Villanova University Celebrates Earth Day in 2021 with an Emphasis on Sustainability & Justice
VILLANOVA, Pa.—Villanova University celebrates Earth Day 2021 with a week-long series of sustainability and justice-focused events from Monday, April 19 through Saturday, April 24. Activities include campus tree tours, an outdoor sustainability market, Earth Day themed Quizzo, and virtual lectures including a keynote address on climate, Christianity, and culture. The week concludes with an open mic night addressing issues of social justice.
For a full listing of the 2021 Earth Week events,
This year’s keynote address, "Christians, Climate, and our Culture in the US" will be delivered virtually by climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe, PhD, on Thursday, April 22 at 5:30pm. Dr. Hayhoe will address how climate change has triggered intense engagement and reactions from politicians, scholars, organizations and even churches—leading to a misconception that Christianity and science cannot co-exist. She is the Chief Scientist for The Nature Conservancy and the Chair of Public Policy and Public Law in the Department of Political Science at Texas Tech University. Dr. Hayhoe is also a principal investigator for the Department of Interior’s South-Central Climate Adaptation Science Center and the National Science Foundation’s Global Infrastructure Climate Network. Hayhoe’s research focuses on establishing a scientific basis for assessing the regional to local-scale impacts of climate change on human systems and the natural environment.