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TWU's Sustainability Week promotes interdisciplinary and actionable ways to address planetary health

Multiple opportunities to learn and engage throughout Mar. 18-22, 2024

Sustainability Week is an annual event at TWU that highlights environmental responsibility and creation care.

Featuring a series of meaningful and educational campus events and activities, Sustainability Week is led by the student-run Trinity Western Environmental Club (TWEC) and TWU Biology Club in partnership with TWU schools and faculties.

Here are the events to look forward to at this year's Sustainability Week, March 18–22:

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Purple aster spotted in the Blaauw Eco Forest, an environmental preserve owned and maintained by Trinity Western University. Photo by biology professor Dr. David Clements. 

Monday, Mar. 18

Glover Road Cleanup
9:20–10:45 a.m. | meet behind Neufeld Centre at the greenhouses

  • Help clean up our neighbourhood and protect the local environment.

Garry Oak Documentary Premiere
6:30-9 p.m. | DeVries Centre, Auditorium

  • Enjoy the premiere of a new documentary film about the Garry Oak ecosystems that are unique to coastal British Columbia.

See the event

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Fungi spotted in the Blaauw Eco Forest, an environmental preserve owned and maintained by Trinity Western University. Photo by TWU student and co-President of the Biology Club, Isaac Labelle

Tuesday, Mar. 19

Plant Pot Painting 
9:20–10:45 a.m | Douglas Centre, TWUSA lounge

  • Express your creativity while making a future home for a plant. Pots, paint, and dirt provided.
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Wilson’s warbler spotted in the Blaauw Eco Forest, an environmental preserve owned and maintained by Trinity Western University. Photo by biology professor Dr. David Clements. 

Wednesday, Mar. 20

Birding Walk at TWU with David Clements
8–9 a.m. | meet behind Neufeld Centre

  • Join a birding walk led by biology professor Dr. David Clements and encounter some of the beautiful biological wonders living within our campus.
     

Bat Walk at TWU with Bennett ImBeau 
5:45–7:00 p.m. | Neufeld Centre, NEU 13

  • See and appreciate some of our campus' night-time biodiversity by joining a bat walk led by environmental studies alumnus Bennett ImBeau. 
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Western honeybee spotted in the Blaauw Eco Forest, an environmental preserve owned and maintained by Trinity Western University. Photo by biology professor Dr. David Clements. 

Thursday, Mar. 21

Sustainability Networking Event
6–7:30 p.m. | Kuhn Centre, Room 107

  • Join a Sustainability Networking Event and meet people with a passion for environmental sciences and conservation. Meet local environment and climate specialists who are members of Climate Crisis Langley Action Partners (CCLAP), Derby Reach Brae Island Parks Association (DRBIPA), and the Township of Langley (TOL). 
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The Guirrhoorn Bog boardwalk in the Blaauw Eco Forest, an environmental preserve owned and maintained by Trinity Western University. Photo by biology professor Dr. David Clements. 

Friday, Mar. 22

Planetary Health Conference (Day 1)
6–8 p.m. | DeVries Centre

  • Co-hosted by TWU's School of Nursing and the Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences, the Planetary Health Conference explores multi-disciplinary approaches to address the health of our planet. Conference registration is required. Learn more at the Planetary Health Conference website.

Saturday, Mar. 23

Planetary Health Conference (Day 2)
8 a.m.–5 p.m. | DeVries Centre

  • Co-hosted by TWU's School of Nursing and the Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences, the Planetary Health Conference explores multi-disciplinary approaches to address the health of our planet. Conference registration is required. Learn more at the Planetary Health Conference website.
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The Blaauw Eco Forest, an environmental preserve owned and maintained by Trinity Western University. Photo by biology professor Dr. David Clements. 

Week-Long Events Mar. 18–22
 

Bring Your Own Mug Week – TWUSA Coffee
Douglas Centre | TWU Student Association (TWUSA) Lounge

  • Drop by the TWUSA Lounge for a free cup of coffee. Remember to bring a mug!

TWU BioBlitz 2024 i-Naturalist photography competition
Trinity Western Sustainability Week BioBlitz 2024 with iNaturalist Canada

Encouraging dialogue between faith and science

Some of this year's TWU Sustainability Week events are sponsored by a Scholarship and Christianity in Oxford (SCIO) Supporting Structures grant awarded to the Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences (FNAS). The grant encourages dialogue between faith and science at Christian institutions. TWU's grant focuses on the ethics of sustainability, and on highlighting how Christian faith provides powerful motivation to pursue a healthier planet.

About the Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences

At TWU, science education is delivered by capable, committed Christian educators who are not only experts in their fields but scholars who continually advance their disciplines through research. Mentorship is helped by our small class sizes—whether students choose to study biology, biotechnology, chemistry, computer science, geography and the environment, geology, mathematics, or physics. Learn more at the Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences.

About Trinity Western University

Founded in 1962, Trinity Western University is a global Christian liberal arts university. We are dedicated to equipping students to discover meaningful connections between career, life, and the needs of the world. Drawing upon the riches of the Christian tradition, seeking to unite faith and reason through teaching and scholarship, Trinity Western University is a degree-granting research institution offering liberal arts and sciences as well as professional schools in business, nursing, education, human kinetics, graduate studies, and arts, media, and culture. It has campuses in Canada in Langley, Richmond, and Ottawa. Learn more at www.twu.ca or follow us on Instagram @trinitywestern, Twitter @TrinityWestern, on Facebook and LinkedIn.

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