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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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Climate Change Conference
STAY HOPEFUL. STAY WITH US. STAY TUNED. STAY IN POWER.
"We refuse to do anything but move forward and ultimately win. Courts do have an obligation to address issues of constitutional, existential crisis, like climate change." This is the message from 23-year-old Kelsey Juliana after hearing that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the case that she and twenty other young people filed in 2015. Listen to her story and find out what's next for this important lawsuit during our Keynote Conversation with Youth Climate Activists on March 12, 2020, at Loyola's Sixth Climate Change Conference.
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Religion and Nature Speaker Series Lineup
Join us on February 13, March 13, and April 2 for the last three talks in our Religion and Nature Speaker Series.
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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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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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