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Ecopoetry Workshop: The Affordance and Pitfalls of Ecologically Engaged Poetic Praxis

Gilman Hall 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, United States

The Program in Latin America, Caribbean and Latinx Studies is glad to present Valeria Meiller (Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Texas at San Antonio) for a workshop on ECOPOETRY/ECOPOETRY: THE AFFORDANCES AND PITFALLS OF ECOLOGICALLY ENGAGED POETIC PRAXIS This workshop presents three theoretical entryways to the concept of ecopoetry—understood broadly as ecologically engaged poetic…

What Is A River? Environmental Humanities Through a South Asianist Lens

Levering Hall 3400 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD, United States

Do we know what a river is? Is a river necessarily part of nature? Do we know what nature is? Does a focus on nature necessarily occlude politics, or are we restricted to a mere politics of nature? Or, thinking with Benjamin, can we imagine a natural politics, as he does natural history? What does…

Hopkins Dining Local Partner Tour: Taharka Brothers

Our next Local Partner Tour trip will be to on Friday, March 14 right before spring break. We will be visiting Taharka Brothers from 10:45 am – 12: 15 pm. Transportation will be provided. Registration is required and space is limited! Each semester, Hopkins Dining visits one of our local partners (i.e. produce suppliers, bakeries…

Placemaking on the Jones Falls: A Nature Journaling Workshop

The Peale 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD, United States

Nature journaling is one method to disrupt the regular current of daily life and access a flow more in sync with the natural rhythms around us. Nature journaling is an ancient practice which combines elements of scientific inquiry, drawing, writing and mindfulness to connect with the wonders of the natural world around us. Nature journaling…

Sustainability Education Mixer

The Peale 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD, United States

Meaningful, place-based sustainability education benefits from a strong ecosystem of partners each with unique resources, expertise, and context. Baltimore city educators and Johns Hopkins University faculty, students, and staff with an interest in environmental and sustainability education are invited to attend this casual relationship-building event. This is an informal gathering to raise awareness about the…

Bird Banding at Masonville Cove

The Masonville Cove Partnership invites you to join Birds of Urban Baltimore and our bird banding studies on campus! See the bird banding process up-close, and learn how urban greenspaces help migrating birds! Registration reserves your spot, walk-ins welcomed. Various dates from March through June 2025.  Click here for more information and to register.

Meatless Monday

Various Locations

Each Monday during the academic year, all residential locations on campus will offer vegan and/or vegetarian menu options in place of meat. Click here to learn more.

April “Thirst” Raffle Event

Levering Hall 3400 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD, United States

We will be kicking off Earth Month 2025 with a raffle event on April Fools Day encouraging reusable instead of single use drink containers! Winners will be posted on Instagram stories at the end of the day on Tuesday, 4/1. Levering Cafe (during regular hours) Click here for more info.

6th Annual Sustainability Leadership Council Symposium

Inn at the Colonnade Baltimore 4 West University Parkway, Baltimore, MD, United States

Join us for the 6th Annual Sustainability Symposium on research, practice, and education on April 2, 2025, hosted by the JHU Sustainability Leadership Council and Office of Climate and Sustainability. The free event will be held at the Inn at The Colonnade, a short walk from the Homewood campus. The day-long symposium will feature presentations, panel discussions, research posters, and informational tabling from Johns Hopkins University students, faculty, and staff on sustainability topics ranging from climate…

Ecocide: Nature in the Shadow of War

First coined in the 1970s, the term ecocide comes from the Greek word for “house” (oikos) and the Latin verb “to kill” (caedere). Ecocide literally describes the killing of our home – regions of the planet and their ecosystems.  This show focuses on ecocide in the context of armed conflict. We want to bring attention…

Meatless Monday

Various Locations

Each Monday during the academic year, all residential locations on campus will offer vegan and/or vegetarian menu options in place of meat. Click here to learn more.

Office of Climate & Sustainability @ Meatless Monday

Nolan's on 33rd 10 E 33rd St, Baltimore, MD, United States

Office of Climate and Sustainability representatives will be tabling at Nolan's during Meatless Monday on 4/7 – stop by to learn more about OCS and pick up a JHU Sustainability sticker! Each Monday during the academic year, all residential locations on campus will offer vegan and/or vegetarian menu options in place of meat. Click here…

Mapping Scenarios: Responding to the Current Migration Patterns in the Latin American and Caribbean Region

Bloomberg Center (DC) 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, D.C., DC, United States

In response to increasing intraregional migration trends, and the significant displacement situations happening in the region recently, Latin American and Caribbean governments face the task of addressing evolving patterns of human mobility on a continent that hosts 16.3 million migrants. Notably, most migration has taken place among countries within the region, especially in South and…

Toxic Overburden: 100 Years of Environmental Injustice and Resistance

The Peale 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore, MD, United States

Curtis Bay is a community in South Baltimore that has experienced over 100 years of environmental violence and harm as a result of the cumulative impacts of stationary toxic facilities (over 70+ facilities in one community). The city of Baltimore has utilized the land as a dumping ground for heavy industrious and noxious facilities. The…