Yale Environmental Dialogue? Read more here.
Theories for Sustainable Futures
Friday, January 31st, 12:00pm - 1:30pm (Emory University, Atwood (Chemistry) Center, Room 360, 1515 Dickey Drive)
Join the RCE Greater Atlanta Higher Education Learning Community for a Research Seminar featuring Lance Gunderson, Professor and Chair, Department of Environmental Sciences, Emory University.
Sustainable Atlanta Roundtable: Sustainability in Action on Academic Campuses
Friday, February 7th, 7:30am - 9:00am (Agnes Scott College, Francis Bailey Graves Auditorium, 141 E. College Ave, Decatur, 30030)
Colleges and Universities are leading the way in water conservation, energy-efficient buildings, energy production, food waste management and even green landscaping. Join us off-site at Agnes Scott College to learn the ways academic campuses are playing a large role in sustainability.
Film Screening: Chasing Traces from the Past
Tuesday, February 25th, 5pm - 7pm (Kendeda Building Auditorium)
Join the Global Change Program for a screening of the documentary, Chasing Traces from the Past, in which researchers from the University of Zaragoza make a journey through isolated lakes, ancient forests, remote glaciers, deep caves and archives of rare and historical manuscripts, chasing those evidences that allow us to infer past climate conditions beyond instrumental data from the last 100 years.
Sustainable Atlanta Roundtable: Building the Regenerative Economy in the Southeast Region
Friday, March 6th, 7:30am - 9:00am (241 Pine Street, NE, Atlanta, 30308)
Atlanta Science Festival Climate Event - 2100: A Climate Odyssey
Friday, March 6th, Time TBD (Out of Hand Theater, Ponce City Market)
Join Science ATL for this signature event as part of the month-long Atlanta Science Festival.
Trail Maintenance Day with Benton McKay Trail Association
Saturday, March 14th, 9am - 2pm (Benton McKay Trail - Section 3)
Trail Maintenance Day with the BMTA – Join the Benton MacKaye Trail Association ( www.bmta.org) on Saturday March 14 th, 2020. We will be working on Section 3 of the BMT. This section begins on GA Hwy 60 and traverses 6.3 miles to Skeenah Gap. This scenic but remote section of the trail needs help. We will remove fallen trees, install water bars, maintain the footpath and rehab campsites. Crewmembers carpool and meet at the trailhead by 9am. Work is complete by 2pm. For more information contact Bob Cowdrick bcowdrick@comcast.net or 404-431-5353.
EQUINOX Symposium
Monday, March 16th (Kennesaw State University)
Established in March 2017 as a platform to advocate the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the annual EQUINOX* Week and Symposium are dedicated to socio-economic-ecological impacts of sustainability. The initiative advances a diverse set of interdisciplinary programs -- catalyzing local and global collaboration among institutions of higher education, professionals, policy makers, stakeholders, community members, and advocates.
Greenprints Conference
Thursday, March 19th - Friday, March 20th (Location TBD)
Join Southface for their annual Greenprints Conference, billed as the Southeast's most respected and thought-provoking forum on sustainability. More information coming soon!
Sustainable Atlanta Roundtable: Old and New - Preserving History in a Modern City
Friday, April 3rd, 7:30am - 9:00am (241 Pine Street, NE, Atlanta, 30308)
Atlanta Global Studies Symposium: Advancing the Vision for the UN Sustainable Development Goals in Education, Research, and Community Engagement
Thursday, April 23rd - Saturday, April 25th (Georgia State University)
MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON!
Past Conferences, Workshops, and Events
SUMMER SESSION 2018 EVENT: THE ATLANTA BELTLINE: FROM VISION TO REALITY
