Fairfield University to Mark Worldwide Climate and Justice Education Week with Climate Teach-In

Fairfield University to Mark Worldwide Climate and Justice Education Week with
Climate Teach-In

As part of a global initiative, Fairfield University’s Patrick J. Waide Center for Applied Ethics will host a multidisciplinary panel discussion on “Climate Action: Health, Resilience and Innovation.”

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The Patrick J. Waide Center for Applied Ethics will host a Climate Teach-In on Thursday, April 4, 2024 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Dolan School of Business Event Hall. This event is free and open to the public. Guest speakers will share their work towards a transition to a just and sustainable world. Topics will cover climate science, greenhouse gas emissions and our warming planet, health disparities and inequities, environmental justice and racism, and climate resilience and adaptation (living shorelines, critical infrastructure, sea level rise and flooding, policy and planning).

This will be the second year that Fairfield University is participating in Worldwide Climate and Justice Education Week, led by Bard College. Worldwide Climate and Justice Education Week (April 1-4) is a global initiative sparking dialogue on climate and justice on campuses and in communities around the world. The 2023 event reached 58,000 people in 61 countries through 285 events.

“The Patrick J. Waide Center for Applied Ethics is committed to fostering conversation about decisive measurable action being taken on climate change, empowering students, faculty, administration and the broader community to create solutions that facilitate the transition to a low carbon economy,” said Waide Center Distinguished Visiting Professional and Adjunct Professor Richard E. Hyman. “The opportunity to create a more just and sustainable world is in our hands.”

The panel discussion and Q & A session will include Kirsten Ek, MD, assistant professor of medicine at UCONN Health; James O’Donnell, PhD, professor of marine sciences at UCONN, and executive director of the Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation; and Celine King ‘23 founder and CEO of GreenIRR Inc., a technology business that measures and tracks emissions for the trucking industry. The Patrick J. Waide Center for Applied Ethics at Fairfield University addresses today’s leading ethics issues through advancing learning, research, and programming. The Waide Center collaborates with students, faculty, and regional leaders across a wide variety of fields to develop strategies for managing serious ethical challenges. Standing in the Jesuit tradition of educating individuals to serve others, the Waide Center seeks to prepare students to engage in ethics issues in a reflective and pragmatic way.

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