The Sustainability Showcase Series

The Sustainability Showcases make connections between faculty research, personal and professional interest and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals while broadening the discourse surrounding sustainability. Speakers are invited to give a thirty-minute talk, answer questions and hang around to mingle with attendees.

Facing COVID-19 and climate change, and having national conversations about racism and anti-Blackness in America, has made it clear — as last year's Showcase theme suggested, the time to act for a more sustainable world is now. The Penn State community can and should be at the forefront of this change. This is why our theme this year is Make Your Impact, with thematic priorities of Adapting to COVID-19, Emphasizing Justice, and Connecting People & Ideas. We're confident that this year the Showcase series will present attendees with the same interdisciplinary expertise that has defined the last few years of Showcases. We're looking forward to seeing you, virtually! 

Events are on Fridays 12 pm - 1:30 pm and are held via Zoom.

*Thank you for your patience as we update our website to reflect the spring 2021 series!
Poet Julia Spicher Kasdorf & Art Historian Christopher Reed
January 29th
Liberal Arts Professor of English & Distinguished Professor of English, Visual Culture, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and Art History
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​Looking at the Land 
Jack Flannery
he/him
​february 12th
Student in the Penn State College of Engineering, EcoRep, Musician


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Climate101 by EarthDNA
Erin Brown
​she/her/hers
February 19th
Paterno Fellow and Schreyer Scholar; UPUA Director of Sexual Assault and Misconduct Prevention
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Global and Local Perspectives on Sexual Violence 
Susan Greenhalgh
she/her/hers
February 26th
Department of Anthropology and Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University

​Making China Safe for Coke: Hidden Perils of Health Partnerships with Industry
Milton G. Newberry, III
​he/him/his
MARCH 5th 
​Sustainable Technology Director, Center for Sustainability & the Environment, Bucknell University

Inclusivity in Conservation and Sustainability: Where We Are and Why it Matters.
Iyanu Corniel
*speaker change!
MARCH 12th
Post-Landfill Action Network's Director of Partnerships

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A Zero Waste Campus Is (Actually) Possible
Kerene N. Tayloe
she/her/hers
​March 19th
Social and Environmental Justice Advocate, WE ACT for Environmental Justice

​Now is the Time: Youth Movements and Environmental Justice 
Penn State Student Farm
MARCH 26th

Nurturing Communities of Care 


​**Register early to receive a microgreens kits

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Lydia Carey &
​Joshua Adams
(she/her & he/him)
APRIL 2ND
Penn State Climate Action Coalition

Lessons Learned: Student Climate Activism & The Penn State Institution
Justin Cullmer
APRIL 9th
Community Care Coordinator, New Milford Police Department

Alternatives to Traditional Policing: Building Relationships, Trust, and Providing Resources
Ezra Nanes
​(he/him)
APRIL 16th
Candidate for Mayor of State College, Penn State Smeal MBA '12, University of Pennsylvania SAS '94

​A New Paradigm of Leadership for a Sustainable Future
Jim Leous
April 23rd
Candidate for Mayor of State College

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What Grinds My Gears...

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