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Explore the Institute of Environmental Sustainability
The Institute of Environmental Sustainability at Loyola's Lake Shore Campus combines academics and research with sustainable agriculture and community living, all in one amazing facility. Tours are available for educational groups.
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Master of Environmental Science and Sustainability Dual Degree Open House
Undergraduate Students: Join us to learn more about our Dual Degree with a Master of Environmental Science and Sustainability. We’ll discuss the curriculum, classes, and career paths you can take with a degree from the Institute of Environmental Science & Sustainability (IES).
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Living Laudato Si'
The Amazon Synod: Plus Tard Sera Trop Tard
IES Professor Michael Schuck reflects upon the Catholic Church's recent Amazon Synod
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Seminar Series
Religion and nature seminar: Christianity and Mobilizing for Planetary Security
Join Dr. French on Thursday, November 21 at 4:00 p.m. as he discusses Christianity, climate change and a call for mobilization. Pope Francis’s recent encyclical “On Caring for our Common Home” is an important example of this call for mobilization. Tellingly, he correlates the concerns of contemporary ecological sciences with the theological giants of the Medieval era for it is the pre-modern strata of Christian thinking that most strongly sustained a creation-centered account of humanity as a participant in the community of life on Earth.
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Meet Kevin White: IES's latest Presidential Medallion recipient
“When I think of my Jesuit education, I think of generosity and giving back to others. Loyola has given me a voice I can use for positive change.”
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Climate Change Conference 2020
Youth climate activists strike for hope and aim to educate
Tokata Iron Eyes and Greta Thunberg have learned they have a lot in common. Both Thunberg and Iron Eyes are 16-year-old climate activists who are missing school in order to “fight for their futures and that of their children.” On October 6, the activists spoke to an audience of supporters that included IES Dean Nancy Tuchman and IES Professor Michael Schuck at Iron Eyes’s high school in South Dakota.
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Graduate Program
Become the environmental leader this planet needs
The environment needs our help. At IES, we are passionate about being part of the solution to today’s environmental crisis. Join us and earn your Master of Science in Environmental Science and Sustainability or Graduate Certificate.
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Annual Report
Empowering environmental leaders
Read our 2019 annual report and learn what IES is doing to care for our common home and empower our future leaders.
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